Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone,

Karen Burniston has invited me again this month to join her and her fabulous designers for her Sizzix September Designer Challenge.

This month the challenge is Holidays!

We could make ANY sort of project for ANY upcoming holiday, such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, etc.

I decided to create a Christmas card for today’s challenge using the Karen’s Sizzix Pop N Cuts dies. For the front of the card I used the Sizzix Pop N Cuts A2 Base. To decorate my card I used some cute elephants stamps from Wild Rose Studio.

For the inside of my card I used the Sizzix Pop N Cuts Wavy Labels Insert. As you can see I decided to create my card in the landscape format rather than the normal portrait format. When I attached the inside portion of my card to the outside card I added it in the opposite direction than I normally would (upside down) … doing this meant that the sentiment in the pop up portion of the card was more prominent when the card was open.

To create the layers on the Wavy Labels Insert I used the Sizzix Wavy Labels Framelits.

Here is a close-up of the left hand side of my card when opened.

And here is a close-up of the right hand side of my card when it is open.

If you are looking to purchase Karen’s Sizzix Pop N Cuts in Australia you can find them at Photo Continental.

Don’t forget to check out the Sizzix blog on Thursday when you will be able to see what all the designers created for the challenge this month.

Stamps: Bella on Bauble; Bella with Gifts; Bella on Presents -  Wild Rose Studio; Wishing You A Joyous Christmas – Hero Arts

Paper: White; Red; Green; 12 Days of Christmas DP – My Mind’s Eye

Other: Black Ink; Sizzix Pop N Cuts A2 Base; Sizzix Pop N Cuts Wavy Labels Insert; Sizzix Wavy Labels Framelits; Memory Box Grand Merry Christmas; MFT  Die-namics Mini Scallop Border; Papertrey Ink Holly Jolly Die; Candy Dots; Rhinestones; Foam Tape; Copics

Playing with My Design Studio

Hi everyone and happy Sunday! I hope you are all enjoying your weekend .

Recently I purchased Stampin’ Ups My Design Studio. I wasn’t sure whether I would use it much or not, but as a few friends I know have it and rave about it and it was cheap enough, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to get it and have a play.

Here are the results of my first play! I found a tutorial online by Julie Leblanc on how to create brayered snow scene which I just had to try myself. You can find her video tutorial here if you are interested.

My first card is pretty much a CASE of the card she showed in her tutorial, I think the only difference is the sentiment and she probably has more trees in the background. I enjoyed trying this technique.

So now I know how to create a brayered snow scene I decided to create another card but this time in landscape format.

So next I decided to create a brayered card using the same techniques as the video but this time using flowers. It is a little hard to see in the photo but there is a shadow at the back of the flowers, I probably should have used a darker color.

Digital Stamps: Lovely as A Tree; Old St Nick; Very Merry Twenty Five; Teeny Tiny Wishes; Upsy Daisy – Stampin’ Up

Other: My Design Studio – Stampin’ Up

 

Snowy Christmas

Hi everyone,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. This week our September challenge hostess Cindy Haffner continues to bring us a fun challenge.

For our challenge this week Cindy has challenged us to create a card that is White on White, it may have a colored image if you wish.

About a month ago Karen Burniston shared a video tutorial on how to create a floating floor using the Sizzix Pop N Cuts Ribbon Tree insert. I decided to use her tutorial to create my card for today’s White on White challenge.

For my card I used a combination of white card stock and white glitter paper to get the white on white effect. We were allowed to use color on our images if we wanted so I did add the orange to the carrot noised of my snowmen. The snowmen are from the Warmest Wishes Stamp/Die set from There  She Goes.

To get the layers on the ribbon trees, I used the coordinating Sizzlits die which is included in the Noel Sizzlits set.

Here is another view of the inside of my card this time from over the top so you can see all the elements I used on the card. This isn’t the easiest card to photograph.

And finally let’s not forget the front of the card which is the first thing the recipient sees when they get the card. Again I kept everything in shades of white using a combination of the white card and white glitter card.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Andrea Murdock	Anja de Regt	Barb Anders	Betty Wright	Jessie Rone	Joanne Grzelak	Kelli Hull
Kristine Reynolds	Peggy McCurry	Sarah Gough	Silke Ledlow	Silke Kittman (taking a break)	Tosh Leyendekker September Guest Designer

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Stamps: Warmest Wishes – There She Goes

Paper: White; White Glitter Card

Other: Sizzix Pop N Cuts A2 Base Die; Sizzix Pop N Cuts Ribbon Tree Insert; Sizzix Noel Sizzlits; Sizzix Hello Friend Embossing Folder; Cheery Lynn Merry Christmas Die; Oval Nestablities; MFT Die-namics Icicle Border; Memory Box Frostyville Border; Pearls; Foam Tape; Copics

 

Friends ….

Hi everyone,

My card today uses a new stamp and die set from Papertrey Ink called Mighty Oak. It has been a long time since I have played with Papertrey stamps, but I recently placed a couple of orders for some dies and stamps and have been having lots of fun playing!

I die cut the Mighty Oak three times out of three different designer papers … orange, brown and beige. I adhered the beige piece to my folded card and then inset each of the pieces from the other two die cut pieces to create my card. I added a yellow cord around my tree … does it remind you of a song???

Here is the inside of my card using one of the leaves from the Mighty Oak stamp set and a sentiment from the Movers & Shakers sentiments set.

Stamps: Mighty Oak; Movers & Shakers Sentiments – Papertrey Ink

Papers: Kraft; Gathering DP – Authentique; Farmhouse DP – Crate Paper

Other: Black Ink; Orange Ink; Yellow Hemp Cord; PTI Mighty Oak Die

 

Swinging By…..

Hi everyone,
It’s challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.  Lois Bak our challenge hostess for the month of September continues to bring us some fun challenges.
Lois loves fun folds, so this week our challenge is to make a card using some kind of a “fun fold.”
Well it is no big surprise that I love fun folds too and this week I used Karen Burniston’s Sizzix Accordion Album and Frame & Label Bracket die to create this fun accordion card.
The little girl swinging is a Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp called Summer Swingin’. As I wanted this to be a birthday card I used my computer to create the sentiment used on the right panel.

Here is my card all closed up … as you can see I added a few flowers and flourished to the front of the card.
Don’t forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Charlene Merrick (on a break)	Joanne Grzelak	Shirley Quarry	Anne Harmon	Lois Bok	Vicky Gould
Sabrina Friel	Kathy Bradley	Amber Hillman

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Stamps: Summer Swingin’ – Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps

Paper: White; Peach; Tangerine DP – My Mind’s Eye

Other: Black Ink; Sizzix Accordion Album; Sizzix Frame & Label Bracket; MFT Die-namics Leaf Filled Flourish; Flowers; Foam Tape; Copics

Merry Christmas

Hi everyone,

Today I have a Christmas card to share with you all. With Christmas just over 3 months away (yes I know scary) … I thought it was about time I started getting a few cards made for the year.

I recently purchased the Memory Box Grand Merry Christmas die which is what I have used here on my card … love it! I decorated the card using the gift from There She Goes Warmest Wishes stamp/die set. In the top left corner I added some holly.

Here is the inside of my card. I added a sentiment that I have had for years as well as the tree which is also from the Warmest Wishes stamp/die set.

Stamps: Warmest Wishes – There She Goes; Christmas Sentiment – Printworks

Paper: White; Red; Green; Season’s Greetings DP – Echo Park; Christmas Cheer DP – Lily Bee Design

Other: Black Ink; There She Goes Warmest Wishes Die Set; Memory Box Grand Merry Christmas; PTI Jolly Holly Die; Rhinestones; Foam Tape

 

You Are the Best!

Hi everyone,

It’s time for another CHF challenge over on the Cornish Heritage Farms Blog . This week the challenge is hosted by Kristine Reynolds.

This week Kristine has given us a sketch to use for the challenge.

For my card this week I used Cornish Heritage Farms Skateboarder Digital Stamp to create a male birthday card.

Here is the inside of my card I added a birthday sentiment to the inside.

Want to play along????

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF35. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

• Anne Harmon

• Kristine Reynolds

• Steph Ackerman

 

Stamps: Skateboard Digital Stamp – Cornish Heritage Farms; Birthday Sentiments – MFT Stamps; You Stamp Set – Simon Says Stamps

Paper: White; Brown; Green; Marjolaine DP – Basic Grey

Other: Black Ink; Oval Nestabilities; Simon Says Stamps You Die; MFT Die-namics Speech Bubble Frame; Green Brads; Foam Tape;  Copics