Snow Buddies

Pin It Now! When I first saw the brand new stamp set called "Snow Buddies" in the new big catalog I knew I had to have him :) They're probably the cutest snowmen I've seen. Here's my project for today:

I inked up Mr. Snowman with StazOn & stamped him on the right-hand side of a piece of 3 1/4" x 4 1/2" watercolor paper. I then inked up the tree (also in StazOn) & stamped it on the left side. Using my markers (Lucky Limeade, Riding Hood Red, Basic Black, & Chocolate Chip) I colored in all the images EXCEPT the tree; I used a blender pen with the Lucky Limeade for that. I used the Lucky Limeade marker & inked up the sentiment & stamped it at the top. Before popping the panel up on dimensionals I used sticky strip &  layered a piece of 3 1/2" x 4 1/4" textured Chocolate Chip card stock onto a piece of 3 5/8" x 4 7/8" Lucky Limeade card stock. That entire panel was then popped up on dimensionals onto the Riding Hood Red card base. After I was finished my 4 year old was in the room so I showed him; he told me it didn't look like winter. Naturally I asked him "why?" He informed me that it didn't have snow so it wasn't winter. Well of course he was right ;) & so I grabbed my two-way glue pen & drew several snowflakes & added Dazzling Diamonds. I also added snow to the tree, snowman, & at the bottom. When I was done (again) my son was "very proud" because I fixed it ;)  Kids say the craziest things don't they....!?  But he was right; Mr. Snowman looks much better now with snow :)

Hope everyone is having a good week so far. Thanks for stopping by & enjoy the day :)

Possible Christmas Card?

Pin It Now! Over the past couple of weeks I've been working on a few different ideas for our own personal Christmas cards this year & I've even posted a couple on here. I thought about having 2-3 different designs & making several cards of each since it was hard for me to decide. Well when I showed my husband this card the first words out of his mouth were "Wow! Gorgeous!" Hmmm....perhaps HE just decided for me....?

To start with I ran a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of white card stock through the Big Shot using the new Snow Burst embossing folder (from the new Holiday Mini) then sprayed some Vanilla Shimmer smooch spritz over it. While this layer was drying, I took a piece of 3" x 3 1/2" white card stock & stamped the "star" image from the set "The Sounding Joy" (also from the new Mini) using Basic Gray classic ink. I inked up the sentiment using the Cherry Cobbler craft ink spot & stamped that directly over the "star". I embossed that with clear embossing powder then lightly sponged the edges with Basic Gray ink. Using sticky strip I adhered it to a 3 1/4" x 3 3/4" piece of Cherry Cobbler card stock then set this aside. Taking the large white layer I wrapped a piece of Cherry Cobbler quilted satin ribbon (also from the Mini) down the middle & adhered the ends on the back of the white piece with glue dots before securing the whole layer onto the black card base with sticky strip. The panel with the main image was popped up with dimensionals & then I added a bow with a glue dot.
The inside is dressed up a bit too but I can't share that part ;)

Once again this card wasn't difficult & came together rather quickly. I'm pretty sure this is the winner (well, 99% sure, anyway lol) I better hurry up & make up my mind so I can get to work; I would LOVE to have them all finished by the end of November. Lofty goal??? Hmmm....time will tell! :) 

Have YOU thought about your holiday cards? I'd love to help if you have questions or would like to place an order. Have a great week! :)

PPA111 - New Scketch Challenge

Pin It Now! We're enjoying another cooler day; it was over 90 degrees yesterday so it feels nice at barely 80 today :)  With the cooler weather I'm definitely thinking autumn so I created another card with an autumn theme. I used the new challenge at PPA & got to work:

I am waiting (patiently) for some goodies to arrive, namely a pack or two of the Spice Cake designer paper (among other things). I love the colors in it & can't wait to play with it; can you tell....? I just had to incorporate those colors into my project today :) The card base is Very Vanilla with a 1 1/4" x 4 1/4" piece of textured River Rock card stock on top. On the bottom portion is a 3 3/4" x 4 1/4" piece of Soft Suede designer series paper. The main image panel was created by inking up one of the leaves from the brand new set "Gently Falling"  with River Rock & randomly stamping it on a 2 3/4" vanilla square.I layered this onto a  slightly larger Soft Suede square & adhered it to the card base using sticky strip. On a separate piece of vanilla I stamped the bold image of the maple leaf with More Mustard & stamped the outline using Soft Suede. I used my paper snips to cut this out & popped it up on dimensionals. I took some twine & tied some in each of the More Mustard buttons (from the Regals designer buttons) & used some Crystal Effects to adhere them to the top of the card. To attach the Pool Party ribbon I cut a narrow slit on the spine of the card (my 4 year old is learning parts of a book at school so now everything folded he has to point out the spine) & used some sticky strip to adhere the ends to the inside of the card. Before I send this out I'll add a piece of designer paper or something to cover them up ;).

Another card that went together super quick & a fantastic sketch to work with. I've had a lot of fun challenging myself during the week & will be going back & creating some different cards with the sketches :)  Hope you'll be able to find some time to enjoy your weekend & maybe carve out some time to get creative too :)

New Sketch Challenge - FMS2

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Earlier this week I came across a new site for sketch challenges: Freshly Made Sketches. By the time I first saw it the deadline for their 1st challenge was already past so I decided to try their 2nd challenge:

Here's what popped into my head when I first saw it:

I immediately had an image of a spider on a wall so I turned the card. I cut a 5" square piece of designer series paper from the pack Frightful Sight & used sticky strip to adhere here it to the white card base (measures 10 1/2" x 5 1/4" before folding). I took a 4" square piece of black card stock & ran it through the Big Shot using the Spider Web embossing folder & then I spritzed on some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz before adhering it to the background with sticky strip. On a scratch piece of white card stock I stamped the spider image from the set "Kidoodles" using StazOn & used a blender pen & Basic Black, Old Olive, & Cajun Craze markers to color him in. The image was punch out using the 2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch & the edges were sponged with Old Olive ink. A second 2 3/8" Scallop Circle was made in Cajun Craze & they were off-set & layered together with sticky strip & popped up on dimensionals. I used a second scrap piece of designer paper from the same pack & adhered it to the card using sticky strip. I punched a Cajun Craze circle using the 1" Circle punch & layered the spider I created using the 1/4" circle punch; used sticky strip to adhere that directly on the card. 

This new sketch was fun to do & went together fast. I will tell you that after working with all the spiders on this particular card I was a bit itchy...  ;) Enjoy the rest of your week & hope you come back to check out what other projects I'll have for you.  :)