FFC21

Hi there, time for another Festive Friday challenge. Usually at this time of year I'm scrambling to get Christmas cards done, but this year I'm wondering if I need anymore cards! Thanks to Festive Fridays, I've been staying on task throughout the year and not leaving it 'til the last minute.

 

This time around, the challenge is a holiday project in aqua, white and red. I was also inspired by Make it Monday at PTI to throw some glitter into the mix to make this ornament sparkle! I actually started off this card by die cutting the lattice at the bottom and hadn't really decided what the focal point would be. It was just a happy accident that the lattice coordinated so well with this ornament stamp. I just needed a sentiment to finish things off. I couldn't resist using one of my new One Liners dies. I love the punch of red.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

T

 

Supplies

SU: white, poppy parade and pool party cardstock, pool party and poppy parade ink, ornament keepsakes set and die, hung up on the holidays, heat and stick powder, dazzling diamonds glitter

Other: one liners die (PTI), piestra tile die (Memory Box), Versamark ink, detail silver embossing powder (Stampendous), Scotch foam tape

MIM #139

 

Hi there,
I made a card today for the week's Make it Monday challenge, to use a stamp in a different way, to create a square frame. Unfortunately, I don't have any of Dawn's Boutique Borders sets yet, which work beautifully for this technique, so I had the think "outside the box" to build my box! I dug through my stash, and thought this book stamp from All Booked Up would work because it has one flat edge.

I tried stamping the book both with the flat edge out, then in, to see which I liked better.

Both worked, but having the flat edge on the inside made the frame larger, and I need to stock up on baby cards, and thought this ark scene (Two by Two from SU) would work well with the book theme, and fit nicely in the larger frame.

I stamped the frame and ark with sepia Versafine ink on rustic cream cardstock, then colored the image with SU watercolor wonder crayons and blender pens/aqua painter, then mounted it on a harvest gold card base.

Thanks for stopping by,
T

LIM 144

Hi there! Just popping in for a quick post for the Less is More challenge, a dark background with a splash of color, inspired by this photo:

I used smoky shadow card stock from PTI as my card base, and some scraps of patterned paper for some color on a quick and simple card. I also die cut the sentiment from patterned paper with a Memory Box die.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

T

FFC20

 Welcome to a Festive Friday challenge, this time a holiday project that includes a wreath. I knew right away that I needed to pull out this Framed Out #9 set from PTI that I ordered last year, but have never used! It's was beyond time to remedy that situation, so I inked it up with chartreuse, one of my favourite greens. When die cut, the wreath is a nice scale to use with this Memory Box window die. I cut a small piece of clear sheeting that came with a PTI stamp set and put it behind the window frame to give it a glassy appearance.

You can't really deck the halls without a little bling, right? I added some tiny rhinestones to the wreath as berries, and colored them with a Copic to pick up the color of the ribbon and greeting.

That's all for today. Thanks for stopping by!
T





Supplies
PTI: Framed Out #9 stamp and die, Holiday Lights sentiment, diamond impression plate, simply chartreuse ink, plastic scrap, white card stock
SU: Baja breeze, pool party core'dinations and white card stock, tangerine tango ink, organdy ribbon
other: Memory Box window die, Recollections rhinestones, R14 Copic marker, Scotch foam tape

MIM#138/Muse#41

Hi there,
I didn't think I would get any time for stamping this weekend, but I finally had some time in front of the tv this evening, so decided to put a card together by combining some elements from this weeks Muse challenge, along with the in-laid die cut technique Betsy demonstrated on Make it Monday last week. This is a card that would be easy to mail because the in-laid die cuts make it pretty flat, except for the puffy snowflakes created with liquid applique.

Thanks for stopping by,
T

P.S. Here's a look at the projects that were the jumping off point for my card.