Colour Q Challenge #61

Stamps: Bells & Boughs, Peaceful Season
Paper: Pacific Point, Soft Suede, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon™, Chocolate Chip Craft, Wild Wasabi Marker, Tempting Turquoise Marker, Pacific Point Marker
Accessories: Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Scallop Border Punch, Dimensionals®, Chocolate Satin

Hi all! I'm back today with a new Colour Q challenge. These colours are rather interesting together. I like them, just not sure about this particular card ... but I made 10 of them :) I'm well on my way to being close to finished the bulk of the Christmas cards for this year.

Anywho, please check out the challenge and the Royal Court's creations! Thanks for visiting, have a great day!

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Happy Snowmen ...

Stamps: Holiday Lineup, Many Merry Messages
Paper: Whisper White, Marina Mist, Wild Wasabi, Candy Cane DSP
Ink: Old Olive Marker, Marina Mist Marker, Regal Rose Marker, Real Red Marker, Stazon™
Accessories: Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Dimensionals®, Marina Mist Wide Grosgrain

This was one of the cards I'd made for my last Christmas cards class at the crop a little while ago. It's simple, it's easy, and just has a lot of colouring ... or so many thought at the class! I don't think it's much but then again, I LIKE colouring :)

Hope you like it! Thanks for visiting!

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SCS's Featured Stamper Challenge

Stamps: Bells & Boughs, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Tags Til Christmas
Paper: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Deck the Halls DSP
Ink: Stazon™, Cherry Cobbler, Versa Mark, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Petals A Plenty Embossing Folder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Iridescent Ice Embossing Folder, Holiday Windows Movers & Shapers die, Top Note Die, Dimensionals®, Modern Label Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch, Pearls

I'm still working away at my Christmas cards :) I made four of these cards and I'm glad I stopped at 4 ... love them, but too much work to make more of! I played in this week's Featured Stamper challenge over on Splitcoast Stampers and the card I'd chosen to case used this same layout and some of the same elements. I changed the colours and stamps and the placement of the sentiment to suit what I felt like making :)

Here's a bit of a step-by-step:

I began by embossing one panel of Cherry Cobbler card stock with the Petals-a-plenty embossing folder and then cut an identical size piece of patterned paper (from the Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper) and taped them together. Then I sponged it and glued it to a layer of Always Artichoke that was also sponged with Chocolate Chip. A strip of the Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch was added over the seam and folded over the edges.

Then, I die cut the Top Note piece out of Vanilla card stock, stamped and coloured the holly image (from the Bells & Boughs set). I die cut an ornament from the Holiday Windows Movers & Shapers die out of Cherry Cobbler card stock and glued that on the Top Note piece. Then, that whole piece was embossed in the Square Lattice Embossing folder. I glued this piece on top of the other layer and trimmed the sides and then glued it onto the Crumb Cake card base that was sponged as well.

The ornament was die cut (out of Vanilla CS), stamped, and embossed with iridescent ice embossing powder and then I added it to the card with Dimensionals. The sentiment was stamped and punched out, glued in a curve and then I added some pearls to either end.

Hope that made sense! Thanks for stopping by my blog today, hope you have a great day!

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a CASE for Christmas

Stamps: Peaceful Season
Paper: Whisper White, Deck the Halls DSP
Ink: Always Artichoke Craft, Always Artichoke Marker, Cherry Cobbler Marker
Accessories: Sticky Strip, Microbeads, Dimensionals®, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Tasteful Trim Bigz XL die

Cindy had posted a card a little while ago that I just LOVED! It's so simple yet so beautiful. I`d saved it for futre casing when the inspiration wasn't flowing and this past weekend, I set myself to make a bunch of them to help me get my mojo in gear. I changed the DSP and omitted the red bow, but otherwise it's her card :) Cutting out 10 of those holly images was oh-so-fun but the results are totally worth it. I hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Inkspirations Colour Challenge #50

Stamps: Christ is Born, Short & Sweet, Poinsettia Jumbo Wheel (retired)
Paper: Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, retired DSP
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzazz, Versa Mark®
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry Dotted Grosgrain (retired), Linen Thread, Designer Button, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder

It's time for a new Inkspirations challenge! Are you up for it???!! I know that these colours threw me a little as I'm in Christmas mode and the turquoise was just a bit different. But, I added a very small touch of the turquoise in the form of a button :)

This is another tag for my tags class tonight. I accordioned a strip of patterned paper and then hot glued it into a flat-ish circle for a backdrop for those gorgeous purple poinsettias!

I hope you like it! Please check out the challenge and the DT creations on the Inkspirations blog!

Cindy Kirsty Makeesha Renée Brandi

Carrie Helen Ilina Lee-Anne Marisa

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

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Season's Greetings

Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Four the Holidays
Paper: Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Candy Cane DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze, Versa Mark®, Stazon™
Accessories: Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Dimensionals®, Ornament Punch

I was at a Christmas Crop last weekend (I help organise it each year as well as hold a Christmas Cards class) and focussed on working on getting my personal Christmas cards done. I'd made up a few designs ahead of time and set myself to making 10 of each design. I came home with 30 cards done and 10 digi pages! I was excited with that, anyway :)

This is one of the three designs I'd managed to accomplish. Totally mailable for a single stamp too! I wanted to use some of this fun Designer Paper from the current holiday mini called Candy Cane Specialty Designer Series Paper -- it's called "specialty" because it has some sheets/sides with glitter on it (very cool). The layout is simple too and the cherry ornament is embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder.

Hope you like it! Thanks for visiting!

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Snowflake Card

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Confetti White, Soft Suede, Christmas Cocoa DSP (retired), Pink Pirouette
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Versa Mark®
Accessories: Snowflake #2 Originals Die, Northern Flurries Decorative Strip Die, Neutrals Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder

I had made this one last week for the sketch challenge on SCS. The sketch was originally designed to have those stacked panels coming from the top down but I flipped it because it had felt upside down to me. Love the freedom of doing what you want, eh?!

I'm trying to use up all of my retired Christmas papers this year too. I've got a bunch of the Christmas Cocoa paper still from last year so I pulled that out to use for this card. I choose to use all the Suede/White papers for the layers and matted each with a tiny sliver of Soft Suede after sponging them up. The large snowflake is actually three snowflakes: two large snowflakes and one small one. The white large one is embossed with Iridescent Ice embossing powder and layered over top of a Soft Suede snowflake. Then, I die cut a smaller snowflake out of Pink Pirouette card stock from the Northern Flurries Decorative Strip die and sponged it up as well. Then, I added a button with thread and put the sentiment in there. Lots of little steps but not a hard card.

Hope you like this Christmas card! Thanks for visiting :)

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Colour Q Challenge #60

Stamps: Jolly Old Saint Nick, Dot Dot Dot
Paper: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Early Espresso, Stazon™, More Mustard Marker, Cherry Cobbler Marker
Accessories: Scallop Circles #2 Originals Die, Round Tab Punch, Northern Frost Sizzlit Strip Die, Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain, Dimensionals®, ⅛" Hole Punch

Love these mittens, don't you?! I've got a Tags class coming up on Friday so I thought I'd use these colours for a tag. The colours are perfect for a fun Christmas tag! The colours are from this week's Colour Q challenge so go check them out on the Colour Q blog and see what the Royal Court has made too :)

I started out by die cutting a scallop circle and punched out a hole in each scallop using the hand-held punch. Stamped it and sponged it too. Then the rest just pulled together. I had cut the ribbon in half lengthwise before adding it "accordioned" to the side of the snowman. Otherwise, I'd have wasted a lot hiding under that snowman! Economical use of ribbon, eh?!

Anywho, hope you like my tag! Thanks for stopping by my blog and sharing your thoughts about today's project. I will get to making that video (for the poinsettia) at some point this week, perhaps tomorrow night ... life is TOO busy!

Have a great day!

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Season's Greetings

Stamps: Jolly Old Saint Nick, Four the Holidays

Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Real Red
Ink: Stazon™, Marina Mist, Real Red
Accessories: Real Red Striped Grosgrain, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Dimensionals®

This is incredibly simple but so cute! Love the way the red and blue look together with the white. I was trying a colour challenge but ended up not using one of the colours but I am so happy with this that I wasn't too worried about not quite getting the challenge. There'll be another card if I don't lose interest too soon!

I had a class this weekend and this was one of the designs everyone made. I'd helped host a crop at my children's school as a fundraiser and so I'd offered to hold a cards class as well. It's a full class and I hope everyone enjoyed making their projects!

Anywho, hope you have a great day, thanks for stopping in!




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Poinsettia Pattern

Hi everyone! I thought I'd quickly post a link to the pattern I'd used for this poinsettia candle. I can make a video sometime this week if you're interested too, just let me know via comments! The pattern is by David Hawkins (click HERE) and I'd made a small change in the way they were assembled in the end because I didn't find that they made sense ... :). Anyway, let me know if you're interested in watching a video!

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Control Freaks Blog Tour

Welcome to a new Control Freaks blog tour! I'm your first stop on the tour :) This month, the tour is all about the Christmas Gifts. We all know that Christmas is coming up and many of us create handmade gifts that make this time of year so special. This tour is sure to inspire you!

So, with Christmas gifts in mind, I set out to create something interesting that I could give to family or friends this season.

Paper: Deck the Halls DSP, Always Artichoke Card Stock
Accessories: Glitter, Red MicroBeads, Red Beads, Battery Operated Tea Light

Isn't this interesting?! My mum had given me a battery operated tea light to make something with and this is what I ended up making. I love giving home decor things to people that we visit , especially seasonal items. The poinsettia is made with a whole lot of folding! I'd found an origami pattern online for the petals and began with a 2" square for the larger ones (the Cherry Cobbler script patterned paper) and then the center petals are made with a 1-1/2" square. The leaves are an oval that I used a circle punch to notch out little scallops along each side.

Stamps: Bells & Boughs
Paper: Deck the Halls DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Versa Mark
Accessories: Chocolate Grosgrain, Snowflake Punch, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Crop A Dile, Dimensionals®

This next one is a cute stocking gift card holder! Again, it's another pattern I'd found online. I printed it out onto the papers and cut them apart and assembled. It actually went together really quickly and I could see myself creating a bunch of these in a hurry - perfect for those last minute gifts!

Hope you like these!

Your next stop on the tour is Liz Schultz! Have fun viewing all the fabulous projects :)

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Inkspirations #49 - Sketch Challenge!

Stamps: Tags Til Christmas, Teeny Tiny Wishes, En Francais, Baroque Motifs, Jolly Old Saint Nick
Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories: Pearls, Kraft Taffeta (retired), Dimensionals®, Ornament Punch, Modern Label Punch, Mat Pack & Piercer, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder

Welcome to another Inkspirations challenge! This week, it's a sketch for you and you can check it out on the Inkspirations Blog and see what the rest of the team cooked up for you to be inspired by :)

Yes, I'm a bit in an ornament kick! I love these ornaments and the sheer easiness it is to stamp and punch out. I'm trying to figure out a bunch of designs to replicate for my Christmas cards this year since I'm woefully behind and have no stash to supplement from this year. I need oodles of cards! Anyway, this one is not going to be replicated ... too many steps! But, I do LOVE it. It is sponged, it is grunged up, it has ribbon & pearls ... what more could I ask for!

Anywho, hope you like it too! Thanks for visiting and sharing your thoughts with me:)

Cindy Kirsty Makeesha Renée (me!) Brandi

Carrie Helen Ilina Lee-Anne Marisa

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SCS Colours again!

Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Jolly Old Saint Nick
Paper: Whisper White, Perfect Plum
Ink: Perfect Plum, Baja Breeze, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Silver Cord, Rhinestones, Northern Frost Embossing Folder, Dimensionals®, Ornament Punch, White Organdy

This is the second version of the colour challenge and I like it a LOT more! The bigger amount of white helps balance the intensity of colour, don't you think? The sketch is loosely from 2 Sketches 4 You. Simple card that doesn't really need a whole lot of chit chat, eh?!

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Merry Christmas

Stamps: Jolly Old Saint Nick
Paper: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Candy Cane DSP
Ink: Stazon™, Perfect Plum Marker, Pear Pizzazz Marker, Versa Mark®
Accessories: Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Dimensionals®, Corner Rounder, White Organdy, Ovals Originals Die, Northern Frost Embossing Folder

Yesterday's colour challenge on SCS was rather interesting. At the time, I really did not like these colours together -- the colours seem so similar, very little contrast between them. Do you know what I mean? Yes, they are very different colours but the intensity of each is the same ... if there was olive with plum and bashful blue, well that would be different. I'm one who tends to like a higher contrast between colours ... difficult. Right now, though, I've thought of something else to do with these colours so I'll try to be back tomorrow with it! LOL!!

Anyway, I had used these colours with Mercy's sketch and started playing around. I must have cut tons of little pieces of paper trying to find the right mix and then eventually just settled and am actually happy with these results :) The white layer was dry embossed and heat embossed. I had inked up the folder with versa mark first, dry embossed it, and then poured the Iridescent Ice embossing powder over top and heat set it.

So, I hope you like it! Have a great day! I am -- it's snowing finally (if you haven't guessed yet -- I LOVE snow)!!!

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Colour Q Challenge #59

Stamps: Leaf Lines, Pocket Silhouettes, Tags Til Christmas, Peaceful Season
Paper: Old Olive, Play Date DSP, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry
Ink: Old Olive, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, Versa Mark®
Accessories: Pearls, Dimensionals®, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Ornament Punch, Silver Cord

Wow, a new Colour Q challenge already! I can't believe a week has flown by ... mind you, time just seems to fly faster all the time ... :) Arielle has this pic of a GORGEOUS wreath for our colours today. Of course, being in Christmas mode, I figured I'd try to use these colours for a Christmas card and I think it totally works! I usually end up making some form of a wreath card every year for Christmas and this is no exception to that. I used a couple different stamps to make the wreath. The one image from Pocket Silhouettes is stamped in Pumpkin and Mustard. The holly image from the Leaf Lines stamp set is stamped with Old Olive and then I coloured the leaves in with Celery and Razzleberry.

Hope you like today's challenge card and colours! Please check out the Royal Court's creations (links are in my sidebar) and the challenge on the Colour Q blog. Can't wait to see what YOU create :)

Have a great day!

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Peace

Stamps: Winter Post, Peaceful Season, Plant Hope
Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Candy Cane DSP, Whisper White
Ink: Going Grey, Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy Craft, Basic Black
Accessories: Circles #2 Originals Die, Rhinestones, Vanilla Seam Binding, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder, Dimensionals®

Good morning :) Today's card is based on a sketch found on SplitCoast for Fan Club members. This month's theme is "Well Read" and there a quite a few different challenges available for fan club members to participate in. This is for both the inspiration and the sketch challenge. To see all the details of the challenge, you can click on THIS link (must be a Fan Club member to view).

I haven't used much of the Candy Cane DSP yet so I thought I'd pull it out to use. It's quite bright and cheerful yet I was able to use it in a more subtle way in this card, don't you think?

Anywho, hope you like my painstakingly cut out skaters, LOL! Have a great day!

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Sparkly & Bright

Stamps: Sparkly & Bright
Paper: Retired DSP, Crumb Cake, Real Red
Ink: Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Dimensionals®, Old Olive Grosgrain

Here's a simple, easily replicated (other than cutting out the stocking), and low on supplies Christmas Card! I'd seen this idea on Stampin' Connection (a site for demonstrator') by Heather Klump and LOVED it. I changed a few things, but it's pretty much a case other than the colours and ribbon! I used the colours from yesterday's Inkspiration Colour Challenge.

Hope you like this card and are inspired to create something! Thanks for visiting my blog :)

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Inkspirations #48

Stamps: Sparkly & Bright
Paper: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White, Jolly Holiday DSP
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Basic Black
Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain, Crumb Cake Corduroy Buttons (retired), Linen Thread, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder

Good morning! Here's a new Inkspirations Challenge for you! The colours screamed Christmas to me although I'm sure there are tons of other ways to use these colours :) I was playing with this stamp set again after rarely using it last winter ... it needed a workout! So, the stocking was cut out and embossed with sparkly embossing powder as are the words "sparkly & bright". I used the sketch from Mojo Monday :)

Anywho, hope you like my card! Please check out the rest of the Inkspirations team and see what they've done and then link up your card on the Inkspirations blog!

Thanks for visiting :)

Cindy Kirsty Makeesha Renée Brandi

Carrie Helen Ilina Lee-Anne Marisa

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