Punch Board Crackers

Good morning, thought I'd pop past real quick and share these little cuties.

I made them with the envelope punch board. I got the instructions from Connie Collins and they use the  Winter Frost DSP stack. I wanted to use silver bells, but couldn't find any, so gold it is. The sentiment is from the Jolly Jingles wheel, which I have cut out and mounted and I believe it's on sale now through the clearance rack.

Thanks for looking

Merry Monday #56

Hi! I had some time this morning, so thought I'd give the sketch over at Merry Monday a go.

I dont know why, but all I could see is trees and so I've taken a lot of creative license to create my card - hope thanks ok :)

I used my petite pennant punch to create the trees and used some jolly holiday dsp - I seriously think this paper has multiplied in my stash, as I never seem to get close to running out :)!

Go and check out the amazing creations and inspiration from the design team here - you wont be disappointed!

Thanks for looking :)

Chalkboard Christmas - TSOT #111

Hello, It's time again for another sketch over at Try Stampin' On Tuesday and I went for a Christmas card this time round.

I wanted to try the chalkboard technique, so I altered the size of the image panel just a tad ;)

I used my Jolly jingles wheel, which I have cut up. I think this is still too clean, as I was a little scared to smudge it up too much - but I think thats kinda the idea of this technique! I used my never ending supply of jolly holiday dsp and used cherry cobbler, old olive and very vanilla card. A touch of bling with silver pearls and I was done.

Go on over to Try stampin' On Tuesday blog and check out the other amazing creations from the other design team members. And while your there dont forget to link up your creation - it's great seeing what you come up with.

Thanks for looking :)

Joy to the World

Hello! So we are well and truly into the festive season and hopefully you aren't getting too busy or too run off you feet! At Try Stampin' On Tuesday Jenn has a created a simple sketch for you to use and keep those creative juices flowing even in these busy times.

I was in need of two more Christmas cards for some neighbors and this was exactly the sketch I needed! Quick and simple, yet so effective. Now I'm not one to use dsp - I buy it loving the patterns or colours, but when it comes to using it I either freak out because using a pattern other than polka dots is too scary or I dont want to cut into it because it's too pretty - I see a few of you nodding your heads knowing where I'm coming from ;) So I decided it was time and used this gorgeous paper for my creation. The dsp is retired jolly holiday and my colours are old olive, cherry cobbler and very vanilla. The sentiment is from my favourite set for Christmas sentiments "jolly jingles".

Make sure you pop past the Try Stampin' On Tuesday to see all the stunning creations from the design team.

Thanks for looking

Festive Friday #49 - Sketch Challenge

Good morning! Well we start off with some bad news first - Nicole has decided to finish the Festive Friday's, as we weren't getting too many entries. It such a shame as I was so organised this year at Christmas with my cards as I'd made them right through the year. Anyway, on to my final installment for Festive Fridays.

Nicole has another sketch for us to play along with at Festive Friday this week and boy is it a good one!
Here it is:

As soon as I saw it I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I hadn't had a chance to play much with the triple time stamping technique yet and this sketch just lent itself to it.

I've used "snow swirled" for the snowflakes and the colours are real red, old olive and crumb cake. I have also used my new favourite stamp set "jolly jingles" for my sentiment and a few rhinestones for the bling and I was done! I'm quite pleased with the result and this card has already made it's way to some special friends (have you sent out your Christmas cards yet?)

So go past Nicole's blog see what the other design team members have created and help us finish with a bang! Remember to link your creation up to the froggie - it's great seeing what you come up with!

Thanks for looking :)

Try Stampin' On Tuesday #95

Hello! Well this is my first challenge as guest designer for Try Stampin on Tuesday! And Jenn has a great sketch for us to work with.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my creation:

I absolutely adore this sweet stamp! And I'm slowly getting better at my colouring :) This card started brewing as soon as I saw the sketch and is pretty much how I wanted it to turn out (love when that happens ;) 

I masked off sections to create my 'Heavenly glow' and brayered the rays in so saffron. One tip I will say for the rays is to make sure the point of the ray goes to the very middle of your image. This was my second attempt as the rays were coming out of Joseph's head.

I've used my blender pen and neutrals, old olive, certainly celery, not quite navy and marina mist ink for my colouring. The sentiment is from my 'Jolly Jingles' wheel which I've cut up so I could use the sentiments individually. I used some blue twine, crumb cake as my base and the dsp is from the subtle paper stack. 

We would love to see what you come up with using the sketch. And I highly recommend going past Try Stampin on Tuesday just to check out the amazing creations that the design team have come up with.

Thanks for looking :)

Festive Friday #47 - Inspiration Photo

Hi Every one! It's time again for another Festive Friday and this week Nicole has given us an inspiration photo to work with.
Here's the photo:

Yes it's vintage, neutral colours with a bit of bling - well that is what inspired me any way - along with the cute little bird :)
So here is what I came up with:

I used very vanilla and crumb cake as my colours. I ran a piece of very vanilla through my big shot with the vintage wallpaper, but I brayered some crumb cake ink on to the non raised section of the embossing folder to create a soft coloured background to highlight the pattern (hope that all made sense!) and I've sponged all the edges. I pulled out my neglected bird punch for the little bird and the ring of leaves. I brayered some crumb cake ink over the bird which is punched out in crumb cake to get more definition for the bird. The sentiment was from the "jolly jingles" wheel and I added a few pearls to opposite corners. I was pretty happy with the result, that I've actually used the similar design in another project which I will share at a later date. This card has already gone to my parents as their Christmas card - thanks to the challenge I managed to be super organised this year!!

So why not use the photo to inspire you? We love to see what you create!

Thanks for looking

Festive Friday #45 - Colour Challenge

Hello! Well I know I've been a little MIA here on my blog these past few weeks - life just seems to be getting busier! Did you know it's only 40 days until Christmas - eeek!!!
Anyway it's time for another installment of Festive Friday's and Nicole has a colour challenge for us.

Here is how I used the colours:

Firstly sorry for the lack of definition in this picture - for some reason this card didn't want to be photographed!

Ok on to the card: I used my white craft ink pad and stamped the swirl from 'elements of style' all over a piece of midnight muse. I then took my versa mark pen and drew around all the white ink to create the shadow. The sentiment is stamped in basic grey and is from the 'jolly jingles' wheel, which I cut up and clear mounted all the stamps - love how I have so many different sentiments from this one wheel! I cut the sentiment panel out with my frame labels, sponged the edges in basic grey and then put some retired baja breeze pleated ribbon around the edge. I've also used some baja breeze seam binding across the middle. Not sure that you can see, but I have also placed some small pearls on the top and bottom points of the sentiment panel.

Go past Nicole's blog and check out the rest of the design teams creations and remember to link up your creation as well as we love to see what you create!

Thanks for looking

Festive Friday #41 - Sketch

Good morning! It's time agin for a Festive Friday. This week Nicole has a great sketch for us to use:

 Here's my take on it:

I'm loving marina mist and bashful blue together for Christmas. I pulled out a new set 'Polar Party' which I fell in love with as soon as I saw it, and coloured the cute polar bear. Now here in Australia we're not really known for our 'white' Christmases, but I love how this card has turned out! The snow flakes are from 'Snow Swirled', stamped in white craft ink and white heat embossed. I then used my chevron embossing folder to add texture to the marina mist strip. I used my scallop edge punch border for the bottom of the strip and glimmer paper for a thin border around the image.

My sentiment is from 'Jolly Jingles' wheel. I bought this knowing I wanted to cut it up and use the sentiments separately. I mounted them onto cling mount foam and I was able to cut out every sentiment, with no waste.

This is a great sketch - dress it up or keep it simple - either way we love to see what you create :) So link up your creation to Nicole's blog and get a start on you Christmas cards!

Thanks for looking