Peaceful Village

This card was cased from Pinterest. The design combines the church from the Christmas Village set, with Classy Doily stamped on Frosted paper, layered with gold cardstock. 

The sentiment is from the October SOTM - Scandinavian Wishes. 



I used Versamark ink and Gold embossing powder for a shimmery, raised effect. Heat embossing is one of my favorite techniques. 

Of course, I have to add ribbon and bling of some sort to finish the card.

I loved the simplicity of this card.

Thank you for looking!

Sparkle & Shine Scrapbooking!

I don't usually make scrapbooks but I decided to try the Sparkle  & Shine papers as scrapbook pages. I started with a Pinterest idea and worked from there. 

I stamped a snowflake from the Frosted WOTG on the cardstock, and used the Sparkle & Shine embellishments. 

A couple of nice close-ups of the individual pages.

The second double layout uses leftover pieces of paper from the first layout.

  

plus a title I cut on my Cricut using the Artbooking cartridge. 

It's on page 76 of the instruction book.

Artbooking, Page 76

 

I also experimented with the sizes on the Overlay, and wrote little notes in my book. At the time, I had a 6" Cricut -- but for Christmas, Dear Hubby gave me a new Expressions 2 12" Cricut. So I can cut full overlays now!

It was a lot of fun and re-kindled my interest in scrapping :).

 

Catching Up from August

I've been on a "work break" -- see my Cards & Craft Garden Blog for details -- mostly working massive OT on a project and catching up with life afterwards.  No time to stamp when I'm working 80 hours.

Best laid plans for a girls weekend was going to feature CTMH workshops...which went awry with a sick niece.  While she was in the hospital the girls lugged all of the necessary card making stuff up there and we made many cards while entertaining. She had a couch and small table so we had plenty of room. We used materials from the CTMH Workshop on the Go Frosted Cardmaking Kit for this one!