Circle Greeting Tags

Hi friends!  Over the weekend I was making tags, tags, and more tags!  I'm going to be posting them for the next four days!  I did lots!

 

Here are the first ones I did.  I was on Pinterest and saw quite a few tags I loved, so I created a board which you can see here.  I realized I had these circle dies and was able to case one of the tags I pinned.  I die cut the tags from white and red cardstock, then die cut the circle words from the white one and layered onto the red.  The jingle bells were added to the ribbon with bakers twine.  The "to/from" was intended to be on an angle, but I think it's a little too angled!  LOL! 

 

That's it for today!  I'll be back tomorrow with more!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  2008 Holiday Tag Collection (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, real red

Ink:  Versafine onyx black

Accessories:  Tag sale #8 die (PTI), Impression Obsession circle greeting cutout dies, bells, ribbon, baker's twine





Watercolored Numbers

Happy December folks!  Can you believe it's this time of the year already? 

 

My friend Cheryl bought me a Penny Black die a while back, and the other day she sent me a pin of a card from Pinterest using this die that I was inspired by so I got cracking!

 

I started with watercolor paper and distress inks in three colors.  Then I die cut the numbers from that paper.  I color blocked the background with similar colors.  The die was adhered with (many!) black dimensionals onto the black cardstock then that was adhered to the front.  A simple sentiment was all this needed I believe.  The hardest part of making this card?  Pulling off the backings on all those dimensionals!  LOL!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Quilled Elegance (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, black, barely banana, lavender moon, cool carribbean, Tim Holtz watercolor

Ink:  Squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, and peacock feathers distress inks, Versafine onyx black

Accessories:  By the numbers die (Penny Black), dimensionals





Christmas Card Challenge #53 - Anything Goes

I have another "Anything Goes" challenge today.  This one is from the Christmas Card Challenge.

 

I purchased this stamp last year at a stamp show and finally had a chance to use it!  It's so simple to stamp but makes such a statement (in my opinion!).  I stamped it in white pigment ink and embossed it in white embossing powder.  I added some white pearls to the center, bake it with some white cardstock, and adhered it to a red base.  It's a smaller size card (I think 4.25 x 3.75).



I decided to finish the inside, something I don't generally do but really should.

 

You can see more inspiration on the Christmas Card Challenge blog and these blogs.

 

Alanna

Donna

Heather

Karen

Margo

Marsha

Monica

Wendi

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Poinsettia (Just For for Fun), Merry Greetings (Mama Elephant)

Paper:  Recollections white, real red

Ink:  Snowcap white, real red

Accessories:  White embossing powder, pearls





Just Us Girls #269 - Anything Goes

OK crafters...Vicki has done it! She's issued an "anything goes" for our Just Us Girls challenge this week!  It's our wild card week and so there you have it.  You can make anything you'd like and enter it in our challenge this week.

 

I just got this quilt cover up plate from MFT because I just loved what I the MFT DT did with it during their release week.  I just had to have it and I'm glad I got it.  I chose three pattern papers from a paper pack to create my pattern.  I went with a light color, a print, and a stripe.  I die cut the plate from those papers as well as from vintage cream.  That served as my outline.  I backed it with some typing paper and covered it with adhesive.  Then I just went about placing pieces into the open spaces.  Then I added the snowflake to the center.  In the center of the snowflake, I added some star dust stickles for some sparkle.  The sentiment was stamped in red on a folded banner and added with dimensionals.  I just love this card!

When I was done, I still had lots of left over pieces, so I cut another outline from vintage cream and created another one!  It's a little different, but still the same.



You can see more from the design team and our guest designer on these blogs.

 

JUGs blog

Cheryl Rowley

Chris Dring

Ina Grehan

Maria Levine

Nancy Leppek

Sharyn Polesel

Sue VanDeVusse

Vicki Dutcher

Tajanna, November Guest Designer

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Love Lies Here Holiday (PTI)

Paper:  Vintage cream, riding hood red, Jingle dp (Lilybee Design)

Ink:  Riding hood red

Accessories:  Quilt square coverup plate (MFT), Let it snowflake (MFT), Folded banner (SSS), star dust stickles, dimensionals





Freshly Made Sketches #164

I'm popping in today quickly cause I'm off to lunch with some of my best girl friends.  I've had this stamp on my table for a week or so and I just had to color it up!  I bought it at a stamp show two summers ago.  It's such a beautiful image!  I colored it with copic markers following the picture on the package.  I took the Online Classes Copic Coloring for Card Makers and they provided a list of their favorite color combos.  That has really helped me with my coloring!  I added Wink of Stella shimmer to the halos (hard to see) and the gold panel was embossed because I didn't have any gold paper left!  The sentiment was also gold embossed.  I think this image is going to be colored and used for family cards this Christmas! 

 

I followed the current Freshly Made Sketches for my layout.  Many ways to use this great sketch!

 

I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving with family and friends!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Stained Glass Nativity (Frog's Whiskers Ink), Nativity Silhouette (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versamark

Copics:  Background:  Y21, Y19, YR24; Blue:  BG01, BG05, BG09; Red:  RV23, RV25, RV29; Faces: E50, E51, R20; Basket: E00, E21, E23; Halo:  Y11, Y15, Y19

Accessories:  Gold ep, gold ribbon, Wink of Stella



Happy Thanksgiving and The Cutting Edge Challenge #15

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends in the United States!  I hope you have a great day with family and friends!

 

Today I'm playing in the final Cutting Edge challenge.  I've played in maybe one or two of these challenges before and I'm sorry to see them shut down.  I fell in love with this card.

 

I used a stitched diagonal die to die cut the pattern paper and the red and green papers.  I cut the red and green in half (allowing me to do another card below!).   I stamped the sentiment and the holly and berries in the corner and added some star dust stickles on them.

Since I had the halves of the green and red papers, I made another card.  I thought this design would make nice thank you cards.  I like to have some on hand to give to my students that are sweet enough to give me gifts around the holidays.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Merry Greetings (Mama Elephant), Thanks All Ways (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, riding hood red, wild wasabi, Christmas Cheer (Lilybee Designs)

Ink:  Wild wasabi, riding hood red

Accessories:  On the Diagonal die (Lil' Inkers), star dust stickles



CAS(E) this Sketch #101 and Color Throwdown #320

Hi friends.  Isn't this a fun sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch?  I had the perfect die for this sketch, so I had to play!

 

I had to make a sympathy card for the father of a co-worker, so I thought this would be a nice design.  I bought this Spellbinder's anchor at a craft show this summer.  I have a thing for anchors...maybe because my dad was in the navy.  Anyway I die cut it and the oval from decorative paper.  The background was stamped with a light blue stripe.  I stamped the sentiment in the same blue ink on a banner die and added the hearts.  The hearts have Wink of Stella shimmer on them too.

On the inside I stamped this sentiment that I always use on sympathy cards.  I just love this saying.  I also added the seagulls in keeping with the theme.

 

I was also happy to see that my colors fit the current Color Throwdown challenge!

 

That's it from me!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Sending You and With Sympathy (PTI), Dockside (WP9), Pinstripe (MFT)

Paper:  Recollections white, riding hood red, Pen Pals (Pink Paislee)

Ink:  Blue brocade

Accessories:  Anchor and oval dies (Spellbinders), Hearts & Stars die (Memory Box), Banner Trio (WP9)