Northern Flurry

Hi All.
Well here again for another early, or if you prefer late night post! I finished making the final card for my friends stamp a stack and wanted to share it.

 

I kept with the use of "blues" and did a base of Pool Party and embossed a layer of vellum with the Northern Flurry EF. I love the classic look you get from using vellum. It packs a lot of punch with minimal effort! I finished it off with some Pool Party Bakers twine and a greeting from Christmas Messages and punched it out with my ornament punch with a little added "bling" from a rhinestone. Just realized you can see my truck in the background! Lol! Sorry about that I was a bit tired when I took the picture last night and wasn't paying close attention!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin 

Mojo ...Wednesday!

Hi All,
I wanted to post a card that I was able to finish a little more efficiently than the card on my last post!!I had realized that I was quickly running out of time to finish my grandmother's birthday presents, as her 102nd b-day is in less than 2 weeks! So I went on over to Mojo Monday and was inspired by their sketch:

 

Here is what I came up with:

 

I hope you can see the shine from the Silver Encore ink on the trees from Lovely as a Tree!! Love that set and its absolutely quick and easy with this ink plus its great to use the Silver Foil paper as a background! I ran the Island Indigo paper through my Northern Flurry EF and used the Christmas Messages set for the sentiment. A little of the silver ribbon and I was done. Love these colors together! Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Freshly Made Christmas

Hi All,
As promised here is card number two of my Christmas in July class. I had gone on over to Freshly Made Sketches and they, of course, had a great sketch:

 

I loved the clean lay out! Here is what I came up with:

 

 

I used a base of Pool Party, some Smokey Slate, Whisper White and some Winter Frost DP I had picked up. I love the Silver Encore ink and how it goes with the metallic paper! Of course I used the Christmas Messages for my sentiment! A little button with some Bakers Twine and I was done! Love the layout! Have a great day!

Karin



Christmas in July!

Hi All,
I wanted to share a few cards over the next few days that I made for my Christmas in July class that I am offering next week. I wanted a clean layout but tend to "over do" when I am stumped so I went on over to Colors and Sketches BlogSpot and they had a great sketch:

 

And here is what I came up with:

 

 

I have some retired Festival of Prints DP that worked perfectly for the ornament with the coordinating ribbon. I used the Christmas Messages stamp set that is being carried over from the last holiday catalog (Christmas Messages Wood 131790 $28.95 Clear 131793 $20.95 9 stamps). I love the sentiments in this set! Should make for a great card to have at my stamp a stack! Have a great day!

Karin

 



Ho Ho Ho!!

Morning All,
I wanted to share a cute (at least I think so!) card that I made last night for my next club. I wanted to use the pennant die to make a treat holder and attach it to a card. I initially started with making the pennant very vintage but then I thought Geez I am totally missing the (obvious) boat! Here is what I came up with:

 

I used two pennants and scored one at 1/4" and then adhered it to the second to make a pocket for my Christmas Chapstick. I think that maybe I was a little over zealous with the "fluff" on the hat but other then that I love it! I added the perfect sentiment from the Christmas Messages set and I was done. If you want to recreate I would just recommend using sticky strip as that adheres it much better then the Tombow adhesive. Have a great day!

Karin 

Another Freshly Made Saturday

Hi All,
I wanted to share a card I made for another upcoming stamp a stack class that I am having this week. I sat down this morning but no inspiration was forth coming. So I went on over to Freshly Made Sketches and, as usual, they did not disappoint. Here is there sketch of the week:

And here is what I came up with:

 

I decided to rotate the sketch for my purposes. I used the sentiment from the Christmas Messages set in Silver, added the strips from the Winter Frost DP and then punched out the silver ornaments with Stampin Up's retired ornament punch. Very easy! Love when sketches help you finish a project! Have a great day!

Karin 



Great CAS

Morning All,
I wanted to share a card that I cas'ed from my friend and upline Linda over at oop-a-doodle. I was in need of a card with a 3-D feel and she had a very cute card with a snowman. You can see her card here. And here is my version:

I did nearly the same card with the exception of running the banner through my Northern Flurry EF (at Linda's suggestion) and the sentiment is from Christmas Messages. Great set! Love how this came out!

I also wanted to remind you that you have until tomorrow night to take advantage of the 25 at 25% off sale!

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Have a great day!
Karin

Becky's Card

Hi All,
I wanted to share a card that I will be making at a friends upcoming workshop. I shared the Halloween card not that long ago that I will be demonstrating and this is the card that all the guests will be making:

 

I was inspired by this weeks sketch at Freshly Made Sketches:

 



 

I used a base of Whisper White with some Smokey Slate and the awesome new Winter Frost DP as my layers. I stamped the poinsettia in my Silver Encore ink and fussy cut it out, mounted it on some dimensionals and added some rhinestones. The sentiment is from my Christmas Messages stamp set and I punched it out with my Modern Label punch. I took a few liberties with the sketch but I love how easily this came together. Hope everyone enjoys it! Have a great night!

Karin