A Beautiful Season

 Hello & Happy Sunday!

It's football day so that is where we are....watching the game in the family room with the Christmas lights on & a fire in the fireplace. I love this time of year!

I wanted to update my blog early this morning as I usually do but I slept in after staying up late to watch the new Hallmark movie last night. Then once I was up Shawn wanted to run out to a store, so here I am now. LOL Better late than never, right?

This beautiful card was made with a very old Stampin Up! set called A Beautiful Season from 2003. I recently borrowed it from my friend, Deb, to make this card for Audrey. Every holiday season she requests a cardinal card for a good friend of hers that loves cardinals. I think I have used every Stampin Up! set that has a cardinal in so I went looking for something different and Deb was happy to help a girl out!

Card Details:

Stamps: A Beautiful Season (retired), Stars At Night (retired)

Ink: Real Red

Cardstock: Real Red, Basic White, Reindeer Days DSP

Accessories: Stylish Shapes Dies, Square Layering Framelits (retired), Gold Trim, Neutrals Adhesive Backed Sequins, Glue Dots, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I hope to play with this set a bit more before I give it back to Deb. Something about the older sets just make the cards more special. 

That's all for today! 

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My thoughts today...

Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day!
~Wendy

Merry Monday July Challenge Week 3

Hello & Happy Thursday!

I'm way late on posting my Merry Monday card for this week and I apologize.

It's been one of those weeks and I guess i'm getting like the lazy days of summer! It's been really hot here in PA much like most of the US and yesterday afternoon we had some decent storms come thru dumping a bunch of much needed rain. Our temperatures today are a tad cooler but it's still humid. I sure wish I could give my air conditioner a break and feel those sunny & 70's again but I don't think it's in the forecast for anytime soon. Welcome to the dog days of summer!

So, yesterday I stamped most of the day (and it felt great)! I did a few cards for an order that my Aunt gave me and then a bunch for the Merry Monday July Challenge. I went back thru and found a sketch that I made another card with. Here is the sketch and my card samples......

I chose week #13 because of the already stamped off images I had in my box. They fit perfectly with this sketch! I used a small non SU Snowflake punch and added a gold bead to it and it gives it some sparkle! I know my pictures aren't real bright as I took them at late at nite. If you click on them, you can view them better!

Merry Monday July Challenge Card (Sketch #13):

Stamps: A Beautiful Season (retired)

Ink: Pacific Point

Cardstock: Pacific Point, PTI White, Silver Glitter Paper

Accessories: SU Snow Burst EF, Pacific Point Ribbon, Snowflake Punch, Silver Beads, Hot Glue Gun, Scor Tape

I made a package of 5 for my upcoming craft show with this sketch. These cards are very flat and very mailable! :)

Well, that is all for today!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!
~Wendy