Fab Friday Color Challenge: Endless Wishes for Christmas Collectibles!

Happy Friday!  I'm heading out early this morning for long day, I have a customer meeting in Philadelphia so I have a lot of driving today and am crossing my fingers traffic cooperates so so we don't have any issues.   Before I leave I wanted to share my card for this weeks Fab Friday Color Challenge.   Of course when I saw this color combination I immediately thought of Christmas so I decided to go with it.  I started with a Real Red cardbase and added a layer of Whisper White Cardstock.  I used the Endless Wishes Photopolymer Stamp set to stamp the snowflakes (in Coastal Cabana) and the greeting (in Real Red).  I must admit I was really shocked how quickly this stamp set sold out and thankfully, I received mine the day before they were gone.  One thing I love about this set is how you can combine the words to make different greetings and with the clear blocks you can add multiple stamps to one block and then just stamp them all once. 

Next I took a piece of Gumball Green cardstock and embossed it with the Big Shot and the Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder.  I matted this layer on some Silver Shimmer paper (I love to add a little sparkle to my Christmas cards). The ornament is from the Christmas Collectibles stamp set and was punched out with the Christmas Ornament Punch.  I added some 1/8" Silver Ribbon for the ornament hanger and bow.  Of course I used dimensionals to attach the ornament to the card for some added dimension.

 

These colors work so well together and add a playful element to the card and a little silver sparkle adds just the right amount of bling.  This is a great card to make multiples of since they can be stamped very quickly and are "mailable."  If you weren't lucky enough to get the Endless Wishes stamp set before it retired you could easily replace it with any other snowflake and greeting stamps.

 

I hope you enjoy and feel free to play along with the challenge.  Have a great weekend!

 

Diana  

 

30 Days of Gratitude Card Challenge: Day 22

Happy Friday, whoo hoo!  I always get excited for the start of the weekend but I really can't believe Thanksgiving is less than a week away.  I decided to use the Fab Friday Sketch challenge for today's gratitude card, and once again it's a Holiday card.   The cardbase is Cherry Cobbler and I added a layer of Baked Brown Sugar cardstock that I embossed with the Big Shot and the Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder.  Next I added a layer of Season of Style Designer Series Paper and wrapped some Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine around the DSP. 

For the main piece I took a piece of Whisper White cardstock and cut the corners to create a tag before stamping the greeting from the Lacy and Lovey stamp set in Baked Brown Sugar.  The ornament is from the new Christmas Collectibles stamp set and is stamped in Cherry Cobbler ink and punched out with the Christmas Ornament Punch.  I used a dimensional to attach the ornament to the card and then added a rhinestone to the center for a little sparkle.  An Old Olive Simply Styled Embellishment is the perfect finishing touch (these little guys are too cute and the bow is already tied so it's perfect!)

 

This card is nice and simple and full of lots of little details that are sure to please, you could also easily change this out and make it your Holiday card instead.  You still have plenty of time to make your Holiday cards this season, I can help you come up with a design and help you order everything you need, just ask me how.

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Diana

Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge: Christmas Collectibles

Happy Tuesday friends!  I feel like we're finally starting to dry out and I had such a fun day yesterday, I was able to take a break from work and meet Aidan at school and have lunch with him and his class.  I love that he gets so excited for me to come in and wishes I could every day, I know this isn't going to last forever so I  want to take advantage of it while I can (they grow up way too fast!)  Today I'm back and excited to share a quick and pretty card I made for this weeks Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge.  I loved the clean and simple lines in this sketch and immediately knew what I wanted to do when I saw it.  The cardbase is Pool Party and I added a layer of Basic Black and Whisper White.  I stamped the greeting in the bottom right corner with Island Indigo ink and the More Merry Messages stamp set (I was so happy this stamp set carried over). 

 

For the focal image I started by stamping an ornament from the Christmas Collectibles stamp set in Island Indigo and punched it out with the coordinating Christmas Ornament Punch.  I used a piece of Silver Ribbon as the ornament hanger.  Next I cut out two ovals, one in Pool Party and another in Island Indigo with the Big Shot and the Oval Collection Framelits.  I did embossed the one oval with the Perfect Polka Dot Embossing Folder.  I used dimensionals to attach the ornament and the top oval for lots of dimension.  Next I used the Paper Piercer and Occasions Paper Piercing Pack to pierce ovals in the different layers.  The final touch was to add a Basic Black button as an accent and used some Island Indigo Baker's Twine to tie a bow in the button.

 

This card is nice and simple but has lots of little elements that draw your attention which I love!  This is also a great card when you have to make multiples since it comes together so quickly.  Have you decided on the design for your Christmas cards?  If not hopefully this provides some inspriation, I would love to help you with your card needs so just ask me how.

 

Enjoy!

 

Diana