Winter Wonderland Curtain Call

A new year, a new challenge...well, one of many, I hope.  But this one is the first for me.

Curtain Call's Inspiration Challenge theme is Winter Wonderland.  Here is the card I made for it:

The full-frontal shot does not do the card justice.  Look at the shimmer up close.

Products used:  Papertrey Ink - The Sweet Life, Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals - Icy Primrose Gold, Hero Arts - Unicorn Pigment Ink, Tsukineko Brilliance - Graphite Black, VersaMark, Viva Pearl Pen - Ice White.

The challenge closes on Jan. 10, 8 am.  Be sure to drop by the website to check out the beautiful cards by all the participants.

Welcome Little One

It's been a while since I've made a Baby-related card!  So I was excited to see the new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Baby Booties.  

I used a negative from the MFT Oval Dainty Doily Duo Die-namics and inked the open space with Spun Sugar Distress Ink and Stampin Up Purely Pomegranate with a tiny dauber.  I stamp the sentiment, the onsie, and the rattle is from the TPC Studio Here Comes Baby stamp set and the penguin comes from the American Crafts Baby Set.  Then I added some random bling and pearls in gold and pink tones.  Thanks for fun challenge!

Sweet Friend

I made a few cards one after another using the same paper, so I'd like to share them together.  The first one is inspired by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge with the theme of Farm Fresh.  I wanted to use denim and country patterns.  So I pulled out my Basic Grey Piccadilly pad, as well as my Fancy Pants Beach Bum, to get the right papers.  MFT's Pretty Pocket is groovy but fun for that country denim feel I was going for.  I wanted to pair it with MFT's Royal Rose die, which I honestly think of as the country rose and am shocked it's called royal rose…every single time.  This flower is absolutely gorgeous when rolled.  I added some Recollections microbeads in Cricket of the center.  Instead of leaves, I used AC twine and made loops (loopies are sorta in trend, aren't they?)  I found that the stamp set has these cool swirls that match the Pink Paislee Indigo Bleu border stickers perfectly.  I added more twine along with the border strip and tied a bow to finish it off.  :)

The next card I made combines two challenges:  The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Friday challenge - use twine or ribbon (easy, right?) and Sweet Sunday Sketch #211.  In my stamped image book, I had this cute Miss Anya Hats Off image stamped and coloured and I noticed she was blue and grey with a bit of yellow in her hat.  It went nicely with the paper left over.  I decided to do some fun cross-stitching using my We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy tool (the royal blue one) and piercer.  I had originally planned to add a square piece behind my image, but I decided against covering up all that stitching!  Anya has a cute ribbon/could be daisy in her hat, so I decided to added a Prima daisy flower with a bling center from Daiso.  The sentiment was actually a glitter rub-on (you rub it and add the glitter) from K& Co.  It was too faint to stand out, so I outlined with a pen.  I liked the yellow with the denim look, so I kept the theme going, and added it to a kraft card base.

The last card was just for fun because I love using glitter.  I actually was going to use this butterfly adhesive rub-on with the Anya card, but changed my mind.  No waste.  Using scraps, I made a cute little card to add with a gift.  It needed a little something on the left side there, so I did some more stitching and tied a cute bow.  The sentiment comes from the Papertrey Ink Heart-2-Heart #4.

Here is the Sweet Sunday Sketch this week:  

Thanks for the fun challenges as always!

You're a Peach

The current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge is Perfectly Peach.  I didn't know what I was going to do.  I decided I would find ''peachy'' paper first.  But then I remembered that I had this stamp from My Favorite Things, Who's That Girl Harvest, which includes a basket with interchangeable fruit.  And when I checked, I was happy to see it did have peaches on it.  Not that I needed to used peaches…but I liked the idea of being able to.  :)  Then what when from being a card turned into being a pocket envelope and tag.  It will be really cute paired with a nice gift for a friend.  I liked using the Fillable Frames #7 die to create a peephole for my image.  You could even add a transparency there, if you wanted.  I added some velcro on the pocket flap so it would be practical.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge was to make a tag, so this works for that too!

Thanks for the challenges!

Supplies Used:  MFT WTG Harvest; Mini Doily Circles and Royal Leaves Die-namics; PTI Seed Packet and Fillable Frames #7 Die; Memento Tuxedo Black; Copic Markers; Button; Twine.

Xmas All Year - Cozy Quilt

I just saw the post for the new Curtain Call Inpiration Challenge and was totally inspired by the quilt theme.  The challenge is open until Feb. 25th.  Please click on the link here for details.

When I scrap, I like to have a candle going in my room and, as my last candle was all gone, I went to get a new one and found a cute jelly Xmas candle (pictured below).  That is entirely how I came up with the idea to do a Christmas card!!  It's so fun to make holiday cards any time of the year (except last minute).

I cut 5/8'' strips of paper from the Authentique 6x6 Wonder Collection and weaved them alternating patterns.  I don't think I've done this since grade school, so it was a lot of fun!  It probably would be a lot easier with wider strips, but I like the intricacy of the narrower ones.  If you were really keen, you could stitch it on your sewing machine too.  I used a scrap piece of paper cut down to 5x5 as a base for the quilt.  Afterwards, I mounted on red cardstock and pasted it to a green 5 1/2'' square card (I thought a square card would be more quilty!)  I love MFT's cardstock (I used Red Hot and Gumdrop Green).

My label frame comes from PaperTrey Ink - Simply Jane die collection.  The sentiment can be found on My Favorite Things - Clearly Sentimental about Christmas stamp set.  I added the Vintage Flourish die, which is also from MFT.  A few pearls and rhinestones (Hero Arts Pearls & Gems - Mixed Earth Accents) and a sparkly cardinal (Recollections) and I called it complete.

Thanks for the chance to win and a good excuse to make a Christmas card!


Sherri

Cuppa Cocoa Curtain Call

Happy 2014!!  It's been a while since I posted on my blog…but I was really inspired today when I came across Jody Morrow's post on Facebook (thanks, Jody!)  It took me to her blog where she shared the February Cuppa Cocoa Curtain Call Challenge (click on link for more information).  Here was the inspiration photo:

photo source:  aerie by American Eagle

 We could make any project, so I went with a card.  Since MFT is sponsoring this one and I didn't want to use the same stamp as Jody, I went with the WTG Gets Cozy with Cocoa stamp set.  The sweater and patterned base paper comes from Prima North Country and the grid paper is from the Basic Grey Basics (The red and white were just scraps).  I paper-pieced the sweater, scarf, gloves, and mug. I coloured the cocoa with my copic marker (E25 Caribe Cocoa - appropriate, right?)

I added a little snowflake embellishment sent to me from a scrappy friend and secured it with baker's twine.

After adhering it to some scrap paper, I used some baby pinky shears to trim around the circle.  Then I popped it up using some foam pieces from The Sticky Store.  I like how the pale red circle looks on the paper doily.

The label piece was cut out from the Prima North Country collection (6x6) and was the perfect size and colour for my card.  This is my favourite saying from the stamp set because doesn't everyone want to cuddle while drinking hot chocolate?  

On the inside, I used a scrap piece on the inside and added some Recollections glitter tape.

And the finished card…

Thanks for the fun challenge!  Hope you are inspired too!

Sherri