Christmas Card #5

Since I made the black and white card for a Paper Cutz Challenge, I've wanted to do another.  So here is Christmas Card #5 mostly black and white. The dove is from Beyond Birthdays Cricut Cartridge, and "Merry Christmas" is cut from the Calligraphy Collections Cartridge.  This card features another pin from my friend June, cream Prima roses, and a white rose from Michaels.  I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder for the dove, and a Sizzix folder for the black mat.  The papers are from the "La Creme" matstack by DCWV. 


Here's the card.

Here's a closeup of the dove.  I used a rhinestone for his eye and also as the dot on the i in Christmas:

And a closeup of the flowers and pin:

Thanks for stopping by.  If you have some time, please leave a comment.  I'd love to hear from you.

Sue

Christmas Card #4

Christmas card #4 has a touch of a romantic style.  I love traditional red and green, but I also like to add some softness or whimsy to cards.

My friend June gave me some beautiful stick pins and crocheted flowers. Check out her blog, she's an amazing artist.  You'll find it here. I think the crocheted ecru flower is a good match with the deep red Prima roses.  I love the sparkle in the bead on the pin.  It reminds me of a snow globe. Thanks June, I couldn't have made this card without your talent. 


"Happy Holidays" is cut from Joys of the Season, and I used a Sizzix folder to emboss the dark green card stock.  I don't remember the name of the folder and I didn't label them - duh.

Here's a closeup of the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you have a moment, leave a comment.  I'd love to hear from you.


Sue

Christmas Card #3

This is a tri-fold shutter card.

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One of the reasons I like paper crafting and sewing is the engineering aspect.  By taking a flat piece of paper or fabric and making a few cuts, folds, and tucks you come of with a three dimensional piece of art.  Here are more pictures highlighting the details of the card panels.

I love cardinals.  This epoxy sticker just stole my heart.

I never could get the star in the center to be straight.  The tree was cut from a sheet of embossed patterned paper.

Rudolph was also from a sheet of patterned paper.  I added the gem to the snowflake and small pearls to the edge of the circle.  I also pierced the scallops to add more texture.

Thanks for stopping by.  If you have the time please leave a comment.  I'd love to hear from you.

Sue

More hints for you

Have you guessed what the "something new" is going to be?

Here are some more hints:

• It involves tradition
• It is expandable

Here is another visual hint as well:

8 more days - Keep watching.

Sue

First snow and more snowflakes

Our first snow of this winter - here's the view of my backyard at 6:00 am.

Of course it was all melted by 3:00 pm.  I was happy, but the grand kids were disappointed.

To celebrate - here's round three of Cricut snowflakes

The group shot:

Closeup of the Swan snowflake:

Closeup of the Pine Tree snowflake:

Closeup of my favorite the Angel snowflake:

 
Closeup of the Spires snowflake:

Closeup of the "It reminds me of a church" snowflake:

 


Closeup of one that is not in this group the Rudolph snowflake:

I just love his red nose(s):

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you are have a great weekend.  If you haven't seen the other snowflakes, just click on the label snowflakes.  It will take you to all the posts.


I still have three I need to make since I gave the originals away.  They are really unusual and quite pretty.  I'll try to get them done and posted this week.


Sue

Christmas Card #2

Here is the second Christmas card for this year.  It is a side step card.  The embellishments are mainly from last year's Christmas close outs.  I like the color combination of red, light blue and light green.  I also like to mix silver and gold together.  Blending metals was hard for me at first, but now it seems natural on some mediums.  Silver dazzles and gems as well as epoxy stickers also add to the decor.
 

One of the features on the "steps" is a tag with the sentiment I added three dimensional stickers and a half pearl.  Here is a closeup of the steps.

I am submitting this to PaperPlaytime.  This week's challenge is to include a clock, ticket or tag in your work.

Thanks for stopping by.  
Sue

Something New Is Coming

Something new is coming in 10 days.  Can you guess what it is?  Here are some hints: 

• It involves something I like to do almost as much as paper crafting
• It involves upcoming holidays

These visual hints will make it easier to guess.









Keep watching for more hints.

Sue