'Tis the Season...

Even though the calendar says it's Halloween, I wanted to share with you some pics that I took of some cards that I made for the "So Shelli Creative Challenge". The challenge for October was for us to create anything commemorating "The Holidays". So here goes!? (I hope anyway)...

 

 

 

This first card is one that I actually created last year, but never got around to taking a picture of it. I used the Come to Bethlehem stamp set from SU!'s annual catalog. I love this set for so many reasons, one of which is that it makes such a beautiful silhouette card. And I love the peacefulness I feel when I see the image combined with the Bashful Blue and the Night of Navy. And of course, I HAD to use the Brushed Silver card stock to balance the Gold image, right? And since it IS for Christmas, it HAD to be embossed. And the star certainly HAD to be sprinkled with just a touch of Dazzling Diamonds to finish the look.

 

 

 

The second card is one that I made using the Chock Full of Cheer stamp set that is brand new to the 2012 SU! annual Catalog. I like the Vintage feel I see when I look at the ornaments that make me think of the shiny glass ones we had when I was growing up. One of my favorite things about the holiday season is the memories that they evoke of my childhood. It seems that these are the most vivid ones I can recall. We always had large family gatherings with the extended families on both sides. There was always lots of good food to eat, so many cousins to play with; decorations everywhere, especially our tree, and stockings full of candy and fruit.

 



 

 

And this last card just warms me all over. I created the card using the Bells and Boughs stamp set, also from the SU! annual catalaog. I love watercoloring the line art stamps. And I also love the new Glimmer paper in Champagne. And the new Core'dinations card stock in the 2012 Holiday catalog. It adds an extra "oomph" when you dry emboss with it. One of my favorite eras is the Victorian age. It was the beginning of a new century, the styles were very intricate in architecture, jewelry and clothing, and it seemed like the times were a little simpler, slower, or so I've been told. There wasn't all of the automation that controls all of our lives today. Perhaps I was born just a little too late?      

 

I thank you for taking a look at my creations, and hope you'll stop by again very soon. This blogging thing is brand spanking new to me and I'm still learning the ropes. And Riley is not here to help me...

 

Take gentle care...

 

Fondly.

Riley and Capen's Nanny