Holiday Challenges

I made this card for two challenges  PPA72 and SRC 49.  The first challenge is from Pals Paper Arts.  The challenge was to create a card, scrapbook page or 3D project using a fashion photo collection of winter whites as your inspiration.   The Stampin' Royalty Challenge this week was a theme challenge - Winter Holidays.   I  CASED the layout from a card that Mary Fish created.   She has some amazing MOJO!!!  This card did not take me long to make - about 20 minutes and has minimal stamping.  I used a lot of Stampin' Dimensionals to pop the circles and added some basic rhinestones for a little bling!  

Card Ingredients:

CS:  Whisper White, Soft Suede, Shimmery White

DSP:  Cocoa Christmas (retired)

Ink:  Soft Suede

Stamp Set:  Circle of Friendship (retired)

Accessories:  Circle Punches - 1 1/4", 1", 3/4"; Basic Rhinestones, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mono Adhesive

If you have any questions about this card, you can send me an email at Josee4@aol.com.  Thanks for stopping by!

~ Angie

Stampin' Royalty Challenge 48

This evening I decided to play along with Stampin' Royalty's weekly challenge.  This week's challenge is a color challenge using the following colors:  Rich Razzleberry, Marina Mist, River Rock, and Early Espresso.  I had a tough time figuring out how to add in River Rock, but I had an epiphany after a half hour of thinking about it......I used a paisley print embossing folder to add some texture to a piece of the River Rock cardstock as a layer over the Early Espresso base.  I brought out another stamp set from last year, Patterned Pines and used that as my focal point of the card.  Basic Rhinestones were added to the Marina Mist trees and Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink to the Rich Razzleberry tree.  The Rich Razzleberry tree is also popped up using Stampin' Dimensionals.  It's hard to tell in the picture but I used Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz on the Marina Mist CS for some extra sparkle.  I added some coordinating buttons to complete my design.  The Stampin' Royalty Goddesses have designed some beautiful cards this week.  Click here to view them.

Card Ingredients:

CS:  Early Espresso, River Rock, Marina Mist, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry (textured)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Marina Mist, Early Espresso (sponged around the River Rock piece)
Stamp Set: Patterned Pines
Accessories:  Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink (Illuminate Top Coat), Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Basic Rhinestones, Paisley Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Buttons, Crystal Effects, Linen Thread, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals, Sponge, Rich Razzleberry Marker, Paper Snips

Thanks for stopping by! 

~ Angie

A Color Challenge With Pals Paper Arts

Today I whipped up a card for PPA71 Color Challenge.  Pear Pizzazz, Regal Rose and Early Espresso were the beautiful colors that were picked for the weekly challenge.  I decided to stick with a Christmas theme and I pulled out a stamp set from last year, Berry Christmas.   I love this set with the wreath, holly twig, bird, and holly berries!  I layered the cardstock and stamped the images on Very Vanilla cardstock.  The Stamp-a-ma-jig helped me line up the wreath hanger perfectly!  I added a few Basic Rhinestones to the wreath and for some extra bling, I added Dazzling Diamonds to the Merry Details Sizzlet star.  Simple and elegant!  You can view samples from the fabulous PPA design team here. 

Card Ingredients:

CS:  Early Espresso, Regal Rose, Pear Pizzazz, Very Vanilla
Ink:  Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, Versa Mark
Stamp Set:  Berry Christmas
Accessories: Merry Details Sizzlet Die, Basic Rhinestones, Dazzling Diamonds, Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Angie

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #47

I've been following the blog of one of the Goddesses from the Stampin' Royalty Challenge Blog.  Her name is Angela McKay and her blog is called North Shore Stamper.  She is a very talented paper crafter.  I love her clean, crisp and elegant style!  Today I decided to get my feet wet and participate in the weekly Stampin' Royalty Challenge.   This week's challenge is a sketch challenge and here is the card I designed:    

Card Ingredients:

CS:  chocolate chip, very vanilla, real red
DSP:  Merry Moments (retired)
Classic Ink:  Red Real, Garden Green (for sponging around the very vanilla piece)
Stamp Set:  Contempo Christmas
Accessories: Snowflake Punch, Scallop Border Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Sparkly Silver Brad,  Sponge, Poly Twill Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Ribbon (retired), Snail Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz

I really enjoyed participating in this challenge.  You can definitely see more sketch challenges on my blog in weeks to come! 

Happy Stamping!

~ Angie

Button Snowman

Today I found a really cute card that I wanted to CASE.   It is from Stasia Sloma's Blog - Stampin' and Scrappin' with Stasia.  She has a great blog and I loved the card she made with the new Big Designer Buttons that Stampin' Up introduced in the holiday mini catalog.  Stasia used the colors baja breeze with blushing bride and I wanted to try out a non-traditional color combo.   Here are my card ingredients:

CS:  old olive, whisper white, melon mambo
DSP:  Ski Slope (retired)
Ink:  melon mambo (use a sponge to ink the edges of the hat)
Accessories:  big designer buttons - Deck the Halls, melon mambo ribbon, basic pearls, stampin' dimensionals,  lattice embossing folder, glue dots, mono adhesive

Thanks for stopping by today!

~ Angie

Christmas Card Sneak Peek

Okay, here it is... the sneak peek for the Christmas card class I'm hosting on Saturday, November 6th from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. This pictures shows 3 of the 5 cards we'll be making. Cost is $20 per person and you will go home with 20 hand-made Christmas cards, including envelopes.

Have a great week everyone!

~ Angie