Warm Winter Fun- Sketches in Thyme

Hello! I have a new project to share, a layout! I was inspired by this sketch from Sketches in Thyme:

I stuck pretty close to this sketch because it worked well for the photos I had already printed out! The big snowflake was cut using Sure Cuts A Lot and my Cricut. I then sprayed and splattered the whole page with white spray ink. I layered on my patterned papers and title. To embellish the page, I found some snowflake rub ons (which I used up!), and some DIY Thickers that I added glitter to.

Materials:
Cardstock- American Crafts
Patterned Paper- Moxxie
Letter Stickers- American Crafts
Letter Die Cuts- Creative Memories
Pens- GelWriter, and Sharpie
Glitter- American Crafts
Rub ons- Fiskars

Last Christmas Cards!

Hello, I have a couple more Christmas cards to share today. These were also made for my kids' teachers and were inspired by this month's sketch at Stick it Down:

This card stayed really close to the sketch. I used my Cricut to cut the layers. The green layer was one piece that I cut apart and cut slits into. I then curled the sections up to create some dimension. I decorated the tree with some Liquid Pearls for the star and ornaments.

For my second card, I used the same design. I started by stamping the star and dot background in white on a kraft cardstock panel. After that dried, I stamped and heat embossed the tree. I finished off the card with a stamped and heat embossed sentiment and some Liquid Pearls on the star.

Happy Anniversary- CAS(E) this Sketch #252

Hello and Merry Christmas! I have a new card to share today. This was inspired by the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch:

I made an anniversary card for my husband's brother and his wife. This is a great sketch to use up some of those scraps. I found some coordinating pieces and cut strips of approximately the same width and added them to the card. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment. I decided it needed a bit more after I had done all that, so I added a few flowers to finish it off.

Christmas Cards- Playing With Alcohol Inks

Hello all! I have a couple more cards to share today. These weren't for any particular challenge, I just wanted to play with a technique that I saw on Tim Hotlz's blog many years ago.

I made a few of these plaid backgrounds on glossy cardstock using alcohol inks. For the card on the left, I finished it off by stamping the trees and sentiment and heat embossing the sentiment. For the card on the right, I did a little more. I used my Cricut to cut the snowflake, I stamped and fussy cut the little person and then colored it in. I finished it off with a stamped and heat embossed sentiment. These backgrounds are such a quick and fun way to make impressive cards.

Dreaming of a White Christmas Cards

Hello, I'm back with a couple more cards! This time I was inspired by the "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas challenge at CAS-ual Fridays.

Since we were going for mostly white, I went with a snow theme again. I started by dry embossing 4 cards with my snowflake embossing folder. Then for two of the cards, I stamped and heat embossed snowflakes on a piece of vellum. For the sentiment, I stamped and heat embossed a snowflake with glitter embossing powder and then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in white over the top. I wish you could see the embossing a bit more through the vellum, but I am still happy with the card.

Here you can see the heat embossing on the vellum a bit better, it is very pretty in person.

For the other two cards, I layered silver spotted acetate over the embossed background. I stamped and heat embossed a snowflake on vellum and then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment over the top. (Quick tip- If you are stamping on top of heat embossing, make sure you press firmly so your entire image gets stamped. I cut around the snowflake and attached it to the front of my card.

Sketch Saturday- Snowflake Christmas Card

Good morning! I will be sharing Christmas cards I have been making for my kids' teachers over the next few days. First up is a card that was inspired by this sketch from Sketch Saturday:

The circles in the sketch immediately made me think of snowflakes, so that's what I went with for this one. I started by stamping and heat embossing my star and dot background in white. I then took three different colors of blue ink and blended them over the top. To get the ink off of the white embossed areas, I ran a clean tissue over the whole card. I then stamped and heat embossed some snowflakes onto some vellum. I finished off the card by punching some scalloped circles from navy blue cardstock and stamping and heat embossing the sentiment and another snowflake. I attached those to the card using foam adhesive for some dimension. 

Birthday Cards for My Daughters

Hello again! I have a couple more cards to share. I made these a few weeks ago and never got them posted. I was inspired by this inspiration photo at The Card Concept: 

I loved the colors and sparkle. I started by inking up my card front with Distress Oxide inks in similar shades. Then I sprayed a background stamp with water and stamped it onto my background which gave it a nice, subtle pattern. I layered on some patterned papers and ribbon. The balloon and sentiment were stamped and heat embossed. After I had completed all that, I felt that it needed a frame, so I used liquid pearls to add dots around the outside.

I used a similar color scheme for this card, but this time, used some Altenew stamps to make the butterflies. I added some blue ink to look like sky.

December Calendar Page

Good morning! I am back with another project to share. This time, I am finally sharing my December calendar page. I completed this a few weeks ago, I just haven't had time to share it on my blog. I started with the November sketch from Stick It Down:

For the strips on the background, I used washi tape (and I actually used up a couple of rolls in the process! The papers are from Echo Park's "Twas the Night Before Christmas, Volume 2" which I won a couple of month's ago for commenting on one of their posts on Facebook! I added another pair of photos to the sketch because I wanted to include more. For my journaling, I decided to use round journaling spots and make them look like ornaments. I used stickers, die cuts and brads from various companies and collections to finish off the page.

I am also entering this in the Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge December prompt which is to use the words "merry" or "happy" and the colors red or green.

Winter Cards

 Hello! Once again, it has been a while. I have a bit of a backlog of things to share, so you can look forward to more consistent posts in the near future. First up are these two cards I made two weeks ago for an anniversary and a birthday. They were inspired by  a Jennifer McGuire post and the current Fusion challenge:

I used blue alcohol ink, pearl and silver mixatives and blending solution on glossy cardstock to make my background.  Once it was dried, I stamped the evergreen branches with Versamark and heat embossed them with silver powder. I added a couple of pieces of ribbon and finished off the card front with the heart that was stamped and heat embossed on vellum.

While I was at it, I made another background and card for my nephew's birthday. For this card, I cut the cake with my Cricut. The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed on vellum and layered over the top. I finished it off with some ribbon.