Holiday Cocktail Party Invite

This is the invite I made--18 of them--for our annual holiday cocktail party that we hold the first Saturday in December.  I really like all of the components of this card and I used some of my favorites--Happy Hour stamp set, the Winter Frost DSP, Northern Frost Embossing Folder and now the Snowflake Soiree stamp and matching die bundle.  I just ordered it last week at hostess club--but I used it at Camp Stamp-in-Oga earlier this month to make these cards.

This is the inside of the card, with the actual invite that I printed.  I made the layered snowflake at Camp and had to realign the top of the invite to make it fit.  I did blur out parts of the invite with the address and phone number for the picture for my blog post; that's why two lines might look a bit odd. 

As you can see, we are having an "Ugly Christmas Sweater" Contest this year.  It should be a hoot and I hope to show some pictures of the entrants after the party. I might need to blur out some of their faces if I post pictures on my blog........................

Image/Sentiment—Stampin' Up Snowflake Soiree and Happy Hour

Cardstock--SU Whisper White, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Smokey Slate, Silver Glimmer and Winter Frost DSP.

Ink—SU Island Indigo

Accessories—SU Island Indigo 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon, Pool Party Bakers Twine, Oval Framelits Die, Circle Thinlits Die, Festive Flurries Dies; Clear Rhinestones



Silhouette Song Bird

This is the second of the two cards I made for Roxane's Recent swap on SCS--Deck the Halls.  I love Christmas and making Christmas Cards. I recently bought this cute Unity stamp and could not wait to ink it up!
 
Here is the inside of my card:
 

 
Image/Sentiment—Unity Itty Bitty Silhouette Song Bird

Cardstock—Gina K Ivory; SU Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Festive of Prints DSP

Ink—SU Cherry Cobbler

Accessories--SU Cherry Cobbler Quilted Satin Ribbon; Green Brads

Christmas Peace

This is the one of the two cards I made for Roxane's Recent swap on SCS--Deck the Halls.  I love Christmas and making Christmas Cards.  Many of you who visit my blog often also know that I love this stamp line-Paper Inspirations.  I cannot wait to see the creations I get back!

Here is the inside of my card:
 

Image/Sentiment—Paper Inspirations Christmas Peace

Cardstock—Gina K White; Bazzil Lime Green and Burgundy; Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Patterned Paper

Ink—SU Bravo Burgundy

Accessories--Rhinestones;  SU Northern Flurries Embossing Folder

Happy Birthday Sketch Challenge

This is the final card I made for the Camp Stamp-in-Oga card challenge.  This was for the sketch challenge--using SC458.

I thought it was a great sketch.  I was able to ink up one of the new SU sets that I got last month at hostess club--love it! 

This is the inside of my card:

 

Image/Sentiment—Stampin' Up Label Love

Cardstock--SU Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White and Seasons of Style DSP

Ink—SU Cherry Cobbler

Accessories—SU Circle and Artisan Label Punch, Crumb Cake 3/8 Taffeta Ribbon; Brown Sugar Brads

We are honoring Diane today

If you are looking for my {PIN}Spirational Challenge or my Twist of Faith Post, please scroll down.  It is a three-for-the blog day!

 

It is the 5th of the month, so I am back with another challenge of the Crafty Gals! We are a group of bloggers who have monthly challenges, caring comments & fun chit chat on SCS—our favorite stamping site to visit.

This year our challenges are going to be a bit different. Each month, Melina will chose one of our group to highlight and our challenge is to CASE a card from her blog—or make a card that highlights some of her loves. This month the person to CASE is Diane!  Here is a link to her blog.

 

I found a card that use the triple-time stamping technique that many stampers use for awesome looking cards.  I have not tried to make one yet--but I have all of the details and measurements printed out.  I thought it would make a pretty winter card.

 

 

Here is the inside of the card, with a simple blue snowflake brad:

 

I do hope Diane likes my take on her card. I hope And-I hope the rest of the Crafty Girls also like my card this month!

Image/Sentiment—Hero Arts-Enjoy the Seasons

Cardstock—Stampin' Up Whisper White and Marina Mist

Ink—SU Marina Mist

Accessories—SU Marina Mist 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon; Blue Snowflake Brad

Please check out the blogs of all of the Crafty Ladies.  All of the blog links are listed in my left sidebar and I hope you will enjoy all of the creations this month that honor Diane!

Audrey and AJ

If you are looking for my Twist of Faith card, please scroll down.  If you would like to see my Crafty Gals Card, please scroll up

 

I am back with another {PIN}Spirational Challenges

November 5-11
 

Here's the photo to inspire us:
 

Our sponsor this week is The Stamping Boutique
 

 

This bride and groom is too cute--and I have the perfect couple to give this to for their wedding in the early spring!   Thanks so much The Stamping Boutique

  

 

Image/Sentiment—The Stamping Boutique Audrey the Bride and AJ the Groom Digital Image

Cardstock—Gina K White; Stampin' Up Basic Black, Brilliant Blue; Karen Foster Designs Wedding Cake and Die Cuts With a View Black Congrats Patterned Paper

Accessories—Clear Rhinestone Brads; Copic Markers; Cuttlebug Wedding Suite Diamonds Embossing Folder

I hope you will play along this week with the {PIN}Spirational Challenge, too! Be sure to go to the challenge blog and add your creations for the challenge this week! You can also check out the rest of the DT Creations with the links on the left sidebar.

In Remembrance

If you are looking for my {PIN}Spirational Challenge Post or my Crafty Gals Card, please scroll up.

I am back to share this weeks card for the Twist of Faith Card Challenges!  Please stop by and check out the Twist of Faith Card Challenge Blog where we invite you to share your uplifting, healing, inspirational and scriptural card creations. 

 

 



This week our Challenge is #61-In Remembrance.  Use your favorite image and/or sentiment to make a sympathy card.
 

Our sponsor this week is Digi Darla
 

 

There were some wonderful images and sentiments for us to chose from for the challenge.  Thank You Digi Darla for the inspirational digis to work with this week!

 

 

 

This is the inside of my card with a sweet image:

 

 

Image/Sentiment—Digi Darla Dandelion Spray and Sympathy Sentiment
 

Cardstock—Gina K White; Stampin' Up Old Olive, Always Artichoke, River Rock and Brocade Background DSP

Accessories—Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon; River Rock Brads

I hope you will play along this week with the Twist of Faith Card Challenge too! Be sure to go to the challenge blog and add your creations for the challenge this week! You can also check out the rest of the DT Creations with the links on the left sidebar.

Best of Christmas Sketch Challenge

This is the third card I made for the Camp Stamp-in-Oga card challenge.  This was for the sketch challenge--using SC458.

I thought it was a great sketch and I went with a Christmas theme for both of my cards.  The second one will be posted later this week.

I can now post that I won 2nd place with this card and the tractor card I posted on Friday.  Please be sure to check that one out as I think there was an issue with it posting.

Image/Sentiment—Stampin' Up Best of Christmas

Cardstock--SU Always Artichoke, Purely Pomegranate,  River Rock, Very Vanilla and Holiday Harmony DSP

Ink—SU Always Artichoke

Accessories—SU Old River Rock Brads, Circle Punches, Artichoke Satin Ribbon

Crisscross Challenge Card

Today is Camp Stamp-in-Oga. This is one of the two cards I made for the color card challenge--use Night of Navy, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip. Check back tomorrow for one of the sketch challenge cards and then next week for the other sketch card.  And--hopefully a post that I can tell you that one of them was a winner! 

I made a crisscross card for a challenge earlier this week and thought I would try one again.  I like the way it turned out!

Here is the insert:

Image/Sentiment—Stampin' Up Pursuit of Happiness

Cardstock--SU Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Sweater Weather DSP

Ink--Night of Navy

Accessories—SU Old Olive Brads, Tab Punch, Herringbone Embossing Folder, 5/8 inch Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon

Harvest Blessings Challenge Card

Tomorrow I am attending a quarterly stamping event called Camp Stamp-in-Oga.  In the morning there is an awesome card class where there we make five great cards and there are also wonderful displays of cards and some raffles and prizes and loads of fun.  I am also staying for the remainder of the day and hope to make it until 11:00 or midnight.  We get to play with all of the Stampin' Up toys that Sarah and Cheryl bring along--Great Fun!

In the morning, there will a card challenge.  Sarah, the head counselor, proposed two challenges—a sketch one and a color one.  This is one of the two cards I made for the color challenge--we were to use Night of Navy, Old Olive and Chocolate chip.  Sarah chose those as she looked back at the SU catalog from her first year as a customer and then a demo to pick three colors that were available in 1999-2000. Check back tomorrow for my second color challenge cards and then next week for the two sketch challenge cards.  And--hopefully a post that I can tell you that one of them was a winner! 

Here is the inside of my card

Image/Sentiment—Stampin' Up Harvest Blessings

Cardstock--SU Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Night of Navy, Tall Tales DSP

Ink—SU Old Olive

Accessories—Nestabilities Deckled Rectangle Dies; SU Old Olive Brads, Stripes Embossing Folder, 1/4 inch Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon

Make a Joyful Noise

Happy Halloween!  I do not have a Halloween card to show you today--but I do have a wonderful card to share.

Today is the last day of the month and I am here to show you to my Crafters of Faith card! The Crafters of Faith blogging group is a joyous blending of Christian friends ~ joined together to fellowship, share our faith, build friendships and craft together!   

Liz is our hostess for this month--and she gave us this challenge:

The scripture for my challenge is: "But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good, salvation comes from the Lord." Jonah 2:9I love music and a "song of thanksgiving" surely pleases the Lord. Never does He speak that the songs of our hearts need to be perfectly performed to be a joyful sound to Him. So, think of some ways you can make a joyful sound to the Lord your God. The challenge this month will be to use a musical instrument image, musical score paper, musical note brads, etc. Whatever you have in your stash that is of the musical nature!  Liz

I have a few musical stamps--but I used a very special one for this challenge.  I received an awesome stamp set from our dear leader Kelly and just had to ink it up for this challenge.  I love the saxophone image and Kelly even remembered that I mentioned one time on SCS that I played sax in grade and high school.  I also think the sentiments are perfect! 

Here is the additional sentiment on the inside of the card

Image/Sentiment—TPC Studio Music

Cardstock—Stampin' Up Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Baked Brown Sugar and Strawberry Slush; The Paper Studio Textured Cream Sheet Music Patterned Paper

Ink—Memento Tuxedo Black; SU Baked Brown Sugar

Accessories—Treble Clef Brad; Nesties Long Rectangle-Scallops; Spellbinders Bossibilities Music Embossing Folder; SU Strawberry Slush Stretch Ruffle Ribbon

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you do check out the other October creations from the wonderful ladies in the Crafters of Faith group! The blog list is on the left side--please check out all of the cards.

Autumn Friends

I am back to share this weeks card for the Twist of Faith Card Challenges!  Please stop by and check out the Twist of Faith Card Challenge Blog where we invite you to share your uplifting, healing, inspirational and scriptural card creations. 

 



This week our Challenge is #61-Postcard/Card or Envelope/Packet.  Use your favorite image to make a card that looks like a postcard or an envelope.  Be sure to include an appropriate scripture or inspirational sentiment. 
 

Our sponsor this week is Stamp Art by Kathryne
 

 

There were some wonderful images for us to chose from for the challenge.  Thank You Stamp Art by Kathryne for the wonderful Autumn Friends digi to work with this week!

I decided to try a Criss-Cross Pocket Card for the challenge.  I have not made one before--and I really like the way it turned out.  To me--it is a card and an envelope all in one......................  Maybe I stretched the challenge just a bit!

 

Image/Sentiment—Stamp Art by Kathryne Autumn Friends Digi
 

Cardstock—Gina K Ivory; Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip; Little Yellow Bicycle Acorn Hollow Patterned Paper

Ink—Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories—Copic Markers; Round Tab Punch; Copper Pearls

I hope you will play along this week with the Twist of Faith Card Challenge too! Be sure to go to the challenge blog and add your creations for the challenge this week! You can also check out the rest of the DT Creations with the links on the left sidebar.

Mix up the Sentiments

It is the 28th of the month, so I am here to welcome you to another round with the Calendar Girls!

Who are the Calendar Girls? We are a group of bloggers who want to have a place where friendships blossom, creativity abounds, and encouragement prevails! In keeping with that dream, this blog group has been created so we will have a place to interact and enjoy being fellow bloggers.  I am the hostess this month and this is my challenge for the group:  

Here is the October Challenge--For me a true challenge is to try a new technique. So--that is going to be the challenge I propose to all of us.

Go to this link Technique Lovers Challenge Forum and chose a new technique to you that has a 1 or 0 in the challenge number--like TLC410 or TLC360 or any more current number (as I posed this challenge way back in January......) The technique you pick should be one you have never tried before--and you can go back as far as you want in the forum in the posted techniques to find one to tackle. Please list the number and name of the technique you tried in your blog post. And--to make the challenge a bit harder--you cannot create a card this month! You need to think outside of the box and try a totally new technique along with a project that is anything but a card............... And--for extra credit--make a creation with a Halloween theme!

So--get your thinking caps on, check out some new techniques that you might want to try and create something other than a card that can be used for Halloween! I think this is a pretty good challenge for this month. Can't wait to see all of your "new" creations on the 28th! Good luck!

So--I am wondering if this challenge would be fun for the other members-or a true challenge.  I went with TLC441--Mix up the Sentiments. 
1.  Look through your stamp sets and pick out several sentiments that have a similar theme .
2. Pick out several different ink colors
3. Lay out your stamps on your paper to create the pattern you want...place some of them horizontal, vertical, or diagonal...what ever works for your design
4. Stamp the sentiments to create a large focal sentiment, trim the layer, and create your card.

So--I went with a Halloween ABAC-Anything but a Card. I used a few of my favorite Halloween sentiments from different stamp sets.  I thought this would make a cute gift for the day AFTER Halloween--when breath mints might be needed!

 

Here is the side of the Tic Tac Holder:

Image/Sentiment—Amuse Hallow's Night; Stampin' Up Halloween Hoots and Grateful Greetings

Cardstock—SU Pumpkin Pie, Very Vanilla;

Ink—Memento Tuxedo Black; SU Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories—Black/Orange Ribbon; Purple Witch's Hat Brad 

Please check out the blogs of all of the Calendar Girls—there are 10 of us, so it might take you a bit.  I am sure you will enjoy all the creations! All of the blogs are listed on my left sidebar. Thanks for joining us this month!