Merry Christmas

Hello,

Sadly, it's the end of my long holiday weekend and I have to hit the road again next week. Actually, the next two weeks I'll be working out of town, but after that, it's almost vacation time again.

I squeezed in some stamping time on a couple my days off to get a few more Christmas cards made. Yippee! I still need to do a few more, but I'm getting there.

Using today's The Paper Player's challenge and Sweet Sunday Sketch I made this:

For Sandy's Tic Tac Toe challenge, I used the top horizontal choice of snowflake, patterned paper, and white. For the SSSC, I flipped the focal point to the other side of the card to accommodate the high side of the snowdrift.

Supplies
Stamps: Snow Place set by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU heavy Whisper White and X-Press It blending card stocks and Winter Time by Echo Park patterned papers
Ink: memento tuxedo black, SU Riding Hood Red, Midnight Muse, and Gumball Green, Copics
Other: SU Snow Place dies, Die-namics snowdrift dies, Crystal Stickles, SU sequin and snowflakes, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Thanks for looking,
Colleen

Baby, It's Cold

Hello again,

One more post tonight since I'll be away for the next three days. I wanted to play along with today's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Supplies
Stamps: Winter Alpaca set by Lawn Fawn
Paper: Whisper White heavy card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock, SU Soft Sky card stock and Doodlebug Frosty Friends patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Soft Suede, SU Soft Sky and Copics
Accessories: Spellbinders Scalloped circle and Die-namics zig-zag circle dies, Lawn Fawn wooden snowflakes, Wink of Stella pen, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Thanks for looking,
Colleen

Merry Christmas

Hello,

It's a very warm Sunday afternoon here in Southern California. I know that many of you in the Mid-West are dealing with snow and cold this weekend. I was in Nashville all last week for work and when we were all heading to the airport Friday evening, they were starting to delay and even cancel some flights going to Chicago. Luckily, I connected to San Diego through Houston, so there were no issues for me. I'm happy to be home for a few days, but I'm heading out Monday through Wednesday again next week.

I had a chance to do some stamping this morning after a few chores. It's Sunday and The Paper Players has a fun sketch for us this week. I took advantage to make another holiday card.

Supplies
Stamps: Toboggan Together set by Lawn Fawn
Paper: Stampin' Up heavy weight Whisper White and X-Press It Blending card stocks, Lawn Fawn Snow Day patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and topics
Other: Lawn Cuts Toboggan Together co-ordinating dies, Lawn Cuts stitched circle tag die, Die-namics stitched rectangle and Fishtail Flag STAX dies, SU snowflakes and sequin, TE ribbon, the Big Shot, dimensional tape

Have a safe and fun week and everyone celebrating Thanksgiving, Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks for looking,
Colleen

Let's Celebrate

Hello again,

One more post today. This time a change of pace from Christmas cards. Here's a Thanksgiving card for you.

Stacey has a super cute theme this week on her Curtain Call challenge blog called Foxy. I just had to play along with it. Who doesn't love the trendy fox theme? I used the Lawn Fawn Party Animal set with the holiday additions for my little Thanksgiving fox. The layout is from this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and I'm also linking up to this week's CanYouCaseIt? Color Challenge. The colors this week are browns, yellows and neutral.

Supplies
Stamps: Party Animal and Party Animal Holiday Addition sets by Lawn Fawn
Paper: SU Heavy Whisper White, Really Rust, Summer Sun card stocks, X-Press It Blending card stock, Doodlebug Friendly Forrest patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Early Expresso
Other: Lawn Cuts Stitch Party Banners and Party Animal dies, Spellbinders classic circle die, white enamel dots, SU small circle punch, the Big Shot, dimensionals

Thanks again for stopping by my blog,
Colleen

Warm Wishes

Hi all,

I got quite productive yesterday making Christmas cards. I still have many, many more to go but I'm making a dent.

My card today turned out nothing like how I had in my mind. You know that paper crafter's mantra " there are no mistakes, just design opportunities,"well, that is totally what occurred with this card. I started out creating the background with my Zig Real Brush markers and some water color paper. I then decided to use the Sweater Weather cutting plate by TE to cut the design into the paper. Oops, the paper was too thick for the intricate design on the cutting plate. I almost pitched it, but after taking a second look decided I'd just use it as an "embossed" background and continue with the card. I actually kind of like the way it worked. So, I guess our mantra is a good one, LOL.

My personal mantra is don't be quick to judge before the embellishments go on. Before the gold string and gold sequin, the care still looked a little blah. After adding the gold embellishments, a whole new card!

The sketch from Sunday Stamps #114 inspired my card layout and with it's the fairly clean design, I think I can play along with this week's The Paper Player's Challenge of CAS Christmas.

Supplies
Stamps: Make A Mitten set by Stampin' Up and sentiment from Polar Pals set by Avery Elle
Paper: Tim Holtz water color paper, SU Cucumber Crush card stock
Ink: Zig Real Brush Water Color Markers and VersaMark
Other: Sweater Weather Cutting Plate by Taylored Expressions, Die-namics Fishtail Flag STAX die, SU white EP, heat tool, gold sequin, gold coil, the Big Shot, dimensionals

I'm off to Nashville bright and early tomorrow morning for the rest of the week. Work meetings all week. I hope you all have a nice one.

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Celebrate the Season

Hello and happy Saturday,

What better way to celebrate the holiday season than with hot chocolate and a gingerbread man cookie? Two of my favorite goodies!

My Holiday card today uses this week's Freshly Made Sketch as the layout and The Challenge #50 color scheme of red, kraft, white and silver.

Supplies
Stamps: Scentsational Season and Endless Wishes sets by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU Crumb Cake and Whisper White card stock, SU Vellum, and SU Season of Style DSP
Ink: SU Riding Hood Red and Baked Brown Sugar, VersaMark
Other: SU silver EP, heat tool, SU Scentsational Season dies, Die-namics Fishtail Flag die, SU sequin, red liquid pearls, the Big Shot, dimensionals, SU mini glue dots

Thinking of our friends in France.

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Fleece Navidad

Hello stampers,
I found some time last night after work to do some stamping. Yay! I've been working on some sewing projects lately so there's been no room on my craft table to stamp. But, I got to a point in my project that I felt I could clean things up and do some stamping.

When I first saw this new Baaah Humbug Christmas set from Lawn Fawn I knew that I wanted it. I think it's the "fleece navidad" sentiment combined with this knitting sheep. It just tickles my funny bone!

Joanne has an interesting color challenge for this week's Paper Player's challenge. The colors are black, white, silver or gold, and one other color. Since I hadn't used my new stamp set yet, I thought I'd see if I could make it work with these colors. The sketch is from CanYouCaseIt.

The sentiment is stamped in VersaMark and heat embossed with silver EP. The silver and snowflake sequin are SU. The sheep is colored with Copics and she and her accessories are cutout with the coordinating dies. The Christmas lights have Christmas red stickles applied over the coloring.

For the inside, I used one of the sentiments from SU More Merry Messages sets and another greeting from the Baaah Humbug set, both heat embossed in silver.

Supplies

Stamps: Baaah Humbug set by Lawn Fawn

Paper: X-Press It Blending white, SU Basic Black and Real Red card stock and SU All Is Calm DSP

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, VersaMark, Copics

Other: Lawn Fawn Baaah Humbug dies, Die-namics Fishtail Flag die, SU silver EP, heat tool, Stickles, Wink of Stella pen, SU sequin, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Thanks for looking. I hope everyone has a good week.

Colleen