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.

Play Date Cafe #150

I haven't done a colour challenge in a while... and loved this week's colour palette from The Play Date Cafe:

My lighter colour was a little more peachy than caramel... but here was our inspiration:

Patterned papers are Lost & Found, Rosy by My Mind's Eye; Cardstock is Cocoa & Colonial White, CTMH & Bazzil peach; Inks are Tulip & Cocoa, CTMH; STamp sets are Vintage Oval Frame & Blessings by Verve; Flower & Ribbon, Key Ingredients kit.

Merry Monday Challenge #33

Time to get moving on a few Christmas cards... so I am playing along with Lesley's Merry Monday sketch challenge for this week.  I popped up the inner rectangle on pop dots, and then popped up the snowflake in the middle - I love that it looks like it's floating!

Patterned papers are Silly Season by Kaisercraft; Martha Stewart snoflake punch; Organdy ribbon, CTMH.

 

 

Mojo Monday #259

I'm using my August Key Ingredients kit for this week's Mojo Monday sketch... I love the fall feel to these papers :o)

Patterned papers are Doodle Deux, by Prima; Flower, Prima; Bazzil Cardstock; Trendy Tape by Queen & Co. - all Key Ingredients Kit; Stamp set is Blessings by Verve; Charming Oval die, Verve; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Black Hemp, CTMH.

 

Freshly Made Sketches 1st Anniversary

For Freshly Made Sketches 1st Anniversary, they've asked us to use any of the sketches from the previous year... so I went with Sketch #1!  I was inspired immediately, and decided to do a Christmas card.  Unfortunately the Stickles that I added to the snowflakes don't show up in the photo - but they're quite sparkly in person:

Patterned papers are Wonderland; Cardstock is White Daisy & Twilight; - all CTMH; Sentiment is Seasonal Remedies, Waltzingmouse Stamps; Ink is London Fog, Memento; Large Snowflake is the Cricut Artiste cartridge, CTMH.

Dictionary card

This summer, I bought a huge dictionary for $1.00 at a used book sale...  So today I had the urge to do something a little more artsy than the norm for me.  I sponged 5 colours of ink randomly onto the page, did some tricky cutting... then tried out 3 of the paper flowers with the new Artiste Cricut cartridge.  I used Artiste to cut the vine, too - then "shadow stitched" (new technique that I thought up!) around the vine in black thread - and glued it all down with a little Baker's Twine.

Patterned papers are Lucy & Miracle - CTMH; Cardstock is Black, CTMH; Inks are Sunset, Creme Brulee, Sky, Pear & Cotton Candy - CTMH.  Baker's Twine, The Twinery.  Die cuts are from the Cricut Artiste Cartridge - CTMH.

A Big Card for Heart2Heart

This week's Heart2Heart Challenge was to make a card larger than 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"... so mine is 5 1/2" square.  I love the new CTMH burlap ribbon!  It's a trend I've been seeing all over the place.  Here's my card:

Patterned papers are Florentine; Cardstock is Twilight, Cocoa, Brown Bag & Vanilla Cream; Inks are Cocoa & Creme Brulee; Just Blooms paper flowers; Mocha Opaque Pearls; Natural Hemp; Burlap Ribbon; Stamp set is Avonlea WOTG - all Close To My Heart.