Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! Another Christmas card this week...
Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! I'm making Christmas cards every chance I get, and this is no exception. (I've had more time this past week since we had to quarantine when my husband tested positive for Covid. He's on the mend, but had a pretty rough week!)
When I chose this paper, I thought it was more iridescent and less purple. (I do not like purple!) But this is actually very beautiful in real life! My paper is Canson Effects. The poinsettia is Darice Poinsettia. The sentiment is Pink & Main Merry Christmas.
In this close up and you can see the shimmer.
I had actually made the card in this next pic first but was not happy with it. I didn't cut enough layers of the flower and though not bad IRL, it's nothing special. I forgot to take a close up of this. The gold paper has the same shimmer as the above paper.
Here's our sketch...
Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! The temps have been getting below freezing here at night, so I'm ready for snow! I've heard we don't tend to get a lot here, so I have to create some of my own. ;)
My paper is Echo Park Christmas. My snowflake is Darice Large Snowflake die. My sentiment is Raisin Boat Holiday Wishes.
Here's our fun sketch for the week...
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Happy November 1st! Only 54 days until Christmas! If you're still making cards, come over and join us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge #118! The theme this month is "Gold and/or Glitter." For my card, I went with the gold...
This card is so much better IRL, and it was pretty simple to make, so this might be one to "mass produce" this year since with our move and working a lot, I'm still way behind in my cards. And... there's a very real possibility some friends just might get a purchased card this year. :O
Please come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!
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Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! I"ve got a fun card for you today...
Here's our sketch... as you can see, I stretched it sideways. :)
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Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! I've got some more Christmas cards for you. I've actually have 4! This sketch is so fun that I kept creating with it. :)
I was shopping on Saturday and went into Tuesday Morning. I love to check out their craft aisle!! That's where I found this paper. I really didn't NEED anymore Christmas paper, but my pads are getting low, so this wasn't a total impulse buy. ;) It is Echo Park Christmas. This is a beautiful double sided pad! I used Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics for all my panels. The strips were cut with my trimmer. A little twine bow finished them off.
The reason I made 4 cards was that these sentiment blocks were all on a page, so it was easy, peasy. :)
Here's our sketch...
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Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! Time is flying, so I'm working on Christmas cards whenever I have a chance. Here's one with this week's sketch...
I was searching for some red paper in my scrap box and came across this card with the front already embossed. (I think it's Sizzix Snowflakes.) My sentiment is Pink & Main Merry Christmas die. My snowflakes are Sweet N Sassy Stamps Small Snowflakes. The sentiment and snowflakes are cut from a silver paper. Very pretty IRL!! Here's a closeup so you see the shine a bit better...
Here's our fun sketch... can't wait to see what you do for the side element! :)
Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!
I'm joining the slimline trend today...
All of my paper was from my scrap box. My flower is Hero Arts Mum Stem stamp and die. My sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy Stamps Birthday Greetings. I always have trouble getting sequins to stay on a card, so I just punched some tiny circles for the dot element at the bottom of our sketch...
Happy October 1st! It's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #117! Our theme this month is "Vintage Christmas."
My card is vintage in the paper and sentiment though the card itself isn't exactly vintage.
My paper is the Paper Studio "Old World Winter." My sentiment is Flonz Christmas Poems. I love the vintage look to this! I cut it and framed it using Spellbinders Petite Ovals. I had some crinkly ribbon I had made a few years ago and made my double bow with it. Though it doesn't look like it in the picture, it actually matches really well.
Time is flying toward Dec 25... got all your cards made? If not, let us help inspire you and please play along with us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!
Have a blessed day!!
Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! This week, I've got a masculine birthday card. I tend to struggle with masculine cards, but this one came together fairly easily. Check it out...
Here's the sketch... You can see I didn't follow the "instructions" exactly! :O
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I'm not working today, so I've got some extra time to clean my house and craft! Probably will do more of the latter. :D
Last week, I found a Visa gift card in my wallet with some $ still on it. Yay! I had a realization that a couple of stamps on my Sweet n Sassy Stamps wish list that had been out of stock were now back in stock, and my gift card had enough to get them. :) (I'm going to need to find a few hundred dollars worth of gift cards to get all my wish list items! LOL)
Here's a card I made with one of them. (I'll use the other soon and share it, too.)
Maybe you need this reminder right now, so I pray this card a blessing to you. It's going in the mail today to some friends going through a rough time, and I want it to encourage them.
My sentiment is "Calms His Child" from sweet n Sassy Stamps. My paper was from my scrap box. It is one piece that changes color. I embossed the top with Sizzix Cloudy Day and the bottom with CB Distressed Stripes. My border is MFT Die-namics Stitched Ric Rac. I used Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics, Spellbinders Classic Squares, and Spellbinders Pierced Squares. I can't remember which one it is, but one of the squares was just slightly smaller giving the this black border on the sentiment which I think really sets it off. This was all adhered to a black card. (I almost always use black for my foundational layer on a white card, but I'm really loving the look of the black card base.
I am entering this into a few challenges...
Cuttlebug Mania 9/15 - anything goes
Aud Sentiments #260 - anything goes + sentiment
Word Art Wednesday #458-459 - anything goes family friendly w/ uplifting sentiment
Crafty Sentiments Designs 9/22 - anything goes
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Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!
This week's card will be in my stash and saved for a girly girl's birthday... probably my oldest. :-) It's very her!
Here's our sketch...
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Happy Tuesday to you! Another week has flown by, and it's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! I hope you enjoyed your Labor Day off. We had lots of stuff that we could have (maybe should have) done, but we just chilled and enjoyed family time.
Anyway, here's my card...
Happy September to you! It's the first of the month, so it's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #116. And can you believe that it is only 115 days until Christmas! :)
Out theme is "Festive Things with Wings," and here's my card... :)
Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed day and come over and play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!!
Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! And since I know all who read my blog are fabulous, this card's for you! :)
My paper is from my scrap box. My image and sentiment are Hero Arts Mum Stem. I colored the flowers with my Spectrum nor markers and fussy cut them. (The matching die is on my wish list, but I think it's retiring/retired, so that may be a challenge to find.) I didn't have a fishtail banner the perfect size, so I cut the strip and then cut the end from a Kaisercraft banner die. I often partially cut an image and move the die to make it the size I need. :)
Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! Here is this week's card...
My paper is Simple Stories Simple Vintagle Botanicals. It's a 2 sided pack, so I cut my panel and just turned the top around. The ribbon and enamel dots are from my stash. The sentiment was also in my stash of images and sentiments. Patti, our teamie, sponsored a few TMS challenges before she was a part of our DT. One of those times (see it here... it was over 5 yrs ago!!!), she sent us some images/sentiments that she'd stamped. This is one of those! Yeah, I need to use up my stash!!!
Here's the sketch...
Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! My note today could be a thank you card or just a quick note of appreciation and encouragement. I think we all can use some of that during these times!
Happy Tuesday to you! It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! I've got a note card to share today.
My image and sentiment are from DRS Designs. I colored the flower with Spectrum Noir markers. My DP is Simple Stories. My ribbon and adhesive dots are from my stash, so pretty simple.
Here's our sketch...
