Have a Cuppa Christmas Cheer

Happy Tuesday stampers!  Can you believe we only have 10 more days until Christmas?  Where in the world has time gone?!?!  
I'm finishing up the last of my Christmas crafting and today's sketch challenge over at Hand Stamped Sentiments was perfect for a fun card for my Virginia BFF!

I have a fun sneak peek at some of my favorite new things coming out in the 2016 Occasions catalog.  Anyone knows me knows just how much I love coffee, so the Have a Cuppa suite was just my cup of...coffee!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Have a Cuppa DSP Stack

Ink ~ Crumb Cake, Bermuda Bay, Early Espresso

Stamp Set ~ Timeless Textures, Endless Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Cup & Kettles Framelits Dies, Have a Cuppa Embellishments, Linen Thread, Greetings Thinlits

Don't you LOVE this adorable little mug of Christmas cheer?  I can't wait to make MANY more creations with this suite of coffee and tea goodness.

Be sure to head on over to Hand Stamped Sentiments to see the rest of our teams creations and join along in the fun!

Happy Stamping!



White Christmas in July ~ SSINKCS23

Merry Monday stampin' friends!  I'm back with another Christmas in July card and today I am using this month's Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Card Sketch. 

I had accidentally pulled this stamp set and put it in my retired stamp set box.  Thankfully my BFF, who loves ALL of the Christmas stamps, was quick to spot this and ask me if I was sure I wanted to get rid of it.  Whew!  So glad she spotted it!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Garden Green, Whisper White, Merry Moments DSP

Ink ~ StazOn, Real Red, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker

Stamp Sets ~ White Christmas, Endless Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Brights and Regals Buttons, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Aqua Painters

 

Wishing you all a Merry Monday!

 

Happy Stamping!

 

 



Wintery Thank You

Happy Friday friends!  I have some exciting news to start off the New Year with...I am now a part of the Friday Mashup Design Team Members!!!  I am so excited to join all of the other talented team members and can't wait to see what fun this year brings!

This week's Mashup challenge is to celebrate January with a winter-themed project, maybe even including a few snowflakes.  This challenge was totally inspiring to me with all of the super cold weather, and the few snow flurries, we've had this week!

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Birthday Bash Specialty DSP

Ink ~ Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Pool Party

Stamp Sets ~ Endless Wishes, Lots of Thanks

Other Supplies ~ Frosted Sequins, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

 

Super simple card, but so pretty!  I am going to make a few more of these to send out for Christmas thank-you's!

 

Be sure to check out all of the other amazing creations from the design team and don't forget to play along!

 

Happy Stamping!



Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?

Do you ever take a picture and think "I can't wait to get this into MDS!"???  It happens to me all the time and I love it!  One of my twins went to a birthday party this weekend (while his poor brother had to stay home sick...boo!) and was one of three boys in a house full of Frozen-crazed girls.  The party was Frozen themed and the birthday girl wanted all of her friends to dress up for pictures at her party and Hunter wasn't about to let her down.  Her mom sent this picture to us from the party and I haven't stopped giggling over it!

Isn't it awesome?!?!?  This wasn't the only dress up picture we got either!  He was a witch along with a few other crazy get-up's he put together.  I love that he wasn't embarrassed and had so much fun dressing up with the girls!

My sketch for this fun page came from none other than MDS Monday ...my favorite place to stop for some MDS inspiration!

And a Frozen themed birthday party can't be attended without a Frozen birthday card!  Thanks to the amazing Lyssa Griffin Zwolanek of Song of My Heart Stampers, I CASE'd her super cute Elsa card for the birthday girl!  It's always a special treat for me to make a fun girly-girl card...living in a house full of boys and all!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pool Party, Bermuda Bay

Ink ~ Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana

Stamp Set ~ Endless Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Northern Flurry, Frosted Sequins, Basic Rhinestones, Silver Ribbon

 

Happy Tuesday to all of you!!!  One more day closer to the weekend....yippee!!!

 

Happy Stamping!



Black and Blue and Red All Over

Sounds like some sort of silly little joke you would hear from the kiddos, right?  No joke here...it's a new color challenge over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!

These colors make for a fun Christmas card!  I only used "a little dash" of black, but it was the perfect added touch!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Ink ~ Cherry Cobbler, Lost Lagoon, Basic Black, Smoky Slate

Stamp Sets ~ Endless Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Frosted Sequins

 

How would you like to join the SSINK Design Team?  Click HERE to find out how you can join our team!

 

Happy Stamping!



Merry and Bright...

....or neutral!

There is something about a neutral colored Christmas card that just makes me swoon...they are always so peaceful and pretty!

My good friend Cynthia over at Ink-A-Doodle Creations as me if I wanted to play along over at this weeks Merry Monday Challenge.  After one look at the challenge, Snowflakes, Neutral Colors and Dry Embossing, I was happy to join in the fun.  (I forgot the dry embossing on my card...oops!)  There is something about a neutral colored Christmas card that I absolutely love!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Kraft, Under the Tree Specialty DSP, Typeset DSP, Gold Glimmer Paper

Ink ~ Early Espresso, Gold

Stamp Set ~ Endless Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Angled Tag Topper Punch, Star Framelits, Itty Bitty Accents Punch, Venetian Crochet Trim, Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Bakers Twine, Snowflake from Many Merry Stars Simply Create Kit

 

Some of you fellow demos may recognize bits and pieces of this card....I CASE'd a few different projects from the front of the most recent Stampin' Success catalog :-)  One of the fun perks of being a demo!

 

Wishing you all a Merry and Bright Day!

 

Happy Stamping!

 



Freshly Made Festival of Trees

Never have I been so happy for it to be the weekend!!!  I'm not sure if it was the full moon or the blood moon or any other moon related event, but this week was CRAZY!!!!  Please tell me I'm not alone in feeling this way!  I felt like I was trapped in the movie Groundhog's Day, stuck on repeat...All.Week.Long! 

 

In an effort to recover from all of the craziness of the week, I decided some stamping therapy was just what I needed.  With a little help from Amy over at Freshly Made Sketches, I found my creative mojo and got busy.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Soft Sky, Silver Foil, Whisper White, All Is Calm DSP

Ink ~ Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz

Stamp Sets ~ Endless Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Frosted Sequins, Rhinestones, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Tree Punch

I'm kind of loving this tree punch and frosted sequins...they make happy!

Time for a bit more stamping before we head out for this weekends baseball game.  Only 3 more games left this season, so it's time to make some thank you cards for the coaches.

 

Hope you all have a great weekend and get some stamping therapy time in!

 

Happy Stamping!



Christmas Bliss

It's Tuesday, which means it's time for another Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge and this week it's a sketch!

I know we are only into our first week of fall, but I'm itching to work on Christmas Creations!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Smoky Slate, All is Calm DSP

Ink ~ Lost Lagoon, Soft Sky, Smoky Slate

Stamp Sets ~ Christmas Bliss, Endless Wishes

Other Supplies ~ All is Calm Washi Tape, All is Calm Snowflake Embellishments, Frosted Sequins, Lost Lagoon Satin Ribbon, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Silver Ribbon, Scalloped Tag Topper Punch

 

Be sure to head on over and see what the rest of the design team has done with this sketch...you'll love them all!

 

Happy Stamping!

 

One Layer Wonder

How many of you have trouble stopping at just one layer when you make a card?  It is the HARDEST thing for me!  I want to add more layers, more ribbon, more bling.  But there are times where I can stay in control and create a card with just one layer and I end up really liking it.

The girls over at SSINK are sharing some single layer cards today to give you some great ideas to create your own One Layer Wonder.

I pulled out my Endless Wishes stamp set (sooo happy this one carried over!) and made this simple, one layer card.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, All is Calm DSP (on envelope)

Ink ~ Pear Pizzazz, Lost Lagoon, Soft Sky

Stamp Set ~ Endless Wishes

Other Supplies ~ Frosted Sequins

 

Embellishments don't count as a layer, right?!?!   I won't tell if you don't tell!

 

Be sure to join us bright and early tomorrow morning for the SSINK Blog Hop...we're getting ready for fall!

 

Happy Stamping!



Classy Country Christmas ~ Merry Monday Challenge #98

Hello stampin' friends and happy Tuesday!  Made it through Monday without anymore crazy weather or ER visits...whew!  Here's to hoping the rest of the week goes just as well :-)

So, I've had an idea brewing in my head since Christmas, but never got around to actually putting it on paper.  Until today!  I saw the fun challenge over at Merry Monday and thought it was time to make my idea come to life.  The challenge this week is to add some country charm to a Christmas card using stitching and buttons...just what I had in mind for my card!

While this may not be a full on "Country Christmas" card, we can maybe call it a "Classy Country Christmas" card, right?!!?

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Ink ~ Whisper White Craft

Stamps ~ Endless Wishes*, Christmas Messages, Greetings of the Season

Other Supplies ~ Neutrals Designer Buttons, Pearl Basic Jewels, Dazzling Details, Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Bakers Twine, Linen Thread

*Stamp Set no longer available, in MDS format

 

I am so happy with how this turned out!  It's always good when I can make an idea in my head come to life on paper :-) 

 

And a little shout out to Mother Nature...just because I created a pretty, wintry card, that does NOT mean we want more snow! 

 

Happy Stamping!



Golden Christmas ~ Monday Montage

We're back with another Monday Montage!  How does time go by so fast???  Thanks for hopping along with us again...we love sharing our paper crafting passion with all of you!

 

I have been running non stop from the second my alarm went off this morning and still have a long night ahead of me...'tis the season to be busy, right? My only saving grace in getting this card done today was that I had started on it earlier in the week and was able to  sneak in a little time to finish it up early this morning after my run. Please tell me I'm not the only one who is running around crazy busy!!!

 

I went a little crazy with gold on this card, but I am absolutely loving gold right now and couldn't help myself!  You are getting a few sneak peeks of some new items too...

Supplies Used:

 

Paper ~ Very Vanilla, Gold Foil Paper, Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum*

Ink ~ VersaMark

Stamp Sets ~ Mosaic Madness, Endless Wishes Photopolymer

Other Supplies ~ Gold Bakers Twine*, Modern Mosaic Embossing Folder, Mosaic Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack

*Available January 3, 2014

 

Back to baking I go..I still have 5 dozen cookies to get made and some treat bag toppers to finish.  I see a late night ahead of me!

Thanks for hopping along with all of us again! 

Now  either skip on back to Amy's page or hop ahead to Cathy's page....just be sure to make the full loop so you don't miss out on any of the amazing creations this time around!



Framelits Friday Frosty

 

Hi Friends and welcome to Framelits Friday with Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!

 

I had originally started out with a different card, which you may see in another post later, but after seeing this adorable little snowman (and even cuter story to go with it) I just had to make a card with him!  Please check out Paper Creations by Mercedes to see the adorable ornaments her daughter made and what she plans to do with the proceeds from her tutorial.  Makes my heart happy :)

 

This card is FULL of Framelits...some of which are NEW and will be available to you January 3, 2014!

Supplies Used:
Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Soft Sky, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Season of Style DSP

Ink ~ Cherry Cobbler

Stamp Sets ~ Just Sayin'*, Endless Wishes Photopolymer(sold out)

Other Supplies ~ Punches (please see Mercedes tutorial), Winter Frost Embellishments, Subtles Candy Dots, On Film Framelits*, Word Bubbles Framelits*, Festive Flurry Framelits, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder**, Rhinestone Basics (colored black)

*Occasions 2014 ~ Coming 1/3/14

**Sale A Bration ~ Coming 1/28/14

 

Isn't that snow man just the cutest?!?!?!  I can never come up with punch art ideas and am always so thankful for those who do!  I may just get a wild hair and make about 50 of these little guys to attach to my boys school birthday treat bags next week...maybe!

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the fun Framelits Friday creations from our DT and maybe you'll be INKspired to CREATE something too!

 

Happy Stamping!