Whippersnapper Snowman...

We started doing a Christmas class every month at the store and the response has been incredible! I think everyone likes the idea of getting a bunch of Christmas cards done throughout the year so that the holiday season is not so stressful.

This card is using a great snowman image from Whippersnapper Designs. The little bluebirds add a great dimension to the image. The Merry Christmas image is from a JustRite Stampers set. I stamped the image with VersaFine ink and colored it with watercolor pencils and a blender pen. Added a couple layers and used the Spellbinders Lacey Squares die. I love the lacey dies - and now we have ovals! I punched 4 snowflakes from a glitter cardstock and added them to the corners. Instead of pearls, I used a blue Viva Pearl Pen in the center of the snowflakes.

Hope you had an enjoyable weekend!

Jeannette

Pearl Dots! With a VIVA Pearl Pen...

The background piece on this card was created by doing a cross-hatch pattern with a Scor-Pal, then putting little pearl dots with a Viva Decor Cream Pearl Pen. This is a very economical way to get a great effect! The stamp is by Lockhart Stamp Company and is colored with Prismacolor pencils. A couple layers of Spellbinders circles, some nice ribbon by Midori and you have a great card!

VIVA Decor pearls...made from pens

Several of you have asked me about the "pearl pens" from Viva Decor and if I would be carrying them in the store. I had remembered seeing this company at the winter CHA show in Anaheim, but did not see anything done there that really applied to stamping at the time. Then someone apparently got a hold of some of their products and discovered the WONDERFUL "pearl pens" and how you can make paint pearls with them that are amazing! The trickiest thing with these pens is that you can currently only get them direct from the manufacturer. They are at this CHA show and I stopped by the booth yesterday to check them out and get ordering information. In the picture, I took 2 products - the "Paper Pen," which seems to be a pearl pen made more for paper products and one of the "Glass Effect Gel" and made little "pearls" on a piece of white cardstock. The Glass Effect Gel pieces are red in the picture and they make glossy little beads. As you can see, they made wonderful little "pearls" that you can add to anything. They dry in 15-20 minutes or so and don't leave the little peaks that we have seen with other products. They level right down to a perfect little bead and dry that way. I intentionally made beads of different sizes to see how easy it was to control the size and it was pretty simple. I am placing an order today and cannot wait to get them into the store. They come in a wide range of pearly colors and metallic colors.