COLORING DOWN THE LINES!!

Happy New Year! And welcome to our first 

Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop 

of 2017!! I can't believe Christmas is over & it's already January 4!!! Yikes!!!

This week we are using blues with snow and a pop of bling!!! You may have noticed that if you came here from Helen's blog! You'll see more great stuffs if you continue on to Lizzy's blog & beyond!!!!

Here's my card:

Here's the inspiration photo:

So trying to do this card without making it a Christmas card was a bit challenging! Especially after making Christmas cards almost exclusively during December! lol But I thought this worked as a nice thank you card for the Christmas or Hanukkah gifts! Appropriate, right?

I decided to revisit an old technique that I loved back in the day. It's called the Brick Wall Technique! I changed it a bit here from the old way though.

So here's the story! I used my Brick Folder Embossing Folder and created "lines" like a brick wall on my embossed and sponged cardstock.  Then I cut along those lines and placed them like a brick wall! Easy peasy, but I think it looks cool!!!

My bling here is the white Heat embossing of the beautiful snowflakes from Flurry of Wishes!!! If you look very closely, you can see the little 

Metallic Embellishment stars in the center of the big snowflakes. Usually the camera picks up the shine, but I couldn't get it to happen this time. When you see it in person though, there is a nice shimmer there! 

Materials used besides the stamp set, and those listed are the 

Dapper Denim Rouched Ribbon, Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment, Snowflake Builder Punch, VersaMark & Dapper Denim Ink Pads!

Hope you enjoyed and that the only snow you see is that here on our hop! I'm not a winter girl!!! lol

HappyStampin'!!!!

THE PAPER PLUNGE CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBER

This week on 

The Paper Plunge 

we are jumping ahead a few months! 

Now if you know me, you know I am loving this late summer surge of 90 degree weather! Bring it on! This "ickiness" will be here soon enough!  

However, my good friend Robbie, who came up with this week's theme, is taunting me with this Holiday stuff! lol So I'm jumping in with both feet-or boots I guess I should say!

So here's my Christmas in September card:

Ya, I totally went there with a ton of new product from the amazing 

Holiday Catalog! The sentiment is from Flurry of Wishes-it's heat embossed on the Silver Foil Sheet! A bit challenging I must say- embossing on the foil, but just be patient for it to dry!

The snowflakes are from the same set-embossed in Silver and punched out with the coordinating Snowflake Punch!

The very background is the super cool Black Glimmer Paper! I can see so many uses for this!!! Love it! It's not just for Halloween! Kinda looks like night time here!

The snowflake background is not stamped! It's from the 

Holiday Vellum Fancy Foil Designer Pack! Love this pack!

The beautiful "sleigh ride" was cut using the brandy new Sleigh Ride Edgelits! They make quite a pop on your card! There are 2 other cool dies in that pack, but I'll keep those a surprise for you! 

Lastly, the card is wrapped in the very cool Silver Cording-comes in Gold too! Tons of it on the roll, and so easy to use! Great for bows!!!

So hop over to The Paper Plunge now & see what other early Christmas inspiration the amazing designers have for you!

Happy Stampin'!