In the Spirit of Christmas

Good morning-

Calypso here to share with you a gorgeous card made using the "Chalk Board Technique" which I completely love.  I know that black is not really a color used most often for Christmas cards, but I just could't help myself.

For my card today, I am using "Madonna and Child Stained Glass" and "Merry Christmas" sentiment; which have all been heat embossed with "White Detailed Embossing Powder".  I then took the SweetStamps white dye ink and with a q-tip, added the white detail above the head of the image and around the sentiment.  I then distressed the edges.

I try not to make 6x6 cards, simply because I do not have the envelopes for them, but I could't resist adding more and more detail to the card.  That is a rare occurrence for me too, since I like to keep my cards clean and simple, but not over ally simple.  I added the candy dots on the left hand corner and and gorgeous clusters of flowers. 

  You can link your card to this weeks challenge: Challenge #198 - Christmas Spirit

Hugs, 

Nazeema "Calypso" Thompson

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Quick and Simple Christmas Ornament

Hello!  Lisa here today with a quick and easy Christmas Ornament that could also double as a gift tag!  As the Holidays are upon us we often find ourselves busy, spread out, and trying to squeeze in some last minute projects, so this will be something you can make in a matter of minutes as well as mass duplicate and still have fun...

Supplies Used:

Plain Christmas Tree Piccolo Accent	Enamel EP MOSSY GLEN	Lattice Christmas Tree Piccolo Accent	Enamel EP VICTORIAN BRONZE
Enamel Embossing Powder Adhesive	Red Rhinestones	Silver Rhinestones	Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze

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To create this ornament I started with the base tree (plain tree piccolo accent) and embossed it in Mossy Glen Enamel Powder.  I repeated this step for extra coverage.  I then took the Lattice Christmas tree and embossed this in Victorian Bronze.  I adhered the two together using Glastique in gloss finish.  A tip when doing this to make sure the adhesion is tight use something with a little bit of weight to lay ontop of them for at least 5 minutes.  You can then adhere rhinestones, glitter or whatever you would like.  To add ribbon I simply punch a hole through the plain tree accent and tied my elastic cord through here.

Hope this has you inspired to look at your accents in new ways!  PS - Don't forget to join us in our Christmas Spirit Challenge!  All products are welcome, but we love to see you use our SS and Piccolo Products so you will earn an extra entry if you do!

Happy Crafting!
Lisa

Christmas Spirit

The Sweet Stamps challenge this week is Christmas Spirit.

 SweetStamps.com has Gilding Flakes in the store, and I had to try using them on a card. I applied Duo glue to the snowflakes, then I added Calypso Gilding Flakes and rubbed them in. Next, I used a coarser brush and wiped them off.
  For the background, I tried an experiment...I found a small tube of spray hand sanitizer at Target (in the area where they have mini travel toothpaste, etc).  I took 3 colors of ink spots and dabbed them  onto my non-stick craft sheet, and then spritzed on the hand sanitizer. I sponged on the color on one color at a time onto glossy white cardstock- first gray, then the light blue and finally just a touch of the darker blue.
 I added snowflakes and embossed them with shimmery EP. The rhinestones were colored with Copic marker YR23.

Here are the products I used :

Snowflake Accents	Nassau Blue Ink Spot	Story Gray Ink Spot	Tidal Wave Ink Spot	Jada's Snowfight	Distress Clear Embossing Ink
Diamonds & Pearls	Silver Rhinestones	Copic Sketch Markers	Cardinal Pair & Warm Wishes DUO 3059J	DUO Glue	Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Flakes

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We hope you will join us with your Christmas Spirit card- HERE is the link to our challenge.
Shelly

Colorful Birthday

 

Roxie here and I had fun creating this happy card, I like the open letters of the sentiment so it can be colored in.

The cupcake paper is a solid image on the clear stamp so to get an outline I inked up the top of the image with an ink pad and used a wet wipe to remove the unwanted ink but also took advantage of the ink to use as a shadow.  I used a marker to outline the solid image so I could color it in.

The balloons, cupcake and sentiment are popped up with foam tape.

Copics: flame - Y38,17,15, candle - V17,15,12, frosting - R29,27,24,22,21, paper - YR31,30, sentiment - R29,27,24, V17,15,12, Y38,17,15, YG95,93,91, B95,93,91
Images: SweetStamps - Sweet Treats
Paper: The Paper Hallow (local store) - black, DMD Inc. red groove, Beckett Expressions Radiance for images, Die cuts with a View - yellow, green, purple, blue, glitter paper - recycled greeting card
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black ink pad and marker, Ranger Distress Ink - Tea Dye (balloons)
Tools: Perfect Layers, Cuttlebug - balloons, stars
Accessories: nailheads, Paper Glaze to attach them, silver embroidery thread, foam tape, Aleene's tacky glue, red, diamond, yellow Stickles

Sweet Treats Clear Stamp Set Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad Distress Ink Pad TEA DYE Copic Sketch Markers Perfect Layers Deluxe 3 Tool Set Stickles Glitter Glue DIAMOND Stickles Glitter Glue YELLOW

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Christmas in Paris

Has our latest challenge put you in the Christmas Spirit?
If not you still have time to get with it and join us!
Scroll down to yesterday's post for more inspiration and
the link to share your Christmas project.

I've chosen to go with a Paris Postcard for my design.

I've never been to Paris...but it's nice to dream!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Can't wait to see YOUR creations!

~Donna K

Creative Corners Set #2	Paris Postcard Collage ATC	Red Pearls	Distress Ink Pad VINTAGE PHOTO
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Holly Sprig	Wink of Stella Brush Marker

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Challenge #198 - Christmas Spirit

Hello Sweet Stamp Friends!
Happy Monday!!

Time for abother weekly challenge!

Our theme this week is....

Christmas Spirit
It's right around the corner!!


First off, it's the beginning of the month, so we are super excited to introduce a new Guest Designer!!

Sherrie

Hello my name is Sherrie Koning and I am so honored to be Guest Designing for the month of December at Sweet Stamps! I have been paper crafting for many years. I love to make cards, layouts and 3D projects which are becoming a favorite of mine lately. I live in MN and have been married to my high school sweetheart for 31 years. We have 3 wonderful children, two of which are married and 1 beautiful Granddaughter which we love to pieces. I also enjoy baking, gardening and spending time with family and friends. 

I hope you are inspired by my projects and again, thanks SO much Sweet Stamps for having me!

Here's her first beautiful project with us:

What a cute Elf Shoe!!

DT Sweeties projects...

Denise Paxton

Kendra Sand

Monica Edwards

We'd love to see your beautiful creations, so come play along! {Cards, ATCs, scrapbook pages, mixed media, altered art, etc.} You could win a $10 shopping spree for goodies at SweetStamps.com's online store by playing along in our challenge! 

Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

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***Check back throughout the week for more inspiration from our DT Sweeties!!***

Happy Stamping! 

Have a super sweet week!

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