Santa and his sleigh

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

 

Tree line stamp is from Memory Box. Moon mask is from Tim Holtz and the Santa in his sleigh is from Victorine Originals.  I used a snowflake stencil with Gina K glitx glitter gel on the card base.  

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration and the optional theme is snowy days.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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Ho Ho Ho

Hello. Playing in The Paper Players Santa challenge today.

Santa image is from Victorine Originals (no longer in business) and the background is a slimline stencil from Say it with Stamps/Photoplay.  I heat-embossed it in white on red cardstock and thought it looked fun with this Santa image. The Santa is stamped in versafine and then heat embossed in clear.

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Flower jar

Hi there. I really liked the sketch challenge that is currently over at MFT card challenges.  It went well with a NBUS image that I just got from Stamping Bella.

I got both the stamp and the die. It is stamped onto Neena solar white in 120lb and colored with Copic's. Small squares of foam tape used to pop it up off of the tag.

Tag die and stitched fishtail banner are from My Favorite Things. Sentiment is from Victorine Originals. Designer paper is Lasting Impressions.

White satin ribbon is colored with the same blue copic marker as the one around the jar.

Adding this into Darnell's NBUS challenge and the Tag You're it! challenge. That is it for today. Thanks for stopping in.

Joy

Hello all. In cleaning out my stamps I came across this little gem that I didn't know I had. Coincidentally, it works wonderful for the Addicted to CAS challenge of Joy this week.

I used Rustic white cardstock from PTI as the base of the card and the top layer.

The stamp is from Victorine Originals. I stamped it in Versamark ink and then heat set it with gold embossing powder. I also applied the gold embossing powder around the outside of the card base. I never have any luck using a ruler and the versamark pen to get an even border. What I did this time around is the direct to paper method with the pad and then added the powder. It's bigger than I need and wasted powder, but it at least I didn't get frustrated!

This stamp would be a good one to use to do some mass Christmas cards in a hurry. You can find the link to the stamp here.


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1000 post and some blog candy!

Hi everyone! I can't believe that this is my 1000 blog post! So, I think it's time to give away some blog candy!

But first, I've designed a sketch to celebrate! Here's the card I made for it.

I used the Wishing you set from Papertrey, Ink. Fresh ink from Impress in limeade and pink lemonade used to stamp the tulips. Sentiment is from Victorine Originals.  Vintage creme cardstock used for the base of the card. The die used is the rounded banner die from My Favorite Things, I also used the fishtail banner to cut out the sentiment.

Designer paper is from A*Muse Studio and the lime green cardstock is from Hot Off The Press. I had these tiny buttons in my eyelet/brad stash and thought they looked super cute on the sentiment panel! They are attached using glue dots.

So, here's the sketch.

So, to win the blog candy seen below (I'm sure I'll add a few more things to it) all you have to do is:

1. Leave a comment on this post.
2. Become a follower of my blog.

If you decide to play along with the sketch, you get entered in a second time!  Winner will be drawn randomly.

 Sketch entries:





Contest will close on 5/5/13. I look forward to seeing what you create with the sketch!

Thanks to those loyal readers of my blog! I appreciate you and the time you take to comment on my posts!

Water colored background

Hi all! I did a little playing around using some distress inks and some water color paper to see what kind of cool back grounds I could come up with.  This was done using weathered wood, scattered straw and a little bit of faded jeans. The original paper was about 4 x 5 and I decided to use my circle nestie to cut out the best of the water color effect.

Stamp is from Memory box and I used the MS punch to cut out a line of birds and then snipped one off to sit on the branch. 

Sentiment stamp is from Victorine Originals. Yellow paper is from Making Memories and the baby blue cardstock is from American Crafts. Black gingham ribbon is used to a bit of splash on the card.

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Santa

Hi everyone! Today's Christmas card is a very traditional one.

The Santa stamp is from Victorine Originals. I stamped him in Versamark and then used gold embossing powder and heat embossed.

The designer paper is from Memory Box and layered with Scarlett Jewel cardstock from PTI. I added some Burgundy ribbon from RABOM and called it good.

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Glad Tidings

Hi everyone! I've saved a lot of really cool Christmas cards from Pinterest to case this season. Here is one of them.

White cardstock is from PTI and embossed with the holly themed embossing folder from Cuttlebug. It's the 5 x 7 one. Labels 4 and one of the fancy tags are used to frame up the wonderful sprig of fir stamp from Victorine Originals. Sentiment stamp is from Verve.

I finally used some of the red velvet ribbon I've been hoarding! White pearls are from Kaisercraft. Copic's used to color the fir sprig.

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Buttons and Ribbon Challenge

Hi there! We have a buttons and ribbon challenge going on over at Victorine Originals.

Here is what I came up with.

Sentiment is from Victorine Originals. I've had these cupcake buttons in my stash and decided that it would be a fun focal point for this card and challenge.

I tied on a bit of scrappers floss to the green one after I colored it green with a Copic marker that matched the "frosting" on the cupcake.

Pink satin and organdy ribbon used for the challenge. Bow tied with the bow easy.

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to join us in the challenge for a chance to win free stamps! Here is the link!

Victorine Originals Challenge

Hi everyone! The challenge over at Victorine Originals blog this time is Happy Birthday or Happy Everything, won't you join in?

Here is what I came up with.

The owl is colored with copic's and I used some glossy accents on his eyes to make them stand out. This was a real CAS masculine card to make so that I can replenish my stash.

I also uploaded this card to SCS Saturday Inspiration challenge, too.


Supplies:
Stamps - Victorine Originals
Ivory Cardstock - Papertrey, Ink
Brown cardstock - American crafts and PTI
Kraft paper 
Polka dot DP is from my scrap pile
Memento Ink 

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May Flowers

Hi everyone! There is a challenge going on over at Victorine Originals called May flowers. Here is my take on it.

Flower stamp is from VO and I stamped it onto cream cardstock using the marker and huff method.  I added gold tiny self adhesive pearls that I got from M's to the center of each flower.

Vintage cream and linen cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink. The pinks and green are from Hot off the press.

Dies used:
Mat stack from PTI
Sentiment stamp is from PTI and the die used is from Verve
Tessatina border is from Memory box

The design team over at VO would love to see you participate in this bi-weekly challenge. You could be randomly drawn to win free stamps!! Who doesn't like free stamps?

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Moochas Gracias and pictures of Chloe!

Hi all! It's been a very trying weekend. First of all we brought Chloe home, then I came down with the flu late Saturday. Just now getting my energy back and it's Tuesday afternoon. This one hit me hard!

Here's a card that I made a while ago for a "anything goes challenge" over at Victorine Originals, but it appears that we have lost our DT leader. So, not sure if this challenge will go up or not over on the blog.


Just a quick, clean and simple card made with gray cardstock, some Copic markers and the half and half die from Papertrey, Ink. Designer paper is from my stash and unknown who made it. All stamps are from Victorine Originals.


As promised, here are a few shots of Chloe.

Noah and her have gotten off to a great start of being playmates! If they could play 24/7, I'm sure they would! A tired puppy is a happy puppy!

April Showers Challenge

Hi everyone! There's an April Showers challenge going on over at Victorine Originals Blog. Here's what I did with it.

Obviously nothing dramatic! Stamp is from VO and colored with Copic's. The gray designer paper is from Sizzix and the yellow card stock came out of my stash of scraps.

I added a bit of stardust sparkle to the lightening bolt but it really didn't pick up in the picture. Black rhinestones are from Kaisercraft.

The inside of this card reads "Feeling under the weather?" which is a part of the original stamp. I did a little bit of fussy cutting to separate the two so that I can use the sentiment by itself.

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VO color challenge

Hi everyone! the net challenge up over at Victorine Originals is a color combo. Use the following colors in your card or project. Green, white and/or Black. Here what I came up with.

Very much a clean and simple card that can be whipped up in no time. Vine stamp and sentiment are from VO.

The vine is stamped in a limeish green color in ink from Studio G. I have to tell you that those little $1.00 ink squares are awesome and worth more than a dollar in my mind. Sentiment is stamped in Jet Black Archival ink.

Green cardstock is from Bazzill. I rounded the corners off using the corner chomper from crop-a-dile. Black grosgrain ribbon is taped on behind the white panel then tied into a knot in front.

So, head on over to the Victorine stamps blog and enter your color combo creation for a change to win some great unmounted stamps.

Lace challenge

Hi everyone! There is a new challenge going on over at Victorine Originals blog. We want you to use lace on your card. Here's what I did....

Sentiment is from VO. Ivory cardstock used as the base for this card. I rounded the corners using my new corner chomper that I got for Christmas! Love this tool!

Burlap, lace and ivory ribbon added to the left side of the card. I really love the different textures that this provided visually for the card.

Gold self adhesive pearls used at the top and bottom of the sentiment.

Here's the stamps that you could win if you participate in the lace challenge.



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Valentine challenge

Hey everyone! We're having a Valentines challenge over at Victorine Originals stamp blog. Pop on over and participate and enter for a chance to win some new rubber!

Here's my card.

All stamps are from Victorine Originals. Chicken is colored with Copic markers. Circle nesties used to cut out the main image and the sentiment.

Designer paper is from Daisy D's that I've been hording for a long time! Gray cardstock is from DCWV, black used to layer. I added some self adhesive black pearls to the corner to anchor everything down.

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Monarch bird house inspiration

Hi everyone! I had a chance to play in the SCS inspiration challenge this morning. Here is what inspired me.

This can be found at the Charleston Gardens Home and Garden Collection web site. Here is what I came up with.

Butterfly stamps is from Victorine Originals and colored with Copic markers. The fern back ground on the bottom of the card was done using a few different fern stamps from The Angel Company. Studio G and Palette Jardin moss green inks used.

The fern dies were cut from Bazzill dark green cardstock with dies from Poppy Stamps. Sketch is from this weeks Mojo Monday!

What do you think?