Looking Back at 2013

I cant remember who I first saw do this, but the last few years I followed suit and have done a look back at my favorite cards of the year! Here is looking back at 2013.....A big thank you to the folks who have stopped by my blog this past year and have been kind enough to leave a comment, they are greatly appreciated.

January:

I made this card for a friend that lives north of me in Fairbanks Alaska and I just love the woodland scene and the papers used.

February:





I love the colors on this one!

March:



My favorite animal and pretty colors!

April:

The banners and the colors just make me smile.

May:

I really like masculine cards.

June:

Patriotic!

July:

I had never paid attention to this stamp until I saw some of my fellow Friday Mashup DT members using and I fell in love!

August:

I had never tried clear block stamping or color blocking before and this card just really came together for me, I love it!

September:

This card was something completely different for me. My cousin is a big Broadway fan and I wanted to capture one of his favorite plays on his birthday card.

October:

I don't make a lot of baby cards so I was really pleased with how this one came out.

November:

I love the papers and colors of this card!

December:

I didn't make a whole lot of cards in December, so I'm going to go with this card that's all about love!

Hung Up on You for FMS117

It's been a while since I made a project just for fun so I sat down yesterday with the current sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. I wont lie, this sketch perplexed me a bit but I finally grabbed the Crazy, Mixed-Up Love set and came up with this card.

I had originally just pierced along the edges of the Whisper White but it looked plain to me so I grabbed some DMC floss that matched the yellow in the DSP and added that to create a stitched border.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Crazy, Mixed-Up Love

Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, I Am Me DSP

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: Paper Piercer, Real Red Ribbon, DMC floss

Merry Christmas!

I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! I hope you had a wonderful day filled with love and laughter!

Warm Winter Wishes

We've got a new color challenge this week over at 'Tis The Season, plus a winter card challenge at Friday Mashup, to include embossing...which also happens to be our optional trimming at 'Tis The Season. My card is going live for TTS6 but you're also getting a sneak peek at the Friday Mashup challenge!

I used this sweet winter scene from the Winter Memories set. Its a great image because it can be used for a Christmas card or a nice winter thank you. I left the sentiment off so I can use it for whatever I need in the future.

The new sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches was the perfect one to go with both of these challenges! I hate the way the pic came out though. The polka dot banners behind the image panel really pop and look so pretty across the white embossed panel.

I hope you'll come by both 'Tis The Season and Friday Mashup and play along with us!

 

 

Quilted Sketch for TTS5

Happy Thanksgiving to all the US stampers! I hope you have a wonderful day full of great food, love and laughter!Today we've got another challenge for 'Tis The Season and its a sketch with the option of using stars on your project.

I decided to take the pieces on the sketch and put them together like you might see on a quilt. I sponged all the edges of the Winter Frost DSP that I used with Pool Party, used a white gel pen to add some faux stitching and then I ran the piece through the Big Shot with the Square Latice EF.

I used the single stamp 'Christmas Star' and scored it so it would pop up a little bit. It's the first time I've inked up this stamp and I really like it!

I hope you'll come over and join us at 'Tis The Season! Our challenges run for 2 weeks so there is plenty of time to join in :)

 

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!

 

 

Thankful Colors for Friday Mashup

Its time for another Friday Mashup and it's my turn to host the challenge. With Thanksgiving just a few weeks away I tried to think of some colors that remind me of that holiday, and this is what I came up with. I just love the earthy richness of these three tones, don't you? For the 2nd part of the mashup let's see some 3D items....I'm really bad about taking the easy route and not venturing away from cards so I thought it would be nice to branch out and try something outside of my comfort zone!

I don't have a lot of Thanksgiving decorations so I decided to make something I could put up in the living room. It completely morphed into something different than what I originally envisioned but I still like how it came out, and my husband liked it too, so it worked out okay!

It was really hard to photograph but I used some Sweater Weather DSP around the matte and the middle piece is Baked Brown Sugar DSP. I stamped the Magnificent Maple stamp in Crushed Curry and sponged the edges with the Baked Brown Sugar. The 'thankful' was cut out using the Expressions Thinlet die and some older Always Artichoke DSP I had.  The acorns are from the set Truly Grateful.

Make sure you come by The Friday Mashup and check out the great projects from the DT!

1. Create a project with a "Baked Brown Sugar, Always Artichoke & Crushed Curry."
2. Create a "3-D project."
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "3-D Project with the above Color Combo."