Welcome Christmas!

 These two cards were inspired by one created by Lee Conrey:
http://stampingleeyours.blogspot.com/2010/12/stamping-411-sketch-181.html

This was my version of the sketch. Again... very simple but effective. I made it with my niece, Stephanie in mind; she will celebrate her first Christmas this year as a mother with her darling little Lily.

The Supplies are:

Stamp Set: Welcome Christmas, Contempo Christmas

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Decorative Label Punch, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Basic Jewels Rhinestone

 This is the inside of the card: The greeting is from Many Merry messages, stamped in Cherry Cobbler then it is over-stamped with the wreath from Welcome Christmas that has been inked with Always Artichoke and stamped off once.

I decided to do the same card in Always Artichoke, I like this version too! The bow on this one is a triple bow too and I secured it with mini glue dots and like it better than the wonky bow on the red one.

I have more to share tomorrow.

Sharri

More Cased Christmas Cards

 I'm trying to get all my last minute cards done so I'm casing them from the beautiful samples that have been shared on line.

This card was cased from Anne Matasci : http://mauistamper.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/another-dashing-reindeer/

I love Dasher and really wanted to do this card.

Stamps: Dasher, All Holidays

Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke and Deck the Halls DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Versamark

Accessories: White Embossing Powder, 5/8" Red Satin Ribbon, Basic Jewels Rhinestones

This card was cased from Connie Babbert: http://inkspiredtreasures.com/challenges/a-cute-christmas/

I love the color combo. This one uses:

Stamp Set: A Cute Christmas

Ink: Stampin'Write Markers, Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Black Stazon

Paper: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, Candy Cane Christmas DSP

Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Real Red 5/8"Satin Ribbon, Scallop Trim Border, 2 1/2" circle, 3/4" x 15/16" oval punches, Designer Buttons and Pretty in Pink 1/8" Tafetta Ribbon

I looked closer at Connie's card after completing the card above and realized that the green was not the right green; although it is still a pretty card.I wanted the more subtle look and so redid it with River Rock replacing the Pear Pizzazz.
LOVE LOVE this version! Thanks Connie.

I have many more to share so come back to see. Thanks for visiting.

Sharri

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 138!

Well, I've had fun doing another challenge this week and.......I finally used the shimmer paint as a glittering agent.

WOW! It's amazing! The picture doesn't do the real thing justice.

You can find the sketch for this challenge at:
http://technostamper.blogspot.com/2010/09/monday-lunchtime-sketch-challenge-138.html

For this card I broke out some new products from the new Holiday Mini.... Deck the Halls paper, the new decorative strip called Northern Frost, new Glimmer Basics brads, Bright Christmas Stampset and the new Bigz die; Scalloped squares Duo.
I did shorten up the largest square from this die by repositioning it on the die and running it through the BigShot again.

Ink is Chocolate chip and the mini brads are retired.

The cardstock is Always Artichoke and Very Vanilla; I also used the Snowflake die #2.

For the shimmer I filled a small hand sanitizer spray bottle(approx 1 oz in size) with Alcohol to about 3/4 full and then filled the rest with the Champagne Mist Shimmer paint.I placed the snowflakes and the DSP layer in a paint box and sprayed. It was dry with in seconds and "Beautiful!"
Hope you enjoyed. Thanks for stopping by!

Sharri

MOJO155

I had a chance to play with my "toys", so I decided to use the MOJO Monday #155 sketch. It was a fun sketch!

Stamp Sets: Silhouette Sentiments, Punch Potpourri

Ink: Baha Breeze, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Greenhouse Gala DSP, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Accessories: Jumbo Brad, Bigshot, Daisies #2 die,
Scalloped Circle #2 die, 1" circle punch, new oval punch found in the Holiday Mini, Chocolate Chip satin ribbon (retired), Linen thread.

Hope you like it! Thanks for visiting! Sharri

Happy Birthday!

I made this card for my Dad. It uses the new Elegant Lines embossing folder and the Big Shot. I used the new Birthday Block stamp in the current Summer Mini catalogue and the Elegant Soiree DSP.
Colors are Baha Breeze, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla. Accessories are Baha Breeze Ribbon(retired) topped with Very Vanilla 1/8th inch taffeta ribbon, Very Vanilla Brads and also a Very Vanilla Large Gromet(retired). This went together very quickly and I really liked it.









I decorated the inside of this card as well something I will try to do in the future. I used the Scalloped Border punch and some Soft Suede and a sentiment from the retired set Birthdays Count.








Thanks for visiting! Sharri

Birthday Gift

It's been a long weekend here in New Brunswick and we couldn't have asked for a nicer one, weather wise. Yesterday we went to my husbands aunt's home where she was holding her annual "Pool Party," she has also recently turned 80 years old.

I made this set of cards for her as a thank you/birthday gift. She is a quilter so I felt these would be used well by her. She was pleased with the gift.
I was inspired by Chiaki Haverstick's set found on her blog. http://stampingpro.com/tea-party-top-note-box

Paper: Greenhouse Gala DSP, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Baha Breeze.

Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie and Baha Breeze

Stamp Sets: Oval All, and Perfect Punches both from the new Idea Book and Catalogue

Accessories: 1 1/4" square punch, Wide Oval punch, Scallop Oval punch and Modern Label punch, Buttons and ribbon are retired except for the ribbon on the Pumpkin Pie card, this is white satin Ribbon that has been colored with the Peach parfait marker; I tried the pumpkin pie marker but found it way too dark. Topnote die with the bigshot, window sheet and adhesives.




Thank you for stopping by!

Sharri

Vintage Vogue and Butterflies

This pretty card is very simply done; colors are Whisper White and Bermuda Bay. I rolled the Very Vintage wheel inked in Bermuda Bay across a piece of Whisper white cardstock twice to create a background, this was layered onto a piece of Bermuda Bay cardstock which was then layered onto a Whisper White card base. The oval is the centre from the oval frame Bigshot die. The flowers were stamped using the Vintage Vogue set and the Bermuda Bay classic ink, the different shades were created by stamping off once and then stamping on the whie cardstock. I trimmed these out and layered the two sizes these were then placed around the oval which has been sponged with Frost White Shimmer Paint along the edges. The sentiment was also inked with the Shimmer paint. I then finished it off by adding a layered Butterfly which is composed of three butterflies from the Beautiful Wings embosslit. The stamp set, wheel and the embosslit can be found in the new Occaisions Mini catalogue. The Shimmer Paint was introduced in the Holiday mini but is still available. The other supplies can be found in the current Idea Book and Catalogue.

Hope you like it!
Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great weekend!!
Sharri

Pumpkin Name tags

I had a Christmas Card bonanza; card making class just before we left on our trip and we had a great time creating 30 cards and envelopes as well as a box to store them in. These were created from one half of the Christmas Jingle Simply Scrapping kit in the 2009-2010 Idea book from Stampin'Up. This was totally cased from a fellow demonstrator Blaise Hoopes. I had 11 ladies and we had a great time. I created a nametag for each lady who was coming,,,,,,,they were thrilled to be able to keep them.I used name tags from a local dollar store for the base, inserted a piece of striped DSP( Autumn Meadows from the holiday mini catalogue) for a background then created pumpkins from Stampin'Up Oval punches. I used my Big Shot Naturally Serif die to cut the letters for their names, punched a small leaf/fern shape from my collection of punches for the stem and then curled a couple of thin strips of card stock around a paint brush handle for the vines. This one was mine....

Thanks for stopping by,

Sharri