Good morning everyone! And Merry Christmas to you all! I didn't get Christmas cards sent out this year so this is my card to everyone. Maybe next year - lol! I pray that you all find peace this coming year. And God bless you all! Thank you so much for visiting and reading my blog and leaving comments. They have all meant so much to me! Have a wonderful day!
For my card, I started with a card base of Concord Crush (haven't used this color in quite a while). Then I adhered a piece of Very Vanilla. Then I cut another piece of Concord Crush and stamped the Medallion stamp on it with VersaMark. I put clear embossing powder on it and embossed it. Then I cut a piece of Very Vanilla card stock and cut a circle using the circles #2 die and stamped the word 'peace' from Four the Holidays stamp set in Concord Crush. Then I used the Movers and Shapers/Holiday Windows die to cut the dove from the beautiful silver glimmer paper. I popped this up onto the card and added a few random rhinestones. I thought this would be perfect for my final Christmas card of the season! Thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful Christmas!!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Four the Holidays, Medallion; Paper- Concord Crush, Very Vanilla, silver glimmer; Ink- VersaMark, Concord Crush; Accessories- circles #2 die, movers and shapers/holiday windows die, clear emboss powder, dimensionals
Good Friday morning everyone! I hope you are ready for another sketch challenge from Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is from Patrice Herrera. Take a look!
And here is how it inspired me.
My card base is Cherry Cobbler with a piece of Crumb Cake layered on top. Then I took a piece of Marina mist and ran it through the Big Shot a couple of times - first with the scallop circles #2 die and then with the Snow Burst embossing folder. I popped this up on the card. Then I punched a stocking with the stocking builder punch from the Frostwood Lodge designer paper. I punched another stocking from Whisper White card stock. I took the Whisper White pieces and layered them on the designer stocking and then popped it up on the scallop circle. Then I used some Cherry Cobbler baker's twine and tied two mini jingle bells together and glued them to the stocking. The last thing I did was to stamp the greeting in Early Espresso at the bottom. Pretty easy!!
Please click 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. And keep clicking your way through the tour to get inspired! I do hope you will play along with us this week and upload your creation to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all take a look! We love to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Four the Holidays; Paper- Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Marina Mist, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso; Accessories- Snow Burst embossing folder, stocking builder punch, scallop circles #2 die, Cherry Cobbler baker's twine, mini jingle bells, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Are you glad it's the weekend? It was so nice to sleep in. And I could have stayed in bed for a long time as the weather has taken a turn for the bad! It is breezy and rainy and later it is supposed to snow - even here in the valleys! Yuck! Why does it have to be so early? And my poor husband will be working in it all day today. Hmmm... Maybe I will fix something hot and comforting for dinner tonight!! I also feel a head cold coming on. I would really like to nip that! No soccer game today, so I don't have to worry about getting cold and wet! We will see if the team we are supposed to play tomorrow comes over the mountains.
Lately I have been inspired by cards and projects I see on the Hero Arts blog. And I decided to make a few of them using Stampin' Up! products. So they had a card that used a doily stamp for a wreath. I thought, how clever! So I pulled out my doily stamps and made a wreath, too! I stamped the doily stamp (from Delicate Doilies) onto Crumb Cake with Always Artichoke ink. Then I punced out the center with the 1 1/4" circle punch and then cut around it. Then I sponged some Always Artichoke ink around the edges to make it a little more green (I also sponged some ink on the inside of the wreath). Then I tied a bow with Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon and adhered it to the top of the wreath. The wreath is popped up onto a square of Crumb Cake which is adhered to a square of Cherry Cobbler which is then popped up onto a card base of Crumb Cake. I stamped the greeting in Crumb Cake and rounded the bottom corners of my card base. The final thing I did was to add the "berries" to the wreath. I used by sharpie pen and colored a few rhinestones before adhering them to the wreath. All in all a pretty simple card! Thanks for stopping by and have a most wonderful day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Four the Holidays, Delicate Doilies; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler; Ink- Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake; Accessories- Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, rhinestones, 1 1/4" circle punch, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! How's your week going so far? I hope you are ready for a super great color challenge from the wonderful ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! Take a look!
I love these colors together - Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, and Rich Razzleberry! And I knew pretty quickly that I wanted to use them for a wintry Christmas card. Here is what I came up with:
This card is so super simple that I almost feel guilty - lol! My card base is textured Rich Razzleberry. I ran a piece of Island Indigo through the Big Shot with the Snowflakes embossing folder and lightly sponged Whisper White craft ink over it to highlight the snowflakes. This piece is glued to a piece of Baja Breeze and then that panel is popped up onto the card base. Then I took a strip of silver glimmer paper (LOVE this stuff) and ran it through the Big Shot with the Northern Frost decorative strip die and cut a strip of snowflakes. I used two of them - the top snowflake has a glimmer brad and is popped up onto the second snowflake which is glued to the card. The greeting, from Four the Holidays, is stamped in Island Indigo onto a Baja Breeze strip. I flagged the end and glued it to the card. Easy!!
So I hope that you are inspired to play along with the rest of the team at Create with Connie and Mary! We always love to see what you do! Have fun with these colors! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Four the Holidays; Paper- Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Silver glimmer paper; Ink- Island Indigo, Whisper White craft; Accessories- Snowflakes embossing folder, Northern Frost decorative strip, glimmer brad, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! What a glorious day! It's the weekend! We were able to sleep in a little and I will be getting together with some girlfriends that I haven't seen in quite a while! It will be a great afternoon! Nick got his project done last night and I am so proud of him! With the quarter coming to an end, it is crunch time! He has one other project that we will be looking at this weekend but he is working hard!
Today's card is another that I did for my workshop on Monday. It's a shaker card!! I had bought the shaker frames and mica flakes from the Holiday mini catalog when it first came out but hadn't used them yet. The card turned out to be pretty easy! I started with a card base of Whisper White and added a piece of Pool Party. Then I cut a 3" square piece of Pool Party and embossed snowflakes from the Serene Snowflakes set in White emboss powder. Then I took the largest shaker frame and peeled it off the backing and put it on the 3" square piece to frame the snowflake I wanted. Then I cut the excess card stock away from the frame (basically, I cut right around the frame). Then I carefully added a bit of the mica flakes (don't need much). This is set aside for a minute while I worked on the top part of my card. I took a piece of Whisper White and stamped the greeting from Four the Holidays in Pool Party on the left hand side. I glued the Pool Party designer paper right under it and then took my 1 3/4" circle punch and punched a circle that was close to my greeting. Then I took my ribbon and wrapped it through the circle and tied a knot. I took my window sheet (I cut mine in a 3" square to make sure it was big enough) and glued it behind the Whisper White piece. Before I put my top piece down, I had to add dimensionals to each corner. The problem was that the dimensionals weren't thick enough so I layered them - two on top of each other. Then I carefully removed the backing of the shaker frame to make it sticky on top and laid my top piece right over it. And that's how I got my shaker card! I think the gals really liked this one! Very fun! I hope this will help you in making some shaker cards. There are many other ways to do this, too. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Snowflakes, Four the Holidays; Paper- Whisper White, Pool Party, In Color designer paper stack, Window Sheets; Ink- Pool Party, VersaMark; Accessories- Pool Party ruffled ribbon, white emboss powder, 1 3/4" circle punch, mica flakes, shaker frames, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! It's time for another great Thursday challenge from the team at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they are challenging us with a sketch! Check it out!
I love this sketch! In fact I had so many ideas going through my head that I had a hard time trying to decide what to do! But I did finally settled on this:
I had gotten this stocking punch quite some time ago but hadn't used it so I thought it was time to get it out and get creative! I started with a card base of textured Marina Mist and added strips of various widths and lengths from the Frostwood Lodge designer paper. The greeting from Four the Holidays is stamped toward the bottom in Marina Mist. Then I took a piece of Cherry Cobbler and ran it through the Big Shot with the ovals die and glued that to a piece of Whisper White. This is popped up on the card. The main part of the stocking is punched from Marina Mist and the pieces are punched from the Frostwood Lodge designer paper. I glued the pieces down onto the stocking. Then I took the mini jingle bells and threaded three of them onto a piece of white baker's twine and adhered them to the stocking. Aren't they cute!! I also added a little loop with the white baker's twine. I popped the stocking up on the oval and added two rhinestones to the bottom right hand corner. Pretty simple!
Be sure to check out the rest of the super talented design team and their projects and the Create with Connie and Mary site! Then create your own project using the sketch provided. We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Four the Holidays; Paper- Marina Mist, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Frostwood Lodge designer paper; Ink- Marina Mist; Accessories- ovals die, stocking builder punch, white baker's twine, mini jingle bells, basic rhinestones, dimensionals
