Sunday, November 16, 2008

A Touch of Christmas bling



I have been away enjoying some time Outside (yes-that is how our newspaper refers to the "lower 48 states") with my family. It was hard to believe that while we have had snow on the ground since late September, Ohio was still enjoying temperatures in the 70's and many colorful leaves on the trees. We had a great time and enjoyed some early celebrations for my birthday and Thanksgiving. A big thanks to my family!








After being away from stamping of course I had to checkout the Hero Arts challenges. This week features challenges for a broad range of techniques.

Of course I love any kind of resist work. I had to try out some new bling I purchased-Rangers Embossing Tinsel. It is chunkier than regular embossing and is really catches the eye. Wonderful stuff!!













I also tried out some of the new Hero Arts acrylic stamps. For this last card I embossed a grungeboard disk in the cuttlebug.
This little bird is carrying a wish token...Hope you too are having fun as you begin to prepare for this holiday season.

9 comments:

  1. WOWZERS these are all gorgeous! I love them all! You have been so so busy! I am hoping for snow soon!

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  2. Cute stamps! And I love the embossing powder... it really shines!

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  3. good to see you back hard at work! Great cards...thanks for sharing...missed you while you were "outside"

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  4. Absolutely gob-smackingly WONDERFUL cards Jan! Love the HA techniques!

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  5. Well someone has been a busy little bee! Great cards.

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  6. Wow you have been busy, love all your cards, but especally the embossed one with the 3 wise men.

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  7. So happy you had a wonderful getaway "outside". I'd not heard that expression before. Your cards are amazing! I picked up a bit of this new ep this week. Great stuff.

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  8. These are lovely. It looks like you are just about ready for 12/25!

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  9. This is a nice collection of cards! I especially like the Merry Christmas collage card with the yummy chalk colors and the Cuttlebugged grungeboard!

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