Card: Love Is Friendship Set To Music

I'm linking this card to 3 challenges this week. The challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is "Emboss It", the challenge at the Silhouette Blog is a Valentine's or love theme (the Silhouette shapes are listed below), and the challenge at Curtain Call is "Love Letter."  As you can see in the close-up, the background behind the sentiment is dry embossed and the sentiment itself is heat embossed with clear embossing powder over brown ink.  The paper is DCWV "Mariposa" - this particular glittered one is just gorgeous!  The butterfly on the inside is fussy cut from the Mariposa paper.  

Paper and Cardstock
patterned paper - DCWV Mariposa collection
brown cardstock - Bazzill Mocha Divine
cream cardstock for card base - Bazzill
cream paper (inside liner) - from my stash

Stamp
All Around Quotes - Fiskars

Die Cuts
Modern Circles #3167 (inside) - Silhouette
3 Labels #17989 (bracket shape for the right side) - Silhouette

Ink and Mist
Vintage Photo Distress Ink - Tim Holtz/Ranger
Tattered Rose Distress Ink - Tim Holtz/Ranger
Chocolate Pigment Ink - Anna Griffin
Vintage Pink Glimmer Mist (on the inside) - Tattered Angels

Embossing Folder
Floral Screen - Cuttlebug

Additional Supplies
clear embossing powder
cream satin lame' ribbon - from my stash
brown organdy ribbon - Offray
copper flatback pearls - Making Memories
flower cabochon - Making Memories

Card: Wintry Mix

I love snowflake images!  I can't stop collecting them whether they be stamps, dies, Silhouette shapes, embossing folders or embellishments!  This "Happy Birthday" sentiment from Verve is probably my favorite among all my birthday sentiments.  This week I'm linking this card to Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #327 and to Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge which is "Ice Inspiration."

Cardstock and Paper

white cardstock - Neenah Classic Crest

white metallic paper - paperandmore.com

white vellum from my stash

Stamp

Happy Birthday - Verve

Dies

Create A Flake One - Spellbinders

Create A Flake Two - Spellbinders

Lattice Borderabilities - Spellbinders

Embossing Folders

Swiss Dot - Cuttlebug

5x7 Snowflake (I'm unsure of the exact name) - Cuttlebug

Additional Supplies

Liquid Platinum embossing powder - Ranger

chunky clear glitter from my stash

Carrara Marble glitter - Martha Stewart

pearl flowers - Making Memories White Gem Collection

snowflake brads - Making Memories

small white brads from my stash

white organdy and white velvet ribbon from my stash

Card: Stitched Snowflake Christmas Card

I love how this turned out!  I'm submitting this card for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge and for the Silhouette Weekly Shape Challenge.  I used Silhouette shapes  #20960 (5 Piece Gift Tag Set) and #14329 (Stitching Templates - Snowflake 3).  I resized the red tag to 2"x3"; I cut out the "Merry Christmas" tag by hand.

Card: Mojo Monday 315

 The patterned papers on this card are from My Mind's Eye The Sweetest Thing Lavender 6X6.  The wooden button and the chippie button are from The Sweetest Thing, also.  That teeny tiny button on top of the chippie button is made by Dress It Up - it's soooo cute!

Card: A thank you for Kathy

TuesdayTrigger

This week I'm participating in Moxie Fab World's Tuesday Trigger.  When I saw the trigger picture the first thing that came to mind was overlapping rectangles in fall colors.  I made this card for my sister-in-law to thank her for the paper and cardstock sample books that she gave me that she got from the printing business where she works.  The entire card, inside and out, was made with paper and cardstock from the sample books and glitzed up with Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow Mists and Magicals.

Paper and Cardstock

from stash of sample books

Stamp

Monogram Frames Set - A-Muse

Ink

Tuxedo Black - Memento
Dies

Leaf - Spellbinders

Tiny Tags - Cuttlebug
Embossing Folder
Just My Type- Cuttlebug

Paint and Mists

Gossamer Gold Moon Shadow Mist - Lindy's Stamp Gang

Burnished Brass Moon Shadow Mist - Lindy's Stamp Gang

Ethereal Emerald Moon Shadow Mist - Lindy's Stamp Gang

Pegleg Pete Purple Moon Shadow Mist - Lindy's Stamp Gang

Bucket O' Blood Red Moon Shadow Mist - Lindy's Stamp Gang

Burnt Umber Moon Shadow Mist - Lindy's Stamp Gang

Red Hot Poker Orange Magicals - Lindy's Stamp Gang

Additional Supplies
gem brad - Making Memories
blue ribbon - Offray

tiny brown gem

hemp cord

Card: Dragonfly with Lilacs

Paper

Lily Kate collection (green/white floral) -  BasicGrey

Cardstock

Light and dark periwinkle

Stamp

Unity (sentiment) - LOL Kit, May 2013

Embossing Folders

Swiss Dots - Cuttlebug

Postcard - Sizzix/Tim Holtz

Dimensional Stickers

K & Company

Ink

Paris Dusk - Memento

Bamboo Leaves - Memento

Additional Supplies

Lavender organza ribbon

paper doily

Tag : Winter Morning

I love this sweet vintage image!  You can download it for free from here.  To make the snowflake stamped fragment I used Tim Holtz's technique shown here.   Normally you don't want to put adhesive behind your sanded fragment because it will cause the sanded areas to become clear again.  I was able to attach a piece of silver metallic paper to the back of the fragment by strategically adding small dots of Glossy Accents that were camouflaged by the design in the stamped snowflake and hidden behind the gem in the center.

Picket Fence Distress crackle paint was lightly painted over the embossed snowflake image to allow some of the card stock to show through. Also, a thin layer causes the crackles to be very small.

Card stock
Core'dinations

Paper
white vellum

Stamp
Winter Snow Collection (Oxford Impressions)
snowflake (Midnight Frost collection by Bo Bunny)

Embossing Folder
5x7 snowflake (I'm not sure of the actual name) (Cuttlebug)

Additional Supplies
round fragment (Tim Holtz)
flocked dot tulle (Hobby Lobby)
snowflake shaped gem
clear gem
vintage foiled leaf
vintage image
Distress crackle paint - Picket Fence (Ranger)
White satin ribbon
Glossy Accents (Ranger)
Radiant H2O's  - silver (Luminarte)

Card: Graduation Time

It's getting to be that time of year; graduation season is just around the corner!  I made this card last year - hence the "2010"!   The recipient of this card is a young man who aspires to become a comedian so two elements on this card are a reference to that.  Reference number one is the Charlie Chaplin figure and reference number two is the script to the right of the sentiment which is an excerpt from Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."  If you click on the photo you can get a closer look.

Paper

Recess (BasicGrey)

Card Stock

DieCuts With A View

Stamps

 Life's Possibilities Set (Tim Holtz Visual Artistry)

Ink

Broken China (Ranger Distress Ink)

brown

Embossing Folder

Distressed Stripes (Cuttlebug)

Additional Supplies

text from an old book

clock rub-on (Heidi Swapp)

Destiny tag (Tim Holtz)

pewter brads

clear embossing powder

Card: Glitter and Bling!

The effect of the clear chunky glitter on this card is beautiful!  After I embossed the card stock and added the blue crystals, I traced the embossing with Sobo glue and a fine tip applicator.  I worked in sections, adding the glitter before the glue started to dry.  The snowflake die cut was done the same way; crystals first then the glitter.

Rubber (clear) Stamp
My Sentiments Exactly! - Holiday Sentiments

Embossing Folder
Cuttlebug - Flurries

Die
Cuttlebug - Ice Crystal

Tag Tuesday Challenge #28 - purple, green and silver

I love this unusual color scheme for a Christmas tag at Kard Krazy's weekly challenge!  The colors came out different in the photo.  The purple is periwinkle and it reads very blue in the picture.  The ribbon turned out the right color and the card stock matches the ribbon but you would never know that from the photo! *sigh*

Rubber Stamp
Hampton Art/Hot Fudge Studio

Embossing Folder
Cuttlebug

Tuesday Tag Challenge #27 - red, green and golden yellow

This stamp from PSX is a classic!

Rubber Stamp

Personal Stamp Exchange - Poinsettia (K-784)

Embossing Folder

Cuttlebug - Textile (37-1153)

Font Die

Cuttlebug - Curls and Swirls (37-1054)