Christmas Blessings!

Hi there!
Sorry for the last few quiet days - not much fun being sick :(

This is the sweetest card I put together and what makes it extra special for me is that my mother and I designed the sentiment and had a stamp made for us by The Stamp Barn. It's such a simple card but the message says it all with the gorgeous peace dove 'sending' you the blessings.

My other card is using the beautiful Stampendous stamp 'Joy to the World' and again I used a simple layout with the stamped image being the main focus of the card. I sponged the circle with green ink to take away from the starkness of the white.

My head still isn't quite straight yet so can't think of anything else to say other than hope you're all having a fabulous day and I hope to be back tomorrow!

Take care,

Danielle

Joy to the World - Manger Scene

So this is my other Stampendous stamp purchase made yesterday. I stamped the image initially on a nestability circle then stamped again the image of the baby infant Jesus in the manger on a circle of watercolor paper. I colored the image with tombow markers, highlighted the stars with a clear sakura pen to give some sparkle and adhered the image to some background scrapbook paper. I got my sewing machine out again and trimmed the edge with stitching and threaded silver stars on gilt thread to finish the look. It's a very simple card but I like it! Hope you do too.

Danielle

Scroll Reindeer

Well, like I don't need any more stamps BUT I couldn't resist two gorgeous Stampendous stamps today when I was in my local craft store. I just loved the scroll sketching on the deer and the antlers are just so beautiful. So, I added 2 new christmas stamps to my collection and of course just had to play! My afternoon was free with all my boys off at school and play I certainly did! I did today's Sketch Challenge SC199 from Splitcoast Stampers and this is what I came up with. I hadn't had a chance to use my cuttlebug embossing borders so that is what I used for my bottom panel. I then punched out holes and threaded ribbon through to meet and make a bow in the middle. I used lots of stickles on his antlers to enhance the scroll and give it some BLING!! I'm really happy with the way this turned out. What do you think?
Wait for tomorrow to see my card using my other stamp purchase!
Thanks for looking!
Danielle