Joy Bling

Tis the time for sending Christmas cards. I try to keep one card each year of the ones I send. This is one I did quite a while ago. It was two stamps. The words are all one stamp, and the holly is the other stamp. The holly was done with glittery green embossing powder, and the words were done with red embossing powder. Lots of bling! The one thing I've found with glittery embossing powder that you have to be careful of, is that it's hard to tell when it's done embossing. It doesn't change color as much as matte powders. So if you are using really glittery powder, be sure to check to make sure everything is cooked.

Sleeping cats

Love this little guy. The image is by Magenta and it was stamped in black onto different colored paper. It was then cut out and layered onto the card. It's another long card made around the images of the cats. When stamping on colored paper, I try to use black Versa Fine as often as possible. I find it gives the clearest and best image.

Cats lie card

No embossing today, but I'm back to cats. A small cat today with a funny -and you know it's true, statement about cats. The image was inked in Versa Fine black onto a white card and cut out. The base card was made with paper from Lasting Impressions. The word stamp is also stamped with a Versa Fine pad.

Embossed Christmas Card

An since I'm on an embossing kick, here is an embossed Christmas card. The image and words are by Paper Inspirations. This is one poinsetta stamp that was inked and stamp numerous times. Then glittery white embossing powder was poured over the image and heat set. The top of bottom edges of the card were also embossed. The words were stamped in blue Versa Fine ink on the white card.

Embossed Lion

Yesterday's card was of embossed leaves. Today we have a lion by Art Impressions that was embossed with black embossing powder. I go in spirts with embossing. It takes a tittle more time and effort to do, but it really gives a great look. The lion in layered onto a card that has strips of printed paper that was pieced to make the design you see. I used double sides sticker paper as the base. That makes for a quick way to put all the pieces in place. Fibers were used to tie off the top of the tag.

A long card

Many people start with the size of the card and work their design inside the dimensions of the card. Some of us tend to go with the image and build the card around the design. That's what happened with this card. It's rather long and narrow. The image is a Judikins stamp that has been embossed in brown on each color. The image was then cut out and glued onto the card.

Happy Thanksgiving

We are off for our double dose of Thanksgiving. Hope you all have a day full of gratefulness. I'm very thankful for all the folks in my life that give me joy and encouragement, which is why I love to send Thanksgiving cards to them all. And stamping during Dad's illness in October gave me a speck of joy in between all the drama. Yep. Lots to love about stamping. -And friends.