Thursday, November 6, 2008

A Very Merry Christmas

I'm still having a lot of fun using Glitter Glitz art glitter on cards. Recently I purchased some new Dreamweaver stencils and I could hardly wait to try out this particular holly and berry background stencil using Glitter Glitz.

I wanted to create some quick Christmas cards that had a lot of pizzazz and sparkle but didn't take ours and hours to create individually. The sentiment stamp is one of the new Stampin' Up! hostess sets called "Best Yet" and it has 6 different sentiment stamps. I know this will be a well used SU set in my collection.

If you haven't used a lot of metal stencils before but would like to try them, I encourage you to check out the huge variety there are on the market. I particularly like Dreamweaver stencils but there are many companys with wonderful designs. You can use stencils if a variety of ways from dry embossing, embossing paste, of course as I've used here with art glitter and you can also use stencils for embossing in your Cuttlebug too using the correct stack of mats and plates.


On this particular card I ran my tape runner along the outside edges and covered with bright red glitter for a sparkle-y edge. I thought it set off the center image well. One nice thing too is that this card isn't thick and while it looks like it has layers to it, they are thin enough for this card to go through the postal system easily enough.

It is a gorgeous day outside here in the Ottawa, Ontario area and I think I will go out of doors and enjoy this lovely weather while we still have it. I hope you are enjoying a lovely day too.

13 comments:

  1. Your card is just beautiful Jennifer, and I can just imagine how it shimmers with all the glitter! Can you tell me exactly what Glitter Glitz is? Is it like transparent Art Institute Glitter? A friend from BC sent me a pictures of a couple Thomas Kincaid cards done with them and they are just gorgeous as well. I will send you the pics if you like. Sorry to go on...lol...your card is truly lovely!!!

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  2. Yummy!! The glimmer makes me think sunshine on snow and I'm not quite ready for that yet, even though my new LL Bean parka is on stand-by. Are you sure this didn't take hours?? It looks like you slaved for 2 days.

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  3. This is delightful. Oh how I love that girly sparkle. Just bought some Dreamweaver things and looking forward to trying them out with their paste. :)

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  4. This is delightful. Oh how I love that girly sparkle. Just bought some Dreamweaver things and looking forward to trying them out with their paste. :)

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  5. Amazingly beautiful use of glitter.

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  6. This is so pretty and sparkly!!! I can only imagine how it looks in person!

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  7. I like how the entire background is sparkly, it's very festive and gorgeous.

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  8. STUNNING!!! I cannot believe this was a quick card because it looks like you spent hours, if not days working on it. This is beautiful in every way!!! I love all the sparkle and the beautiful bow! Dazzling card!!! Love it:o)

    HUgs!
    Carolyn

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  9. Jennifer, you look like you are a natural with this type of card. I took a class on doing this kind of card using the stencils and glitter. Yours is just stunning and I so agree on the Dreamweavers.

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  10. This is an amazing card, just in the photograph. It must be just so sparkly IRL. I can just imagine the wonderful texture on the card.

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  11. In my opinion, your art is wonderful and so you have an award waiting for you on my blog. I hope you will accept it, Jennifer!

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  12. Very pretty stencil and I like the glittery effect.

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