Stamping The Night Away

I had a couple of friends over Saturday night to stamp.  We each bring new stamps or stamps to share, and we stamp the night away!  Emily and her sister Kathy came to stamp and oh what fun we had.  I stamped using their stamps for work I'd do later.  Then we did some team stamping.  One stamped in versamark, one added the gorgeous embossing powder with glitter, and one heated them.  Take a look.

Then we each experimented with how to finish.  I added red stickles to the ribbon and added berries.  The greeting was added in the center using a stamp-a-ma-jig.  We made several of these and some we pierced the scallops and sponged the edges of the scallops.  We also played around with embossing the background.

I played around with the Joyful Christmas stamp set from Stampin' Up.  I wanted to see what it would look like in silver and gold.  I stamped in versamark 4 flowers then added gold to 2 and silver to 2.  I heat embossed them then cut out the center group of flowers and added them to the large group.  In the silver flower I added a gorgeous rhinestone center from SU.  I used the diagonal stripes embossing folder from SU.  I haven't decided what greeting I want for this.  I have to pick just the right font for Merry Christmas.

 For the gold card center I added yellow stickles.  I used a holly background for the gold card.

This is a card I finished Monday Morning for the New Technique challenge on Splitcoast.  I used two of my circle nestabilities and made a wreath then used the negatives to stencil through. I stamped the pine needles from Watercolor Winter to stamp the wreath. Next I added the bow, sponged the edges in red and embossed the background with the holly embossing folder. I stamped Merry Christmas from Our Daily Bread's Cardinal Ornament and used my large oval punch to add the greeting. The last thing I did was add red stickles for berries. That's how I built my wreath for today's challenge.

Here's a new song from Mercy Me called Shake.  I needed this today to get up and moving.  Hope it helps you too.

Hope today is a better day than yesterday.  It was a long, depressing day. The weather was dismal and I just felt like sleeping all day.....Joy comes in the morning.  Nothing seems as bad during the day.  I have to start using Sarah's Happy Light.  It's made to help with the winter season when it gets dark so soon.

Blessing of the Day:Friends were praying for me.

Thanks for stopping by.

Blessings,