Confetti Ornaments for Merry Monday {MM134}

Hi all, me again on a Monday! Crazy, right?! I love that being a featured designer at Merry Monday this month forces me to post on Monday too.   This week Wendy is our hostess with another beautiful holiday challenge:

Ornaments in silver/gray and blue?  Oh my, just a few of my favorite things!  I was short on crafty time so I went with a pretty clean and simple route on this one but still (I think) held true to the challenge:

This is my first time inking up the Dotty Angles stamp set and I am in LOVE!  It provides the perfect look of falling festive confetti doesn't it?  I actually embossed it onto the Smoky Slate cardstock twice.  First with white embossing powder and again (just stamping slight off the first one) with silver embossing powder.  I love this look!

I do not have any of the current ornament stamps from Stampin' Up so I made my own using a retired set called Ornament Keepsakes and the coordinating Framelits.  The ornament was stamped first and then popped up an added detail to the center.  The silver ornament was stamped with Versamark onto Silver Foil paper, embossed with silver powder and cut with the ornament framelit.  The Pool Party ornament is just stamped with PP ink on PP cardstock and the center is embossed on Silver Foil paper with Pool Party embossing powder.  A few silver embellishments in the Silver Ribbon, Frosted Sequins and [retired] silver cord and that was all it needed!

I hope you'll stop by and take a look at all the inspiration from the Merry Monday Design Team...there's always fabulous creations to behold!  Thanks for stopping by today, friends!  Be sure to come back tomorrow when I will (gasp!) have another weekday post for you!  

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Festival of Trees Gift Boxes {PP221}

Hiya friends and welcome to another week with The Paper Players!  This week, Sandy is our hostess with a warm, cozy and festive color combination:

Isn't that a great outfit?!  Love it all--including the colors.  Perfect for a holiday celebration which is exactly what I prepared for you:

So I feel like I took the easy way out with this one. The new Gift Box Punch Board makes these boxes so easy!  I made two sizes out of the Under the Tree specialty paper and tied them up with some Mossy Meadow satin ribbon.

The real star here though is the tag....Festival of Trees stamped in Mossy Meadow and the photopolymer makes it so simple to line up the Cherry Cobbler ornaments.  I punched out the tree on a piece of Crumb Cake and after I punched the tree, ran it through the Big Shot with a Circle Framelit.  Using the circle after punching allows me to line up the tree exactly in the center of the circle.  Some Lucky Stars embossing, a gold button, a gold star and this tag was done!  Well, almost....I didn't want to punch a hole in the top to attach it to my box.  I decided it would look pretty cute on a piece of Mossy Meadow cardstock that I punched with the Scallop Tag punch.  That gave me a way to attach it to the box and a surface on the back on which to write a gift message!  Perfect!

And speaking of perfect....be sure to check out the wonderful creations from the rest of The Paper Players Design Team.  Lots of eye candy and inspiration to be had!  We hope you will play along with us before the challenge ends on Friday, November 14th at Noon (PST).  Thanks for stopping by, friends!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Andrea Whisman

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Yapha Mason

 

Ornamental Pine for Merry Monday {MM133}

Hi everyone...bet you're surprised to see posting on a Monday!  You know what?  Me too!  I was asked by my good friend Lesley Croghan to be November's featured designer over at the Merry Monday Challenge  and, of course, I said YES!  I am excited to work with all the wonderful folks at Merry Monday AND to bring you a full month's worth of holiday inspiration every Monday in November.

This week, Nina is our hostess and I love the inspiration photo she chose.  The challenge is to create a rustic looking card using creams, tans and browns.  Lovely!  I knew right away which stamp set was perfect for this challenge:

 

Ornamental Pine is one of those stamp sets that is just so classically beautiful, it will live among my craft supplies for years to come.  Here I paired it with Burlap Ribbon and some [retired] Early Espresso core-dinations cardstock sanded to show the Woodgrain embossing. 

After the pine bough was embossed in white on Crumb Cake cardstock, I sponged over it with Crumb Cake ink to add shading and depth.  I also added some falling snow with the Gorgeous Grunge splatters inked in Whisper White craft ink.  Some dazzling diamonds added just the right amount of sparkle!  Love this pine cone--especially when it's fussy-cut and popped up.  With a little Linen Thread bow it coordinates nicely with the Early Espresso background and the rustic texture of the Burlap Ribbon.

Did I mention how pretty this pine bough is?  Yes, I'm quite sure I did.  It stamps so beautifully and one swipe with an Early Espresso marker and the branch is colored easily.  Love that it also comes with such a lovely sentiment for the inside.

Be sure to check out the work of the amazing Merry Monday Design Team.  I know that you will be inspired by their wonderful creations and will want to play along!  I shudder to think how quickly Christmas is coming so why not join in the fun and get some of your cards made!  Thanks for stopping by today, friends!

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Vintage Nature's Peace {PP220}

Hi all, happy November to you!  Thanks for all the well wishes last week while I was sick.  Turns out I actually had the flu!  I'm still not 100% but thanks to Tamiflu, am much better than I was a week ago.  I am excited to be on time with my post for LeAnne's pretty theme challenge at The Paper Players:

I'll admit that I struggled a bit with this one as vintage isn't really my style and I really wanted to use some of current stamps that haven't seen ink yet....so tell me, is this vintage enough?

I had in mind pink, aqua and gold Christmas ornaments flocked with glitter and pearls...can you see it?  I thought this Nature's Peace stamp set evoked the look and feel of a different time period.

The colors also make me think of cool winter skies and the northern lights.  After embossing the image in gold on Very Vanilla cardstock, I sponged So Saffron, Blushing Bride and Pool Party starting in the middle and working out.  Finally, the swirling banners and snow drifts were just calling out for some dazzling diamonds and who am I to resist?

When I was finished with the focal piece, I fussed with a background for it trying each of the 3 main colors but they were all just a little too strong.  In the end, I covered a piece of Blushing Bride cardstock with some Gold Fancy Foil Vellum.  It was just the right amount of glitz.  Two little glue dots secured a piece of Venetian Crochet Trim to the outer edge. And there you have it, my take on vintage Christmas!

Do stop by and check out the rest of the vintage lovelies from the rest of The Paper Players Design Team and then come back to join in the fun before our challenge ends on Friday, November 7th at Noon (PST).  Thanks for stopping by today, friends!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Sandy Mathis

Andrea Whisman

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Yapha Mason

 

Table built using Product Table Builder by The Crafty Owl - Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.