An elegance with white and embossing

I have a Cuttlebug embossing folder that I so love!!

 It is kind of amazing how elegant it can be, especially with white cardstock.  The embossing folder creates a fancy label shape that fills the front of the card and it is already to be embellished. 

 I stamped the Hero Arts dictionary stamp on a piece of paper and cut that to fit in the little window.  Next, I stamped that same stamp on more white cardstock and then stamped over that the flowers and leaves from PaperTrey, Inc.  I also used the matching die cut shapes for the flowers and leaves.

 I had shared this card a few months ago but it uses the same embossing folder on white cardstock.  I thought it was fun to share it again with my first card so you can see how easy it is to use it.

The "deck the halls" stamp is by WOW stamped in silver accented with simple punched leaves and a rhinestone heart.

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

More stamping fun

Yeah, I got in some play time and what better way right now then with some Christmas cards.

 I have had this embossing folder for a while and found this to be a great time to pull it out. I used The Play Date Cafe color combination on it.

 The sentiment is from a stamp set by WOW! I embossed it with silver embossing powder.

 Here is The Play Date Cafe combo.

 Next up, I wanted to use the color combination at Colour Q.  I used the card sketch at Clean & Simple for my inspiration. I made sure to say "for my inspiration" because it might not really look like the sketch to you, but it really was my starting off place.

 When I saw this snowflake stamp set, I knew I needed it ASAP. It is from The Craft's Meow. Are the colors just yummy!!!

 Here is the Colour Q combo.

 This is the Clean & Simple sketch.

I also put together this little tag the other day. I had recently watched Tim Holtz doing some demo's at a stamp convention and I came home to try a few of the technques he showed. I picked up the Seedless Preserves Distress Stain and needed to use that. The ornament is from Hero Arts. I didn't have any branch stamps so I used the antlers to one of the little reindeer stamps! This does fit in with the Simon Stays Stamp and Show challenge.

For a couple fun photos...

 We had rain the other day (and we even have some this weekend too). This is just unusual for us so we had to go out and find some puddles. I used my Hipstamatic camera and the lens I used turned out this bizarre photo of duplicate pics of my grandson as he was running.

 

This guy loves puddles!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)

Black Christmas Trees and Angel Snow Ladies

I am having so much fun creating cards around the themes of the season.

 This first one uses the retro sketch for this week and some really neat WOW stamps I recently won.

 I was a winner of this great stamp set by WOW from Gina Lideros blog.  I wanted my image to be on the simple side so I just stamped it with black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Next came maybe my new most favorite supply, some Heidi Swapp Gold spray. Can you tell how amazing that gold is? I even sprayed it on that little strip of black cardstock.

 I wanted to show off a Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch so I used it on the corners of my square piece of cardstock that I had already embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. This was also rubbed with some brown and some green stamp pad ink.

 Here is the retro sketch.

 Now for my adorable little Snow Lady, a Printworks stamp.  I just love how girly she is.  She also fits the Simon Says Stamp blog, Snowflakes challenge and the CASology SPARKLE challenge.

 Another new purchase that I am loving is some Rock Candy Ranger Sticklers. LOVING the glittery look. The hat was coated with Glossy Accents.

 This snowflake is cut with the Cricut and another example of the Rock Candy Sticklers. I thought the little heart she is holding looked something like a Bauble to go along with the Addicted to CAS challenge.

 This is the Addicted to CAS challenge.

CASology Sparkle challenge.
And for a couple cute photos...

 We picked up this adorable Santa advent calendar at Ikea and my youngest grandson has had so much fun opening a box each day. He was getting mad that Christmas wasn't here since we said it was Christmas time, so this helps him, I hope!

Thanks for visiting, Linda (lbpost)