Hi There!
Since I am new to paper crafting I have been doing a lot of experimenting and blog hopping and taking classes online.  So, I want to thank everyone for generously posting pictures and videos to help me on this exploration.  One of the classes I took was through online card classes by Jennifer McGuire. I loved this class, it taught me lots of techniques. Here is a picture of the canvas that I made from the class.  Each heart is a different technique.

One of my favorite techniques was on the second row in the middle.  Using the paper rosette die by Tim Holtz.  Using this technique lead me to make a couple of other projects.

For this card I used the Tim Holtz pinecone die but since it's not practical to mail a pinecone I replaced it with a paper rosette.  I used a rubber stamp by Hero Arts and colored it with pastel pencils.  Then I used Distress Inks for the edges. The brown herringbone background is paper from Little Yellow Bicycle.

For this mat I went a little crazy with the paper rosettes, but I just love them.  I made different sizes and layered some on top of each other and some I added a snowflake punch on top with a crystal or pearl embellishment. I used the Tim Holtz pinecone die again but didn't watch the video from his blog until after I made the pinecone.  But I highly recommend watching his video and I will do it his way next time.  The snowman is another Sizzix die Snowmen #2 and I also inked the edges of him with Distress Inks and around the inner edges of the mat.  I used paper from Little Yellow Bicycle, Winterings collection.

That's all for today!

Take Care
Lisa