TSOT #119

Hi, we have a great sketch for you this week at Try Stampin' On Tuesday. I went for a Christmas card as I wanted to add to my stash. As per usual, I used retired jolly holiday dsp for this card, in the hopes that some time this year I will deplete my stash :)

I flipped the sketch and used my framelits labels to create the center. My greeting is from 'four the holidays' and my colours are cherry cobbler, old olive and very vanilla. This is a fairly clean card and could be easily mass produced.

Now I know you'll want to see the other design teams creations, so click here to check them out. And dont forget to share your creation, as it's great seeing what you come up with!

Thanks for looking :)

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.

Owl Christmas

Good morning! I was asked to create a cute little envelope to package some tickets for a family member. I decided to make a money slider - you can see another version here - as these are such an effective way to display your gift.

How cute is that little guy? I'm trying to use items which have been slightly neglected of late. I've used retired jolly holiday dsp (trying to use up my stash) and the sentiment is from 'four the holidays'. Any questions just ask.

Thanks for looking :)

Festive Friday #29 - Colour Challenge

Hey there! Well it's time again for another Festive Friday and this week Nicole has given us a colour challenge.  Here are the colours we have to work with:

Here's my creation:

I went with a joy fold card, but I turned it vertically. I used the lucky limeade for my base, and used some lucky limeade DSP from Nursery Nest for the bottom flap. I used my old faithful polka dot from the paper stacks in melon mambo, every thing has been matted on whisper white. I used my 'Tree Trimmings' and stamped them in tempting turquoise and clear heat embossed them to give them some shine and the two smaller ornaments are cut out and placed on dimensionals for a bit of depth. The sentiment is from 'Four the Holidays' and stamped in melon mambo and I used some retired melon mambo buttons. I've held the top card with a punched heart, which I embossed with the polka dot embossing folder.

So go past Nicole's blog and see the other great creations from the design team and have a go at this bright colour combo.

Thanks for looking!

Festive Friday #27 - Ribbon

Hello! For todays Festive Friday challenge, Nicole has asked us to use ribbon, but not in a bow or a knot. So my brain started to tick over and this is what I came up with:

I used always artichoke, cherry cobbler and very vanilla for my colour palette, and used the framelits labels for the mats. I then used a length of seam binding and hand stitched a running stitch along one side then gently pulled it to create a rosette. It did take a little primping to get the look I wanted. I then added a itty bitty button, with a very vanilla background and the centers have some tapestry thread from my stash to finish them off. I added some cherry cobbler seam binding to the base and ruffled it, the seam binding is great to work with for this. The sentiment is from 'four the holidays' and stamped in cherry cobbler. 

So now over to you. Get your thinking caps on and use ribbon in a way it's not normally used and link up your creation to Nicole's blog and while your there check out the great creations from the other design members.

Thanks for looking :)

Festive Friday #19 - Glitter and Glimmer

Hi, it's time for another Festive Friday. When this goes live, I will be in hospital having baby number 3! I think I may have blanked to mention I was pregnant on here :) I'm well and truly ready to have this one and hopefully I'll get some mojo back too :)

Any ways, this week Nicole has challenged us to use glitter or glimmer product. As soon as I knew this I knew I wanted to use the silver glimmer paper. This stuff is awesome! I'm not a huge fan of glitter, as it seems to get every where when I use it, but the glimmer paper has the sparkle with out the mess - it's a win win! So here's my creation for the week:

I was actually inspired by this card by Teneale - her creations are amazing! I knew I wanted to use a simple colour palette, so real red, whisper white and silver it was! I used the DSP from the bright paper stack and soft suede for the owl. I hand cut the owl's santa hat and the glimmer border was created using the Curly Label. The sentiment is from 'Four the Holidays' which has become a go-to for my Christmas greetings. 

So why not join us this week and pull out all that glittery bling, go past Nicole's blog to see what the other design members have come up with and have fun with it! 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Festive Friday # 7

Hi Guys! Time for another Festive Friday Challenge. Here's my inspiration for you this week:

I actually got the inspiration from this card. I thought the colours were great and ones I wouldn't normally put together myself. So the base is 'baja breeze' and the DSP is from 'paisley petals'. The snow man is made from a 1" circle for the head and the two body bits are 11/4" circle. The hat, scarf, nose and arms were cut free hand and the eyes and buttons are the smallest circle from the 'owl punch'. I stamped the smallest snow flake from 'snow swirled' in white and the snow has just been ripped to the shape I wanted. The sentiment is from 'four the holidays' and I cut a tooth pick to size for the pole. Lastly I popped the snowman up on dimensionals. This was a little bit different to my normal Christmas cards, as I dont normally do 'snowy' cards as we are right in the middle of summer at Christmas! But having said that, I this this guys is pretty cute!

So why not drop by Nicole's blog and see what the other design team have come up with and get a head start on your Christmas cards! Also Nicole is offering random prize winners if we get 5 or more entries - so it's a win-win all round!

Thanks for looking!

Festive Friday #3

Morning everyone! I hope for all my Aussie readers that you had a great Australia day! Well it's my turn again to inspire you for the Festive Friday Challenge. I wanted to create something clean and simple this week. This is what I came up with:

I embossed the back panel with the perfect polka dots embossing folder then popped it up on dimensionals. The accordion flower was created by using a strip of real red, scoring it at half centimeter intervals, folding back and forth, then glueing the ends together. I added a vintage brad to the center and added some leaves. The greeting is from "Four the holidays" and I just cut the ends to make a banner. I hope you like my clean card - it was a challenge for me as white space is scary!
Now its your turn! Go and visit Nicole's blog for this weeks challenge and see what the other design team has created.
Thanks for looking!

Christmas Cards #2

 Hi again! Here's a few more of my Christmas cards from my pile.

This card was a complete case from Teneale Williams. I think all of Teneale's cards are amazing and why mess with perfection. I did however change the base colour to old olive and the greeting.

 This card started as a entry for a challenge, but I missed out a required element, and when I tried to add it, it didn't look right. So I stuck with what I had.

I was flicking through the 2010-2011 Stampin Up idea book and used the card on page 28, as my inspiration. I kept it a little bit cleaner, and made it square, but still like the overall effect.

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 128

I loved the sketch at Sweet Sunday this week. 

Here's what I created. Not the most traditional of colors for Christmas, but I think it still works.

Here's the sketch:

If you have time, go and check out Sweet Sunday  blog - trust me you'll be inspired!

Thanks for looking.