Delightful Decorations - Our hearts come home

Hi Everyone.  Happy Saturday night and welcome to Jaydee's SU stamping space!

I managed to get a couple of cards done today - not as many projects as I wanted to - but any time spent in my stamping space is better than nothing at all.  I did get a couple of challenge cards done - and tonight's is the latest from the design diva's at Stamping411.  This sketch is so versatile and open to great interpretation - as you can see if you go check out the submissions and the inspiration cards.  Challenge sites are a great place to find inspiration and CASE-worthy cards.

Tonight's card is quick, simple, easy and yet, has a great amount of meaning.  Especially for those of us who are far away from home at Christmas.  

 Here's the sketch... you can't see it that well because the card base is actually white - so go along and check out the website.

I used the Delightful Decorations and the sentiment is from Home for Christmas

• I wanted the card to be clean and simple and highlight the emotive sentiment.  Instead of using Real Red for the ink, I used Ruby Red as I wanted a softer feel and love the Ruby Red with the Very Vanilla.
  
• For the Delightful Decoration, I stamped it first in Ruby Red ink and then used a Versmark pen to color the area to accept the Dazzling Diamonds embossing powder.  If you have the craft ink - you don't need to use the Versamark to take the embossing powder.  (That's a great thing about the craft inks!)
  
• I used a little piece of the silver elastic cord - available from the new mini to make a hanger for the decoration and a small pearl from the Pretties Kit.  The ribbon is the retired Red Riding Hood... and it works so well.  The little stripe of vanilla on the edge of the ribbon, helped tie the colors together.
• Jaydee tip:  when using embossing powder, I use two things to make things easier for myself - I use the Embossing Buddy to help lessen the chance the powder will stick where I don't want it!  Then... cleanup.... is a breeze when you use a small piece of a Swiffer dusting cloth.  I keep a box in my stamping space and use about 1/8th of a sheet. 

  
The end result was clean and simple, just as I wanted.  Something that can be made en masse, with very few components.  Also, because the Delightful Decorations stamp actually has 4 different designs, you can make them all a little different. 

However, how can I get anything done with this amount of distraction.  

Bilbo to Bailey... Oy, you!  What are you doing up there.

 So, you think you are the king of the castle... but not for long, mate!Now.. its just a tail fest.  And what do cats do after all this activity?

Get ready to sleep in Mom's photo tent.  But even then, Bailey couldn't bear the fact that Bilbo might be more comfortable and was getting ready to pounce!  Does anyone care that mother now has to go fix this mess?  Yeah, right!

On that note.  I want to thank you for spending time in my little area of the stamping blogosphere.

You can buy any of the products to make the designs that you see on my blog - in your pyjamas and face  mask - 24 hours per day - by clicking here.

I hope you have a fabulous Sunday - doing the things you love - with those who mean the most to you - whether they are 2-legged - or 4-legged, or in the case of my late and much beloved Kit-Kat - 3-legged!

Peace

Jaydee

Comments

[Jaydee]

Hi Susan...
thank you so much for visiting my site and leaving such supportive comments. It's always very flattering when fellow SU demonstrators visit and see something that inspires them to go off and get stampin! :-) So, thank you.

The paper... ah... it's from the Christmas Jingle simply scrappin kit - 115696. I love this kit and have used it several times on cards that I've made recently. You have also probably discovered that I love polka dots.

I hope you have a fabulous Sunday
hugs
Jaydee

[Susan]

Hi Jaydee! I'm new to your blog and I LOVE your cards and your tips, etc! I'm an SU demo too! Is the DSP you used on this card that retired one - was it called Cherise? Or is it part of Dashing? Hmmm... I NEED to make this card!

Susan, aka SoozieHim on SCS

[Carole'Anne AKA Stampin Stressaway]

yhe Jaydee!
way to go for making top 5
you rock!

[tiffany]

Your card is just beautiful!!! I love everything about it!! thanks for playing along this week!!

[Connie Babbert]

Lovely Jaydee...great job with the sketch! Love the kitties, too!

[stamperbeth]

Love how simple yet elegant this card is. Really well done.
I also have a cat that likes to "help" me stamp. Inky paw prints anyone?

[Doris]

Love the dusting of Dazzling Diamonds on the ornament!

[Patti Chesky]

I love the pearl in the center of the ornament. It adds just the right touch to finish off the gorgeous card!!

[Selene Kempton]

This is Rockin! I love how soft the ruby red is. You really nailed it. Gorgeous!

[jaydee]

Hi Jean
thanks for stopping by.... in your pyjamas and face mask.. you are always welcome! :-)
I was surprised the tower survived the tail fest, too. As for the phototent... we won't go into the fact that I ordered the wrong size - sometimes it feels like one of those 1950 movies where something starts of really small and then takes over the whole village - I swear it grows bigger every time I take the darn thing out to photograph my cards.
Have a fabulous Sunday.
hugs
Jaydee

[Carole'Anne]

HI Jaydee
this card is really good, the way you used the ruby red, and the fact that you did keep it simple. I am always intrique by this kind of design, and always try to go there! :)
Thank you fo sharing photo of your kitty cats - so adorable. They sure bring you fabulous energy uh?
have great Sunday
from
Carole'Anne
aka
Stampin Stressaway

[Jean Fitch]

Wow the tower survived the tail fest! I'm impressed! Must be a big photo tent to accomodate both cats and still leave a neutral zone. Love the way the blanket makes a barrier of sorts. So why do I get the feeling that Bilbo delights in making Bailey's life a misery?

And how on earth did you know I was in my pajama'a and face mask?? I knew Big Brother was watching but stamping sister too?? - LoL! Actually I spend a great deal of my life in pajamas and face mask so that was a good guess.

Thanks for sharing the lovely card and the cute furfaces. Night,night to you all feline and furless - Jean