OWL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS

Welcome to another Blog Challenge hosted by owner Julie at the Stencil Specialist.  The focus of this challenge is a beautiful owl and clock stamp from Stampendous entitled Owl Clock.

To enter this Blog Challenge you must be a resident of Australia and along with your comments, you must include the town in which you live in.  All comments are welcome and I would love to hear what you think about this beautiful new stamp.  Aussies have until midnight Friday, EST, to enter this hop and win the stamp!  Please see my version below and be sure and click on the links to see all samples of Owl Clock by Julie's Design Team. Stamping joys,  :-) Donna

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FALL IS IN THE AIR!

Good morning everyone.  i can’t quite believe I am finally saying this but, “Fall is in the air” and OMG it feels soooooo good!  To help celebrate our cooler weather, here are some adorable fall cards from our Design Team at Lasting Impressions.  Enjoy and happy Fall embossing.  🙂  Donna

This card was created by L.I. Design Team Member Barbara using L.I. Temp #L9538:

 This card is also by Barbara using L.I. Temp # L9540:

Another card by Barbara using L.I. Temp #L9538:

Last card by Barbara using L.I. Temps #L9533 and #L9676:

 

Donna's card using L.I. Temp #L9541:

Donna's card using L.I. Temp #L9677:

Donna's card using L.I. Temp #L9416:

Donna's last card using L.I. Temps #L9240 and S571:

Kaye's card using L.I. Temp #L9613:

JUST BECAUSE

Good afternoon everyone.  Kaye at Lasting Impressions had a class last week using L.I. Template #L9372, entitled “Just Because.”  Here is what the brass template looks like and here is what she created for her class:

I love the yellow and grey cardstock she used and the very clever layout. Don’t you just love polka-dots?  Then L.I. Design Team Member Barbara and I decided to add our two cents, “just because,” and came up with these two samples:

Barbara’s Just Because, L.I. Template #L9372.

Don’t you love the pink and orange colors and the clever way she used the sentiment.  Now here’s my version:

Donna’s Just Because, L.I. Template #L9372.

I used the Colored Impressons’ Software to print and emboss the “Just Because” wording and then left just enough space on the bottom of my card for the rest of the sentiment I wanted to add.  I embossed the “orange” image twice … once on orange cardstock and then a second time I cut out sections of the orange for the image done using Peach cardstock and layered the sections on top.  I used L.I. Template #L9790 for the leaves.  I hope you will give this very fun template a try and come up with your own version, just because!
Happy embossing, 🙂  Donna