Teeny tiny poinsettias

Good morning everyone.  Just a quick post this morning.  This is for my Verve challenge VLVSEP02 with a twist.  There was not a particular sketch to follow, we just had to make a "tiny" card.  I made a set of these using the newly released Peaceful Poinsettia from Papertrey Ink.  Love this set, and as some of you may know, I love and own quite a few Poinsettia stamps.  I started by inking up one of the many poinsettia images with SU Purely Pomegranate ink.  I literally took the cellophane off of the ink pad this morning as I had never used it.  I had these tiny 3 X 3 note cards from SU that I had also never used and saw the PP note cards, so that determined the colour combo.  I embossed the front of the cards in a SU e.f. that is recently acquired and I love the detail in the impression.  This dp is also SU and I used the MS scalloped lace border punch on it.  The poinsettia image was cut using my Spellbinder Blossom die and I used the next 2 sizes of the set to make the frames for the poinsettia to rest on.  All edges were sponged with PP and I placed a K and Co. dark pink rhinestone in the center to finish off.  I also stamped the tiny envelope flap with a trio poinsettia stamp from the same PTI set.  Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Cheers,

Chriss

Coffee + Friends~perfect!

Here we go for the Verve VLVSEP03 sketch challenge.  I am running quite behind on these challenges, but will hopefully catch up before Friday!  As you can see, Amber provided a great sketch and the twist was to make for a girlfriend.  I thought about this for a while and then the light grew from dim to bright...Julee had provided us with the perfect image/sentiment from the Delightful and Delicious set.  I have not clicked on to see other participant's cards, but I will as soon as I am finished with this post.  I am quite curious to see everyone's creation and to see what percentage of us peeps thought this to be the perfect stamp choice!  To make the card, I wanted to use these two colours, aqua and brown.  I love the warmth and found the two different dps from the K and Co. Wild Raspberry 8 X 8 pack.  The brown cs I used is from a textured Bazzill 12 X 12 that I had in my stash.  I first stamped the tropical flowers (small size and large) onto the dp with close to cocoa craft ink and cut out when they were dry.

I then cut and layered and sponged the edges of the 

 rectangular panels and placed them onto the card base.  I made the horizontal panel and used an 
EK Success wavy punch on the bottom part and layered these.  I then used my Blossom Spellbinder die to cut out and emboss the shape that I wanted to mount the flowers onto.  I arranged these and used a dimensional on the bottom flower and placed half pearl centers on the flowers.  I also coloured the pearls with a very pale yellow Copic marker to soften and match the yellow patterned paper.  The coffee image and sentiment were also stamped with the close to cocoa craft ink and I cut that out and adhered directly to the brown vertical panel.  That's it!  Really simple card and I love how it turned out.  Thanks for visiting and taking a peek!

Cheers,

Chriss

Thankful for Fall

Here is my card for Crazy for Challenges number 3.  I love the sketches that Cindy has been sharing with us!  It also happens to qualify for Sharon's Stamp Simply challenge to make a card with rich fall leaves on it!  Don't ya just love when that happens ;)

The inspiration for this card (besides the two challenges) was this new oak leaf stamp that I bought a couple of week-ends ago after a monthly stamp gathering of some very special gal friends that I am honoured to be a part of.  When I was buying this petite set (it has such a cute pear that you will see in the future)I noticed it had a paper pack in the same line, so I bought it on a whim and I am glad that I did.  I used the elegant and richly coloured FDL patterned paper for the border and backed it onto some really rust.  The leaf is stamped onto ivory cs and coloured with a caramel Copic

and then I sponged really rust onto the leaf edges after I cut it out.  It took at least  5 minutes to cut out, but I don't mind cutting and I think it was worth it.  I placed the leaf on this ivory panel that I made with my Spellbinder Nestabiliies rectangle dies and I also used the tan embossing sheet to, well, emboss it.  I like that it acts like a frame for the leaf and sentiment.  The 
sentiment is also from the little stamp set.  I stamped it in really rust craft and clear embossed and then used a SU medium oval punch to shape it and sponged the edges in really rust too.  The card stock that I used for this is from Papertry Ink.  It is darker and richer than SU old olive and was a perfect match to the green in the FDL dp.  I embossed it with a new CB folder that I aquired a few weeks ago.  Love it! btw  The only adornment that I added were the three little square rhinestones from Basic Grey.  Hope you like it and wishing you all a great week-end!

Chriss

Elegant pumpkin

Here is my interpretation of the sketch from Card Positioning Systems.  I have had this elegant pumpkin image from Impression Obsession for over a month now and have just got around to inking up and posting.  A very simple card, both in design and putting together.  I first stamped the pumkin onto ivory cs in a craft brown and clear embossed.  Colouring in was very simple with the Copic markers and I cut the image out.  The background and card cover was embossed with the Pumpkin Swirls CB folder on a pumkiny colour cs and I used the corner rounder on the edges.  The pumpkin was placed on another (textile) embossed piece of River Rock and cut with the Labels 3 Spellbinder.  I sponged the edges with pumpkin pie.  The buttons were tied with a pumpkin embroidery floss that I had and I punched out some leaves with a MS frond punch in the same textile embossed River Rock cs for a tone on tone effect.  That's it, I told you it was a simple one!

Cheers!

Chriss

Sparkly Mojo Cupcake

I finally got some time to play this morning!  There are so many challenges that I have not been able to kepp up with because of my work schedule, I will try to do some catching up over the next couple of days.  This first one is for the Mojo 105 challenge.  I have so many ideas to use this one with...!  I love the idea of using punches, I think they add a lot with little effort, so this was quite easy.  I punched out all of my circles using the 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 SU punches and some PTI designer papers.  I backed these onto some pumpkin pie cs.  The card base is also pumpkin pie and i covered the top and bottom parts with some MM dp that I purchased last year at Target.  I layed the circles on this and cut off the edges of the two circles that were hanging off of the card edges.  Next, I layered a spider web border that I made with a MS punch and glued a narrow pumpkin pie ribbon down the middle and added the cute MM bat brads.  The image was stamped with Mem. Tux. ink onto a cream cs and coloured with Copic markers.  The paper cupcake base was stamped directly onto the dp, cut out, and placed on top of the cut out cupcake.  I then some dimensionals onto the cupcake back and placed onto a layered Labels 3 Spellbinder shape.  I also placed some glue onto the black confetti on the cupcake top and I used some black MS glitter.  It doesn't show up very well in the photo, but it is quite sparkly in real life!  The sentiment was stamped in black craft ink and clear embossed.  Thanks for taking a peek,

Cheers!

Chriss ~recipe~

stamps Impression Obsession cupcake, SU sentiment

ink Memento Tuxedo black, SU pumpkin pie to sponge some edges

paper PTI Hocus Pocus paper pack, MM 6 X 6 pack from last year

access MS spider web border punch, glitter, MM brads, SU ribbon

My new turkey gal

Here is a card I made for the Flourishes new release, using the sketch found on the Flourishes blog.  I had a lot of fun paper piecing my new turkey gal from Impression Obsession.I used this older Basic Grey patterned paper as I love the colour combo and wanted a fall feel, (I don't think a pink turkey would do...but then again...)  I think she is prettyjust as she is.  The feathers are also paper piced from a K and Co. dp with the same rich rust colour.  The card stock is SU really rust and the old in colour blue bayou.  Thanks for taking a peek!

Cheers, Chriss  

My Mojo 103 Delightful and Delicious

This is my Mojo card for this week's challenge.  I love how it turned out, in person, it did not photograph well, but I assure you, the colours are so rich in real life!  I wanted warm and rich for this great coffee themed stamp set from Verve, and my insoiration came from Cosmo Cricket's Earth Love.  Such a great collection, really.  So to make this card, I started by stamping the coffee cups with a SU craft chocolate chip ink on a delightful sheet of the saffron coloured flowers in the CC Earth Love collection and let them dry and cut them out.  I also stamped the sentiment from the same set in the craft ink and sprinkled with clear embossing powder and heated it up.  I used a Spellbinders long rectangular scalloped die to cut it out and edges with a Copic marker (the sketch end, so as not to ruin the finish on the other finer end).  The card base is on so saffron card stock that I stamped an Impression Obsession "Cover a Card" bg stamp with the craft chocolate chip ink.  The floral dp is CC and I backed these with really rust.  The ribbon is from some packaging and the border punches are from EK Success (the flat ones).  The ribbon is a nice chocolate chip grosgrain and I added 3 light brown gems, but they are quite difficult to see. (again, sorry for the photo)  Well, that's it for now.  Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of the day.   Cheers ~ Chriss

WSC96 Tango & Blues happy flower

Good morning everyone!  I was able to make a card from the weekend sketch challenge yesterday and it's still the weekend!  The sketch is one that I adore, so easy to work with.  Thanks Beate!  I did not stamp much at all for this sketch, but I was really pleased with this new sheet of paper that I bought last week from the DCWV green line called Woodland Blue Flower.  Love the colours in it and the weight and texture of this paper/card stock is luscious.  I followed the sketch with the different panels using blue bayou dp polka dots and the last in color blue card stock baja blue. (SU retired blue bayou is the PERFECT match)  I used a CB embossing folder (exotic floral) on the square piece and sponged the edges with blue bayou.  The orange square under all of the panels is tango tangerine, another perfect match for the colour in this dp.  The sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink from the Autumn Abundance set.  The little stickered half pearls are from MakingMemories, the Halloween pack that is currently available at Michael's.  The flower is a Prima that I placed over a blossom die cut that I made using the Spellbinder dies and the brad is also from MM.  Thanks for visiting and Thank you Beate for this delightful sketch!

Moxie Fab holiday card

Hello again!  I made this card earlier this week for the Moxie Fab challenge that has been going on over on their blog and forgot to upload it!  Well then, here it is.  A very simple card, one of the simpler ones I have made.  Really, just the Holly CB folder on Old Olive and I rounded the corners.  Stamped my Lockhart berry tree in SU basic gray, coloured with Copic markers and used a Spellbinders Label die to "frame" it, sponged the edges with Bravo Burgundy and popped it up on another Labels die cut from a linen texture berry colour Bazzil card stock.  I also used the same card stock to cut out the new fancy tag from Spellbinders and stamped the season'e greetings in basic gray and sponged the edges of that with the Bravo Burgundy.  I like the way it turned out and it was so, so simple.  The berry tree took a little time to colour, but I think colouring is therapeudic and always enjoy working with Copic markers.  Thanks for visiting again,

Chriss

Crazy for Mums

There's a new blog on the block and it is called Crazy for Challenges!  It was created by some very familiar and talented ladies.  The first challenge has been posted and it is a sketch challenge (my favourite kind of challenge)and the sketch was created by Cindy Haffner!  Here is the sketch and here is my card!

Really fun sketch Cindy!

I wanted to make a fall card and have been having fun with one of the last releases from PaperTrey Ink, the Autumn Abundance set.

To make the card, I stamped the image with SU basic Gray ink and colored with some Copic markers.  I then used my circle nestabilities and cut out the image and also embossed the perimeter with a larger circle and the tan embossing mat.
 Most of the edges on all of the papers are sponged with the Tango Tangerine ink.  The image was also backed with a larger PTI circle from the Bitty Dots paper pack and then I used a Blossom Nestability on a sheet from the Autumn Abundance paper pack.

The rest is pretty straight forward and I really think I will use this sketch again.  I am looking forward to the next challenge from this talented group of ladies and can't wait to see what everyone else comes up with!

Thanks for visiting ;)

Cheers,

Chriss

   ~recipe~

stamps PTI Autumn Abundance (image & sentiment)

paper         PTI Autumn Abundance, bitty dots

ink          SU basic gray, tango tangerine  

access.  Circle and blossom Nestabilities, Basic Grey ribbon, CB Swiss Dots EF, SU med. & large oval punches, Prima floer, velvet brad, Copic markers

here is a close-up

Not so scary...

I love Halloween...I love the colours.  When I saw these stamp images from Impression Obsession, I knew I really wanted them and ordered them right away.  The first is a card I made with the candy corn skewered Halloweeni Martini.  I chose to create a really basic and plain layout, but I like how it works with the papers.  The papers (striped and spider webs) were purchased last year from Making Memories, after Halloween and on sale at Target.  I also bought some brads at the same time that are the same line, see the little bat brad at the bottom of the martini glass?  I stamped the image on an ivory cs in craft ink and clear embossed.  I then coloured with Copic markers and covered the whole image with a crystal effects type product and let dry overnight.  I used a scalloped rectangular Nestability to cut the image out and sponged the edges with TT ink.  The orange spotted dp is from PaperTrey Ink from the Hocus Pocus pack (love it!) The image is from the SU set Eat, Drink & be Merry.

The next photos show a little chocolate book that I will be making quite a few of in different variations.  I love making these for Halloween and Christmas and literally make 100's of them.  People really seem to like receiving them, after all, who doesn't like a little chocolate now and then!  The cupcake image is also an Impression Obsession image and I coloured with Copics and cut out the "muffin top" part.  The cupcake liner was stamped directly on the PTI dp and cut out.


Hope you like them and have a great Thursday!  Thanks for stopping by,

Cheers!