Red Christmas Bird

I have been busy preparing for a number of Christmas card stamping events. My first one is tonight. I have three in the next two weeks so things seem quite busy. This is one of the cards that we are making, although it's not for tonight.

A couple of details about the card.... I inked up the Canvas background stamp in Real Red, stamped off once on scrap paper and then stamped on the Real Red card stock. To make to main image, I inked up the bird and leaf image in Mellow Moss and stamped on the Vanilla card stock. I cleaned the stamp and inked it up again in Real Red. I stamped it on a scrap piece of Vanilla card stock and then cut out the bird image. I popped it up with dimensionals and stuck it over the Mellow Moss image.

Well, that's all for now. I need to pack a few more things for my Stack class event. We are making 12 cards - two Christmas card designs and one male birthday card design. Should be fun!

Supplies:

Stamps: Birds Galore (Inkadinkado), Canvas

Paper: Naturals Ivory, Real Red, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla, Wild Asparagus Designer Paper (My Mind's Eye)

Ink: Real Red, Mellow Moss

Accessories: Red Eyelets, Crop-o-dile, Red Satin Ribbon (Gale's), Dimensionals

4.25 x 5.5 card

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Weekend Sketch Challenge #64: Take Two

Amazingly enough I was able to have another go at Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. This card came together quite quickly. Maybe partly because I was inspired by and cased THIS card by "mudflapmamma" on Splitcoaststampers.

Supplies:

Stamps: Best Wishes and more (leaf), Best Yet
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Brocade Blue, Designer Paper (Scrapbook Walls)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Accessories: Scalloped Circle Punch, 1 1/4 Circle Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Dimensional, Small Corner Rounder, Brocade Blue 5/8 Grosgrain Ribbon

4.25 x 5.5 card

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Weekend Sketch Challenge #64

It has been a looong time since I have stamped. I have been busy getting ready for three stack parties that happening in the mid to end of November. I have a busy November so I've had to prepare early. So yesterday I had a bit of time and was not motivated to cut card stock, clean the house for when my mom comes to visit or prepare for Caleb's fourth birthday (the party is tomorrow and there will be ten kids here - crazy), so I decided to stamp. Hurray! I was feeling a bit of withdrawal. I find it so relaxing and therapeutic and miss it when I don't stamp.

I decided to check out Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. I wanted to use all Stampin' Up! products so that it could be used for a stamp or stack class. But it just wasn't coming together. I was also thinking that I could make it a Halloween card but by the time I posted Halloween would be over. I guess there is always next year. Anyway.... this is what I came up with.

Supplies:

Stamps: Best Wishes & More (snowflake and sentiment)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Bordering Blue, Chocolate Chip, Designer Paper (?? from scrap pile)

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Blue Satin Ribbon (Michael's), Hemp Twine, Antique Copper Brads, Paper Piercer (to make holes for brads), Scalloped Scissors, Dimensionals, Scalloped Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Glue Pad (Tsukineko), Glitter

4.25 x 5.5 card

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