Christmas Week Projects and a Fond Farewell

 

Hello Friends!  Today I'm sharing  a few projects featuring Creative Embellishments Embroidery Hoops Frames, Circle Bokeh Stencil, and Snowflake Frame 3 and Let It Snow Title Quotes and Sayings.

This is a bittersweet post as it is my last post for the Creative Embellishments Team.  I have been on the team for 5 years now and it has been a fabulous 5 years! I will miss everyone and I especially want to thank all of you whop have followed my projects and posts.

This is the best team I have ever worked with and Nicolle has a fabulous company to work with. The product is the best in the industry!  She has a variety of product which I am sharing with you today.

My first projects is a card set featuring Snowflake Frame 3 and Let It Snow Title Quotes and Sayings.

To alter the chipboard pieces I inked them with Versa Mark and the used Vintage Blue Opaque Sparkle Embossing Powder.  This powder reminds me of fresh fallen snow.  Here in Wyoming we haven't had much snow, in fact it's been very mild and pleasant.  Every now and them we get these types of Fall weather.  We call the Indian Summers.

To finish off these 2 cards I added some adhesive gems and some coordinating ribbon.

 

 

This next was a fun card to make.  I simply stamped it and colored it with Distress Inks and then added the Embroidery Hoops Frame 

 

 This cards was made with the Circle Bokeh Stencil and Distress inks and White Stazon Ink.

After I finished the background I Stamped the images and I used a dauber to color in the circles.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and I hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

 

Farewell for now!

 

"Happy Dance" Video Tutorial

Hello Friends!  Today I'm sharing a fun card for Del Bello's Designs. I'm calling this Card "Happy Dance" and it features Card-io, Lavinia and Nellie's Choice stamps.  

The Del Bello's Designs Store carries several sets of all of these stamps and they are all so fun to work with. You don't have to be a perfect stamper to create a beautiful project with them, which makes you look like you've been stamping all your life!

I hope you'll stop by and watch my video tutorial on how to create this fun card I call "Happy Dance".  

Supplies Used:

65 lb. Black Cardstock: 8" x 8" blue mat,

65 lb. Pink Cardstock: 7-1/4" x 7-1/4" pink mat,

110 lb. White Cardstock: 7" x 7" Card Panel 

Stamps:

Card-io Collection: Tiny Trailers A7

Card-io Collection: Field Florals

Card-io Collection: Wise Words A6

Laviania Stamps : Pipin  

Nellie’s Choice: Fairy Tale 11

Nellie’s Choice:Silhouette Grass

Nellie’s Choice:Silhouette Floral Bow

Nellie’s Choice: Christmas Silhouette Pine Trees

 Versa Fine Onyx Black (VersaFine Clair inks listed as alternatives): 

Distress Oxides

Kitsch Flamingo

Black Soot

Hickory Smoke

Speckled Egg

Sparkling Glitter Gel Pens by Uni-Ball Signo

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Pink, Yellow, Green, Orange, White

Additional Supplies:

Black Glitter Pen

Gelly Roll Clear Stardust

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Snowy Christmas Shaker Tags

 

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing 2 large Tags featuring Creative Embellishments Large Deer Tag, Large Christmas Eve Tag

and also the Flourish Stencil 3.

It's so hard to believe that Christmas is right around the corner and this year I'm feeling especially humbled as my family is almost

all together.  I'm so grateful to have them living within 30 minutes of me and a quick trip to see them and spend time together after

over 30 years of living many miles apart makes my heart happy!  I hope everyone has a Blessed Christmas like I will be.

These tags come in 2 pieces, a solid tag and then the window that goes over the solid tag.  They can be easily made into shakers by simply adding some acetate and foam tape.

To create these fun tags I started out painting the front window with white acrylic paint and then inking up the scenes with colored chalk inks.  After the paint dried I added some

acetate and foam tape to the back of the Window panel.  Cover the Back panel of the tag with patterned paper and add some Diamond Dust to the center.

Adhere the front panel to the back panel and shake!

 

The next step is to add some texture to the top front of this tag.  I did that by pushing some Opal Glitter Medium through the Flourish Stencil.

I also added some Laser Iridescent Paste to the rest of the front window panel.

      

   

To finish off these tags I added some flowers, holly and pinecones as well as a ribbon bow, all from my stash.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today!

   

"New Neighbors" Card

 Hello friends! Today I’m sharing a new project featuring several Lavinia stamps, Distress Oxide Sprays and Glitter Gel Pens and some chalk pastels!  I'm calling this project "New Neighbors"  It is a 7"x7" panel matted on a piece of 7-1/2" x 7-1/2" and then both matted on 8"x8" black cardstock.  The panel is 110 lb white cardstock and the mats are 65 lb colored cardstock. 

This card features The Tree of Hope

The Tree of Courage

Fairy Path

Hobbit Home Large

Wild Hares Set Large

 

To begin this project I started by building the background. I used Distress Oxides - Shabby Shutters and Tumbled Glass. I also used Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Coral, however you can substitute this color with Spiced Marmalade or Abandoned Coral.

 

I stamped all the Images with Versa Fine Onyx Black, this can be substituted with Versa Fine Clair, Nocturne.

 

To ground the trees and home I used a piece of torn paper and simply inked over the edge with Oxide inks.  I also brought out the colors with chalk pastels.  Pan Pastels can be used for this technique.  I highlighted all the stamping with Gelly Roll Glitter Pens and a White Gelly Roll Pen.

Supply List: 

Lavinia Stamps

The Tree of Hope

The Tree of Courage

Fairy Path

Hobbit Home Large

Wild Hares Set Large

Distress Oxide Sprays

Shabby Shutters, Spiced Marmalade or Abandoned Coral and Tumbled Glass

Tumbled Glass

Spiced Marmalade

Shabby Shutters

Abandoned Coral

Ink:

Versa Fine Clair, Nocturne. 

Distress Oxide Ink Faded Jeans

Pan Pastels

Dairylide Yellow Ultra Soft Pastel

Orange Ultra Soft Pastel

Gelly Roll Pens and a White Gelly Roll Pen or Unibal Signo Pens

Moonlight Bold Point Gelly Roll Pens

White Gelly Roll Pens

Sparkling Glitter Gel Pens by Uni-ball Signo

Additional Supplies:

Brown Watercolor Pencil

I hope you enjoyed this project and thank you for stopping by today!

Debbie

 

Creative Embellishments December Challenge

 Wow!  I can't believe it's December...the year flew by!  I have so much to be grateful for this year...mostly family and health!  I have been blessed to have my family move back and are now close by and I get to see them all the time!  This challenge is one of my favorites!  The non traditional colors and the bling as the added twist!  This card set features the Christmas Holly Wreath.

  

To alter the wreath I used Raspberry Tinsel Embossing Powder and Gold Tinsel Embossing Powder. I layered the chipboard pieces on patterned paper and the popped it up on gold glitter cardstock.  To finish this off I added some cream colored Poinsettias from my stash and added an embossed stamped sentiment to the center of the wreath.

Hope you join us in this fun challenge! You can visit the Creative Embellishments blog for all the details.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

 

Fancy Christmas Bulbs Large Tag

Hello Friends!  Today I'm sharing my first Christmas project for 2021.  I created this tag featuring the Creative Embellishments Fancy Christmas Bulbs  chipboard set.

I can't believe Thanksgiving is over and we are getting ready to celebrate Christmas!  This year flew by!

To alter these fun chipboard pieces I simply embossed them with silver glitter embossing powder.

I added some red mirror cardstock to the back behind the snowflake cut outs.  I added the cut out snowflakes to the card also.

After embossing I added red adhesive gems to the centers of all the snow flakes.

 

   

To finish off this tag I added a flower, stamens and a glittery pine cone as well as some silver ribbons to the bulbs.

I hope you will give this fun tag a try!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!!

   

"Hello Friend" Card Video Tutorial

Hello Friends! Today I'm sharing a fun card featuring Card-io Majestix stamps. the stamp set is called Dragon Haven and is so fun to stamp with. 

 The Del Bello's Designs Store carries several sets of Card-io Stamps and they are all so fun to work with. You don't have to be a perfect stamper to create a beautiful project with them, which makes you look like you've been stamping all your life!

I hope you'll stop by and watch my video tutorial on how to create this fun card I call "Hello Friend".

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Be sure to stop by the Del Bello's Designs Store and check out the store! It has so many fabulous products for stamping!

Slimline Thankful Card Set

 

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing a Slimline card set featuring Creative Embellishments Autumn Artist Trading Coins

Altering the chipboard pieces was simply done with Chalk ink .

They were adhered to patterned paper cut-outs that were adhered to the back of the chipboard.

To finish up these fast and simple cards are dimensional and are perfect for giving on Thanksgiving!

To finish up these fast and simple cards I added some small flowers from my stash and inked the edges.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and I hope you have a Blessed Thanksgiving.

      

Lavinia's Stamps Home Sweet Home

 Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing a fun card featuring Lavinia Stamps and lots of fun techniques!  I created the background using several blue ranges of Distress Oxides.  I wanted to give the feeling of a fun moonlit night with a little light snow falling.   

The trees were stamped with Versa Fine Black Onyx (you can use VersaFine Clair in Nocturne)  and Lavinia Celestial Tree (Large). I stamped the Bayleaf Cottage first and then the Fairy Path.  To finish the stamping I stamped the Fairy Buttercups in the foreground.

To finish this off I colored the stones and highlighted them with a White Gelly Roll pen as well as several Stardust Galaxy Glitter Gelly Roll Pens and a Bright Yellow Gelly Roll Pen.  

Thank you for stopping by my blog today and be sure to check out Del Bello's Designs Store for all your stamping and all your coordinating supplies!

Creative Embellishments November Challenge

 Hello friends!  Here we are at the November challenge...this year just flew by!  

I created a card set for this challenge featuring Creative Embellishments Pine Needle Frame and Christmas Candles.  

To alter the chipboard I simply inked them with chalk ink and rubbed with Gold Pebeo wax rub.  For the twist I splattered the background paper with Heidi Swapp gold spray  to finish off this card set I added flowers, gold pine cones and ribbon from my stash.  

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and be sure to stop by the Creative Embellishments blog for

details on how to play along with the November Challenge! 

Christmas Milk Can Chalkboard

 

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing a fun Christmas project featuring Creative Embellishments Large Milkcan Set Home Decor and the

Holly and Berry border and Holly Sprigs Border Set.

Well Christmas is coming and it's time to start your Christmas projects.  I created this fun chalkboard decoration for a naughty or nice list!

I started out by paining this piece by painting it with black chalkboard paint and then adding the Holly and Berry border and Holly Sprigs Border Set.

To alter the Border set I simply added silver wax rub over it.

       

 

   

To finish up this piece I added some embellishments from my stash.  I added some burlap flowers as well as some Holly Flowers and small pine cones.

I also added a Pine Sprig.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

I hope you give this fun project a try!

         

Coffee Shaker Card Set

 

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing a Shaker Card Set featuring the Coffee Shaker and the Distressed Circle Stencil.

I decided to make these a get well type of card and can be used for anyone who is having a down day or just not feeling like themselves.

To create these fun cards I simply painted the shaker elements with brown acrylic paint and added sequence and seed beads to the insides of these

shakers.  For the background I simply stamped some coffee beans and  the Distressed Circle Stencil.  I brushed some brown ink through the stencil to create coffee rings.

   

To finish this card I added some ribbon and flowers from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.  Hope you'll give these fun Shaker cards a try!

   

Garden Swing Panel

 Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing another panel featuring Lavinia Stamps and Distress Oxides, I call it Garden Swing. 

To create the background on this stamp I used Distress Oxides in Scattered Straw Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Abandoned Coral and Black Soot.  The stamping was done with Versa Fine black Onyx Ink and Archival Inks in Fern Green, and Leaf Green for the Spanish Moss.

Lavinia Stamps used: Butterflies, Bluebells, Dandelions, Wild Flower, Slender Mushrooms, Spanish Moss, Fairy Dust and Swing Bed Large.

After stamping my scene I highlighted the flowers with glitter gel pens and paint pens.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and all the items used for this card can be found in the Del Bello's Designs Store.

Every Dream Panel

 Hello friends!  I'm sharing a new card today that I'm calling Every Dream.  This card features several Lavinia stamps and the Elegance Stencil. this panel measures 5"x8". 

To create the background I started off by masking off a 1" border.  This allows you to ink over the edges. Place the stencil over the card and ink it with Wild Honey and then go over it once again with Spiced Marmalade in random areas on the stencil.

Stamp all your images and draw some small hills either with torn paper or Lavinia stencils, also available in the Del Bello's Designs store.

Here is a list of supplies I used for this card. 

Lavinia Stamps and Stencil:

Aurora, Fairy Bugs, Pipin, Every Dream 

Elegant Stencil.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

New Design Team featuring Del Bellos Designs

 Hello friends!  Just popping in to share some news with you.  I will be designing for Del Bello's Designs and I  have my first project to share with you today. Del Bello's is based in the USA and is the largest retailer specializing in Lavinia Stamps, Sweet Poppy Stencils, Nellies Choice and complimenting Craft supplies!  

Here is my first card, I call it "Over The Moon" I also have a video on You tube for this card. 

Be Sure to stop by and give me thumbs up and subscribe!  Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Creative Embellishments October Challenge

Hello friends!  Here we are at the October Challenge!  This year is just flying by!  We have already had snow in the mountains here in Wyoming!  With Fall here it brings so many fun holidays and celebrations.  I made this tag in celebration of Halloween!  

 I used Creative Embellishments Creepy Trees and Web Borders. 

 To alter the chipboard I used Versa Mark clear embossing ink and Black Sparkle Embossing Powder. I used some older Halloween paper I found in my stash as well as the flowers.  To finish off this large tag I added some ribbon. 

 Hope you will play along with us for the October Challenge!  For all the details visit the Creative Embellishments blog.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!