Ornament on Branch

Hello Stamping Friends!!

I'm on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog today!!

The month of July always really makes me start thinking of Christmas, as the saying Christmas in July comes to mind!!

So I thought I would create a Christmas card today!  D2BA has a lot of fun holiday stamp sets, you can find them here.

I started by creating my card base from white cardstock and then created a layer from silver glittery paper!! 

I then cut another layer slightly smaller from white cardstock.  On this layer I started by stamping the branch image from the Holiday Magic stamps set a few times with two green ink colors!

I used the Double Dot Circle Framelits to die cut a circle from a thin piece of paper, to create a stencil, I discarded the actual circle and used the negative piece left.  I position the stencil I created just beneath my branches and used my Distress Oxide Inks to create my ornament! 

After drying, I stamped the circle of words from the Snowman stamp set on the ornament I created with VersaMark Ink and embossed with a glittery clear embossing powder!!  

I finished my ornament up by stamping the hook from the Snowman stamp set with VersaMark Ink again and embossing with silver embossing powder!!

So beautiful!!

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Wishing you Joy D2BA

Hello Stamping Friends!!

I'm on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog today!!

Please, don't think I'm crazy, but I'm sharing a Christmas card!!!  I'm not sure why, but I actually did not get tired of making Christmas cards last year and have all kinds of ideas running through my head yet!

You can never have enough Christmas cards, so why not start already for this year!!

I used the fun newly released Holiday Magic stamp set!!

I stamped the poinsettia's with VeraMark ink and then embossed with Gold Embossing Powder!!   Love how elegant they look!!  I then used my watercolors to color them!!

I used a piece of Winter Plaid in the background, I absolutely LOVE this sheet of pattern paper!!

The lovely 'Wishing you Joy in every Merry Moment' sentiment is also from the Holiday Magic stamp set!!

I hope I've inspired you to start creating some holiday cards for this year!! :)

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Simple Joys

Hello Stamping Friends!!

I'm on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog today!!

Have you had a chance to see the two new stamp sets released by D2BA?!
(Holly Christmas and Holiday Magic)

They are so fun!!

I decided to work with the Holiday Magic set first!

I was immediately drawn to the branch in the set!  It was screaming 'wreath' to me!!

I started by grabbing a few supplies:

Circle dies are perfect to use for lightly tracing around the outside to give you your wreath shape:

 Even after tracing around the die, I sometimes go back and lightly erase the lines a little to be sure the are light enough, so that you won't even end up seeing them after stamping!!

Now the fun begins!!

Add the branch stamp from the Holiday Magic stamp set to a clear block and begin stamping around the circle you've created:

 I used the Margarita Lime Ink for my stamped branches!

Have fun with this!!

It's okay to over lap the branches when stamping!

Here is a look once I got all the way around:

 How fun!!

I decided to grab a darker green ink and add some more branches on top!!

 I really like the look of the two colors!  Adds some dimension!!

At first I thought about adding some rhinestones to my wreath, but then decided it may be too much.  So I decided some berries would be fun.  Now to either create my own or find a stamp set!  Found the perfect berries!!  I ended up grabbing the Playful Posies stamp set!!  The grouping of three dots, is perfect!!  A total Happy Dance moment!!

After stamping the 'berries' I added Glossy Accents to each of them to give them dimension!  I then sprinkled glitter on the card base while they all were still wet to add some sparkle!!

My finished card:

Both sentiments are from the Holiday Magic stamp set!! 

Close-up:

Aren't the berries yummy!!

I am so in love with this fun and simple design!!

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Thanks for stopping by! 

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Have a beautiful day!