Week 5 of 12 weeks of Christmas and a Sketch Challenge

 Welcome to week 5 of my 12 weeks of Christmas posts.  Today's card uses the Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper and is paired with the Freshly Made Sketches FMS509.

Stamp set:  Stars are Shining

Ink: Real Red

Card:  Pear Pizzazz, Basic White, Heartwarming Hugs designer series paper

Accessories:  rectangle postage stamp punch, starlit punch

Tidings of Christmas and a Sketch Challenge from the Paper Players PP564

My card today uses a Sketch Challenge from The Paper Players.  

Stamp set:  Stars are Shining

Ink:  Cherry Cobbler

Card:  whisper White, Soft Succulent, Evening Evergreen, Tidings of Christmas DSP

Accessories:  Christmas Trimmings Dies

Sweet Stockings dsp meets Sketch Saturday Challenge 683

 

I am playing along with a sketch from Sketch Saturday today.  I have teamed it up with the Sweet Stockings dsp.  

Stamp set:  Stars are shining

Ink:  Bumblebee

Paper:  Basic White, Sweet Stocking DSP, Pool Party

Accessories:  Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder, Stitched Rectangle Dies, stitched stars dies

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  STARS ARE SHINING BUNDLE (ENGLISH)

  $53.00

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  SWEET STOCKINGS 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER

  $20.00

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  TASTEFUL TEXTILE 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER

  $15.75

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  BASIC WHITE A4 CARDSTOCK

  $17.00

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  STITCHED RECTANGLE DIES

  $61.00

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Week 4 of 12 Weeks of Christmas - Festive Foliage meets the Smooching Technique

Welcome to week 4 of 12 Weeks of Christmas.  This week I have again used the Festive Foliage stamp set and paired it with the smooching technique.  

The smooching technique is such a fun technique.  Using a large clear block, swipe the ink pad over the block transferring ink to the block.  Do this with each colour.  Then spritz the block with water and then hand sanitizer and watch the colour swirl.  Dry completely.  Stamp the image using versamark and then  pour white embossing powder over the image. Heat set. 

Stamps Used:  festive foliage, poinsettia petals

Ink:  pool party, coastal cabana, Bermuda Bay, pacific point, gorgeous grape

Card:  pool party, gorgeous grape, basic white, Bermuda Bay

Technique:  smooching technique

Week 3 of 12 Weeks of Christmas - Festive Foliage Stamp Set

Welcome to Week 3 of 12 Weeks of Christmas Cards.  This has been a great way of helping me decide what cards to make for Christmas this year.  This week I have teamed up with a sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  

I started by lining up my stamp in the stamparatus and lining up the basic white layer side ways.  I inked up with Soft Sea Foam and then used sponge daubers to add different greens to give a great monochromatic look.  

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Bouquet of Hope unboxing Facebook Live

Yesterday I did my first Facebook Live post and wanted to share it here with you on my blog.  

Stampin Up have updated the Clearance Rack and the Bouquet of Hope Paper Pumpkin Kit is now on sale for $18.50 while supplies last. In my video I unbox the contents of the kit.  This kit is beautiful! and makes lovely sympathy cards.  This kit is great value! and makes 9 cards and comes with envelopes and the coordinating stamp set.

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12 weeks of Christmas- Stars are shining and heartwarming hugs dsp

We come to week 2 of my projects for my 12 weeks of Christmas posts.  Come back each Sunday to see my Christmas projects.

Today’s card is another Casing the Catty Sunday Challenge - CTC338. The sketch is based on a card in the July mini catalogue on page 34.

 

My card features the heartwarming hugs designer series papers and I have paired it with the Stars are Shining bundle. Sentiment is stamped in real red. 







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Flower Market Die and a Sketch

Today Adamstown Uniting Church card making group had a zoom get together for World Card Making Day.  We focused on the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches 505.  Our challenge was to make a thank you card and send it to someone in your local community to acknowledge their help, assistance, service, support etc during these times of lockdown.

The Flower Market die has been sitting on my desk for a while now so I decided to pair it with this sketch challenge.

 

Firstly I started with a Polished Pink base folded in half. I then die cut my white layer with The Stitched Greenery die, one of my all time favourite background tools. I then chose 2 In Colours - pale papaya and fresh freesia. I cut 2 circles of each colour. I then sponged them with their own colour (giving nice tone on tone) and polished pink with blending brushes. Next I cut the sponged circles with the Flower Market die and layered them on top of the 2nd circles. The sentiment is from Nature’s Harvest stamp set and stamped with polished pink on a piece of polished pink card continuing with tone in tone affect. 

12 Weeks of Christmas - Week 1 Poinsettia Petals and Whimsy & Wonder DSP

Welcome to my 12 weeks of Christmas, this is number 1. Come back each week and check out my Christmas Card projects!

 My card features the poinsettia petals stamp set and die bundle and it coordinates perfectly with the whimsy and wonder designer series paper.

These cards are really pretty!  The poinsettia dies make perfect flowers and are so easy to make.  the dies also emboss the petals all in one go.  

My first card uses a sketch from Fusion Card Challenge.  

I changed the orientation of my card. 

My second card uses the Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge # PCC446.

Stamp set:  Poinsettia Petals

Ink:  Mossy Meadow, Blushing Bride

Card:  Basic White, Blushing Bride, Soft Succulent, Mossy Meadow, Gold Foil (retired), Whimsy and Wonder dsp

Accessories:  Opal Rounds, poinsettia dies

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