Christmas Gingham for Friday Mashup

Time for another Friday Mashup! Erica is bringing it to us and the challenge is going to last 2 weeks, plenty of time for everyone to still craft and enjoy their Thanksgiving holiday here in the US! So whats the challenge? Erica would like to see us use Gingham and pair it up with Kraft or Crumb Cake!

I decided to make a Christmas card using the Calm Christmas set from the holiday mini. The dove is stamped in Night of Navy and is popped up with dimensionals. The top half of the card looked bare so I added some pearls.

The sketch I used is from Seize the Sketch. I switched sides for the sentiment and image placement because it worked better for the stamp I used.

We hope you'll stop by The Friday Mashup and play along with us!

1. Create a project with "Gingham."
2. Create a project using "Kraft or Crumb Cake. "
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project "with Gingham & Kraft."

I've been busy the last few days....not stamping, but with our new puppy, Nali!

 

 

Fruits and Colors Inspiration for Friday Mashup

Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a good week. We had our first snowfall of the season at the beginning of the week and that just made my entire week worth it, even if it didnt stick around long. It was a reminder that winter in Alaska is almost here, wooohooo!

However, our Friday Mashup challenge this week is brought to us by Erica and keeps us firmly planted in autumn with a gorgeous color combo and fruit images!

For my card I went with one of my favorite scenes, this stamp of pumpkins in a field. When we lived back east we used to grow our own pumpkins, plus we would take the kids out every year to the pumpkin fields to pick some there. We decorate pretty big for Halloween and while living back east we would have between 40-50 pumpkins in our display, so we needed a lot :) I watercolored the pumpkins with Cherry Cobbler and So Saffron to get an orange-ish colors.

I also used the great sketch over at The Paper Players for this card, I love this sketch!

1. Create a project with using the colors "Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron & Early Espresso."
2. Create a project using a "Fruit Image."
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project using the above "Color Combo & a Fruit Image. "

 

 

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Full of Blessings(retired)

Paper: Early Espresso, So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler, Baked Brown Sugar, Watercolor Paper

Ink: So Saffron, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF,  Nestabilities Circles and Lacey Circles, Scallop Edge Border Punch, sponde, dimensionals

 

Birthday Poppies for Freshly Made

The husband took the boys to see Wolverine, the daughter is at work and so it's just me and the animals at home today.  I took advantage of the quiet to get some stamping done.

This card was made for the current challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. I think I changed my mind about 10 times before deciding to use the Pleasant Poppies in the center panel, and I'm glad I went with that. I completed ignored this set in the catalog last yr but got it last month and I just adore it!

I picked fall-ish colors, since I am realllllly wanting fall to hurry up and get here. We do have leaves starting to change so I know it's not too far around the corner! I used Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Early Espresso, along with Whisper White. The sentiment was popped up with dimensionals.

I'm also going to link this up at The Friday Mashup, since it fits our challenge for this week!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are enjoying your day!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Itty Bitty Banners

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Real Red, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Big Shit, Bitty Banner Framelits, dimensionals

Happy Dots for Friday Mashup

Did everyone have a good week? Mine was super busy! School starts Aug.15 and so at work we're running around like mad to get the building ready. I moved close to 100 old desks from upstairs to the back of the building, and then unpacked 90 new desks. Needless to say by the time I got home I was one pooped gal! Thankfully I had the Friday Mashup challenge to help relax me.

This week Erica brings the challenge to us and she is all about the polka dots! She also wants us to use the word 'happy' on our project.

I decided to go with a Daffodil Delight and Smoky Slate color scheme. Daffodil Delight is such a bright cheery color and it just makes me smile every time I use it. I also decided to use the Pleasant Poppies set for my image. These flowers are so versatile and can be cut into so many sizes after you stamp them. Although most people associate poppies with the color red there are yellow ones out there so I colored them in with Daffodil Delight.

I had trouble finding a sentiment that I liked. I thought the flowers deserved a nice  cheery sentiment and I finally pulled out a sentiment from a retired set called Apple Blossoms. I think it works wonderfully for this card! I also used retired brads(yellow).

My inspiration for the sketch came from this weeks The Paper Players challenge, which I just barely made it in for. I've been looking at this sketch all week, I just love it!

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup to check out all the great projects from the rest of the design team, and then play along with us!

1. Create a project with "Polka Dots ".
2. Create a project using "the Word Happy".
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project "with Polka Dots & The Word Happy on it ".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Apple Blossoms(retired)

Paper: Smoky Slate, Whisper White, Polka Dot Parade DSP

Ink: Black StazOn, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots EF, Rhinestone Brads(retired), dimensionals

 

Shapely Girls for Friday Mashup

Hahaha, did that title have you scratching your head? I was trying to be creative when introducing this weeks Friday Mashup challenge, which is brought to us by Erica this week. She wants us to use hexagons on our project and also make it girly...she is mom to 3 girls so she knows all about girly things!

Now I have a daughter, and she is the complete opposite of me because yes, she is girly and I am not! I am a huge tomboy and I admit it, I have a hard time coming up with projects that are supposed to be feminine. I usually make something with pink but with this card I promised myself I would stay away from that color (mainly because I hate the color pink LOL)

For the layout my inspiration came from this weeks Freshly Made Sketches. I haven't played along in a while and really like the sketch Rita has for us so I thought now would be the perfect time.

I included hexagons by using the DSP, which has them, and also by embossing the panel behind the main image. In the picture the Very Vanilla panel really stands out but in person it looks really nice against the DSP. Both the image and the panel with the embossed hexagons are popped up with dimensionals.

Some people may not agree with me but I thought this card was pretty girly, with the colors used and then the ribbon along the side. Girly for me anyway I guess LOL

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup to check out what the rest of the design team came up with, and then play along with us.

1. Create a project using "Hexagons".
2. Create a "Girly project".
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Girly project using Hexagons".

 

 

 

 

 

Birthday Sketch for Friday Mashup

Happy Friday!! I've got a busy weekend ahead...my daughter has her senior prom this weekend ( and a second one for her boyfriends school next weekend!) and today we'll be running around doing last minute stuff in preparation for the big event Saturday night.

Todays Friday Mashup challenge is brought to us by Erica and she has a great sketch for us. I know I am going to use this one quite frequently! You can mash it up by making it a birthday project, as well as using the sketch.

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup and check out all the great inspiration from the rest of the design team, and play along with us!

1. Create a project using the "Sketch".
2. Create a "Birthday" project.
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Birthday project using the Sketch".

 

Time Keeps on Slippin', Slippin', Slippin'....

Into the Friday Mashup.....Okay, I changed the lyrics there a bit but its all good! (any Steve Miller Band fans have that song stuck in their heads now? hehehehe). Today's Friday Mashup is brought to us by Erica and it's all about time, something I think most of us wish we had more of! The second part of the mashup is to use the color black.

Once again my DT members are making me think hard and go outside the box, and that's a good thing! The time part had me stumped and so I dug into my stash and combined a bit of old with some current. I used an old retired set called Party Punch for the clock background, and the sentiment is from a current set called Word Play. I thought the clock image and the sentiment worked well together. I used Whisper White as an accent against the Basic Black and kept everything pretty simple, throwing in some embossing for texture and that's about it. I like the simple elegance of the card.

Make sure you head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see the rest of the DT projects, these ladies are so talented, I love them!

1. Make a project with a "Time Theme".
2. Or Make a project using the "Color Black".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with a " Time theme using the color Black".

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Party Punch, Word Play

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Craft White, Black StazOn

Accessories: Cuttlebug, CB Swiss Dots EF, CB Seeing Spots EF, Framelits Labels, White Gel Pen, sponge, dimensionals

Evergreen Sketch for Friday Mashup

It's time for another Friday Mashup! This week Erica is bringing us a fun sketch, and she is also asking for us to include some bling on our project.

I went with another Christmas card, using the Evergreen set. I just love the images in that set! For the bling I went small and just added a small star in some of the red shimmer paper.

Make sure you head over to the Friday Mashup blog to check out the other great projects from the rest of the design team, and play along with us!

(It's really late here, I'll get details for the card added tomorrow!)

1. Make a project using the "Sketch".
2. Or Make a project with some "Bling".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "project with the Sketch showing some Bling"!