WWC159 - Marsha's "All About Christmas" Challenge

Marsha is hosting the challenge this week!

I used all retired stamps for this card.

Supplies:

Christmas in the Making

Christmas Messages 

Thick Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White Cardstock

Memento Jet Black, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive Inks

Cherry Cobbler, Ivory, Old Olive, Smoky Slate and Bronze Stampin' Blends. 

Check out the projects that the artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created then take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post.

CASEing Terri Antoniw

I CASEd a card from one of the blog hops I was in this fall, the card I CASEd can be found here. I changed it up a bit.

• The card base is Whisper White CS, layered with Soft Suede CS.
• I stamped Gorgeous Grunge  In Backed Brown Sugar on a piece of Whisper White cut at 3 3/4"x 5". I also stamped a phrase from Christmas Messages in Soft Suede. I added the tiniest pearls to the back ground.
• I stamped the single Christmas Star on a piece of Whisper White in Baked Brown Sugar, I cut it out and scored it along the un-stamped lines. Folding every other line as Mountain or Valley.I stacked 4 Dimensionals at the center back of the star. I added a Glue Dot to the tip of each star point. I added the star to the card front. 
• Last I added a pearl to the center of the star. 

Llama Mini Blog Hop

Many of our Hop friends are busy this time around so we are have a Mini Hop. We are sharing items from the Holiday Catalog.

My first two cards are birthday card using items from both catalogs.

• The card base is Very Vanilla.
• I used the wood paneling from Truly Grateful stamp set found on page 19 of the Holiday Catalog to stamp the card base with Baked Brown Sugar.  I also stamped it on Baked Brown Sugar CS that I cut as a banner flag.
• I cut a piece of Cherry Cobbler CS as a banner flag.
• I stamped the phrase from the Hostess set Express Yourself in Cherry Cobbler on a strip of Very Vanilla CS, then cut it as a banner flag.
• I stacked the flags starting with the Cherry Cobbler flag, than added a piece of Natural Trim, than the Baked Brown Sugar flag, last the Very Vanilla flag.  I added the largest button from Naturals Designer Buttons with Linen Thread threaded through the holes. Adding it all to the card base,

The

• The card base is Whisper White with a front of DSP from Season of Style DSP Stack found on page 22 of the Holiday Catalog.
• I stamped the phrase from Bring On the Cake in Cherry Cobbler on a scrap of Whisper White and cut it out with the Circle Collection Framelits, I layered it onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler CS cut the next size larger and added it to the card front. 
• I layered Season of Style Designer Washi tape on a scrap of Whisper White CS and punched 2 circles with the 3/4" Circle Punch. I covered a retired button with a second strip of tape from the same bundle. I threaded Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine through the button Holes. I added them overlapping on the sentiment,

• The card base is Whisper White, I ran it through the Big Shot cutting an opening with the Labels Collection Framelits. I ran it through a second time in the Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder. I added a piece of Seasons of Style DSP on the inside of of the front of the card.
• On the piece of Whisper White CS cut out from the front of the card I stamped the phrase from Christmas Messages found on page 34 of the Holiday catalog. I stamped it with Versamark and heat embossed it with a mixture of Cherry Cobbler EP mix with a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds to make it sparkle. I re-cut the piece with the next smaller Framelit. I then popped it up with Dimensionals on the DSP.

I hope you enjoy our small hop, the bloggers are:

Kath (me)  http://kath-allthatscrap.blogspot.com/

Debbie http://cleverandcute.blogspot.com/

Jackie http://jackotterstamp.blogspot.com/

Buffy http://buffycooper.com/