Twinkling Holly

Hello everyone,

Today's card is another one of with an image that I painted weeks ago while playing with some Twinkling H2Os. I just had to see how it looked


The card base is Autumn Leaves. The background paper is Recollections, stamped with Annabelle Holly branch in VersaMark and clear heat embossed. The top layer is Denami Designs Holly Cluster stamped on Stampin' Up Very Vanilla and layered on Cherry Cobbler. All the images are painted with a variety of LuminArte Twinkling H2Os. The sentiment is Bonnidee Xmas Wording 3. The embellishments are Multicrafts Keepsake Memories.

How could I not love this card? All that holly just makes my heart sing! I love the Twinkling H2Os against the coloured paper. The colour is somewhat subtle but the shimmer is fabulous. I'm sure I'll craft an entire card with it because I'm really not getting tired of these paints.

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

Gisèle

O Holy Night

Hello everyone,

Today's I've got a card which uses the final Stampin' Up Holy Triptych image which I stamped and painted weeks ago. I got rather side tracked by the Birthday Blitz cards.


The card base is from Recollections. The image, Stampin' Up Holy Triptych was stamped on Whisper White in Nick Bantock Charcoal Grey and clear heat embossed. It was painted with a variety of LuminArte Twinkling H2O paints. It is layered on Stampin' Up Old Olive and Pacific Point. The sentiment is Cornish Heritage Farms Christmas Expressions. The ribbon is Crafts. The embellishments are TPC Studio Holly Jolly jewels and mini jewels.

This is my favourite of the three Holy Triptych cards. I love the colours and the simple layout. I also think I painted this one the best.

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

Gisèle

Birthday Blitz 4

Hello everyone,

Today's is the last card in my Birthday Blitz. This card is for my husband. Generally, he is not a really particular kind of guy, he usually just goes with the flow. Except, when it comes to his beloved golf. He can be worse than a teenage girl in terms of his golf wear, gear, games, you name it! I have to admit, I really enable this obsession. I often enable him, given the pleasure he gets from this hobby. Of course, this certainly gives me a running theme for any cards I craft for him, including this one. Much of his gear is from a company called Mizuno and is a lovely cobalt blue, black and white.


The card base is from Autumn Leaves. The image is Inkadinkado, stamped in VersaFine and Stampin' Up Pacific Point. The three elements are layered on Stampin' Up Pacific Point and Basic Black. The sentiment, also from Stampin' Up, is it's Your Birthday.

I love this card! It is absolutely perfect and I know he'll not only 'get' the colours but he'll love it! This is a super simple card but the striking colours and layout make it very effect. It really didn't need any glitz or embellishments, although I could have easily added some. It actually gives me an idea, or two, or three.

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

Gisèle

PS - The birthday surprise from one of his friends, which I post about here, was a huge success. He enjoyed a spectacular lobster sandwich, one of his favourites.

Purple Wedding

Hello everyone,

I'm not super sure about today's card. It's for a wedding that my father's home care helper is going to attend.


The background paper is Autumn Leaves Emily. The sentiment is Inkadinkado heat embossed with Close To My Heart black embossing powder on watercolour paper and layered on a shimmery paper of unknown origin. The flowers are Stampin' Up Playful Petals. The watercolour paper and flowers were painted with LuminArte English Lavender, Icy Iris, Razzleberry, Royal Orchid, Sweet Thistle, Wild Plum and Wisteria Twinkling H2Os. The embellishments are Crafts Gem Chic, Close To My Heart Bitty Bits and Multicrafts Bridal Accents.

This is a really, really purple card. I love all the different shades, I'm just not convinced how well they work together. Maybe I needed a little more white to balance things out. The shimmer from the Twinkling H2Os is wonderful and that is certainly not captured in the photo.

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

Gisèle

Birthday Blitz 3

Hello everyone,

Today's card is for my eldest sister. Scarily, her and I have remarkably similar taste so I'm confident that if I love her card, so will she.


The background paper is BasicGrey Out of Print Mish Mash layered on Recollections and Close To My Heart Twilight. The sentiment is Stampin' Up Curly Cute stamped in Nick Bantock Deep Turquoise on Whisper White and layered on more Twilight. The flower is a Peel Off's Large Flower outline sticker affixed to a piece of Twilight covered in Glitter Ritz Warm Transparent Micro Fine Glitter. The ribbon is Sheer Creations from Michaels. The pearls are K&Company Adhesive Gems.

I love this card. Although I can find working with green a challenge, the colour variations of this BasicGrey paper made it easy. I love this glittering technique. It is a favourite because every time I use it, it works beautifully. The one thing for which I had to exercise caution was to not use too many different techniques.

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

Gisèle

Birthday Bliz 2

Hello everyone,

Today's card is for my sister-in-law. She is extremely creative, with an exceptional eye for colour.


The background paper is BasicGrey Kioshi layered on Stampin' Up Almost Amethyst. The embossed layer is Very Vanilla painted with LuminArte Golden Opal and Playful Peony Twinkling H2Os, dry embossed with Crafts Concepts Flutterby and layered on Mellow Moss. The sentiment is Gina K Fanciful Tags stamped in Mellow Moss on Very Vanilla and layered on Mellow Moss. The ribbon is Offray. The embellishments are K&Company Adhesive Gems.

I love everything about this card except for the layout. It is too left-side heavy. Once I embossed the strip of painted Very Vanilla, I found placement a challenge. The elements just seemed to gather on the left. Even though I'm likely being too picky, I'm pretty confident my sister-in-law will love this card.

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

Gisèle

Birthday Blitz 1

Hello everyone,

From mid-September through the first week of October nearly half of my extended family celebrate their birthdays. I'm blitzing birthday cards for the next couple of days.


The background paper is Crate Paper Blue Hill Collection Sky, layered on Stampin' Up Soft Suede and Pear Pizzaz, and highlighted with Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen. The image is Technique Tuesday Boho Buzz stamped in Soft Suede, clear heat embossed and painted with LuminArte Buttercup, Bashful Blue and Chiffon Pink Twinkling H2Os. The sentiment is Penny Black Special Time stamped in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla and layered on Groovy Guava. The embellishments are TPC Studio Wedding Silhouette mini jewels.

I love this card. I found this particular sheet of Crate Paper really appealing with its soft colours, paisley and peacocks. This particular card is for my mother-in-law who loves this particular colour palette.

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

Gisèle