Beautiful Blizzard with Seasonal Layers Snowflake

Whoooo Hooooo!  We are speeding towards

Christmas and the end of 2018.  Today, Susan,

Buffy and I are doing Christmas.

As soon as I saw the Beautiful Blizzard set, on page 39

of the Holiday Catalog,  I was sold.  The background

elements, including splotches, snowflakes and crosshatch,

enable a textured background for stamping

those lovely sentiments.   The sentiments are 
fresh, new and oh so eloquent.  

I just love this set.

The color combination for this card is Balmy Blue

and Tranquil Tide.  I really like this color combination,

which is kind of an off-beat winter blend.

I created a Sparkle Glimmer Paper (p 192) snowflake

with the Seasonal Layers Thinlits.

I am so happy to share my Christmas card with you,

and can't wait for you to see what Buffy and Susan

have created for their Christmas Challenge!!  

Seasonal Chums with Seasonal Tags

I love the cute Christmas images from the 

Seasonal Chums Stamp set (p 103) and coordinating

Seasonal Tags Framelits (p 219).  They are 

simply warm and wonderful.  This little deer is

colored with Stampin' Blends and Layered on some

Real Red card stock.  I attached some bling, to add

interest to the focal image.  

The sentiment comes from Night of Bethlehem

on page 99.   This is a quick card, for

those who enjoy coloring with Blends!

Starlight Bethlehem Oversized Card

This project leads into the little video at the end, 

about glitter!  The video just makes me laugh.  This project is full

of Glimmer Paper, to make things pop.

Periodically I make oversized 10x10 cards for people at

church, so that the entire congregation can sign the cards.

This card uses retired DSP, and several current

framelits/thinlits.  The Bethlehem Edgelits (p 215) form the city

with multiple layers creating the sparkle.

I used the Starlight Thinlits (p 220) to make the star.

Were I to do this again, that darn star would be straight,

but the glue was set by the time I tried to change it.

I used the retired Little Letters to create the name.  

I saw this video on FB and thought it was a total hoot.

I will admit that glitter can be challenging to get

off your face or hands, but it still has it's 

place in the craft room!!