Peace & Joy

I had some time to play with Papertrey's MIM, and Melissa's 'Deck Your Dies', 

and did a couple of cards for my stash with the new Floral Fantasy set.

I really love the reindeer in red, so festive and bright. I had a few

stamped die cuts left over from the last MIM, and combining them with 

my 'decked out' die cuts showcased that darling deer.

First I cut a window with an oval die, and decked it with 2 more die cut ovals from

silver glitter paper, angling the 2 die cuts a bit.

Scalloped frame provided an addtional dotted die over my stamped BG Basics: Gingham

stamped in black on red card stock.

What to do with the oval cut out? Another card!

Same layout, with my reindeer embossed in white on red, a reverse of the first card.

A little hard to see on this card, but the die cut sentiment is backed with black glitter

card stock.

A close look at the greenery and berries, you can see some double inking and Copic coloring.

Love seeing what everyone does to their die cuts to enhance them, don't you? 

Play along on PTI's blog through the week.

Hope your crafting isn't too stressed this time of year. I know mine is... just hoping

yours isn't! <3 

Floral Fantasy: Christmas Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Floral Fantasy: Christmas Die Collection (set of 2)

Forest Floor: Winter Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - Forest Floor: Winter Die

Papertrey Ink - Noted: Scalloped A2 Die Collection (set of 9)

Papertrey Ink - Scallop Stackers: Small Die

Sweet Holiday Greetings

There's a new challenge at the Card Concept!

Holiday Treats!

I was drawn to the lineup of holiday cupcakes. Who wouldn't be?

And kept my layered card simple and colorful.

Cupcakes: Clearly Besotted Tasty Treats

Poppystamps: frames Art Deco Frames and Phrases set

Sentiment: PTI Sweet Holiday Wishes

Play along for 2 weeks, and don't forget to tell us your the style you used.

For a list of styles, see our definitions and styes here:

The Styles Defined

Happy Crafting!

Dreaming of a White Christmas

Make It Monday this week is revisiting one of my favorites, Laurie Schmidlin's

'Love of Layers'. 

Laurie shares several ways to add to a cards rich layering.

I played with Betsy's new 'Fairy Tale Christmas', and the stencils that match

the set.

Betsy thought of so many details. From the stencils to popping up the die cuts, layering

is easy. The layer of snowy stencil was done with Nuvo Glimmer Paste. 

Just may mass produce this one, it's so much fun to play with all the layers!

Hope you're doing well with your Christmas card stash. Enjoy your week!

A Merry Little Christmas

Create Along With Us and Melissa Phillips' beautiful creation:

 

Kept the layout of her card with those sweet elements peeking out 

from the oval die. Just loved how she stamped images on the oval.

PTI products:

Corner Adorner

Cloche Quarters

Cloche Quarters Winter Fillers

Sending Joy

Happiest of Holidays

Poppystamps Blog Blitz! Trio of Joy

Hi folks!  

How would you like to win this GORGEOUS Poppystamps holiday die?

You can! Simply head on over to the Poppystamps blog, 

Holiday Blog Blitz! Trio of Joy by Nancy Penir

and comment on my post. And while you're at it, not just my post but ALL the holiday

blitz' posts for a chance to win one of MANY dies free!

It's that easy! 

On the blog, I explain how I made this trio of holiday cards with the new die,

Mountain Hills Plate.

Winners announced on August 6th.

Good luck! And Happy Crafting!