Another Christmas share...

Time is a tickin....how are your Christmas cards coming along?  Honestly, I haven't had much time to work on mine.  Sickness, shopping, working.....getting the decorations up.  My goal for this weekend is to get the rest of my decorations up and and atleast 20 more cards completed.  All this in between a home hockey tournament...wish me luck! 

 I love the Greetings of the Season stamp set.  The Merry Christmas is so beautiful.  Of course, the Sentsational Season stamp set is a must have for all!! : )

Have a wonderful weekend! See you next week!  Happy stamping and Merry Christmas!!!  Annette

A very Merry Christmas

Is there really only 29 days till Christmas?  Oh, my goodness!! November seems to be going in a blink of an eye. I do hope it slows down (just a little bit) in December so that we can enjoy Christmas longer. : )
BTW:  I received my copy of this years Sale-a-bration booklet and the Spring Mini catalog! Woo-who! So much fun for all to have!  BUT:  we most focus on getting those Christmas cards done...so here's  another Christmas share for you:

 A simple, and well known layout using the beloved Framed Tulips Embossing folder.  It is difficult to see in this photo, but I embossed the ornament in Clear Embossing powder to give it a shiny texture and finished it up by adding two Cherry Cobbler flowers from my Boho Blossoms punch.  The ornament is accented with Basic Pearls.

The ornament is centered on a Early Espresso Window Frame that was embossed using the Holiday Frame Embossing folder.  Designer paper is from the Festival of Prints DS stack, and I finished everything off with a Very Vanilla Seam Binding bow.

Well, I must get back to making my cards!  Thanks for stopping by!   Happy stamping everyone!  : )

So many Stampin' UP! specials!

Oh, my....there are soooo many things going on at Stampin' UP!  How much fun is that!!!  First, there is a HUGE sale which starts tomorrow called the Holiday Extravaganza!  There will be many items on sale up to 50% off!  Woot! Woot!  So make sure to visit my ONLINE store starting tomorrow!

 In additionally, right now you can purchase the Texture Boutique Embossing Machine - solo for $29.95 or get the Texture Boutique Embossing Machine and the Garden Texture and Stripes embossing folders for $39.95! Woot! Woot!

This special is for a limited time only! 
Plus, anyone who makes a $50 online order with me between now and December 31, 2012, will receive a $5 coupon good towards there next purchase with me as well as a blank handmade card for you to use or keep.  Happy shopping!  

Christmas count down share...

Here is another Christmas card share I made using the Holiday Ornaments Framelits Dies and the matching Ornament Keepsakes stamp set. Lots of fun goodies used to make this one.

 I embossed the ornament and "Merry  Christmas" saying in Early Espresso.  I also embossed the center 3/4" circle and 1 1/4" scallop circle image from the Mixed Melody hostess set using Versa Mark and Clear embossing powder.  The ornament was then matted onto an Early Espresso piece of card stock that was cut out using the Labels Collection Framelits which I then paper-pierced using the ornament  template from the Festive paper-piercing pack.  Behind this, I cut a bigger Label framelit and embossed it with the Lacy Brocade embossing folder.  Again, I used the Festive paper-piercing pack to add paper-piercings around the edges of that.  The ornament was then accented with Early Espresso ribbon and Tulle Ribbon and a basic pearl.

Colors:  Very Vanilla, Real Read and Early Espresso.  Well, that's it for now!  Stop by again to see more Christmas count down shares...till then, happy stamping!!

Christmas count down share

This Christmas card was a Make and Take for my Hostess Club ladies.  They got to "make snow" by tearing Very Vanilla card stock and then painting Champagne Mist shimmer paint onto the torn edges as well as painting the polka dots on the tree to give it a nice shimmer.  We also used the Candlelight Christmas Designer fabric in place of ribbon along the bottom of the card.

Of course every Christmas tree needs a festive star on top... and the Champagne Glimmer paper star compliments the Champagne Frost snow just perfectly!!! : )

Recipe:
Stamps: Scentsational Season and Greetings of the Season
Paper: Early Espresso, Real Red, Very Vanilla and Candlelight Christmas Specialty DS paper;
Ink: Old Olive, Versa Mark
Accessories: Champagne Frost paint, Champagne Glimmer paper, Petals a Plenty emb. folder, Holiday Collection framelits, border punch (retired) and Very Vanilla embossing powder (retired).
Thanks, and have a great day!

Knit Mittens

This card uses the Make a Mitten stamp set from the Holiday Mini catalog.  I used  the Candlelight Christmas DS paper along with Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade and Real Red card stock.  After assembling my mittens, I ran them thru my Snowburst (retired) embossing folder to give it a "knit" look.  To add more texture, I embossed my Lucky Limeade piece with the Delicate Designs embossing folder.
The "December 25th"  was embossed and punched out twice with a circle punch and adhered to my card with White Bakers Twine and is visible on the inside of the card as well.

Thanks for stopping by!  See you next time. Till then, happy stamping!  Annette