Burgundy and Green Merry Christmas

I'm still playing with the Chantilly Lace dies and the Sue Wilson Merry Christmas die. This one is Burgundy and Green with pearls for accents.

Still playing with the Spellbinders and Sue Wilson dies.  This one is red metallic and silver metallic papers. 

Spellbinders and Creative Expressions Christmas

 I just received my new Spellbinders Becca's Chantilly Lace dies and decided to play.  I used some gold and white on the bottom one and cream and gold on the top one.  The Merry Christmas die is from Sue Wilson's Creative Expressions.  I added some pearls for accent.

Portion Control for Power Poppy

I stamped the pretty Winter Wonderland from Power Poppy with black Memento ink and colored it with copics.  I cut it out and used the same die cut to make a frame for this and edged it in gold pen.  I cut a burgundy and blue Merrie Christmas and off set them so it has a shadow effect.  I added some bling with gems to finish the card.

Power Poppy's digital tulips

I downloaded the tulips from Power Poppy's site onto cryogen white text weight paper and colored them with copic markers.  I cut out around them and edged all the layers with Krylon gold pen.  The die cut is from Sue Wilson's creative expressions. 

Heartfelt Creations Dogwoods and borders

This 6x6 card features Heartfelt Creations borders and dogwood flowers, Sue Wilson's vines and center sentiment panels.  I added some pearls to finish this card.

Cheery Lynn hearts in lavender

This is a 6x6 card with Cheery Lynn's hearts in pink and lavender and Heartfelt Creations flowers. Sue Wilson's Creative Expressions vine and a butterfly punch.  I added some glitz to the dogwoods to finish this card.

Power Poppy Poinsettia in pinks

The challenge this month at Power Poppy is Pinks. I stamped the poinsettia in memento black and colored it with copics. I added some stickles to the center and the berries and cut it out with a label 4 spellbinders die and edged it in gold pen. The background is a cuttlebug embossing folder and the corners were done with a Creative expression Sue Wilson Australian corner. I finished the corners with a gold pen and added a pearl to each one.

Switch up your shades

Power Poppy's challenge for this month is to change up your coloring medium.  I stamped the pretty Azaleas stamp set, embossed it in gold and used my old twinkling H2O's to color it.  I used a Sue Wilson Herald Square die set and edged it in spun sugar distress ink.  I added some pretty pink flowers on top of the Cheery Lynn flourish and pearls to finish the card. 

Stretch yourself

Stretch yourself is the challenge over at Power Poppy.  This card is 5.5 wide and 8.5 tall.  I used the Power Poppy image Heaven and Nature Sing and colored it Copics.  I used Cheery Lynn dies for the top, center, leaves and flowers. The border die at the bottom is a Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions.
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Christmas tags

I don't usually make tags but I needed these for my bosses this year and decided to go with an eclectic theme. I used a glittered card stock and just cut the corners round.  The deer and dove are Cheery Lynn dies and the tree is a Sue Wilson die.  I added little red beads to the trees.  I think the holly leaves are from Sue Wilson also. 

Christmas Angel for a birthday

My sister always asks for an angel card for her birthday since it's right before Christmas. I used the Sue Wilson angel die and cut it out of sparkly paper and added some pearls.  The card is 5.5 square and I used the new Cheery Lynn stitched square dies for the card and frame.  I used some peel offs for the borders and saying.  The flower and leaves are from Michaels and I used s pearl stick pin to finish the card. 

Peace on Earth

I made this pretty card with Sue Wilson's dies and gilding wax.  The trees were embossed and then cut out on black card stock and then I added the gilding wax for color. The Peace on Earth was cut out of sticky paper and glittered.  These are all Sue Wilson's dies and I used her blog for inspiration.   I get my dies from Joan's Garden and she is very dependable and quick and only charges the exact shipping. 

More Christmas

I'm still making Christmas cards and decided to keep this one mostly white with just an accent of color.  The poinsettia is from Cheery Lynn designs, the rest of the dies are from Sue Wilson's creative expressions.  I lined everything in silver with a Krylon pen. The saying is a peel off sticker. 

Power Poppy Embelllish it!!!

The challenge over at Power Poppy is to Embellish it!!! I used the Heaven and Nature Sing stamp set and colored it with copics after cutting it out with a Cheery Lynn oval. The oval, holly branch, and poinsettia are all from Cheery Lynn Designs and the other dies are from Creative Expressions Sue Wilson's designs.  I used a Krylon gold pen to outline all of the dies and the edge of the background which is a Anna Griffin Ogee Damanask embossing folder.  I get all my Sue Wilson's dies from Joan's Garden.  

Out of my comfort Christmas

Every day I check Sue Wilson's blog for the new Creative Expressions dies and ideas. I love her cards even though they are huge, UK size cards and I try and use some of her ideas for the US size cards that I make.  I started this card with a 5x7 soft champagne gold card (it's not really white) added a layer of black and then I added a layer of gold linen foil that I got from Michaels or one of the big box stores. I pierced it with my new rectangle piercing die from Cheery Lynn.  I then added the Polynesian Sails oval doily in the soft gold and added some pearls.  The trees are from Sue Wilson's winter trees at Joan's Garden website.  You can click on Creative Expression, Sue Wilson and find tons of wonderful dies and card ideas with them.  After watching the video on Sue's blog I cut and embossed the trees and the Merry Christmas in black and then added some soft gold gilding wax to them and to the Merry Christmas.  This is definitely not a normal color combo for me but it's so striking in real life and I think I may do some more of this color combo.  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out all the dies and ideas on Sue's blog.  

More Christmas cards

I'm working on Christmas cards and these two cards are a mix of different dies from a few companies.  I used a holographic gold peel off around the edge of the card. I know the white die behind the candles is the center of another die but of course now I can't find the die to tell you which one, LOL The candles are memory box glowing candles. The saying and backing are both from Sue Wilson's creative expressions.
The second card is is a Marianne die on the bottom and Sue Wilson lavender border and I used a large scalloped square to cut it out to show the white embossed snowflake background, the Peace on Earth is Sue Wilson.  I just punched a couple of snowflakes from a Martha Stewart punch and added lots of pears to finish the card. 

Starting Christmas cards

I'm not a fan of fall cards and usually don't send any of those so I'm trying to get an early start on Christmas. I used the Sue Wilson, Creative expressions snowflake border and tag set to make this card after her watching her video.  I covered the background with a sticky sheet and used some very fine glitter after embossing it with a snowflake folder which doesn't show up on the photo.  The ribbon is a holographic sparkle ribbon and the saying is a peel off sticker. You can purchase a lot of the Sue Wilson dies from Joan's Garden. 

Power Poppy, Bits and Pieces

The challenge at Power Poppy is to use part of an image on your creation.  I used this image from the So Grateful collection and colored it with copic markers.  I used a Spellbinders labels 28 to cut the portion out and back it.  The corners and tag are from the Sue Wilson collection by Creative expressions.  I added some DP behind the image and a sticky lace accent across it,  To finish the card I just added a pearl to each corner.  Be sure to check out all the fun challenges over at Power Poppy and add to your collection of stamps and digital images.   

Blog Candy, Cards by America

These gorgeous dies are available over at Cards by America. Check out her beautiful cards that she has made using some of these dies and enter the contest. I love the Sue Wilson dies because they all work together so well, you can really mix and match them.