Merry Monday #23 - Christmas

Every Monday is a new challenge over at Always Playing with Paper called Merry Monday which is a Christmas Theme along with a sketch for the week. This is a great way to get started early on Christmas cards so decided to join the fun!!

I didn't use traditonal Christmas colors for this card, but instead Marina Mist, Pink Pirouette, a little Wisteria Wonder, and of course Whisper White which reminds me of Christmas.

For the stamp set, I used: Greeting Cards Kids and prima color pencils to color it in. Also, used the set: Perfect Punches for the sentiment. Used Glitter to create a snow scence effect for her to stand on.

Couldn't resist but to add some snowflakes and so I used my Northern Frost Strip Die and some Subtles Glimmer Brads (both retired now). Stampin Dimensionals were used under the sentiment.

There is still time to play if you would like to join, click here to go directly to the challenge section which ends Sunday 6/10/12 at Noon. Hope you Enjoy!!

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PPA109 & SSC#219 - Combo Challenge - Greeting Card Kids

This week the Pals Paper Arts is having a color challenge PPA109 with guest designer Iwona Palamountain. The Design Team has created some beautiful artwork to get everyone inspired. Click here to go directly to their challenge for this week.

 

I was having a hard time deciding what to do, so I went to the Stamping 411 website and joined the fun with this sketch design and selected to work with the Greeting Card Kids stamp set shown below and the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.

I used Basic Grey ink to stamp the image down and used a blender pen to color in the Riding Hood Red along with the Wasabi Marker to color in the Tree.

Added some Dazzling Diamond Glitter to add some sparkle to her outfit, but left the Riding Hood Red section clear. For the sentiment, I used the stamp set called: Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched it out using the Modern Label Punch.

For the embellishments, I used up some retired Corduroy Buttons along with the Crochet Flower. Finally, I did use stampin dimensionals to pop up the circle and square.  Hope you Enjoy!!

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Greetings Card Kids with Springtime Vintage

Here is a great way to use up your scraps....Paper piecing technique which I did for the little girl's dress. This a great technique when you have small scraps and not sure what to do with them and it matches very well with the the card. 

For those of you that do not know what Paper piecing is, you first stamp your image on cardstock, then take the same image and same it down again, but on patterned paper. Now cut out the portion you want to piece from the patterned paper, such as the dress only and apply it to the original stamp image instead of coloring in the areas. There you go...now you try.

Countdown to baby....I only have about 3 months and a couple of weeks to go. I must say, he is kicking much harder now, especially when I'm cooking. I suppose he doesn't like the heat so I make sure to keep as much of a distance as I can while I'm behind the stove.

Actually, I think the hard kicks must be saying...."Mom, get me out of this heat", since when I'm done, the kicks stop right away.

Supplies Used:

• Stamp Set: Greeting Card Kids CM (120633), Delight in Gladness (121950), Bring on the Cake (121958) - sentiment for the inside of card
• Inks: Black (101778), Rose Red (101778)
• Marker: Blush Blossom (100037) for flesh color
• Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Basic Gray, Rose Red
• DSP: Springtime Vintage (121782)
• Circle Scissor Plus (112530) - used to cut a 2 1/4" circle, Decorative Label Punch (120907) 
• Other: Basic Pearls (119247), Stampin Dimensionals (104430), Seam Binding Ribbon (121884) Rose Red, Blending Pen (102845)

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