Analogous Holiday

Hi again! I am back with yet another Christmas card; I am having a lot of fun with all of the Christmas challenges this month. Did my title stump you? When I first saw the word 'Analogous' it sure stumped me! According to my friend Mynnette, "Analogous colors are colors that sit in a group of three right next to each other on the color wheel. We usually use these combinations when doing monochromatic artwork." Mynnette challenged us to do just that, in blues, for this week's Make My Monday challenge. I was able to do that and combine a few more challenges besides for today's card.

Here is my newest card:

Front View

Close up of Glamour Dust on wings & around ovals

Close up of tag with sentiment

Inside of card

 Challenges I am entering with this card:
Pile It On - #30 Tag, You're It
365 Cards - Day 146 Geometry (I used a square, oval & rectangle)
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Use Non-traditional Colours
Lollipop Crafts - #84 Christmas in July
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - #12 Tags
Addicted to Stamps - #35 Christmas in July
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas - #50 1, 2, 3 Recipe (1 - image, 2 - designer papers, 3 - embellishments)
Stamping For Pleasure - Rudolph Day - Make a festive card
Cardz TV - Challenge #12 Anything Goes
Always Playing With Paper/Merry Monday - Merry Monday Sketch With a Twist

 Make My Monday - Analogous Colours in Blues

Thanks so much for stopping by again today.

Hugs xo

Embossed Christmas

Good Afternoon!
Where is the time going?? This summer is just breezing by with one day blurring into the next. I thought summer was suppose to be relaxing.....apparently not. Hubby and I were away with our daughter and grand-children for a family reunion and I just can't seem to catch up again. We all had an awesome time, seeing family we haven't seen in quite awhile. Our son had to work, :( He wasn't able to get the time off as he used it all up when he got married last month in Michigan, U.S.A. A lot of my dear hubby's family hadn't seen our grand-children and Kasey totally loved meeting all of her cousins and having so many new children to play with. The final day of the Dampier Reunion was spent at the Waterfront and "Dampier's Landing" in Nipigon, Ontario. We had a gorgeous day for it and the kids really tired themselves out being in the fresh air and sunshine all day.
Tuesday was TOPS so that day was totally gone. Our veggie garden took off while we weren't looking, or rather the weeds did. I spent 2 hours in there on Wednesday and you wouldn't even know it. I have neglected the poor area so badly and I don't know if I will get ahead of the weeds again this summer. YIKES!!
Yesterday I had to watch my grand-daughter and grand-son while their mom worked, did her driving road test and got groceries. Today, I finally got to make a card and get back on my blog.

I have a new Christmas card to share with you today. It has a few different techniques on it this time and combines several challenges. There are actually 3 types of embossing on my card (hence the title, lol). Can you figure them out? I have also used ink to distress the edges, added ribbon and glittery scrolls at the bottom. I must admit, when I first saw the colour challenge for this week at 52 CCT, I was very skeptical. I had NO idea how I was going to pull this challenge off, but I think it turned out pretty decent.
Here is my card:

Front of card

Close up of Emboss Resist Technique

Close up of Glittered Scrolls

Front View Again

To make my card, I used the following supplies:
Card base & white cardstock - My Stash
Black cardstock -
Ribbon - Dollarama
Ink - Versa Mark and CTMH "Black", "Sky" & "Moonstruck"
Embossing Powder - CTMH "Clear Detail"
Stamp - Stampin' Up
Embossing Folder - Stampin' Up "Petals A Plenty"
Have you figured out the 3 embossing techniques yet? The white cardstock is dry embossed with an embossing folder, the sentiment is heat embossed onto white cardstock using clear embossing powder. The reason you can see the sentiment is because of the 3rd technique; emboss resist. To do this, you heat emboss your image/stamp with clear embossing powder, then sponge darker colours onto the paper and your image. You wipe the ink off the embossed image to make it show up. The clear embossing powder resists the ink colours. You can find a tutorial on how to do this HERE on the Split Coast Stampers blog.
 I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Addicted To Stamps - #34 Card For Someone Special
Robyn's Fetish/IDIC - Christmas in July
Christmas Card Challenge - Week #33 Emboss Resist
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge - PPMC #48 Embossing
Simon Says Stamp & Show - No Rules
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Heat Embossing
Lollipop Crafts - Challenge #84 Christmas in July
Christmas Cards All Year Round - Christmas Flowers/Holly
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - July Colour Challenge

Always Playing With Paper / Merry Monday - Sketch With a Twist. This means you are free to make cards using any of their past sketches. Here is the sketch I chose for this card:

Well friends, I am off to try and get another card done today. Take care and thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs xo

Puttin' On The Glitz

Good Evening! How are you? Things around here are very sparkley these days. In case you haven't noticed, I have been using a lot of glitter on my cards lately. My poor hubby is reminded every time he looks at himself in the bathroom mirror; although he no longer asks why he has a red, green or blue sparkle stuck to some part of his face, lol.
Now that we have all had a bit of a snicker, lets get to tonight's card shall we. It is another Christmas card that I am sharing and it has a TON of glittery goodness on it :) I even managed to make this one without ANY flowers. This card is pretty CAS I think; funny how that style can sometimes be the most difficult to create. At the rate I'm getting the Christmas cards done with all the fabulous Christmas challenges on here, I may acutally get them sent out this year!
Here is my card:

View of Entire Card Front

Close-up of handmade embellishemnt

Close-up of bird I cut from patterned paper

Even though this is a terrible photo of my card, it does give you an idea of just how much glitter is on the card and how well it sparkles.

Supplies List

Cardstock for base of card and Kraft coloured:  Recollections

Patterned Paper and bird image:  K & Company

Red Glittered Cardstock:  DCWV

Ribbon:  Michael's Crafts

Spellbinders Nestabilities:  "Labels 17"

Punches: "Curly Label" Stampin' Up & "Snowflake" Paper Shapers

Bee Creative Tape Sheets

Red Brad:  Stash

Garden Green Ink pad:  CTMH

Burnished Velvet Technique: Jewel Glitter Ritz in Empire Green, Spice Brown & Celadon

For my glittered card base, I covered the base with Bee Creative Tape sheet cut to fit and covered that with Celadon Glitter Ritz. The glittered embellishment in the upper right corner was made by punching the Curly Label from kraft cardstock and Bee Creative tape sheet. After applying the punched tape to the punched cardstock I used a piece of the non-stick peel off portion of the tape sheet to punch out a snowflake shape and placed this on the center of the taped label. I then covered the exposed tape sheet with Spice Brown Glitter Ritz. Next, I peeled the non-stick snowflake shape off and covered that exposed tape with Empire Green. To complete the burnished velvet technique, use your finger to rub all over the glittered areas to make it sparkle like wild. I added a metalic red brad to the center of my snowflake and some ribbon, thus creating a handmade tag. My tag and bird were attached to the card with 3D foam tape squares to add some more dimension and depth to my card.

I love using the Glitter Ritz and can hardly wait to get more colours to play with. If I happen to notice that some of my cards aren't as glittery after awhile, I just have to rub the Glitter Ritz again and voilah, glittering like new again! I also keep all of the protective covering that I peel off of the Bee Creative tape and use it to punch various shapes from for creating different shape patterns in Glitter Ritz later on. These tape sheets are one product you don't ever want to use in your Cricut machine. The adhesive is super strong and difficult to clean off regular punches, never mind a Cricut blade!!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - June Embellishment Challenge

Crafty Hazel Nuts Christmas Challenge - CHNC challenge 78: let's get inky

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - Challenge # 11- Lots of Layers

Cupcake Craft Challenges - Cupcake 198... Birds of a Feather

Pile It On - Challenge #26 - Make your own embellishments

Robyn's Fetish/IDIC Challenge -  # 113 - "NO FLOWERS ANYWHERE AT ALL"

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - It's a Bingo Challenge ( I used the top row: Glitter, Brads & Ribbon)

Fashionista Challenge -  #4 "Winged Things"

Always Playing With Paper - Merry Monday #26 Using their sketch

Well friends, thats it for me tonight; I'm pooped! I haven't been sleeping well the past couple of nights. I think Mynnette and I share this insomnia pattern since she has been complaining of the same troubles lately, lol. I am off to try and relax a bit before fighting with the Sandman again tonight.

Thanks so much for popping by to check out my card.

Hugs xo