Happy Birthday, Grandma

I am moving right along in making cards for a purpose and actually getting them sent this year!  Today's card is for my grandma, whose birthday is next week. While I have not mailed it yet, I have kept it on my work table so I am sure to do so at the beginning of the week!  It is also their anniversary, so I will have to work on that one next.  I used the challenges at retrosketches, Stampin' Royalty and The Friday Mashup! for inspiration.

The challenge at Stampin' Royalty is birthdays and the challenge at The Friday Mashup! is to combine twine and birthdays.  Perfect!

I just love this stamp set and thought it would be perfect for a card for Grandma. I chose light delicate colors to make it look soft. The middle panel is scored with the Diagonal Simply Scored Plate and then I put a dot of Silver Dazzling Details at each intersection.  There is also Silver Dazzling Details in the flower centers. It's almost impossible to tell from the photo, but I rolled the banner around a pen to give it hills and valleys for a little more interest.  

Stamp Sets: So Very Grateful, Itty Bitty Banners

Cardstock: Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding

Ink: Black StazOn, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding

Tools: Labels Collection Framelits, Simply Scored Diagonal Plate, Envelope Punch Board, Apothecary Accents Framelits

Accessories: Silver Dazzling Details, Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack, Pearls, Dimensionals

Countless Sayings 2

I was in love with this stamp set the second it came out.  Another plus for me was that it is a Photopolymer stamp set, which I LOVE. They still to the block like glue and are easy to position on your cardstock when you are stamping. I am on a limited budget so I wasn't able to get Countless Sayings 1, but it is next on my list!  I wanted to make a card for my dear husband, Brett. He was stuck home with me and the kids for 4 days, and had to put up with a lot so he deserved a special card! lol I used the challenge at The Paper Players to get me started. One of these days maybe an idea will come to me without the help of a challenge, but for now, I need a little extra boost! :)

This is one of my favorite techniques.  It is so simple and I don't think it is possible to mess it up because it is supposed to look messy!

I stamped my words in Black StazOn ink and then colored them in with my Aqua Painter. I then stamped some tiny hearts inside the "Happy" and I just love how it turned out!  My favorite part was adding the extra little details: the Silver Glimmer heart, the bow, the rhinestones and the embossed hearts.  I wanted it to be extra special, so I also decided to decorate the inside!  I have been saying for a long time that I want to start doing this more, so maybe now that I have started I will keep on doing it!

I actually even wrote in this card and gave it to him already, so I am doing better already on my New Year's Resolution to send more cards! :)

Stamp Sets: Countless Sayings 2, Hearts a Flutter, Fabulous Phrases

Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Primrose Petals, Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Ink: Black StazOn, Pink Pirouette, Primrose Petals, Smoky Slate, Whisper White Craft

Tools: Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder, Aqua Painter, Sponge

Accessories: Primrose Petals Stitched Satin Ribbon, Rhinestones, Silver Glimmer Paper

Cleaning Treasures

I have had a wonderful time this past three weeks with my kids home from school...two weeks for Christmas vacation and no school so far this week due to the snow and cold temperatures.  Janae was a HUGE help to me getting my stamping studio cleaned out and organized. Her reward has been all of the goodies that I do not want to keep, so she was happy to help me!  My reward (other than a neat and organized room!) was finding lots of goodies that I had found/bought/saved over the years for crafting purposes.  I don't usually do much besides cards and scrapbook pages, so I am excited to start doing some other types of projects!  

My first find was a stack of tiny little clay pots that I got at a garage sale this past summer. It was actually the last garage sale that I went to for the summer. Can you believe I remember that?! lol I know, it wasn't THAT long ago, but I go to a lot of garage sales, so for me that is very impressive. :) Brett's grandma (who is 93 and has better skin than me and I'm just 34! lol) has been having a lot of health problems and has been moved to a full-time care facility after living on her own for years.  I decided to make her a little decorative flower pot to keep in the windowsill of her room.  I used the colors at Dynamic Duos to help get me started. 

Nice, cheery colors, don't you think?  I have been dying to use my Spiral Flower Die out of the new Occasions Catalog, so here was the perfect chance!

After I die cut each flower, I stamped them to give them some more color to them.  I used Perfect Pennants, Positively Chevron and Gorgeous Grunge to stamp on the flowers.  I then rolled them around a dowel rod to get them rolled tightly.  The smallest flowers are just part of the die so they would be even smaller.  I then found an old Pretties Kit to do some more embellishing, but you could use regular pearls and hat pins for that part. I covered the pearls with Crystal Effects and then poured on Gold Glitter. I used hot glue to glue everything in place. The hat pin holds my little banners. This was my first time using my new Photopolymer Stamp Set, Countless Sayings 2. It's hard to find sayings small enough to fit on those tiny little banners!  OH!  If you were wondering...the banners, the banner punch and the Baker's Twine will be available to earn during Sale-A-Bration, which starts later this month!  So, there is your sneak peek for the day, I guess. :) 

Stamp Sets: Countless Sayings 2, Gorgeous Grunge, Perfect Pennants, Positively Chevron, Banner Blast (SAB)

Cardstock: Garden Green, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White

Ink: Garden Green, Summer Starfruit

Tools: Originals Spiral Flower Die, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Little Leaves Sizzlits, Banner Punch (SAB)

Accessories: Gold Glitter, Hot Glue Gun, Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack (SAB), Pretties Kit (Retired)

Happy New Year at Addicted to Stamps and More!

We're back to creating at Addicted to Stamps and More! and the challenge this week is Make Your Mark. Get out your markers, crayons, watercolor pencils...whatever you like to color with and show us what you can do!  I got the perfect set for coloring from the new Occasions Catalog and couldn't wait to use it.

I started by stamping the flowers from So Very Grateful in Black StazOn ink and then just used my markers to color in the flowers. This is hard to do with large images because you get the color lines but it worked really nicely with these small flowers. It's been a while since I've had a set that I could color like this with my markers, so I'm really glad that I purchased it!

Stamp Sets: So Very Grateful, Yippee-Skippee
Cardstock: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White
Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe, Pink Pirouette, Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush, Black StazOn

Technique Time Tuesday...January!

It's the start of a new year at Technique Time Tuesday, and I am the hostess this month!  For my challenge, I have chosen Triple Stamping as my technique.  Here is what I am offering the winner this month so make sure you check out the awesome projects from the rest of the design team and link up your own creation!

I had a baby shower to go to this past Friday, so I decided to make a card for the mother-to-be. She does not know if she is having a boy or a girl!  She is WAAAY more patient than I was. I had to know the second it was possible each time! lol

I just love Zoo Babies. I think they are so cute!  I cut each piece of Whisper White cardstock and layered them on top of each other so they would fit on my card. I used a few dots of 2-Way Glue Pen in between each layer so they wouldn't move while I was stamping them. Then I pulled them apart, baked them each with a mat and put the puzzle back together.  It's really a pretty easy technique, especially when you use Framelits like I did!

Stamp Set: Zoo Babies

Cardstock: Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding

Tools: Squares Collection Framelits, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch

Accessories: Crisp Cantaloupe Ruffled Ribbon, Rhinestones 

The Stamp Review Crew: Hearts a Flutter Edition

It's one of my favorite times of the month...the first Monday of the month!  That means it is time for another edition of The Stamp Review Crew blog hop!!!  You can also check us out on the third Monday of each month for another round of blog hopping fun. But this time we are using Hearts a Flutter, a great set for one of my favorite upcoming holidays, Valentine's Day.  I am sure you will find lots of great ideas for this set! You should have just come from the blog of the amazing Heidi Baks. Didn't you just love her projects? I cannot get enough of her blog. She always has amazing work to share!  If you are just starting here or came from somewhere else, don't fret!  You can find the rest of the participants in the hop at the bottom of my post! Or, if you are like me and tend to get lost no matter WHERE you go, you can always find the blog roll at The Stamp Review Crew website. :)

For my project, I actually created a Happy New Year jar. I don't really know the official name, but you may have seen them pinned on Pinterest. Basically, it is a jar that you write fun and exciting things that happen in your life throughout the year and put them in a jar.  Then on New Year's Eve, you can read them and think back on all of the great things that the year brought you.  I wanted to make one for my family to do, and thought this would be a great way to make it look adorable and remind us to actually use it. :)

Janae (my 9 year old daughter) helped me to pick out the colors: Basic Black, Strawberry Slush, Bermuda Bay and Silver.  I think they look great together!  I don't remember where the little wooden sticks came from, but I remember when I saw them I thought "Ooohhh, I better save these in case I have a project that I NEED them for!" Now, it rarely happens that I actually use any of the things that I save for later use, but it wasn't too long ago that these little guys appeared so I actually lucked out this time!  You could easily use little wooden dowels instead, but it sure was nice to put some of my salvaged goodies to use. :) They were originally just wood, but I painted them black to coordinate with my project better.

My Circle Framelits were perfect to cover the lid.  Brett bought a bunch of canning jars to can venison but we decided to turn it all into burger this year since we still had a lot of canned meat left over from last year, so those guys made it into my "Save for later crafting purposes" pile as well. :) So much for cleaning out my scrapping area during the holidays. It is starting to fill up again already! lol I used the Adhesive Sheets to glue everything together on my belly band and to the jar.  You can't see it at all through the jar and it holds really well, especially to the Silver Glimmer Paper which is sometimes difficult to get to stick to other layers.  For the cards that we will write on, I used the Label Framelit to die cut the cards and then stamped a heart on each one and punched a hole in the corner so I could hang them on a key ring and loop around the stick so they don't get lost.

I hope you enjoyed my project. I had a ton of fun with it!  You can click on the following links to get you to either the next blog, the wonderfully talented Kerry Willard Bray or take you back to Heidi's blog.  Make sure you get around to visiting and commenting on everyone's blog. There are a lot of awesome projects to check out!

Stamp Set: Hearts a Flutter
Cardstock: Primrose Petals, Whisper White
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Primrose Petals, Silver Encore, Black StazOn
Tools: Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Circles Collection Framelits, Heats Collection Framelits, Bigz Alphabet Typeset, Bigz XL Tasteful Trim, Labels Collection Framelits, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder
Accessories: Brights and Neutrals DSP Stacks, Large Rhinestones, Silver Glimmer Paper, Brights Candy Dots, Bermuda Bay Baker's Twine, Dimensionals, Adhesive Sheets, Key Ring, Wooden Sticks, Hole Punch

                               

1. Yapha Mason  yaphamason.com
2. Debra Burgin  heartfeltinkspiration.com/
3. Beth Beard   mylittlecraftblog.com/
4. Lisa Young   addinkandstamp.blogspot.com/
5. Jill Coleman   jillstamps.com/
6. Deb Currier   artfeltimpressions.blogspot.com/
7. Heidi Baks  runningwscissorsstamper.blogspot.com
8. Shana Gaff   stressfreestamping.blogspot.com
9. Kerry Willard Bray   kerrywillardbray.com
10. Holly Krautkremer   rubberredneck.typepad.com
11. Mary Rindal   maryrindal.com/
12. Rita Wright   ritascreations.blogspot.com/
13. Ann Schach   stampinchic.com/
14. Cindy Beach   stampspaperandink.typepad.com/
15. Tanya Boser   tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com
16. Dawn Tidd   tiddbitsfromdawn.typepad.com

A New Year at ATCAS!

It's our first challenge of the year at Addicted to CAS!  It was nice to have a little bit of a break over the holidays, but I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things and making cards again!  We are starting this year off with a fun challenge...

  For my card, I also drew inspiration from the challenges at CASology and Freshly Made Sketches. 

My die cuts of choice happen to be Framelits. I just love them and recently got a new set from the newly released Occasions Catalog, Banner Framelits.

What better party than a BIRTHDAY party?!  Banners are just perfect for parties, don't you think?  I did two different sizes of banners and for my Island Indigo banner I also die cut the middle out of it. This is SUPER easy to do with one roll through the Big Shot if you are using the Magnetic Platform.  If you don't have one, I think it's a necessity. lol It's one of those tools that you don't really want to spend the money on, but once you get it you wonder how you ever lived without it. :) 

Stamp Set: Bring on the Cake

Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo, Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Ink: Island Indigo

Tools: Banner Framelits, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Chevron Embossing Folder, Envelope Punch Board

Accessories: Gingham Garden DSP and Washi Tape, Brights Candy Dots

White Christmas

I know I said I was done with Christmas cards but I just couldn't resist making ONE more for the challenge at The Paper Players this week!

I love white on white cards, and a white Christmas card was just too hard to pass up!

I decided to make a little Christmas present. I love this tag shape from Chalk Talk but I hadn't used it yet. It fit my sentiment perfectly. It is embossed with gold embossing powder.  It's so hard to see from my picture, but I embossed the raised panel with white snowflakes from Endless Wishes.  Can't get enough of this set! 

Stamp Set: Endless Wishes

Cardstock: Whisper White

Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink

Tools: Heat Tool, Chalk Talk Framelits

Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Gold Embossing Powder, White Ribbon, Dimensionals

One Week til Christmas!

Can you believe that?!  My kids are so excited. Easton started asking about 65 days ago how many days til Christmas so I made a countdown for him on my calendar.  It doesn't seem that long ago that we were at 50 days!  I'm past the point of making Christmas cards, I think. Although the color combo at Dynamic Duos would have been beautiful with Lovely as a Tree!

I might have to do a winter card in the new year for a Stamp Camp using those colors. :) I didn't have much time to play today so I wanted to keep this card simple and also try out some of my new toys.  This isn't at ALL where I was planning on this card going, but that happens sometimes in the world of making cards! lol

Brett was finally able to go back to work today after months of feeling terrible and a week and a half after having surgery to fuse some discs together in his neck. He is feeling so much better now and I wanted to make him a card to let him know how happy he makes me and how proud I am of him. I thought this was a nice masculine color combo. I paired it with a few things that I also consider to be pretty masculine, houndstooth, pennants and chevrons. I really like the combination of it all!

Stamp Set: Perfect Pennants
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Marina Mist, Whisper White
Ink: Marina Mist
Tools: Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Banner Framelits
Accessories: Marina Mist Chevron Ribbon, Subtles Candy Dots, Dimensionals

Winter Wonderland

This time of year it seems like I get the most use out of Lovely as a Tree. I just love the look of winter trees!  It especially came in handy for the challenge at The Friday Mashup! where the challenge was to create a Winter (non-Christmas) card with embossing. I also used the sketch at Create with Connie and Mary. 

I tried to make my card a little different from the sketch, which I don't usually do. lol I have a hard time thinking out of the box sometimes. :) 

Here are some up-close pictures of the trees. I added Silver Dazzling Details to the trees to make them look like a winter wonderland.

I never use these two embossing folders, so I was glad to get a chance to use them!  I especially like the Designer Frame, I just don't know how to use it. At first I just had the larger oval stamped, but then I decided I wanted to add some more layers and embossing. This was the perfect choice!  Most of my embossing on the Midnight Muse cardstock was covered up anyway, so it was nice to have the extra texture. I also lucked out and had this one little strip of Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon hanging around which worked perfectly on my card!  It's nice to be able to use up some scraps too. :)

Stamp Sets: Bring on the Cake, Lovely as a Tree

Cardstock: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse, Soft Sky, Whisper White

Ink: Gumball Green, Midnight Muse

Tools: Adorning Accents Edgelits, Ovals Collection Framelits, Designer Frames Embossing Folder, Adorning Accents Embossing Folder

Accessories: Silver Dazzling Details, Dimensionals, Pool Party Seam Binding Ribbon  

Addicted to Stamps and More!

It's time for an Anything Goes challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More! I decided to show my card that I made for the challenge at Try Stampin' On Tuesday.

As soon as I saw this sketch I immediately saw only one thing...

Santa's belt, of course!  I sure wish I had my Square Framelits that I ordered last week to make the buckle, but I was able to cut out the center easily enough. It needed a little extra something so I added the extra layer and embossed it to give it some texture. This was one of those times when I regretted not purchasing the punch that coordinates with Tags 4 You. Oh well, a little cutting never hurt anybody I guess. :) 

Stamp Set: Tags 4 You

Cardstock: Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red

Tools: Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder

Accessories: Gold Foil Sheets, Dimensionals

The Stamp Review Crew: Perfect Blend Edition

Welcome to the second Stamp Review Crew Blog Hop!  I am so excited to be participating in this Blog Hop. Unfortunately I did not have the stamp set that was used for the first round, Festive Flurry, but you can check out all of the great samples by clicking on the links on the blog.  We will be sharing our creations of a chosen stamp set on the first and third Monday of every month.  

This round we are using a stamp set from the annual catalog, Perfect Blend. If you are following the hop in order, you have come from Jill Coleman's blog. I just love her clever ideas.  For my card this month, I decided to make a Valentine card for my dear hubby. I don't really have any sets that are specific to Valentine's Day, and I like to use what I have instead of buying holiday-specific sets, so I thought this would be a great set to use for the occasion.

I was first inspired by the envelope liner from the Merry Little Christmas Card Simply Created kit.  I used that great Real Red DSP and cut it to size, then embossed it with the Chevron Embossing Folder. The embossing matches the DSP I chose for my hot chocolate cups (we don't drink coffee or tea lol) perfectly!  My sentiment is stamped on Blushing Bride cardstock in Chocolate Chip and then I used my Real Red marker to add some color to it.  I then cut it out with the Hearts Collection Framelit and adhered it with Dimensionals. I wanted to add some more hearts, so I punched out the tiny hearts from the Owl Builder Punch and then added some Crystal Effects to them to add some shine.  

Stamp Sets: Perfect Blend, Yippee Skippee

Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Tools: Hearts Collection Framelits, Chevron Embossing Folder, Owl Builder Punch

Accessories: Crystal Effects, Subtles Collection DSP Stack, Merry Little Christmas Card Simply Created kit, Dimensionals 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today for our hop. I hope you enjoyed my card!  Next up is Yapha Mason. I can't wait to see what she has to share with us this month!

   

The complete blog hop list: 

1. Heidi Baks  runningwscissorsstamper.blogspot.com
2. Cindy Beach stampspaperandink.typepad.com/
3. Beth Beard mylittlecraftblog.com
4. Adriana Benitez  escape2stamp.com
5. Tanya Boser   tinkerin-in-ink.blogspot.com
6. Jill Coleman  jillstamps.com/
7. Shana Gaff   stressfreestamping.blogspot.com
8. Yapha Mason   yaphamason.com
9. Mary Rindal   maryrindal.com/ 
10. Ann Schach    stampinchic.com/
11. Nancy Smith  iguanastamp.wordpress.com/
12. Martha Stewart  seasonsofstamping.com/
13. Dawn Tidd   tiddbitsfromdawn.typepad.com
14. Lisa Young   addinkandstamp.blogspot.com/ 
15. Kerry Willard Bray kerrywillardbray.com
16. Rita Wright  ritascreations.blogspot.com/

Survivor Finale!

One more quick post for the night before I go snuggle up in my bed for the finale of Survivor! The kids already have a 2-hour delay for tomorrow morning so I won't feel bad about staying up a little later than usual tonight. :)

The card I made this afternoon is for the challenges at Hand Stamped Sentiments and Freshly Made Sketches.

I've been up to my ears in Christmas and winter cards (even though I haven't sent a single one!), so I decided to dig out a flower set for this card.

Baked Brown Sugar was one of my favorite new In Colors when it first came out, but I haven't really used it all of that much!  This is a great color combo that they put with it, I think!  It looks yummy with the Cherry Cobbler. I think it looks really good with the gold glitter too. I wasn't planning on adding the glitter, but my Crystal Effects was chunky so I added the glitter as a last-minute thought since I already had my flowers adhered down to my card.  Luckily it turned out looking okay! lol

Stamp Sets: Flower Shop, Really Good Greetings

Cardstock: Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla

Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight

Tools: Circles Collection Framelits, Pansy Punch, Mosaic Embossing Folder

Accessories: Washi Tape, Gold Glitter, Crystal Effects, Dimensionals 

Festive Flurry

I finally got a chance to play with the Festive Flurry stamp set and framelits and I am in LOVE!  I got a beautiful card from Kylie at Addicted to Stamps and More and Addicted to CAS, and was inspired by the beautiful color combination she used of Smoky Slate, Real Red and Whisper White. I also used the challenges at Mojo Monday and CASology.

I've been using Endless Wishes ENDLESSLY lol on all of my snowflake cards. It sure was nice to have a new snowflake to use!  I can see myself using this throughout March, since we usually have snow til then. UGH!  That's a LONG time still!  I did, however, still use the sentiment from Endless Wishes. I just can't help myself!

EEK!  Isn't that snowflake gorgeous?!  I used a ton of Dimensionals in between all of the layers and underneath the whole snowflake. It looks so much better with all of the dimension.  The silver cord is retired and I am nearing the end of my roll. Sniff, sniff. :( I just love that stuff because it is stretchy and so versatile. It has lasted me forever though, so I can't complain!  The center is a large rhinestone. For some reason they always look wonky in my photos! 

Stamp Sets: Endless Wishes, Festive Flurry

Cardstock: Real Red, Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Smoky Slate

Tools: Festive Flurry Framelits

Accessories: Red Glimmer Paper, Large Rhinestone, Silver Cord, Dimensionals

Simple Santa

Wouldn't you know, I made a Santa card for a challenge yesterday and didn't get it posted in time? Just my luck! lol I also used the challenges at Dynamic Duos and CAS(E) this Sketch! and luckily I am in time to enter those. :)

I just love the pink and green together and I thought it would look great for my one and only Santa stamp! 

I think of Santa as being magical, so I wanted to make the rays to create that effect. I did this by cutting up Post-it-Notes and using them to mask my cardstock. The sticky on the Post-It helped to keep them in place as I was sponging. My Santa tag is on Dimensionals and then I added some rhinestones for an additional bit of magical feeling. 

Stamp Set: Tag It

Cardstock: Gumball Green, Whisper White

Ink: Gumball Green, Primrose Petals

Tools: Chalk Talk Framelits, Post-it-Notes

Accessories: Rhinestones, Dimensionals

Addicted to Stamps and More!

Today we have a beautiful photo inspiration challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More!

I decided to use the colors and tree as my inspiration.  I also used a transparency to make a shaker card for the challenge at The Friday Mashup! challenge: We need a window!

I stamped the background trees in Soft Suede and stamped the "Christmas Blessings" sentiment in Cherry Cobbler and Garden Green over the top.  The "snow" is gold glitter. I actually got way too much and had to take my card apart and empty out some of it. Now my room is a glittery mess! :) I have been having fun with these shaker cards but I need to remember that I don't need a whole spoonful to make it look good! lol

Stamp Sets: Lovely as a Tree, More Merry Messages
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Soft Suede
Tools: Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder, Ovals Collection Framelits
Accessories: Gold Glitter, Dimensionals, Window Sheets

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today is my mom's birthday and I thought the challenges at The Friday Mashup and Create with Connie and Mary would make an elegant card for her.

The other part of The Friday Mashup is to use a Window Sheet, which fit in perfectly with the sketch!

I can't believe that I am just now opening this pack of Gold Foil Sheets. Doesn't it look delicious embossed?!!!  I also just got some silver and can't wait to open that one now.  For the inside of my window, I stamped the tree off on scrap paper and then stamped it on my cardstock. I did the same with the snowflakes, which are almost impossible to see in this picture, but they are there! :) The "Make a Wish" stamp is from a new stamp in the Occasions Catalog, Perfect Pennants, which you can order from beginning January 3rd.  I then filled the window with gold glitter. I sometimes go a little overboard filling my windows with it...I just love making shaker cards!  The little banners are made from Sale-a-bration items, Banner Blast stamp set and coordinating banner punch. Aren't they adorable!  Oh, and the sequins are also from the Occasions catalog. They come all sewn together so you can use them in a strip or separate them like I have done here.  

Stamp Sets: Banner Blast, Endless Wishes, Lovely as a Tree, Perfect Pennants

Cardstock: Night of Navy, Whisper White

Ink: Night of Navy

Tools: Pretty Print Textured Embossing Folder, Banner Punch

Accessories: Gold Foil Sheets, White Baker's Twine, Gold Glitter, Gold Sequin Trim, Dimensionals