A New Sketch from Sunday Stamps

Happy Sunday!  I hope you are having a good weekend.  I spent most of the weekend with lots of Stampin' Up! friends at the OnStage local event here in Mississauga, Ontario. It was good to see so many old and new faces and to get our first look at the new Occasions Catalogue and Sale-a-bration brochure. Sooo many good things coming our way in January!  Watch for some sneak peeks here over the next couple of weeks.
Today marks the start of a new sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps. This one will run for THREE weeks because of the US Thanksgiving holiday, so there is lots of time to give this sketch a whirl.  Check it out:

Here is my card for the design team:

Christmas card featuring the Holly Jolly Greeting stamp set and Perfect Pines and Wonderful Wreath Framelits.

I was in a neutrals state-of-mind when I designed this one! I started with a Whisper White panel on which I stamped the snowflake from the Holly Jolly Greetings set in Tip Top Taupe ink. I then added the little confetti stars image from the same stamp set in metallic silver Encore ink. I added some spatters from the Gorgeous Grunge set that I heat embossed in gold. I was liking the hit of gold, so I Versamarked the edges of the panel and embossed in gold again.

The bottom panel is a piece of Tip Top Taupe card stock that I embossed using the Softly Falling TIEF . I added a silver foil doily and some 1-1/4" Striped Vanilla Satin Ribbon. Then I die-cut a tree from white corrugated paper using the Perfect Pines Framelits. I decorated the tree with some gold metallic thread and an Iced Rhinestone Embellishment. The sentimet is die-cut from silver foil sheets using the Wonderful Wreath Framelits. The entire card is built on a thick Whisper White card base.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from the Holly Jolly Greeting set in Tip Top Taupe ink and added a snow flake in Crumb Cake ink. The final touch was a few more confetti stars in silver metallic ink.

I have to say this is one versatile sketch!  So many possibilities to play with...be sure to check back over the next few weeks for more with this one!  Also check out the rest of the Design Team's projects...they are FABULOUS!  Have a great week!

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Red and Green Christmas

Happy Friday!  Are you as happy as I am that this week is finally over??  It has been a VERY long one around here.
Today I have a project I designed for my final set of Christmas card buffets this season. Recently a customer remarked that I really don't do red-and-green Christmas cards...and when I thought about it, she was right! I tend otoavoid traditional Christmas colours like the plague...LOL.  So, today I am rectifying that with a very traditional colour palette...

Christmas card featuring the Jolly Christmas stamp set.

How's that for traditional??  I used Real Red, Old Olive and Whisper White, along with a hit of gold glimmer.  I stamped the Real Red background with the snowflake images from the Jolly Christmas stamp set using ink of the same shade. I also sponged the edges to add some depth. The DSP strip is from the Merry Moments pack.

I added a tree die-cut from white Corrugated Paper using the Perfect Pines Framelits (which are ON SALE THIS WEEK!). The sentiment is die-cut from gold Glimmer paper using the Wonderful Wreath framelits. I also added a little Reindeer Clip and a Real Red Candy Dot for his nose. The whole card is built on an Old Olive card base.

Inside view with sentiment from Versatile Christmas.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from the Versatile Christmas set in Real Red ink and added a little gold glimmer star.

I hope you have a fabulous weekend...be sure to check in on Sunday for a new sketch challenge from Sunday Stamps.  Till then, happy stamping!

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Changing Gears

I know I've been all about Christmas for a while now, but I do actually work on other things! Today I want to show you two of the Project Life layouts I designed for my Project Life club this month. We are all about Halloween this month, using the Seasonal Snapshot 2015 card kit from the Holiday Catalogue.

Halloween-themed Project Life layout featuring the Seasonal Snapshot 2015 card kit.

So I pulled out some of my favourite photos of my son from when he was just a wee one for this layout. As sad as it is, I am waaaaay behind scrapbooking his life.  Thanks to my new-found love of Project Life, I am making some good progress getting his book(s) done.

On this page I used lots of products to pretty-up my page. I used some Happy Haunting DSP, Spider Web Doilies, black Glimmer paper, and the Cheer All Year  and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets. I also made a little shaker card using sequins, a window sheet and some Washi Tape.

On this page I again used some Happy Haunting DSP, black and gold Glimmer paper, Spider Web doilies and the Alphabet Rotary stamp.  So fun!

If you haven't yet jumped on the Project Life by Stampin' Up train yet, I'd be happy to have you join me! My next Project Life club starts in January with all new layouts. I'm even offering a long-distance option for those who want to participate but aren't local to me.  Stay tuned for more information in December!

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Monday Morning CASE

Happy Monday!  I hope you had a good weekend.  Today I have another project from my upcoming Christmas card buffet. It is a CASE of the amazingly awesome Kimberly VanDiepen.

Christmas card featuring the Winter Wishes stamp set

I love the neutral colour palette of this one. I used Sahara Sand, Whisper White and Early Espresso.  So warm and wintry ;)  I stamped the sled in Early Espresso ink on Whisper White card stock and then matted the stamped piece with Early Espresso card stock. The background panel is Sahara Sand card stock that is embossed using the Woodland TIEF. The card is built on a base of thick Whisper White card stock.

For added texture, I used a strip of white Corrugated Paper and then added some (retired) 7/16" Natural Ribbon Trim.  I love the texture of that ribbon...reminds me of a cozy sweater. The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso ink on a strip of Sahara Sand card stock. I added a wooden Snowflake Element and a bit of Linen Thread, wrapped around the snowflake and tied in a bow.

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from the Lots of Joy stamp set in Early Espresso ink. I then stamped the pine bough in Sahara Sand ink over the stamped sentiment as well as along the upper edge.

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Ghostly Dove

Today I have another project AND a tutorial video that uses the Stampin' Mist ghosting technique. I am SO loving the magical mist!  Check it out:

Christmas card featuring the Dove of Peace and Gorgeous Grunge stamp sets using the Stampin' Mist Ghosting technique.

Isn't that dove image GORGEOUS??  I so love it!

I'm not going to go into a whole lot of detail about how I created this one, as I cover it all in the video. Be sure to check it out and if you like it, don't forget to share it :)

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Magic of the Season

Today I have a project I designed recently for my November Christmas card buffets.  It features the Home for Christmas DSP.

Holiday card featuring the Cozy Christmas stamp set and Home for Christmas DSP

This layout really grew out of another, completely different, sketch I had seen. It is a bit unusual for me to use a sentiment as my focal point, but I think it works in this case. I began by heat embossing the sentiment in gold on Very Vanilla card stock. I die-cut it using the Circles Collection Framelits and layered it on another circle cut from Real Red card stock. The label is punched from Mossy Meadow card stock using the Ornate Tag Topper punch. I punched both ends so that I could add the ribbon at both the top and the bottom.

I added half of a gold metallic doily peeking out from behind the label. Behind that I layered two different patterns from the Home for Christmas DSP pack which I then mounted on a Real Red card base.  The only embellishments are some 1/8" Striped Ribbon in Real Red, a wooden Snowflake Element and some rhinestones.

On the inside I added another little tag that I also heat embossed in gold and punched using the Note Tag punch.

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All Is Calm for Sunday Stamps

Happy November!  Can you believe it? Where has the fall gone??  If you are one of those people who can't start thinking about Christmas until after Halloween, the time has come! Time to get going on those Christmas projects! Today I have some inspiration for you from this week's new challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  It is a colour challenge this week...here is the inspiration photo:

Here is my project for the Design Team:

Holiday card featuring the Wonderland stamp set and Home for Christmas DSP

This card was SO much fun to make! It has been a very long time since I have been able to just sit and play with ink, paper and rubber. I began by sponging a piece of the sheet music patterned DSP from the Home for Christmas pack. I used Island Indigo and Night of Navy inks for the sponging. Then I stamped the trees from the Wonderland stamp set in Soft Suede and white Staz On ink. I then spritzed the entire thing with Stampin' Mist. I played some more, adding hints of Versamark ink around the edges and sprinkling with gold embossing powder.

The stamped panel is matted on a piece of Soft Suede card stock and then mounted on a Kraft card base. The sentiment is heat embossed in gold on a strip of vellum. I added some gold metallic thread, a wooden Snowflake Element and a single rhinestone.

On the inside I stamped the pine branch in Soft Suede ink, stamping off once. The sentiment, which is from the Six Sayings host set, is heat embossed in gold.

I am sooo happy with the way this one turned out.  Amazing things can happen when you just let yourself play.  Give it a go and see what this colour challenge inspires you to create, then share it with us over at Sunday Stamps. :)

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