Jumbo Peony

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

Will you look at the magnificent stamp that I bought and then just tucked away into a drawer.  I bought this just before Thanksgiving and I was already into Christmas mode.

This Jumbo Peony Stampendous lives up to it's name. It is so large that it hung over on my largest acrylic block.  I stamped it with Memento tuxedo black and shaded it with Copic BV02 and V09.  "Friend" is also from Stampendous. I dotted the "i" with a little pink jewel then lightly sponged some pink here and there.
The card was cut with a Spellbinder's die.

I am entering my card in this weeks Simply Less is More Challenge week-47-just-one-word. 

Just one more

In my previous post, I said that I "probably" would not be posting until after Christmas. That was before I went to the Simply Less is More blog and saw this week's challenge theme is music . So it got me to thinking about the Mo's Digital Pencil image that I got last year. Then I started looking for it. Since I upgraded last year, some things got moved and apparently some didn't get backed up, because I just couldn't find it. Then I became obsessed and ended up purchasing this digi again. It's so cute I really didn't mind that it was a second purchase.

I colored Singin so Beautiful with Copics and added some 3D paint on hats. The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.

Bling it on!

I am having so much fun with these Christmas cards, that I wondering if I will ever be able to do anything but Christmas again. I am entering my newest fun time in Simply Less is Moore Challenge - A Bit of Bling.

So do you see the bling?  I embossed the Penny Black ornament with Stampendous Marcasite embossing powder and added some jewels. The doves are also from Penny Black.  They are actually one stamp, but I glittered, cut them out and popped them up.  "Peace On Earth"" is from River City Rubber Works. The silver embossed DP that I used for matting is by The Paper Company.

That's all for now.  Have a great tomorrow. 

Winter Wonder Land

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Both of my Granddaughters were here today. Three were those other people too, but L & M are just the sweetest.

Oh this is suppose to be a blog about cards?  Sometimes a Grandma can't help herself. But I do have a card to show you.

This is my Simply Less Is More Challenge card.  This week we were asked to do Silhouettes. I've used this stamp from Rubber Soul before. This time I stamped it on black, then white and embossed.  I wish you could see how it sparkles.  I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder on the top and the sentiment on the bottom is from Serendipity.

Everyone be nice on Black Friday, and have fun. (I will be working on inventory. Yuk!)

It's Coming!

Yup! We can stop it.  Soon we'll be getting out the winter coat and that white stuff will be upon us. And under us, around us and on us. I guess it's best to accept it and know that every day is a gift from God.

So I'm becoming a little addicted to the Simply Less is More Challenge Blog.  Chrissie and Mandi are increadable designers and so inspiring.

This week's challenge was the color of your eyes.

I was really stumped until I ran accross this digi in my files. Both the sentiment and the mittens were freebies from Verve Stamps. I colored the mittens with Copics and added Stickles to pompoms, then mounted on DP from My Minds Eye. How simlple is that?