SNC - CCC Day 12

This is my third post for today, please scroll down if you would like to see more Christmas cards :-)

Here is today's Christmas card!  Our prompt was polka dots so I used some fun paper from My Mind's Eye called Be Merry. Aren't the trees with the lil polka dots just so adorable? I think so!

The penguin, speech bubble and sentiment are from the Hero Arts Jolly Christmas stamp set. The card layout was done using this week's Unscripted Sketches #171 sketch. 

TFL!

The Unscripted Lollipop Sisters!

I love it when I can come up with fun post titles!

I really wanted to participate in Lollipop Crafts 'Sisters' challenges this week and finally got a chance to play tonight. I inked up PMS Hugging Fairies for the very first time *pats self on back* and used more of my BG Wisteria scraps. The buttons are from that collection as well.

I really enjoyed coloring these two lovely ladies. I tried to mimic my sister and I, she's the one on the right a little deeper skintone and lighter hair. She loves to wear grey, usually the darker the better lol. I liked this combo of light gray with the blue violet copic. I used Smooch Illuminate on their wings but it's not showing up.

I incorporated the Unscripted Sketch from last Saturday and rotated it to fit my image.

Copics Used:

Fairy 1

Hair - E25, E27, E29

Skin - R00, R20

Dress/Shoes - V12, V15, V17

Fairy 2

Hair - E35, E37, E39

Skin - R01, R20

Dress/Shoes - T1, T3, BV23

TFL! I'm hoping to have more time to create and share this weekend!

Guest Designing with Unscripted Sketches!

Good morning!

Did everyone enjoy their Black Friday? I did, most of my shopping is done. My hubby and dog (and I, ha ha) are very spoiled LOL!

Today I am sharing a card I made for a Guest Designer spot at Unscripted Sketches.

Here is the sketch~

And my take on it~as you can see, I flipped the sketch.

The quote is from Paper Makeup Stamps and the paper, border, and candy dots are all from a Taylored Expressions Project Pantry kit. These kits are so great for fast cards!

To check out the design team samples and to enter your card, please click HERE!

Heartfelt Thanks with Unscripted Sketches

I just love the sketch at Unscripted Sketches this week, it inspired me to finally use one of the dies that I picked up from MFT last month.

This is one of the many thank you cards that I need to make for my bridal shower that was hosted for me last month. Love these Sabrina papers by Making Memories, they perfectly match my wedding colors!

Here is the sketch~

Card Supplies~

Stamps: Celebration of Thanks~ Verve Stamps

Paper: Sabrina by Making Memories

Ink: Memento

Other: Oval Chain Border ~ MFT, Basic Grey Bling It, Labels 10 Nestabilities

TFL!

Paper Cutz Challenge #57

TGIF!!!

This is my first challenge as a DT Member for Paper Cutz! So excited to share my card with you!

This week's challenge is to make a card, LO or craft project using 1 ribbon, 2 buttons and 3 colors on any theme you’d like.

I must admit the 3 colors thing got me hung up for awhile, I'm so used to incorporating lots of colors that to just pick 3? Torture LOL!! After debating with myself, I went with a Christmas theme. Can't go wrong with red, white & green!

{if you click on the picture, you should hopefully see the sparkly ornaments!}

Here is the sketch I used~

We'd love to see what you do with this recipe! Please link your challenge card to the Paper Cutz challenge blog and check out all the wonderful inspiration from my fellow DT members! Their links are also on my left sidebar.

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Fluffles Baubles ~ Stampendous; sentiment ~ Amuse Holiday Greetings
Paper: Basic Grey Wassail
Ink: Memento
Copics: R59, R89, E41, BG96, BG99
Other: Large Deckled Rectangles Nestabilities, misc. ribbon & buttons from stash, Smooch Illuminate

Have a great day! I'm excited for the long weekend, lots of wedding details to wrap up!

Winter Pup

3rd post of the day - scroll down to see what you missed!

One last card before bed...Scrappin-N-Chattin (a great yahoo group) is hosting a Christmas EDCC (everday card challenge) this month. This is card #7, I've not had the time to post the others and I was also thinking I might save them for my 25 Days of Christmas in December, so you'll have some inspiration while working on your own Christmas cards.

I decided to play along with the Stampin' B's challenge this week - use a dog image.

I used this week's Unscripted Sketch~

Card Supplies~

Stamps: Winter Pup ~ Hero Arts; Amuse Holiday Greetings

Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses

Ink: Memento

Copics: E33

Other: siren & moonlight smooch, provocraft snowflake stickers

TFL!

Unscripted Flutter By Wednesday

During my image reorganization today I found quite a few Christmas fairies and angels, yay!  So I had to play along with this week’s Flutter By Wednesday – Christmas in July.

I used this week’s Unscripted Sketch #65 for the layout.

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Holly Fairy ~ Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey Wassail
Ink: Memento
Copics: R29, R20, G99, E00, E25, E02, N7, E29, R59
Other: Creative Inspirations fairy dust paint, polar white flower soft, prima flowers, brad from stash

TFL!

Guest Designing with Unscripted Sketches!

Happy Saturday! 

Today I am a Guest Designer for Unscripted Sketches!  I just love their sketches and when I saw the GDT call on facebook, I applied right away and was thrilled to be accepted!

Since Unscripted Sketches is celebrating Christmas in July, it was only fitting that I use this week’s sketch for a Christmas card.

Here is this week’s sketch~

 

To play along, create a card or scrapbook page based on the sketch and link it to the Unscripted Sketches blog, yes it’s that easy! Now get to creating!

Card Supplies~
Stamps: main image from The Greeting Farm; sentiment is from Amuse
Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses
Ink: Memento
Copics: B000, YR21, YR23, YR24, E00, R81, R85, R59
Other: flower from Etsy, brad from stash, Tim Holtz edge distresser, Stampendous Think Pink Fun Flock

TFL! Have a great day!

Happy Father's Day!

I finally got my card done for my stepdad about 5 p.m. today lol, yes I was a last minute slacker!



I used this week's Unscripted Sketches layout.
And I found these challenges:
CAS-tastic Wednesday Challenge - Father's Day
One Stop Craft Challenge - One for the Boys

Card Supplies~
Stamps: Say It In Style ~ CTMH
Paper: Quite Contrary ~ My Mind's Eye
Ink: SU Chocolate Chip

TFL!

PTT #3

Are you ready to party?

This week's Party Time Tuesdays challenge is "Anything Goes Birthday", just remember to have a birthday greeting/sentiment on the front of your card.

Here is my card~

I made it for Mike's birthday yesterday...really not crazy about it, but he liked it The layout of the card is Unscripted Sketches #58. I think next time I use this set (Tech Talk by Gina K Designs), I will have to chalk or sponge the laptop 'screen' to give it a little "oomph".

For more inspiration and to play along, please check out the Party Time Tuesdays blog!

Last Bella for Today!

Here's my last bella of today, I finished her awhile ago but decided to start a different card while watching my Sunday night tv shows (for those interested - Desperate Housewives and Army Wives!)

This is Tinkerbella and she was another poor uninked stamp until today. There are still quite a few to go LOL.


I love these colors together. the dp is all Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue and it's just so pretty to look at :) I found the below sketch at Unscripted Sketches this week and flipped it to accommodate my images.
Card Details~
Stamps: Tinkerbella ~ Stamping Bella, Birthday Cheer ~ Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Lilac Avenue ~ Kaisercraft
Ink: Memento
Copics: E00, BV11, BV13, Y21
Other: lilac and lemon spica pens, prima flowers, BG Bling It

Thanks for stopping by again! Hope you all enjoyed your weekend!

Unscripted Sketches + 4 more challenges

I created this card last night for a baby shower I went to this afternoon....the baby's room is a monkey theme, so I was thrilled to find this adorable monkey in my stash of baby stamps :)

Doesn't this green ribbon remind you of a vine? I thought it was so cute with the stamp...and ribbon was our "weekend crew" theme this weekend. I've still got a ways to go before I make a dent in my stash LOL!

I used yesterday's Unscripted Sketches #43 plus 2 colors from their color challenge.


This card is also entered into the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant #54 - Ribbon
Little Red Wagon #16 - Ribbon
Fab 'N' Funky #11 - It's Childish
My Time to Craft #79 - Green Plus One

Card Supplies
Stamps: so silly ~ The Angel Company
Paper: DCWV, PTI Dark Chocolate
Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento & E41 copic
Other: SU ticket punch, Marvy large scalloped circle punch, mini pop dots, 2 way glue pen, cinnamon toast fun flock, ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking!

Same Set - 3 cards

This weekend Danni challenged the Weekend Crew to use a stamp or stamp set and make 2-3 cards with it. Since this will be a long post, I'll include the supply list of all cards at the end.

I chose my new Loads of Fun set from There She Goes. When I saw samples made with this set, I just had to have it because it was fun and made me giggle. I really love how clean and nice these stamps stamp!

Here is the first card -


This is the inside -

I used this week's Unscripted Sketches #42 for the layout.


Here is card #2 -


I used this week's Sweet Stop sketch for the layout. I used the Storybook cartridge to cut the scallop out.


And last but not least -

The sentiment on this one cracks me up! I used this week's Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge for the layout.


So which one is your favorite? I think I like the first one best :) I still haven't used all the stamps in the set, so I'm sure you'll be seeing many more cards in the future!

Supply List - all images stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black
Card #1
Paper: Basic Grey Origins
Copics: E31, E41, E27, YG63, E18, YG67, Y15, Y35, YG11
Other: Nestabilities Labels 1, prima flowers & brads from stash

Card #2
Paper: Basic Grey Sugar Rush
Copics: E41, YG25, R29, T3, E18
Other: Storybook cricut cartridge, spica pens, ribbon & flower from stash, brads from Making Memories

Card #3
Paper: Basic Grey Ambrosia
Ink: Memento
Copics: T1, T3, R29
Other: Fiskars threading water punch, glossy accents

Thanks for visiting! I'm off to clean off my scraproom before dinner, hoping to scrap a little after we watch a movie later (Dirty Dancing anyone?? One of my favorite movies ever!!)

On the 4th Day of Christmas

I have two cards to share with you. Now how does that happen when I don't have any cards ready for Days 5-25 yet?? Well I had a sketch in mind when I made the first card and then when I saw part of the dp cut out for the 2nd card, it just worked out not to follow the sketch and to use the dp as my embellishing.

Meet Tilda with Hood...images are from an image swap I was in earlier this year. So glad I saved them to use for Christmas.

Here are the cards:
(You should be able to click on the picture to make it bigger!)

This is the sketch that I used for the first card:

Ok, so I made these cards a month ago at a crop. I saved the glitter for when I was home since I didn't want to get messy in someone else's house. I initially tried Flower Soft for the coat trim and it looked stupid...I really don't know how to use it and it frustrates the heck out of me! I tried using the quickie glue pen, the Zig 2 way pen and then I put stickles on and put the flower soft on top of it...yuck, yuck and yuck. I was able to scrape it off and just put stickles on. I guess I need to look up some FS tutorials because I was really hoping to use some on my Christmas cards! I do have some white flocking that would have worked...if I knew where it was lol.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tilda with hood ~ Magnolia Stamps; sentiments ~ Amuse Holiday Greetings
Paper: DCWV, misc. cardstock
Ink: Memento for the sentiments
Copics: E00, N5, N7, R81, E35, E25, E27, R46
Accessories: prima flowers, frosted lace stickles, Stampin Up ticket punch, brads from my stash

Thanks for looking. I'll be back later with a birthday card to share.