Merry Monday #47

Hi All, Just a quick post sharing the result of having free time, with no kiddies :)

I love Merry Monday challenge, but I either dont find the time or I'm too late with a card. So hopefully this year I'll find more time to join in :)

So here is my creation for this week.

This week's challenge is to play tic tac toe. I went with blue, clean & simple and designer paper. I used polar party for my images, which are all coloured in not quite navy or baja breeze, the sentiment is from 'four the holidays' and the DSP is from snow festival from Stampin' Up.

 Go past Merry Monday and check out the design team creation - amazing!

Thanks for looking :)

Edit: Sorry for the poor quality of the picture - not sure why its not as crisp.

TSOT #103

Good morning! Well it time again for another installment of Try Stampin' On Tuesday and it's another great sketch to work with. But before I show you the sketch and my creation, I wanted to say a BIG thank you to every one who leaves me a comment. I love reading what you have to say and your words are always encouraging - so THANK YOU!


Ok, on to the sketch:

 And my creation:

I went with a Christmas card this time round, as I'm trying to make a few at least every month, so I'm not crazy busy at the end of the year. Well thats the plan - hopefully I can carry through with it :)

I used some of my never ending supply of jolly holiday paper, as well as I wish paper from Stampin' Up. The trees are from 'Polar party' stamp set and I just stamped them on white card and quickly coloured with my ink pads and blender pen. I placed a piece of vellum behind the panel and the twine is cream crochet thread. Quite a simple card - but I'm pleased with the end result. 

So now it's your turn. Go past TSOT blog and check out the other design teams creations - amazing! - and then link up your creation. It's great seeing what every one creates and how they are inspired. 

Thanks for looking :)

Merry Monday #38

Wow this is my second post for today :) This time I'm sharing a card for this weeks Merry Monday sketch challenge.

Here's my creation:

And the sketch:

I love these little penguins! The images and sentiment are from 'polar party' and I masked them off to stamp the trees in the background. I pulled out my 'jolly holiday' dsp, as I have a ton of this one!!

Any questions just ask & 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