Red, Green, and White

Hi everyone! It's Colour Create time! The colours for this challenge are RED, GREEN, and WHITE, and here is our inspiration photo:

There is an awesome prize this week from Simon Says Stamp! Please head over there to check out all of their fabulous merchandise!

Onto my cards... This first card didn't go so well for me, but I have decided to share it anyway.

I absolutely loved this Christmas tree stamp when I saw it. It is from Martha Stewart. But I could not get it to stamp cleanly. I threw away about 10 cards prior to just finally accepting this one even though I am not happy with it. If any of you have any tips for these large types of stamps with all of the details, please share them with me!

I used Scor-tape around the edge and added glitter for some sparkle.

I am much happier with this second card!

I started with a white background. I embossed the top half with the Cuttlebug Victoria folder. But before I embossed, I inked the folder with green Stampin Up ink. That technique gives a really interesting effect.

The "image" in the middle is from the Papertrey Ink Holiday Button Bits set. That set includes a bunch of images where you incorporate buttons as part of the image - pretty cool!


I used the Fiskars Apron Lace punch on the bottom and I also embossed with 2 border embossing folders from the Cuttlebug Border Frills set. Of course I had to add some twine with glass beads because I have been on a glass bead kick lately.

The sentiment stamp is also from Papertrey Ink Holiday Button Bits.

If you get a chance, please check out all of the other design team members blogs. These ladies are so talented - you will find tone of inspiration on their blogs!

Chris
Dena
Di
Heather
Janiel
Jo
Karen
Mina
Sharon

{Merry Christmas Details}
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Stamp: Martha Stewart, Papertrey Ink Button Bits
Ink: Stampin Up Garden Green, Stampin Up Ruby Red
Misc: Scor-tape, glitter, gems

{Sending Holiday Cheer Details}
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Holiday Button Bits
Ink: Stampin Up Garden Green
Embossing: Cuttlebug Victoria folder, Cuttlebug Border Frills
Misc: grosgrain ribbon, twine, glass beads, buttons

Christmas Pillow Box

Hi Everyone! Well, Liz over at Pink Petticoat is having a contest for a fabulous supply of ribbon. Here is the prize:


Doesn't that look so beautiful? Well, the contest is to make a pillow box with Pink Petticoat supplies. In case you didn't know, I luuuuuuuuuv Pink Petticoat! Love it! The images are crisp and unique; the colors are always awesome; the patterns are just fabulous; I can print just the right amount of patterned paper that I need; the list goes on and on!

So, here is my entry:



I used the pillow box template that Liz provided. You can get it here.

The sentiment and patterned paper are from the Pink Petticoat Fairy Lights set. The green paper I used for the box is also from Pink Petticoat Fairy Lights. I used Nestabilities to cut the sentiment, and I matted on a Nestabilities flower.

I used grosgrain ribbon for the bow. And I finished off with some twine and glass beads.

Thanks for Looking!

{Pillow Box Details}
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterns, colors, and sentiment from Pink Petticoat Fairy Lights
Misc: grosgrain ribbon, twine, glass beads

Tuesday Trigger

I couldn't pass up the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World this week! The colors are so pretty! Here is the inspiration photo:

Here is my card:

When I saw the inspiration picture, I immediately thought of Papertrey Ink Ocean Tides. I love that color! And I could see it paired with the gold! Anyway, I used black as the base color and I also use a little bit of black twine to secure the button and bow which are both Papertrey Ink Ocean Tides.

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink Everyday Button Bits.

The image on the circles is from Giga Guidelines. Dawn McVey used these images as flowers once, and I loved that! I added gems for some sparkle. The leaves were cut from the Cricut Storybook cartridge. I used the Martha Stewart Lace Border punch for the trim on the bottom. You can see a little bit of the Papertrey Ink Background Basics Text peaking out from behind the leaves and flowers.



Thanks so Much for Looking!

{You've Been So Kind Details}
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Stamps: Papertrey Ink (PTI) Everyday Button Bits, Giga Guidelines, Background Basics Text
Ink: PTI Ocean Tides
Ribbon / Button: PTI Ocean Tides
Border punched with Martha Stewart Lace punch
Circles cut with Cricut George cartridge at 1.75"
Leaves cut with Cricut Storybook cartridge
Misc: twine, glass beads

Absolutely Fabulous

I found a new challenge (well, new to me anyway) last week called the Play Date Cafe. They are having some fun color challenges over there with fabulous prizes - head on over there to check them out!

For Challenge #3 at the Play Date Cafe here are the colors:


I had a lot of fun with this one! Here is my card:

Love that skull! It is from the Cricut Indie Art cartridge. There is a swirl behind the skull that is also from that cartridge. I added some red glitter glue to the tips of the cross bones. I embossed the background with the Cuttlebug Perfect Paisley folder. On the left side I added some large brads I made with the i-Top. I stamped images from the Papertrey Ink Guidelines Two set for those brads.

This sentiment is from the Papertrey Ink Mega Mixed Messages set.

I have been using a lot of glass beads on twine lately, but I think it just gives the bows a more finished look.



Thanks for Looking!

{Absolutely Fabulous Details}
Solid Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Patterned cardstock: DCWV
Stamps: Papertrey Ink GuideLines Two, Papetrey Ink Mega Mixed Messages
Ink: Stampin Up Ruby Red
Skull and Swirl cut from Cricut Indie Art cartridge
Background embossing with Cuttlebug Perfect Paisley folder
Misc: grosgrain ribbon, buttons, twine, glass beads, black adhesive gems

Merry Christmas Card

Well I am getting my Mojo Monday entry in right before the deadline. I am also entering this card in the Belli Challenge this week, which is to use raffia or twine. Here is the sketch for Mojo Monday:

And here is my entry:


All of the images, patterns, and colors came from the Pink Petticoat Fairy Lights set.

These buttons are from Papertrey Ink.



I bought the iTop, and had to give that a try with the text paper. The text pattern is from Pink Petticoat Fairy Lights set - it is the words to "Twas the Night Before Christmas."

Thanks for Looking!

{Merry Christmas Details}
All colors, patterns, and images are from Pink Petticoat
Buttons from Papertrey Ink
Misc: twine, glass beads, satin ribbon