Just Rite Stamps and Things with Wings

Good Morning!

It's a gorgeous, hot, sunshiny day here in Central Florida,,,,,,,,,,and today, I'm showing you,,,,,,,,,,,,

you guessed it! More Christmas cards LOL

I am determined to get my cards done EARLY this year, so I can have some fun making some fabulous, fun gifts I've been pinning on Pinterest for days now!  I have some fun ideas I can't wait to share with you,,,,,,,,,,but I want my cards done FIRST!

It's been so long since I played along with the Justrite Stampers challenge, and so this week, I was determined to do it!

The theme this week is "Things with Wings",,,,,,,,,,,,and of course, with my current Christmassy mood,,,,,,,,I had to use one of my favorite Justrite sets,,,,,,,,,an oldie but a goodie,,,,,,Backyard Birds!

It was so much fun to create a gift set of a card AND an ornament to go with it,,,,,,,,I played with this image last week, creating a similar ornament, but for the challenge, I just knew I had to go one step further in the wow factor!

This cardinal is just so gorgeous for Christmas cards, I couldn't resist,,,,,,,,,,,,

and since Justrite stamps mix so well with each other,,,,,,,I paired it with the Justrite Merry Christmas background stamp!  I just LOVE how gorgeous this stamp looks all embossed in gorgeous glittering gold! So Christmassy!!!!!!!!

Here's a close up of the ornament,,,,

And a close up of the focal point on the card,,,,,,

You can really see that gorgeous embossing here in this pic!


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Justrite Backyard Birds and Merry Christmas Background Stamp
Ink and embossing: Momento black, copics. Recollections gold glitter embossing powder
Paper: Recollections red, cream and mirror gold card stock
Dies: Spellbinders Holly Motifs, 2010 Snowflake Pendants, 2010 Heirloom Ornaments, Lacy Ovals, Ovals Large
Ribbon: Really REasonable Ribbon
Pearls and Gems:REcollections

I have no idea yet who I'm giving this little set to,,,,,,,,but I do hope they like it!

Thanks for looking! I hope you enjoyed the set!

You still have a day or so to join in the Justrite Challenge,,,,,,,,so ink up those Justrite stamps and get to it!!!!!!!

WOO HOO new stamps!!!!

Good Evening! I got my new Justrite Stamps today in the mail, and boy was I happy to see them!  I don't know about you, but when I get something new, the first thing I have to do is open them and put them to use,,,,,,ink them up :)

My husband works with a man who is originally from Cuba,,,,we ha the greatest honor last week to be invited to their home for a BBQ. They are truly amazing people,,,,,,,

Have you ever had a life changing moment? A moment when you knew you'd never see a certain thing the same way again? Well, I had one last week,,,,,,,Jose talked about what living in Cuba under Castro was like,,,,,,he talked about 2 lbs of meat per person PER MONTH allowance,,,,,,he talked about 3 eggs per person,,,,and going to jail if you were caught with more,,,,He was a chemical engineer in Cuba and his wife was a doctor,,,,,,,yet they made less than citrus pickers do here in the US. And they are so humbly grateful to live here in the US and to be US citizens. Several years ago, after they had become citizens, they sponsored Jose's mother, Gisella, to come here,,,,,,,,she did what they did,,,worked hard, learned English, and humbly, gratefully, dare I say JOYFULLY, is becoming a US Citizen on Friday,,,,,,when I tell you she GLOWED, it's not enough.

I had to do something,,,,,,,,,so I decided to make her a mini book for her memories and her photos from the big day,,,,,,,and on her journey to become an American,,,,,,,today I finished that book, and I will post it tomorrow,,,,,

but today, my JR stamps came, and I KNEW I was going to make her a card to go along with the book. I wanted it to match,,,and, in some way, to show her how amazing I thought she was,,,,,,and my new stamps were PERFECT for that,,,,

And so here is Gisella's card,,,,and in a way, a sneak peak at the mini album I made to match,,,,,

The paper, believe it or not, is MME Christmas paper,,,,,,do you know how difficult it is to find 4th of July, red white and blue paper in SEPTEMBER? yeah, it's tough LOL. I had one week to make this thing, so I didn't even have time to ORDER any,,,,,,,so I went with the deep burgundies in the Xmas paper (the ones that didn't have santa or Xmas trees on them LOL) and matched it up with some red, white and blue ribbon,,

This card is a gatefold card, so it opens in the middle,,,click on the card to better see the seam in the middle underneath the center focal image. My focal image is comprised of Spellbinders floral ovals, spellbinders lacey ovals, spellbinders floral ovals, and spellbinders ovals large.

bling is prima that I colored red and blue with copics,,,,,,,,,,,and the stamps are JustRite "Just the right Words" set of Amazing Paper Grace stamps. This set is amazing,,,,,you can mix and match so many words for just the right words for your card or project!

Here's a close up of the front of the card,,,,,,

Here's the inside!

I hope Gisella likes it,,,,,,,,,and I'm almost sorry that she'll probably call or send a thank you,,,,,,,,because I am the one who SHOULD BE thanking her.

I'll be entering this into the Justrite challenge this week for my second entry.  Thanks for visiting and I hope you enjoyed the card!

Party Time Tuesdays Challenge 63!

Good Morning! It's Tuesday and one of my favorite days of the week! It's time to see what Party Time Tuesdays has in store for a challenge for us,,,,,,,,

and it's a good one this time! WATER! We want to see your WATER themed projects!

Our fabulous sponsor this whole month is Bugaboo Stamps and DTS Arts! They so generously provided the images that the DT turned into fabulous cards and projects!

Without further ado, here's my card, with an image by Bugaboo,,,,,,,,,,and papers by 3 Bugs in a Rug, our sponsor for this week!

I just love this darling image,,,,,,,,,the papers were so bright and cheery too, that I did the whole thing in shades of orange with aqua, green and blue as points of color.  I colored the image with copics, and cut it out with Ovals large,,,,,,,then matted that with Lacey ovals,,,,,and added a decorative element with spellbinders Ironwork Motifs.

A bow, a sentiment stamp, and she's all finished!

I hope you enjoyed the card, and thanks for looking! Run right over to Party Time Tuesdays to upload your water themed card or paper project!