Christmas Bell

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Below is my post for today at Classy Cards 'n Such!


Hi, Diane here with you today on the Classy Cards 'n Such blog.

 

Do you have your Christmas cards done yet??  I am still working on mine.

I made a simple, fast, but "classy and pretty" card to show you today.

 

 

Embossing on plain white card stock, I added an intricate bell from

Cheery Lynn Designs "Bow and Bell".  Not only do you get the bell die,

but the bow as well.  Being the delicate die it is, I recommend using the

cuttlehug when running it through your die machine.

 

Now, I have to tell you about the bow.  You know the red velvet ribbon

you see sold on rolls for your outside wreaths?  This is what my "bow" is

cut from, giving a "velvet" texture to the card. don't you love the look of it?

 

I also added a sentiment from the Flourishes set "Country Time Christmas".

I added a real jingle bell , but for easy mailing purposes you might want to add

one of the "Jolly Jingle Bells" from Memory Box.

 

I hope you have enjoyed todays post and will be back again soon.

Black Friday Sale at Classy Cards 'n Such

Why go out in the crowds, when you can sit in your "jammies" like me

and shop the Black Friday sales online......

speaking of....

Classy Cards 'n Such is having a great BFS....

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and

for free shipping on your entire order use code FREESHIP-ALL

good through Monday Dec 2nd.

plus don't forget to check all the other sale items...

like those Cherry Lynn dies 40% off...

go on, head on over, what are you waiting for...

you know you want to!!

Christmas Candle ~ A Gift

This is my second post for today....

I should be cleaning my house for my guests since we had to move

our Thanksgiving to here...

but I like to live on the edge so to speak..LOL

 

 

I saw this challenge at Stampendous Impressions....

to make a "handmade gift"

I have a "love" thing for their stamps...

I have been doing my best at "collecting" them...

Last year around Christmas time I picked this one up....

a Christmas background stamp...love~love!!

 

I decided to do the easy peasy "stamp" on a candle technique...

well, easy, but I always seem to "heat up my hand" along with the wax paper.

 

 

These make such perfect gifts...and I love how this one turned out!!

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

Brrr...it's cold outside here in Michigan....

We were to go to the lake house for Thanksgiving...

We had guests coming to stay...

After much debate due to the weather forecast for tonight and tomorrow...

we will have to cancel and stay home...

weather?.....7 to 12" of snow here......

not good driving conditions at all, especially when traveling with a dog and 3 cats!!

 

I made this card for the challenge at

Joan's Gardens
 

....

I like the simplicity of it.....

I always seem to have a cat at my tree at one time or another...

so I just had to add a "purrty" kitty!!
I sponged TH tea dye ink on my kitty, adding a few stripes.

the challenge is....

any colors

use a tree

use a window

use a product sold at Joan's Gardens.

 

I visited with Joan a few weeks ago and picked up this yummy pad of paper

by Authenique called "glistening".....it is the prettiest 6 x 6 pad of soft tones

of blues and tans which is what I used for my "wallpaper" and

my window....

The outside scene is a poppy stamp...

The kitty is an IO die

and the tree is a Memory Box die

the clock was added to my wall as I felt it just needed something in that spot.

That's it...hope you like it...stay warm!!

Snow Scenes Ornament

My card below is on the blog today at
Classy Cards 'n Such
and there is a sale going on with select
Cheery Lynn dies 25 to 40% off...
and while there you can purchase the beautiful Flourish set
I used on my card below and save 10%
on your purchase using my discount code DIANE-10.


Hi, Diane here with you today on the Classy Cards 'n Such blog.

 

One of my favorite color combinations for Christmas is silver and pink.

However, those colors don't fit in my home, being a log home, at all.

But I can pacify my love of it by creating cards in those colors.  Which brings us

to today's card!  I love a vintage look and when I saw the Flourishes "Snow Scenes"

stamp set Beverly has in her shop, I knew it was for me.

 

 

I started my card with a plain white card stock, adding a piece of design paper I

had on hand.  It was adhered with 1/2" Scor-tape.  On top I layered a gorgeous

doily cut from Cheery Lynn Designs Pinwheel Doily with Angel wing

(and this doily is on sale in the shop right now).

 

 

I cut an ornament for Spellbinders 2011 Heirloom Ornaments.

I stamped my cute little children building a snowman from the Flourishes set "Snow Scenes"

with Versamark, then heat set with a silver embossing powder.

Around the edge of the ornament I added Art Institute Adhesive and sprinkled

that with the gorgeous Tim Holtz Distress Glitter Spun Sugar!  I tied a real jingle bell

to the bottom, but you could use the Memory Box Jolly Jingle Bells for mailing purposes

To finish off my card I added 3 snowflakes from

Cheery Lynn Designs Snowflowers set #1 and Snowflowers set #2 I covered with glitter..

 

I think it turned out beautifully. 

I hope you enjoyed today's post and will "see you" again soon!!

I am entering this in the Cheery Lynn Designs challenge
 "non traditional" Christmas colors

AND

 

 in the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge "Winter Scenes"

Christmas Wreath

 

We have our power back...yeah!!!

After four long days, I can finally have a somewhat "normal" life again.

It's amazing how our lives revolve entirely around "power"

 

I have many wreath dies, which I love, as you
can "season" them up (as I call it) for any season you choose
I love the simplicity of this wreath, actually wish
I had a real one to hang in my home for the holidays.
Can you believe how soon Christmas will be upon us?
What is your favorite memory for Christmas?
One that maybe you still carry on yet today?
Mine is how on Christmas Eve we always went to the candlelight
service at church...
I loved that, it was so peaceful, so beautiful, so what Christmas
is really about.
Today, my husband and I still go
to a candle light service at this small country old church.
A church we don't belong to, but they open their arms to us on this special night
It is usually snowing, blowing, but so worth the effort.
After the service we all stand in a circle around the entire walls of
inside the church with lit candles and sing Silent Night...
now that is Christmas!!!

 

Anyhow, entering my card in the challenge at City Crafters...

which is week #186 and "decorate it"...to make a project or card with a wreath.

I did a very CAS card.....easy to mail...

 

Products used are SU card stock Tempting Turquoise

Impression Obsession Wreath die

Memory Box Precious Stars

Dream

Okay, first I have to say, this is not my usual style, not by any means...

but when someone puts a challenge out there, I had to jump right in!!

 

Not only is there a challenge at Papercrafters Corner for Magazine Monday

using the cover shown below, but my friend Dar challenged me to do it....

how can a girl resist.
 

 

I looked and looked at this cover, and it had to be one of the hardest yet!!

But, then I remembered years ago, before our wonderful scrapbook store

shut it's doors, they had a paper crafters "garage sale" of sorts.....

you could bring in all your  unwanted stuff, they gave you a number and you sold it...

I had picked up this HUGE bag of old labels and vintage prints and such...perfect

for this challenge.....so here it is...

I focused on the words, colors, the photos  and just the vintage feel of it...... 
the center photo is an old playing card, the jack of hearts to be exact!!