merry & bright...

2nd post for the day!!  This time a card for the current JUGs challenge based on the lovely sketch provided by Alicia.  I bought a DCWV Christmas Combo mat stack yesterday and combined it with three different Hero Arts sets.  I love the mat stacks because the patterns are scaled smaller for cards and it is alot easier to use up a 4.5"x6.5" piece of paper than it is to use up a 12x12 sheet!!

One of my favorite Hero Arts set is A Kiss from the Sun.  I stamped the dress, pants and shirt on some of the red patterned paper, trimmed them out and then applied some Solar White Flower Soft to each.  The snowman was stamped on additional patterned paper and trimmed out, as well.  I wasn't sure I really liked the card when I was done, but the more I look at it the more I like it...

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Fine Linen; Patterned Paper:  DCWV The Christmas Combo; Ink:  Memento Rich Cocoa & PTI True Black; Rhinestones:  KaiserCraft; Stamps:  Hero Arts:  A Kiss from the Sun; Joy to All & Let It Snow

Red & White Christmas

A quick post of a card I made for the current Play Date Cafe challenge to use red & white.  I used the Penny Black stamp "Starlit" for the card.  I stamped the image in VersaMark and then heat embossed with JudiKins Irridescent Sparkle ep.  It doesn't show up well in the photo, but looks really pretty in real life.  The cardstock is PTI's white shimmer.  The sentiment is from the Hero Arts set "Joy to All".

I'm also going to put this card into the current Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge of white with a splash of red.  There is a bit more than a splash of red, but the card still works!

Thanks for taking a peek....

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White Shimmer; Stampin Up! Real Red; Stamps:  Penny Black Starlit; Hero Arts Joy to All; Ink:  VersaMark; Stampin Up! Real Red; Embossing Powder:  Judikins Irridescent Sparkle; Hero Arts flower gem

Back to The Beginning....

The One Layer Wednesday challenge that Susan set for us was to go back to what got us started stamping.  At first I was stumped, but only for about 30 seconds and then I remember exactly what got me hooked on stamping.  It was one simple little stamp from Impress Rubber Stamps.  I discovered the stamp while there during one of my very first visits.  My fellow papercrafter and super wonderful in real life friend, Cindy, had introduced me to Impress.  Prior to that I had just dabbled in stamping, picking up the odd stamp here or there.  But this one little stamp set me on the journey that I am now on.   And the great thing... Impress still carries that stamp. 

In keeping with the simplicity of the stamp my card is super, super simple.  White cardstock (PTI, of course!), a simple embossed square (courtesy of a Spellbinders square die), crisp black ink (Close to My Heart) and a simple silver flower brad (Making Memories, sadly long since discontinued but I managed to hoard some.... imagine that hoarding papercrafting supplies!!).

The simple sentiment is from a {Stamps} of Life set banners4all.  The card is a 4" x 4" square.  Thanks for taking a peek... hope you take some time to think about "where it all began" for you.

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI; Stamps:  Impress Rubber Stamps, {Stamps}of Life; Ink:  Close to My Heart; Brad:  Making Memories

Scrap-Mart Holiday Blog Hop!

Welcome to the First Annual Scrap-Mart.com Blog Hop! If you are just joining in please go to the Scrap-Mart blog to start from the beginning. There are 31 blogs participating in the hop and you will find some great prizes along the way. You must comment on THAT blog post to be eligible to win that prize. There are also some Grand Prizes posted on the Scrap-Mart blog. You must comment on EVERY blog throughout the hop to be eligible for the Grand Prizes. Comments will remain open until midnight CST on Sunday, December 5th. Winners will be chosen at random for each individual prize and will be announced on the Scrap-Mart blog on Friday, December 10th. You may only win once. We'd like to thank our sponsors for generously donating all the prizes for this hop: Making Memories, Spellbinders, JustRite Stampers, Sizzix, Heartfelt Creations, Lifestyle Crafts, The Stamps of Life, Boss Kut, Unity Stamps, October Afternoon, Copic, Silhouette America.

I'm very excited to participate in the very first Scap-Mart.com blog hop!  You should have gotten here from the talent Karen Walker's blog.

Today I have two cards to share with you using stamps from Heartfelt Creations one of the sponsors of the Scrap-Mart.com blog hope.  Both cards were made using the HC sets Elegant Holly Swirls (HCPC3339) & Holly Berry Filler (HCPC3326). 

Thanks for stopping by today... your next stop on the blog hop is the Silhouette blog.   Happy hoppy!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; Stampin Up! Red & kraft; BasicGrey Eskimo Kisses PP; Stamps Heartfelt Creations; Ink:  Stampin Up! Riding Hood Red & Close to My Heart White Daisy; Buttons:  PTI Pure Poppy; KaiserCraft pearl; Lipstick Red Copic Marker; PTI Twine; Spellbinders Lacey Square die (largest one); Cuttlebug; Ranger Holly Stickles; Stampin Up! Pink ribbon

Let It Snow....

not really!  We had snow last week right before Thanksgiving and while it was very pretty and all it really is a pain in the you know what!  We don't often get snow in the Puget Sound area (Seattle//Tacoma) and when we do...oh boy!  Lots O' Trouble!  So... I think I will leave my snowflakes on my cards...k?   Which brings me to my card.   Three different challenges wrapped into one card:  ColourQ, JUGs and ODBD.  I kinda sorta did the faux tile thing with the card.  I scored the cardstock using my Scor-Buddy (I love that little guy) and then stamped the piece with the snowflake background stamp.  Love how it turned out...

The various challenges are as follows:

                         ColourQ:  white; soft suede; tempting turquoise; wild wasabi & pacific point
                         JUGs:   3D holidy embellishment (snowflake)
                         ODBD:  snowflakes on your card (I used the ODBD Snowflake background stamp)

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; Stampin Up! Wild Wasabi, Tempting Turquoise; Ink:  Stampin Up! Pacific Point & Impress Fawn; Ranger Bundled Sage; Zva Creative green rhinestone flourish; Stampin Up! cord button; Spellbinders Snowflake dies; Tag die; Stamps:  ODBD Snowflake Background & Mistletoe Tag Set

Heartfelt Wednesday

A short post with some Heartfelt Creations design team work.  Heartfelt Creations has quite a few stamp collections and one of my favorites is the Posy Patch collection.  Today my card uses a set from that collection called Posy Patch Clusters.  I stamped the large cluster image on cream cardstock with Ranger's Forest Moss distress ink and diecut the image using the 2nd larges Labels 10 die.  The card base was cut using the largest Labels ten die. 

A companion set to the Posy Patch Clusters is the Posy Patch Flowers set which contains single flower images.  I stamped the corresponding flowers from that set on cream cardstock and colored them with Scattered Straw distress ink.  Then they were die cut using the corresponding Posy Patch dies.  Everything was layered on the main image and adhered to the card base.  The sentiment is from the newly released set Classic Message.

Thanks for taking a peek...  hope you have a wonderful Wednesday. 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Stampin Up! Choc. Chip & So Saffron; PTI Cream; Ink:  Ranger Forest Moss, Bundled Sage, Scattered Straw & Brushed Corduroy; Bling:  KaiserCraft; Dies:  Spellbinders Labels 10 dies; tags dies & Posy Patch dies