Hey everyone! How was your Thanksgiving!? And, did you go shopping yesterday?? Our Thanksgiving was really nice. We stayed home all day, and it rained ALL DAY! It was fabulous and cozy and perfect. Since it's just two of us here, I made us an Italian dinner for Thanksgiving. Baked rigatoni, salad and garlic bread...and of course pie! Sometimes I cook us an entire turkey dinner but this year I wasn't in the mood. We watched movies and I crafted... No running around all crazy like we do some years. Usually on Black Friday we are the crazy ones up at 4am and out shopping, but this year we didn't go! Again, it was pouring rain all day and we both felt like staying in and relaxing. Mark ran out to Lowe's and got us a new Shop Vac but other than that we didn't buy anything! Go us! I have been spending so much time decluttering and it felt good to not bring more stuff into our home. I'll venture out shopping next week sometime. Anyhoo - happy weekend! I've been doing lots of crafting, so I have projects to share!
I'm pretty quick to know what I like when I see new crafting supplies. Something usually grabs my attention right away or it doesn't. Well...when I first saw a project on Instagram made with the new Pretty Pink Posh Layered Tree Dies....I was like POW! Yes! I need that asap! Hahahaha. It's a set of dies that make a beautiful Christmas tree that you can layer. Genius and so so pretty. I chose to ink up some trees using Distress Inks... Then later I made some backgrounds for them - also with Distress Inks. Here are my two finished cards. Both cards are on white A2 card bases.
To make the trees, I used shades of green Distress Inks on the pieces. I used the small sponge daubers to do the blending. Each piece is not very big by itself so the small daubers are perfect. After the ink was dry, I splattered white ink over them to look like snow! I also used a clear Wink of Stella pen to splash shimmer onto the tree pieces. I attached the pieces together using foam tape. The star, trunk and some ornaments are all included in the die set.
For the backgrounds I used the brand new Swirls Dies from Concord & 9th. Another awesome genius product. I used them on another card too - to share later. I die cut the swirls into the paper layer and then inked shades of blue ink, keeping the color lighter in the center. I also splashed Wink of Stella pen onto this background layer. SOOOOO pretty! I added the Wink of Stella to the star too.
The Merry word was die cut from silver cardstock from my stash. The die is very large and actually says Merry and Bright! I used a pair of detail scissors to cut the word Merry out of the bigger die cut. It's the exact right size for this space! I glued it on using clear glue.
Here is my tree in my work space. You can see the dies in the background. LOVE.
The next card has a super bright red background! I made the card the same exact way as the first one. But with a red background and a gold word die. I also decided to add a snippet of black paper with the word Christmas embossed in white. I felt like that was A LOT of red so I wanted to break it up with some black.
Those swirls....sigh... They are so pretty!
Okay, that's it for me! I'll be back on Monday with a really cute coffee themed card made with supplies from Right at Home! Looking forward to sharing so much with you in the coming weeks. Take care and have a wonderful day! XOXO
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Both are stunning. Love the green/blue combos. Looked for the tree dies all sold out. That swirl background is amazing.
Posted by: Geneva | 12/02/2018 at 07:35 PM
Wow! These cards are gorgeous. I love the light behind the trees. Wow!
Posted by: Dorlene | 11/30/2018 at 07:55 PM
red background and a gold word die
Posted by: Sofia Smith | 11/27/2018 at 11:52 PM
What great dimensional cards Wanda! I love the inking on them both!
Posted by: Celeste Goff | 11/25/2018 at 04:06 PM
These are so pretty, Wanda! I have been eyeing the same two sets of dies!
I stayed home yesterday too. Raining heavy here and I wasn't in the mood to deal with all the shoppers!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | 11/24/2018 at 09:15 AM
Happy holidays to you and yours. Your tree card is really spectacular and I love how it pops up the page. I only brought two succulents at the Ruth Bancroft garden sale.
Posted by: Maureen sala | 11/24/2018 at 08:13 AM
You are so talented! Thanks for all you do! I love you!!
Mark
Posted by: Mark | 11/24/2018 at 08:12 AM
Thankful you guys are getting that much needed rain out there. I do love that tree from PPP. Might be on my list of so many wishes... have a great weekend.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 11/24/2018 at 05:37 AM
I'm so glad to hear you had a great Thanksgiving, Wanda … so much to be thankful for, right? The only shopping I did on Friday was online: envelopes! For all these Christmas cards … you're on my list, 'cuz you've been such a good girl this year! hugs to you, and Lucky, too... xx
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Posted by: Michele | 11/24/2018 at 05:26 AM