Butterfly Reflections Ink December Mood Board & Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #4

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve Eve!
Only two more sleeps until Christmas...

Today, I have a card to share for
 Butterfly Reflections Ink December Mood Board: 

Isn't it gorgeous?
My card is also for Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #4: Winter:

I decided to use both of my Concord & 9th stamp sets:  Flourish & Barnwood Background.

I started with a piece of vintage cream cardstock, on which I stamped my Barnwood

Background stamp, in Altenew's Morning Frost.

I stamped my flowers, berries and leaves using the Flourish stamp set

and Altenew's velvet, grapevine, evergreen inks and Papertrey Ink's Scarlet Jewel 

and Simply Chartreuse.

I stamped my sentiment (from MFT's Hand-Lettered Holiday)

in Altenew Jet Black ink.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #202 -- Take Two

Today is my children's last day of school before Christmas break. :)

As is my custom, I made some Butter Crunch for Sage's teachers
as well as some tags to embellish the bags of treats.
I decided to use CAS(E) This Sketch #202 to make them:

I made four of the same tag:

I stamped my snowflakes from MFT's Snowflake Flurries and my sentiment

(from MFT's Hand Lettered Holiday ) in versamark onto aqua mist cardstock that I diecut using PTI's Tag Sale 3 and heat embossed them in white.

With my Tim Holtz Blending tool, I blended PTI Hawaiian Shores,

Tropical Teal and Enchanted Evening over top.

Remember, you have two more weeks to play along with this CAS(E) this Sketch, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, January 5th to link up your card.

Oh, and before you go, I also have a fun card up on the 
Reverse Confetti Blog today for the Confetti Camera series! 
We were challenged to CASE one of our teammates -- come and see who I chose... 

Thanks for looking!

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Fa La La -- Take Two

 I have another card to share that I made using the current

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Fa La La:

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I decided to use my Altenew Floral Shadow stamp set to make my card.

I stamped different stamps from the set in three different colours

and added some PTI Rainstones as embellishments.

 

I stamped the sentiment (from PTI's Pedal Pusher) onto a strip of black cardstock 

and heat embossed it in white.

Remember, there's still time to play along with this
 Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

MFT Wednesday Sketch 311 -- Take Two

Today, I have another card to share for 

MFT Wednesday Sketch 311:

Here it is:

I created my "window" by diecutting a Pretty Pink Posh die from 

a piece of soft stone cardstock and then trimmed around it.

I stamped a Snowflake Flurry stamp on some white cardstock

and placed it behind the grey diecut panel.

I layered these on a piece of aqua mist cardstock, on which

I stamped my sentiment from Hand Lettered Holiday

in versamark and heat embossed it in white.

Thanks for looking!

MFT Wednesday Sketch 311

Today, I have a card to share for 

MFT Wednesday Sketch 311:

Here's my card:

I created my "window" by diecutting a Pretty Pink Posh die from 

a piece of soft stone cardstock.

I stamped two Snowflake Flurry stamps on some white cardstock

and placed it behind the grey diecut panel.

I stamped my sentiment from Hand Lettered Holiday.

Thanks for looking!

PTI's Create Along with Us: December 2016

Today, I have a card to share that I made for the last

Papertrey Ink Create Along With Us for 2016.

This month, I was inspired by the beautiful cards

that Kay Miller created using the new Fresh Bouquet stamp set,

this one in particular:

Isn't it gorgeous?

I decided to use my Sketch Florals set to make my card.

I stamped my outline stamps in versafine onyx black ink on watercolour paper

and heat embossed them in clear. 

Then, I stamped over them with the solid stamps in hibiscus burst,

raspberry fizz and limeade ice and used a water brush to blend the colours

and five more of a watercolour look.

I also pressed ink onto my acrylic block and added water to create

the background water effect.

I stamped the sentiment from Walk by Faith.

I'm going to give this to a friend at church this morning who just 

got diagnosed with leukaemia.

Such a hard road to walk!

Thanks for looking!

Inspired By All the Little Things #37

*Note: This is my second post for today.
Please scroll down to see my post for 
Taheerah's Atchia's Advent Calendar Extravaganza.

Today, I have a card to share for 

Inspired By All the Little Things #37:

Okay, I love this and would love something like this displayed in my home!

Here's my card:

I created a shaker card by diecutting my mason jar from

Lawn Fawn's Summertime Charm from the top panel and stamping it on the back panel.

I diecut my PTI City Scene buildings & tree from kraft and then stamped the 

coordinating images in versamark and heat embossed them in white.

I filled my shaker with white glitter and tied on some bakers twine by piercing

two holes in the cardstock layer and using a little adhesive to make it follow the lines of the jar.

My sentiment was stamped in Altenew Ruby Red using MFT's Hand Lettered Holiday stamp set.

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes 

on the inspiration photo and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, December 22nd to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

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Advent Calendar Extravaganza with Taheerah Atchia

Today, I'm super excited to be playing along with....

Advent Calendar Extravaganza is the festive event of the season! 

This ‘hop with a twist’ was dreamed up by Taheerah Atchia and 

features surprise destinations each day! 

Joining in the fun with Taheerah are 100 special guests - 

each serving up some fantastic Christmas inspiration! 

Just like an Advent Calendar, you’ll never know where 

you’re going to be visiting next until you ‘open the door’!

And that’s not all! 

With 25 *amazing* sponsors taking part as well, your crafty wish list is bound 

to get a boost with a chance to win a prize EVERY SINGLE DAY!!

Join in the fun every day at taheerah-atchia.com to see what special surprises wait behind the door!

Reverse Confetti is our special sponsor today
and I used their wonderful products in a creative way to make my card.

I started with a piece of Cloud White Cardstock and a strip of patterned paper from the Very Merry 6x6 Pad as my background.

I diecut the largest wreath from Wreaths Confetti Cuts from Avocado Cardstock

and stamped my sentiment from Christmas Blessings.

A trio of buttons and twine finish it off.

 

It’s not a party without a prize - and with prizes every day there are several chances to win!

 Today’s prize is generously supplied by Reverse Confetti

so you’ll definitely want to get your hands on it! 

Simply leave a comment on this post to enter - 

then head back to taheerah-atchia.com and leave a comment there too to double your chances! 

Don’t forget to grab the other surprise destinations from Taheerah’s blog and 

head over to them to leave comments there as well to improve your odds even more! 

You have until until 23:59 EST on 31st December 2016 to leave all your comments! 

Don’t forget the Advent Calendar Extravaganza runs from 1st-25th December inclusive 

so make sure you visit taheerah-atchia.com every day for fabulous inspiration and 

amazing prizes every single time! 

Merry Christmas!

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

1. Well, the season of concerts is upon us.

I mean, Christmas.

But Christmas means concerts, especially in our house. ;)

Jonah kicked off the concert season on Nov. 30th

when his concert band played at the high school holiday concert.

Jonah plays the double bass.

And then he played again the following night, with his jazz band.

He also sang with his jazz choir, Vibe.

(Jonah is the second from the left, in the front row.)

And Austin sang with his jazz choir, Sound F/X.

He's in the middle, with the red tie.

I took this photo during his awesome solo in Walking in a Winter Wonderland. 

2. And then, on Wednesday, the junior high had their concert,

so we got to watch Sage play the flute with the band for the first time....

(She posed for me before the concert began.)

And she sang with her jazz choir.

I really love watching my kids perform!

They are a pretty talented bunch. :)

3. Things have been going really well at my new job.

I've placed a couple of small orders (an island for some clients,

and a murphy bed and a basement bar for some Decor employees.)

I also designed a kitchen with Sharon, the designer who trained me,

and that one should be ready to install in early January.

I've had lots of fun designing kitchens for several other clients, too

-- and am just in the middle of processing the tweaks before finalizing everything.

I'm totally loving it! #dreamjob

And, did I mention that we're opening a second showroom in Winnipeg?

It's on Academy and Jazmyn (one of my fellow designers) and I 

are headed there today to help set things up.

And, beginning in the new year, I will be working there one Saturday a month. :)

4. I took the kids to the movies last night to see Rogue One.

5. I'm feeling pretty good about Christmas....

My shopping is done, my photo cards are addressed (but now that I think of it,

are still on my dining room table -- they need to get dropped in the mail!)

and 90% of my presents are wrapped.

I found this gorgeous set of wrapping paper at Walmart last week 

and used it to wrap all of my gifts.

And, I decided to coordinate my gift tags to match.

I stamped all of the names using Mama Elephant's Calli Letters sets.

One of the wrapping papers looks like birch bark, so I stamped 

the background of this tag with Concord & 9th's Woodgrain stamp. 

 

And to coordinate with the snowflake paper (see above),

I stamped these with MFT's Snowflake Flurry.

And for this tag (and the next two), 

I used my new Simon Says Stamps Winter Flowers.

What?

You don't wrap a little something for yourself to open? 

You totally should.

I'm always thrilled with what I get. ;)

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Fa La La & CAS(E) This Sketch #202

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

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The LEAD of the Fa La La Challenge will be invited as a 

Guest Designer in a future challenge!
Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge Blog for all the challenge info and deadline.

I also used CAS(E) This Sketch #202 designed by me:

I pulled out my favourite snowflakes (MFT's Snowflake Flurry) to make my card:

I stamped my snowflakes in Altenew inks and my sentiment

(from PTI's Winter Village) in Delicata Golden Glitz.

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, January 5th to link up your card.

Make sure you visit each of the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge
 designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Betty Wright

Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Leigh Penner
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Mangan
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Melody Rupple
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Stacey Schafer
Tammy Hershberger
Tara Godfrey

Follow us!
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Facebook Page
Curtain Call Pinterest Boards

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Fa La La

for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Thanks for looking!

Guest designing for Colour Throwdown and Ink It Up With Heidi Shafer -- Winter Flowers

As I shared last week, I have been invited
to guest design for Colour Throwdown for December and January!

Here's this week's CTD:

And today, I'm also joining up once again with
Heidi Shafer of Mapleberry Musings for Ink It Up.

Ink it Up is a challenge where, on the second and fourth Wednesday 

of each month, Heidi and I share cards that we've made with new stamp sets

that we haven't used yet.

I made my cards using my 

Winter Flowers stamp set from Simon Says Stamp.

I used my coordinating dies and stamped directly on to my watercolour panel,

which I heat embossed in clear, using versafine ink.

I coloured them in using my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and a water brush.

I stamped my sentiment using Papertrey ink's Winter Village

and diecut my panel using Neat and Tangled's new Scallop dies.

I had so much fun playing with my new stamps, that I decided to make a second card.

This time, I stamped the images and my sentiment (from Mama Elephant's Season Greetings)

in versamark and heat embossed them in white. 

I coloured them in using PTI ink that I pressed onto my acrylic block and water

and a paintbrush.

Don't forget to hop over to Heidi's blog to see what
she created for this Ink It Up.

And make sure that you also visit Colour Throwdown
to see what the other DT members created with the colour challenge!

Thanks for looking!