Magic Mesh and Punches

I have quite a few cards I've done that use retired stamps and/or accessories that I've never posted. I'm going to go through them in the next few days and post those which I think show something interesting even though some of the stamps may be retired. This is one of them.

I saw this idea of using Magic Mesh and punches at the Stampin' Up! Convention several years ago. I still think it is a cool technique. For this card I used the retired By Definition background stamp and retired Daisy punch. The colors are Green Galore, Tempting Turquoise, and Lovely Lilac.

Happy Stamping!
Brycia

Christmas Spread in Real Red and Old Olive

I finished my Christmas spread in record time this year, due to my first scrapbook club meeting on January 6th. Gotta love those deadlines for pushing me into action! LOL!

This year I did a really simple page using Real Red as my base, with a strip of Old Olive Textured card stock at the bottom and a strip of striped paper from the (now retired) Dashing Designer Series papers. I did stamp "Celebrate" repeatedly in Real Red down both outer sides of each page, but it doesn't show up in the photo. I also stamped the "Celebrate" from
Celebrate Everything in Old Olive on the Old Olive Textured card stock. I used a few piece of Pewter hardware from the Hodgepodge Hardware set that I brightened up using a sanding block on both pages. The "Wii" W is from the Big Deal Alphabet and the i's are from Short Order Alphabet. "Love" and "Christmas" are both from
Fundamental Phrases.