HB2U

Happy Saturday everyone,

I'm breaking away from Christmas cards today. I have a birthday card instead. Can I say, I just love the way this turned out! Love these papers too.

Not much stamping here. Just the "HB2U" on the little die cut tag tied around the corner. See the die cut heart in the blue plaid paper? So cute! I thought it added a special touch.

Supplies
Stamps: You Take The Cake set by Taylored Expressions
Paper: TE blue and SU Crumb Cake card stock and Simple Stories Harvest Lane patterned papers
Ink: SU Early Expresso classic pad
Other: TE Bake Me A Cake, Bugabee Flowers and Mini Tags dies, TE Spots Impressions Plate, SU Top Note die, TE green polka-dot ribbon, SU linen thread, teal Liquid Paper Pen, the Big Shot and dimensionals.

I hope your day is a really good one. Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Happy Christmas

Hi all,

Here's a Christmas card that went together really quickly, despite the cutting, sewing, die cutting and embossing. I really like the way it turned out too. The owl is just cut from the SU DSP. I did this a few months ago on another card and decided to do so again because I think it's a really cute image. The sketch is last week's Merry Monday sketch. (I didn't get the picture taken until after the challenge closed.)

Supplies
Stamps: More Merry Messages by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU Cherry Cobbler and Whisper white card stock and SU Snow Festive DSP
Ink: SU Cherry Cobbler
Other: SU Framelits, SU embossing folder, sewing machine, white candy dots, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Have a great weekend everyone. Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Warm Winter Wishes

Hi,

I have another Christmas card today. Is anyone surprised? LOL. I used a Freshly Made sketch from a couple weeks ago. The stamp set is a new Taylored Expressions set called The Cool Crowd. The snowmen in this set are SO cute!

Supplies
Stamps: The Cool Crowd by Taylored Expressions
Paper: TE green, pink and snow white card stock and Jillibean Soup patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics and SU Regal Rose classic ink pad
Other: TE pink ribbon, SU square punches, Liquid Applique, dimensionals

Thanks all,
Colleen

Thinking Of You Warms My Heart

Happy Monday,

I'm off to Las Vegas this morning for a week long work function. My company's North American yearly national meeting. It's exciting to get to see co-workers whom I see once each year at this meeting. That's the best part really. The week will be filled with meeting after meeting from 8 am to 6 pm each day and then scheduled dinners in the evenings. They don't allow much free time at these things, but we usually manage to find some.

I thought I'd schedule some automatic posts this week for the cards that I made over the weekend. The first is my card for the MFTWSC97.

I thought I'd be a bit different and not use the sentiment as my focal point on the banner element. Instead, I used this cute Claire Keay image.

I stamped her in Memento tuxedo black, colored her with Copics and popped her up with dimensionals on the Fishtail Flags STAX dies. I added some snowflake buttons and sewing to complete the look.

Supplies
Stamps: Heartfelt by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Bravo Burgundy and Blushing Bride card stock, X-Press It blending card stock, and Basic Grey patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics and SU Bravo Burgundy classic ink pad
Other: Die-namics dies, snowflake buttons, pink floss, sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals.

Have a great Monday and thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Holiday Wishes

Hello stampers,

I hope the weekend was a good one for you. It was for me. We had dinner with good friends last night which was super fun. Good friends, good food, good wine and good conversation. Yes, as the saying goes, "It was ALL good"!

I'm really cutting this close. I have a card using the Mojo Monday 266 layout. I made this on Wednesday but didn't get around to taking it's picture so I could blog it. This uses a new Taylored Expressions set and some really old papers, so old, I don't remember the company.

Supplies
Stamps: The Cool Crew set by Taylored Expressions
Paper: TE blue and choice buttercream card stock and ?? patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX dies, classic circle and scalloped circle Nesties, sewing machine, Studio Calico wood snowflakes, Kaiser rhinestones, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Thank You So Much

Hi all,

I have another card that was made using the same stamp set and papers as my card in yesterday's post. The sketch is the Freshly Made Sketch #58 from a few weeks ago. I'm so bad at getting pictures taken so I can post to the challenges on time. Such a procrastinator! LOL.

As I mentioned yesterday, I love the richness of these patterned papers from Authentique.

Supplies
Stamps: Falling For You set by Taylored Expressions
Paper: SU Early Expresso and Cherry Cobbler and TE buttercream card stocks and Thankful Collection by Authentique pattern papers
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics and SU Early Expresso
Other: classic circle and eyelet circle Nesties, red burlap, Kaiser rhinestones, Fiskars Corner Rounder punch, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by,
Colleen

Thankful For You

Good morning stampers,

It's Wednesday, and that means that the week is half over. Yay! Next week, I'll be in Las Vegas for my company's annual national meeting. Some years it's better than others, but usually it's very busy with hardly any free time. The best part is seeing co-workers that live in other parts of the country that you only see once a year at this meeting. The next week I'm on vacation and we'll be spending the week with my sister in Portland, OR. Really looking forward to that!

On to my card for today. This one uses Jen's Deconstructed Sketch #76. This was a really fun sketch to work with and my card came together really fast. I used new Taylored Expressions stamps and dies.

I love these fall papers from Authentique. The colors are so rich.

Supplies
Stamps: Falling For You by Taylored Expressions
Paper: SU More Mustard and Early Expresso and TE buttercream card stocks and Thankful collection by Authentique pattern papers
Ink: SU Early Expresso
Other: Scalloped circle and classic circle Nesties, TE small border and Thankful For You dies, SU embossing folder, Kaiser rhinestone, the Big Shot and dimensionals

I sent this one off to my mom, just because.

Have a great day and thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Sweet

Happy Monday morning fellow stampers,

I hope you all had a great weekend. Mine was filled with stamping and shopping, two of my favorite activities. Saturday Jen released the November SFYTT sketch. I used it to make two cards, both Christmas cards.

The first uses Taylored Expressions stamps and dies. The patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup.

The scalloped borders are cut from TE felt using the small and medium scalloped border dies. The two backgrounds are made with TE Impressions plates, music and dots.

The second card is made with the SU Scentsational Seasons set, three SU Framelit dies and SU DSP.

Supplies
Card 1:
Stamps: Very Merry Set by Taylored Expressions
Paper: TE choice snow white and SU real red card stock, Jillibean Soup patterned papers
Ink: SU tempting turquoise and real red
Other: TE Imperssions plates, TE scalloped border dies, TE red and green felt, circle and scalloped circle Nesties, clear rhinestones, silver dot, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Card 2:
Stamps: Scentsational Seasons set by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU cherry cobbler, raspberry ripple and very vanilla card stock and SU Be Of Good Cheer DSP
Ink: SU crumb cake, early expresso and cherry cobbler
Other: SU Framelits X3, Cuttlebug Seeing Spots EF, burlap, buttons, red and green pearls, the Big Shot and dimensionals

I hope everyone has a fabulous week! Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Owl I Want For Christmas

Good morning all,

I hope your weekend is going well. I spent Friday evening and most of yesterday stamping trying to ramp up my  Christmas card production. I'm not sure how many I have so far. What ever the count, I'm sure it's not enough. :D

Since Karen G. posted the Sweet Sunday Sketch #171 last night fairly early on FaceBook, early by Pacific Time anyway, and I got my card made last night. Love the sketch this week with all the layers. It's my kind of sketch!

I saw this cute Lawn Fawn set at a local stamp/paper crafting store a few weeks ago and had to have it. In fact, I treated myself to a few more Lawn Fawn sets. I love the simple, bold, graphic style of their stamps. I picked up these Lawn Fawn patterned papers as well.

The owl is stamped on X-Press It Blending white card stock, and colored with Copics. I sponged around the image with some Memento Cantaloupe ink. The owl's scarf is paper pieced and shaded with a W01 Copic. The flags are made with Die-namics FishTail Flags STAX dies. I added some stitching and the rhinestones to finish it off.

Supplies
Stamps: Owl I Want For Christmas set by Lawn Fawn
Paper: Taylored Expressions blue and yellow card stock, X-Press It blending card stock and Lawn Fawn Fa La La Christmas collection paper pack
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and cantaloupe, SU Not Quite Navy and Copics E11, E13, E15, W0, W1, YR15, YR20, YR30
Other: classic circle Nesties, Die-namics FishTail Flags STAX dies, sewing machine, Kaiser rhinestones, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

I'm off to go shopping this afternoon. Work meeting all next week and I need something to wear.
Have a great Sunday and thanks for stopping by,

Colleen