Unconventional Christmas

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown has a technique challenge this week.   It is to create
a fancy fold card.  This is something I haven't done before so I thought I would give it
a try.  I also wanted to join in on the Dynamic Duos color challenge this week so I'm
combining the two and therefore have an unconventional Christmas card, at least color-
wise.

Ok, I had quite a time trying to get a decent picture of this easel card and this is about

as good as it gets.  I either had too much light or not enough.  I'm sure I'm not the only

one with these issues at times!  Anyway, I used a Sizzix embossing folder, my

Spellbinders poinsettia dies and a Martha Stewart corner and border punch.  I stamped

my greeting and heat embossed it and finished off with some pearl embellishments. Thanks

for taking a look!

 

Mojo 316

I managed to get a third Halloween card made today.  This time I used the sketch

at Mojo Monday.

This is the sketch.

Here's my take on the sketch.

I embossed the orange panel with a Sizzix texturz plate and used some printed papers

from Recollection's Haunted Manor paper pad.  The Trick or Treat sticker and die cut are

also from Recollection's Haunted line.  Of course, I had to finish up with a few jewels.

Thanks for taking a look!

SSS 223

I'm really sad that The Sweet Stop challenges are coming to an end.  I have gone

to them for sketch ideas for quite a while and will miss that.  I decided to use this

week's for another Halloween card.

Here is the sketch...

and what I came up with.

I used some Recollections papers and K & Company die cuts and Fiskars border

punch.  Thanks for taking a look!

retrosketches #86

I need to get some more Halloween cards made, since I decided kinda late to make

any at all.  I saw the sketch for this week at retrosketches and thought it would be

great for one of the cards.

This is the sketch...

and my card.

I really like the way it turned out.  The colored and printed papers are from the

Recollections Haunted Manor paper pads.  The die cut tag is also from

Recollections.  I thought the black card stock needed some texture so I embossed

it with a Sizzix texturz plate.  I cut the bat out of a piece of K & Company paper

from a seasonal paper pad.  The ribbon is actually some Christmas ribbon I had sitting

around.  I finished off with a few jewels.  Thanks for taking a look!

Mojo 315

Thought the Mojo Monday sketch #315 would work well for one of the Halloween

 dazzles stickers I have.

Here's the sketch...

and what I did with it.

Love these bright colors! The solid card stocks are from Recollections Haunted paper

pad and the print is from an old K & Company Seasonal paper pad.  The haunted house

 sticker is from Hot of the Press and the EEK! sticker is another Recollections item.

Thanks for taking a look!

52 CCT / FMS

Thought I would get one more post in today.  The theme challenge for October at

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown is to "bling it up!" I do love to use bling!  So I thought

I would use the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for my bling creation.

Here's what I ended up with.

I wanted to use white and silver.  So I started with a DCWV silver shimmer  card stock and 

some plain white card stock, which I wanted to emboss with a new embossing folder I
 bought yesterday.  After playing around with just those solid pieces for a while I decided I
needed a print.  But I didn't have any silver and white printed paper so I used a dot
background stamp and created my own.  I die cut the snowflake with the Spellbinders
Create -A- Flake Four and the banners with the Sizzix Banners 2 set.  I added a
makingmemories deco metal sticker to the center of the snowflake and finished with some
 clear crystals.  I think it turned out rather well.  Thanks for taking a look!

DD #75

I made a card yesterday afternoon after I saw the colors Dynamic Duos is using this

week.  The challenge is to use deep orange and black with an option of Halloween.

Here's what I decided to do.

I know it's not your typical Halloween card, but I don't always like to be typical.  I
 sometimes like to make more elegant Halloween cards as opposed to cute or scary.
 Anyway,the DP is  from the Haunted Manor mat stack by Recollections.  And I used my
 EK Success acanthus border punch, which I think is kinda goth looking.  The flower is a
combination of some black paper flowers I had and I punched the orange ones.  I stamped
the greeting on a strip of card stock and used the border punch on the ends.  Finished up
with some pearls. I didn't have any orange pearls so I colored white ones with a sharpie
 marker. And there you have it.  Thanks for taking a look!