Sparkly Season Watercolor Pencils

At first glance, the "little" images in the Sparkly Seasons didn't seem that important, but I'm liking them more and more! I used my (cheap) watercolor pencils to color this Nutcracker image, and then went in search of a card to put him on. The Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper was a perfect match, even though I didn't plan it that way!


A Christmas card needs a little sparkle, right? So the Gold Metallic Thread and the Gold Cording helped me out there. I used the sketch from FMS205.

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Wood you be mine???

Now that it's officially February, I'm itching to share all the Valentine cards I've been making! This is such a fun set for making cards for the man in your life! My husband has lots of woodchopping in his past, as well as a few lumberjacks in his family history. This set is perfect for him!

It's a photopolymer set, which makes it easy to "layer" the shirt over the main lumberjack image or the forest  images over each other.

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Stamps: Wood You Be Mine   
Paper: Baked Brown Sugar, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, In Color DSP Stack 2013-15   
Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Blendabilities   
Accessories: Woodgrain embossing folder, Deco Labels Collection framelits, dimensionals

Snow, snow, snow

So we got a little snow. 8 inches in about 36 hours, actually. This is pretty early in the high desert for this much snow. My gardens were not ready. Neither was I.

So what could be better than stamping in the icy cold weather that followed???

These tags are stamped with that oldie-but-goody set: Lovely As a Tree! It's been around almost as long as Stampin' Up has, I think! If by some chance you don't own it, you really should! This lovely tree line was stamped in Versamark ink and then embossed with Silver Embossing Powder. The die cut shape is from the Deco Labels Framelits collection. Tied with Silver 1/8" Ribbon, these pretty tags were a snap to make.

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Stamps: Lovely As a Tree
Paper: Soft Sky
Ink: Versamark
Accessories: Deco Label Framelits, Silver 1/8" Ribbon, Silver Embossing Powder

Flowers in the snow

Cold. Snow. More cold.

How about some nice, cheery flowers! I used Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities to color this fabulous stamp from the set Bloom with Hope. It makes me feel a little better about winter!

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Stamps: Bloom with Hope
Paper: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Back to Black DSP
Ink: Memento Black, Blendabilities in Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive
Accessories: Honeycomb embossing folder, Deco Label framelits, Baker's Twine

Bits & pieces--acetate butterfly tag gets a new life

My desk is getting awfully cluttered up, so it must be time for a few Bits & Pieces projects! Bits & Pieces projects are created from the little extras that I can't bear to throw away, but I don't really have a specific idea in mind. 

Remember the acetate tag from my Blendabilities Club meeting in August? Well, I decided to turn it into a card! I cut a piece of Whisper White to 5 1/4 x 4 and stamped the Hardwood background in Wisteria Wonder, to match the butterflies. After mounting that layer to a white card base, I used a few dimensionals to add the tag, as well as a couple tiny glue dots to manage the baker's twine.

What have you got on your creating table that needs a new life? Link up your Bits & Pieces projects here--I'd love to visit your blog or gallery to see them!

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Stamps: Alphabet Rotary, Kinda Eclectic, Hardwood
Paper: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Smoky Slate
Ink: Smoky Slate, Wisteria Wonder, Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities
Accessories: Window Sheets (acetate), Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, pearls, Deco Labels Framelits, Wisteria Wonder baker's twine

Acetate butterfly and Blendabilities

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One last project from the August Stamp Club! We made this cute gift tag with an acetate window colored with Wisteria Wonder Blendabilities. It looks ok in this picture.

Check out this picture, taken outside:

Is that cool or what??? It's a pretty simple tag, but I loved the way the butterfly turned out. One tip: color the acetate completely on the first pass, or let it dry and THEN add more color. Otherwise, the Blendas just move the color around. We also used Blendas on the pearls.

The tag is made of two Deco Label framelits cut from Wisteria Wonder cardstock. The dots and butterfly stamps are from Kinda Eclectic, and the "Thanks" is stamped with my favorite Alphabet Rotary stamp! What luxury! Any word (or phrase) I want!

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Product List

Kinda Eclectic Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135350] $19.95	Alphabet Rotary Stamp [133769] $14.95	Wisteria Wonder 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock [122922] $6.95	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [131179] $5.95
Wisteria Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [126985] $5.95	Stampin' Blendabilities™ Markers Wisteria Wonder Assortment [131002] $11.95	Medium Window Sheets [114323] $4.95	Basic Pearls Jewel Accents [119247] $4.95
Deco Labels Collection Framelits Dies [130102] $24.95	Elegant Butterfly Punch [127526] $15.95	Bitty Butterfly Punch [129406] $15.95