RS #148, Lawnscaping and Merry Monday

Happy Saturday!
It's time for a new sketch at RetroSketches.

I used some Lawn Fawn goodies to create my winter scene. After I stamped my tree line on the centre panel, I coated below it with some Claudine Hellmuth Multi-Medium and then covered with Stickles Star Dust Fine Dry Glitter. Originally I planned on covering the space with Star Dust Stickles glitter glue, but for some reason it was clogged and didn't want to come out of the bottle. I've told you before that Stickles and I don't always get along.

I am also submitting this to the Lawnscaping Challenge #97. Check out the mood board.

The tiny snowflakes allow me to submit this also the this week's Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #140.

I am going to try and get better. No offense to my male readers, but I have a total man cold, that is right out my hubby's mouth! I feel like I have been sick forever. It started on Christmas Eve and I still am struggling with it. I will also add that I don't care for winter very much, and it hasn't even started where I am. So I hope that you are well and warm and that you stay that way.

The StampNation Birthday Bash starts tomorrow, not a member yet CLICK to join!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

FF #24 and MM #93

I have a card to share for the current Festive Friday Challenge and the current Merry Monday Challenge. I knew that I was going to use an ornament for the Merry Monday challenge and when I saw the inspiration photo at Festive Friday I immediately knew I was going to use gold.  Not sure if it was going to work at all I embossed my ornament in mat gold on cream glitter cardstock.  It actually worked and it looks gorgeous IRL. I adhered the die cut to a rustic cream card base and added a few red sequins--done. I kept the design very CAS and the whole card was done in 10 minutes.

Have a great Sunday!

Depending on the weather in the morning we may be making the trek to Sudbury to take Ben for lunch and see his completed ice fishing hut! Before Christmas the architecture students, working in small groups, had to design ice fishing huts! As soon as they got back from Christmas break they had to actually make them and then next week they will be auctioning off their huts to the local community. {insert proud mama moment here}

Cardstock: Rustic Cream (Papertrey Ink)

Specialty Paper: Lily White Glitter (Doodlebug)

Stamps: Ornate ornaments (Waltzingmouse)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Dies: 2010 Heritage ornaments (Spellbinders)

other: red sequins

Muse Challenge #51 and Merry Monday #92 and Festive Friday #23

Happy Friday and

Happy Birthday Muse!

Jackie Rockwell (creator) is our Muse for this anniversary challenge with this gorgeous card for our inspiration. I am also submitting to this week's Merry Monday Challenge which was to use Red, Vanilla, Kraft and Chocolate with ribbon and to Festive Friday because I was inspired by the photo of the red barn and nature so pulling out Lawn Fawn's Winter Sparrows seemed fitting.

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Winter Sparrows (Lawn Fawn)

Dies: Winter Sparrows (Lawn Fawn)

Ink: Soft Suede (Stampin'Up) Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink)

other: Assorted Copics, bown twine, Wink of Stella Brush, foam tape

Merry Monday Anything Goes and The Paper Players #153

Christmas in July!

Hard to think about Christmas in July, but after the heat wave we have had snow sounds pretty good.  Playing along with Merry Monday's Anything Goes Christmas Cards challenge, The Paper Players Christmas in July challenge and to Christmas Card Challenges #32.

Cardstock:  White, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: On Ice, Love Lives Here Holidays (Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: On Ice, Banner Borders (Papertrey Ink)

other: assorted Copics, Stickles, foam tape

Merry Monday #66 and Festive Friday #10

It has been a while since I played along with Merry Monday and this is my first time joining Festive Friday.  I really hope to get back into making Christmas cards again. I will be so happy I did come December.  I inked up my Waltzingmouse Ornate Ornaments for the first time and was just stunned, as always, at how lovely WM stamps stamp.  I used the sketch from Merry Monday and combined it with the challenge at Festive Friday to create a project with a vintage theme. After die cutting, embossing and stamping my ornaments I used an embossing pen to emboss gold on the top of the stamped ornament.

Cardstock:  Fine Linen,Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Christmas This and That (Echo Park)

Stamps: Ornate Christmas (Waltzingmouse)

Ink: Ripe Avocado (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: 2012 Heirloom Ornaments (Spellbinders)

other: foam tape, embossing pen, gold embossing powder

Merry Monday #55.

Happy Monday and time for this week's Merry Monday Challenge.

This is my last week as Guest Designer for Merry Monday.  This month has gone by so quickly and I have had a great time playing with the team.  The best part is that I have quite a head start on my cards for this coming Christmas.  I am going to try to continue playing along with the challenge, I will be so happy come November.

This week's challenge is a Tic-Tac-Toe challenge.  Three in a row across, down, or diagonally.  I chose the top row this week--animal, designer paper and ribbon.

I created my scene using the reindeer image from Papertrey's Tiny Treats and Tremendous Treats.  A bit of Copic colouring and then I went over the antlers with a clear glitter gel pen.

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream , Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Merry (My Minds Eye)

Stamps: Tiny Treat Christmas, Tremendous Treats Christmas (Papertrey Ink) 

Ink:   Pinefeather (Papertrey Ink) Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Dies: Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles (Spellbinders)

other: Pinefeather Saddle Stitch ribbon (Papertrey Ink), clear glitter pen (Sakura), foam tape

Merry Monday #54 & A Blog Named Hero: Freestyle

Happy Monday, welcome for another fun week at Merry Monday.

I am having a great time playing along with the Design Team girls and my Christmas card stash for next year is loving it too.

This week's challenge is to create a Christmas card that uses a snowman.

I started with a blue card base and I stamped and embossed in white with the Tiny Flakes cling stamp from Hero Arts.  I added two snow drifts iced with Frosted Lace Stickles then stamped my older Hero Arts woodblock snowman with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and fussy cut and coloured with Copics.  The final touch was a sentiment in black, I like the way the sentiment looks like the snow in falling in front of it because the embossing resisted the stamping.  I am also entering this card into this week's A Blog Named Hero: Freestyle challenge!

I hope you come and play along with us at Merry Monday this week.  I am so happy my stash of Christmas cards is growing and I know you will be too come next December!  Please visit the rest of the team and see there amazing creations:

Allisa Chilton
Bonnie Klass

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce
Sherry Eckblad
Margaret Moody 
Vicki Burdick

Tracey McNeely (FD)

Judy May (GD)

Cardstock:  White, Spring Rain (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Tiny Flakes, Snowman (Hero Arts) Think Big Favorites #8

Ink:  Fresh Snow (Papertrey Ink) Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

other: assorted Copics, Frosted lace Stickles, foam tape

Merry Monday Challenge #53

I hope you had a great weekend!

We are on our March Break this week so no school, two teenagers happily sleeping in and no lunches to make.  Yes I still make their lunches because then I know they are eating, and it isn't take out.  It is time for another Merry Monday, I am having a great time as the Featured Designer this month. Everyone of the team is wonderful.  This week is a sketch week and here is the sketch:

and here is my card:

I pulled out my Waltzingmouse Ornate Ornaments for the first time and of course they stamp beautifully.    This set co-ordinate with the Spellbinders 2010, 2011 and 2012 Heirloom Ornament dies.

I hope you come and play along with us at Merry Monday this week, my stash of Christmas cards is growing and I know I will be so happy come next December!

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Very Merry Christmas (Echo Park)

Stamps: Ornate Ornaments (Waltzingmouse)
Ink:  Smokey Shadow, Melon Berry

other: jute twine, foam tape

Merry Monday Featured Guest Designer & Challenge #52

I was so excited when the sweet and talented Lesley Croghan contacted me and asked me if I would like to be the Featured Designer at Merry Monday for the month of March!  Merry Monday is a weekly card challenge to make, you guessed it, Christmas cards all year long.  A fantastic idea because every single year I get caught at the last minute racing to get my cards done on top of everything else.  I am also submitting this to Simon Says Stamps Anything Goes. 

This week is a colour challenge. Are they not the perfect colours for a Christmas card?

Any chance I have to take out Love Lives Here is a happy day, here is my card.

I hope you will come and visit Merry Monday this week and play along.

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream, Scarlet Jewel, Ripe Avocado, Fine Linen

Stamps: Love Lives Here, Love Lives Here Holidays
Ink:  Scarlet Jewel, Ripe Avocado, True Black

Impression Plate: Simple Stripes

MM #51

Popping with a card for this week's Merry Monday Challenge.  I am getting into the groove with Christmas cards for next year. This week's theme is Tic Tac Toe, your card need to include elements from the Tic Tac Toe board either across, diagonal or up and down.  I chose across the top row--red, dry embossing and ribbon.  I am also submitting this to Simon Says Stamps Anything Goes.

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Cardstock:  White, Pure Poppy
Stamps: Let it Snow (Lawn Fawn)
Ink:  True Black

Embossing: Snowflakes (Cuttlebug)
other: Pure Poppy saddle stitch ribbon

Merry Monday #50

Merry Christmas and I am posting my card for this week's Merry Monday challenge.

This week the challenge is to create an elegant Christmas card.

I just love the Mistletoe & Holly stamp set from Papertrey Ink so I paired it up with a beautiful sentiment for my version of an elegant Christmas card.

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Cardstock:  PurePoppy, Limeade
Stamps: Mistletoe & Holly, Stylish Sentiments Holiday

Ink:  True Black, Pinefeather, Pure Poppy

Merry Monday #45 & Moxie Fab World Challenge #60

You are probably asking yourself if I have lost my mind.  Well that happened a long time ago.  So here I am sharing with you my first Christmas card for next Christmas.  Every single year I tell myself  when I am scrambling to get all my cards done that I won't let it happen again, and then July rolls around and I see Christmas in July everywhere and I tell myself that I should get started, then it is December and I still haven't started on my cards.  

My friend Lesley Croghan has a weekly Christmas themed challenge called Merry Monday.  So I am getting started by participating in my first Merry Monday.  This week the challenge is based on this sketch!  I am also submitting this card for the Moxie Fab World Challenge #60: Make a Card with a Window.

Cardstock:  White, Classic Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: eindeer (Hero Arts)
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Dies: Classic Circles (Spellbinders)
other: assorted Copics