Saturday, November 23, 2013

JOYFUL CHRISTMAS WISHES



This beautiful card was inspired my Tammi White, a leader in Stampin'Up in the USA.
I love using vellum in my cards. This stamp offered me a perfect opportunity.
I have designed different colors and styles using this versatile "Joyful Christmas" and I love them all.
Make sure you add this set to your collection: 131805...you can buy it on 
my website" www.createwithlouise.stampinup.net

For this design I used;
CS: Very Vanilla, polished gold, vellum
Stamp set: Joyful Christmas
Inks: Always Artichoke and Cherry Cobbler
Techniques: Heat embossing on vellum with gold embossing powder, sponging poinsettia and leaves.
Tools: Heat embossing tool,tray, punch for greetings,snips, gold pen for center dots, sizzllit embossing folder with music of words.
If you need more directions, please feel free to contact me. Enjoy1

Saturday, November 9, 2013

FALL WETLANDS


Fall  Pheasant

This Fall design is special to me. I grew up in Ontario and Quebec  where wetlands are very common site.
I used the stamp sets: Wetlands (126697), Truly Grateful (131733) and Autumn Days (115452).
Card Stock:Always Artichoke(126972), Chocolate Chip (126980), Daffodil Delight (126944), Baked Brown Sugar (131174),  Garden green(126973), Cajun raze(126965) and lastly Very vanilla.

Other tools/ embellishments include sponging and , water coloring. 
You can buy all these items on my website...thanks for visiting my blog.



Friday, November 8, 2013

FALLING LEAVES

Welcome to Thanksgiving

For this design, I chose Cherry Cobbler (126966) as prime card, ink for one leaf, sponging and stamping the sentiment. The embossing background is made with STYLISH STRIPES (132174) from the Holiday catalog.  The square are punched with SCALLOP SQUARE (119884). Any small leaf from stamp set will do. Colors include: always artichoke(126972), baked brown sugar(131174),  chocolate chip (126979), crushed curry (131173). You can order from my website: www.createwithlou.blogspot.ca......enjoy