Snowflakes

Hello Friends!

Well here I am again to join in some other challenges. This will be my first entry into Make It Monday. Also, I will be entering Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge. With all that said, here is my card for today, enjoy!

The Make It Monday team has presented a technique called
sentiment strip grounding. My sentiment also uses partial die cutting along with stip grounding. The rest of the sentiment 'day' was then added to complete the grounding technique.

Three gems were added to for a bit sparkle and interest.

Above: Showing the rest of the sentiment 'day'. I really enjoy how the stamped sentiment settles into the die-cut so nicely; Below: This photo shows the luster and layering of the snowflakes.

For those of you that experienced snow may remember how magical it is to see the first snow of the year! So clean, fresh, and so sparkly; especially during a sunny day.  I know in March I will look at this post and wonder what on earth I was thinking, but for now I idealizing the thought of snow.. I guess that is what you do when it is 93 degrees (34 celsius) outside.

Well that should do it for me... I want to thank you once again for joining me at TheGrandStampede. I hope you enjoyed your stay and looking forward to your return. Until then take care and happy stamping!

All the best,
Shawna 

Krafty Card

Hello Everyone,

For today I will playing along with The Challenge, Inkspirational and Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge. The photo inspiration from The Challenge was my jumping off point for this card and then I saw what HLS was doing and it all came together. Here is my card for today.. Enjoy!

Spotlighting the poinsettias on the tag and coloring
the rest of the image on kraft paper in white.

 Entering Challenges:
The Challenge: #50- photo inspiration
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge: November 2015- Tag
Inkspirational: #95 Colour Challenge: Anything goes with silver

   

Just a bit of silver to lighten up the design.
The silver is actually ribbon that I had to cut and then tie.
for the sentiment I laid them out in strips
and die cut the sentiment.

Close up details of the card. I think the spotlighting is really effective and the 

silver finishing touches is just what this festive card needed.

Usually I go into a project with an inkling of what the design might look like. For this one however, I had no idea... So I'm lying in bed thinking of the card-to-be with all the challenges at the forefront of my thoughts. Then I thought of this stamp came into play and spotlighting it with a tag. The rest just fell into place.. ah! Time to find another challenge to enter.

That should do it for me.. Thank you so much for visiting me today and I hope I made your day a bit brighter. Take care all and we will see you soon.

All the best,

Shawna 

Another Poinsettia Card

Hello all,
For this post I will be playing with Sunday Stamps and Happy Little Stamper Christmas Challenge. Here is my card..  I am going to write more later I am helping with my son's harvest party in school. I wanted to get these in before it goes in the land of my good intentions.. Here is my card

Entering Challenges:

Sunday Stamps: SSC112- sketch

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge: October 2015- Poinsettia 

     

I will explain more later!! I really enjoyed both of these challenges.. Will blog more a bit later.. Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned for more description.

All the best,

Shawna 

CAS Poinsettia Card

Hello Everyone!!

For today I am playing along with Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge. The cue word for this month is poinsettia.

Entering Challenge:
Happy Little Christmas Challenge
October: Poinsettia

This delicious ornament was painted using Perfect Pearls
for a bit of shine.

The poinsettia was stamped twice then fussy cut and
sprayed with Perfect Pearls and water. 

This ornament stamp was generously given to me by BozenA from ArtCardBox. If you haven't seen her work yet then you should. She is an extremely talented and gifted artist.

Heat embossing the image allowed me to paint with Perfect Pearls. Such a beautiful bit of shine that can only be seen in the light? In trying to keep the card CAS I considered minimal color; gold and red. This allows the poinsettia to be the star of the show. More dramatically, it has been popped off the card by paper piecing and dimensional tape. This is also a very intricate stamp that needed a simple backdrop so I added a sense of space by stamping a pine branch and a very simple, yet interesting looking, sentiment. 

That should do it for me I hope you enjoyed your stay with me here at TheGrandStampede. Please feel free to leave a comment; I really enjoy reading your comments. Thank you so much and we will see soon with another creation.

All the best,

Shawna