12/30/19 - CAS(E) this Sketch - Heartwarming Memories

Happy Monday! I was away to Indiana at my in-laws for the Christmas holidays, it was kind of relaxing. Sadly I had to check my work emails but it was nice overall and I am so glad to be home again! Today's card is using CAS(E) this sketch challenge. I am always looking for a good design to use to create a batch of Christmas cards and also used up the DSP that I got for the holidays and I think this is such a good one. In the Snowman DSP, there are few busy patterns that I just don't know how to use and showcase and I think this will be a good layout. Paired up the busy pattern with a more subtle one. I hope you like this card I am sharing today and hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas break.

Challenge: CTS#352
Stamp Sets: Let It Snow

Colors: Real Red, Coastal Cabana

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow Specialty DSP, Real Red

Others: Holiday Rhinestone

12/19/19 - Freshly Made Sketch - Very Merry

Happy Thursday, I am so glad this week is almost over, work has been kicking my @$$! Today's card is using Freshly Made Sketch. Again, I used lots of DSP to showcase my card and it was very quick and simple to create. I truly can't get enough of the DSP, the main image of the snow lady is from the DSP that I just cut out. And I added a quick and fun sentiment to finish of the card. Pretty straight forward I think. Hope you like this quick creation today.

Challenge: FMS416
Stamp Sets: And Many More

Colors: Memento Black, Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow Specialty DSP,

Others: Dimensional, Corner Rounder, Classic Label Punch 

12/17/19 - CASE-ing Tuesday - Snowman

Today's card is using CASE-ing Tuesday on FB from page 29 of the current holiday catalog. Again, I can't stress enough how much I love our catalog for inspiration. This layout is simple but you can make it into more of layering cards if you want. I kept it simple and clean by just using the DSP on the Whisper White cardstock and added some *bling* to jazz it up a little bit. I continue to use the Snowman stamp set for my card this week as I want to make as much Christmas cards as I can to use for this/next year! I hope you like the card I am sharing today!

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Challenge: #230
Stamp Sets: Snowman

Colors: Memento Black, Real Red, Coastal Cabana, Blueberry Bushel

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow Specialty DSP, Basic Black

Others: Dimensional, Rhinestone 

12/16/19 - Global Design Project - Snowman Card

Today's card is using Global Design Project - CASE the designer! I stayed pretty true to the card and made it into a Christmas card. I still can't believe that Christmas is next week, where did 2019 goes?? I am still using the Snowman stamp set and the coordinating paper. The card is pretty quick and easy and it also used up a lot of DSP which I will need to do! I hope you like this quick card I am sharing today! 

Challenge: #GDP220
Stamp Sets: Snowman

Colors: Memento Black, Real Red, Coastal Cabana

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow Specialty DSP, Basic Black

Others: Dimensional, Layering Circle Framelits, Gold Ribbon

12/15/19 - Sunday Stamps - Let It Snow

Happy Sunday - I don't have much time today but still wanted to create something so I found the challenge at Sunday Stamps. It's a simple layout so I can create a quick and easy card with the short amount of time and I also flip the sketch horizontally so I can feature this awesome panel piece from the Let it Snow DSP. All I did is cut down the DSP to fit the card sideways and added 2 strips of the DSP that coordinate with the paper. I also stamped the sentiment and punch it out with 1 3/4" Circle Punch. I hope you like this quick and easy card today and have a wonderful Sunday!

Challenge: SSC220
Stamp Sets: Snowman

Colors: Shaded Spruce

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow Specialty DSP, Shaded Spruce

Others: Dimensional, 1 3/4" Circle Punch 

12/14/19 - CAS(E) this Sketch - Let It Snow

Today's card is using CAS(E) This Sketch. I haven't been using my Oval Layering Dies and when I saw the sketch, I thought to myself, it's a great time to make a card with it

The theme here is Christmas and I also used the circle layering dies for the snowman image. I like how simple it is to make and also love the simple look. Hope you like the card I am sharing today!

Challenge: CTS#351
Stamp Sets: Snowman

Colors: Real Red, Memento Black

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow Specialty DSP, Balmy Blue,

Others: Layering Circle Dies, Layering Oval Dies, Markers, Dimensional, 2 1/2" Circle Punch 

12/12/19 - TSOT - A Joyful Christmas To You

Today's card is using Trying Stampin' On Tuesday! I love the simplicity of the layout and was very thrilled to be able to create a Christmas with it. I used one of the retired DSP from last year and pair it up with the current Holiday Catalog stamp set. I really like how it turned out, simple and quick to make. Have a good Thursday.

Challenge: TSOT437
Stamp Sets: Beauty & Joy

Colors: Mossy Meadow, Soft Suede, Gray Granite

Paper: Whisper White, Holiday DSP (retried), Soft Suede

Others: 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Rhinestone, Rectangle Stitched Dies 

12/11/19 - CASE-ing Tuesday - Snowman Card

Today's card is using CASE-ing Tuesday Challenge (pg 22) from the current Holiday Catalog. I love our catalog for always have inspiration cards to share with us and with CASE-ing Tuesday, they provided us with measurement if you need it. I used the Snowman Season stamp set and the paper that came in the suite to create this festive card. The card is pretty straight forward. I just realized that I forgot to put a hat on the snowman, oh well!

Challenge: #229
Stamp Sets: Snowman Season

Colors: Stazon Black, Real Red

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow DSP, Vellum

Others: Watercolor Pencil, Blender Pen

12/9/19 - CASE-ing Tuesday - Merry Christmas

Happy Monday! Finally made a card today using CASE-ing Tuesday (on FB). I am def. behind on creating more Christmas and using up my Snowman DSP but I will try my best. If not, I will have to continue to use this stamp set to create more holiday cards for 2020. We are CASEing Holiday catalog pg. 12 and I decided to just use one stamp image of Snowman instead a row of them. I colored it in with Watercolor Pencils and paired it with Blender Pen. I really like how this turned out and I think with the given dimension, I can make multiple of this! I hope you like the card I am sharing today.

Challenge: #228

Stamp Sets: Snowman Season

Colors: Stazon Black, Real Red

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Let It Snow DSP

Others: Watercolor Pencil, Blender Pen

12/3/19 - Global Design Project - Let's Celebrate You

Today's card is using Global Project Design sketch challenge. I decided to use some colors that I think might go well together, what do you think?? The butterfly and the sentiments are both using reinkers with aqua painter to create a watercolor look with Stazon Ink. Decided to use the panel piece of Purple Posey, still not sure if they all worked together. Hope you enjoy this quick card I am sharing today!

Challenge: #GDP218
Stamp Sets: Itty Bitty Birthday, Butterfly Gala

Colors: Stazon Black, Grapefruit Groove, Lovely Lipstick

Paper: Grapefruit Grove, 2018-2020 In-Colors pack, Watercolor Paper

Others: Duet Butterfly Punch,

12/2/19 - The Paper Players

Welcome to December, still can't believe that Thanksgiving came and gone and we are counting down to Christmas already. Today's card is using The Paper Players Theme Challenge - Frosty the Snowman. The card LITERALLY came together in 5 min! I used the DSP from Let It Snow pack and find the panel of all the snowman and cut it down to size to fit the card. Then layer a Basic Black and stamped a sentiment and added some jewels and voila, here is your card!! If you have a pack of this DSP, it's such a quick and easy way to make a bunch of Christmas cards.

Challenge: PP470
Stamp Sets: Let it Snow

Colors: Memento Black,

Paper: Basic Black, Let It Snow DSP,

Others: Holiday Rhinestone Jewels 

11/25/19 - The Paper Players - Merry Christmas

Happy Tuesday - Today's card is using The Paper Player Challenge. I can't believe that Thanksgiving is this Thursday and December is just around the corner, I am still working on my Christmas cards! I used the sketch to make a Christmas card today and I think this is a good layout to duplicate any cards you might be making. I stamped and then punch out the snowman and put the sentiment right on the card base. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, everyone!

Challenge: PP469
Stamp Sets: Let it Snow

Colors: Memento Black, Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Pineapple Crush, soft suede  

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow DSP,

Others: Dimension, Snowman Punch 

11/22/19 - CAS(E) this Sketch & TGIF Challenge - Very Merry

Happy Friday - wooh wooh - I made cards 5 days straight! Today's card is using CAS(E) This Sketch (Sketch) & TGIF Challenge (Technique). I dry embossed vellum as a layer and put the Let It Snow DSP with it. The snowman image piece is always cut out from the DSP from that pack, to make this such a quite and easy card to create. I added a sentiment and punch it out with Label Punch. I hope you can see the glitter on the Snowman - so adorable! Hope you enjoy this quick card today and have a wonderful weekend!

Challenge: #tgifc239 & CTS#349
Stamp Sets: And Many More (retired)

Colors: Coastal Cabana

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow DSP, Vellum, Real Red

Others: Dimension, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Embossing Folder (retired), Label Punch, 

11/21/19 - TSOT 434 - Thanks for Being there for me

Today's card is using Try Stampin' On Tuesday challenge. I always love a good sketch and this one stood out to me. I wanted to use Friend Like You since this stamp set doesn't get inked much from me and I was also looking for a quick and easy card and this is just perfect. The floral image I use the marker to color in with Mint Macaroon and Lovely Lipstick and the grass is with Mossy Meadow. I love the Lovely Lipstick layering, it really make the image pop. The Whisper White is embossed with a folder and the DSP is from last Occasion Catalog. I hope you like this card I am sharing today. This is a good sketch to help you to create any cards.

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Optional Theme: Put Some Bling On It

Challenge: TSOT 434
Stamp Sets: Friend Like You

Colors: Mossy Meadow, Lovely Lipstick, Mint Macaroon,

Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Lovely Lipstick, Mint Macaroon, With All My Love DSP (retired)

Others: Dimension, Stitched Circle Framelits, 2" Circle Punch, SU Markers

11/20/19 - CASE-ing Tuesday - Relax Your Way!

Happy Hump Day - today's weather here is still cold but at least there are sunshine! The card I am sharing today is using CASE-ing Tuesday on Facebook page from 2019 Holiday Catalog page 51. I decided to make the regular size card with horizontal orientation. Instead of making a Christmas card, I pulled out The Good Man stamp set and create this card. The coloring is using Stampin' Up Markers and the DSP is from last year (retired). Love how quick and easy this card came together. I hope you enjoy the card today.

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Challenge: #226
Stamp Sets: The Good Man 

Colors: Memento Black, Night of Navy, Pool Party, Call Me Clover, Mint Macaroon, 

Paper: Whisper White, DSP (retired) 

Others: Dimension, Nature Poem Twine (4 pack), Stitched Nested Dies, 

11/19/19 - The Paper Player & Global Design Project - Snowman

Today's card is using The Paper Players Theme Challenge and Global Design Project. The theme is North Pole so I decided to use the snowman image. The sketch is CASEing a designer and instead of a vertical layout, I switched it to horizontal. I used the Snowman Suite Bundle to create this card (stamp, paper and punch). This time instead of punch out the snowman, I only did the hat and color it in using our SU markers. I used Shaded Spruce for the tone on tone effects on the cardstock. I am making lots of Christmas cards these days, hopefully I will have enough to mail by Xmas time! Thank You for stopping by today!

 

Challenge: #GDP216 & PP468
Stamp Sets: Snowman

Colors: Memento Black, Shaded Spruce, Grapefruit Grove, Calypso Coral

Paper: Whisper White, Snowman Specialty Paper, Shaded Spruce, Basic Black

Others: Dimension, Snowman Punch, Markers

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11/18/19 - Just Add Ink & TGIF - So Thankful

Happy Monday - my sister-in-law was here from FL this past weekend to visit us so I didn't have much chance to head into the craft room. I am glad that I found 2 challenges for the card I am sharing today. One is Just Add Ink and One is a theme challenge from TGIF. I used a fun technique called Rock and Roll to edge up the leafs and I really like how it turned out. I hope you like this card I am sharing today!

Challenge #482 & #tgifc238
Stamp Sets: Beauty and Joy

Colors: Soft Suede, Gray Granite, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie

Paper: Whisper White, Natural Poem DSP (retired)

Others: Dimension, Stitched Nested Dies, 1" Circle Punch, Label Punch, 

11/14/19 - Freshly Made Sketch - Snowman

Today's card is def. in the quick and easy category. I used the Freshly Made Sketch to create this fun card. The suite is from the Snowman Bundle and I used the Stitched Framelits for the circle and Watercolor Pencil with Blender Pens for the coloring. Hope you like this card.

Challenge: FMS411
Stamp Sets: Snowman

Colors: Memento Black,

Paper: Whisper White, Snowman DSP, Silver Paper (retired)

Others: Dimension, Stitched Circle Framelits, Watercolor Pencil, Blender Pens, 

11/12/19 - TGIF - Your Friendship

Another cold day here!! I took Hunter to his class this morning and it was COLD!! Today's card is using TGIF Sketch Challenge! I love the layout and It's another way to use up lots of DSP, I think it is also a great layout for The Merion Senior Living Card Class. I stamped the 2 floral images and color them in with Watercolor Pencils and then I used Aqua Painter to blend them in a little bit. This card came together pretty quickly and I hope you will give it a try! Have a good Tuesday and stay warm!

Challenge #tgifc237
Stamp Sets: Free as a Bird

Colors: Memento Black, Bermuda Bay,

Paper: Whisper White, Bird Ballard DSP,

Others: Dimension, Stitched Nested Dies, Watercolor Pencils, Aqua Painter

11/11/19 - CASE-ing Tuesday - Let It Snow

Snow day here in the Chicagoland area! Today's card is using CASE-ing Tuesday and again, I always love this FB page where they give out the dimension so I can have something to work off from, of course you can modify to fit your card as well. The DSP is cut at 4 x 5.25 and the whisper white is using the stitched rectangle dies. I used the Watercolor Pencils to color in the snowman image and the sentiment is in Coastal Cabana. I also lightly used Basic Gray to color in the snowman and also blue to color in the snow. I hope you like this card I am sharing today!

Challenge #224
Stamp Sets: Snowman Season,

Colors: Memento Black, Coastal Cabana,

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow Specialty Paper,

Others: Dimension, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Watercolor Pencils

11/8/19 - CAS(E) This Sketch - Merry Christmas

Happy Friday - it's extremely cold here in the Chicago area! Today's card is using CAS(E) This Sketch! I decided to make the card horizontally because I accidently cut the stitched rectangle too big and it would just look strange vertically. I stamped the snowman image in the middle and stamped the stars image in Coastal Cabana around the rectangle. I added a sentiment from one of my favorite, retired stamp set! I hope you like this quick card today - Have a great weekend!

Challenge #347
Stamp Sets: Snowman Season, Teeny Tiny Wishes,

Colors: Memento Black, Coastal Cabana, Poppy Seed Parade, Grapefruit Grove

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow Specialty Paper,

Others: Dimension, Stitched Rectangle Framelits, Label Punch, 

11/7/19 - Fusion - Let It Snow

Today's card is using Fusion Sketch. I continue to use my new Snowman Bundle to create Christmas cards. I used the Stitched Nested Labels for the middle oval shape of the sketch. For the circle shape, I used the Snowman image for it and put in a fun sentiment in the middle, next to the snowman. I really like how this card turn out, and I hope you do too. Have you started your Christmas card yet?

Challenge Used: Fusion
Stamp Sets: Snowman Season

Colors: Memento Black, Coastal Cabana

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow Specialty Paper, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Real Red

Others: Dimension, Snowman Builder Punch, Watercolor Pencils, Stitched Nested Labels, Timeless Label  

11/6/19 - Freshly Make Sketch - Hoping This Season......

Today's card is using Freshly Made Sketch challenge. I love all the DT member's card so I gather some of their creation and put my own spin on it. I used my new Snowman Bundle for this card. The paper is from the same suite and I think they compliment each other very well. To create the hat, I punched out the hat first in basic black and then on whisper white as well and trim it down just for the edge. Then I used the watercolor pencils to color it in Melon Mambo. The hand is using crumb cake. I hope you like this card I am sharing today!

Challenge Used: FMS410
Stamp Sets: Snowman Season

Colors: Memento Black

Paper: Whisper White, Let It Snow Specialty Paper, Basic Black, Crumb Cake

Others: Dimension, Snowman Builder Punch, Watercolor Pencils,