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  • Paper Craft Crew #7 Sketch Challenge

    Hello all and a good Saturday morning to you. I had a very nice day with my cousin yesterday. We went shopping and had some Sonic for lunch. I got one of the balance ball chairs for my craft desk. I see a problem with it all ready though, it’s very bouncy and unknowingly I am bouncing on it all the time!

    Today’s post is for this week’s Paper Craft Crew Challenge. I mentioned last week that I was asked to be on the design team and this week is my first week participating as a designer! Thanks again to Pam for asking me to be a member. I’m so happy and can’t wait for the blog relaunch at the end of October. In the mean time why not head on over and post your card in this week’s challenge?! This week we have a sketch challenge…

    I had a lot of different ideas as to what I was going to do but after I settled in the rosette the rest of the card just fell into place. The base of the card is Island Indigo Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Crumb Cake with the Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the background. A piece of Very Vanilla I stamped with the Travel Journal Builder Wheel in Crumb Cake, the gears from the Clockworks Stamp Set in Basic Gray and the greeting from the Word Play Stamp Set stamped in Island Indigo creates the piece on the right. A piece of Island Indigo 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon and a Round Designer Ribbon Slide is placed just below the middle of the card and adhered around the back with some Sticky Strip before it is attached to the card. Two pieces of Island Indigo are flagged and attached to the upper left corner. The rosette is made with Fan Fair Designer Series Paper and my Simply Scored Scoring Tool. I stamped the pocket watch in Basic Gray and Island Indigo and then cut it out with my Paper Snips. The rosette and watch are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Island Indigo and Crumb Cake are one of my favorite color combinations and I love the Clockworks Stamp Set. I hope that you enjoyed my first card for the Paper Craft Crew as a design team member and that you will join this week’s challenge. I can’t wait to see what you do with the sketch! Thank you, as always, for stopping by and have a creative day! 🙂

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Island Indigo and Crumb Cake

    Ink: Island Indigo, Crumb Cake and Basic Gray Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Clockworks and Word Play Clear Mount and Travel Journal Builder Wheel

    Designer Series Paper: Fan Fair

    Embellishments: Island Indigo 3/8″ Ruffled Ribbon and Round Designer Ribbon Slides

    Tools: Big Shot, Argyle Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Simply Scored, Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Mini Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

    This month’s promotion is Back to Spool. Get a spool of the fantastic new In-Colors 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon in Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple or Primrose Petals with every $40 you spend. Does not include shipping & handling or tax.

    The FREE Halloween Spoktacular Printers Tray Promotion has been extended to September 16th. Contact me for more information about how to sign up with me!

  • CCMC 218

    Happy Friday everyone! I’m extra happy today because I took the day off from work! My cousin and I are going to spend the day together. We are going to do some shopping and have some lunch, it will be a great day! This week I really loves me some Friday!

    Today’s post is for this week’s Create with Connie and Mary Challenge. This week we have a color challenge…

    When I first saw the colors I thought Halloween then I decided instead to go with a sort of longing for spring look. The base of my card is Tangerine Tango Card Stock. The stamped images are all from the Daydream Medallions Stamp Set and are stamped in Rich Razzleberry and Tangerine Tango. I used the Floral Frames Collection Framelits Dies to cut them all out in different sizes. I then mounted them all to each other with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then to a piece of Lucky Limeade that I also cut out with the Floral Frames Collection Framelits Dies. Then I used the Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder on it before adhering it to the card with some SNAIL. The greeting is from the Perfectly Penned Stamp Set and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry and cut out with my Paper Snips. I used the Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies to cut out another piece of Lucky Limeade and cut off the top and bottom of the piece. The Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack and Paper-Piercing Tool is used to pierce the sides and then both pieces are adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For a little bling I added a Vintage Faceted Designer Button and a piece of Silver Glimmer Paper punched out with the 3/8″ Circle from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and adhered it to the card with some Mini Glue Dots in the center of the “flower”. I hope that you enjoyed this weeks Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge. Thanks so much for checking in and have a great day! 😉

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade and Whisper White

    Specialty Paper: Silver Glimmer Paper

    Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade and Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Daydream Medallions and Perfectly Penned Clear Mount

    Embellishments: Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons

    Tools: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits Dies, Floral Frames Collection Framelits Dies, Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

    This month’s promotion is Back to Spool. Get a spool of the fantastic new In-Colors 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon in Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple or Primrose Petals with every $40 you spend. Does not include shipping & handling or tax.

    The FREE Halloween Spoktacular Printers Tray Promotion has been extended to September 16th. Contact me for more information about how to sign up with me!

  • Happy Birthday…

    To me! LOL! So, today is my birthday and I decided to be a ninny and make myself a card! I used some of my current favorite things and some of my favorite neutral colors. The base of the card is Basic Black Card Stock. I used the Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder on a piece of Basic Gray. Before I adhered it to the card I used a piece of Whisper White 1/4″ Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon with a Round Designer Ribbon Side across the card and adhered it to the back with some Sticky Strip. The happy birthday is form the Memorable Moments Stamp Set and Is stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with White Stampin’ Emboss Powder. I cut it out with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies. It is mounted with Stampin’ Dimensionals to a piece of Crumb Cake, also cut out with the Labels Framelits, that I pierced with the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack and Paper-Piercing Tool. The second greeting/image is from the Convention 2012 Stamp Set I Am… and is stamped and heat embossed the same as the first. For a little bling I used two Basic Jewels Rhinestones above and below the happy birthday. I hope that you enjoyed today’s card and thanks for visiting with me. Have a “Happy” Day!

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Basic Black, Basic Gray and Crumb Cake

    Ink: VersaMark and White Stampin’ Emboss Powder

    Stamp Sets: Memorable Moments and I Am… (Convention 2012) Clear Mount

    Embellishments: Round Designer Ribbon Slides, Whisper White 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon and Basic Jewels Rhinestones

    Tools: Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits, Fancy Fan Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

    This month’s promotion is Back to Spool. Get a spool of the fantastic new In-Colors 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon in Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple or Primrose Petals with every $40 you spend. Does not include shipping & handling or tax.

    The FREE Halloween Spoktacular Printers Tray Promotion has been extended to September 16th. Contact me for more information about how to sign up with me!

  • Mojo 258

    Hello there peeps! How are we doing today? I’m good, my cousin arrived safely and card class was lots of fun last night as always. Today’s post is for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This week Julee Tilman has given us this sketch…

    What a nice clean sketch! The base of my card is Chocolate Chip Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Very Vanilla with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the background. Two pieces of Soft Suede are used for the flagged banners across the middle. I used the 1″ Circle Punch, with Soft Suede and Chocolate Chip,  and my paper snips for the semi-circles in the top left. A piece of Sahara Sand is cut out with the Autumn Accents Bigz Die and then stamped with the Wonderfall Stamp Set using my Stamp-a-ma-jig in Chocolate Chip. I adhered it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A Naturals Designer Button threaded with some Linen Thread is adhered to the leaf with a Mini Glue Dot. The greeting is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set. I stamped it in Chocolate Chip and cut it out with the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies. Some more Stampin’ Dimensionals adhere it to the card. I love all of the rich browns against the bright embossed background and the clean simplicity of the card. I hope that you enjoyed this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card. Thank you very much for checking and have yourselves a great day! 🙂

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Soft Suede and Sahara Sand

    Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Wonderfall Clear Mount and Teeny Tiny Wishes Wood Mount

    Embellishments: Naturals Designer Buttons and Linen Thread

    Tools: Big Shot, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Bitty Banners Framelits Dies, 1″ Circle Punch, Paper Snips, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

    This month’s promotion is Back to Spool. Get a spool of the fantastic new In-Colors 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon in Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple or Primrose Petals with every $40 you spend. Does not include shipping & handling or tax.

    The FREE Halloween Spoktacular Printers Tray Promotion has been extended to September 16th. Contact me for more information about how to sign up with me!

  • Paper Craft Crew Sketch 6

    A good Sunday morning to you all. I had a nice crafty Saturday and today with be laundry and clean the house day. I’m thinking that I will have liked Saturday better than Sunday this weekend! Today’s post is for this week’s Paper Craft Crew. The blog is in the the process of being revamped and they will have a launch at the end of October. I also have some really exciting news. The owner of the blog, Pam, has asked me to be a member of the design team! Well, I can tell you that I was a little happy to hear that! For my first week playing we have a sketch challenge…

    A nice simple layout and I decided to mix some old with some new. The base of my card is Midnight Muse Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Soft Suede with the Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder for the background. A piece of Comfort Café Designer Series Paper is mounted to a piece of Pool Party and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals for the next layer. I used the Border Banter Stamp Set, stamped in Midnight Muse and Summer Starfruit, and some Very Vanilla to crete the flags. A piece of Summer Starfruit cut out with the Delicate Doilies Large Sizzlits die is the placed behind the images from the Artistic Etching Stamp Set. They are stamped in Midnight Muse and Summer Starfruit. The large lacy circle is cut out with the 1 3/4″ Circle Punch and the crown and amour are cut out with my Paper Snips. They are all mounted to the card with Stampin Dimensionals. I like the mix of the softness of the Comfort Café DSP with the graphic nature of the Border Banter. I hope that you enjoyed this week’s Paper Craft Crew Sketch Challenge card. Don’t forget to head on over to the blog and see what all of the other talented designers are up to. While you’re at it enter your creation in this weeks challenge! Thank you for visiting with me and have an awesome day! 🙂

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Pool Party and Soft Suede

    Ink: Midnight Muse and Summer Starfruit Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Border Banter and Artistic Etchings Clear Mount

    Designer Series Paper: Comfort Café

    Tools: Big Shot, Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Delicate Doilies Large Sizzlits Die, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, Paper Snips, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

    This month’s promotion is Back to Spool. Get a spool of the fantastic new In-Colors 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon in Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple or Primrose Petals with every $40 you spend. Does not include shipping & handling or tax.

    The FREE Halloween Spoktacular Printers Tray Promotion has been extended to September 16th. Contact me for more information about how to sign up with me!

  • Fab Friday 01

    Hello all and welcome to an early Wednesday brought to you by our day off this week, Monday. Thanks Monday, for one of the first times in recent memory I like you! LOL! Today’s post is for a new weekly challenge called Fab Friday. It was founded by Mindy Backes and is made up of a wonderful team. I decided that seeing as it’s the inaugural challenge let’s give it a try. The challenge is for every other Friday and this week we have a sketch…

    I have to say that I kind of like it! The base of my card is Early Espresso Card Stock. I took a piece of Lucky Limeade and cut the lower edge with the Finishing Touches Edgelits. A piece of Primrose Petals is embossed with the Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and placed right above the bottom. The stamped images on top are from the Watercolor Winter Stamp Set, The pine needles are stamped in Lucky Limeade and Early Espresso on a Very Vanilla background. The poinsettias are 2-Step Stamped in Raspberry Ripple and Primrose Petals. I used my Paper Snips to cut them out and mounted them to the background with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Chock Full of Cheer Stamp Set and is stamped in Early Espresso, I flagged the left side and on the right side is a Natural Designer Button with some Linen Thread adhered with a Mini Glue Dot. I have had a bit of an obsession with Primrose Petals lately I know. For some reason it reminds me of Teaberry Ice Cream that I have only ever had in Pennsylvania when I stayed at my Grandmother’s house. Maybe I’m feeling nostalgic! Has any one else ever had Teaberry ice cream? Anyway, I hope that you enjoyed the very first Fab Friday Sketch Challenge card. Thank you so very much for visiting and for all of your comments, I love them! Have a crafty day! 🙂

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Lucky Limeade and Primrose Petals

    Ink: Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Raspberry Ripple and Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Watercolor Winter and Chock Full of Cheer Clear Mount

    Embellishments: Naturals Designer Buttons and Linen Thread

    Tools: Big Shot, Finishing Touches Edgelits, Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

    This month’s promotion is for the Howl-O-Ween Printer’s Tray Project. Earn this for FREE when you sign up to be a Demonstrator.

  • Mojo 257

    Good morning peeps! Or is it?! Back to work, but it’s a short week! I had a very productive weekend and I even got to relax a little. Now I did put off some cleaning for next weekend but like they say Rome wasn’t built in a day. Now for today’s post which is for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This week Julee Tilman has given us this layered sketch to work with…

    I have to admit that this card took me a little time to make. I was undecided as to what I was going to use and I went back and forth for quite a while but in the end I’m quite happy with the results. The base of the card is Early Espresso Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Primrose Petals with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The next layer is a piece of Candlelight Christmas Specialty Designer Series Paper that I adhered to a piece of Lucky Limeade that I edged with the Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies. The ribbon across the lower portion is Primrose Petals 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon. I used some Sticky Strip to adhere it around the back and then mounted the whole thing to the card with SNAIL. The top layer is a piece of Primrose Petals that I stamped in Primrose Petals with the En Français Background Stamp. It’s backed by a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered to the card with Stampin Dimensionals.The flagged piece is also from the Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP pack. For the main image I stamped a snowflake from the Snowflake Soiree Stamp Set in Primrose Petals after I cut out the circle with the Circles #2 Bigz Die. I backed it with a piece of Lucky Limeade that I punched out with the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch. The two snow flakes at the top and bottom of the main image, stamped in Lucky Limeade, are also from the same set and are punched out with the 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle Punch and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The flagged greeting is form the Joyous Celebration Stamp Set and is stamped in Early Espresso. I know, you have heard it before but I am a really big fan of non-tradiotional holiday colors. I love these colors together and the sketch provides some rich layering. I hope that you enjoyed this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card and as always thank you for stopping by. I love reading your comments so don’t forget to leave me one! Have a great day!

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Primrose Petals and Lucky Limeade

    Ink: Primrose Petals, Lucky Limeade and Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Stamp Sets: Snowflake Soiree and Joyous Celebrations Clear Mount and En Français Background Wood Mount

    Designer Series Paper: Candlelight Christmas Specialty

    Embellishments: Primrose Petals 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon

    Tools: Big Shot, Adorning Accents Edgelits Dies, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Circles #2 Bigz Die, 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch, 1 1 /4″ Scallop Circle Punch, Corner Rounder, Sticky Strip, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

    This month’s promotion is for the Howl-O-Ween Printer’s Tray Project. Earn this for FREE when you sign up to be a Demonstrator.

  • Paper Players #111

    Good morning everyone and happy Labor Day! I’m always happy on Labor Day because it’s a holiday and I have no work! LOL! I hope that everyone is having a nice weekend. I am having a good one. I got lots of stuff accomplished and made a bunch of cards too.

    Before I get to today’s post I would like to thank LeAnne for choosing my card as Headliner for the Paper Players Challenge 110. I’m so glad that she enjoyed the card, it has some of my favorite colors in it and I love the Wonderfall Stamp Seta and the Autumn Accents Bigz Die. You can see the original post here and the Paper Players post here. For this week’s Paper Players Challenge Jaydee has asked us to use leaves or a tree in our project…

    Seeing as I had just used the Wonderfall set I decided to go with a favorite of mine that carried over from the 2011 Holiday Catalog, Gently Falling. The base of my card is Cajun Craze Card Stock. I used the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and a piece of More Mustard for the background. The Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies cutout is paper-pierced with the Festive Paper -Piercing Pack and Paper-Piercing tool. I used my Color Spritzer tool and an Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker to spritz the card stock before adhering it to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. It creates the backdrop for the wreath I made with the Gently Falling Stamp Set. I stamped the outline of all of the images in Early Espresso. The fill in colors are Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede. I cut all of the stamped images out with my Paper Snips and mounted them to the Window Frame with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The greeting is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set and is stamped in Early Espresso, punched out with the Word Window Punch and mounted to a piece of Riding Hood Red that I punched out with the Modern Label Punch. It too is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. For the final touch I used one of the Brushed Bronze Designer buttons. I tied some Linen Thread through a Brights Designer Button and adhered it to the Bronze button with some Mini Glue Dots and then adhered them to the card with more Mini Glue Dots. It felt good to use one of my older sets and I like the color combination with the pops of red. I hope that you enjoyed this weeks Paper Player Challenge card and that you have a great day.Thank you so much for spending some time with me today.

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Crumb Cake and Riding Hood Red

    Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede

    Embellishments: Brushed Bronze Designer Buttons, Brights Designer Buttons and Linen Thread

    Tools: Big Shot, Window Frames Collection Framelits Dies, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

    This month’s promotion is for the Howl-O-Ween Printer’s Tray Project. Earn this for FREE when you sign up to be a Demonstrator.

  • Mojo 256

    Hello and good morning! How is everyone today? I’m doing well, made it through Monday. We had the Barclays Golf Tournament here in Bethpage State Park for the past week and it turned my 8 minute ride to work into a 25 minute ride. Thankfully it’s over and things were back to normal yesterday morning. Today’s post is for this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge. This week we have a very nice sketch from Julee Tilman…

    We all know that I always do the square card and this week is no exception. The base of my card is Early Espresso Card Stock. I embossed a piece of Primrose Petals with the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder to use for my background. The flagged strips of paper are all from the Candlelight Christmas Designer Series Paper Pack. For the main image I stamped the pine needles from the Watercolor Winter Stamp Set in Lucky Limeade and cut it out with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies. The greeting is form the Greetings of the Season Stamp Set. I stamped it in Primrose Petals and then I markered the On Earth and stamped it, cut it out and flagged the ends. I used some Stampin’ Dimensionals to adhere it to the Peace part. The pinecones are also from the Watercolor Winter Stamp Set and are 2 Step Stamped in Early Espresso for the outline and Soft Suede for the inside and they too are mounted to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. As we know I love non-tradiotional Holiday colors so I’m really liking this card. All of the items that I used to make are available in the 2012 Holiday Catalog. I hope that you enjoyed this week’s Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge card and thank you very much for visiting. Have a simply amazing day!

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso and Primrose Petals

    Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Lucky Limeade and Primrose Petals Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Marker: Primrose Petals Stampin’ Write Marker

    Designer Series Paper: Candlelight Christmas

    Tools: Big Shot, Labels Collection Framelits Dies, Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

    This month’s promotion is for the Howl-O-Ween Printer’s Tray Project. Earn this for FREE when you sign up to be a Demonstrator.

  • Paper Players #110

    Happy Monday peeps! Yeah right! Monday comes so fast, I wish it were a three day weekend every week. I would like to go back in time and have a word with the person that decided on the 5 day work week! LOL! Anyway, I had a nice weekend and hope that you did too. Today’s post is for this weeks Paper Players Challenge. I checked twice just to make sure that I got it right! The lovely LeAnne has given us this sketch to work with…

    My card this week has lots of layers and of course some paper-piercing! It’s a nice masculine fall themed birthday card. The base of my card is Island Indigo Card Stock. I embossed a piece of the Core’dinations Card Stock in Early Espresso with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Using the Core’dinations Sanding System I sanded the card stock to really make the grain of the wood stand out. I like the fact that when you sand it the paper has an almost velvet feel to it. I stamped two leaves from the Wonderfall Stamp Set in Island Indigo on Crumb Cake and then used my Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack and the Paper-Piercing Tool to pierce around the outside edges. They are mounted to two pieces of Island Indigo and adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The patterned piece of paper in the middle is from the Festival of Prints Designer Paper Stack and is backed by a piece of Early Espresso. The large maple leaf and acorn are cut out with the Autumn Accents Bigz Die and are also form the Wonderfall Stamp Set, the leaf is stamped in Island Indigo and the acorn is stamped in Early Espresso, both on Crumb Cake. Finally the greeting is from the From My Heart Stamp Set and is stamped in Island Indigo on Crumb Cake and I used the Paper-Piercing goodies again along the top and bottom of the sentiment. I cut it out using the Bitty Banners Framelits Dies and all of the pieces in the middle are mounted to each other and the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I love the color combination and what guy wouldn’t want to get this card for their birthday?! I hope that you enjoyed this weeks Paper Players Challenge card. Have an interesting Monday and thanks for popping in!

    Stampin’ Up! products used:

    Card Stock: Island Indigo, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso

    Specialty Card Stock: Early Espresso Core’dinations

    Ink: Early Espresso and Island Indigo Classic Stampin’ Ink

    Designer Series Paper: Festival of Prints Paper Stack

    Tools: Big Shot, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Autumn Accents Bigz Die, Essential Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-PIercing Tool, Stampin’ Sanding System, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL

    Don’t forget to check out the Anchor Rewards tab at the top. Earn 10 Anchors and get a FREE Stamp Set of your choice from any current catalog. If you purchase $150 worth of product you will be eligible for $25 in Host(ess) dollars to get one of the great new Host(ess) Sets or any other items from the NEW 2012-2013 Catalog or the NEW Holiday Catalog!

    This month’s promotion is for the Howl-O-Ween Printer’s Tray Project. Earn this for FREE when you sign up to be a Demonstrator.