It’s Sunday, and time to play with The Paper Players! The sweet and lovely Nance Leedy has a delectable color combination for us:  Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Any Neutral.  My pick was Crumb Cake.  Why does it seem I always pick the colors named after food? Since I still need Christmas cards, I decided to use the adorable Scentsational Season stamp set and pair it up with two NEW Textured Impression Embossing Folders from the Spring Catalog:  Honeycomb and Needlepoint Border.  I hope you enjoy this little trio of Scentsational Trees!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: Quick and Cute
This card measures 5-1/2″ wide x 4-1/4″ long.

• Pool Party Trees! A trio of Scentsational Season Trees are created in the wink of  an eye! No paper snipping necessary when you use the coordinating Holiday Collection Framelits!

• New Product Preview: Honeycomb!  How do I love thee?  Let me count the ways! When paired with Core’dinations card stock, the new Honeycomb Textured Impressions Embossing Folder adds deep texture in a flash!

• New Product Preview:  Needlepoint Border! Finally there is help for the sewing impaired, like me! This cute little cross-stitch border can be added in seconds with the new Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  Don’t you love it?

I hope you enjoyed the peek at these new embossing folders.  They definitely get two thumbs up from me! What do you think of them?  Won’t you let me know in today’s comment? Your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one of them.  And as always, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Until next time…

Stamp Sets: More Merry Messages, Scentsational Season; Inks:  Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard; Designer Series Paper:  Festival of Prints; Card Stock:  Cherry Cobbler Core’dinations, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla; Tools:  Big Shot, Holiday Collection Framelits, Honeycomb Textured Impression Embossing Folder (Spring Catalog, Available January 3, 2013), Needlepoint Borders Textured Impression Embossing Folder (Spring Catalog, Available January 3, 2013), Stampin’ Sanding Block;

The Designers over at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown have a fabulous sketch challenge this week.  It’s just perfect for some of the larger images.  So I pulled out one of my favorite retired sets to create a card this morning.  I hope you enjoy this oldie, but goodie, image!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: A Classic Card
This finished card measures 5-1/4″ square.

• Sometimes less is more! When working with a more complex image, often less is more!   Instead of coloring in this image, from Sleigh Bells Ring, which would have made it too busy when combined with this paper from the Merry Moments Simply Scrappin’ Kit, I opted to just stamp the image.  Heat embossing would be awesome, but when in a hurry, you can’t beat Jet Black StazOn for delivering a crisp, clear image!

• Add a wow! Top off a simple image with an awesome bow for a wow factor! I crafted mine from Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding. And don’t be afraid to drape and scrunch those tails!

• Add interest to your sentiment! A simple sentiment packs a punch when layered! Happy Christmas, from More Merry Messages, was layered upon an element from the Merry Moments Simply Scrappin’ Kit! Of course, I had to add a pearl!

 

I hope you enjoyed revisiting this classic image.  If you are like me, there are some stamp sets which will always hold a place in your heart, and this set is one of them for me.  What about you?  I would love to hear what set holds that special place for you!  Won’t you let me know in today’s comment? And of course, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away.  Until next time…

(And a big thank-you to the team at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown for selecting my card as a winner in their Pearl Embellishment Challenge!)

Stamp Sets:  Sleigh Bells Ring (retired), More Merry Messages;  Inks:  Jet Black StazOn; Designer Series Paper:  Merry Moments Simply Scrappin’ Kit; Card Stock:  Very Vanilla, Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler; Tools:  Curly Label Punch:  Glitz and Glam:  Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Basic Pearls

It’s Thursday, and time to play at Pals Paper Arts! This is our color challenge week, and what a terrific trio of traditional holiday colors we have for you: Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke and Crumb Cake.  I decided to go with a traditional card to match these colors, and also selected two of my favorite traditional holiday images:  the Sleigh from Open Sleigh and the Tree from Christmas Lodge! I hope you enjoy today’s card!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: Traditional Elegance
This finished card measures 4-1/4″ wide x 5-1/2″ long.

• Pearled! The Sleigh from Open Sleigh was inked in Cherry Cobbler and stamped onto Very Vanilla card stock.  It was snipped out using Paper Snips.  Of course, every holiday sleigh needs a few Basic Pearls! (Tip:  For those hard to reach places, use an Exacto knife! )

• Popped! The Tree from Christmas Lodge was inked in Always Artichoke and stamped onto Very Vanilla card stock.  After snipping them out, one was adhered directly to the card with SNAIL Adhesive, while the second one was “popped” up using Stampin’ Dimensionals.  The Sleigh was also “popped” up, giving depth and dimension.

• Manly! A more masculine Sawtooth edge was created using the Finishing Touches Edgelits.  The result is a card which could be given to that special man in your life.  And yes…I would leave the pearls in place, but they could easily be left off if you prefer.

The result is a card with warmth and richness.  This Festival of Prints paper, with its Cherry Cobbler and Crumb Cake Plaid, is one of my favorites in the pack.  With pearls, it takes on an elegant look.  But when those pearls are switched out for linen thread and buttons, this card becomes decidedly more country.

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

I just had to include this picture of the Twins.  Both of them were snoozing while I was working on this card.  It is not often that they get to nap without little Lexi bothering them.  Many of you have asked about Brody and how he is doing…and the answer is fine.  There have been no more “Boxer Bumps” since last spring.  He is maturing into a beautiful boy with the best disposition in the world.  After all, anyone who can put up with TWO diva sisters, deserves an extra treat! 

What’s a diva???

So what did you think of today’s card? Won’t you let me know in today’s comment? Your comments are important to me, and I do read each and every one. And remember, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

Stamp Sets:  Open Sleigh (W 126460, C 126462), Christmas Lodge (W 123767, C 123769); Inks:  Cherry Cobbler (126966), Always Artichoke (126972), Early Espresso (126974);  Designer Series Paper:  Festival of Prints (126904); Card Stock:  Very Vanilla (101650), Naturals Ivory (101849), Always Artichoke (105119), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Crumb Cake (120953); Tools:  Big Shot (113439), Finishing Touches Edgelits (127010), Paper Snips (103579); Glitz and Glam:  Basic Pearls (119247);