Non-Winning Artisan Award- Western Boot card

Here is another card I made for Artisan Award this year. I loved these colors together (Basic Black, Baja Breeze and Cherry Cobbler). (Click on the card to see it bigger!)

I used the Newsprint designer series paper and squares of the colored card stock to make the cards background. I also sponged Basic Black classic ink around all the edges of the DSP. Do you see the words in the DSP that go so well with the stamped image? I totally planned it, but don't know if anyone else notices! :)

I stamped the boot image from the Out West stamp set in Versa mark onto watercolor paper and then embossed it using black embossing powder with a touch of dazzling diamonds in it. I added the Basic Black satin bow and an antique brad in the middle to finish it off.

Nothing too crazy and technical here, but clean and sticking colors I think make this card worthy! :)

Thanks for looking!
if you were at convention you may have seen this card on the display boards...it was there!

Non-Winning Artisan Award- Snowflake Card

Here is the one card I made for the Artisan Award contest. I really liked the way it turned out! (Click on the pictures to see them bigger!)

The colors (Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Basic Grey and Whisper White) were picked straight from Stampin' Up!'s color coach...I don't think I would have put these colors together myself, but they do look really great together!

There are so many little details on this card, I just love it!

Here are a few of the products I used to make this card: brads, bitty buttons, Big Shot and various dies, Presto Patterns Specialty paper, sponge daubers, Linen Thread, distressing tool and shimmer paint.

I had a blast putting this card together and adding all the details until it was just right!

Thanks for looking!
if you were at convention you may have seen this on the display boards...it was there!

A Note From Erin....

I was asked by "Aunt" to make a personalized set of note cards for her nieces 6th birthday. Aunt said niece has everything and knew this would be a great gift since she is learning how to write. She told me she was a girly girl and was all about princesses and pink and purples, so I went to work using the Pretty Princess stamp set! (I had to borrow this retired set from a stampin' friend, hi Susan! :) )

I used Rose Red and Pretty in Pink as the main colors and then used various Stampin' Write markers to color the images.

I printed out the "A note from Erin" on Whisper White card stock and then mounted it to a piece of Rose Red card stock.

Once I had all 8 cards made, I knew a 6 year old would need something to keep her cards in, so I made a sparkly Iridescent Ice monogrammed "E" box for her to keep them in.

I liked the way the cards and box turned out and I think they probably made a great special gift for Erin!

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Dazzling Snowman Ornament- SCIC31

It's Thursday and that means time for another Stampin' Celebration Challenge! This week we have some non-traditional Christmas colors to work with. I saw the inspiration pictures and knew whatever I made was going to have pink on it and be sparkly!

Here is what I made, a snowman ornament! I used a few glass ball ornaments and added dazzling diamonds to them and then hot glued them together in a snowman shape. I added a few big buttons from the Holiday mini catalog, a handmade scarf (I sewed a few pieces of ribbon together) and made a top hat for him (or her) and it was done!

The snowman is going to glimmer very nicely when the dazzling diamonds catch the light off the Christmas tree!

Thanks for looking!

and I hope I inspired you to create something!

Snowflake Frost- SCIC30

It's Thursday and that means it is time for another Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge! This week we have these elegant inspiration pictures to work with. Look at all that glitter and glam in the pictures! We would love for you to play along with us! Just stop by the Stampin' Celebration blog and link your creation!

When I saw these pictures, they gave me a frosty-wintery feeling, so I decided to go with the sparkly snowflake theme! Here is what I came up with! (glitter and shimmery things are soo hard to take pictures of...anyone have any recommendations?)

The colors I used on my card are Whisper White, Brushed Silver, Rich Razzleberry, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant and Concord Crush. I die cut the snowflakes from the Merry Details Sizzlit die in all four of the purples. Then I used the Frost White Shimmer paint and lightly sponged all the snowflakes and any Whisper White card stock on the front of my card. The snowflakes are held together using a brad that I dipped into Tombow adhesive and then dipped into the Silver Glass Glitter.

The snowflakes are mounted on to 1 1/2" squares of Brushed Silver card stock that I added Silver Glass Glitter to each of the sides using the Tombow adhesive. The sentiment comes from the Curly Cute stamp set.

I mounted the snowflake panel on to a piece of Vellum card stock that I crumpled up in my hands to give it an icy-cold look.

Really this card did not take all that long to create, even though it look like it would be!

Thanks for looking!
and I hope I inspired you to create something too!