Good morning, Friends! Are you having a great week so far? The weather has been so unusually warm around here that it just doesn't feel like Christmas is so close! And that looks to be the trend through December! Wow! It's also kind of scary as we really need the moisture! I sure do hope that we get something. I keep playing Christmas music to remind me that it really is coming and I need to keep plugging along with my Christmas lists, shopping and making - lol! And it looks like I need to do a little stamping as this is my last card in my stash! The laundry also needs to be taken care of, too. Guess my day is planned out - lol!
Today's card was inspired by the sketch from Freshly Made. This is an older sketch and I made this card for a swap that I participated in earlier this month. Love the clean and simple look but the cutting and coloring were anything but simple! I would not plan on mass producing this one!! For a small swap it was fine. I punched a piece of Gumball Green with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and adhered this to a piece of Very Vanilla. The top corners of the Very Vanilla were rounded with a 1" circle punch. Then I stamped the sentiment from Bells & Boughs in black StazOn. I tied a piece of Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon around it. This panel is adhered to a piece of Cherry Cobbler that was run through the Big Shot using the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. This is then popped up onto the card base of Crumb Cake. I stamped the image in black StazOn onto a scrap of Very Vanilla and colored it using the Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler markers. Then I carefully cut it out and popped it up onto the card. Lastly, I added a rhinestone to the greeting. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells & Boughs; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Gumball Green; Ink- black StazOn, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, dotted ribbon scallop punch, rhinestone, 1" circle punch, dimensionals
Good Friday morning! Time for another challenge from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team! This week's sketch comes to us from Tammy Fite. Take a look!
Great sketch! So many possibilities! It was hard to narrow down what I wanted to do but here is what I finally came up with!
Yes, I made a Christmas card. I wasn't going to but there was just something calling me toward Christmas. So I pulled out the Bells and Boughs set and went to work. I wrapped three pieces of Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon around a piece of Gumball Green card stock. Then I stamped the bough in black StazOn onto Very Vanilla and colored it with Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler markers and cut it out. I popped it up onto a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered this to a piece of Cherry Cobbler. This panel is popped up onto the card and stamped the sentiment in black StazOn below it and added a rhinestone.
Continue on the tour by clicking 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. Be sure to take the entire tour to get inspiration from each designer's creation. I hope that you will be able to find some time to play along with us! Be sure to upload your creation to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells and Boughs; Paper- Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla; Ink- black StazOn, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, rhinestones, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Brrrr!!!! Baby it's cold outside! And in the house!! I think the temperature got down close to zero last night. So the fire feels really good right now! Thankfully, I put the flannel sheets on yesterday, too, so I slept really good! But I wanted to stay under the blankets a lot longer than I could. I was able to get a lot of stamping done yesterday and I am hoping to do the same today. I do need to start thinking about getting some Christmas presents done, too. The time is just flying by!!
Today's card was inspired by an older sketch at Stamping 411. It kind of looks like another one that I did a while ago but I did use different colors on this one. I rather like the way it turned out, too! My card base is Crumb Cake. The squares start with Early Espresso and then a piece from the Frostwood Lodge designer paper that was cut with the Scallop Squares duo die and then a piece of Whisper White. On the Whisper White piece I stamped the greeting from Bells and Boughs in Early Espresso. Then I wrapped a piece of Cherry Cobbler baker's twine around the squares and tied on some mini jingle bells. I love those little jingle bells!! Then I popped them up on the card. On a scrap piece of Whisper White, I stamped the holly in black StazOn and colored it in with Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler markers. Then I cut it out and popped it up, too. And there you have it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells and Boughs; Paper- Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, mini jingle bells, Scallop Squares duo die, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Here we are at another week. Lots to get done this week as we prepare to leave on Saturday. Today will be laundry day! And a big laundry day it will be! But that's o.k. as it allows me to stamp in between loads. And I do have a lot of stamping to get done as well.
Today's card was inspired by a few I found while blurfing. I was glad to use this stamp from Bells & Boughs. This particular stamp doesn't get much use so I wanted to see what I could do with it. I rather like the way it turned out! I used my blender pen and stamp pads. Pretty simple but can take a little time with the coloring. And I love the pop of color with the Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells & Boughs; Paper- Crumb Cake; Ink- black StazOn, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, pearls, corner rounder, blender pen, sponge, dimensionals
Good Friday morning everyone! Time for another wonderful sketch challenge at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is brought to us by Angela Walters. Take a look!
A sketch with so many possibilities! But this is what I came up with!
I am quite pleased with this one! I did end up flipping the sketch to make it more balanced. For this card I started with a card base of Whisper White. Then I took another piece of Whisper White and ran it through the Big Shot with the Snow Burst embossing folder and glued it to a piece of Cherry Cobbler. To this panel I added a strip of Cherry Cobbler that I punched with the scallop edge border punch and wrapped a piece of Cherry Cobbler quilted satin ribbon around it. Then I popped up this panel onto the card base. My focal point is a piece of Garden Green card stock that was cut with the scallop squares duo die. I stamped the image from Bells & Boughs onto a scrap piece with black StazOn and colored it with Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler markers and then cut it out. It is popped up onto a piece of Whisper White with the greeting (from the same set) stamped in Cherry Cobbler. This is glued to the Garden Green scallop square that is popped up onto the card.
Please click 'here' to go to Jennifer's blog and see what she did with this sketch! Continue to click through the tour to get more inspiration and then I hope you will find some time to play along with us this week! Make your creation using this sketch and upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells & Boughs; Paper- Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green; Ink- Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, scallop edge border punch, snow burst embossing folder, scallop squares duo die, dimensionals
