Cuttlebug Bling

Here is a card that I completed finally for the Cuttlebug Spot Bling Challenge. I just had to use my favorite Parisian Breeze Designer Paper from Stampin' Up!. The silver piece at the top is a tape that I have run through the Cuttlebug. The little flower accents are from Class A Peel stickers, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch took care of the little ones at the top. The bigger butterfly was actually stamped then cut out. I topped them all with Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds. The big butterfly is from the new Stampin' Up! set God's Beauty.

A Day in the Park

Here are two more layouts I did today. Our grandson enjoying his day in the park. He loves being outside and our son and DIL spend as much time on outings with him as possible. Cardstock is Club Scrap. I even used my Nestabilities for the saying and stamped a few moths. The moth is a retired Stampin' Up! stamp but I don't remember off the top of my head which set it is from. I used Crystal Effects on the moths to make them pop a little.

New Snowman Stamp set

I have been busy working on scrapbook pages but I just this week got my first two stamp sets from Pamela of FireCracker Designs. So I had to stop scrapping and play with at least one of the sets I got. I didn't get a really clear shot of this card so I might try and replace it later. I used Stampin' Up! cardstock Natural White, Night of Navy and Real Red. I also used Stampin' Up! markers, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Chunky Glitter and Dimensionals on Here. I popped the fire and the snowmans scarf for a little extra dimension. The scarf also has Crystal Effects on it. I edited this after scanning the card - much better image but hohum, don't know how to remove the old one so you have them both.

Hope you like it

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I haven't done a Challenge in quite a while so I decided it was time to try and get at least one done. This is for Beate's Challenge and I hope it is not too far off what her sketch looks like. I have all Stampin' Up! products here. The base card is Riding Hood Red, which happens to be one of the new "In Colors", layered with Ski Slope one of the terrific Designer Papers that appears in the Holiday Mini. The stamp set I decided on was Uppsy Daisy which happens to be very popular. This was stamped in Riding Hood Red on Shimmery Cardstock then I punched the desired area out with the new 1 3/4" Circle Punch that can be found on page 188 in the current idea book and catalog along with all the terrific punches Stampin' Up! carries. I sponged the stamped piece with Riding Hood Red, then Close to Cocoa before using dimiensionals to mount it on a piece of 3 x 3 Textured Pink Pirouette, also a new "In Color" that I had punched with the Scallop Edge Punch. I also used the Scallop Edge Punch on the piece of Close to Cocoa that was mounted on a strip of Shimmery Cardstock. I used the piercer from the Crafters Tool Kit along the edge of the Cocoa Scallop piece. The Double Striped Riding Hood Red Grosgrain Ribbon was knotted then run under the main stamped piece. I used the Large Square Punch on a piece of Pink Pirouette and then cut it in half, sponged with both Riding Hood Red and Close to Cocoa, mounted them on the edges and added two pearls from the Pretties Kit. To finish the whole piece off I used Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds on the large flower.

Todays cards

The top card uses Baja Breeze, Old Olive and Very Vanilla cardstock. Baja Breeze, Old Olive and Creamy Caramel inks, paper piercer, Word Window Punch and pearl beads. Stamp sets used are Baroque Motifs and Eastern Blooms

Middle card Always Artichoke and Whisper White Cardstock along with Always Artichoke and Real Red inks. I used my new Cuttlebug Ornament folder and then sponged some color on some of the ornaments. I used the new Stampin' Up! set A Cardinal Christmas for the main image. I just had to add Red Glitter glue since I did not stamp the berries in red but I think the glitter pretty well hides those green berries.

The last card uses Real Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White and Ski Slope Designer Paper. This is the Twisted Ribbon Technique that is in the latest edition of Technique Junkies Newsletter. You can find out more about them by clicking on the icon on the right. I used the Stampin' Up! sets Jolliest Time of the Year and To You & Yours. Of course, the card would not be complete with out glitter. I added Crystal Effects and then Dazzling Diamonds for a finishing touch.

Hope you enjoy todays cards. Please let me know what you think.

Two for today

I love the new Designer Paper from Stampin' Up! The green on the first card is from the Ski Slope series. I love the Olive Green and Vanilla background for this card. A Wish for Peace is stamped in Old Olive on Very Vanilla cardstock. I used the ticket corner punch on all the layers for this card. The main tree has Crystal Effects and Dazzling Diamonds to make it the main focal point. The small piece of red at the bottom is the other side of the designer paper and I just had to use some pearls from the Pretties Kit.

My brown card is the Chocolate Chip Patterns Series Designer Paper. I stamped Home for Christmas in Basic Brown on Whisper White cardstock, ran it through my Xyron both ways. I then cut the design in quarters, carefully peeled off the front Xyron paper and poured Dazzling Diamonds over it. Then smooshed the pieces, remove excess DD and mounted it on Chocolate Chip cardstock (of course it is not as straight as it should be). The bottom piece of designer paper was turned over and then I used the Scallop Edge punch, then mounted the greeting from Heard from the Heart on it. I also added some of my new favorite stickers from Class A Peel.

I hope you like them. Now I really need to clean up a few things around this house.