V is for Vertical

V is for Vertical

Long time no blog! Ugh the past few weeks in my life have been crazy. First we traveled to Chicago for our first visit ever and fell in love. Yes, it does have some issues but we were in the downtown area and never once did we feel uncomfortable or in danger. I've shared photos on my Instagram page (which you can access using my social media icons) and I plan to share some on my FB page as well soon. We took a boat tour and a double decker bus tour and it was interesting to see the city from both vantage points. I also spent an extra week in Nashville, upon my return to Tennessee, visiting my (now 6 week old) grandson and helping out my college girl who's in stress overload these days. Her thesis deadline is the end of the month and she's pulling a lot of all-nighters. She was happy to have her mom around to cook, clean, keep the laundry going, take care of her dog and yes I drove her back and forth to the university each day. She was way too tired to be driving herself and it gave her some extra time in the morning. Hint: she's not a morning person. ;)

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Now on to the reason for my post, I'm sharing my DT card for the latest challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge. Our hostess, Lorraine A, is asking everyone to create a vertical card. My mojo has taken a hit lately so I turned to You Tube for inspiration and found this adorable card by Vicky Papaioannou.  I used the idea for the moon and background as you'll see if you click the link and while I didn't have the same set of Lawn Fawn stamps that she used I did use Lawn Fawn stamps for my woodland animals and sentiment. I used various dies for the trees and a white Sakura glaze pen adds a snowy effect. The snow drifts are also dies and I used foam tape to add dimension between the layers.  

That's all for me today, pop over to the main challenge blog to see more inspiration by my design team mates or link up your vertical card. I'll be back on Friday to share my incoming / outgoing pocket letters for September. 

Oh, in case you were here before and saw a different card....well I didn't like it very much so I made a new one. Much better, glad that's done lol. ;)

Have a great day, wherever you are.

Lisa xx

Q is for Quick Layout

Q is for Quick Layout

Our new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge is up and Wilma's hosting this one. To enter you need to create a Christmas inspired project that's "quick" to put together. It can be a card or scrapbook layout whatever you choose as long as it's Christmas themed. 

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Prize is a $10 gift certificate.

I chose to use stamps and embossing powders to pull a quick card together. The card base is by The Paper Studio and was part of a 50 pack that I purchased at Hobby Lobby. The blue and  silver foil cardstock were in my scrap pile so it was nice to put them to use. I randomly stamped a snowflake in Versamark ink over the blue cs and sprinkled Stampendous White Detail embossing powder over each image. I love seeing the magic of heat embossing happening and I need to use this technique more often.

 I did the same for the white banner which I stamped the sentiment on and used Sterling Silver embossing powder this time. A white satin ribbon, gemstones added to the centers of my snowflakes and foam tape to add some dimension complete my card. It all happened in under ten minutes which is quick in my book. :)

For more inspiration visit the main challenge blog and check out the creations by my design team mates. We're looking forward to seeing your creations when we drop by for a visit!

Have a great day, wherever you are.

Lisa xx