Fun with a friend...

As I noted in my last post, I spent last Friday afternoon crafting with my friend Lynette (My Stamping Addiction) in her amazing craft room. We chatted and crafted for about three hours and these cards were the result:

I had a sheet of light green paper with gold starbursts and white dots all over it. I thought it would make some pretty Christmas cards, especially when paired with metallic gold and forest green.

I used one of Lynette's die sets to cut all the pieces and then glued then onto the fronts of two pale green card bases.

When I got home, I cut a starburst from gold metallic cardstock and popped it up in the center square of each card.

I also gold-embossed "Merry Christmas" onto two strips of forest green cardstock and die-cut them. I popped these up, as well, with foam tape.

On the inside of each card, I stamped and heat-embossed (in gold) a holiday sentiment.

I had also taken with me a sheet of blue snowflake-patterned paper. I used another of Lynette's die sets to cut the pieces you see above and the navy blue frames. The frames and the pieces were glued to two white card bases. There was a die to cut center hexagons from the snowflake paper, but I opted not to cut those.

When I got home, I stamped a holiday sentiment in the center of each card with Night of Navy ink. I also die-cut three glittery snowflakes for each card and glued them on.

I looked through my Christmas sentiment stamps and found this one that actually had a couple of snowflakes included as part of the stamp. It was perfect for these cards!

Yay! Four more Christmas cards done.

I also made these two cards using Lynette's Altenew 3D embossing folder, Sunshine Blossoms. I used her coordinating stencil set to add color with inks and blending brushes.

At home, I added a heat-embossed, popped-up sentiment. 

I also used some gold metallic paint on the flower centers and added three peach-colored gems to each card. The gems have a very reflective finish, so they didn't photograph well.

These inside sentiments were also heat-embossed in gold.

It was such a fun and productive afternoon. Thank you, Lynette! And thank you for the 170+ cards you donated to the thrift store. You truly made my day!

And thank YOU for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl