Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Mojo Monday Challenge 256

Hey there!

I followed along with the Mojo Monday challenge this week...kind of.  See, I wasn't in front of a computer when I created this card, so I decided to work from memory.  I almost got all the elements right!!!

Now I think I need to share what I think is a funny story (my warped sense of humour may be off putting...).  I went shopping last week with some friends.  As we sat down for lunch, my one friend asked me to lean over. She wiped at my face and told me I had crafters herpes as I was covered in glitter.  This isn't an expression I had heard before but boy did I laugh!!!!  Lucky the glitter (and crafter's herpes!) seems to finally have washed off!!!!  Thank goodness for good friends is all I can say!  What must people have thoughts ;p


The products used for this card are as follows:

*Very vanilla card stock (101650)
*Raspberry ripple card stock (126842)
*Gumball green card stock (126840)
*Be of good cheer DSP (126896)
*3/16" neutrals brads (I pulled out the ver vanilla but these come in a multi pack) (119736)
*retired stamp set for the ornament
*fancy fan embossing folder (127751)
*Merry Christmas greeting is from Delightful decorations (W116517 / C127787)

Have a great long weekend for everyone who is off on Monday!

K8

Monday, August 27, 2012

Sunday Stamps Challenge 12

Hello!

I want to apologize for the lack of posts by the end of last week.  I got quite busy, and then sick, and then busy again.  No excuse.  But unfortunately, this is also how I am introducing another difficult topic.  Until the end of September, I am going to reduce the amount of posts I make each week.  I am going to be concentrating on making wedding invitations and will be working to a tight deadline.  So between that, my full time day job, and life in general, I knew something had to be cut back.  What I am hoping though, is that I will be able to post on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  So please bear with me and keep checking back!  I will also post pictures of the invitations as well as different project that I recently had to work on at the last minute.

Today's card was inspired by the sketch challenge at Sunday Stamps.  As I put the final pieces together I came to the conclusion that I should have opted for silver glimmer paper instead of champagne.  But alas, I was in a champagne type of mood!  If I make more of these cards, I will opt for the silver!



The products used in this card are as follows:

*Very vanilla card stock (101650)
*Midnight muse card stock (126843)
*Snow festival DSP (126908)
*Discontinued ribbon in baja breeze
*Midnight muse 3/8" stitched ribbon (126847)
*1 1/4" scallop circle punch (127811)
*Champagne glimmer paper (127885)
*Scallop edge border punch (119882)
*Merry minis stamp set (W127916 / C127919)
*Merry minis punch pack (126882)
*Illuminate glimmer watermark Stampin' pad (126857) - I know it's hard to tell, but I stamped over each of the merry mini images with this to give a bit more depth

Have a great week!

K8

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Mojo Monday Challenge 255

Hey there!

I decided to follow along with the Mojo Monday challenge this week.  Although my mind is very much still on Christmas, I've also had to think about thank you cards lately as I need to make some for a very special friend (details later!).  I don't think I'll use the one below as it doesn't reflect my friend's style or colours, but it was outside the box for me and I used the colours mainly to try and use up some retired DSP that I love but can't use in my classes.




The products used are as follows:

*Whisper white card stock (100730)
*So saffron card stock (105118)
*Perfect plum card stock (101889)
*Wild wasabi card stock (108641)
*Retired DSP
*Retired so saffron ribbon
*Pearl basic jewels (119247)
*Decorative label punch (120907)
*Dotted scallop ribbon border (119275)
*Modern label punch (119849)
*Curly cute stampe set (W117014 / C120510)

Get out there and stamp!

Monday, August 20, 2012

Mojo Monday Challenge 253

Hello there!

So I've returned from holiday now, albeit a bit jet lagged!  I hope you have had a chance to craft over the past couple of weeks!

I was excited to get back to the Stampin' dungeon though!

My parents celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary last week.  Unbelievable!!  I made them the card below using one of my favourite suits from the new catalogue (recipe below).



Products used for this card were:

*whisper white card stock (100730)
*primrose petals card stock (126841)
*island indigo card stock (122923)
*birds of a feather DSP (126899)
*Flock together stamp set (W126730 / C126732)
*Basic rhinestone jewels (199246)
*island indigo 3/8" ruffled ribbon (122974)
*teeny tiny wishes (W115370 /C127802)

Have a great week and as ever, if you have any questions about this card or any others, or if you'd like to order products through me, please feel free to drop me an email.

Happy stampin'!

K8



Friday, August 17, 2012

Last card in the Christmas set

Don't worry, this isn't my last Christmas card.  Far from it in fact.  But it is the last one in this set.  For this one, I decided to go away from the other sketch and came up with this on my own!






The products used are:


*Gumball green card stock (126840)
*Raspberry ripple card stock (126842)
*Snow festival DSP (126908)
*Hemp twine - retired
*Mittens - retired
*Curly cute stamp set (W117014 / 120510)
*Whisper white card stock (100730)


The felt mittens are retired, but there is no reason why you couldn't use the mittens in Make a mitten (W127940 / C127943) as well as the builder punch (127824) instead!!


Until next time!

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Christmas card - part three

I don't know if I mentioned, but this card bundle has 4 cards to it!!!  So we are on part 3 today!  The sketch is still the one from Try Stampin' on a Tuesday.






The products used are:


*Tempting turquoise card stock (102067)
*Brushed silver paper (100712)
*Silver glimmer paper (124005)
*Vellum card stock (101856)
*Northern flurry embossing folder (120902)
*Curly cute stamp set (W117014 / C120510)
*Whisper white card stock (10073)
*Dotted scallop ribbon border (119275)


Have a great week all!



Monday, August 13, 2012

Christmas card - part deux

Here is the next card in the set I created using the Try Stampin' on a Tuesday sketch:






The products used were as follows:


*Tempting turquoise card stock (102067)
*Brushed silver card stock (100712)
*Silver glimmer paper (124005)
*Vellum card stock (101856)
*2 3/8" scallop circle punch (118874)
*Tiny tags (W118091 / C118592)


All of the other products, such as the stamp set, and the snowflake, are retired products.


Happy stampin'!


K8