Golden Peace on Earth Card

Good morning!  I have a pretty card to share with you today done in white and gold:

I've combined some pretty stamps from Newton's Nook Designs with patterned paper from Teresa Collins.  I stamped the snowflakes from the Beautiful Blizzard set with gold Delacata ink- everything is so sparkly in real life!

The sentiment is from the Holiday Wishes set.  I stamped it onto the raised white panel with Versafine ink.  I embellished with more gold- sequins and thread- and just a pop of turquoise with solid baker's twine from SRM.

This one was so fun to stamp! I love the gold and the sparkle!

Pretty Doily Card for SRM Stickers

Good morning!  I hope you have a second to pop over to the SRM Stickers Blog today- I'm sharing a card featuring their new doilies!  Here is a peek at my card:

Pop over to the SRM Stickers Blog to see the rest!

Happy Happy Happy Birthday Card

Hello!  I'm enjoying some quiet time before the season finale of Downton Abbey and thought I'd pop on and share a card I made yesterday- I was inspired by the most recent AEI♥U Challenge to create a birthday card.  I pulled out my Fill In The Blank goodies (thank you JJ!) and created this card:

I had a modern shabby chic look in mind with lots of gold and watercolored elements.  I think it turned out pretty close to what I had in mind- with a few extra splatters of gold mist!  Sometimes you just can't control that stuff! Hee!

Of course, the Fill In The Blank dies and stamp sets are from Avery Elle.  I used the Stampin' Up! Watercolor Wonder DSP for my diecuts- the watercolored papers are so pretty in this collection!  The gold ink is my favorite- Delicata Golden Glitz.  If you don't have this, you need it!  I used Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Gold Lame and Georgia Peach for my splattering and the sequins are from Teresa Collins Designs Santa's List collection.

I'm so glad I found time to play along with the challenge- it's Avery Elle's first on their new AEI♥U Challenge blog.  So fun!

Well, I better wrap this up- Downton Abbey is on in just a few minutes now.  I can't believe it's already the season finale!  The season went by so fast- I wish it was a little longer!

Hope you have a great week!

-tessa