Hi everyone,

Today I'm sharing another holiday card or really two cards with you. I saw this one on someone's blog and since I had just purchased the Movers & Shapers die for the Big Shot I thought I'd try it. The Movers & Shapers die is great because it cuts and scores your card using the shape you choose. You can place the shape (here it's the ornament and Bashful Blue cardstock) anywhere on your card. I then used the Delightful Decorations stamp to stamp the snowflake ornament in Bashful Blue and used the Ornament punch. This is the simple version of this card on the right. Then, to step it up just a bit on the card on the left, I stamped the ornament in Bashful Blue, but then I Versamarked over the ornament and heat embossed it to give it some sparkle with Irridesent Ice embossing powder, which is clear embossing powder with glitter. I know it doesn't show up all that well in the picture, but I wanted to show you that you can take a simple card and step it up with just one simple thing.

Hope everyone is getting their shopping done! It finally feels like winter here in Elmhurst - had to get my winter coat out yesterday!

Almost Halloween

Well since it's almost Halloween I thought I'd share this card with you. I made it when I was playing around with the Big Shot Movers & Shapers dies for a meeting the other night. This card uses the cute Little Boo stamp (it's one of the single stamps on page 208 of the catalog). The colors of ribbon and cardstock are Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie & Lovely Lilac. The Boo stamp is stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in Black. I used the 1.25" punch to punch out the image and then the larger circle and the Circle Movers & Shapers die from the Holiday Mini Catalog. I also used the Batty jumbo wheel across the top. I prefer Halloween cards that are cute, not scary so this one fits that bill!