Love and Joy

I taught a private class a week or so back (hi Evelyn, Heather and Marilyn!) and here is one of the cards we did. A card this vintagy is rather out of my comfort zone but I like how it turned out.
I began by stamping the postcard image by Stampendous in black Versafine on white cardstock. I colored the holly leaves with my Prisma pencil crayons and added a bit of blue highlight to some of the snowy areas. I then pulled out my Tea Dye and Walnut stain distress ink pads and applied color around the edges of the piece. I ripped the lower left hand corner of my image. This caused the class participants much distress! LOL I curled up the other left corner then matted the peice onto a red Coredinations cardstock. I used my awl and a piece of foam to poke holes along the bottome of the image. I matted the entire piece onto a piece of Basic Grey pattern paper then added my Hero Arts sentiment and some twine.
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Jumbo Stocking

Wow October 1 where is the time going? September just flew by! I am now in the middle of the store's Christmas rush - lots of orders to do, to price, classes to prep for etc.
I did find a few minutes to get some play time in though - always need to find time for that!
I chose to play with the Stampendous Jumbo stocking stamp. It has been in the store for a while now feeling neglected. Poor fellow! LOL
I began this card by embossing the Jumbo stocking with gold embossing powder on white cardstock then I used my Stylus wand with a foam tip to apply color. I used Memento Bamboo Leaves for the green and Fired Brick Distrss ink for the red. That took all of 3 minutes probably. I pulled out my Stampendous Chili Pepper Red and Cotton Ball white fun flock and used my Art Institute clear drying glue to apply the flock. I added flock to the toe and heel of the stocking and some to the white area. I let the glue dry then cut out the stocking. I embossed a piece of Coredinations cardstock with a Couture Creations candy cane embossing folder and matted it a few times. I added a piece of May Arts twine and a Stampendous sentiment and 1 Christmas card completed.
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Tree Telescope Card

I thought I would try a telescope card for a little change of pace. I also pulled out a very old glitter technique called the stained glass technique. I put 2 tree Peel Off stickers on a piece of acetate and I applied my Art Institute clear drying glue to the back side of my acetate. I did not put glue on the entire area all at the same time. I applied glue to areas based on the color of Glitter Ritz I wanted to apply I put glue on the dark areas first then applied the glitter then I applied more glue and applied the next glitter color and so on. The colors I used were Ice Blue, Grasshopper, Cinnamon and Moss Green. I let the glue dry then cut out each tree. I mounted each tree onto circles of designer paper then solid colored cardstock. I used some Kaisercraft star brads to make "hinges" for each circle so when you pick up the card it telescopes out. I used a piece of May Arts red twine to act as a hanger.

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Glittery Poinsettia

I had a heck of a time trying to get a half decent photo of this card I finally went for the looking up angle so the card looks giant! LOL I can assure you it is a regular 4.25 x 5.5 inch card.
Pretty straightforward card. I used a Poinsettia Peel Off that I stuck on acetate then I used my Art Institute clear drying glue on the back of the acetate then I added my Glitter Ritz colors: Fire Red, Yellow and Champaigne. I waited for the glue to dry then cut it out. I mounted the flower on a piece of Stardream white text weight paper that I embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder (Elegant Christmas set) then stamped a Hero Arts sentiment with Fired Brick Distress ink on a piece of white.
Deanna from In the Making (Glitter Ritz) arrives Saturday!! We still have a few spaces left in her classes check the website for details.

More glittery goodness!

Here is a card I made using the Burnished Velvet technique developed by Deanna Pannell and Haroldine Wingfield. I'm counting down the days until Deanna is here at the store. Should be a fun weekend!
The Glitter Ritz colored I used on this piece are microfine Bronze, Yellow and Liberty Blue. The butterfly masks were cut out using the new Spellbinder Les Papillions dies. The sentiment is by Hero Arts stamped with Cantelope Memento ink.

Celebrating Glitter!

In honor of Deanna Pannell from Glitter Ritz glitter coming to Crafty Capers this Saturday I thought I would post some glittery projects this week.
I love this card so much! I think I will actually make quite a few cards like this! All pattern paper is from Graphic 45 Nutcracker Sweet line. Gingie is a stamp from Hero Arts (stamped on some BoBunny gingerbread double dot cardstock). I cut out the gingerbread man then used my Art Institute Clear and White drying glue to add some glittery accents to him (white and fire red microfine Glitter Ritz). I used my Be Creative tape and Sweet Basil ultrafine Glitter Ritz glitter to add glittery mats to the pattern paper. The stamped sentiment is by Hero Arts.
Have a sparkly week!

I have not had much time for crafting recently due to the beginnings of Christmas rush not to mention the store's big Glitter Weekend next weekend. For those "out of the loop" Deanna Pannell from In the Making (Glitter Ritz, Dees Destinctive dies and Art Stamps) is coming to Crafty Capers! We have a couple of classes scheduled for next Saturday if you would like more information check out the Crafty Capers website. 

I made this card a few weeks ago and found it on my phone and discovered I had not yet posted it yet! The card is pretty simple - 2 Memory Box dies Leaf Canopy & Swirly Tree. The grass is by Stampscapes and the sentiment is by Hero Arts. I hope to have another posting soon, fingers crossed!