Tuesday Throwdown - What Christmas Means to Me

I wanted to play along with the Tuesday Throwdown challenge this week - and when I saw the theme "What Christmas Means to You" it got me thinking...  What do I love best about Christmas? I love the sparkly lights, the magic in the air, the smile on a child's face, Christmas Cookies, Poinsettias, Mistletoe.. well I just about love it all!   This card represents all the things I LOVE about Christmas.

But what Christmas really "means" to me?  It means anticipating the birth of Christ.

I wish you all the best Christmas filled with the things you love, and blessings in the coming year.

Noel  Supplies Used:  Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse Vintage Garden Seed Packet, Compliments of the Season 2
Card Stock:  PTI  Pure Poppy Vintage Cream
Pattern Paper:  Pink Paislee City Sidewalks 8x8"
Ribbon:  5/8" Red Stripe Organic Cotton May Arts
Dies:  Spellbinder Nested Pennants, Classic Rectangles, Cheery Lynn French Pastry
Pin:  Ribbon Reel
Ink:  SU! Real Red
Poinsettias - Gardenias WIld Orchid Crafts

Savior  Supplies Used:  FInished SIze 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps:  Serendipity Stamps Bethlehem, For Unto You
Card Stock:  PTI White, Enchanted Evening
Ink:  Versafine Majestic Blue

CASology Knit - Merry Christmas!

The cold weather has finally thawed here and would you believe it?  Rain!  All day it's been raining and the snow is now a big sloppy mess.  Every time the dog goes out she brings back a little trail of foot prints!   Between cleaning up muddy paw prints, and a few loads of laundry  I had some time to play and made this one for CASology.  The theme this week is knit.  I will be honest, I don't know how to knit, but thought maybe a few gold crochet flowers and a diamond knit embossed background might do the trick.  I also added a pretty rolled felt flower and some burlap ribbon to add some texture to the mix.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you are having a great day!

Supplies Used:  Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamp:  Papertrey Ink THink Big Favorites 20
Dies:  Sizzix 3 D Flowers
Embossing Folder:  Sizzix Diamonds & Damask
Ink  Versafine Onyx Black
Card Stock:  PTI White, Pure Poppy
Crochet Flowers
Ribbon : 1/2" Woven Burlap Olive May Arts
Red Felt, Pearls

CSC#171 - Embossed Bird

It's Thursday!  That means a new challenge at CASE Study!  All this month we are honoring Cath Edvalson with Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger Inspiration photos.   Check out the inspiration photo for this week!    I got lots of ideas when I saw this one!  Lots of color, some zentangle, the birdie of course, and yes that clean background!    I don't know if you will think this is crazy or crazy good.  

I saw this embossing folder and had to have it!  The beautiful bird surrounded by flowers.  I never used it because I thought it was too pretty to cover up!  So.. how to use it and not layer a single thing on it?  I decided to color the raised images and let them do all the talking.  I had to do lots of playing around to keep it as clean as possible and tried lots of different media.  What I settled on in the end was these paper stumps that I purchased for a different idea.  They are made of paper so they are firm but still have a little give.  I just touched them to my ink pad and then carefully rubbed them over the raised embossing.  To get a new point on the end and change color you rub the stump over some sand paper - like a pencil sharpener.

Want to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this challenge?  Just click on the names below to jump to their blogs!

Chupa - Iwona Palamountain

Amy Wanford

Andrea Ewen

Clare Buswell

Debbie Hughes

Maureen Plut

Tasnim Ahmed 

Maureen Merritt

Silke Ledlow

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you'll come play if you have some crafty time!  Have a great Day

Supplies Used:  Finished Size:  4.25 x 5.5"

Stamp:  Waltzingmouse Say it With Style

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug Anna Griffin Aviary

Paper Stumps

Distress Ink:  Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Scattered Straw, Tumbled Glass, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Crushed Olive

Card Stock:  PTI White, Vellum