Magic Snowflake - PPA16

Hi Everyone!
This is a quick post before I leave the house for "Young Moms Coffee Break".... What a blessing these young moms are!
Here is a card I made using the technique "Magic Snowflake" - the only difference between it and Polished Stone tech. is that the embossing is done before anything else.

Here is a close up of the bow - a couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to use one of those "bow maker" contraptions - I can't remember the name of it .... at first it was quite confusing but once I got the hang of it ...Whoa! I love making bows! This bow was made using my fingers as the "prongs" for the ribbon to go around! How ingenious is that!!!! ( pats on back go here! :0)
Gotta run - have a great day!
*** HUGS ***

Non-Traditional!

Me Again...
I saw a card somewhere today that made me think of using non-Christams stamps to create a Christmas Card... here is what I did with this!
The 2 image stamps used are from the S. Up! set '24-7' .... one of my favs!!! and the sentiment is from 'A Cardinal Christmas'.

I used Real Red CS as background; V.Vanilla for the bird image and colored him with markers; Kraft CS for the fancy image - which is second generation stamping and then stamped the Merry Christmas with Black over the top of it. Edges of both images were sponged with Soft Suede.

This was very simple card to put together... I think I'll try a few more in different colors! Hope you're having a great day!

Ruthie

It's The Season! Isn't It?????

Hey!
It's sure hard to tell by the weather and the temperature that it is the middle of November and that Christmas is just a little more than a month away! But - That is the truth!!!!

I worked on a few more Christmas cards last Saturday and wanted to show them to you... I went with a "white on white" scheme with just a little color! It is hard to tell in this first card - but the mats are made using S. Up! gold paper.... it's much prettier in real life! I glittered and popped one tree - actually only stamped half of this particular stamp from Lovely As A Tree. It is hard to see but I sponged the sky with bashful blue!

here is the inside.....
Another one using glitter, the single tree from "Lovely as a Tree"... and some S. Up! ribbon.

I made a few more along the same lines as these two ....
Hope you enjoyed your peek today!

Have an awesome day!

***HUGS***

Pointsettia

Good morning!
Surprise! It's Saturday and I have a post!
I had such fun creating this little card the other day - I just had to share it with you! For some reason I am currently liking the 4X4 and the 6X6 size more than the rectangular ones. What's with that?
I believe I cut this card stock at 8&1/2 by 4&1/4 - giving me a square when folded in two.

I used a strip of retired DSP and the new ribbon that is found in the Holiday Mini.... 5 petal flower punch, piercing tool and mat completed the project. Simple fun! I'll add a Christmas verse inside when I get ready to send this one!

Ummmmmm! Wonder who the recepient will be! It'll soon be time for getting the list out and getting the Christmas cards ready! It's coming fast!

Demonstrators of Stampin' Up! had a chance to sneak a peek at the Occasions Mini and the Sale-A-Bration book ... you are going to love the stuff! I already have a long wish list! Maybe Santa will give me a gift Certificate to S. Up! for Christmas. What do you think? Is that a possibility?

I do have gift certificates available - give me a call or send me an email - rather - tell your hubby to do that and I'll look after his shopping for him! :)
Have a great day! Think positive thoughts!

Mr. C - again!

Hi all!
It's Friday the 13th ... for me it is a wonderful day ... my granddaughter is 7 years old today! I was just talking with her mom (my daughter) and we were reminising! 7 years ago Hubby and I were on the road to Halifax in a terrible rainstorm ... Ang had called and said Paul was taking her to the hopspital ... we better come! By the time we got there she was well on her way ... however they had discovered that the babe was breech and would have to do a C. section! So little Madison was born 6 weeks early and spent almost 3 weeks in hospital before she could go home with mom and dad! What a blessing she is to us all! Nothing like grandchildren!

Here are more bessings in my life:

A beautiful day like yesterday!

When I look out my window and see the male Cardinal I exclaim, "OH! There's Mr. C!" He is just too gorgeous and such a blessing to me!

Readers of my blogs!

And so much more....
So - here is another Cardinal card! Very simply done!

Thanks for peeking - have a good one!