A Traditional Christmas

Hi Everyone,

Can you believe that Christmas is only a few short days away???  I am in Newfoundland celebrating the holidays with my family but I did take some time to make sure that I had a card all ready for this week's fabulous sketch over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I know it's a super busy week but we would all love if you would take some time to drop by and play along!  Also, take a few moments on Wednesday to check out the fabulous Design Team creations, these girls are just uber talented!!!

Here is this week's sketch:

Seeing as we are so close to Christmas, I really wanted to create a more traditional type of Christmas card.   So, I chose to use Whisper White, Garden Green and Real Red as the colours.

I will be entering this card into a couple of challenges:

1. Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge

I love the candy canes that have the red and green stripes in them so I thought my card would work perfectly for this challenge!

2. Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge

They are having a fabulous "Anything Goes" challenge - love it!

I want to take a moment to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.  Take some time to appreciate the ones you love and enjoy the magic of the season.  I wish you all health and happiness over this holiday season and for the upcoming year.

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

Card Stock - Garden Green, Real Red, Whisper White

Stamp Sets - Endless Wishes

Inks - Garden Green, Real Red

Tools/Techniques - 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Scallop Punch, 3/8" Satin Woven Ribbon - Real Red, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder, Stampin' Dimensionals, Big Shot

Thanks for dropping by, I'm so glad you took the time!

Steph

World Card Making Day

Hi Everyone!

Did you know that yesterday was World Card Making Day??  Happy WCMD!!!  I hope you all took some time to get crafty and enjoy it.

I spent the day crafting with some wonderful friends.  We had a potluck, some wine, and lots of craftiness!  It was absolutely lovely and certainly just what the doctor ordered.

In November, a few of us will be heading to a Stampin' Up! Canada event so we thought perhaps we should put some swaps together.  It was a fun way to spend the day but it will also be a fun way to get to know some new people at the event.

I decided to make some Christmas cards (well we all did) and 31 cards later, this is the outcome.

I decided to use 3 different colours, just to change it up a bit - traditional green and red (Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler) and a lovely blue (Lost Lagoon).  For the first time, I also used Blendabilities markers to colour basic pearls in order to have beautiful matching embellishments.  What a great way to have stunning embellishments that will match any card and so very easy to do!  Just colour and wait for it to dry.

As inspiration, I used Monday's Lunchtime Sketch over at Techno Stamper - I loved it.

It is an Anything Goes challenge over at the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge so I will be linking up there as well.

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

Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Lost Lagoon

Stamp Sets: Seasonally Scattered

Inks: Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler, Lost Lagoon

Tools/Techniques: Basic Jewels - Pearls, Old Olive Blendabilities, Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities, Coastal Cabana Blendabilities

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Thanks for dropping by!

Steph