An In Colour Christmas

Hi All,

I got to craft with a lovely friend for a while on Mother's Day and it was so much fun.  It has been quite some time since I have had a chance to sit and craft for no good reason other than for pleasure. It was awesome.

Seeing as we are about to embark on a new Stampin' Up! catalogue, I thought it would be fun to use some of those awesome In Colours that will be retiring at the end of the month one last time.  And it just so happened that the team over at Fab Friday are having a challenge to use ANY OR ALL of the In Colours - woohoo!

I also really liked the sketch over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday (unfortunately, I missed the cut off for entering in this challenge):

I also chose to enter my creation in the challenge over at Just Us Girls.  Their challenge this week was to use the embossing trend.  It's hard to see but I heat embossed my Christmas Bauble using silver embossing powder prior to colouring it in.

Here is my creation:

I also meant to dry emboss the Crisp Cantaloupe strip but totally forgot until I already had it stuck to the front of the card - oh well!

Card Recipe (all products are Stamping' Up! products unless otherwise indicated):

Card Stock:  Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Whisper White
Stamp Sets: Christmas Bauble, Ornamental Pine
Inks: Baked Brown Sugar, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe, Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Memento Black
Tools/Techniques: Silver Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Thanks for stopping by, I'm so glad you did!
Steph

Make a Wish...

Hi Again Everyone,

Another quick post to get in so that I can link up with a couple of challenges before they close!

I had a lot of fun making this card and think it will be a super great masculine birthday card.

Here is my card:

I will be entering this card in the following challenges:

1. The Friday Mashup

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project with "Hexagons".
2. Create a project with "Triangles". 
3. or Create a project using "Hexagons" & "Triangles". 

I used some of Stampin' Up!'s new Kaleidoscope DSP that incorporates triangles and then created my own DSP by stamping hexagons from the Six Sided Sampler stamp set onto some Whisper White card stock.

2.  Colour Me...!

This week is Colour Me...Playful! using some fantastic colours!  I did not have Smoky Slate so I substituted with Basic Gray.

3. Try Stampin On Tuesday

I loved the sketch over at this challenge blog this week and could not wait to use it.  They just recently celebrated their 3rd Birthday!  Wow!  Congratulations!!!

Card Recipe (Stampin' Up! Products only):

Card Stock:

Whisper White, Basic Gray, Basic Black, Kaleidoscope DSP

Ink:

Bermuda Bay, Real Red

Stamp Sets:

Perfect Pennants, Six Sided Sampler

Tools/Techniques:

Bermuda Bay 1/8" Ribbon, Square Framelits, Big Shot, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thanks for dropping by!!

Steph