Wishing
all my family, friends, and followers a blessed Christmas.
E. Marie
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Monday, December 25, 2017
Merry Christmas!
Merry
Christmas! This is
such a special time of the year and for most of us, we really hope to see snow
on Christmas day. This is pretty rare in
the south. This card is for those of you
who have been dreaming of a white Christmas.
The
background is using Color Bursts and the Galaxy Technique. I used Indigo, Ultramarine Blue, Merlot, and
Yellow Ochre on watercolor paper. After
adding the water droplets to the background, I splattered it with a little
Platinum Liquid Metals. This gave a
great shimmer to some spots which sadly does not show up in the pictures.
The
Just For Fun new Silhouette Pines image, along with the Joy To The World from the Sentiments 1 Unmounted Sheet, were stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with
detail white powder. To me this looked
like a snow scene with the northern lights in the background.
Whether
you have snow or not, cold or warm, I hope you have a very blessed Christmas.
E. Marie
Friday, December 1, 2017
Just For Fun December Challenge
I
know we just celebrated Thanksgiving, but December has snuck up on us and it is
time for a new challenge at the Just For Fun Blog. It will be so easy to enter this challenge
with the theme of “Happy Everything - Holiday of your Choice”
I
am in the Christmas spirit, so I am sharing a Christmas card. Just for Fun Rubber Stamps has this new
image, Silhouette Pines, and I had two Snowflake Ring Memory Box dies I couldn’t
wait to use. Both size ring dies were
cut from white cardstock. The pines
image was stamped and heat embossed with detail white embossing powder on blue
cardstock. This was cut out with a
Spellbinders’ Classic Circle die and the large Snowflake Ring was layered on
top. The sentiment, from the JFF Sentiments1 Unmounted Sheet, was stamped with Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink onto the
white center of the smaller Snowflake Ring.
This was inserted back into the die cut.
Additional ink was lightly sponged on both die cuts.
The
blue cardstock for the background was run through a Sizzix Holiday Knitembossing folder. The edges were sponged
with white ink. Both Snowflake Rings
were added to the front and this was added to a dark blue layer and the white
card base.
Head
on over to the Just For Fun Blog to be inspired by more holiday cards and find
all the details for the challenge. I
will be looking for your creations.
E. Marie
Monday, December 26, 2016
One Last Christmas Card
Merry Day after Christmas. Sure hope everyone had
a wonderful time yesterday with friends and family. I know I did. I thought I would share one more Christmas
themed card inspired by my parents. They
used to love going camping and would come visit us and park their big camper in
our back yard. The new little camper
image from Just For Fun was perfect for this.
Dark
blue was used for the background and was die cut with a star background
die. This was layered on yellow to show
the stars.
The
tree is the Stamptangle Christmas Tree, also from JFF. It was stamped on the blue background, then stamped a second time on a paint chip. This was fussy cut and layered on top
of the original. The star was stamped on yellow, fussy cut, and heat embossed with Sparkle EmbossingPowder to make it sparkle. This same
embossing powder was added to the circular ornaments hanging from the tree.
The JFF CMP-Round Camper was watercolored and fussy cut. The Sparkle EP was added to the little Christmas
lights. A glitter pen was used on the
metal areas.
The
“celebrate” was die cut from red cardstock and heat set with Sparkle EP.
Have
a wonderful time relaxing after all the Christmas activities.
E. Marie
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Coffee Joy
This week is the 2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop so I have been working on some coffee themed cards. As a result, today's
card is a mix of elegance and fun. The
elegance comes from the delicate, dry embossed background and decorative,
elongated ornaments with bows. The fun
comes from the addition of the little coffee cups.
Just For Fun's Stamptangle Teardrop Ornaments were colored with a mix of watercolors and Copic Markers. They were fussy cut and popped
up on the card front. The Cup of Joe , also from JFF, was
stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento Ink, punched out with a circle punch, and also
popped up.
The
Joy To The World sentiment comes from JFF's Sentiments 1 Unmounted Sheet. It was stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento Ink on
coordinating cardstock and layered on blue. I actually had another sentiment in mind, but lost the stamp in the mess on my craft table. Decided this one would work just as well. Being a coffee lover, it definitely brings joy to my world.
I know a few other coffee lovers that will love a Christmas card like
this.
E. Marie
Monday, July 18, 2016
Holiday Lamp
Christmas
in July always gets me inspired to get a start on my Christmas cards. This is the theme this month for the Just For Fun Monthly Challenge so I thought I would share another
card I made for my favorite holiday.
I
used some lovely blue cardstock with a white core and ran it through an
embossing folder. The raised area was
sanded to bring out the white core and then the outer edges were inked. Spellbinders’ Laced with Love Blooming
Collection Etched Die was used to create the white frame.
The
Just for Fun image, Christmas Lantern, was stamped in blue and die cut with Spellbinders
Classic Oval die. This was layered on a slightly larger blue oval that was inked
around the edges. A little yellow glow
was added to the lantern with a Copic Marker.
The
sentiment, from the Just For Fun's Sentiments 1 Unmounted Sheet, was also stamped in blue and
die cut with JustRite’s Spellbinders Nested Sentiment die. The edges were inked and small blue jewels
were added.
E. Marie
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
If Kisses Were Snowflakes...
It
is Christmas In July at Sparkle N Sprinkle with all the new Christmas
sets. E. Marie here to share a card
using the new Christmas set, Milton Catching Snowflakes. This guy is adorable with his scarves and
comes with four great sentiments.
I
chose to create a “gap” card since I have seen so many great samples
lately. Most of these cards actually
leave an actual gap between the top and bottom front sections, held together by
an image or sentiment, but I chose to support this one with a piece of acetate.
After
adding decorative cardstock on the top and bottom layers, Dimensional Glue was
run around the edges and Twinkling Clouds Sparkle N Soft was added to look like
snow.
The
image was heat embossed with Detail Black embossing powder and colored with Copic markers. Cloud Nine Velvet Glitter
was added to the scarves and snowflake using a glue pen. This was layered to the right side of the
card.
I
used the digital version of this set to print the sentiment and layered this on
the inside of the card so the sentiment would show in the open gap. Here
is a picture of the inside. I added
white layers on the inside top and bottom of the card front to make it look
neater and cover any exposed adhesive from adding the acetate.
I
know you will love playing with this card style and hope you enjoyed seeing
this cute set.
E. Marie
Friday, July 1, 2016
Just For Fun July Challenge - Christmas In July
July
has arrived and it is time for a new challenge at Just For Fun Rubber Stamps Blog. What is better than Christmas in
July with Sparkle. It was so hot by me that it was refreshing to create a Christmas card.
For this card the Just for Fun Bells and Holly image was colored with Copic Markers and layered
on green and white. A little sparkle was
added using a Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen.
I also added a little ink splatter to coordinate more of the background layer
coloring. The simple sentiment, from the
Sentiments 1 Unmounted Sheet, was layered along the bottom.
The
background design was created by stamping and heat embossing the Holly Background in white on watercolor paper.
Then Brusho Crystal Colors were added. After coloring the little berries, a little
more sparkle was added to each leaf with the Spectrum Noir Clear Sparkle Pen.
You can see a little of this on the right side of the picture.
Head
on over to the Just For Fun Rubber Stamps Blog to get all the details of the
challenge and get more inspiration from my fellow designers.
I
look forward to seeing what you create!
E. Marie
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Sparkle N Sprinkle July Reveal Blop Hop
We have five new stamp sets to share with you today.
These new sets are 20% off until July 5. So once you finish the
blog hop, head on over to the store and start shopping. All of the new
sets are available on cling mounted rubber or as a digital image.
The sets are:
Milton Catching Snow Flakes
787
(digi version DIGI787)
Christmas Skates 789 (digi version DIGI789)
Wetlands #1 790 (digi version DIGI790)
Wetlands #2 791 (digi version DIGI791)
Deer Duo 797 (digi version DIGI797)
(digi version DIGI787)
Christmas Skates 789 (digi version DIGI789)
Wetlands #1 790 (digi version DIGI790)
Wetlands #2 791 (digi version DIGI791)
Deer Duo 797 (digi version DIGI797)
On July 3rd, ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be selected from the comments left on the Designers' blogs listed below. Please leave a comment with each Designer in order to be eligible for the Grand Prize. You never know who the Mystery Designer will be that has the winning comment.
The Grand Prize Winner, which will be announced on the SNS Facebook page and on the SNS Blog, will receive ALL of the new stamp sets released this month (or the digi versions, if preferred).
The Blog Hop order this month is:
(*Tip: if you have difficulty with a particular link, try clicking on the Designer's blog title to send you to their Home page.)
We hope you enjoy the New Reveal Blog Hop as much as we do.
Thanks for joining us and remember to visit and comment on
each of the eight Designers' blogs to be eligible for the Grand Prize. (Checked
for compliance.)
Wonder
who the Mystery Host will be this month????
My card
features the Christmas Skates Digital Set.
This was printed in black on white cardstock and colored with Copic
Markers.
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Cloud Nine Velvet Glitter was
added to the little berries with a Glue Pen, giving them a slightly frosted
look and the edges were inked with Antique Linen Distress Ink. This was layered on a piece that distressed
on the edges, run through an embossing folder, and sponged with Distress Ink. The red layer beneath was created with white
cardstock sponged with Fired Brick Distress Ink.
The image and
layers were placed on a piece of Sticker Paper with the right side punched with
a holly leaf border punch. Meadow Spark
glitter was added to the remaining exposed adhesive and this was centered on the
card.
The printed
sentiment was inked around the edges with more Antique Linen Distress Ink,
layered on dark green, and adhered to the card corner.
These new sets
are a perfect start to those Christmas cards and I hope the projects you see on
this hop inspire you to get started.
The Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge also
begins today. There are lots of prizes and recognition badges. Come
check out how you can become a SNS Featured Artist as well. The theme is
always Anything Goes using Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder, and/or
Flock.
Have you checked out the SNS YouTube Channel featuring Demo Donna?
If not, then you are in for a real treat. Subscribe today to get
all the latest Demo Donna tips and techniques!
The next stop on our blog hop is Jess.
Don’t forget to leave comments for a chance to win and I hope you enjoy
what you see at each stop. Thank you for
joining us.
E. Marie
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