Friday Sketchers and Tuesday Throwdown a two fer

Ah Tuesday, the most stressful day of the week for me but thankfully, I took some time in the begining of this day to create, and this little baby has made me smile! I received my October key ingredients kit yesterday and once I looked thru the papers, I was inspired to make a Christmas card! I love these colors for Christmas. I used a great new release holiday stamp set available NOW from Clear Dollar Stamps called Filled With Cheer, a set of 14 for only $12.99.

I followed the sketch at Friday Sketchers, and I am also posting this for the Tuesday Throwdown challenge which is Anything Goes.

Details:

Stamps: Filled with Cheer (CDS)

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Apple Cider dp, Oct ki kit cs

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Copics: C1,C5, R20, R22, BG10

Tools/Accessories: Corner Rounder, Ticket Corner Punch, Oval Nestabilities, Word Window, Red Velvet Cake Ribbon (CDS)

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #70

Hi! Happy Saturday! I have another Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge card to share with you today.. I just love sweet sketch wednesday! Last week I was very honored to be chosen as one of the top three in the sketch challenge! YAY!

This week, I made another Christmas inspired card, (secretly I am building up my Christmas card supply before the busy season hits this year!) I decided to get creative with one of the Clear Dollar Stamps October new releases, Filled with Cheer, a stamp set of 14 for only $12.99.

Details:

Stamps: Fileld with Cheer

Cardstock: Red Velvet Cake (cds) Neenah Solar White,

Basic Grey Jovial dp

Inks/Markers: Red Velvet Cake Hybrid Ink

Copics: R59, R29, C1,C5,B05,BG05,E37, E33, G05, Y11

Accents/Tools: Corner Rounder, Ticket Corner Punch,

Snowflake Die, Word Window, Red Velvet Cake (cds) Ribbon,

Whisper White Organza Ribbon (su)

Techniques: Paper Piecing

 

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The Pink Elephant #44 Favortie Christmas Color Combo

Hello all! I am very excited about what I have to share with you today! It is kind of funny how this card, that I made for the Pink Elephant challenge of Favorite Christmas Color combos, came to fruition. I love love using non traditional colors on Christmas projects so I knew this challenge would be a fun one! I was leafing thru my new Cosmo Cricket Early Bird paper pack when this beautiful bird print caught my eye. Perfect! Red, Teal, and Vanilla! This paper immediately brought the Pretty Perches to the front of my mind! Tying these two items together, I was off to the races creating. The funny part is that I completey finished up the center / focal point, the bird feeder, birds, dimentionals, ect before even starting to think out a layout that would work much less what cardstock I would use, ect. But, as you can see, it all worked itself out, kind of like the card made itself ... hummm...

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The Details:

Stamps: Pretty Perches (CDStamps)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cosmo Cricket Early Bird

Ruby Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Taken w/Teal

Tools/Accessories: Labels 9, Swiss Dots Embossing folder, word window,

modern label punch, dimentionals

Color Throwdown #71 & Our Creative Corner Sketch SASSC#42

Hi Everybody! I am so excited to share this card with you today! I have been looking at this sketch from Our Creative Corner Stamps and Smiles for almost a week now, too long, I know - wanting to do something fabulous with it but the mental block got the better of me. But today, when I saw the color challenge at Color Throwdown, which is to use "olive, red, pink & brown/cream" a light went on in my head, and I went to work! This card, featuring one of my favorite Clear Dollar Stamp sets, Snowman Wishes, is the result. I hope you like it as much as I do!

The Details:

Stamps: Snowman Wishes (CDStamps)

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Golly by Jolly dp, Merry Moments dsp, Whisper White

Ink: Stazon JetBlack, Chocolate Chip

Markers: Real Red, Old Olive, Pink Passion, Close to Cocoa, Only Orange

Tools/Accessories: Build-a-Brad (w/o the brad), 1" circle punch, Lg Circle &

Lg Pinking Circle Nesties, Modern Lable Punch, Old Olive Brads

Dimentionals

Three Winter Wishes

Hey All! Do you ever have one of those crafting days? Where you want to craft, you have ideas, and when you sit down at the table, everything goes all wrong, and it is a fight to the finish? Welp, that was me today with this card. Everyday, I look up some challenges and jot them down in my sketch book. Today, I was intrigued by the color challenge at splitcoast, ( bermuda bay or taken with teal, old olive, pretty in pink & neutral of choice) the Christmas Card challenge at PaperTake Weekly, and the Pile it On challenge (use Rub-Ons), and thought they would all go so great together! I love a Christmas card without the traditional red and green. Yes, I also like the red and green ... lol..

So with this card, I had a totally different idea, I cut out the trees from a piece of Holiday Lounge dsp and the circles on those trees inspired the use (yes again!) of my sweet snowman family. But things just wernt working, not only were the ideas just not flowing, but things were not working! I had to redo and redo and completely change my sketch! Finally, I finished.. I shake my head with uncertainty about this card, but I am posting it anyway, as a symbol of victory over this card. Thanks for stopping by! I'd love to hear what you think about this creation... good or bad! I want to hear it! :0)

The Details:

Stamps: Snowman Wishes (CDStamps)

Paper: Taken with Teal, Whisper White, Holiday Lounge dsp, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink

Ink: Stazon JetBlack, Taken with Teal, Old Olive (marker),

Pretty in Pink (marker), Only Orange (marker)

Tools/Accessories: Spots & Dots Embossing Folder, Ticket Corner Punch,

Chit Chat Rub ons, Labels 4 Nestabilities, blender pen

dimentionals

Christmas Joy in a Color Throwdown #69

Sunday night... its quiet. My son crawled into bed on time tonight, and after reading a couple chapters of "The Littles" to him, I slipped into my craft room and got to work. I love the colors for this week's Color Throwdown and could not wait to play with them! This week, they are calling for Chocolate, Olive (optional), Cream and Dark Red. I used Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Very Vanilla and Real Red. Also, I was remembering the sketch challenge at Card Patterns and I think this would fit in with them too. I was inspired by my BFF, Cassie's fun ornament she made with this stamp set. I always copy her, so I dont think she will mind ;p

The Details:

Stamps: Jolly Joy (CDStamps)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Real Red,

Merry Moments dsp, Watercolor

Ink: Stazon JetBlack, Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Tools/Accessories: Blossom Two & lg Circles Nesties, Aqua Painter, Old Olive Ribbon

Ticket Corner Punch, Real Red & Old Olive Markers

The Color Dare #43

Hello there! Welcome to another week of The Color Dare! This week we challenge you to incorporate the following colors into your project:

Rose Red, Chocolate Chip & Green Galore

Fun colors, right? I (obviously) saw Christmas in these colors .. I guess I have Christmas cards on the mind lately, I am trying to finish up all my cards for the season before my husband comes home to visit sometime in December. I was inspired not only by these fabulous colors, but by the sketch challenge #40 over at CardPatterns. This sketch was from Nov 7th.

Ok, enough from me! I hope you have been inspired by these colors! I cant wait to see what you come up with!!

The Details:

Stamps: SnowBurst & Heard from the Heart (SU)

Paper: Merry Moments dsp, Throughly Modern dsp, Rose Red, Green Galore,

Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Green Galore

Tools/Accessories: Swiss Dots Embossing folder, basic grey nook & pantry brads

Color Throwdown #67 and Mojo Monday 111

Hi Everyone! I have been having so much fun with my new Clear Dollar Christmas stamps! This one is called Charlie Snowhorse, while it is not new to Clear Dollar's collection, it is new to me, came in my fun mail this weekend! He is so stinkin cute, right?
This card is for two challenges, the first being The Color Throwdown, where they challenge us to use Soft Sky, Kraft, Always Artichoke & Dusty Durango. Unfortunately, I do not have any soft sky, so I substituted with the always beautiful Baja Breeze. The other challenge is the sketch from this past Monday's Mojo Monday. I think all the elements go together just right! (yeah!)

The Details:

Stamps: Charlie Snowhorse (CdStamps)

Paper: Kraft, Dusty Durango, Sahara Sand dsp, Baja Breeze,

Baja Breeze dsp, Always Artichoke, Watercolor paper

Ink: Stazon Jetblack, Baja Breeze, Dusty Durango, Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand

Tools/Accessories: Chipboard snowflake, white microbrads, white brad,

sponge, Aqua marker, swiss dots embossing folder

OCCC Sketch Challenge SASSC39

Hi! It is a happy Saturday when I can get chores done AND spend some quality time in the craft room! I found some extra mojo today and this is the result! I recently came across a Thursday sketch challenge over at Our Creative Corner and today I was inspired to work with it!

On the sketch, I ended up turning the focal panel from horizontal to vertical because when I cut my dsp to size and flipped it over I noticed this awesome piece of a bigger picture and just had to showcase it! I have been having alot of fun with non-traditional Christmas colors, and for today, I challenged myself to NOT use any Nesties! They have been a steady go-to for awhile now, and I wanted to see if I could still create something eye-catching without leaning on the awesomeness of the nestability. ;p

The Details:

Stamps: Jolly Joy & Charlie Snowhorse - sentiment (CDStamps)

Paper: Whisper White, Ruby Red, Holiday Lounge dsp, watercolor

Ink: Ruby Red, Taken with Teal, Sahara Sand

Tools/Accessories: Sponge, Dimentionals, straight edge & black marker

Clearly Inspired Challenge #1

"Give me 5"

Happy Friday! This week is the begining of a brand new, super fun challenge over at Lori's Clear Dollar Stamps blog, Clearly iStamp! It is called Clearly Inspired Challenge and it will be held every other Friday, starting today.

This week, the challenge is called "Give me 5" and we are to use 5 of something on our cards. I kinda went overboard and here are my 5's:

• 5 layers
• 5 brads
• 5 colors
• 5 letters

I was so excited because my FUN mail came today - my new Clear Dollar order! Which included this super cute and fun stamp set designed by Shawne, called Jolly Joy, I knew its the one I wanted to use today.

The Details:

Stamps: Jolly Joy (CDStamps)

Paper: Jolly by Golly (Cosmo Cricket), Ballet Blue, watercolor paper

Ink: Stazon JetBlack

Tools/Accessories: Labels 4 nesties, Nook & Pantry brads, Watercolor pencils,

Aqua painter, ticket corner punch

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Christmas Card Preview #3

Here is my third set of Christmas Cards. I think I will just need one more set of 10 to be set for this holiday season. These cards came at a real struggle... Me and this stamp set did not get along my first couple attempts at these cards. In the end, I won and after alot of coloring, some cutting and a lot more cuttlebugging, this is what I came up with.

The stamp set is called Holiday Nutcracker from Clear Dollar stamps. As usual, I had a totally different layout pictured in my head when I started, and once again, I am happy with the results. I used different selections dsp from the same dsp family, Merry Moments dsp (SU).

I embossed the smaller of the Labels 9 nesties with the Moroccan Screen embossing folder for some added texture and interest. I used dimentionals to make the nutcrackers stand out just a little bit more.

This year, I have been sure to stamp the inside of the cards to make sending them out a bit easier. My goal is to have the cards not only made, but signed, addressed, stamped and ready to go in the mail by the first of December since my husband will be coming home from Iraq for a visit around mid-December.

Details:

Stamps: Holiday Nutcracker (CDStamps), Christmas Scriptures (inside)

Paper: Merry Moments dsp, Real Red, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy

Ink: Stazon JetBlack, Not Quite Navy

Markers: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa, YoYo Yellow, Only Orange

Tools/Accessories: Labels 9 Nesties, Moroccan Screen Embossing Folder,

Modern Label punch, Old Olive or Not Quite Navy Brads, Dimentionals

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Clear Dollar Weekend Color Challenge #42 Pink Winter Friends

Hello Everyone! Happy Friday! The best part of the begining of the weekend is the Clear Dollar Stamps Weekend Color Challenge over at PaperCraft Planet! This week, our hostess is the super talented, inspiration to many, my BFF, Cassie. She has challenged us to get creative with Chocolate Brown, Lime Green, and Pink. Specifically, I chose Chocolate Chip, Green Galore & Melon Mambo.
This morning, I sat and sat, looking at these colors and my clear dollar stamp sets, searching for inspiration. I found my inspiration in the great snowflakes on the dsp and my new favorite stamp set called Snowman Wishes from Clear Dollar Stamps. I decided to incorporate the sketch challenge from PaperTake Weekly . I like how the circle from the sketch mirrors the circles that make up the snowmen. After much thought and deliberation, this is what I came up with.
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Details:

Stamps: Snowman Wishes (CdStamps)

Ink: Melon Mambo, Stazon JetBlack

Markers: Green Galore, Only Orange

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Green Galore, Merry Moments dsp, Jolly by Golly dp

Tools/Accessories: Large Circle Nesties, Melon Mambo ribbon, Chocolate Chip ribbon,

White large brad, Flower soft polar white, sponge

Christmas Card Preview #2

Hi Everyone! So I have completed my second batch of Christmas cards. This layout was inspired by the layout I did for the PaperBlooms challenge this week, the challenge was to make a circle card. For this batch of Christmas cards, I decided to make a squared for the card vs a shaped card since I was doing a mass production. I used three different prints from the Holiday Lounge Dsp (su) paired with the adorable snowman from the Snowman Wishes stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps. As an afterthought I added the little birdie, it just seemed to need something there. On this grouping of cards as well as the last, I remembered to include the inside of the cards in my stamping. I am also glad I remembered to include the inside in my pictures! ;p

Details:

Stamps: Snowman Wishes (CDStamps) & Christmas Scriptures (CDStamps)

Paper: Sahara Sand or Kraft, Taken With Teal, Ruby Red,

Whisper White, Naturals White, Holiday Lounge dsp

Ink: Taken With Teal, Ruby Red, Sahara Sand

Tools/Accessories: Large Scalloped Nestie, Circle Nesties, aqua painter, Sponge

Techniques: Watercoloring
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Christmas Card Preview

Hi Everyone! Yesterday, Happy Mail arrived - aka my new Clear Dollar Stamps order - and so I found myself inspired to get a start on some Christmas cards. In comparison to some other people I know, I do not have a long Christmas card list, but I always like to get an early start. And this year, since my DH will be coming home for a visit in December, I want to be sure to not only have these cards made, but signed, addressed and ready for the post office, well before he arrives home. For this batch of cards, I was inspired by my new nestabilities, Labels 7 combined with my Christmas Scriptures stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps. I love how the Labels 7 looks like an open book, and the simplicity of the scripture being the main focus of the card. I mean, really, shouldn't God's Word be our main focus Everyday? (Yes, I am reminding myself of that very point)
With the same sketch, I used a different dp all from the Merry Moments (su) dsp and two of the four Scriptures that are included with the stamp set simply because they fit the labels 7 best. I plan on using the other scriptures with my other Christmas cards.
Usually I ignore the inside of my cards, just dont think about it, but I have been inspired by so many of you adding detail to the inside of your cards, that I did go ahead and do a little something, but of course, I forgot to take a picture of said insides.. But I simply sponged Old Olive and then stamped "Merry Christmas" in Real Red leaving plenty of room for a personal note and signature.

Details:

Stamps: Christmas Scriptures (CDStamps)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip,

Merry Moments dsp

Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Tools/Accessories: Labels 7 Nesties, Sponge, Real Red dotted ribbon,

Old Olive Ribbon, Vanilla satin ribbon (from cdstamps),

Ticket corner punch,

Old Olive brads/Chocolate Chip brads

Thank you so much for stopping by, I would LOVE to hear what you think about these Christmas cards! I have two more Christmas stamp sets that I plan on turning into Christmas cards, so I hope you will stop by later on to check those out too!