A Unique Video

I was visiting a fellow stamper's blog, Curt at Curt's World, and he had the below video from YouTube posted. It is a very creative and unique video telling the story of the Nativity and what might have taken place if it happened in today's world. I believe it is done in good taste. I have watched it three times and picked up something new each time. How fun. I grinned a lot. Computer and Internet junkies will love it!

Hope you enjoy it. Thanks for stopping by to look and share!

 Shirley

It's Almost Here

And this could be my last post until after Christmas.  It all depends on what I get done.  :-)  This card was done using another Twisted Easel.  It looks like a square easel, but is isn't totally.  If it was a square one it would be 5X5.  I hated seeing the large margin on the right of square easels, so I changed it a little.  The fold for the easel part is the same.  A piece of cardstock cut 5"X10 and folded in the middle for the 5"X5".  Then don't forget top fold the top as from bottom left to right top (to make a triangle).  Look HERE.  Now for the difference.  I made my card front 5.25" and then mounted it so the overhang would be on the right.  Any questions, ask me.

I used Flourishes Poinsettia Boxwood Set for the flowers and the sentiment is from Flourishes Sleigh Ride.  The large flower was stamped twice, cut out, was painted with Twinkling H2O's, bottom and top turned over and embossed on mat with stylus, and layered with 3D pop dots.  3MM Mark Richard pearls were added to the center and Stickles Yellow was added in between them.  The leftover petals from the second Poinsettia were painted with Twinkling H2O's Olive Green and then mounted as shown after the flower was mounted.

The frame for the flower was done using Spellbinders Labels Thirteen.  You can see how I did it HERE.  The white embossed background is Cuttlebug's Kassie's Brocade 5"X7" embossing folder.  Since my card front was 5"X5.25, the next layer is Bazzill's Dotted Swiss Blissful 4.45"X5.0", then Kassie's Brocade at 4.5"X4.75, then Labels Thirteen frame mounted on a white BG, then on Kassie with 3D pop dots, and last the Poinsettia mounted with 3D pop dots.

The layering of the bottom is pretty self explanatory.  I painted the small Poinsettia with the same colors as above.  The pearls are 2MM.  The sentiment was stamped with StazOn Blazing Red and the die from Spellbinders Fancy Tags One was used as a stencil around it.  The die cut was done using more Blissful.  The pearls are 5 and 7MM.  The ribbon is May Arts and done with the Bow-Easy.

I am using the InLinkz Link Manager again.  Some of you said it was helpful.   Hope you enjoyed your visit.  If I don't make it by your blog to say so before Christmas, I hope yours is MERRY and BRIGHT!!  And a very HAPPY NEW YEAR too!!  Thanks for stopping by to look and say hi!!

 

 Shirley

 

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CAS That Was Much Fun

I was blog hopping and came across Colleen Dietrich's Pastel Sleigh Ride and knew I had to try something like it!  The sleigh is from Flourishes Sleigh Ride and the Pine boughs are from Impression Obsession's Winter View.  The words are from Flourishes Meet Me Under the Mistletoe.

I stamped the sleigh with Brilliance Galaxy Gold on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, painted it with Twinkling H2O's, cut it out and embellished it with a punched Paper Shapers Small Snowflake, added Glossy Accents and Deco Art Glamour Dust, then set it aside.

I punched a border on pink parchment paper with a Martha Stewart Around The Page Punch as shown.  I used a Spellbinders Floral Doily Motif die with Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Laid paper.  I cut it in half as shown and mounted it on the pink parchment paper.

Another piece was embossed with one of the folders from Sizzix's Flourish, Dots, and Ribbon set.  A piece of SU DP paper was cut for the background.  The white embossed paper was mounted on that followed by the pink parchment, the die cut, a piece of lace, and then the sleigh.

I stamped the Pine boughs using SU Certainly Celery Classic dye ink on some white CS, cut out, mounted as shown.  Snowflakes were die cut with Cuttlebug's Snowflake #2 die and mounted as shown.  I applied Glossy Accents to all of the centers, added pearl stickers to the centers, then dusted with Deco Arts Glamour Dust.  The ribbon was tied with the Bow-Easy and mounted with a glue-dot.

The base below was done with the same white CS and SU DP stamped with Impression Obsession Winter View Pine boughs and SU Certainly Celery.  A Spellbinders Fancy Tags One die was used for the word base, then the top was stenciled.  The words are from Flourishes Meet Me Under The Mistletoe.  If I made some grammatical mistakes, I apologize.  Somehow tonight I seem to be in a fog.  LOLOL  So if you have questions, please feel free to ask!

I must be doing something wrong with the Inlinkz Link Manager.  I liked it, but it just seemed to take so much time always adding new links.  Oh well, hope your weekend was great and thanks for stopping by to look and share.

 

 Shirley

 

Supplies:
Stamps:  Flourishes Sleigh Ride and Meet Me Under The Mistletoe; Impression Obsession Winter View

Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White and Solar White Laid cardstock; Pink parchment cardstock; Stampin' Up DP remnants
Inks:  Memento - Brilliance Galaxy Gold; Twinkling H2O's; SU Certainly Celery Classic
Accessories:  Paper Shapers Snowflake punch; Spellbinders Tags One, Mark Richards 3mm white pearl stickers; Bow-Easy; Micheal's ribbon, Martha Stewart Around The Page Punches.