Joyful Christmas Wishes

 I think I should be mailing cards instead of making them!  Oh but this is so much more fun!  I've combined Stampin Up's Joyful Christmas Wishes stamp set with Spellbinders' Curved Borders and went totally non tradional Christmas colors.  Oh! the things I could do with this stamp set in tradional colors!  But that will have to wait till next year.  I also needed some December birthday cards (Shhh!  I can't say whose!) and this card made a beautiful December birthday card too!  The poinsettia is embossed with Sparkle N Sprinkle's Pink Delight on vellum and the leaves and sentiment are embossed with SNS's Pear Star.  The colors were perfect with the Pink Pirouette and Pear Pizzazz cardstock by SU.  I also used some Vintage Pink Frantage on the front around the sentiment.  I hope you enjoyed!  I'm off to make
some gift card holders! 

Gerlinde

Love Bird Anniversary

This is another consignment card for a friend which I obviously just love making!  It is cased from a card by Teneale Williams that I found on Pinterest.  I think the two step bird punch is my all time favorite punch because I just couldn't wait to make this.  The leaves heart is made with a base heart done with the Silhouette and then a layer of a Martha Stewart border punch and then a top layer of the leaves that go with the bird punch.  I think the color is Always Artichoke.  I then lightly spritzed it with Glimmer Mist, but it doesn't show up in the photo. The embossing folder was brayered with Lumiere Pink/Gold and White paints lightly spritzed with water before brayering.  The flowers I took off a silk spray and replaced the plastic centers with pearls.  And the leaves behind the flowers are a Cheery Lynn Die.  The sentiment is computer generated and cut out with Spellbinders label, of course! 
Thanks for visiting - I'll be back with another commisioned Anniversary card soon!
Gerlinde

Origami box

 I needed a creative wrapping for a very un-creative gift and was inspired by the boxes that Christina from Flowers, Ribbons, and Pearls had recently made.  Although I'm anxiously awaiting her video for her boxes, I did find a You Tube video for a simple origami box.  There is no tape for the box part - just a lot of folding.  Now the lid is an entirely different story - it does need some glue and good strong tape.  I used all Stampin Up products for this, including the Blossom Petal Builder punch for the flower.   The green box below was my first attempt and I decided to cut each layer of petals shorter for the Razzleberry flower, which made it lay a little flatter.  It really only took me an afternoon to whip up both of these boxes and now I'm looking forward to making some for Christmas gifts using the Spellbinder's Poinsettia. The boxes use two sheets of 12 x 12 paper and are plenty big (4 x 4 x 2) to hold a gift card and some small items.

 

I will be entering this in the following challenges:

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Not a Card

Come and Get It Challenge - Anything other than a card

Fab N Funky Challenge - Starts with an F (Flower)

Thanks for looking!

Gerlinde

Welcome Baby!

 My grandchildren have a new cousin!  I'm so excited because I never had cousins who lived nearby (they're all in Germany) and neither did my children (their only cousin is in Florida).  So my Charlie and his cousin Heidi are only 1 month apart in age (they're 3) and now new cousin Brady is 6 years younger than my Carter but only 2 days apart in birthday celebrations!  How cool is that!

SO, I got to use my new Stampin Up stamp, Bringing Baby!  I colored it with colored pencils and added some stickles to the magical stork.  It's cut out with Spellbinders' Big Scalloped Ovals LG.  The scrollwork is done using my Silhouette and the papers and flowers are just misc from my stash.  Oh! and I also used Martha Stewart's punch around the page punch.
I made a pink one for future use out of Stampin Up's Pink Pirouette:

In addition to putting this right in the mail, I am also entering it in the following challenges:
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Baby
Fashionista - Baby
Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Show us your Bling
Victorine Original - Bling 
Hooked on Craft - Let's Celebrate
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Stempelsonne #68 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking!
Gerlinde

Birthday Blooms

I had to have 4 birthday cards for this week and 2 for next week, so my stash was a little depleted.  Besides, my good friend Terry follows my blog, so I HAD to make something new for her.  I also hadn't used my SU two step bird punch that I bought last year, so I was thrilled to be able to use it.
The background paper is by Paper Pizzaz and the cardstock is Brocade Blue.  I used the design on the belly of of the bird in Punch Potpourri to stamp the wing with Versamark.  I used Spellbinders Standard Circles Large as the background for the bird and mounted it on Heartfelt Creations' Decorative Oval Window (another first time use since I bought it in August).  The yellow and peach colored flowers are Recollections and the pink flower was a white one from my stash that I colored with Copics to match the DP.  The ribbon and gemstone are just from my stash.


I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafy Pad - the letter B (bird and blue)
Paperplay - Critters
Totally Papercrafts - Ribbon/Bows
Truly Scrumptious - All creatures great and small
Sarah Hurley Challenges - die cuts
Mema's Crafts - anything goes
Sparkle Forum Challenge - Things with wings
Flutterby Wednesdays - Things with wings

Blossom

 

Had to take a short pause from my "fun" cards and re-stock my Sympathy cards.  It seems I can go a year without needing one sympathy card and then there is a run on them and I'm depleted within a week.   I've been wanting to use the Stampin Up Build a Blossom for a while now and finally had my chance. The possibilities are endless with this and I had a hard time with the details, but it finally came together.  Would love to make an all occasion set with this to give as gifts.  The colors on the blossom are Barely Banana and Summer Sun.  Will have to try some other combinations.  Thanks for looking!

Snowflakes

Why does time between Thanksgiving and Christmas always seem so compacted?  I wish there were two months inbetween!  It's a roller coaster ride from here on out!  So some simple snowflakes seemed like just the thing.  This is an older set from Stampin Up called the Snowflake Spot, but it is so similar to the new Serene Snowflakes.  I embossed them with Sparkle N Sprinkle's Ice Rink and Sparkling Sky and then added some more Snowflakes with Sparkling Snow Glitter.  The cardstock is Baja Breeze and the snowflake punch is EK Success.  The sentiment is SU, but I don't know which one because I put all my sentiments in one container for easy access.  Just think, all this rain we've been having could have been snow!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello!  Since Thanksgiving is just around the corner and I have a lot to be thankful for, I thought I'd throw in this quick card made with an old Stampin Up set, Little Layers II.  I've been fretting over the composition of a Christmas card for over a week now so this was a nice break - a clean and simple card.  The background is stamped with Apricot Appeal and Pumpkin Pie on a peach colored cardstock and mounted on Early Espresso.   The pumpkin is colored with "mixed media" - Copics, Prismacolor markers, and colored pencils.  I didn't seem to have the right shades in any one category.  I'm not sure if you can see it in the picture, but the pumpkin is covered with Glossy Accents.  A nice chocolate ribbon from JoAnn's and a corner punch on the inside cardstock and it's done!  And the bonus was, I got an order for eight of them.  Who would have thought?

Wedding Anniversary

I made this card for a very good friend to give to her parents for their anniversary. I cased it from a card by  Doodledop at Splitcoaststampers.  It looks ivory in the picture, but it's actually white. The gold cardstock is SU brushed gold.  The background paper is made with SU Elements of Style as are the hearts.  Hearts are a SU punch and butterflies are Martha Stewart punch.  Die cuts are Spellbinders Fleur De Lis and Labels One. Labels One and hearts are edged with Krylon gold leafing pen.