Glitter Candy Bits

Hello everyone,

Another glittering ornament Christmas card post today.

The card base is a shimmery green of unknown origin.  The ornament is die cut with Sizzix Delicate Ornaments Thinlets from glossy paper smooshed with Red Pepper, Meadow, Clover and Snow Cap Ranger Alcohol ink, then covered with DecoArt Glamour Dust.  The ribbon is Stampin' Up Silver 1/8".

I hope this card isn't too weird for everyone,  When I first saw this candy cane shape die, I was trying to figure out what they intended with it because it doesn't quite fit in with the rest of the dies in the set.  Well when I was closing up the case, I realized this shape is actually the ornament hanger.  I didn't see it!  To be frank, I'm still not certain I do.  I've used it as a candy cane and this it is actually kind of cute.  I think I should have added some tiny embellishment to the candy crosses, and I actually still might before I put them on the sale table.

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

Gisèle

Sweeping Sweetness

Hello everyone,

It's been a busy and exhausting couple of days so I decided to take a bit of a blog break.  I'm back however with the final few charity Christmas ornament cards.

The card base is a shimmery green of unknown origin.  The ornament is die cut with Sizzix Delicate Ornaments Thinlets from glossy paper smooshed with Red Pepper, Meadow, Clover and Snow Cap Ranger Alcohol ink, then covered with DecoArt Glamour Dust.  The ornament base is a shimmery ivory of unknown origin.  The ribbon is Offray Sheerly Yours.  The embellishments are Recollections.

When I first started this series, I smooshed and glittered a full 8 1/2 X 11 sheet thinking I didn't have so many ornament dies and I'd be able to use the leftover for something else.  Well, I've finished using up all the bits and I've still got ornament dies I've not used.  That's rather scary.  I particularly love this layered ornament.  The sweeping lines are particularly lovely.  I added the snowflake/flower as an after thought and quite liked the results.  More ornament cards to follow!

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

Gisèle

Sparkle And Shine

Hello everyone,

I still have a few more green card bases and die cut ornaments to use up so I'm back to posting ornament Christmas cards.

The card base is a shimmery green of unknown origin.  The ornament is die cut with Sizzix Delicate Ornaments Thinlets from glossy paper smooshed with Red Pepper, Meadow, Clover and Snow Cap Ranger Alcohol ink, then covered with DecoArt Glamour Dust.  The ornament base is a shimmery ivory of unknown origin.  The ribbon is Stampin' Up Silver 1/8".  The embellishments are Crafts Rhinestone strips.

I only recently got these Thinlets and you really need the new Precision Base Plate to get it to work.  One of the ornaments I still had to run through the Big Shot a second time.  I love how the intricate dies fit over the ornament base absolutely perfectly.  It really makes the intricacies of the top layer really stand out.  Of course I didn't intend to add bling but just couldn't resist.

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

Gisèle

Loving Thoughts

Hello everyone,

Today's post is a long overdue card for my Uncle.  He recently spent some time in hospital though is doing better.  He also sent me a photo album that use to belong to my grandmother.  It had some wonderful baby and family photos.  I'm so grateful he sent it to me.

The images are Stampin' Up Wetlands and Gina K Follow Your Dreams.  They were stamped in StazOn Timber Brown, Stampin' Up Mossy Meadow, Crumbcake and Always Artichoke, and Close To My Heart Whisper on Stampin' Up Very Vanilla.  The sentiment, also Stampin' Up Wetlands, is stamped in Early Espresso.  The embellishments are My Mind's Eye Sleigh Bells Ring wood dots.

My Uncle has always had a great appreciation for the out of doors.  While I'm not generally very pleased with stamped scenes, I quite liked these results.  I wish the birds were on a better scale, but I just couldn't leave them out.  I debated using a get well sentiment but because I also wanted to thank him, I thought 'thinking of you' was more appropriate.  I was absolutely thrilled when I came across these wooden dots, they are really lovely and work so perfectly with this card.

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

Gisèle

Glittered And Glamorous

Hello everyone,

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

The card base is a shimmery green of unknown origin.  The ornament is die cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities 2010 Heirloom Ornament from glossy paper that was smooshed with Red Pepper, Meadow, Clover and Snow Cap Ranger Alcohol ink, then covered with DecoArt Glamour Dust.  The embellishments are Recollections Rhinestone stickers.

This is another big and bold ornament that was going to be a challenge until I figured out the layers with yesterday's card.  All this space also allowed me to use some of the bigger, more sparkly embellishments in my stash.  The sparkle of the ornaments work so great with the glittered glossy paper.  It was really hard not to add sentiments to these two cards.  I love going big but it still seems like something is missing.  We'll have to see if these cards sell.

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

Gisèle

Glitter & Pearls

Hello everyone,

I'm having a wonderful time crafting these ornament Christmas cards.

The card base is a shimmery green of unknown origin.  The ornament is die cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities 2011 Heirloom Ornaments from glossy paper that was smooshed with Red Pepper, Meadow, Clover and Snow Cap Ranger Alcohol ink, then covered with DecoArt Glamour Dust.  The embellishments are Annabelle Stamps pearls and pearl drops.

If you're not going to use a sentiment, you've got to go big and bold.  This ornament is both of those.  This size ornament required some embellishments if only to fill up some of the space. When I first pulled out this die I was determining the appropriate size when it occurred to me that using the nesting layers was the perfect way to use up the space.  It also gave me some ideas for tomorrow's ornament card.

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

Gisèle 

Ornament Trio

Hello everyone,

Today's post is another wonderful glittering Christmas card.

The card base is a shimmery green of unknown origin.  The ornaments are die cut with Marianne Design Creatables from glossy paper that was smooshed with Red Pepper, Meadow, Clover and Snow Cap Ranger Alcohol ink, then covered with DecoArt Glamour Dust.  The embellishments are Annabelle Stamps pearls.

A trio is just right - design wise anyway.  I'm slowly making my way through all my ornament dies.  I love this ornament but have not used it often because it is really difficult to get it out of the die.  I recently picked up a Sizzix Precision Base Plate from Stampin Up and it really worked!  It's a little disturbing to place the die face down but the results were impressive.  This glitter glossy paper is a little on the sticky side, making it even more difficult to get out of the more intricate dies but not with this new plate!  Not one of my dies ended up in the garbage.

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

Gisèle