Art Impressions Design Team Post

Happy Friday! Hooray! The weekend is near! Today I am sharing a card I made with a small little mouse stamp called Mouse (Sku#F3307) that I just HAD to have! I inked him up with my Copic Markers and then fussy cut him. Isn't he adorable?! I popped him up on a snowflake and added an old sentiment from my stamp collection. This is a retired sentiment...but I thought the sentiment Brrrright (Sku#G3054) would look good with this mouse too!

Did you see the fun challenge we have on? I am entering this mouse card into the challenge...he is cool but also all bundled up!

Come play along by clicking HERE...

Yesterday I shared a card I made for the Feeling Frosty Challenge! I used the Jolly Snowman Set (Sku#4315) and I was happy to ink him up! I wanted to keep my card Clean and Simple...and I used some Lawn Fawn paper for the sentiment...I thought it worked perfectly!

Thank you for stopping by!

Mouse	Jolly Snowman Set	*Copic SKETCH 72 PC SET A Markers AAAS72A	*Lawn Fawn FA-LA-LA COLLECTION KIT 12 x 12 Paper Pack
Die-namics Stitched Ovals	Decorative Doily die	*Echo Park VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS 12 x 12 Collection Kit VMC34016

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Joy to the World {CASE this Sketch & Merry Monday}

Happy Thursday! The weekend is near and there is so much to be done with Christmas on its way! Today I am sharing my design team card for CAS(E) this Sketch! I love being on this team, it pushes me as a card designer! The sketch this week was a toughie for me...I was really struggling but then something happened! 

I was making my Art Impressions card for today and I realized that the oval I had used for my main image was too big, so I placed another oval "inside" of the original oval I had cut and voila! I had my oval "outline". So I decided to use an oval outline instead of a rectangle outline! Yay!

I cut my background white and using the "stamping off" technique, I stamped 3 pine boughs in the top corner...I only inked once and then stamped off two more times, to give it more depth. Then I placed the oval on my card but cutting some foam dimensionals into small pieces. Then I stamped the image inside on the main card front. Then I die cut the bird and popped him up in the "tree". 

This card took minutes to make...I think about 10 minutes in total! 

I used the Verve Sentiment called Every Heart Plain Jane. I LOVE it! Anything with a music reference is wonderful!

I am also playing along with:

Merry Monday (birds)

Paper Issues-Birds of a Feather



Simon Says Stamp-Christmas/Holiday Theme

Feeling Frosty Challenge (Art Impressions), The Card Concept & Simon Says Stamp

Happy Thursday! Today we have a brand new challenge happening over at Art Impressions! The Challenge is called "Feeling Frosty"! 

Oh my goodness! I LOVE this adorable snowman from Art Impressions! He is called Jolly Snowman Set (Sku#4315) and I was happy to ink him up! I wanted to keep my card Clean and Simple...and I used some Lawn Fawn paper for the sentiment...I thought it worked perfectly!

I coloured him with Copics and used pierced oval dies and the Decorative Doily die from My Favorite Things! Come and play along with us!

I am also linking up at:

Simon Says Stamps-Christmas/Holidays

Naughty or Nice Challenges-I chose Nice!

Thank You Paper Crafts Blog Hop!

Hello! Welcome to my blog! Today I am participating in the Paper Crafts Blog Hop to thank the lovely team at Paper Crafts Magazine. I was sad to hear of their imminent closing. I have bought the magazine for many years and it inspired me in SO many ways!

Paper Crafts Magazine hosts a competition called "Gallery Idol" every year and in 2013 I was honoured to make the Top 5. I never dreamed that I would be chosen for the competition to begin with and that I would get so far! It was amazing and humbling! Through the competition I learned a lot about myself as a crafter. It gave me a confidence that I had never had before. Thank you Paper Crafts Magazine!

  

Thank you Paper Crafts Magazine and especially Susan, for believing in me and for publishing one of my cards in October, 2014. You will never know how much it meant to me. Today I am sharing a card I made to celebrate Christmas and to send you love...May Your Spirits Be Bright...please know how much you are loved and admired.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Verve {Bright Spirits}

Inks: Black

Papers: Card Base, Poppy Parade, White, Garden Green

Tools: Spellbinders Poinsettia, Pearl

To visit the next blog on the hop, please click HERE.

The Challenge & Merry Monday

Welcome to The Challenge! Every other week we bring you a colour/sketch combo! You are welcome to combine the colours and sketch or just use one part of the challenge! It is totally up to you! The winner of The Challenge gets to be a Guest! Come and play along!

Sketch Dimensions

(this is only a suggestion)

Card Base: 5.50 x 4.25"

Middle Strip: 2.25 x 5.5"

Rectangle: 2.50 x 3.50"

Star: Any Shape

Today I am also excited to be the Featured Designer over at Merry Monday! I am joining them for the entire month of December! I have missed designing with these ladies each week! The Challenge at Merry Monday is BIRDS on your Christmas card! I LOVED this challenge and could not wait to play along!!!

For my card I used some of my favourite crafty supplies! I used my Darice Embossing Folder (snowflakes), some Lawn Fawn Paper, a Memory Box bird die and a pretty sentiment from Verve.

This month we are thrilled to have Kristie Goulet as our Featured Designer at The Challenge! Welcome, Kristie! I asked Kristie to share a bit about herself...

Hi, my name is Kristie Goulet and I live in Northern, NH with my husband of 18 years and 4 amazing children. I am a SAHM who loves to create after our homeschooling day is finished. I love making cards to send to family and friends. I started my blog Kreative Kristie and am amazed at the amazing bond that card makers have and the friendships I have made. I'm super excited to be guest designing with these very talented ladies and sharing my style with you.

We are also thrilled to welcome, Kim Heggins to the team! She is joining us as a Designer! Welcome, Kim!

Kim Heggins

Hello...my name is Kim. I am married and have one daughter, we live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I love Mickey Mouse, I Love Lucy and being creative. I have been stamping since 1992 and my first project was making birth announcements for my daughter. In addition to card making I love to sew, quilt, scrapbook, cross-stitch and bake. I am blessed to have a craft room to spread out in and watch black and white reruns.

The design team has created some samples to get you into the crafting mood! Come and join the fun! A special welcome to Betty Wright, for being our Guest for this Challenge!

Kimberly Wiener	Kristie Goulet (Featured Designer)	Nance Salkeld
Lynn Put	Betty Wright (Guest Designer)	Veronica Zalis
Lori Tecler	Kim Heggins	Maura

The Challenge Winners

Thank you to everyone who played along with The Challenge! Today we are excited to reveal the winners of The Challenge #19!

Our main winner is: NARELLE

I loved Narelle's gorgeous card! The way she used the colours and the sketch was eye-catching and oh so lovely! Congratulations, Narelle!  I hope you will join us as a Guest Designer for The Challenge! Please email our Guest Designer Coordinator, Kimberly Wiener at  oloughlin.ka @ gmail.com (no spaces) for more information!

I also chose three other cards from the challenge to be our "Runner-Up's"! Wow, it was SO tough this week! Everyone did such a great job with The Challenge!

(In alphabetical order)

AJ

Donna Mikasa

Joanne James

Please join us in one hour, we will be back with a brand new challenge for you!