Sparkle And Snowflakes

Hello everyone,

Another Christmas beauty for you today.

The printed paper is BoBunny Powder Mountain layered on Stampin' Up Whisper White and Close To My Heart Moonstruck.  The sentiment is Impression Obsession Christmas Sentiments stamped in Ballet Blue on Whisper White and layered on more Whisper White.  The embellishments are Crafts Rhinestone Strips.

These colours pop!  The bling pops!  The sentiment layer pops!  The original sheet of paper had tons of beautiful snowflakes and a super cute bunny so I've been very careful with cutting.  There isn't much left.  If I do say so myself, this card is wonderfully exceptional!  I actually can't wait to give this someone.

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

Gisèle

Joyously Glittering

Hello everyone,

Today's post is another Christmas card that a friend and I crafted during a recent charity crop.  It a case of this card I crafted this time last year.

The printed paper is Echo Park Paper Company Winter Wishes "Snowy Trees" layered on Close To My Heart Smokey Plum and Twilight.  The image is Penny Black Joyous stamped in Twilight ink on Stampin' Up Whisper White, layered on more Smokey Plum and highlighted with Martha Stewart Coarse Crystal Glitter.  The sentiment is Technique Tuesday Jingle All The Way stamped in Smokey Plum ink on Whisper White and layered on more Smokey Plum.

I do so love how this image works with the printed paper.  The droopy leaves of both the image and the paper are perfect for glittering.  The sentiment font is modern so it also works really well with the non-traditional colours and images.  All in all, a great non-traditional Christmas card.

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

Gisèle

Simple Christmas

Hello everyone,

Today's post is another simple Christmas card designed with a beginner in mind.

The printed paper is Kaisercraft Santa's List Collection "Bon Bon" layered on Stampin' Up Read Red.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up Reason For The Season stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Whisper White, highlighted with Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen, and layered with more Real Red. 

This card was easy to keep simple in regards to the layout because this printed paper is absolutely amazing.  It's the perfect scale for a card.  The only drawback is that light blue colour.  It's a bit of a pain to coordinate.  I solved that problem but sticking to the reds.  I suppose I could have included some green as well but this works.  I did think a little sparkle was called for so I pulled out the ever handy Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen.  I think it the one thing I just couldn't live without.

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

Gisèle

Ornament Bliss

Hello everyone,

Another crop card today.  My girlfriend is an absolute beginner cardmaker so my intention to craft ten cards in a few short hours necessitated designing some that were really simple.

The image and sentiment is Impression Obsession Vintage Ornaments stamped in Stampin' Up Blackberry Bliss on Whisper White and layered on Blackberry Bliss.  The image is highlighted with Silver Stickles.

How's this for clean and simple.  The most time consuming part was waiting for the Stickles to dry.  I really love this set of ornaments, they are perfect for Stickles.  I thought they also worked especially well for these square card bases that I picked up at a garage sale.  If pressed, you could craft dozens of these cards in very short order.  Simple but really effective.

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

Gisèle

Painted And Perfect

Hello everyone,

Today post is for another Christmas card I designed for a girlfriend and I to craft at a recent crop.

The image is Deep Red Poinsettia Blossom stamped on Recollections Kraft with Ranger Glacier White and heat embossed with Stampin' Up White embossing powder.  The image is painted with LuminArte Coral Berry, Deep Coral, Mango Mamba, Persimmon, Poppy Red and Ruby Red Twinkling H2Os.  The image is layered on Stampin' Up Whisper White and Simple Stories December Documented Red Snowflakes.  The sentiment is Hero Arts Very Merry Christmas stamped in Stampin' Up Soft Suede.

I was inspired to design this card because I was so very pleased with the 'Kraft Magic' cards I crafted in September.  I love these 'magic' cards.  The white just pops against the Kraft paper and I think I used every red Twinkling H2O I have in my stash.  Again, I kept the sentiment simple and didn't even bother with embellishments so as not to detract from this pretty poinsettia.

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

Gisèle

Glittered And Gorgeous

Hello everyone,

Today's card is one that I designed for a girlfriend and I to craft at a crop in October.

The image is an Elizabeth Crafts Designs outline sticker glittered with Classic Red Glamour Glitter and a variety of Martha Stewart glitter.  The image is layered on Worldwin gold, Stampin' Up Whisper White and a shimmery green of unknown origin.  The sentiment is Hero Arts Very Merry Christmas stamped in Versafine Onyx Black.  The embellishments are Crafts Rhinestone stickers.

All that glitter just puts me in the happiest of places.  These types of images are incredibly time consuming and finicky but the results are so very worth it.  They make for utterly mind-blowing beautiful.  I kept the rest of the card pretty simple so as not to have to compete with this poinsettia.

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

Gisèle

Diamond Beauty

Hello everyone,

I've been wicked busy the last few weeks designing and crafting Christmas cards.  It has been a crazy, crazy time.  Now its time to, hopefully, get back to something resembling normal

Today's card was commissioned by a colleague for a wedding.  I wanted to try something different and I had some fun crafting this fancy-folded beauty.

The card base is Recollections White.  The printed paper is of unknown origin.  The remaining papers are American Crafts Charcoal Damask glitter paper and Worldwin Shimmery Black.  The images are Technique Tuesday Fan Fare stamped in Ranger Glacier White pigment ink heat embossed with Stampin' Up white embossing powder.  The sentiment is Fiskars Just Married Quotes stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Whisper White and layered on a silver of unknown origin.  The embellishments are Stampin' Up Frosted Finishes and Crafts Rhinestone Strips.

I think this card is an absolute thing of beauty.  The diamond fold was a bit of challenge to figure out but when I finally got it, I fell in love.  I was inspired by a tri-fold wedding card that I crafted in September.  It turned out so well, I got ambitious.  It paid off.

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

Gisèle