Wonderful Blessings

Hello & Happy Sunday!

Hope your all having a great weekend!

I am spending mine from either my Lazy Boy recliner or my bed, which ever I can handle at the moment. I threw my back out yesterday. Not sure how or what I did but you know it's bad when you have to ask for help to get out of the chair to stand up!!! And of course the pain reflects on every move you make. My heating pad and I are becoming close friends again and sleeping is nearly impossible when you can't get to that one certain way you are comfortable with. I have so much planned on my calendar this week that I have a feeling will get cancelled unless this gets better in a day or 2. To make matters worse, today is my son, Ryan's 31st birthday and I have yet to get a card made for him. I have a Martin Truex (NASCAR) Championship t-shirt on the way for him but no card. I may try to hobble down the basement steps today to make one. If I get one made I will share it here tomorrow.

So, as I type this here this morning I am in my Lazy Boy with the heating pad on and coffee in hand.

I have a pack of cards to share that I whipped up last week for my customer Audrey. She asks every year for a special pack of cards for her pastors at church. This is what I made for her.

I pulled out an oldie but goodie single stamp from a few years back called Wonderful Blessings. It makes the most perfect Christmas card! I sometimes struggle with getting a clear image when using this stamp but this time I used my Stampin Up Foam Mat under it and they came out spot on! I added a bit of bling to the Star of Wonder at the top of the image with a clear rhinestone. I know Audrey likes that sparkle! I cut my images out with the Circle Layering Framelits and then matted them with a coordinating Scallop Circle. My Whisper White piece is embossed with the Falling Snow Embossing Folder and I left it at that.

Peace on Earth Card Set:

Stamps: Wonderful Blessings

Ink: Dapper Denim

Cardstock: Dapper Denim, Whisper White

Acceesories: Circle Layering Framelits, Rhinestones, Falling Snow Embossing Folder, Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue

I'm sure she will love these and they are flat for easy mailing, too!

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My thoughts today...

That's all for now!

Thanks for stopping by & have yourself a nice day!
~Wendy

Merry Monday Challenge Week #83

Hello & Happy Monday!

Today Lesley from over at Always Playing With Paper has a new challenge to help us get those Christmas cards made!

Here we go!

I loved this week's challenge although at first I did struggle a bit.

I just got this single stamp from Stampin Up called Wonderful Blessing and decided to emboss it with white embossing powder on Chocolate Chip cardstock. I cut it out with my Circle Nesties. I pulled out my Star of Wonder die from Memory Box and cut it out with some Champagne Glimmer Paper and placed over top the star in the image. I ran my Real Red cardstock thru the Cuttlebug with my Candy Cane Stripes EF then added some red baker's twine & a chocolate button.  My main image is popped up with Dimensionals and attached to my Real Red striped panel then adhered to my Neenah white card base. I love it and hope you do too!

Merry Monday Week #83 Card:

Stamps: Wonderful Blessings

Ink: Versamark & Winter White Embossing Powder

Cardstock: Neenah White, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Champagne Glimmer Paper

Accessories: Star of Wonder Die from Memory Box, Circle Nestibilities, Candy Candy Strip EF from Cuttlebug, Heat Gun, Dimensionals, Liquid Multi Mono Glue

Well, that is all for today!

Hope you can stop by Lesley's blog to see what the other Merry Makers have created this week! You will love all the samples!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great day!!

~Wendy