Christmas Ornament and Cardinal

Today I'm sharing with you two cards I made using the same layout, but with different colors and different stamp sets. 

This first one uses the bird from Forest Festivities.  To get the interesting cut she's inside of, I cut the Cherry Cobbler square to 3-1/4" and then put it all the way into the Decorative Label punch to punch it.  Then I turned it 90 degrees and lined it up in the middle and punched again.  That's it---so simple!!  I did then trim it to 3" square so that it had room to layer on the green and blue squares and still fit the card.

This card is Cherry Cobbler and I ran it through the new Snow Burst embossing folder.  Love that one!!

It's hard to tell it here, but I used Dazzling Details on the little birds cap brim and ball and also on the ornament.  On subsequent cards like this, I actually colored the ornament blue before applying the Dazzling Detail.

Here is a close up of the sentiment.  I used Marry Christmas from the Forest Festivities set, also, and layered it with Marina Mist, Cherry and Wild Wasabi.  I used the checked Frostwood Lodge designer paper on this one.

Here is another card I made using the same layout.  This one uses Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery and Always Artichoke as the cardstock colors.  The stamp sets used on this one are Autumn Splendor and Blessings from Heaven.

Thanks for visiting today!!  Smiles, Laura

You are a Blessing.....

Here is a card I made recently when my friend Judy was over playing.  No, that isn't Stampin' Up! designer paper, but the card stock is.  I used Riding Hood Red, Always Artichoke and Certainly Celery cardstock on this card.

This leaf is from the Autumn Splendor set---and isn't it about time to start thinking about autumn!  While we are still having hot days, you can tell that fall is around the corner.  I mean, how long can this summer last???

For the cut-out for the leaf, I punched a 3.25" square with the decorative punch.  I turned it 90 degrees and punched it again, being careful to line up the punch each time.  It make a neat cut-out, doesn't it?  The leaf is stamped on white card and colored.  I also sponged some color around the edges.

In the background of this shot, you can seen that I ran the card side-ways through the Stripes embossing folder.  This is a neat one that can be used either way.

Here is the sentiment.  It is from the new Blessings from Heaven stamp set.  There are lots of great sentiments in this set.  Check it  out.

I hope you liked this sample.  Come back my way soon.

Smiles, Laura