Stamping Inkspirations - Sounds of the Season

 

Sounds of the Season; a favourite theme for our wonderful leader.  Can I let you in on a little secret...this is my least favourite theme..so much so that I have skipped it in previous years..

I am just not a Christmas carol loving person.  You will not hear me playing them in the car, or while decorating at home.  That said I will play them at Christmas card classes and maybe even singing softly to a few that I can stand.  I have always liked a couple.  Particularly the one that has the snowman in the mea meadow, walking in a Winter Wonderland.  I also love a good snowfall when its not too cold and its light and has the big fluffy snowflakes.  If you are new here, I LOVE Snowflakes!!

So here is my big fluffy white, with a hint of gold embossing snowflakes.

                                 

Maybe I should have embossed the background with trees to simulate walking in the woods.  But as the song goes, we are walking in a meadow.  I hope you like my card!

Please hop along and check out what others have to share.

See you soon!

Angie McKenzie  ●  Annette Ball  ●  Judith Patterson

Jan Musselman  ●  Mo Rootes  ●  Leonie Stuart

 Aurélie Fabre  ●  Tricia Butts  ●  Karen Henderson  ●  Kim Fee

Team Hop-sketch challenge

Team hop Day and we are playing with a Sketch, my favourite way to make a card!!!

Here is the sketch

 

I used Bubble Bath, Petunia Pop and Fresh Freesia  tp stamp the snowflakes on my card.  @of them are stamped and die cut the rest are stamped directly to the card front.

 I spattered Fresh Freesia and Wink of Stella

Hope you Like my card today.  Please go check of the other team members cards.  I am always curious to see how others interpret a sketch!!

 

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AWOW New to me Technique

 

Hello friends!! Today we are playing with techniques!

So I chose a sketch and did it 3 ways playing with the background.

This is a techinique that you can get a bunch of cards made quickly or a way to make a few cards that look very different but you don't have to think so hard because you are using the same layout.

The first card is a solid piece of dsp cut 3 x 4", then I added the circle the gorgeous birs and embellishments.

Next I took that same 3 x 4" piece of dsp and cut it into 3" strips, added the same circle and embellishments.  Then added a penguin to go with the dsp.

For my last card I chose to use cardstock, I stamped snowflakes all over it using the technique of using the same ink and cardstock.  Petal Pink went beautifully with this snowman.  I cut it into 1" strips then blended all the edges.  For my embellishments I went with sparkly ribbon, added a few snowflakes from the One of a Kind bundle and there you have it.

3 cards with the same basic layout using the technique of changing up the background.

I hope you like my cards and you keep hopping to see all the gorgeous techniques the other friends from around the world are using.

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Tricia Butts - US

Lori Willcox - CA

Cheryl Hamilton - US

Team Hop - No Red, Green, Gold or Silver Holiday cards

 

Team Hop Day.  Today’s challenge is to make a holiday card without using red, green, gold or silver.  Well I am the girl who likes the nontraditional colours for Christmas cards.  I used the One of a Kind bundle.  I hope you like my card!!

Please keep hopping to see the cards the rest of the team have made.  I am looking forward to seeing them!!

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AWOW Colour Challenge

 

Today we are hopping with a colour challenge.  Below are the 2 pictures to inspire our cards.

My intention when I saw the pictures was to do brightly coloured houses using the yuletide village stamp set.  But I am travelling and while I brought a few things because I cannot travel without craft supplies.  I don't really have the right things.

So I chose to do a snowglobe with the houses as that is at least close to the original plan.  I hope you like my card.  

Please keep hopping to see what the others have made!

Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Ximena Morales - DE

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Tina Zinck-MacDonald - CA

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Tricia Butts - US

Theresa McEntee - US

Bree Renwick - US

Lori Willcox - CA

Stamping Inkspirations - CAS

 

CAS - Clean and Simple

I used to follow a lady whose name escapes me..but her whole thing was Clean and Simple cards.  As you know this is so not my thing.  But I have a stamp set that I think lends itself to this challenge quite easily.  I was going to resist the snowflake bundles this year.  I have several snowflakes at my disposal having kept every set I have bought.  For those of you who are new here...Annette LOVES snowflakes!!  The set is called One of a kind and I Love it!!

Here we go...

I played with the backgrounds but still kept it clean and simple. I used Summer Splash, Pretty in Pink and Petunia Pop. Hope you like it!!

Please go and check out the other cards my friends have made. 

Angie McKenzie   ●  Leonie Stuart   ●  Aurélie Fabre

   Annette Ball  ●  Jan Musselman

Rebecca-Jo Unwin  ●  Mo Rootes 

Stamping Inkspirations - Sketch Challenge

 

Hello friends!! How Lucky can a girl get than to play with 2 great sketches in the same week??!. You know I Love a sketch.  I find they are a great starting point!! This particular sketch inspired me to pull out our new two toned cardstock and start tearing!!  The new cardstock is a bit lighter weight than our current cardstock and it is 2 shades different than the current cardstock, one on the front and one on the back.  It’s fast becoming a new favourite of mine!! First, here is the sketch.

See doesn't it make you wanna start tearing and crumpling paper??!!  

Here is what I made. 

The cardbase is Petal Pink 5.5 x 8.5", scored at 4.25"

The white layer is 4 1/8 x 5 3/8" and stamped with snowflakes

Then I used the darker side of the Petal Pink two-toned cardstock measured at 3 x 4"

I used the same width of 3" and tore to fit where I wanted flipping them to get the darker and lighter sides. The first darker layer I crumpled for some dimension, the last piece under the Pool Party Layer was embossed with snowflakes.  I crumpled and stamped snowflakes on the Pool Party layer.  But I didn't just stamp them, I used versa mark then Pool Party Ink and clear embossing powder to make them shiny.  I tied a bow with the gorgeous silver and white 1/2" sheer ribbon.  Then adhered to the front of the card and sprinkled with Rhinestones for a little more pizzaz!!  I Love how it turned out and may make a few in various colours!!  Angie picked out an Awesome sketch!!  I Love my card!!

This is your reminder to stamp the inside of the card and your envelope!!  Something you do not get from a card purchased in the store!!

Please hop along to the next blog 

as there are lots more beautiful cards to be inspired by!!

Angie McKenzie   ●  Aurélie Fabre   ●  Danielle Kassing

   Leonie Stuart  ●  Annette Ball  ●  Karen Henderson

Mo Rootes  ●  Judith Patterson  ●  Kim Fee