Season's Greetings

Hi everyone! Just got this new die set from Savvy stamps and had to give it a try!

I used a recent MFT sketch that caught my eye but didn't see it in time to link it up. 

I really fell in love with this pine branch and thought it would work well for either Christmas or a masculine design.  Tag die is from PTI as is the sentiment.

The white and red were cut with a stax die from My Favorite Things that is now retired. Red pearls are from Kaisercraft.

The designer paper is from my Christmas paper stash. I think it might be old Stampin Up! paper, but not 100% sure. I have a 12 x 12 paper box just full of Christmas stuff and most of it is loose, so I have no idea sometimes who made what.

Still at the beach enjoying some down time! Thanks for stopping by!

Congrats

Hello! Scheduling this post to appear while I'm enjoying the sand and the surf at the beach. Happy Labor Day!

Here is a very clean and simple card that is done using a blueprints 14 die set from My Favorite Things. I even used one of the sketches that you get with the purchase of this set.

Congrats sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. called wet paint III and it is stamped in Versafine ink.

Designer paper is from Lasting Impressions from the central park 6 x 6 paper pack. I just love those smaller paper packs - just enough DP not to have it coming out your ears!

A little bakers twine is tied onto the button cut out.

That's it - easy peasy! Thanks for stopping in!

Thanks a lot

Hi everyone! I had a few minutes yesterday afternoon and decided to play around with the following sketch and color combo from Crazy 4 Challenges.

The colors were really hard to match with just the right cardstock. It was a lesson in compromise, that's for sure. 

I die cut the flowers from cream cardstock and then colored them with a R81 and added strokes of highlights using R83 Copic's. Leaf die is from Memory Box.

All of the other dies are from MFT except the stitched scalloped border which is from Pretty Pink Posh and comes with three stitched borders in the pack. You can see it here.

Sentiment is from Verve. I added some stenciling onto the aqua banner using a stencil from Memory Box. I did end up adding some white embossing powder and heat setting it so that it would stand out. Then I added some graph detail using a background stamp from MFT.

OK, that's it for the day! We are off to the Beach!
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Winter scene

Hello! I made this for the sketch challenge going on over at CAS colors and sketches, you can find the link here.

Instead of using the oval as the focus point I went with the tree. Which is stamped on vellum and then heat embossed with white embossing powder. I just fussy cut it out and popped it using foam tape. Stamp is from Stamps by Judith.

The border die is from Frantic Stampers. I added foam tape onto the back of this so that it stands out a bit from the snow scene. The snow flying around is done using versamark, white embossing powder and an old stamp from The Angel Company.  Sentiment is from PTI.

I'm not sure I'm liking my choice of cardstock for the base. It's a blue gray and if I do this again, I think I'll go with a truer blue.

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Wishing you

Hi all! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. I departed from it just a bit which is unusual for me.

The mesh is a die from Cherry Lynn Designs. I cut two of them and then overlapped them to create the rectangle. Green scalloped border and flower dies are from My Favorite Things.

Added a black button from American Crafts and then tied a bow using ivory bakers twine. Black pearls added on for interest.

Sentiment is from Papetrey, Ink.

Adding thins to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. This week its anything goes.

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Let's chill

Hey everyone! Whipped this card up this evening to play along with the Paper Smooches Sparks sketch challenge. Here is the link to the blog challenge and sketch.

This is the second card I made for this challenge because the first one was pretty ugly! I like how this one a lot better!

Stamps are of course from Paper Smooches. Mr. Snowman is colored with Copic's. I added some tiny red self adhesive red pearls for his buttons. 

Using the EK Success snowflake punch I punched out one white snowflake and added some distress rock candy glitter to it. The second snowflake used a die and some metallic green cardstock. Both are popped up using foam tape.

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping in!

Bokeh technique thank you

Hi everyone! I had a chance yesterday to play around with the new technique that is being featured over on The Friday Mashup! It's called Bokeh and you can find the video here. I used this weeks sketch over at Less is More to put it all together.

Regular water color paints and water color paper used to create the background. I ended up making my own circle stencil (even though I have about 3) using some acetate and circle nesties. I spread out the circles on the acetate so that it would be easier to use the dauber and white craft ink. The stencils that I have are all polka dot and I would have had to mask way too many of them. It was just way easier to create my own.

Sentiment is from Wplus9. Ended up adding some black splotches onto this using the Tim Holtz marker spritzer tool. To get the bottom tag to stand out, I sponged some thistle colored ink around the edges. Die is from MFT and I used a rectangle nestie to cut and emboss the main image.

Well, that is it for today. I desperately need to clean up my craft area. Talk about clutter! Ugh!