Just one word

I need a few more cards on Christmas Eve so I pulled out a new punch and created a wreath from designer paper. The original card featured a two word sentiment but it worked just fine with one word too so I will enter it into this week’s Less is More challenge to use just one word.

I made some last minute tags which I post soon too. Have a relaxing day.

Supplies:

Stamps: Christmas Music (flourishes)
Inks: Riding hood red
Cardstock: Flourishes classic ivory
Also:  Merry Moments D.P. , red twine, Recollections leaf punch

A trio

I have been wanting to make a few cards featuring designer paper as the main event rather than stamped images .  I was inspired by Susan, Donelda and Karen who have all created some clever designs with patterned paper.  The one above is a classic layout that I have seen done beautifully in many places.

In the second card I wanted to make the most of the lovely design on the paper without doing much to it; splitting the panel achieved the effect I was after.  The card below started out on ivory with a portrait orientation but it suffered a nasty sentiment placement accident and underwent fairly drastic surgery before emerging as the card you see below.  I have repeated the four circles inside the card but with halves instead of whole.

Thanks for dropping by today; I hope to be back soon with a card for the OLW challenge, which is right up my alley this week!

Supplies:

Stamps: Ageless Adornment, All Year Cheer, Fundamental Phrases
Inks: Artichoke
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Le Jardin Designer paper, Flourishes Classic Ivory

Limited supplies

I know there are limited supplies challenges around the place but this card isn’t for one of them.  I have a friend at church who got into stamping through me and wanted some ideas for Christmas cards.  She brought her supplies to me and I said I would come up with a few ideas.  She had cream and real red card along with a old pack of Cerise dp, a favourite of mine.  Her plan is to stamp some Christmas cards with the two girls she cares for each day after school.  I came up with some designs which are not too difficult.  The challenge for me was sticking to the supplies she had in her bag.  I couldn’t do it; I had to dip into my stuff now and again for a punch or sentiment.  The card above was inspired by this CAS beauty, which was in turn inspired by this one!

After I had designed these two plus a few more in red and cream I worked on a few in greens.  As I mentioned last time I posted we are without a camera.  Mine is taking only purple blurry pictures and my daughter’s, which is working again, is in Berlin with my husband on a business trip.  It has been years since he traveled with work so we could not let him go without a camera.

Supplies:

Stamps: Sleigh Bells Ring
Inks: Real Red
Cardstock: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Cerise d.p.

Clean&Simple 100th Sketch

Clean & Simple are celebrating their 100th sketch challenge.  I often have trouble with sketches but when one works for me it can become a favourite. which I revisit again and again.  For this one I pulled out the remnants of one of my all time favourite packs of SU Designer paper. To make the scalloped edge I cut around the design on the paper.  The sentiment caused me a little trouble as it wasn’t inked adequately the first time.  I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to restamp but was off by a bit.   As my designer paper was already stuck down I decided the double font looked just fine (even though it now looks totally out of focus!)

Supplies:

Stamps: Christmas Wreath (Flourishes)
Inks: Real Red
Cardstock: Real Red, Flourishes Classic Ivory, Cerise Designer paper
Also: Red grosgrain