A couple of Christmas cards

I've got a couple of Christmas cards to show you. I made them before I went to Iceland and I think I might just do more.

I don't know if you see it, but I was trying to make an ornament and make it look like it was hanging on a Christmas tree. I used Coluzzle to cut the red circle, a scallop circle punch to punch the mellow moss circle and a designer label punch for the little brown piece. The colors in this card are Mellow Moss, Riding Hood Red and Whisper White. The stampset is Baroque Motifs.

Here we've got the snowmen from Holiday Lineup and snowflakes from The Snowflake Spot. The colores I used are Pink Pirouette, Old Olive and Elegant Eggplant. Not the traditional Christmas colors but I think they look good together. I used my blenderpens and inkpads to color in the image.

I just sent off a whole bunch of Christmas cards to my mom yesterday, 30 cards I think. So I've been busy since I got back from Iceland. My DS was sick on the way home but fortunately he slept on the flight from Iceland to Boston. I am so glad I didn't miss the fall colors here in the mountains. We drove around yesterday and looked for good places to take fall pictures. We ended up in Chimney Rock.

Hope you're having a good day!

TFL

Eastern Blooms

I had been debating whether or not to get this stamp set but gave in and bought it. And I don't regret it. My favorite is the big flower, now I just need more markers so I can try more color combos with it.

I think Old Olive and Not Quite Navy turned out good. I used a little bit of Crystal Effects in the middle of the flowers. The card base is Bashful Blue.

The colors in this card are Sage Shadow, Cameo Coral, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White. I used markers to color the stamp before I stamped it. I used my Designer Label punch to make the vase, stamped the piece with one of the flower stamps and used a white Signo pen to add details. I thought the background needed a little something so I stamped the branch a few times in Sage Shadow and Cameo Coral. Added faux stitching and voilá!

I stamped this flower stamp in Always Artichoke on Pink Pirouette and cut them out. I stamped the small flower on the background in Always Artichoke on Pink Pirouette cardstock, added white dots to the flower centers with my Signo pen. The "ribbon" is Always Artichoke card stock, I just added faux stitching to it. I used Crystal Effects on the three bigger flowers.

Next weekend I'll be traveling to Iceland. My DS and I will fly from Charlotte to Boston and from Boston to Iceland. It'll be early Sunday morning when we get to Iceland. So we'll be travelling for quite a few hours. It's going to be very stressful for me since my DS is only 3 years old and I've never been to the airport in Boston, heard it's pretty big.

Hopefully I'll get a chance to write a blog before we leave.

TFL