Paper Smooches Shamrock Sparkle and Shine Challenge Card!! =)

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Hello!! 
I'm stopping in to share a card I've made for the Sparkle and Shine Challenge!! I'm also linking this up for the Paper Smooches April Guest Designer Challenge!! =)
I used the Paper Smooches Shamrock Die from the Spring Die Set and Large Stitched Tag Die from the Gift Tags 2 Die Set to create a FUN Shaker Tag!! I stamped and Embossed my sentiment using two different Paper Smooches Stamp Sets Many Thanks and Bosom Buddy Stamp Set!! I used some Pretty Pink Posh Sequins 4mm Sparkling Clear Sequins, 4mm Fresh Mint Sequins, 6mm Sparkling Clear Sequins and some Sparkling Clear Seed Beads for the inside of my Shaker!! Some Heidi Swapp Black Shine Splatters and some May Arts Ribbon and Twine help to finish off the card!!

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a Fabulous Week!!
COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA  =)

Paper Smooches Guest Designer Search ~ Congrats Wedding Card!! ;)

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Hello!!
I'm stopping in to share a card I've made for my Cousin who is getting married later this Spring!! She is such a BEAUTIFUL person inside and out and her wedding colors are a Deep Red, a Mustard Yellow and Gold!! ;) These are actually some of my FAVORITE Colors and I think if I ever get re-married to Adam in our future, I would have to choose a few of them!! ;)
I also wanted to play along with the Paper Smooches Guest Designer Search Challenge and beings I'm also using several of their Stamp and Die Sets I think this will be a GOOD Entry!! I started by die cutting the New Easter Egg Dies Into the front of my Card to create a window!! I LOVE window cards!! ;) Then I stamped and embossed the Blossoming Buds Stamp and the coordinating Blossom Icon Dies!! I used my Distress Markers to water color the image and I LOVE how it turned out!! I added some White Gel Pen details and some Clear Glitter Wink Of Stella all over the Flowers!!
SWOON talk about making a girl HAPPY!! ;) I then die cut the New Church Die and had FUN piecing it together using some Tim Holtz Printed Vellum for the Windows then I die cut the door from some Wood Patterned Paper and die cut a heart and covered it with Red Glitter!! For the Cross I had thought I wanted to use Gold Foil Paper and then changed my mind so I covered it with some Gold Glitter!! I added some Glue Pen to the details on the Vellum that I used for the Stained Glass Church Windows and added the same Gold Glitter to tie everything together!! ;) I backed it with another Church Die Cut in Black Cardstock for a Shadow and then I stamped the word "CONGRATS" on the front of the Church!! I had wanted to create a Banner on the church, but decided against it!! I then thought that the Church needed something!!??????? So after thinking about it, I decided that I would add some Copic Marker in N0 to just add some shadowing!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the look it gives to the Church and know it feels more REAL!! ;) I did take the Copic Colorless Blender to it too to make the lines fade so the shadowing wasn't so harsh!! I added some Vellum to back the Egg Shaped Window and then I added some Mustard Seed Distress Ink to create the look of a Sun Set and my card was done!!

I hope you like it as much as I do!!?? I thing my cousin is going to LOVE IT!!  ;)
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a Fabulous Week!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA.  ;)

Paper Smooches Guest Design Challenge ~ Easter Blessing!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm stopping in to share another Card that I've made for the Paper Smooches Guest Designer Challenge!! I thought it would be FUN to create a Powerful Easter Card so this is what I came up with!!

I just LOVE the way it turned out!! I started by Die Cutting a Window into the front of my card Front using the New Paper Smooches Easter Egg Dies!! Then I took the Power Rays Die and used it to cut the Egg shape that was cut out of the Front of my Card Front!! I made sure that the bottom didn't cut all of the way through though, so that it was ALL still connected as one solid piece!! Then I glued it to another Egg Die Cut and used some Mustard Seed Distress Ink to create a sunset backdrop!! I then backed the Card Front Window with a piece of Vellum and then I stamped and Embossed the Solid Cross Images from the New Paper Smooches Have Faith Stamp Set!! Then I Die Cut one of the Cross Images from some White and Black Cardstock and I put them together then I added some Foam Tape to the back of the Die Cut Cross and added it to then Center of my Card!!  I then Stamped and Embossed the Blossoming Buds Stamp Set!! I used the coordinating Blossom Icon Dies to cut it out!! I used my Distress Markers to Water Color the Image and then I took a White Gel Pen and a Clear Glitter Wink of Stella Marker and added some extra touches!! I LOVE the way it turned out!!

THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)

Paper Smooches Holiday Card!! =)

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Hello!!
I'm stopping in to share a Holiday Card I've made for two different Challenges going on over on the Paper Smooches Blog!! I'm entering this into the Guest Designer Search - December Challenge and the Anything Goes Challenge on the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge Blog!! =)


I started by using one of my New Favorite Paper Smooches Stamp Set "A Blessed Christmas"!!
I LOVE EVERYTHING about this set and have SO MANY Ideas with the Images/Sentiments in the Set!! Now if I only had an EXTRA 4-6 Hours in a Day to be able to make them ALL!! HAHAHAHA!! =)


I wanted to use the Angel Image and I wanted to give her some Dimension by making the Wings 3-D!! I LOVE to add dimension to my cards and this was SUPER easy to do just by stamping and cutting the Wings out a couple different times!!  I cut the entire Wing Section out and then cut just the Large Single Wing Image out making sure to color around the edge of the Wings with a Black Soot Distress Marker to give them a seamless and finished look once all of the pieces were layered together!! I used my Color Pencils and Gamsol to color in my Angel and then I added some Rock Candy Distress Glitter to the wings for some added Sparkle!! I Die Cut a Stitched Frame 1 Die Cut from some White Neenah Solar Cardstock and stamped and Embossed the Holy Star Image using some Ranger Platinum Gold Embossing Powder!! Then to make it POP I stamped over it again off setting the Star alittle bit this time using my Versa Fine Black Ink and I LOVE the way it looks!! I added some Clear Embossing Powder over the Top just to finish it off and to make sure that I didn't end up with a smudge from Ink transfer!! =) I then took some Vellum and a White Neenah Solar Cardstock Panel and stitched across the top with my Sewing Machine and some Platinum Metallic Thread!! I then masked my Sentiment so I could repeat the same Platinum Embossing Powder treatment to the Peace word and then I stamped the rest of the sentiment in plain Versa Fine Black Ink and again covered it with Ranger Clear Embossing Powder to make sure I didn't have any Ink smears!! I added some Clear Crystal Pretty Pink Posh Sequins in 4mm size along with some Platinum Sequins from Hazel and Ruby!! I LOVE the little bit of extra Sparkle and FUN that they add and my Card was finished!!

Hopefully you Like my card as much as I do and I hope you'll think about playing along with one of these challenges too!!?? The Guest Designer Challenge ends tonight November 19th at 11:59 pm and the Anything Goes Challenge Deadline is Saturday, November 22nd at 11:59 pm PST !!
THANKS SO MUCH for stopping by and I hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

COUNTRY HUGS-N-KISSES
LARISSA   =)