Good morning everyone! Are you glad it's Friday? And Black Friday, too!! I don't do Black Friday anymore. Too much stress for me! If I had it my way, I would have my Christmas shopping done already - lol! But it never works out that way. I am glad it's Friday because Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new sketch for you! This week's sketch was created by Jennifer Weide! Take a look!
A super simple and clean sketch! Just what we all need around the holidays! And here is what I created!
Doesn't get much easier than this! I stamped the greeting from Greetings of the Season in Cherry Cobbler onto a Very Vanilla card base. Then I adhered a strip of designer paper from the Festival of Prints pack with the end flagged. I stamped the ornament from Delightful Decorations in Cherry Cobbler and punched it out with the ornament punch. On the back, I taped a bit of linen thread to create a hanger. This ornament is then popped up onto the card. Then I stamped the center piece in Old Olive and punched it out with the 3/4" circle punch. I popped this up onto the card and added a rhinestone. You might notice, too, that I did flip the sketch.
Be sure to visit the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog to see what the other designers created using this fabulous sketch! And I hope that you will find time to create along with us! We love it when you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delightful Decorations, Greetings of the Season; Paper- Very Vanilla, Festival of Prints designer paper; Ink- Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive; Accessories- linen thread, ornament punch, 3/4" circle punch, rhinestone, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Welcome to another great challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with color! Take a look at these fantastic colors!
Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette and Baja Breeze. So pretty!! They don't look like fall colors but I thought they could work for Christmas. So that is the direction I went. Take a look...
I thought these colors would look great with the mitten set but I don't own that one so I went in the direction of a Christmas ornament. I found my Delightful Decorations set and used it to stamp the ornament in Pink Pirouette onto Whisper White and then I punched it out with the ornament punch. Then I stamped the center part in Cherry Cobbler and punched it out with the 3/4" circle punch. This is popped up onto the ornament with a rhinestone in the star center. On the back of the ornament I added some linen thread for a "hanger". The ornament is then popped up onto a snowflake that I die cut out of Baja Breeze card stock with the Snow Flurry die. The snowflake is then popped up onto a Whisper White panel that is layered onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler. This panel is then popped up onto a card base of Whisper White. Lots of popping up - lol!!
Be sure to go look at what the other fabulous designers have done with these colors! Then I hope you will be able to play along with us this week! Use these fabulous colors and your Stampin' Up! supplies to create a project! Then upload it to the Create with Connie and Mary site so that we can all take a look! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delightful Decorations; Paper- Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler; Ink- Pink Pirouette, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Snow Flurry die, ornament punch, 3/4" circle punch, linen thread, rhinestone, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! It was pretty tough for me to get up this morning! I hope I can wake up so that I can get everything done that needs to get done. Yesterday we all went to get our flu shots. We have never had one before. This year we just felt like we should get one. So here's hoping we don't get the flu this year!
Today's card was one that I made thinking I might do it for the workshop I had last week. It's not my favorite but I do like the simple monochromatic look. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delightful Decorations, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke; Ink- Always Artichoke; Accessories- linen thread, pearl, ornament punch, corner rounder, piercer, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you all are ready for a fantastic weekend! I can't believe how fast time is going but I seem to be saying that more and more (must mean that I am getting old). My son, on the other hand, can't wait for time to fly! His birthday is next Saturday and he is SO looking forward to it! Poor guy doesn't realize that we have not done any birthday shopping - lol! Guess that will be my priority next week! I have a demonstrator meeting later today and I have lots to do to get ready so I guess I better move on to the card...
I had a workshop this past week and we made this card. It is a SUPER simple card but I think it packs a nice punch. I love the monochromatic with a pop of color with the ribbon. Of course I had to add a little rhinestone for some bling! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delightful Decorations, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Whisper White, Garden Green; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, rhinestones, ornament punch, dimensionals
Good Friday morning everyone! So glad it's finally Friday!! Nick doesn't have school today so I will be sleeping in!! Ahhh!! Time for another great sketch challenge at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is brought to us by Tammy Baldwin. Take a look!
And here is what I came up with!
Because the sketch had stars on it, I wanted to use stars so badly! But I just couldn't make it work. So I moved on to something else. Don't know if I am completely happy with this but it's not horrible. I used the Delightful Decorations and the Grateful Greetings stamp sets. I stamped the ornament in More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive on Very Vanilla card stock. I punched out the ornaments with the coordinating punch. Each ornament has a gold brad and the Cherry Cobbler ornament as Very Vanilla taffeta wrapped around it. The card base is Old Olive with a strip of Cherry Cobbler. Then I cut a square piece of More Mustard and stamped the sparkle stamp in More Mustard and then sponged the edges. Then I took the piece and sent it through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. This piece gets glued to the card. On the card base in the lower right hand corner I stamped the greeting in Old Olive. The More Mustard and the Old Olive ornaments are glued flat and the Cherry Cobbler ornament is popped up.
Please be sure to continue through this blog tour by clicking 'here' to go to Jennifer's blog to see how she used this sketch. I do hope you will play along with us this week. Be sure to upload your project to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so we can all take a look! We always love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delightful Decorations, Grateful Greetings; Paper- Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Very Vanilla; Ink- More Mustard, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Very Vanilla narrow taffeta ribbon, gold brads, ornament punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, sponge, dimensionals
Hello everyone! Welcome to another fabulous Control Freaks blog tour! You probably have just came from the wonderfully talented, Gretchen Barron. I always love her work! She never disappoints! But, however you got here, welcome! This month the freaks will be showing off some fabulous projects! Some of the freaks went to convention and will be showing off their fabulous swap cards, while others of us (like me) stayed home and will be showing you some Christmas ideas. Can you believe that we are thinking about Christmas already? Where does the time go? Anyway, it will be here before we know it. So it is never too early to start on those Christmas cards and projects. I hope that you get some really fabulous ideas! By the way, if you are seeing this before the 20th, please note that some of the links may not be working. So be sure to stop back by on the 20th to go through the tour without any hiccups!
For my first project, I made some Christmas ornaments! These little paper ornaments are also in the catalog and that's where I got the idea. I haven't tried this before and they looked so cute and easy! And they are!! I can just imagine a little tree decorated with these ornaments in coordinating colors. Or make them all the same! I used the Delightful Decorations stamp set and coordinating punch. I got my color scheme from the designer paper Letters From Santa. I don't have the paper but that's where I got the inspiration. What do you think?
For my next Christmas project I made a Christmas card. What is Christmas without Christmas cards? I used the Season of Joy stamp set for this card. I also used the layout at Clean&Simple. It might just become my Christmas card for this year!! The color scheme for this one comes from the Deck the Halls designer fabric. I love these colors for Christmas!
Well, there you have it! I hope that you are inspired to get started on some great Christmas projects! Be sure to click on the button below to go to the awesome, Mary Brown's blog. She is sure to wow us all! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Ornament Recipe: Stamps- Delightful Decorations; Paper- Whisper White, Marina Mist; Ink- Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive; Accessories- Whisper White grosgrain, itty bitty shapes punch pack, ornament punch, basic rhinestones
Card Recipe: Stamps- Season of Joy; Paper- Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla; Ink- Early Espresso, Always Artichoke; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, dotted scallop ribbon punch, basic rhinestones, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, dimesionals
