June Rudolph Day - Cards 35 and 36

It is once again Rudolph Days over at Sarn's blog Stamping for Pleasure. Submit your posts featuring two Christmas cards on the same post, and join in the fun. Best of all, by years end,  you will have 22 cards finished in time for Xmas mailing

Todays Card One, is glittery, shimmery and has a certain sparkle...a sparkle that an uptown girl will recognize right away.

Eldest daughter is definitely an uptown girl like this Special Miss. She will probably scoop up this card to give to one of her friends. I can think of several who would enjoy it!

Don't know if you can see it, but the silver shimmer card stock was embossed with a snowflake folder. Most EF in Canada are for 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 cards. That left me with an area of the card stock that was not embossed. I chose to  off center my image mat and tied a piece of fine silver cord on the side that was not embossed.

Recipe
Card base - white 5 1/2 inch square textured stash card
Card Stock - snippets of reddish burgundy from stash
Glitter paper - Silver and aqua glitter paper from stash
Twine - silver fine cording from stash
Image - I think it might be a  Kaban foiled topper

Card Two

I used a Wild Rose Studio topper and some pretty papers I got in a magazine when I was in England last summer.  I kept it fairly simple as I wanted the topper to dominate the card. I matted with a bit of kraft card and just die cut a couple of Impression Obsession snowflakes and add some kraft colours pearls.

Recipe
Card base -  from my stash
DP - Wild Rose Studio Annabelle's Christmas
Card Stock - snippets of kraft card
Image - Wild Rose Studio topper
Dies - Quickuts corner die; Impression Obsession snowflakes
Bling - red teensy diamonds from my stash

Here is a close up of the WRSy topper...

****************These are cards 35 and  card 36 of 50. I have been on a consumables spending freeze until I made 50 cards (Sook Wang tape and heavy weight card stock exempt).***************

I am entering these cards in the following challenges
1. Pixies Crafty Workshop - must use snippets Note to Di...I am only submitting the Wild Rose Studio topper card as that is the one that used my snippets...the first card was made at my neighbours and used her stash!!!  
2. Stamping for Pleasure, Rudolph Day - must be two Xmas cards on the same post
3. Mark's Finest Paper Speedy TV Christmas Card Challenge - must be Christmas

Christmas Card Club - Angels (Stash Card 34)

It is my turn to host the fortnightly theme for the Christmas Card Club. I chose Angels and had a specific angel stamp in mind. It is specific all right...it is my only angel stamp!
It has never seen ink and I had grand ideas to heat emboss it in silver  on a navy blue sky.

Well, I have searched high and low and can not find it. I have the stamp package and all the other stamps are there, but the angel is missing.  Sadly, I believe I have loaned it out and of course have forgotten who I loaned it too.

In my search, I did manage to find this lovely angel, up cycled from an old Xmas card.  I decided to use it as it is already what I had in mind... An angel in the night sky! The card had some lovely gold metallic embossed patterns on it so it looks quite sparkly.

                                 
I have matted in pearlescent purple as I have a couple of friends who love that colour. I added a Memory Box snowflake border from a snippet of the purple card, and added a few gold pearls to finish it off.  I had a few teensy snippets leftover and cut Believe from my Tattered Lace die. It fit quite nicely on my angels robe and serves as my sentiment. I added a bit of gold fine cord just below the matted image, to tie in the metallic finish on the paper.

Recipe
Card base - cut from my stash
Card stock -snippet of purple pearlescent card
DP - Authentique, Glistening;  from my stash
Cord -fine gold metallic cord from my stash
Dies - Memory Box snowflake border; Tattered Lace die words phrases (Believe)
Image -up cycled from an old Xmas card

I am entering this card in the following challenges

1. Pixies Crafty Workplace - must use snippets
2. Christmas Card Club  - use theme of Angels

Birds and birdhouses Part 1 - Card 33

This is another quick and easy card made with some more of those 3D stickers from the dollar store. I am trying to use up all these 3D stickers, so hope you do not get too sick of them.
This is another card that I made up at the lake. Somehow I missed packing the photo album full of die cuts I had rolled off for these cards.  I had to make do with a Martha Stewart doily and a square of card stock.
 Oh well, it is another card made and the person I send it to will not know about the pretty circles I cut and then forgot to pack...and to think I cut them just to place this doily on!

Recipe
Card base and envelope - from my stash
DP - snippet of unknown blue diamond DP; Dotted DP is Lori Whitlock Summer Bliss
Card stock - snippetof coral card from my stash
Doily - Martha Stewart doily from my stash
3D stickers - from my stash ( dollar store originally)

****************This is card #33 of 50. I am on a Consumables spending freeze until I make 50 cards or paper projects (cardstock and Sook Wang adhesive tape are allowed).

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Pixies Crafty Workshop - must use snippets
2. Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - must cover card base with paper