A Christmas Star for Merry Monday

It's Merry Monday time again.

Let's see what we have for a challenge this week......

Brought to us by the lovely Lori (Inkingly Yours),

I LOVE red and white, especially on a Christmas card!

I stamped this big star with Real Red Craft ink

and embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder.

By scoring the line, I could get a little fold for dimension.

(That was after I fussy cut it out.)

Popped it on a  piece embossed with Christmas words.

Just wait til you see what the rest of the Design Team has come up with.

I hope you'll pull out your red and white inks and papers and join us at

Merry Monday.

So glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Star

Ink:  Real Red Craft

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

Other:  Christmas Words EF (Quickutz), Clear EP

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Sparkle, Shimmer and Shine for Merry Monday

It's Merry Monday time.

And we're going to sparkle, shimmer and shine for joy!

Our sparkly Katie chose this  fun challenge!

Who doesn't like sparkle, shimmer or shine at Christmas?

I don't know if you can tell by the photo  but this star sparkles and shimmers.

I found this tutorial by Lee Conrey.

It combines Embossing Powder and Dazzling Diamonds.

Wow, what sparkle!

Now get  your sparkle on and have fun creating a Christmas card for

Merry Monday.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps: Christmas Star, Many Merry Messages (both retired)

Ink:  VersaMark, Encore Silver

Paper:  110# Solar White (Neena), Whisper White, Silver Foil 

Other:  Silver EP, Dazzling Details, Sequins

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Christmas Star in Cherry Cobbler

I had so much fun making the Christmas Star card here that I couldn't wait to try another one.

This time I stamped with VersaMark on Chocolate Chip cardstock and used Cherry Cobbler embossing powder for the color.

The sentiment is a NBUS.  I'd used all the other sentiments from this set but not this one.  It seemed perfect for this big star.

After cutting the star out, I wrapped some gold cord around it to jazz it up a bit.

And did you notice I used up a snippet of Designer Paper?  I don't remember what the name is but it was a Stampin' Up! series.

Pixie's Snippet Playground likes to see our snippets so I'm going to skip over there to see what's happening this week.  Di always has such fun prizes to share.

Just us Girls has a color challenge from my friend Marisa.

I think that's kraft in the paper. Hopefully it's close enough.

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge is GOT INK?  This week’s challenge is a simple one – use ink! Whether it is ink spray or an ink pad, an ink refill or maybe some India Ink pens – we want to see how you use ink this week on your crafting project. There's VersaMark ink under the embossing powder and on the sentiment.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Christmas Star (Holiday Single), Greetings of the Season
Ink:  VersaMark, Chocolate Chip
Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, DSP
Other:  Cherry Cobbler EP, Brads, Gold Cord (Michaels)

I'm so glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

Christmas Star for Merry Monday

We have another fantastic challenge at Merry Monday.  What fun!

Here's the wonderful inspiration picture and challenge.

Isn't this a wonderful inspiration picture?

And it gave me a good opportunity to use a NBUS (new stamp).

Other challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays is still running an Embossing Challenge.  My other entry used heat embossing and this one uses dry embossing.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge says to KEEP IT CLEAN AND SIMPLE.  I think this fits the bill. 

Stampin' Up! Only is looking for a favorite sentiment for a particular kind of card.  This is one of my favorite sentiments for Christmas cards. It's large with that curly N and simple oel.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Star, Greetings of the Season

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip

Paper:  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Other:  Stylish Stripes EF, Basic Rhinestone

I love how this stamp holds the ink!  I stamped the star with Cherry Cobbler ink on a scrap of Whisper White and fussy cut it out.  I scored the long lines from the back and the short lines from the front to give it some dimension. Two dimensionals stacked in the center of the back of the card popped it out a bit.

Now it's your turn.  If you need inspiration, the Design Team has a line up of fabulous cards. Then get out your stamps and ink and join us at Merry Monday.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!