Mojo Monday #473

Mojo Monday has a great sketch to use for Christmas cards this week, so I pulled out some Ai penguins that I had coloured a few weeks ago, and made up two of these little guys:

Patterned paper is Comfort & Joy by My Mind's Eye; Cardstock is New England Ivy & Black by CTMH; Stamp sets are Glad Tidings by Verve & Art Impressions; Snowflakes are Let It Snowflake by My Favorite Things and Snowflake Dies by Art Impressions; Copic Markers.

Mojo Monday #409

I am so happy to be playing along with Mojo Monday today... it's been a little while, so I was happy to have some time to make a card this afternoon - and even happier that it's a Christmas card!  See that little running total over on my side bar?  It's been at "7" Christmas cards for months now...so I need to get a move on.  Now, I tweaked the sketch a little - sort of squashed it down to be a horizontal card, but I quite like how it turned out:

Patterned papers are Elf Magic by Bo Bunny; Stamp sets are Glad Tidings and Merry & Bright by Verve; Inks are Black, Pacifica, Topiary and Cranberry, CTMH; Cardstock is Topiary, White Daisy & Pacifica, CTMH; Enamel Dots are Cranberry & Olive Gumdrops by Your Next Embellie.

Retro Sketches #130

When I first saw this sketch on the Retro Sketches blog, I thought it would be a little too difficult, since I don't really have much Washi tape... but then I thought of all the multi-striped patterned papers that I have.  So when I pulled out this holiday paper, I already had the sentiment stamped and the two snowflakes embossed - and they just happen to work perfectly with the sketch!

Patterned paper is Winter Fun, Carta Bella; Cardstock is Kraft, Vineyard Berry & Colonial White, CTMH; Ink is Twilight, CTMH; Stamp sets are Glad Tidings and Merry & Bright, Verve;  Verve Snowflake dies;  Enamel Dots, Your Next Embellie.

Frosted Christmas cards

I have a wonderful new Memory Box die that I'm trying out today on a couple of cards.  I've used the Frosted paper pack, and added a little chunky glitter to the berries:

Patterned papers are Frosted, CTMH; Cardstock is Cocoa, Slate, Colonial White, CTMH; Ink is Whisper, CTMH; Stamp set is Glad Tidings, Verve; Curvy Oval dies, Verve; Hayden Twigs die, Memory Box.

 

May Your Days Be Filled

...With a whole lot of Merry!  I love this Christmas quote from Verve's Merry & Bright set... so I made a second card while I had all the product out on my desk last weekend.  No sketch today, just a simple card with some embossed snowflakes:

Patterned papers are Winter Fun, Carta Bella; Cardstock is Kraft, Vineyard Berry & Colonial White, CTMH; Inks are Crystal Blue & Champagne, CTMH; Vineyard Berry organdy ribbon, CTMH; Stamp sets are Glad Tidings & Merry & Bright, Verve; Snowflake Tidings dies, Verve.

Diva Dare & Retro Sketches

I was very productive on the Christmas card front this weekend... so I'll have a few to share this week.  First up is a card using some lovely Verve products for their October Diva Dare challenge which is "Tag You're It" to use a tag on a card.  This just happened to work perfectly with this week's Retro Sketch, so here's what I came up with:

Patterned papers are Winter Fun by Carta Bella; Cardstock is Kraft, Vineyard Berry & Colonial White, CTMH; Inks are Crystal Blue & Champagne, CTMH; Ruby Chevron ribbon, CTMH; Stamp sets are Merry & Bright and Glad Tidings, Verve; Sweet Scallop die and Snowflake Tidings dies, Verve.

 

Grey is the new Black - Mojo #314

What a fabulous sketch this week at Mojo Monday!  My first card came together quite easily, so I turned around and promptly made a second one.  Both cards use the Echo Park T'is the Season papers which feature a lot of grey, and I really like the look for holiday cards.  My first one is scissor distressed with some chunky irridescent glitter on the snowflakes, and the second is lightly edged in grey ink, and uses the new Tim Holtz distress glitter:

Patterned papers are T'is the Season, Echo Park; Cardstock is Grey Wool & White Daisy, CTMH; Stamp sets are Glad Tidings & Merry & Bright, Verve; Verve Snowflake dies; Black Ink, CTMH; Martha Stewart chunky glitter; Tim Holtz Distress Glitter.

 

 

Mojo Monday #266

I picked up these fun Carta Bella papers last week, so I made a non-traditional coloured Christmas card with this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  I added some chunky glitter to all the snowflakes, so it's very sparkly in person:

 

Patterned papers are Merry & Bright, Carta Bella; Cardstock is Heavenly Blue, Black and Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp sets are Glad Tidings, Verve and A Very Merry Christmas, CTMH; Inks are Heavenly Blue, CTMH & Tuxedo Black, Memento; Mocha Opaque pearls, CMTH; Martha Stewart's Course Glitter.

Dynamic Duos #27!

I'm very excited to announce that I am on the design team for the Dynamic Duos colour challenge blog!  If you're new to Dynamic Duos, there is a new challenge on the blog every Saturday, featuring two colours that you can use on their own, or pair them up with neutrals (cream, white, kraft, black, greys etc.).  This week we have a classic Christmas combo of Raspberry Ripple & Gumball Green, and I chose to do a 5 1/2" square card with a bit of sponging to give it a bit of a homespun look:

*Remember that if you don't have the exact colours shown, use something similar!

Be sure to visit the Dynamic Duos blog to check out what the rest of the design team has come up with (list of blogs is on my sidebar).

Patterned papers are Handmade Holiday by Simple Stories; Cardstock is Kraft, New England Ivy & Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp sets are Glad Tidings by Verve & Holiday by CTMH; Inks are Olive, Cranberry, Cashmere & Desert Sand, CTMH; Mocha Opaque pearls, CTMH; Snowflake dies, Verve.

Sketchbook Saturday #78

I have a square Christmas card for you today... With the yummy new Handmade Holidays papers from Simple Stories & my favourite Verve snowflake.  I used Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday sketch:

 

Patterned papers are Handmade Holidays by Simple Stories; Cardstock is Black & Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp set is Glad Tidings by Verve; Inks are Barn Red, Olive, Garden Green, Bamboo & Black - CTMH.

Mojo Monday #218

Can't believe that I'm posting two cards in one day!  I'm definitely in the mood to make Christmas cards, so I'm rolling with it :o)  I also can't get enough of my Echo park papers... so I paired it with my favourite Verve snowflakes:

Stamp set is Glad Tidings, Verve; Patterned papers are Season's Greetings, Echo Park; Ink is New England Ivy, Cranberry & Vineyard Berry, CTMH; Cardstock is New England Ivy & Colonial White, CTMH; Baker's Twine, The Twinery; Sweet Scallop Tag die, Verve.

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #145

I got a little sparkly this week with Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.  I love my Martha Stewart coarse glitter, so I spread it around on the snow & flakes:

Patterned papers are Nordic Holiday, Basic Grey and Wings, CTMH; Cardstock is Outdoor Denim & White Daisy, CTMH; Memento Black ink and Outdoor Denim ink, CTMH; Copic Markers; Stamp sets are Glad Tidings, Verve and Snow Friends, CTMH; 

Mojo Monday #214

Great sketch from Julee for Mojo Monday this week!  I picked up a few sheets of Echo Park paper last week, so I went for a slightly non-traditional Christmas card.  I really love how it turned out :o)

Right after I took these pictures, I bought some Martha Stewart coarse glitter... so stay tuned, I may sparkle this up a bit, and reload new photos!

Patterned papers are Season's Greeting by Echo Park; Stamp set is Glad Tidings, Verve; Cardstock is Cocoa, CTMH; Ink is Cocoa, CTMH; Snowflakes, CTMH; Classic Label die, Verve; Bubble gum organdy ribbon, CTMH; Pink check ribbon, Offray.