Friday, November 19, 2010

Holly and Celery

Nope, I'm not offering any recipes containing holly leaves today.  The title refers to my holly-themed card and liberal use of Certainly Celery.

I made four of these last night, assembly-line style.  I used gold embossing powder to do the sentiment, which comes from the Stampin' Up! set Snow Swirled, and also the holly leaf cluster which comes from SU's Sleigh Bells Ring.  The leaves were colored with SU markers:  Certainly Celery, Old Olive, and Always Artichoke; the berries with Real Red and Cherry Cobbler.

How do you like the embossing folder?  It's new-to-me, from Sizzix, and it's called Snow Globe.  I think it's a misnomer.  It has nothing to do with snowglobes! 



I can proudly show you a close-up of my gold embossing -- see, no freckles!!

I'm entering in these challenges today:
Thanks for dropping by today.  You have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Stamping,
Colleen

Stamps:  Snow Swirled, Sleigh Bells Ring (SU)
Paper:  Certainly Celery, Whisper White scrap
Ink:  Versamark
Other:  Big Shot, Sizzix embossing folder Snow Globe, gold embossing powder, SU markers, Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, Stampamajig

10 comments:

Marisa said...

Oooh, LOVE that EF!! Fabulous CAS card and well done on the embossing :)

Bonnie said...

I love, love, love that embossing folder! Wonder why they call it Snowglobe? This card is so beautiful in it's simplicity! Gonna have to CASE it!

Benzi said...

I like the embossing folder. Like you, I am thinking that Snow Globe is an odd name for it. Your holly is so pretty and don't you love when you have no freckles when embossing. I HATE celery (the kind you eat) but I love the card made with it.

Karen W said...

This is really pretty, I love the color and I don't think I have that embossing folder but I love it!

Tenia Nelson said...

So love this card!!!!!

Emily Keaton said...

Colleen, these are SO pretty!! I love the celery with the holly--a delicious combination, hee hee. So beautifully CAS. That's a fantastic embossing folder, and I'm so impressed with your freckle-less embossing!! Do tell how you achieved that ;) Is this one of your entries for the CAS DT trials? If so, I think it will give you an winning edge :) Way to go, my friend.

Anonymous said...

Wow! Colleen this is just beautiful! I love that embossing folder and your perfect gold embossing! Beautiful design too.

Sue said...

What a lovely card! I just saw in the CAS for the week, and had to come to your blog to see the close-ups. It's REALLY lovely! So simple, so elegant, so warm. I really like it a lot.

Laura (scrapnextras) said...

Stunning! I bought that embossing folder this week, and haven't got to put it into action. Seeing this makes me wonder why!

Michelle VP said...

This is a gorgeous CAS card, Colleen! I loved stopping by to see your close-ups of it. :) I think Certainly Celery is my favorite green and the gold embossing with it adds a really elegant touch!

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