First Christmas Card for 2012

I saw a video on the Simon Says Stamp blog by Kristina Werner in which she painted with Perfect Pearls and it reminded me of a card I did using a similar technique. Here's the link to that card: Playing with Perfect Pearls.

I decided to paint some white card stock with Perfect Pearls powder mixed with water. Then I stamped and die cut some trees on the pearly card stock. There is quite a nice little shine on those trees IRL.
I think I'll enter this in the current Hero Arts Challenge, it's been a while since I did one.

I used some older patterned paper, Snow Day from Crate Paper, but it made the perfect base for my trees.
There's a variety of stamps on the trees: Music Background by Penny Black, La Letter by Hero Arts and Interlocking Backdrops by Lawn Fawn.

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Galatians 5:22-23

The fruit of the Spirit is love

joy

peace

patience

kindness

goodness

faithfulness

gentleness

self-control

blessings,

nancy

Sunshine on a Rainy Day

We've got sunshine and showers here in SoCal today....and some thunder and a bit of gusty wind. It's a weather smorgasbord! Since I really want some sunshine, I thought I would create some sunny projects with the bits and pieces sitting on my desk. I was inspired by the April Challenge themes at Hero Arts.

This tag just sort of designed itself....the Newspaper Background was already stamped on the tag and the rest of the pieces were left over from playing with Gelatos. Those of you who visit often know I'm partial to sunshine-y golden colors, so no surprise that's what was sitting around.

The text strip was even cut out already (from Cosmo Cricket Odds n Ends) just waiting for an assignment. The scalloped piece is by Hero Arts, stamped on canvas that was colored with Gelatos. The piece on the bottom is another HA stamp that was colored with Gelatos, spritzed and then stamped for a watercolor look. "Inspire" is a really old metal embellie from my stash. I colored it with Copics then clear embossed several times.

This is a mini card made from a 3" flower punch. The little flowers were punched from Lawn Fawn Bright Side scraps. The sentiment is from an older Hero Arts set called Anytime Messages.

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Thanks for visiting today!
blessings,
nancy

Another Tag Design

My hubby cut lots of tag shapes out of wood to use for my next stamping class. Then I did some experimenting to come up with a workable design for a class to do. I posted the class tag on the previous post.

This is a tag I'll use on a gift, it turned out exactly as I hoped and imagined.

 My tag is a winner at Hero Arts!!

For this tag, I stained both sides of the wood tag with Walnut Stain Distress Stain. I love the deep rich color! The sentiment was gold embossed directly onto the tag. Then the tree was stamped with Jenni Bowlin Seed Packet ink onto white cs and cut out. I distressed it with Vintage Photo. To embellish the tree I strung mini red buttons onto gold cording and attached them to the tree with glue dots. Tiny gold gems then finished the decoration. I added a gold cord so this can be used as a tree ornament after it serves as a gift tag.
I found the gold cord, red mini buttons and ribbon at Stamp Fever.

Thanks for your visit, please leave a comment so I know you were here.
blessings,
nancy

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