Friday Mashup, Colour Q and Retro Sketches {Give Thanks}

What an honour to be mentioned in the CAS Favourites this week on Splitcoast Stampers. Thank you to Susan!!!

Wow, October is almost here! September has flown by and the cooler weather seems to be on its way for us here. We have been enjoying sunny days and clear skies but the rain started lightly this morning and it is kind of a relief...Fall is here and it feels good. My voice is scratchy and I have the chills. My throat was burning last night and I have a drippy nose! Yuck. Hopefully the weekend will mend me.

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: French Foliage, Hand Penned Holidays

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie and Dusty Durango

Papers: Soft Suede, Dusty Durango and White

Extras: Big Shot, Button, Twine, Snips, Woodgrain Embossing Folder

Thank goodness for fun challenges and a chance to create! I have missed crafting so much and have actually been sketching again in my sketch book. I also was so inspired by all the gorgeous cards out there, I ordered some new Stampin' Up goodies for Christmas card making. The order should arrive today and I hope to put my new goodies to use soon. Now I need to tidy my craft room and purge some older things. Sigh...I need a house for all of my stamping supplies!

Challenges Entered:

Retro Sketches

Colour Q

Friday Mashup

Merry Monday #23 {Shimmery Christmas} and CAs-ual Fridays {Bling}

Another Monday is here and a brand new month of sketches here at Merry Monday!  A special thank you to my friend Colleen Dietrich for being such a lovely Featured Designer for May! Thank you Colleen, your cards were spectacular and I loved getting to know you!!! 

June is here and summer is around the corner, I know how challenging it is to think "Christmas" but I am so proud of all my blogging friends, old and new, who have gotten a head start on their Christmas creations!  If you completed all the sketches for May, please grab the badge below for your blog! Congrats!  I have also put the other past monthly badges there, in case you missed some!

I am also thrilled to introduce my Featured Designer for June, Vicki Burdick!  I have always admired Vicki's work and her wonderful style with card making! She creates the most inspiring cards and I was so pleased when she agreed to join me for June! Welcome to the team Vicki! I also asked her to share a bit about herself!

Hi all! My name is Vicki Burdick and I am so thrilled that Lesley invited me to be a Merry Monday maker for the month of June, I am so looking forward to creating along side all the girls here. I have been "stamping" since 2005 when I went to my first Stampin' Up party with a friend. I was hooked right away although I do love all types of crafting! I live in a small town in southwest Missouri, I have been married to my wonderful hubby for almost 36 years and we have one daughter and alot of cats!! I am looking forward to getting a jump start on my Christmas cards!!

This week's sketch is one that I had drumming around in my head and one I thought would be fun to use for many Christmas cards! It is easy to make produce! The wonderful design team and guest designer Danielle Vincent, have created a bevy of cards to inspire you!  Each week, I choose one Merry Monday Winner who will then be a Guest Designer for a future challenge!  So get out your Christmas supplies and let's get to work!    

Lesley Croghan

My card this week was really simple to put together. Using my 5-Petal Punch (which is now retired) I created a poinsettia out of Real Red Glimmer paper. I decided to keep my card nice and clean, so that the poinsettia and the sentiment could take centre stage!  I also went clean and simple with my card, because of the wonderful challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays to use bling on your CAS project!

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Bonnie Klass

Vicki Burdick (Featured Designer)

Danielle Vincent (Guest Designer)

Friday Mashup #27-Double, Double, Toil and Trouble!

This week at the Friday Mashup we are going spooky!  That is right, Halloween and a terrific colour challenge!  We also have two new talented Guest Designers for October, Nina - Notes by Nina and Michele - Michele Hearts Paper.  Welcome ladies!!

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a "Halloween themed" Project.
2. Or Make a Project using the colors: "Black, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade & Concord Crush".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Halloween project using the Colors listed above".

*With all of our Challenges that have a Stampin' Up! Colour Combo, you may substitute any colours you have, with similar ones you have on hand.

I don't have very many Halloween sets so I had to improvise and pulled out an old stamp that I had before I became a Stampin' Up Demonstrator. I embossed the trees with versamark, black ink and clear embossing powder. Then I sponged Pumpkin Pie ink all over them.  I love the effect of the emboss resist.  I also embossed the sentiment from "Hand-penned Holidays".  The DSP is from the Hostess Level 1 pack from last year's catalogue, I thought the design looked "bat like" in the Concord Crush.

We hope that you will join the Friday Mashup Challenge this week!  Please be sure to visit the other DT Members to see their wonderful creations!

Friday Mashup Design Team

Holly

Kasey

Lisa

Kim

Heidi

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Color Throwdown...Stockings

Happy Monday! I was so inspired by the beautiful creations over at The Color Throwdown, I knew I had to play along! The colours are lovely and I decided to ink up a new set called "Stitched Stockings" for the challenge.

I used the new christmas designer paper in the mini catalogue for the woodgrain background.  Not a Christmas card I would normally create but I am happy with it! 


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Friday Mashup #24 and Hand Stamped Sentiments #84

This week is a FALL challenge for the Friday Mashup team!  Lisa is asking for a card with yellows and oranges and wow did I have fun creating it!!!  Handstamped Sentiments is also asking for a Fall card!  Their design team has lots of wonderful inspiration this week!

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Create a project with an "Autumn" theme.
2. Or Create a project using shades of "Yellow & Orange".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Autumn project using shades of Yellow & Orange".

I am on an embossing kick!  Love the new Leaves of a Tree stamp and I inked it up in clear embossing powder and then sponged Tangerine Tango and So Saffron around it to make an emboss resist card! I also inked up the sentiment from Hand-penned Sentiments in Versamark ink and then inked it with Tangerine Tango ink...then I applied clear embossing powder to it, so the sentiment would be bold.  The designer paper is from the "Bold Brights" collection designer paper pack and is Pumpkin Pie.

We hope that you will join the Friday Mashup Challenge this week!  Please be sure to visit the other DT Members to see their wonderful creations!

Friday Mashup Design Team

Holly

Kasey

Lisa

Kim

Heidi

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Hugs!

Freshly Made Sketches #2-To Emboss or Not to Emboss?

This week at Freshly Made Sketches, we are creating a square card but you don't have to make it Square...feel free to make the sketch fit an A2 card!

The first card used the Always Thankful set and the new Hand-Penned Sentiments set.  I didn't emboss the images but stamped them in Early Espresso.

The second card used Versa Mark and some clear embossing powder mixed with Espresso Ink...what card do you think works better? 

Please visit us at Freshly Made Sketches to link up your card before noon next Monday!  The design team has some gorgeous samples to share....

Jen Mitchell

Linda Callahan

Tui Nathan

Rita Wright

Ann Schach (Featured Designer)

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Paper Players Challenge #63-Joy and HSS #83

Sunday is here and although this is usually a happy day because it is the new Paper Players Challenge for the week, this day also marks 10 years since 9/11.  Lest we forget.  Even though I was on the other side of the continent and a Canadian, I still mourned with the world over this devastating day...and I still do.

This week at the Paper Players, Nance has offered up a wonderful colour challenge that encouraged me to make two cards.  One that was very clean and simple and one that was more elaborate. Both cards are for Christmas. I think this is a very pretty colour combo for Christmas.

The clean and simple card took no time to make at all!  I love using the Snowflake Punch for an easy accent. I also inked up the Hand-Penned Sentiments set, which is my most favourite set right now! Love it SO much and I have been embossing the sentiments too!  I also used the scallop trim border punch for a quick accent and voila, a CAS card was born.  Hand-Stamped Sentiments is having a Clean and Simple Challenge this week, so this card qualifies!!! 

Tonight I went out for dinner with good friends.  I had a lovely time and when I got home, I was suddenly inspired to make another card.  My friend Jane does that to me...she gets me laughing and being silly and I always feel so happy after a visit with her. Tonight we dragged our hubbies along with us and we all had a fun time, laughing and enjoying good food. It was grand! (As Jane would say!!)

Using the same colours I made a card with more detail. The sentiment is embossed with White Craft Ink and White Embossing Powder.  I also inked up the bird and the leaves with my Stampin' Up Markers. Used some Crumb Cake as a neutral on the bird.  The berries are all sparkling with the new Dazzling Details...I love this stuff!  And I am so happy with how this card turned out.  Thanks Jane!

We hope that you will join the Paper Players Challenge this week!  Please be sure to visit the other DT Members to see their wonderful creations!

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Rita Wright (for Jaydee)

Julie Marshall

LeAnne Pugliese

Lesley Croghan

Nance Leedy

Tara Bilbao

Sandra Conner (September GD)

 

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Picture Perfect Creations #70-Bright Christmas

It is Monday and time for another terrific colour combo from the PPC.  The colours are fun and pretty!  I decided it was time to break into some Christmas cards and I was excited to use some non-traditional colours for it. 

Supplies I used:
Stamps: Tree Trimmings Pg 34, Hand Penned Holidays (coming out in September in the new mini catalogue)
Inks: Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Concord Crush
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Concord Crush
Tools: Punches, New Snowflake embossing folder (coming out in September in the new mini catalogue), Paper Piercer and Mat Pack

We hope that you will join the Picture Perfect Creations Challenge this week!  Please be sure to visit the other DT Members to see their wonderful creations!   

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