Festive Friday #1

Starting this year, I've decided to start a new Friday segment, entitled ''Festive Friday'', for my Youtube channel, makescrappygoodness.  Each week I will try and make something with a bit of holiday spirit.  If you didn't know it, I am big on Christmas.  So this gives me a chance to celebrate the whole year long, while using my stuff and finishing my cards before the mad rush begins.  

My first card was inspired my the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 250, as well as The Color Throwdown's colour challenge this week.  

It was fun to make a card with only white, black, and red.  I actually think these colours would rock for a New Year's card. Here's my card:

Products Used:  Cardstock, MFT Rounded Banner Trio Die-namics, PTI Make-It-Market Tinsel & Tags, Tsukineko Brilliance - Graphite Black, Sequin Trim, and Pearl Pen. 

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Happiest of Days

I made this card for three challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Birthdays

The Color Throwdown - blue, green, and yellow

Sweet Sunday Sketch #214

I love this colour combo from the CTD again!  I chose to use my MFT Botanical Beauty Die-namics with all the colours and added a rhinestone from Wild Orchids in the center.  All the pattern paper comes from the Vintage Bliss pad by Simple Stories, except the smaller polkadot flower which comes from the Basic Grey Hopscotch pad.  I added the flower to the smaller circle of the MFT Open Scallop Doily Duo and a flocked ribbon in a brighter yellow running down behind it.  I made my card base from Blue Raspberry cardstock and added a blue patterned paper matted on a beige patterned paper.  I love the subtle butterflies.  My sentiment comes the MFT Birthday Sentiments.

Thank you for the challenges!

Sending you Hugs

This week's Sweet Sunday Sketch features a narrow card.

I had some leftover cardstock that would be perfect for this narrow sketch.  It's actually very narrow, but it's unique.  On the center mat piece, I used leftover strips of cardstock for a patchwork look.  I had this ribbon piece with a blue label that was on some packaging that I kept.  And now it's found its way onto a card.  To it I added a flower on foam adhesive using PTI's Simple Sunflower stamp and die set, stamped it with Memento Rich Cocoa and added a glitter dot in the center.  Although the sentiment is not so dark, I think you can still see it and just in case, I added some enamel dots to draw your eyes to it.

There's still lots of time to join the challenge.  :)

Supplies:  Dark Chocolate Simon Cardstock; Fancy Pants Beach Bum; Basic Grey Picadilly; Papertrey Ink Simple Sunflower Stamp Set; Memento Rich Cocoa; Recollection Adhesive Glitter Dot; My Minds Eye Enamel Dots.

Welcome Spring

This week's Sweet Sunday Sketch is simple but cute. 

I decided to use a diecut I had in my stash tin and found this lovely flower that called to me.  It's made with MFT Prima Donna Petals Die-namics.  I added a small aqua rhinestone from Wild Orchids.  The stamp comes from PTI's Sweet Spring set.  I'm happy I had some more Hopscotch paper from Basic Grey (I knew I needed two pads...)  I don't usually mat everything, but today I thought I would and I like how it turned out. 

Thanks for the 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!

Say Cheese

A lot of times I pull stamps that I want to use, then I leave them on my desk or stamping cart for the next time I make a card.  Nothing goes unused that way.  :)  Sometimes it just takes a little longer to get to.  So this time I wanted to use my MFT Behind the Camera stamp set and die.  I combined challenges to create an awesome card (in my opinion):  Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #210, Cure for the Monday Blues #8 - Pastel with Pop; and CAS-ual Fridays #129 - 2 Shades of Grey (I think I used at least three).  The challenges were all inspiring!

I loved choosing greys and pastel colours.  Although there isn't a huge pop on this card (as per CFTMB), I still feel it kept with the theme.

I used part of the die from PTI's Fabulous Frames and stamped my sentiment inside.  I was going to layer over top of the camera, but the camera and frame are both so big, it took up too much space.  When I layered the paper on the front of the camera, I thought it would look cute to leave the word ''Happy'' exposed.

I cut out a heart from glitter paper and popped it up on the middle of the lens.  I just love that look.

Underneath everything on the right side, I did some chevron stamping using my Brilliance Moonlight White with Lawn Fawn's Chevron Backdrops.  I cut out some little polaroids and layered them in the top right corner and did some arrow stamping.

Wouldn't this card be perfect for passing along photos to a friend?  Or adding a nice photo and message to a special someone.

Thanks for checking out my post!  Have a fun day and don't forget to take a photo!

Cheers, Sherri

Supplies:
Stamps:  MFT - Behind the Camera; Lawn Fawn - Chevron Backdrops; Amy Tangerine Stamp #59161
Dies:  MFT Behind the Camera; PTI Fabulous Frames
Ink:  Brilliance - Graphite Black; Brilliance - Moonlight White; Stampin Up - Blushing Bride
Paper:  Dear Lizzy - 5th&Frolic and Neapolitan; Studio Calico
Other:  Doodletwine - Grey; Basic Grey Rhinestones.

Together is the Nicest Place to Bee

Today I am showing a card I made for two challenges - Simon Says Wednesday Challenge and the Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge.  Simon's theme was weddings and anniversaries.  The sketch for the Sweet Sunday Sketch incorporates wonky angles.  :)

I went with the theme of yellow for my card.  This lovely card base can be found at MFT - it's Banana Split!  (Love that name!)  I broke on an oldie but goodie from the Unity July 2011 KOTM.  I paper-pieced the two bees from some scrap yellow paper.  The wings and hearts I colored with my copics.  I also added some Ice Stickles to the hearts.  

The sentiment comes from MFT My Favorite Sentiments.  I just used a strip of kraft paper and used my corner punch on it.  Using my multiliner pen I added an 'e' to make it ''Together is the nicest place to bee''.  On the lower half of the card, I used my PTI Happy Hexagons Stamp Set to create the honeycomb look.  

 

I added a bright yellow gingham bow to the side of the image with another gingham scrap piece of paper layered underneath to which I added dashes on the edges with my pen.  Isn't it ''bee-u-tiful''?

 On the inside, I stamped this sentiment for an anniversary.

Have a scrappy week and don't forget to play along if you can!  :)  

Cheers, Sherri

Supplies:  

Paper - MFT Banana Split and Other; Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Brilliance Graphite Black, and PTI Lemon Tart; Stamps - MFT My Favorite Sentiments, MFT CS with Anniversaries, PTI Happy Hexagons, Unity ''Bee Better'' Together; Copics (BG0000, C01, and R14); Ribbon - Daiso; Stickles - Crystal Ice; We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper (Stub/Deco).  

One of a Kind - SSS #207

Yay, I got another card done for a challenge!  But let me just say, it's not about ''whipping cards out''…that is totally not the point, scrapping guys and gals.  For me, it's about taking a half an hour out of your day to let your creative juices flow and take flight (so juice doesn't fly…but you get the point) - having that ''Me Time'' and feeling happy you accomplished something and it was fun!  :)  Thank you for these challenges, I do enjoy them and hope to continue joining in with everyone.

Today's card is for the Sweet Sunday Sketch #207.  I love how simple this LO is.  Until recently, I've usually relied on bigger images as the focal point. But I like the idea of open space and a plain sentiment.

I decided to create an embellishment using this flair.  It had fallen off my board and was lying there for me to pick up.  Love at first sight!  I had this piece of half-back pearl trim that I didn't use on another project because the middle two pearls looked melted and wonky.  I just thought of using them as ribbon.  And I think it works.

Just love this sentiment…that continues on the inside.

Aww…melts your heart!  Love me some sequins that look like I just splattered them and they stuck.

And my fav part about this card… the colour!  Isn't it divine?  Well, I think so.

Thank you for checking my post out and have an awesome end of work week!

xoxo
Sherri