It's a Jumbo Thank You

Hi everyone! Ready for the weekend? Getting ready for Thanksgiving? We had snow today, which made it feel a little more like the holidays. :)

It's time for a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge:

The challenge is to create a project with eight of one item (e.g., sequins, colors, papers, etc.). I went with eight letters on my card:

I used a sentiment from Another Thank You and heat embossed it with some glittery blue embossing powder. I love how the color shifts with the embossing (and by the way, I love this embossing powder--I've had it for 5 years and it still embosses without stray flecks). I simply layered the image over some patterned paper.

I still had the felt flowers on my desk that I used from my last post. ;) Ha ha. Do you do that, too?

Here's a close-up:





ETA: I'm linking up my card in the Runway Inspired Challenge. I think the background, pink flower, and pattern work with the gorgeous image:

If you would like to link up to this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge, the winner will receive a gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp:

You can link up your projects HERE. I hope you'll play along. Eight is great! (yuck, yuck, I couldn't resist.)

Thanks so much for stopping by!


Supplies
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Patterned paper: (black and white from Simple Surfaces) Cosmo Cricket
Clear stamps: (Another Thank You) Stampin' Up
Ink: (Versamark)
Embossing Powder: (Firecracker Blue) Sparkle and Sprinkle
Flower: (felt flower) Prima

I Am Addicted to Bokeh

Hi everyone! I hope your weekend is off to a great start. We'll be taking down our Christmas decorations (I know, I know...a little delayed, but I love them).

So last week, I was looking through the new Two Peas releases, and my heart stopped when I saw THIS set by Dianne Rigdon. The journaling cards are so dreamy. I enlarged one to make this card:

*sigh* Don't you love that journaling card? I matted it over a light grey paper by JustJaimee and used one of her digital Ornate Circles stamps for the corner.

The stamp was black and distressed, which makes it harder to recolor. In Photoshop, I selected the entire stamp area (using the dotted rectangle tool on the toolbar), clicked on Edit-->Define Brush. Voila, I had a new digital brush when I opened my brushes.

I stamped the circle over the journaling card in white, and over that, I stamped the Hero Arts' Winter Wishes sentiment. Here's a close-up:

I added a little inking around the edges of the card and some embellishing at the top. That awesome wood veneer glittered feather comes from a local home decor store.

Jeez, my twine is really twisted. ha ha. I think it's still pretty even if it's not perfect. :)

For my Season's Givings blog hop post, it's time for the winner. Thank you all for commenting--you're so kind!

The winner is #168:

 Laura Jane said...

I'll have to check out the Paper Crafts Magazine's Creative Card Challenges issue..Your card is a HOOT!

January 1, 2013 10:15 AM

 

Laura, I'm not sure how to reach you by e-mail. Please can contact me through the "Contact Me" link at the top. Congratulations!


Have a great day!



Supplies
Digital Elements: (Chillin Journaling Cards) Dianne Rigdon; (Winter Fresh Solids and Winter Fresh Ornate Circles Stamps) JustJaimee, all available at Two Peas in a Bucket. 
Cardstock: (Natural) My Favorite Things
Specialty Paper: (Premium Matte Photo Paper) Office Max
Clear Stamps: (sentiment from Winter Wishes CL647) Hero Arts
Dye Ink: (Marina Mist) Stampin Up
Pigment Ink: (Weathered Wood Distress Ink) Ranger
Twine: (Natural) May Arts
Button: (Bitty Buttons) Stampin Up
Feather from my stash