A Watercolor Poinsettia Project

Today's project was inspired by a fellow demonstrator.  I fell in love with the project as soon as I saw it.  We'll be making this one at our October 8 Scraps and Prayers class.  I love how my version turned out.  Take a look.

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October Events: 
Oct. 8 / Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $15.00
     Christmas Project, showcasing the Timeless Tidings Kit poinsettia.
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Oct. 20 / Saturday Stampers / 1:00-4:00 / $20.00 
     6 Beautiful Christmas Cards
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November Events: 
Nov. 12 / Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30
     Mixed Media Christmas Project
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December Events:
Dec. 10 / Scraps and Prayers / 5:30-7:30 / $15.00
     Christmas Cards, showcasing the Timeless Tidings Card Kit.
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November Christmas Retreat, Cards 4 AND 5

I'm going to make this a Wow Wednesday kind of day and share TWO of the cards we'll be making at my November Christmas Retreat.  They both have lots and lots of sparkle.  

This first card has 3 sources of sparkle:  embossed silver images, silver foil, and white glimmer paper.  Wow!  That's a lot of beautiful sparkle.

I had a big surprise the first time I used the framelit in the above photo.  It cuts an image that I thought looked great on the inside of the card.  Isn't this beautiful?

The next card has glimmer and shimmer, as well.

I didn't realize until after I'd designed this card, that we no longer carry the red foil sheets.  I had just enough left in my 'stash' to use for this class.  It's a real wow to see the gleam of the red foil and the glimmer behind it of the red glimmer paper.  Gorgeous!

I hope I've inspired you to start thinking about making Christmas cards ... maybe creating cards with us at my Christmas Retreat or on your own.  Either way, I've shared some good ideas to get you going, so get out your 'stash' and get started!

In my next post, I'll share our sixth card we'll be making.  Come back and see what I have to share with you. 

I still have a few openings left for the November Christmas Retreat.  The deadline to sign up is the end of the day tomorrow (Thursday).  It's going to be a lot of fun and you'll go home with 18 cards --- 3 of each design.  
If you are unable to attend, kits are available for $30.

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Four Days of Sweet Sugarplum, Day Four

Today's post is our final day playing with Sweet Sugarplum.  I've saved my favorite card in this color for our final day of this little series. 

This is the most elegant of all my Sweet Sugarplum cards.  It has lots of layers and lots of details, including gold embossing and touches of gold ink.

I even have what I call a 'happy accident' on this project.  While trying to watch my 2 puppies and finish this card at the same time, I accidentally got into the wrong stamp pads and got gold ink AND Sweet Sugarplum ink on my stamp.  The result turned out to be quite pretty and I was able to clean up the ink pads, so no harm done.

I love coordinating the inside of the card and the envelope with the beautiful card front.

I added a fun little touch with the ribbon and some gold cording.  I colored the flower and the leaves using my Aqua Painter. 

I really didn't think I was going to like this color when I first saw it, but this is one of my favorite cards and I love it in this color.

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Getting Your Sparkle On, Part 3

Ready for another bit of sparkle?  Let's get to it:)  For this one, I did a bit of watercoloring for the background and then added a heat embossed image.  The crowning touch --- Wink of Stella!  

Wink of Stella is an amazing and wonderful product.  It's glitter in a pen-like container and you literally just brush it on where you'd like it to be.  It adds a very subtle and gorgeous bit of sparkle with no mess and it dries very quickly. 

Today's sparkle is brought to you by:
1.  Gold cord.
2.  Gold EP.
3.  Wink of Stella. 

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Fall Comes in Surprising Colors

I'm back to a Fall card today, in surprising colors.  If you're like me, you love the beauty of nature's colors in the Fall.  They're just gorgeous.  I take a walk or just stand in my back yard and look at the fallen leaves and I'm instantly inspired. 

I wanted this card to host some unexpected colors for Fall... thus adding the blues.  I also added touches of gold to give a nice contrast to the texture of the embossing.  To make the background trees stand out a bit, I lightly sponged them.  I LOVE this embossing folder.

Because this was another card for the church to send, I kept it pretty flat, for easier mailing.

In my next post, I'll be starting a little mini series on OSW cards that I know you won't want to miss.  Some of these will be from my Saturday Stampers class and some will be in addition to those cards.  So... be sure to come back so you won't miss anything:)

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Acrylic Block Technique Cards, Part 5

You've seen 3 trees in my last posts...  

... so , today, how about just some leaves?   

I used just shades of blue for my Acrylic Block Technique this time.  I stamped my leaves (Kinda Eclectic) in Mossy Meadow.  It makes a really nice contrast against the blue background. 

I had just gotten my gold cord and new embossing folder in my last order, so I immediately put them to good use.  I like how this card turned out.  It reminds me of warm summer childhood days of lying in the grass and looking up at the sky through the leaves.  

Come back for more Acrylic Block Technique cards.  

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