Glittered In Purple

Hello everyone,

Today's Christmas In July post uses more leftover glittered elements.

The card base is Stampin' Up Orchid Opulence.  The printed paper is Wild Rose Studio Frosted Lace layered on a white of unknown origin.  The image is a Peel-Off's outline sticker filled with a variety of glitter.  The sentiment is My Favorite Things stamped in Altenew Deep Iris on a white of unknown origin and layered on more Orchid Opulence.  The embellishment is an American Crafts mini glitter brad.

This post uses another leftover Christmas element.  I'd put together a number of glittered pieces a long while back and didn't use them all at the time.  Crafting with glitter is very messy so I tend to put together a number of images at the same time.  I particularly like the silver and purple colour combination and in this case, it works particularly well with the printed paper.  A great non-traditional result.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Sweet Christmas

Hello everyone,

Today’s post is another Christmas card that I crafted for a colleague.

  

The card base is Recollections White.  The printed paper is Wild Rose Studio Frosted Lace layered on a light blue Recollections and a pink Bazzill.  The sentiment is Stampendous Merriest Wish stamped in Close To My Heart Juniper on Recollections White and layered on more pink Bazzill.  The card is highlighted with Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen and Diamond Stickles.

This is a favourite non-traditional Christmas card.  I love the colours, and this is one of my all-time favourite Christmas sentiments.  The colleague who received this card is a very feminine woman but also a little quirky, so I knew her card had to be a little different.  This is a very straightforward card with a very simple layout.  A great result.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Sparkling Snowflakes

Hello everyone,

Today's post is another Christmas card for the charity card sale at the office this Fall.

The textured card base is DCWV.  The printed paper is Wild Rose Studio Frosted Lace layered on Bazzill white and Close To My Heart Twilight.  The image is Penny Black Crystal Wreath stamped in Twilight on Bazzill white, highlighted with Mermaid Stickles and die cut with a Spellbinders Nestabilities.  The snowflake is Spellbinders Create-A-Flake Three die cut from a scrap of Twilight that was glittered with Crystal Glitter Ritz.

I really love this Wild Rose Studio papers.  The non-traditional colours with the snowflakes and holly just put me in a happy place.  I love using Stickles on this particular stamp.  The multitude of snowflakes just begs for embellishments.  I'm not that fussy on the scallop circle but I was trying to mimic the 'lace' in the top right corner of the printed paper.  I didn't realize, until I was placing the card in its envelop, that this card actually works on the horizontal as well as the vertical.  A happy accident!

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Pretty Pink Snowflakes

Hello everyone,

I'm wrapping up posting the last of my Christmas cards.  I could easily keep crafting them, but it's almost time to put them aside for a little bit.

The printed papers are Wild Rose Studio Holly Lane.  The images are Stampin' Up Serene Snowflakes stamped on Recollections Vanilla in Melon Mambo, heat embossed with Close To My Heart Silver Pearl embossing powder and layered on more Holly Lane.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up Seasonal Sayings Christmas also stamped in Melon Mambo on Recollections Vanilla and layered on Holly Lane.  The embellishments are Crafts Rhinestones.

I was really drawn to this pink snowflake patterned paper so decided to run with it and craft a card that is rather traditional with a non-traditional twist.  The pink embossed snowflakes are really pretty and the little clear sparkles really add another pop of sparkle.  I debated adding more sparkles to the snowflakes and it would have worked beautifully either way but I decided less is more.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Poinsettia Collection II

Hello everyone,

Today's card is the second in the 'poinsettia collection' that I crafted for a friend.

The printed paper is Wild Rose Studio A Robin's Christmas layered on a textured green Bazzill and Stampin' Up Ridinghood Red.  The image is Stampin' Up Christmas Blessings stamped in Always Artichoke on Whisper White and layered on Ridinghood Red.  The flowers are painted with LuminArte Poppy Red Twinkling H2Os and Pentel Sunburst Metallic Gold and highlighted with Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen.  The sentiment is Stampavie Holiday Wishes stamped in Always Artichoke and highlighted with Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen.

I only recently found this Wild Rose Studio paper and I'm in love with it!  The images are just so different that it gets my mojo flowing.  I didn't want to use a 'heavy' poinsettia image with this sheet of simple flowers so this Stampin' Up set was perfect.  I also wanted to use a horizontal stamp in the vertical, as is currently the rage, and this particular sentiment seemed to really suit the fluid lines of the image.  Overall, I really think this card worked really well.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle