Another Stacked Dazzle Circle Punch Card

I love stacked Dazzles.  They make such a quick focal but it looks so nice!  Here I started by cutting a rounded edge on the front of the card and then using a circle punch to for a decorative edge.  I glued dark purple paper underneath so it shows through and highlights the decorative edge.

I alternated the stacked Dazzles on purple and lavender papers and cut around them, close to the edge of the stickers.  The bottom layer is glued to the card front and the remaining ones are given added dimension by attaching them with pop-dots.  The greeting is a Dazzles sticker and is framed with small bits of a Peel-Off border.

Christmas in June!

Today's Christmas card is made with papers from the Cardmakers Christmas Ultimate Pack from Hot Off the Press. There are so many neat sets of papers in this pack. It makes it easy to find papers that compliment one another, and all those lovely papers really help inspire me to get Christmas cards made, too.

The focal is a stamp (from Inkadoo?). I colored the scarf with pens.  The mat is a vellum framed mat that I got from somewhere, and the black embellishments are outline Dazzles stickers from Hot Off the Press.

Suede Paper

Hot Off the Press makes some WONDERFUL suede paper.  I love the velvety feel and the paper cuts beautifully on my Silhouette, making it easy to use it for titles like I did here.  I also used it for the thin borders and for matting my focal. Since it only comes in 8 1/2 x 11" paper, I had to piece my 12" borders, but it really doesn't show unless you know to look for it.

All of the supplies for this page were purchased from the Paper Wishes Website (by Hot Off the Press).  In addition to the wonderful papers, there are matching tags, flowers (I colored some with marker to give me colors I wanted) and a double-stick Dazzles border that has been flocked.

Dazzling Scraps

Today's card doesn't show in the picture the way it does in real life.  All the sparkle causes a bit of discoloration in the photo because of the way it reflects the light.  However you can still see how I've used scraps here.  Scraps of paper were used for the "frame" around the opening that shows through to the picture inside.  It is made from strips of paper that have been folded in regular intervals to create this pleated effect.  The "flowers" are made from Dazzles Jewel stickers from Hot Off the Press.  Scraps from these jewels were cut into strips and a simple greeting to finish off the card.