Merry Christmas Bauble

The other day I was leaving some love for Lisa Elton of My Paper Tales and found this fabulous card (below) looking back at me. Isn't it beautiful?? I knew I had to CASE it... well, I pretty much copied it.

 

My Drop Ornament Memory Box die is so similar, so I pulled it out along with a BasicGrey 6x6 Christmas themed paper pad from 2009 that I have used a lot but still have a lot to go, and I went to town cutting strips, piecing them together and die cutting. I popped the ornament up on fun foam. I heat embossed, die cut and popped up the two pieces of the sentiment (The Greetery) and placed them on the ornament. I then glued the finished ornament on a panel that I dry embossed with Spellbinders Scenic Poinsettias EF and adhered that panel to a white card base. I love the way this turned out. Thank you, Lisa, for the inspiration!

I am playing at:

As You See It #289 - Breakneck Baubles

9 minutes, 58 seconds

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge #29

Most Magical Time Of The Year #3 - Florals

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #69

Wow That's Fantastic!

Time Out Challenge #138 is up and running with the theme of FUNNY.

Our challenge is sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays. Winner will receive a $25.00 gift voucher for the CAS-ual Fridays store. 

Milla is our Guest Designer. Milla is a very talented paper crafter with an eclectic style and mad coloring skills! Do treat yourself to a visit to her blog and leave her some love. You'll be so glad you did.

For my card, I stamped "WTF" from sponsor stamps WTF2 using VersaFine Vintage Sepia ink on a piece of patterned paper from BasicGrey Kioshi collection. I then cut it out and adhered it to a strip of another paper from the same collection. I added a thin strip of copper colored glitter paper from American Crafts beneath it, stamped the sentiment from WTF2, and added a graphic design from sponsor stamps Bold Wishes.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenges Blog to see what Milla and the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Play with us to share your creation, and a chance to win a prize from CAS-ual Fridays. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm also playing at:

ATSAM # 346 - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers June CAS Challenge - Funny

Shopping Our Stash #398 - You're So Punny

Always Fun Challenge #115 - Punny

With Gratitude

The current Catered Crop Recipe Swap challenge is to add buttons to your project.

This is my very simple take on the button challenge using strips of paper from BasicGrey's Indian Summer collection, buttons from PTI's Vintage button collection,  SU linen thread, and sentiment from Paper Smooches Chit Chat set stamped with VersaFine Vintage Sepia ink.

Thanks for your visit. Have a great day!

Sending HUGS

I was so excited to find out that I was among the papercrafters invited to join the Catered Crop Top Chef designers in this coming Sunday's Quickfire.  What an honor!!  The latest challenge is SEEING RED ~ use RED in your creation.  So, here it is - my RED creation. This is more complex and layer-y than my creations of late, but I really like the way it turned out.  Thanks so much for stopping in today!

Loving Ewes

I am so thrilled to have been invited to be a guest designer over at the A La Card Monkey Challenge Blog for this week's challenge#92.  I was so excited when I got the invitation.  This is the first time I have had the honor of being a guest designer anywhere.  I have to say I was a little nervous, but when I saw the sketch, I immediately knew the image I would use and a creation came to mind. This is a little more layer-y than most of my recent work, but I am happy with the way it came out.  Here is the sketch:

Monkey Challenge #92 is Anything Goes + Sketch. As the challenge says, anything goes! You pick whatever theme you like. Dress is up as you wish!

Please go visit A La Card Monkey and give the challenge a whirl.

Supplies:

Stamps - Unity Stamp Company Love Ewe, Verve Love Monkey.

Paper - PTI Kraft Cardstock, Neenah Solar White, SU Brocade Blue, BasicGrey Sugar Rush.

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Pure Poppy.

Accessories - Copics, PTI Vintage Buttons, Dimensionals, Corner Chomper, Nestabilities.

Thanks for stopping in!

Friend

This is my take on this week's Crazy For Challenges challenge, which is a sketch:

I just got this wonderful new set from Papertrey Ink called "All Booked Up".  It is wonderful for making so many different kinds of projects for book lovers, and there are matching dies available to make bookmarks, book plates, etc.  I just love it and thought this layout would be perfect for me to give it a whirl!

My materials are:
Stamps~Papertrey Ink's All Booked Up.
Papers~Kiwi Kiss, Basic Gray, Baja Breeze, White, Glossy White, BasicGrey Olivia DP.
Ink~VersaMark, VersaFine Onyx Black, Kiwi Kiss, Cameo Coarl, Baja Breeze.
Accessories~Scor-It, Papertrey Ink Book Plate Die, Sponge Daubers, Build-a-Brad, black embossing powder, Sticky Tape, Dimensionals, 1/2" circle punch, Nestabilities, Adirondack Alcohol Ink Applicator, Mat pack & piercing tool, Marth Stewart lace border punch..

Thanks so much for stopping in!

C4C Inspiration Birthday

Isn't this such a fun ensemble???  This is the inspiration for this week's C4C challenge.  I just love it.  I have been on vacation with my family for the last 2 weeks on beautiful Long Beach Island on the Jersey shore.  I loved my beach and family time, but I could not wait to make something upon my return.  So this is what I came up with for this challenge... 

There were a few things I wanted to do:  use some tools and papers that needed some love, keep it simple, and not take forever to make it.  I love the way it turned out!  I used my new Jumbo Scallop and Scalloped Scallop Die-namics dies and  from MFT and Basic Grey's June Bug DP . Those 2 things pretty much made up the background.  I just added the sentiment using Verve's Wonderful Wishes cut and embossed with Spellbinders Ribbon Tags Trio Two, and added some SU Real Red grosgrain ribbon and a button tied with black jute thread from Sharon Johnson's Ribbon Store. Volia!!! And it took a lot less time than usual!!  Mission accomplished.

Flurry of Love

I bought this adorable Pure Innocence set from MFT called "Flurry of Love" and have been wanting to ink it up. Our Creative Corner's Happy New Year Sketch Challenge today - SASSC46 - inspired me to use it.

I love this sweet image and I am pleased with the way it all came together with the sketch. I paper pieced the image with BasicGrey's Eskimo Kiss DP (I can't get enough of it!) and colored the face, stockings and background with my Copics. You can't see it in this photo, but I used a Versa Marker on the flurries and the snow beneath her her feet. I then hot embossed those areas with Hologram Highlights to give it sparkle. I used white Liquid Applique to puff up her hat and boots. I love it!