Ornaments!

Isn't Stampin' Up! so amazing with their coordination of products?! Love how this Letters To Santa Designer Series Paper, matches perfectly with the Merry & Type stamp set!

I used 2 techniques on this card...Faux metal and Paper Piecing. I stamped the ornament image onto 3 different papers, then cut them out and glued them onto the stamped image on the basic grey cardstock.

 I did the sentiment in the faux metal.

This involves 3 layers of gold embossing then inking your stamp with Versa Mark and stamping it into the hot embossed paper. Then I punched it out with the Word Window punch.
Lots of fun!

Hello, Doily Embossed Christmas card

 

How beautiful is this background stamp...Hello, Doily!  I embossed these with Gold embossing powder onto Chocolate Chip cardstock and added a Antique Brad in the middle. The sentiment is from Merry & Type, and the ribbon is from the Holiday Mini Catalogue...Early Espresso Quilted Satin ribbon. I also used the Colour Spritzer tool with Early Espresso Marker and added some specks in the background. 

Well, Christmas is only 11 days away, and still so much to do! I'm working on alot of gifts and goodies right now, so I'll share them soon with you all!  Here's a few photos I took on a walk in the snow the other day....

Christmas BLING!

This card is definitely bling-tastic!

I wanted to crack open my new Pewter Embossing Powder, and thought it would look nice on Basic Grey cardstock, so I stamped Versa Mark onto my card and powdered/heat tooled it with the beautiful ornament stamp from the Merry & Type stamp set. The sentiment is also from this set, which I stamped with just plan Versa Mark. The bling continues with some Basic Rhinestones and Silver Glimmer paper, which I punched with the Pinking Heart Border punch.

Lots of Projects to share!

 I just realized I had a bunch of projects to share from a recent class and Stamp Club I attended this past month, so I thought I would share!

Here's the 3 projects we did at Allison's Stamp Club this past month....
Our technique was Faux Mother of Pearl. It's a super simple way to add some beautiful detail to any project.
I will probably do a tutorial on it later on...

Our next card was a super cute one using the new Petite Pocket Die....

Open up the envelope and there's a surprise inside!

 3 little tags!
The last card was a Christmas one using the Postage Stamp Punch and Merry & Type stamp set...

All 3 projects featured the Spice Cake Designer Series Paper, and Fabric....so pretty!

I also have 3 more cards to share from an Embossing class I took last week....First card is a replica of the christmas one I just showed you, but different colours and the Faux Metal technique.

I just love the look of this Faux metal.....so cool!

Next was the Cracked Glass technique....very neat!

 And the last is the Double Embossing Technique....

 

I really like the look of this one!

Excellent cards Allison, thanks for teaching us!