Do it with a Flourish!

The color challenge at

 Flourishes

this month is such a pretty combo!

Here's my first WINTER card!

 

 

 

 

 

Difficult to think about when the high today in

Arizona will be 109!

 

I stamped and heat embossed the Flourish image in a dark grey.

I used Copic markers for the pretty

stamp, "Snow Wonderful",

and my

DCWV Screen Print Stack

with the raised designs!

The dark gray paper has tiny raised dots, with the dark teal sporting the gorgeous white

dotted pattern that reminded me so much of snowflakes!

 

This card is entered in the color challenge at

Flourishes!
CRAFT (Christmas theme)

ABC Christmas Challenge ( P is for...pearls and pine branches)
Inky Impressions (wings) 

Digi Darla's (Feathers) 



New Card Trio!

I love to make a set of cards that I can either send out

one-at-a-time to a particular person who's personality just seems to match the style of the cards,

OR, even better,  to give as a gift set.

These "Wild Splendor" papers are from DCWV

and are so gorgeous!

The soft golds, blues, and browns make them perfect for Fall projects, as well as into the coming Winter months!

See all of the new release stacks available at Michael's here!

The sentiments are from

Stampendous,

and are available in their store here.

These stamps always stamp and emboss so beautifully.

Sharp and clear every time!

 

Happy Halloween from Stampendous!

"The Pumpkin Fence"

First off, I want to let you in on a little secret.

 (well, a secret except to anyone who personally knows me)

I am the "Queen of Frugal".

I am the CHEAPEST person you'll ever meet!

I save everything and, if I can make it for less, I'm not buying it at the store.

That especially goes for scrapbook supplies!

THIS is what it looks like when you save all of your Stampendous embossing powders, glitters, crushed glasses, and micas from all of your products rather than tossing it

in the trash can.

Pretty, eh?

When it came to adding a bit of sparkle to my card,

I grabbed the "Mixed" jar, and this is what it looks like!

I used the "Cling Pumpkin Fence" stamp and did very little coloring. 

I'm dealing with some carpal tunnel issues right now,

so trying to use other techniques more.

The only Copics I used were:

Y38, YR27, YR23, E35, and E37.

Easy peasy!

I wet my colored image and sprinkled just a tiny bit of instant coffee onto the front and continued spritzing it until I had the amount of stain that I wanted.

I pulled out the My Mind's Eye, "Spider's Web" papers
for my image mat and background dotted pattern.

After inking all of the edges, and assembling my card, I attached the scalloped edge that came in the paper collection to the bottom of my card.

NOW THE FUN STARTS!

Fran'taging with the micas, embossing powders, and glitters has really made scrapping so exciting!  I'm like a child when it comes to playing in this stuff!

I sprinkled my concoction on the upper right and lower left corners of my card and heated from the underside until everything melded together!

The black mesh trim adds a spider web-like feel,

and the Prima flower is simply a sweet touch.

A little bit more of the "magic mix" on the top of the mesh,

carefully heating until melted, and it's done!

Boo!