A Cabin Christmas

Hi all,

It's Thursday afternoon and that means only one more day of work this week. Yea! Today I have my  Sweet Sunday Sketch 169 card.

I stamped the image with Memento tuxedo black ink on watercolor paper and colored it with Tim Holtz  Distress markers and an aqua painter. I masked the cabin to stamp the trees in the background. The cute little deer is in the set.

Supplies
Stamps: Cozy Cabin set by Taylored Expressions
Paper: SU Crumb Cake and Always Artichoke card stock, TE watercolor paper and Simple Stories Handmade Holiday patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Tim Holtz Distress Markers, SU Always Artichoke classic ink pad
Other: sewing machine, SU brads, dimensionals

Thanks all,
Colleen

Joy - DS73

Hi everyone,

I hope your week is going well so far. It's always good to put Monday behind, right?

Today I have my card for Jen's Deconstructed Sketch 73 challenge. I pulled out some brand new stamps and dies from Taylored Expressions and paired them with some gorgeous Christmas paper from Simple Stories.

Supplies
Stamps: Very Merry set (ornaments) and Poinsettia Bouquet set (Joy) by Taylored Expressions
Paper: SU Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Confetti Vanilla card stock and Simple Stories Handmade Holiday patterned papers
Ink: SU Always Artichoke and Ridding Hood Red classic ink pads
Other: TE Very Merry Scallops dies, TE Musical Swirls Impressions Plate, classic circle Nesties, Die-namics Fishtail Flags Stax, TE Small Scallop Border die, SU linen thread, sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals.

Thanks for coming by today,
Colleen

Thank You for the Paper Players and Freshly Made Sketches

Good evening all,

Is it me or did the weekend just speed by? I'm not ready to go back to work, but alas, I guess I have to. I have a project starting tomorrow that I really don't want to do. The good news is it should all be over by the end of the work day on Wednesday.

Tuesday is "Bosses Day" in the U.S. and my friend asked me to make a card that he can give to his supervisor. Since I was making his, I figured that I'd make one for my manager as well, which is the second card in this post. 

For the first card, I used the new Paper Players #117 color challenge of Cajun Craze, Brovo Burgundy, and Night of Navy. I found an old SU paper pack of Rich Regals colors and paired them with some retired SU stamp sets. In fact, it's an all SU card with the exception of the blue rhinestones.

The sketch is the Freshly Made #56.

Here's the card that I made for my manager. 

No sketch on this one. Just something I came up with. I used the one of the same stamp sets as in the first card, but totally different colors.

Supplies for Card 1

Stamps: Gently Falling and Alaphabet Soup sets by Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Vanilla, Night of Navy, Brovo Burgundy card stock and Rich Regals paper pack DSP

Ink: SU Cajun Craze, Night of Navy, Brovo Burgundy classic pads

Other: SU corner punch, SU linen thread, SU 3/4" round punch, Kaiser rhinestones and dimensionals

Supplies for Card 2

Stamps: Gently Falling and Tiny Tags sets by Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Very Vanilla and SU Orchard Harvest DSP

Ink: SU More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke and Cherry Cobbler classic pads

Other: Corner Chomper, SU linen thread, dimensionals

Have a great week all and thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Frosty and Fabulous

A very good Monday morning to you and Happy 1st day of October,

I'm Getting Sketchy with MFTWSC91 today. Technically, I guess I did that on Saturday evening when I made this card. I was in a Christmas card making mood and got two more completed on Saturday.

The image is watercolored with Tim Holtz Distress markers and my aqua painter on some TE watercolor paper. After it dried, I applied some Crystal Stickles to the darker part of the hat and the scarf. (I can't seem to make a card these days without using some Stickles on it). The patterned papers are a new 6 x 6 pad that I just bought a few weeks ago from MME called Winter Wonderland.


Supplies
Stamps: Frosty and Fabulous Snowman by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Not Quite Navy, Ridding Hood Red card stock,  TE watercolor paper and My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Tim Holtz Distress Markers
Other: Die-namics dies, aqua painter, candy dots, crystal candy dots, Stickles, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Have a great week all, and thanks,
Colleen

Snow Day

Good Sunday morning all,

Today is supposedly the start of a really HOT week here in southern California. So far, it's not too bad, but it's only 9:00 am too. I think the weather report said that Tuesday was going to be the warmest. Not too surprising as Sept and Oct are our two warmest months of the year usually. There shouldn't be too much impact to me other than maybe warmer daily beach walks after work.

Last night I had some stamping time and I got a couple cards made. Today's card uses Jen Shults' Deconstructed Sketch 71 for the layout. I used some patterned papers from Simple Stories called Handmade Holiday and a Pure Innocence set called Snow Day.

I paper pieced most of the image, using Copics to color the face, hair, mittens, tights and snowballs. I sponged some Distressed green ink around the edges. After coloring the snow, I applied some Diamond Stickles and I used some white Liquid Applique for the fur trim on the hat and the boots. The wooden snowflake button is from my stash of buttons. Then, just a little sewing wrapped it all up.

Here's a look at the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence Snow Day set and Christmas/Winter Greetings set both by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla card stock and Simple Stories Handmade Holiday patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler, and Tim Holtz Forrest Moss Distress Ink
Other: Stickles, Liquid Applique, sewing machine, SU 1" round punch, wood snowflake button, SU linen thread, Die-namics dies (outside and inside) the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Have a fabulous Sunday. Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Bake Me a Cake Birthday Card

Happy Saturday afternoon,

I hope you're having a good weekend so far. I spent this morning organizing my TE and Die-namics dies into a perfectly sized sturdy box that a friend gave me. It used to be a shoe box, and boy it really is perfect. It opens like a file drawer. I cut some heavy cardboard panels and added magnetic strips to hold the dies. I'm very happy with the end result. The only thing left is to cover the box with some nice papers to jazz it up a bit.

On to my actual card. A few weeks ago, I saw this card by Shelly Mercado and absolutely fell in love with it. I knew that I wanted to CASE it, and since I have a good friend whose Birthday is Oct. 1, I made this card for her casing Shelly's card. I changed some things like the background and some of the colors. I love how graphic and colorful it turned out.

And the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: You Take the Cake set and Graphic Greetings Birthday stamp by Taylored Expressions
Paper: TE Choice Snow white, SU Pumpkin Pie and Melon Mambo card stock and Stampin' Up Polka Dot DSP
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, SU Melon Mambo and Island Indigo
Other: TE Bake Me A Cake die, TE medium scallop border and TE Curly border dies, Seeing Spots EF, SU Perfect Polka Dots EF, Crystal Stickles, Kaiser rhinestones, Sakura Quickie glue pen, the Big Shot, and dimensionals.

Thanks for looking in today,
Colleen

SFYTT Birthday Card

Hi all,

Ahhh, it's Friday tomorrow, and that means it's almost the weekend. Do you have any plans? Nothing special going on here this weekend, but next, we're off to the Central Coast wine country for a five day weekend with friends. I can't wait!

I needed a birthday card for a friend's son who is turning two on Oct. 5. I decided to use Jen's SFYTT layout for September. Clearly, I'm just squeaking my card in before the end of the month.

Because the card is for a little boy, I used Taylored Expressions Life Is A Circus set. I thought it would be perfect for a two year old, paired with very bright, mostly primary colors for the papers and the coloring.

 The images are colored with Copics. The patterned papers are from SU and have a great circus theme.The star boarder is also from TE.

I'm also entering this card in The Catered Crop Knot Now Recipe Swap. My ribbon is tied in a square knot, so I think that qualifies.



I made the inside of the card very colorful as well:

Supplies
Stamps: Life Is A Circus set by Taylored Expressiosn
Paper: SU Whisper white, Real red, Yoyo yellow card stock and SU DSP
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Real red, Gumball green and Copics
Other: TE Star border die, SU Gumball green ribbon, SU punches (inside panel), sewing machine, Crystal Effects (on the seal), the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen