Graciellie Design

I can't believe how fast this month has gone by! It's time for a new challenge at Our Daily Bread Designs and since it is the last week of the month our challenge is "Anything Goes" . I hope you can join us! My card for today is monochromatic, in neutral hues and vintage style! Main supplies Music Speaks stamp set Faith stamp set Vintage Flourish Pattern dies Beautiful Borders dies Winter Collection 2014 6 x 6 Paper Pad Other supplies Inks: Brilliance Ink in Pearlescent Beige and Graphite Black. Distress Paint in Antique Linen, Crafter's Ink in Snow (to emboss) Papers: Linen and Leather textured cardstock in white, embossed cardstock in beige, vellum Tools: Zap! heat tool, Grand Calibur die cutting machine, Westcott Titanium Bonded trimmer Embellishments: Martha Stewart Pastel Mini Pearls, Tim Holtz Crinkle Ribbon, 2" vintage lace Adhesives: Bazic foam adhesive, Ad-Tech Crafter's Tape, Uhu silicone glue As you can see I cut the Vintag...

Today I have an unexpected design to share with you... I went CAS for this week's challenge at Classy Cards 'n Such: Winter Birds . I'm enjoying the cooler weather, but thankfully we only get rain. For all of you whose towns have been covered with snow, I hope you're staying warm and creative! So let me inspire you a bit with my clean and simple Winter card. I die cut a card base with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A. I created a scene on the actual card front with Penny Black's Tweet Tweet stamp set. I used Memento ink for the lilac branches and heat embossed the bird on the branch with Gold detail embossing powder from Sparkle 'n Sprinkle. I also heat embossed a wonderful sentiment from Cas-ual Fridays Stamps called Breathe... What a encouraging sentiment! As you can see I sprayed the card with lilac and gold. The lilac drops and sprays were done with a DIY Distress Ink spray I made using Shaded Lilac Re-Inker and water mixed in a Empty Spri...

For what I've heard from dear friends of mine around the world, the weather is reaching very low temperatures... A friend in Arizona, Sue from Sue Paper Crafts , got a LOT of snow... Huh! She wasn't counting on that for sure! Back where I live we've been fortunate enough to have gotten rainy days, but it doesn't even get somewhat near to other countries' winters. This brings me to my card for today... A winter themed card! This week at Classy Cards 'n Such we are celebrating our first challenge of the year and it's a color inspiration challenge (using teal) with a twist... Add a snowflake! For today's card I used many intricate die cuts. I combined different tones of teal, with vanilla, tan and white. I used Spellbinders Gazebo to die cut the delicate shape from teal patterned paper from ODBD. I picked another coordinating paper from the same set to cut a snowflake with Stampendous Snowflake. I thought a second snowflake would look great...