Stamp Off Wishing You Well Christmas Pines

Hey friends, Susan, Buffy and I are back!

This week the Stamp Off Challenge is a 

product challenge.

Today, we are doing a Ribbon Challenge.

I like this challenge because Stampin' Up! offers

so many delicious ribbons and twine.

Of course, my favorite ribbon is the 1/4" Copper Trim

on page 200.  This copper trim enables different looks

because you can leave it gathered, or stretch it out for a

more webbed look.   I'm sorry that I couldn't get a better

picture, to show off the Copper embossed sentiment

from Christmas Pines (p 96), or the sheen of the 

Copper Trim.

For the wreath, I used the Wishing You Well set on

page 35 of the Holiday Catalog.  The Cherry Cobbler

flakes come from the Christmas Pines Set.

The Wood Textures DSP (p 191) door is layered

on to Mossy Meadow.  I realize that the dark colors

are hard to photograph, but I love the richness.

It's now time to click to Buffy and Susan's blogs,
so that you can see how they used ribbon on their
challenge cards!

Acrylic Paint Tree

The other day, it was cool enough to sit on my

front porch and entertain myself.  I decided to pull 

out some acrylic paint and some canvas that Stampin' Up!

used to sell.  I cut the 12x12 canvas down to card size

and proceeded to mess around.  I am no artist, but I

do enjoy playing with color.  These are some of my

favorite colors, because of how vibrant they are.

Thanks for looking!

Waterfront Palms

The Waterfront set on page 149 always relaxes me.

It is what I would call a laid back set, that enables

you to go in different directions and still come up

with a great looking card.  

The palm trees or huts do not need to be placed

in some kind of strict pattern, and if you want,

you can even make purple palm trees.

I think that is the fun of this set.

No matter the color scheme, it makes

happy cards!