Graciellie Design Holiday Release w//Really Reasonable Ribbon

It's our first blog hop of the holiday season.  Gracie Chavez has created some beautiful images and digital paper for the months of November and December.  You will love all these products.  And to make it even better, we will be featuring Really Reasonable Ribbon on all our creations.  This is my card.

Card details:
4.25 X 5.5" card base - Gold foil
Background paper - Graciellie Design Holiday Traditions Digital Paper - Cut at 4"X5.25"
Anna Griffin Die - Cut from green shimmer paper
Image - Jingle Bells by Graciellie Design - foiled and holly colored with copics
Ribbon by Really Reasonable Ribbon
Therm-o-web Foil
Sequins

This is a close-up of the image:

I foiled  a sentiment and created a label for the inside of the card.

Below are the Graciellie Design Products and the Really Reasonable Ribbon used on my card......

Thank you for joining our blog hop and visiting my blog.  Be sure to visit all the design team members blogs and leave a comment for a chance to win Gracie's prize of $20 gift card to her shop.  The next person to visit is 

Regina

So until next time.  God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Digi Choosday Challenge -W,E2, - #44 - Anything Goes

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - 2W, C15, E3 - #18 - Anything Christmas Goes (Week 1)

Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES 

DS4J New Releases - September 3

Time for another new release at Digistamps4joy.  There are several new mandalas, deer and kidsart.  They are all fun images.  I chose Mandala #1 for my card.  I started out coloring it in, then decided to be a little radical and do something totally different.  

I've had a Minc machine for a year or more and never played with it much. Lately, I've been giving it a go.  I decided to print my Mandala image with my laser printer.  Then I ran it through the Minc with gold foil paper.  I decided the negative image left on the gold foil would be pretty on some toner paper so I ran it back through the Minc machine.  Here is the result.

I placed the Mandala images on some gold and black paper, added some sequins and added a sentiment.  What do you think?  I also added a sentiment to the inside with a foiled rose.

I hope you will go to the DS4J Blog Post and check out all the new releases and see all the projects by the other members of the Design Team. 

God Bless You!!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:

Scrappers Delights  M, First Saturday of the M - September - Anything Goes

A Bit More Time to Craft (2W, P1/15, E3) Always Anything Goes

A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1, E3) - Always Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Open Challenge (M, P1, E3, Must be a DT creation) Always Anything Goes

Gold Foil Fun

I've been noticing a lot of foiling on cards of my team mates on the Graciellie Design DT.  I have been playing with some of it this week and I made this card.  I really like it and it was easy to make.

The gold foil design is actually the negative of an original design I used.  I'll be sharing the original another day since I messed it up. After I ran the original through the Minc machine, this pattern was left and I just placed it on a sheet of toner paper and ran it through the Minc.  I don't think this picture shows the true beauty of the gold.  I had to maneuver the camera around because I kept seeing my reflection in the card.

Thank you for your visit today.  I hope you like my card.  More later.

God Bless You!!! Peggy

Challenges for this card:
Crafty Creations - 2W, 2E, #348- Always Anything Goes (Week 1 of 2)
Fab 'n' Funky - W,1E, C10 - #361 - Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts M, 3E, #39 - Anything Goes/Option of Girly
Deep Ocean Challenge 2W - #161 - Shabby Chic/Vintage  (week 2

Besties Valentine Card

I know I said I wasn't making another valentine but I got notifications today about 2 Besties Valentine challenges.  This card fits both of them

I've had this little Besties digi for a while.  I believe it was a freebie at one time.  Anyway, I decided to color her with my promarkers.  I wish my photos showed the true colors.  She is more colorful than this photo shows.  The heart behind her and the sentiment are two images I foiled with the Minc machine.  The foil really adds luster to an image.  The card base is embossed with an older Cuttlebug folder.  Love those tiny hearts.  I added stickles to the heart in her arms.

Thank you for stopping by today.  The links to the Besties challenges will be listed below.  God Bless You!!!  Peggy 

Challenges for this card:
Artistic Inspirations - 2W, E3 - (Week 1) Anything Goes / Valentine
Cards in Envy - 1st & 3rd Mondays, E3, A2 Cards only (4.25x5.5") no more than ¼" thick, no square 
cards - (Week 1) Love/Valentine's
Crafting from the Heart - W, E3, F - Always Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - 2W, 3E, C10 - (Week 1) Valentine's
My Besties Challenge - M, SIR (freebie available), E3 - (February) Anything My Besties Goes / Valentine's + Reds & Pinks or Hearts & Lace
My Besties Aussie Challenge - M, 1E, F, SIR - (February) Anything My Besties Goes /Valentine's + Hearts
Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - 2W, 3E - (Week 1) Anything goes with option of Valentine

A Foiled Birthday Card

I guess you all have heard of one of the latest things in crafting and that is foiling.  When Anna Griffin introduced her Minc machine on HSN, of course I had to order it.  Truthfully, I haven't used it much.  Actually I haven't been very active creatively for a while.  It seems my open heart surgery took a lot out of me.  Well this week, I made up my mind I was going to make something with it.  The results were this card.

I cut 3 balloon shapes from toner paper (it has to be toner, it can't be from and ink jet printer), chose 3 different color foil sheets and ran them through the Minc machine.  

I embossed the card base with the Happy Birthday Cuttlebug folder, adhered my balloons, added some twine and a sentiment I cut from Cricut Design Space.  

Thank you for visiting with us today.  We enjoy reading your comments.  God Bless You!!! Peggy