Monday, December 28, 2020

Birthday Wishes

 



Monday morning and it's a new sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge!

This is my design team card, and I am so happy to use this alcohol ink panel that I made on a square card. It measures 5.5x5.5" The Simon Says Stamp die cut is very delicate but seemed just right for this sketch. The design this week would be perfect for some lovely paper scraps you have in your stash...or some color block...give it a try and link up at AHSC. Can't wait to see what you can create.







Saturday, December 19, 2020

Time for Birthdays!

 

Christmas cards are done and mailed - time for birthdays!

Also time for a new sketch over at Sketch Saturday!!                      Sponsored by Riley & Co.

Play check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team, and play along. The challenge runs through December 25th.

This card used a background stamp from Simon Says Stamp, heat embossed in white then ink blended. The balloons are Paper Smooches dies, the sentiment a newer Altenew sentiment die.




Monday, December 14, 2020

Christmas Cheer


 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #399 

I got a sheet of buffalo plaid embellishments - they are fabric covered wood- and are just the thing for the Kringle & Co. papers I have been using.  I enjoy working with the black/white/red color scheme.  

The sketch challenge runs from today through Sunday, Dec. 20th.  I hope you'll play along.  The design team cards will post at AHSC on Wednesday.  






Friday, December 11, 2020

One Cool Cat!

 



As I post this, I see that this is my third 'blue' card in a row! Not at all a conscious decision.  I needed a card to congratulate a friend on his new promotion and have used the Freshly Made Sketch #465 as my inspiration.  It's a Bugaboo image colored with Copics and Glossy Accents for glasses. Kringle & Co. paper and Impression Obsession die cut.





HoHoHo Snowman


Made this slim line card with Echo Park winter papers, a snowman stamp by Pebbles, and Simon Says Stamp CZ Design die and also Clean Line Christmas stamp set.  The scarf was fussy cut and paper pieced. Some Nuvo drops for the scarf and Simmer pen around the snowman and the sentiment for some sparkle (hard to see in the photo). 

Linking to Krafty Chicks #537 'Christmas'   and   Through the Purple Haze #174 'Holiday - Make it Blue'





Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Bear Hugs

 

One thing I have truly enjoyed this year are my two subscriptions to Altenew.  Each month I get the Mini stamp & die set and the Paint a Flower stamp set.  This month the set was a darling polar bear die and the stamps were just the eyes/nose and several sentiments.  I tore a piece of post-it tape and ink blended with Distress Oxides ( Hickory Smoke, Speckled Egg, Chipped Sapphire), splattered with water and white ink, then used a MFT stitched square die to cut it out.  The sentiment was heat embossed on a piece of navy textured card stock. I popped the bear up with a bit of foam tape.  Simple card, but I love how it turned out.






Linking to Crazy 4 Challenges #564 'Blue Christmas'
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Sunday, December 6, 2020

Made in Minutes

 

It is a great honor to be a guest designer for the AAA Card Challenge this week!  The challenge is 'Made in Minutes' with an optional twist of Christmas.   Anyone who has attempted CAS designs knows that the toughest part is planning and selecting your images/sentiments.  So I have not counted the thinking part in the time!  LOL    But once I had the idea, assembled my materials and practiced once, the actual making was under 10 minutes.

Please check out their blog and give yourself some minutes to craft!



A stencil and blending brushes work well for quick cards. This card used Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles and Candied Apple Distress Ink. The sentiment was embossed with Hero Arts red.





Saturday, December 5, 2020

Joyful Wishes

Sometimes it is fun to put together a lot of different products.  My work table has looked pretty wild lately, and then I found a tin cookie box repurposed at some point for a lot of Christmas themed things.  The little stamps here are from the box - stamped in CTMH Ruby ink and fussy cut. The CTMH snowflake brads were in there as well. Patterned paper from Kringle & Co. and a few drops of Nuvo to pull out the dots on the paper squares. This was a fun sketch - a bit different than the usual layers.  Check out the challenge and the rest of the design team inspiration for this week at                                  SKETCH SATURDAY  sponsored Riley & Co.