Trees

 In our stamp group this month the Christmas challenge was to use trees on our cards, she mentioned that she had seen cards that used both positive and negative shapes for their cards so that is how I started out.

On this first card I cut the tree shape from the background paper and then placed scrap pieces of green papers behind, adding the sentiment on top.

• Recollections - Tree die, scrap papers for the tree
• Anna Griffin background paper
• Simon says tiny words Christmas
• Pink and main banner die cut

Then I took the piece that I cut out and added some ornament stickers to it, not sure what I think of this card.

• Recollections - Tree die cut
• Paper studio - Background paper
• Anna Griffin - paper for tree
• Hobby Lobby - Christmas sticker book, ornaments and sentiment

Then I did the floating technique on the next one, I added strips of paper to a piece of acetate, then I cut out using the other size tree die, put foam strips behind the papers.

• Recollections - Tree die, scrap papers, floating techniqe
• Twine
• My mind's eye winter papers, background

The next two were clear ephemera and clear sticker trees, I added some stamped music at the top of each of them.

• Recollections - Christmas tree, clear sticker
• Stampendous - Caroling music PCS stamp

On this last one I used gold ink for the music stamp, and the tree is a die cut on white background.

• Recollections - Christmas tree ephemera
• Stampendous - Caroling music PCS stamp

Lastly I had also bought some tree stamp and die set that Michaels had on sale before Christmas. Tore the papers for snow and added some stickles. I thought the white snow might show up better from a cream background but not sure if I like that or not, also look what the wind did to the tree in the foreground, it grew a little tilted, LOL!

• Recollections - Tree stamp and die set
• My mind's eye - Winter papers
• Die versions - Seasons greetings die
• Memory Box - Valley Deer trio die
• Torn paper for snow
• White gel pen and Crystal stickles

That is my Christmas cards for Febuary, thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Stay Cool

 I needed a teen card and was having trouble of what to go with when I found this in my coloring calendar and thought it would work, I liked that it came with the sentiment, I just colored and fussy cut it out. I mounted on this die cut that had a wavy look to it, kind of mimicking a melted popsicle :)

• Color for calm 2018 calendar- image colored and fussy cut
• We R memory keepers - For the record papers
• Darice - Nesting Wavy squares die

Thanks for stopping by,

Connie

Pretty Papers

 This paper pack has such pretty papers and also panels you can cut out too, I love when a set has it all, makes matching so much easier.  The butterfly was even cut from the paper. I did a mini slimline card once again.

• DCWV - Primrose Paper (paper, panel and butterfly)
• Pizzaz aplenty - Butterfly die
• Hot off the press - 130 tiny words and phrases sticker
• Sequins

I would like to share my card today with Love those pretty papers challenge 

This should be our last day below freezing temps, it will be nice to go outside again, and thankful the sun is shining too. Hope you all have a good weekend.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,

Connie

Group card

 Our stamping group got together last month for our Skype meeting and I am hoping I remember this right, but I believe we stamped a background stamp onto glossy paper using clear embossing ink, let that dry, we did not use embossing powder with it, I think I have done this in the past but used embossing ink. Then we took Color Burst, which are powdered ink and misted with water to activate the ink..

We then took our card base and scored an 1 1/4 inches over from the card fold, glued that portion together, added a border strip that we embossed, I used a border embossing folder from my Advent calendar, then added some string to that scored area.  I hope that all made sense. 

• Fun Stampers Journey - Lace Background stamp
• Diamond Press - Border embossing folder from advent calendar
• Ms. Sparkle & co. Wooden Butterfly (Brushed inks on to color)
• Making memories - Perfect Pink ribbons set
• Memory Box - Greetings tabs foiled 

Added inks to the butterfly with a brush. The inside was a pop up fold she taught us, can't remember at all how we did it.

Cardmaking magic - Birthday verses for inside of card

I would like to share today's card with Can you handle the pressure Fchallenge, mine is flowers embossing

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Masculine Birthday

 I have been looking for this daily calendar for awhile and just thought I must have put it somewhere else in the house, but the other day I had to move something and there it was, I could have sworn I looked in that area many times, so who knows, but I decided now that I found it I needed to use them, my nephews were born same day but 3 years apart, so I picked out two pictures I thought they would like.

• Thomas Kinkade - 2012 daily calendar (image)
• Spellbinders - Lg. Deckled Rectangle and A2 Distressed Edges dies
• Hero Arts - Birthday message stamp
• Craft Consortium - Metal Textures paper

• Thomas Kinkade - 2012 daily calendar (image)
• PPD - Stitched Postage stamp rectangle die
• Spellbinders - A2 Matting basics A die
• Craft Consortium - Wood Textures paper
• Hero Arts - Birthday messages stamp
• Starform - Silver outline birder sticker

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie