Crafty Peeps Card Kit Club -- December

Lori Lindsey was in charge of our Crafty Peeps Card Kit Club for December and she sent out a terrific kit,
filled with super sweet Christmas-themed patterned paper, embellishments and diecuts.

 

I ended up making one card and two tags with the supplies she sent....

Here's the card:



I layered some of the patterned paper from the kit over some white cardstock.
Then I added the snowflake, flair & decorative brads.
I cut a banner from the patterned paper from the kit.
I cut another banner from my own red cardstock and stamped a sentiment from Wplus9's Merry & Bright in versamark and heat embossed it in white.

I made both tags using PTI's Tag Sale #5 by diecutting two tags from patterned paper
 and layering them together.
For the top tag, I ran the end through my diecutting machine a second time
 to trim a bit off of the bottom.

I added a little tag from the kit, on which I stamped PTI's From Me to You sentiments.
I also added some brads from my stash.

 

And for my second tag, I made a banner from white cardstock and

stamped a sentiment from Wplus9's Heartfelt Holiday.

And I have one more card to share today...

I created the background by making a mask using my PTI Mighty Oak cover plate and some cardstock.
Then I layered it over some vintage cream cardstock and applied some embossing paste.
 

 

I stamped the owl from Lawn Fawn's Winter Owl onto some cardstock and cut it out.

Then I paper-pieced him using some Pink Paislee patterned paper.

I used a PTI Bubble Talk die to make my speech bubble, onto which I stamped my sentiment.

 

I'm linking this card up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:

Make Your Own Background.

 

Thanks for looking!

Another Christmas card

Today, I have another card to share that I made with Reverse Confetti's

 Bring On the Merry stamp set.

I started by cutting some cardstock with my PTI Centre Stage cover plate and using this as a stencil

 to apply some embossing paste to create my background.

I diecut the largest tag from Reverse Confetti's Tag Me from some Fancy Pants patterned paper.

I stamped my sentiment in versamark and heat embossed it in gold embossing powder.

I diecut the banner from Tag Me from some coordinating Fancy Pants patterned paper.

I stamped my sentiment in versamark, which I heat embossed in seafoam white.

I created my gold button by pressing a regular button into a versamark pad

and heat embossing it in gold.

I'm also linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:

Make Your Own Background.

Thanks for looking!

December Reverse Confetti Blog Hop

It's the 8th of the month, which means it's time for the Reverse Confetti Blog hop! 

Last month’s release was full of holiday magic as well as some gorgeous everyday sentiments.  

As we look forward to the holidays, it’s now time to start thinking of those small gifts, tags, treats, or just sweet notes of encouragement to spread the “Merry” to our friends, family and coworkers.  

The Confetti Crew and a few other pals have designed some great cards and projects to give you just the creative spark you’ll need to make some of your very own RC magic happen!

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog

and you should have made it here from Kim Kesti's blog. 

It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop, so you don’t miss a thing. 

We have tons of inspiration for you to see using all of Reverse Confetti’s amazing stamp sets!

Today, I'm sharing a card that I made using one of my favourite sets from

the November Release: Bring On the Merry.

I started with some vintage cream cardstock.

I created the snowflake pattern using a snowflake mask and some embossing paste.

While that was drying, I stamped my sentiments on a couple of banners that I cut using one of the Tag Me dies.

I layered my embossed panel over another piece of vintage cream cardstock and added my banners.

A few enamel dots finish it off.

I'm also linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:

Make Your Own Background.

I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today! 

Be sure and hop with us on the 8th of EVERY MONTH for more Reverse Confetti inspiration! 

Now it’s time to hop on over to Angelica Suarez's blog. 
If you get lost along the way, you can find the hop order and list of all the participating designers 
over on the Reverse Confetti blog.

Would you like to win some Reverse Confetti goodies of your very own?  
Leave a comment on each stop along the way for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to Reverse Confetti.
Comments are open until Monday, December 9th at 2pm CST, and the winner will be announced on the “Time for a Card Tuesday” post over on the Reverse Confetti blog!

Thanks for looking!

Bring On the Merry

It seems crazy to me that Christmas is less than 3 weeks away!

Time sure is flying.....

Today, I have a card to share that I made using Reverse Confetti's Bring On the Merry stamp set.

I started by using a stencil and embossing paste to add some falling snow to my background.

Then, I diecut the end of a strip of vellum using the largest tag from Reverse Confetti's Tag Me.

I stamped my sentiments in versamark and heat embossed them in gold embossing powder.

I stitched the banner in place with my sewing machine.

I diecut some mistletoe and used a versamark pen to colour in the berries,

which I heat embossed it in white.

Then I swiped my versamark pad onto some white cardstock and heat embossed it in gold.

I ran this through my diecutting machine with a bow die to cut out my bow.

I'm also linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:

Make Your Own Background.

Thanks for looking!

My attempt at the modern whimsy style

I have been a huge fan of Danielle Flanders for years..... ever since I first met her

when we were on the Create My Keepsake DT together way back in 2009.

 

She has just such a fabulous style.... which she makes look so effortless.

 

Well, this week, for Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday #143, she is showcasing her Modern Whimsy Style and I just had to play along. 

However, I found to be a little harder than I thought it would be.

 

Here's my attempt...

 

I decided to go with the fact that Modern Whimsy Style involves lots of layers

and layered some PTI Sweet Blush and Aqua Mist cardstock with some SSS woodgrain cardstock.

 (A tip: this was the piece of cardstock that I had left over from diecutting my hello from. 

Rather than toss it out, I used it as a layer.)  

I diecut my banners (from PTI's vellum & a piece of My Mind's Eye patterned paper) with my Get a Handle on it Banner die. These I folded over the top of my card and stitched in place.

The two rows of stitching felt more whimsical to me, no?

Then, I stamped my sentiment (from Wonderful Words: Hello) with Enchanted Evening ink

and added my diecut "hello" (a Simon Says Stamp die.)

 

What do you think? Did I achieve the Modern Whimsy Style?

 

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) this Sketch #56

*Note this is my second post for today.
Please scroll down to see my post for this week's Case Study Challenge.

Today, I have a card to share that I made for Sketch #56 by Chrissy Larson:

And here is my card:

I took a bit of a different angle on the sketch. I stamped the tree from PTI's Mighty Oak onto aqua mist card stock and then layered some rustic white card stock over top for some snow. I added some stamps and dies from PTI's In the Meadow, including the sentiment.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch and to play along, if you'd like.
You have until Thursday, December 12th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Case Study #169

I was so excited to be asked to be a guest designer for Case Study Challenge this month!

 

And this month, we're changing things up a bit, so there won't be a Muse as such.

 

We'd like to honour Cath from the Moxie Fab World instead.

In case you missed the news, Cath stepped down from her position in the Paper Crafts magazine, as well as the host for MFW. December is a tribute to her influence on the paper crafting community,

 and we chose four of her past posts that she shared within the "Oh My Moxie Fab!" column.

 

Here is the first one:

 

I love this photo!

I was totally inspired by the green, blue and gold feathers and

knew I needed to create some of my own on my card.

 

 

I stamped my feathers (from Waltzingmouse's Fine Feathers) onto vellum,

using two Mama Elephant inks.

Then, I sprinkled clear embossing powder over most of the feathers and

gold embossing powder over the tips.

Then I heat embossed them and cut them out by hand.

(I've ordered the coordinating dies for these sets, but they haven't arrived yet.)

I stamped the sentiment (from Mama Elephants Smitten) in the same green as on the feathers.

I finished it off by adding some Pretty Pink Posh sequins.

 

Be sure to visit the Case Study Challenge blog to see what the rest of the team created for the challenge.

 

Thanks for looking!

10 Minute Craft Dash #31

 

Hi there!

Today, I have a card to share for the 10 Minute Craft Dash #31,

which is to use the colour combo on the graphic above (yellow, red & green).

 

Now, I have to admit that I made three cards for this challenge before succeeding at making one in less than 10 minutes. That time limit is hard, people!

The first one is here (it's the first one with the wreath -- it took me over 13 minutes)

and the second one is here (which also took me over 13 minutes).

 

(Maybe I need to find a 14 Minute Craft Dash Challenge. ;)  )

 

Anyway, after two failed cards, I was starting to get a little frustrated,

so I decided to look through my supplies to see if I had any embellishments

or journaling cards that could help speed up my card making.

I came across this super sweet Pink Paislee journaling card and used it to make my card.

 

 

I diecut the edge of the journaling card with a pinking edge border die.

I layered it over some red cardstock and SSS white woodgrain cardstock.

And I added some buttons and stitching.

 

And my time....... 9:12.8.

 

Success!

 

Click here to see what Paulina & the rest of the DT made for the challenge.

Here's the prize that will go to one lucky challenge participant.

 

I'm also linking this card up to Christmas Card Challenges #1: No Stamping.

 

Thanks for looking!

Just a reminder

I just wanted to remind everyone about the give-away that Paulina Nakamura of Pretty Pink Posh, 

 is having as a part of her Grand Opening & Blog Hop.

You can click here to see my Blog Hop post or
here to check out Paulina's post on her blog for more details.

I have another card to share that I made with Paulina's Classic Christmas Flat sequins.
Truth be told, I actually made it for tomorrow's 10 Minute Craft Dash,
but failed miserably on my time. ;)

 

I diecut the mistletoe from white cardstock using my Wplus9 Under the Mistletoe dies.

Then, before removing them from the cardstock, I coloured them in using some Faber Castell markers.

I diecut some other sprigs from some Simply Chartreuse cardstock.

I stamped my sentiment (from Wplus9's Merry & Bright) onto my cardstock before impressing it with my PTI Woodgrain Impression Plate.

I added some twine and some sequins to finish it off.

 

I'm linking this card up to the Monday Mood Board #24 at Wplus9....

 

 

... and to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes.

 

Thanks for looking!

Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop

*Note: this is my second post for the day. 

Please scroll down to see my Reverse Confetti SFYTT post. Thanks!

I was super honoured to be asked by my friend, Paulina Nakamura of Pretty Pink Posh, 

to be a part of her Grand Opening Blog Hop.

She is selling some really fabulous embellishments in her shop

and she sent me the cutest sequins to play with!

Today, I'll be sharing two cards and one layout that I made with the Classic Christmas Flat sequins.
Here's the first card....

This first card was made using some Wplus9 stamp sets to create the wreath (Merry & Bright) 

and the banner (Basic Banners).

I embossed the background with a PTI woodgrain impression plate and then added some sequins 

as a finishing touch.

I'm linking this card up to the Monday Mood Board #24 at Wplus9.

For my second card, I used some Pink Paislee patterned paper.

I die cut one of my PTI In the Meadow dies and die cut the tree from my card stock. 

Then I adhered sequins to my patterned paper so that they would fill the opening.

A Wplus9 banner and sentiment, heat embossed with cream embossing powder 

on gold shimmer cardstock, finishes it off.

And lastly, I want to share the layout I made using the sequins that Paulina sent me.

I used some Pink Paislee patterned papers and chipboard sub-title.

I added some sequins as embellishments.

To create my title, I die cut my letters using my new PTI Bookprint alphabet dies.

Then I stamped over them with one of my Reverse Confetti So Stripey stamps to dress them up a little. 

This layout is for this month's Pages With Papertrey Challenge: add some sparkle to your layout: you can add bling, glitter, shimmer cardstock, sequins, etc. along with one Papertrey Ink product.

So, those are my projects for today.

There will be Pretty Pink Posh prize packs up for grabs to two lucky people, 

so please leave a comment here on my blog to be entered to win.

Then hop on over to the other members participating in the hop and leave comments there, too, 

to increase your chances of winning.

Here's the list of the blog hop participants:

Pretty Pink Posh Blog

Christy Reuling

Dana Seymour

Leigh Penner (that's me!)

Nicole Gavaldon

Laurie Willison

Lisa Elton

Amy Tsuruta

Heather Pulvirenti

Stacey Schafer

Laura Sterckx 

Paulina will announce the two winners on her blog on Thursday, December 5th.

Oh, and you might want to take advantage of this, too:

Thanks for looking!

Reverse Confetti SFYTT #7

There is a new Sketch for You to Try up on the Reverse Confetti blog today! 

And here's the card that I made using the sketch:

We were invited to a wedding last month and the colours were brown and teal.

So, I decided to make a wedding card that would incorporate these colours.

I diecut my banners using my larger Reverse Confetti Tag Me die -- I just ran the bottom of the die partially through my diecutting machine and then trimmed the edges with my trimmer.

I used the same die for my tag. The sentiment is from Lots to Say (I love this set -- such gorgeous fonts!)

To embellish my card, I stamped the sweet woodgrain heart from Forever Fall and cut it out by hand.

Then I added a few enamel dots to finish it off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am also linking this up to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Anything Goes.

 

Thanks for looking!