Last Christmas...

Well possibly the last of the Christmas cards I am going to post this year. Though I may post a couple more things before I finally tuck away my Christmas goodies until next year!

Just recently I have had a lot of people visiting my blog - so I would like to thank everyone who shares my posts or 'Pins' my creations... Thank you!

This first card was inspired by something I saw on Pinterest myself - it is such a fabulous source of inspiration.

I used the Ornament Keepsake Framelits to cut the aperture in the mat, then behind it I layered some of the silver foil sheet, embossed with the Delicate Designs embossing folder. The patterned paper is from the Winter Frost Speciality Designer Series Papers and the sentiment is from Greetings of the Season.

The snowflake from Festive Flurry was stamped in Versamark, I added Heat and Stick powder then Dazzling Diamonds before cutting it out on the Big Shot using my co-ordinating Framelit dies. Just gorgeous!

Here is another card made using the Festive Flurry set - this is a complete contrast as it is a simple layer stamped in Soft Sky then the sentiment from Sassy Salutations was added in Marina Mist. Lastly I added a couple of rhinestones.

Finally another Festive Flurry, This time I alternated layers of Silver Glimmer paper with the printed snowflakes. And I used the Northern Flurry embossing folder.

Back soon - in the meantime please keep sharing and Casing and I hope you find inspiration here.

Paula xxx

Double challenge entry! I'm Back!

Well you will have noticed I haven't been doing much creating as my business has been so busy since convention.

This week I was determined to get to grips with a couple of challenges and Dynamic Duos and Less is More Challenge blogs gave me a combination that I could work with.

Dynamic Duo's Here wanted you to use Midnight Muse and any other colour - I hope silver counts!

Less is More Here wanted some sparkle - well heck, we 'do' sparkle!

So here is my entry, combining the two challenges I used my Festive Flurry stamp set, coordinating Framelits, a sentiment from Greetings of the Season.

I used Versamark to stamp the images, added Heat and Stick powder, heated then sprinkled on Silver Glitter, then heated again to set it.

I couldn't resist adding some rhinestones for a bit of extra sparkle and hope the design teams love the simplicity of the overall effect.

I'll be back soon - in the meantime - keep safe out there in these dreadful weather conditions.

Pxxx

Less is More Challenge

I hope you have recovered from yesterdays excitement! My diary is ready and waiting for you to book your parties.

I sometimes suffer with insomnia and despite all the exercise yesterday I only slept for about 40 minutes last night! I walked another 6 miles today so hopefully come bedtime I'll sleep... If anyone has any tips I would really appreciate them. My general 'sleep hygiene' is good - No TV in the bedroom, chilling before bed, even tried staying up until I was ready to drop and that didn't work...

Anyway - I promised you another challenge entry and this is for Less Is More's sketch challenge.

I like to think outside the box a bit - so rather than put a stamp in a shape.... I decided the stamp design would completely replace the circle - mainly because I have this gorgeous stamp - Love and Joy and want to use it all the time!

What I did was to stamp the image in Versamark, then pour on Heat and Stick powder, shook off the excess and heated it, I then poured on the new gold Stampin' Glitter, shook off the excess and Voila - re-heated and set.

The little sentiment is from Petite Pairs and cut using the Bitty Banner Framelits.

Hope you like it - have a good evening and I'll be back soon!

Pxx