A Snowman with More Merry Messages for Christmas

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 553 - An Elegant Calypso in Old Bermuda with Pearls or Rhinestones for dessert. For Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 556 - Die Cut Critters, for CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 347 - Me Want Candy. My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 420. OK so Monday when I first looked at the photo for the CAS I saw Frankie but today I studied it a little more and the head looked like a decorated flower pot so I went with it and the google eyes. I used a flower pot cut from elegant eggplant and turned it upside down for a hat. I used various sizes of circle punches for the snowman and attached some google eyes, gems and ferns for arms.

On the inside and envelope I stamped my sentiments in Bermuda bay. I hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: More Merry Messages 
Paper: white, calypso coral, elegant eggplant, Bo Bunny Altitude dp
Ink: Bermuda Bay 
Accessories: MS Snowflake, Fiskers Fern, Spellbinders Flower Pot, Ribbon, dimensionals, google eyes, gems, circle punches, 
Techniques: 3d, die cuts critters

Happy Haunting Frankie

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 556 - Die Cut Critters. This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 347 - Me Want Candy. My layout is from today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 420.
I used my Nestabilities Label 11, Martha Stewart drippy goo border and Fiskars cheveron border punch to create Frankenstein. I used some google eyes as well punched a hole in the top and used some orange ribbon to make it a tag then popped it up on dimensionals.

I stamped one of the images from the set on the inside and the sentiment on the front of the envelope in black ink. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Haunting Halloween 
Paper: white, black, halloween dp? 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black 
Accessories: Nestability Labels 11, Martha Stewart drippy goo border, Fiskars Cheveron border punch, dimensionals, ribbon, google eyes 
Techniques: die cut critters

Wild Rose Birthday

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 533, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENG E# 523 - Melons and Chocolates in my Garden, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 526 - Punch and Pleat, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 317 - Bulb or Bulb Flowers. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig and did some 2 step stamping with Wild Roses then cut out the roses and leaves to attach where I wanted them. I punched some MME - Home dp using Martha Stewarts grass border punch then scored and pleated it to go under the roses. The sentiment is from Full of Life stamped and matted in melon mambo. I used choc chip cs for my base.

 

I cut out and attached another rose to the envelope, for the inside I adhered some white cs and stamped Happy Birthday on it. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Wild Rose, Full Of Life 
Paper: White, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, My Minds Eye - Home dp 
Ink: Melon Mambo, Garden Green 
Accessories: Martha Stewart Grass Border, stamp-a-ma-jig, dimensionals 
Techniques: Pleated Border, 3D, 2 step stamping

Mirrored Spring Posies

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 522 - Whispers of Smoky Wisterias, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 525 - Mirror Mirror, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 316 - No Patterned Paper and Monday's MOJO MONDAYS SKETCH CHALLENGE # 389. This will finish me in my crafty cave until Wednesday next week :( I miss my daily stamping time.
I used a new stencil on sponged smokey slate gray on smokey slate gray cs. I punched old olive cs using my Martha Stewart grass border punch. I stamped the mirrored image (the one in the middle) on white cs then stamped the rest of the width then colored with BV20, 31, 34, YG91, 93, & 95 copics. Covered the seam with some ribbon. Stamped the sentiment from Spring Song in wisteria wonder and matted on wisteria wonder. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Pocket Full of Posies, Spring Song 
Paper: White, Smokey Slate Gray, Old Olive 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black ,Wisteria Wonder, Smokey Slate Gray 
Accessories: ribbon, MS Grass Border, Heidi Swapp Stencil, Tone on Tone 
Techniques: Stenciling, Mirroring

Wild Rose Blessings from Heaven

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 516 - Beads, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 525, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 515 - A really crumby Espresso. Today I was in the mood for flowers and I think I pulled it off with the color challenge even if I couldn't add some green. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig for the roses 2 step stamping by stamping off the back stamp before stamping on crumb cake. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Wild Rose, Blessings from Heaven 
Paper: vanilla, crumb cake, real red, chocolate chip 
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red A
Accessories: Martha Stewart Lacey Heart Border Punch,, gold beads, ribbon, stamp-a-ma-jig 
Techniques: make your own background, 2 step stamping

Short & Sweet Flip Flip Wedding Wishes

OK so I had everything typed and ready to SUBMIT yesterday when the power went off. Needing to get onto work I had to just give up on loading what I had worked on for the days challenge. Now this morning the sketch is not up yet so I decided to load yesterdays efforts anyway so this is for Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 422 - Elegant Mambo on the River. 
My layout is from Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 425 - Flip Flop Card and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 216 - Pinterest Inspiration.
The wedding cake I used is a stamp I got eons ago from the dollar bin at Michaels. I stamped the sentiment from Short and Sweet in elegant eggplant even though it looks black. I colored the cake with copic markers then added some stickles. I loved the flowers in this Paper Studio dp and the centers looked like 4 hole buttons so I used my quickutz button die and some elegant eggplant cs and went with it. I used my Martha Stewart Button punch and a hole puncher to make my closure along with some melon colored baker's twine and viola, it was done. Now off to work I go,

RECIPE:
Stamps: Short & Sweet, Unknown Cake imag
Paper: white, River Rock, TPS Persnickety
Ink: momento tuxedo black, elegant eggplant
Accessories: copics, MS Button, Quickutz Button, baker's twine
Techniques: Flip Flop Card, Gift Card Holder

Sweet Talkin' Love

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 416 - Dry Embossing with Sanding on Pattern Paper. I used my Cuttlebug "Heart Block" embossing folder and The Paper Studio "Love You" dp.

This is also for todfay's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 207 - Themed "Love Is In The Air" and so it is with Thursday being Valentine's Day. So glad my dh shows me daily that he loves me and not just once a year. I think everyday should be Valentine Day. LOL.

My layout is from today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 280.

I used some rasberry ripple ribbon, a Martha Stewart Heart punch and Martha Stewart Heart Border punch on this. I stamped the open heart from the stamp set and the sentiment inside then cut it out and popped it up on the solid heart punch that is also popped up. I then stamped another sentiment on the bottom edge. I used my rasberry ripple marker to doodle around the edges of my focal panel and the card base.

Hope you like it.

RECIPE:

Stamps: Sweet Talk

Paper: vanilla, rasberry ripple, TPS "Love You" dp 

Ink: raspberry ripple

Accessories: ribbon, dimensional, MS Heart Border Punch, MS Heart Punch,

Techniques: 3D, dry embossing, distressing, doodling

Short & Sweet Love You

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 415 - Play with Patterns. I used 3 different patterns of dp on this.
This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 206 - Limited Supplies - Monochromatic.
My layout is from FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES CHALLENGE # 71.
My dp is from The Paper Studio "Love You" stack, I punched 3 layers of hearts and popped the top 2 up on dimensionals. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up's "Short & Sweet" set stamped in real red and the heart colored with copic R20.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Short & Sweet - SU
Paper: whtie, real red, TPS - Love You
Ink: real red
Accessories: dimensionals., heart punches

Blessings From Heaven

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 411 - Lucky Island Delight with a dessert option of buttons, I made a button out of my daffodil delight 5 layered punched butterflies and tied some gold twine.

This is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 414 - Play with Balance where we were to use a large and small image on our card. I used Grand Spellbinders Fanciful Flight layered butterfly for my large and Martha Stewart butterfly made into a button for my small.
This is a CASE of mamasiz's ANNIVERSARY BUTTERFLIES for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 205 - Featured Player - mamasix.
My layout is from FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES # 70.
I used a background "Crackled" stamp inked in lucky limeade on my white base then lucky limeade cs for the vertical panel. My sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Blessings from Heaven stamp set and is stamped in Island Indigo ink and matted on island indigo cs.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Blessings from Heaven, Crackled Background
Paper: white, lucky limeade, Island Indigo
Ink:  lucky limeade, Island Indigo, daffodil delight
Accessories: dimensionals, twine, Grand Nestability Fanciful Flight, Martha Stewart Butterfly
Techniques: 3D, 5 layered button, balance

Bethlehem's Folded Christmas Tree

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 401 - Birds of a Feather, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 411, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 401 - Tempting Green Pizzazz and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 403 - Folded Christmas Tree. I have had a blast with this weeks technique. I love these darling little "easy to make" trees.
I used some dp from my stash and the back side was white so I sprayed it with some copics to create a pear pizzazz colored background then stamped with gumball green the image from Background Basics that I dusted off, folded my tree then popped it up on vanilla cs and trimmed with some glitter on the edges (hope you can see it!). My treetopper is a dove punch from Martha Stewart. I stamped the sentiment from "Come to Bethlehem" in tempting turquoise. I used a piece of scrap for panels 2 and 3 and pear pizzazz for panel 4 all mounted on a vanilla base. Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Come To Bethlehem, Background Basics - SU
Paper: vanilla, pear pizzazz, tempting turquoise
Ink: gumball green, tempting turquoise
Accessories: ribbon, Fiskar Circle template, glitter, Martha Stewart Dove punch, dimensionals, copic markers, copics ABS
Techniques: folded Christmas tree

Baby Boy Congrats

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 404. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 394 - Navy Pacific Sand.
My night of navy panel was punched using the smaller size of my crop-a-dile, then the dots were glued to the pacific point panel for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 396 - Make your own Polka Dots.
I found the piece of dp from a stash of Martha Stewart paper I have had for eons. The button with the hemp bow is from My Favorite Things Button Quartet die set. My sentiment is from SU Congrats and is stamped in night of navy. I used a corner punch for the focal panel.
RECIPE: Stamps: Congrats - SU Paper: white, night of navy, pacific point, sahara sand, MS dp Ink: night of navy Accessories: crop-a-dile, corner punch, MFT Button die, dimensionals, hemp Techniques: polka dots, 3D

Happy Halloween Hauntings

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 390 - Water Stamping and CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 183 - Sketch Inspired by Tenia.
My color combo is from last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 387 - Old Midnight Ripples which was still on my work table since I have not been able to do anything since Wendesday's Sketch.
This will also be my only time to play this week as I leave at 4am tomorrow for Mississippi and when I get home Thursday night have to pack for the beach Friday. I hope yall have a great week and hope to be back in the swing next Monday.
I sponged Old Olive and Rasberry Ripple on white then added midnight muse around the edges. I then stamped the bat image from Halloween Backgrounds trying the paper towel and water technique. My results are FAR from the tuturial but done nevertheless. I will have to try this again later.
I used my Fiskars Bat border punch and Martha Stewart Witch and Cauldron punch using midnight muse cs. My sentiment is from SU Happy Hauntings set.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Happy Hauntings, Halloween Background
Paper: white, old olive, midnight muse
Ink: old olive, midnight muse, rasberry ripple
Accessories: dimensionals, sponges, water, Fiskars bat border punch, MS Witch & Cauldron Punch
Techniques: Water Stamping

Curly Senitments

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 386 - Dust It Off, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 396 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 386 - Primrose Summer Breeze.
WOW talk about dust!! I bout threw myself in a asthma attach getting out my Close To My Heart sets. I went crazy years ago when I was 1st introduced to that company. I love their sentiments but had to put them in a drawer. Well with me "out of sight, out of mind". I also dusted of some ribbon that I bought about 6 months ago and never have used as well as my Martha Stewart Diamond Fence punch that has not seen love in awhile. I embossed the baja breeze panel with The Paper Studio's Script embossing folder.
Hope you like it
RECIPE:
Stamps: Curly Sentiments - CTMH
Paper: white, baja breeze, primrose petals
Ink: primrose petals
Accessories: MS Diamond Fence, TPS Script EF, Ribbon, Dimensionals
Techniques: dry embossing, 3D

Short & Sweet Serene Silhouettes

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 383 - Raspberry Pirouette Cakes. My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 249.
I embossed some raspberry ripple cs using my cuttlebug, my base is pink pirouette. I sponged some pink piroutte then raspberry ripple ink on white then stamped the image in crumb cake. It turned out a little lighter than I would have liked but I was afraid it would.
Anyway off to work I go so I can buy more stuff. LOL
RECIPE:
Stamps: Short & Sweet Serene Silhouettes
Paper: white, crumb cake, raspberry ripple, pink pirouette
Ink: crumb cake, raspberry ripple, pink pirouette
Accessories: cuttlebug, intrecate EF, sponges, MS border punch
Techniques: sponging

C is for Cat, CAS or CASE

Well I am finally back and sooo glad to be home. I missed my dh, family and my stamp room too. I am playing some catch up so this is for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 173 - Ways To Use Letters;
Sunday's FEATURED STAMPER CHALLENGE # 132 - kyann22 where I CASED Rita's CHOCOLATE BUNNY; and
last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 377 - Certainly Softly Blushing Brides.
Being out of practice that was all I could do since any more would have made my head hurt too bad. LOL.
I used some dp from The Paper Studio called "Persnickety" and the cat is from Cheery Lynn Designs Screen Door and Cat. My certainly celery grass was made with Martha Stewart grass border. The "C" is a quick cut from Daisy Alphabet.
Hope you like it, now back to my normal routine at work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: none
Paper: white, soft suede, certainly celery, blushing bride, TPS Persnickety dp
Ink: none
Accessories: MS Grass Border, CLD Screen Door with Cat, Circle Template
Techniques: CAS

Amazing Grace

This is for today's FEATURED STAMPER CHALLENGE # 268 where we are the FS.I chose my LATTICE OF FRIENDSHIP to CASE. I changed the layout to use this Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 377. I changed the colors to Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 367 - Chocolate River in Baja.
I stamped the background image and then cut it for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 369 - Crop It.
Panel 3 is baja breeze using my Martha Stewart trellis border punch on both sides. The gems on my focal panel is for Friday's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 109 - Three or more. I just got this fabulous sentiment from Sweet N Sassy stamps and it is stamped in espresso ink on vanilla.
I hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Amazing Grace - SNS; Amazing Grace Background - Morning Star Stamps
Paper: vanilla, baja breeze, river rock
Ink: espresso, choc chip
Accessories: gems, dimensionals. Nestie Lattice Rectangles, MS Lattice Border Punch

Acrylic Distressed Holidays For You

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 373.
I used Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 363 - Basic Pretty Pirouette.
I searched through my craft supplies Holly and guess what I found? Yep Acrylic Paints. So this is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 365 - Acrylic Distress.  I started with white and added 1 drop of red, stirred and had some Pretty In Pink paint to add to some white cs that was embossed with The Paper Studio's Intracate Swirl EF. After drying I sanded and then sponged some basic gray on the raised sections but it also got on the rest of it. Not sure if this was the look I was going for but it is the one I ended up with ;)
I used a Martha Stewart border punch on the Pink Pirouette matt layer then matted that on basic gray.
My dp is from Basic Gray's Crazy Love pack.
I used my Copic ABS to color the 4 layers of primas then added some white cording to tie the button in the center with.
My sentiment is from All Holidays and stamped in pretty in pink on white. then punched with layered oval punches from SU.
RECIPE:
Stamps: All Holidays
Paper: white, pretty in pink, pink pirouette, basic gray, BG Crazy Love dp
Ink: pretty in pink, basic gray
Accessories: cord, button, primas, whtie & red acrylic paint, Copic ABS, Copics, dimensionals, layered oval punches, Martha Stewart border punch
Techniques: Acrylic Distress, ABS, 3D

Wrinkled Free Distressed Happy Birthday

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 362 - Bountiful Borders. I used my Martha Stewart Lattice Border on both sides of my white cs to make a lattice topper for my distressed layer below.
My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 372. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 362 - Night of Blue Cakes.
My distressed panel underneath the white lattice layer is for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 374 - Wrinkle Free Distress. I used the 3 color challenge coordinating markers for my distressed panel, misted then dryed with my heat gun.
On the lattice panel I punched some MS Ferns & butterflies from the remainder of my distressed sheet.
My bashful blue base panel was embossed using Sizzix Brickwall embossing folder inked with night of navy on the negative side.
Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Happy Birthday - CTMH
Paper: white, bashful blue
Ink: bashful blue, night of navy, crumb cake
Accessories: MS Lattice Border, MS Fern, MS Butterfly, Sizzix Brickwall,
Techniques: wrinkle free distress, cuttlebug the negative effect

Wild West Love

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 371.
My colors are from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 361 - Soft Poppy Delight.
My tag panel and heart with the stips of cs from the color challenge are from Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 363 - Make Your Own Stripes.
My heart is also for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 156 - Hearts. I added stickles to the heart stipes, cut a poppy parade mat for the heart and popped it up on dimensionals.
I used a sheet of dp from The Paper Studio - Love You stack for the bottom panel and soft suede for the base.
The focal panel is stamped with poppy parade using Wild West Alphabet "I" and "U", sponged with poppy parade then popped up on dimensionals. I punched 3 of the larger holes from poppy parade cs using my crop-a-dile, popped them up on dimensionals then covered with glossy glaze for faux brads.
This will be my valentine card to my darling hubby. I hope he likes it. He is so supportive and encouraging while enduring my addiction. LOL
RECIPE:
Stamps: Wild West Alphabet
Paper: white, daffodil delight, soft suede, poppy parade, TPS - Love You dp
Ink: poppy parade
Accessories: dimensionals, eyelet, crop-a-dile, stickles, ribbon, circle punches, Martha Stewart Heart Punch, corner punch
Techniques: Make Your Own Stripes, faux brads, 3D, sponge distressing

Ethel's Too Funny

This is for today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 98 - Send A Joke well Ethel just cracks me up so I grabbed her.
I CASED this STARY NIGHT for today's QUEEN FOR THE DAY CHALLENGE # 98 - Brat Cards. I love the way she did the stars behind the window die.

Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 360 - Groundhog Day challenge was to stamp the same image multiple times which I did with the star image from Background Basics stamped in versa mark then heat embossed and Ethel stamped twice, once on the inside, and one cut out and popped up.
My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 370. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 360 - White Island Pool.

I stamped the sentiment on the inside 1st in pool party then in island indigo for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 372 - Try This or Try That.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Ethel, Strange Sentiment - Rubbernecker, Background Basics - SU
Paper: white, pool party, island indigo
Ink: pool party, island indigo, momento tuxedo black
Accessories: Small Madison Window, MS Picket Fence, Embossing Buddy, Embossing powder, Copics, stamp-a-ma-jig
Techniques: Shadow Stamping, Copic coloring