Glitz and Glam Card

Today I have a very fancy card that took me longer than usual to make, but it was so much fun! I made this for this week's Crafty Friends Challenge. Jenn Balcer is our hostess and she challenged us to create something Glitz and Glam. How fabulous is that! :)

I stamped (Penny Black's Hanging Treasures set) and die cut the ornaments (Spellbinders' Heirloom Ornaments 2012). I fancied them up by adding Want2Scrap's Beautiful Bling Borders-Fancy That! It looked top heavy, so I balanced the layout by adding a row of W2S Sleek Strips Silver Rhinestones- Self Adhesive on the bottom. The papers are my Penny Black Madison pad.

Here's a closeup of the card. The sentiment is from W2S Chipboard Sentiments- Words of Love.

I covered it with wet glue, then sprinkled some Art Glitter on it. I "hung" the ornaments using twine and decorated them with paper flowers.

That is one sparkly card! I hope you can join us at the Crafty Friends Challenge this week!

Peace & Joy

I have a quick card for you today that uses my Hanging Treasures stamp set by Penny Black. This set coordinates with Spellbinders' Heirloom Ornaments dies.

The papers are Penny Black's Madison Designer Pad. I embellished the ornament with Want2Scrap bling. The borders on the side were die cut using Spellbinders Classic Petal Edgeabilities.

Make sure you check out the NinaB Designs hop going on now. I'm sure you will find tons of inspiration and did I mention we're giving these away? :)

 

Have a great day!

My teenager and Joy to the World

Before I share my card, I just want to say that in just a couple of hours, I will be officially a mother of a teenager. Happy 13th birthday to my beautiful daughter Gracie, who is smart, beautiful, tough, very helpful around the house (she's our family's main laundry folder), and an amazing young woman who has fierce determination on things she's passionate about and possesses some mad language and flute-playing skillz. God is so good to give her to us.We love you, Gracie, and cannot believe you are now a teen. You have brought us so much joy .We are so proud of you and can't wait to make more wonderful memories in this new stage of our life together. Stay sweet and beautiful, both on the outside and inside.:)

Now, about today's card...you will notice that I use the phrase, "Joy to the world" a lot on my Christmas cards. It sort of sums up the message of Christmas. The coming of Christ has brought joy to the world and it is this why we celebrate! Finally, because the Messiah has come, there is hope, redemption and joy that nothing and nobody can take away. It is this hope and joy only found in Christ that keep everyday life worth living, suffering worth enduring, risk worth taking, and death not quite as scary as it used to be. What a much needed message Christmas is in this crazy world we live in. And what a comfort for me to know the One who is greater than me to trust in and rely on for everyday life.

Can you tell I'm passionate about the Christmas message? I am and want to share that with all my friends and family. Now back to the card, I used my Penny Black Hanging Treasures for this card. The ornament coordinates with Spellbinders' Heritage Ornaments 2011 dies. The sentiment is from Peace on Earth.

I stitched the ornaments on the middles. The background paper is inked on the edges with Distress inks and comes from the Madison Designer paper pad. Sheer ribbon with a pearl brad adorns the ornament. And a strip of Want2Scrap pearls highlight the sentiment.

Have a great week!

Peace and Joy

I have a card for you today using some of my Penny Black designs. First I cut a bunch of circles from the Madison Designer Paper Pad.  You can use punches or the Spellbinders Classic Circle dies. I drew 3 lines in pencil on the cardstock and aligned my ornaments in the middle (not completely precise, but it'll do :) with a little glue on the back. I erased the line and stitched along the middle approximately to make them look like ornaments. I inked the edges of the olive panel with white ink.

I really enjoyed making the banner sentiment, which is from the Hanging Treasures stamp set. I gave it a little lift using foam tape, bent the end so they sort of tucked on the sides of the pane. I then cut the ribbon ends from a separate strip and glued on the back. The pearls are by Want2Scrap that I colored with Copic to match my panel.

Have a great weekend! We'll  have a fun one as we celebrate the birthday of our first ever teenager in the Brackett Home! We will be with a bunch of her friends at a mall for some bowling and dinner. My poor husband will be the only male in the group again. I'm sure we will all have a great time. We will see :).