Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Dreamweaver/Stampendous/Core'dinations: SANDY Claus is Coming to Town - Day Two


SANDY Claus is Coming to Town!

Yes...SANDY Claus! All of this week, the Stampendous and Dreamweaver teams are playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from Core'dinations. Join us as we sand our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best...this time with a mix of fun Core'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. Here is what you might win:


Here's what I'm showing off today:

My card today is all about family. All the love and joy of having a large family together for the holidays...I miss that. Child-like wonder listening to Mom play Christmas carols on the piano, with Dad singing slightly off-key. Grandparents and cousins visiting from afar. My brother running around with a Santa hat on. A fire in the fireplace reflecting firelight off of the ornaments on the tree. And the yearly Christmas tradition of my brother and I decorating (and eating) gingerbread boys with my Gran, while wearing brand new Christmassy pajamas.


It was quite simple to conjure up those feelings again while playing with the Dreamweaver Ornate Tree...machine-embossed on Core-dinations signature cardstock, sanded, and ink-stenciled over the top  before adding the shine of Stampendous Clear Embossing Powder. The sentiment panel was a Dreamweaver Embossing Folder used with more Core paper, and sanded to reveal the old carol, and add a bit of aged love.

The final touch, the Stampendous Christmas Train stamped, colored a bit, and sanded before being cut out to wrap around the base of the tree with a sprinkle of Color Fragments for more texture, all layered and adhered on a aqua Core'dinations cardstock base.



Leave a comment for me, and head to the next on the list:

Dreamweaver:
Pam Hornschu* 
*On Stampendous team as well

Core'dinations:
(will not be posting on their company blog, but individual posts only)
Gini Cagle

Head on over to the Stampendous blog for links to their posts:


41 comments:

Unknown said...

Look forward to seeing more of your work, lovely:)

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Like how you created the train around the Christmas Tree scene look.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"

Pam said...

Love your gorgeous card! That train is fab.

Lynell Harlow / Dreamweaver Stencils said...

LOVE how you used a stencil to dry embossing with and the colorway (again) is FAB!

Kristine Reynolds said...

Love how you made the train come around the tree! So cute! And great color combo too!

Anonymous said...

A combination of so many great elements - the stamped train, cut and sanded, the tree and the embellishments, and the sentiment.
Beautiful card.
thanks for sharing.

Ina Good said...

love stamped train your sanding and colors.

Janis said...

The non-traditional colors are fabulous on your nostalgic card!!
<3 J

jwoolbright at gmail dot com
HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

Viki Banaszak said...

I LOVE your card. Not hard since they are my favorite colors ;P I love the tree with the pom pom ant the train is adorable. It all fits together perfectly.

Greta said...

Oh my goodness--amazing card! Love everything you did--great colors!

barbara macaskill said...

I love all the details on this card! The color palette is so soft and serene and the images are amazing!!! LOVE it! TFS!

Laura S Reading said...

What wonderful memories you have.
You did a beautiful job representing them in this card.

CraftyJo said...

So many things to look at on this card, it's lovely.

Janice K said...

Love the bright colours in this design and the ornate tree is gorgeous.x

Carolina Kathy said...

Love your colors and the card! It brings back memories when we could never get the train working for very long on Christmas Day!

Denise Bryant said...

Beautiful card! I love the sentiment banner and am excited to see the embossing folders from Dreamweavers! The tree stencil is gorgeous and such pretty Core papers. Pretty Christmas Train stamp!

Unknown said...

I love the colors! They really work well together!

jcobb said...

So pretty! Love the blues and greens!

jordanbev5@yahoo.com said...

Fabulous 3D effect of the train coming around the tree!! I just love how Core'dinations papers emboss and your card is beautiful using them! Great color combo especially!!

Teresa said...

Beautiful colour combo - really eye catching and vibrant xx

Miriam Prantner said...

What a wonderful scene you created! I love the train going around the tree!

Diane said...

Wonderful colors and another fabulous creation!!

Unknown said...

The sanded 'look' gives a great feel of nostalgia to the card.

Anonymous said...

The pom pom makes the tree look like a hat. Love it!

Yolanda said...

Gorgeous..I love all the details and the train is too cute.

Heather said...

very neat looking, looks like the train is coming right off the card. great share.

Robin B. said...

What a fabulous card! I really love the colors and the train, thanks for the inspiration.

craftymom205 said...

Love the card.

Julia said...

Gorgeous card, love the sanded sentiment.

Katie said...

This is wonderful! Love how the train goes around the stenciled tree. Awesome colors too. Great job! Thanks for sharing.

Katie B.

Joan V said...

Oooh, I love this card. Reminds me of my Christmas as a child and the train going around the tree. Just a lovely card with so many details.

Judy said...

Lovely card and the color combo is quite lovely. Thanks for sharing.

Sandi Lou said...

What a lovely card, the green and aqua are a perfect match.

Baroque duJour said...

Love this card, so dimensional and it feels like that train is whizzing around. Fab.

Stampendous said...

Oh love the color combination on this card and those Color Fragments around the train looks like it has magically appeared. Amazing talent!

Cindy Groh said...

I love that train stamp. Fabulous card.

Unknown said...

I love the tree idea with the pom pom!

Sue D said...

FAbulous color combo and love the train around the tree.
sue in Ohio

Unknown said...

Bright & Colorful!!!

Unknown said...

What FUN & AWESOME Cards!
PERFECT for The "H O L I D A Y S "!!!

Lieve said...

Your card represents an old style christmas-day ! Just superb !