The Faux Patina Technique has a lot of wow-factor and is simple to do. Some good card stock and embossing powder colour combinations for this technique are Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Fresh Fig, Tranquil Tide or Always Artichoke with Gold or Copper embossing powder. Basic Gray or Smoky Slate with Silver embossing powder should look good too. These dark, earthy colours definitely lend themselves to masculine cards, like this one, which is Tranquil Tide and copper...

Have you thought about your Christmas cards? Do you have some ideas? Well, to help you, I am very happy to announce that next week I will begin a 12 Weeks of Christmas email campaign.

Here's something a little different using the very versatile Painted Harvest stamp set. The sunflower from this set is not stamped in traditional yellows, but tone-on-tone using Early Espresso ink stamped onto Wood Textures Designer Series Paper. I really love how this turned out, especially how the sunflower looks like it's part of the wood grain...

Inspired by Painted Harvest Thank You Cards I made earlier this month, I created this coordinating gift box in the style of a Bakers Box or Milk Carton...

This sweet gift box was inspired by the decorated Mini Pizza Box photographed on page 4 of the Holiday Catalogue. The front has a 3" quilted square cut from the Quilted Christmas 6" x 6" Designer Series Paper, which is then framed and enhance with a coordinating Whisper White die-cut from the Quilt Builder Framelit Dies.

When we think of sunflowers, we think of brilliant yellow, and when it came to stamping the sunflower images from the gorgeous Painted Harvest set, my first cards were stamped in Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry. However, if you search for sunflower images, you will find that sunflowers come in some amazing, and unexpected, colours like burnt oranges and deep crimsons. So, after being inspired by these colour variations, this sweet card was stamped in Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango...

Last week I held Holiday Catalogue Launch Parties at my house, which included hands-on exploration of the new 2017 Holiday Catalogue products, creating two gorgeous projects, participating in games, winning prizes and more! Here's some glimpses from the event...

2017 Holiday Catalogue - click to view