Lots of Baubles

Today’s card inspiration comes from this card from Linda Dalke. I love the shine on this design and had to make my own! This card definitely took the longest to create of any cards this season, but the results are stunning! I first embossed my ornaments in gold (2), silver (2), pewter, and copper. From there I picked a few color combination to color the ornaments with my Stampin’ Blends. I made two more traditional color ornaments and four frosty winter ornaments. For my sentiment, I kept it simple with a heat embossed Deck the Halls.

Detail of the shine:

Variations of colors. I think the blues with the copper embossing might be my favorite!

• Stamps: Beautiful Baubles

• Ink: Lots of Stampin’ Blends

• Cardstock: Highland Heather; Real Red; Night of Navy; Pretty Peacock; Old Olive

• Accessories:

• Tools: Copper Embossing Powder; Gold Embossing Powder; Pewter Embossing Powder; Silver Embossing Power

August 2019 Memory Planner Pages

Another month, another set of Memory Planner pages. I think I’m going to stick with the vertical layout for next year’s planner.

Currently

Reading: Feed by M.T. Anderson. It’s one of those perpetual list books on my TBR list.

Watching: After spooky movie month, we’ve been watching a few of our currently reading shows and random documentaries. On Sunday, we continued our music documentary kick with Echo in the Canyon about the music from the 1960s coming out of Laurel Canyon. Really good documentary!

Listening: Going back and listening from the beginning of The To Read List podcast. Another book podcast in my queue.

Making: Working on those Christmas cards. I have about 66 done so far with another 50 to make.

Feeling: Everyone in the house is a bit under the weather. I probably feel the best of everyone, but I still don’t feel great.

Planning: Our November calendar is very light right now. I think I need to schedule a few activities.

Loving: I stole all the Almond Joys from the kids’s Halloween bags. And then I pinned a ton of random coconut recipes to my Pinterest boards. And I’m hoping to make Apricot Coconut Scones later this week.

Merry and Bright

Today’s card inspiration comes from this card from Cindy Elam @ Heart’s Delight Cards. I love the card design so much that I CASEd the card for my Christmas! I love fun play of patterns between the DSP, washiest tape, and stamped images. Perfectly simply card for today!

• Stamps: Merry Mistletoe; Everything Festive

• Ink: Merry Merlot; Shaded Spruce

• Cardstock: Dashing Along DSP (retired); Shaded Spruce; Whisper White

• Accessories: Gold washi tape

• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Circle Dies

November Crafting Goals

A recap of last month’s goals:

• Arthur’s 2018 PL Album (January - March) - Fail. I didn’t pick this up at all.

• Organize PL supplies - Fail. I just didn’t get much done at all.

• Make a card or two - Success! I ended up making three Halloween cards and 18 mini Halloween cards.

• Pick Halloween party crafts and games - Success! The party was a success!

• Finish birthday party crafts - Success!

November’s Goals:

• Make at least 50 Christmas cards

• October MP Pages

• Organize PL Supplies

• Start WITL album

Reindeers in a Row

Today’s card features a trio of reindeers and the new Wrapped in Plaid DSP. I took my color cues directly from the paper. I love the combo of Shaded Spruce, Cherry Cobbler, and Night of Navy with hints of gold. I kept the rest of the card simple with a coordinating ribbon and some sparkles for noses.

Variations:

• Stamps: Merry Mistletoe

• Ink: Crumb Cake; Merry Merlot; Night of Navy; Shaded Spruce

• Cardstock: Wrapped in Plaid DSP; Shaded Spruce; Early Espresso; Whisper White

• Accessories: Holiday Rhinestones; Pearls; Shaded Spruce/Gold 3/8” Striped Ribbon; Gold Ribbon (retired); Real Red Satin Ribbon (retired); Candy Dots (retired); Enamel Dots (retired)

• Tools: