Very Merry

Merry Monday is featuring a photo and color scheme chosen by 

Marcia Hill, this week.

Kraft and Red! Love the theme, and couldn't wait to join the fun.

It's an all PTI card.

My wreath was created with PTI's Beautiful Berries: Winter.

Stag is from Dash Away All, 

 To The Point: Edgers die

 Plaid Builders, and bow from Merry Kiss-mas.

A bit hard to see, but I scored the bg with my score buddy.

Play along for a few more days here:

Merry Monday #264 {Kraft and Red}

Season's Greetings

Merry Monday, this week, has a 'challenging' challenge,

Gray, White & Red...

Sweet Brigit Norton from Crafting While I wait,

 sent me this fabulous bg from Tim Holtz (don't know

if it's still available), and I knew just what to do with it.

Wreath and spray: PTI's Twig Wreath

Sentiment: PTI's: Botanical Blocks 1V

Banner: PTI's: Tag Sale 10

Brick inked with Distress Ink: Fired Brick

All my die cuts were colored with Papertrey's greys,

Soft Stone, Stormy Sea & Smokey Shadow.

I wove some grey twine through my wreath and added

sequins for a bit of bling.

Merry Monday #222 {Gray, White and Red}

Oh Holy Night

Make It Monday with Lizzie Jones, and Dry Brushing our background.

Love this technique!

Did a few, while the brush was wet, 

and can't wait to use them again.

You wouldn't believe that I used Pinefeather for my ink, 

it lightened up so much. It looks like aqua mist. 

Tried to keep the sides a bit darker than the center, so my snowflake would 

seem to be glowing. 

Christmas Faith, Snowflake Medley,

Glossy Accents

Make It Monday #265: Layered Dry Brushing

Also playing along at Merry Monday, 

where the theme this week is 'Birds'.

Merry Monday #219 {Birds}

Spent the morning baking,
with these delicious results!

Our persimmons are ripe, and they make the best chewy cookies!

These are filled with dates, raisins and pecans.

Wish I could send you all some!

Have a great week!

With Joy

Mid week, blogging friends, and playing along with

Merry Monday, a Christmas card challenge, with this inspiration:

Plaid!

I love plaid! Any plaid, so I have lots of plaid paper.

But couldn't find one that I wanted to use, 

so I made my own with PTI's Plaid Builder.

Let me just say, much easier with my misti!

Loop de Loop border die provided my 'trim'.

What the Doodle: Tea Time

Spruce & Sprigs

Tiny Tags

I  die cut the tea cup from shimmer card stock, but it's hard to photograph.

Also added red glitter stickles to the heart.

Merry Monday #218 {PLAID}

A few more days to play!

Thanks for the visit, and happy crafting!

Love from Our Home

Good Weekend Morning!

I have a card for a couple of challenges,

Merry Monday's Vintage/Retro Theme

and Happy Little Stampers' Anything Goes With Dies

So happy to see a vintage themed challenge!

Perfect excuse to use the new Post and Parcel kit!

The dies in this kit are amazing!

Mounted a sponge inked linen card stock with an oval window, over another 

piece of card stock that was also sponge inked.

And all over a pattern piece included in the kit.

All stamps and dies included in the kit.

Mailbox flag & ornaments embossed with Ranger's Liquid Platinum.

I used a silver gel pen to add a shimmer to the bough's fir, 

and note up top.

PTI's Make It Market: Post & Parcel

PTI Inks: Pale Peony, Aqua Mist, Fine Linen, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise,

Terracotta Tile, Pinefeather & Ocean Tides.

White EP on Mailbox.

MIM #181: Paper Casting and Merry Monday Christmas Bingo

Had so much fun doing the Paper Casting with Danielle

over at PapertreyInk,

this time doing double duty for 

MIM and Merry Monday's challenges.

Kathy's playing Christmas Bingo with us. 

My choices are right hand, straight down,

Emboss, Kraft, and Buttons.

Center created with Tremendous Treats: Christmas (little birdie).

This is done with paper casting and sheets of toilet tissue.

I tinted the water with re-inker Blueberry Sky, then glimmer misted it after drying.

Colored a bit with sharpies and went over a few places with stickles.

Wreath created with Winterberry die in Kraft felt

Sentiment: Wet Paint Christmas

Make It Monday #181: Paper Casting

Merry Monday #124 Presents/Gifts!

Merry Monday's challenge this week was to use a present or gifts

on our card.

We're into September, and thinking holiday is 

a welcome relief to our 

warm dry weather.

I took inspiration from the rustic brown paper packages 

tied with string!

Also love to get out my Melissa Phillips files, 

and her layering with vellum!

Believe stamp set Santa, paper pieced. 

Pencil colored robe, to mimic plaid.

Fuzzy glitter on whites.

Gifts are stamped, and colored with white gel, green copic (leaves), and red Stickles.

Double tree, bottom from In the Meadow, top from Believe

Looking at all the Christmas stash on my worktable just makes me happy! 

Merry Monday #124 {Presents/Gifts!}

Merry Monday #122

Use Black, Gold & Silver, says Sue on Merry Monday's Challenge.

Christmas will be here before we know, so getting

some cards done with the Merry Monday gals.

Started with the Addison Ornament die from Memory Box and 

it's background die.

Glittered it up with silver and gold.

Created the background from Waltzingmouse's Pinstripe, first with 

black emboss, then turning the stamp and embossing again

with Winter Wonderland from Stampendous.

Oval Window popped up with foam from Lil Inkers.

Sentiment from Waltzingmouse: Seasonal Flouish

All Shimmer cardstocks, except the vellum.

Merry Monday #122 {Black, Gold & Silver}