A New Ink on Life

The Spot #143 - Sketchy Hot Dog

 

Welcome back to another challenge at The Spot, your place for inspiration and weekly cardmaking challenges. This week we have a wonderful and timely theme challenge and would love to have you join us!

This week we have a wonderful sketch challenge! Sketches are such a great jumping off point to get your creativity going, and trust me I could really use the help this week! I decided to use a new sneak peek stamp set that will be available to purchase starting January 5th. The Hot Dog Stamp Set is full of cute dog images and fun punny sayings. Although the images are dauschaunds and not basset hounds, I just had to have it! I think we can pretend they are bassets, right?!

This was a really quick and easy card to put together. The Playful Pets Designer Series Paper was perfect to pair with this adorable stamp set. For once I was very literal with the sketch, lol! The die cut stitched circle was coloured with Pool Party Blends Duo to create a gradient wash of colour. I stamped the sentiment twice, once directly on the circle, the second time on a paper scrap, then cut of part of it.

The adorable dog image was coloured with Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers and then fussy cut out with Paper Snips. To make him look even more like a basset, I included the signature white tipped tail. Another great way to use the Stampin' Blends is to colour embellishments. Here I used the Dark Basic Black and coloured in several Faceted Gems to create some coordinating bling!

 

Now be sure to check out The Spot for some fabulous inspiration, and I hope you can join in on the challenge! 

All products I have used for today's project are listed below with a direct link to my online store for easy shopping!

TGIF Challenges #295- Tag Buffet

It's Friday and that means another great challenge on the TGIF Challenges Blog!

This week we have a great inspiration challenge. These are one of my favourite types of challenges as they are only as limiting as your imagination. 

 

Feel free to use it as a jumping off point. While most people might focus on the Christmas Tree aspect, if you don't celebrate Christmas, you can choose to just do trees, or maybe include a green oval with black accents...think outside the box! I chose to go with a Christmas Tree Theme and the Tag Buffet Project Kit along with the Wishes and Wonder Bundle. They were the perfect combination for some very last minute gift packaging. 

 

 

It was fun to work with some traditional Christmas colours again for this project as I have been enjoying a less traditional colour pallet lately. As I mentioned, this was very quickly put together as it was gift packaging for my daughter's resource case manager and the two EAs (education assistants) that help her on a daily bases. And of course, like the last minute person that I am, I finished just in time for her to give them out before their winter break. I really didn't have the chance to get the best photos and totally forgot to take a picture of what was inside. The Mini Paper Pumpkin Boxes were the perfect size to place in some gold tissue paper and then add a Starbucks Gift card and a mini Bath and Body Works Hand Sanitizer.

 

 

To decorate the box I first added a piece of patterned paper from the Forever Fern DSP Pack which, even though it is not trees or Christmasy per se, I felt like it went well. The next part was quite easy, I just added elements from the Tag Buffet Project Kit like one of the white and gold foiled tags, cut pieces from one of the red tag patterns, the die cut tree was added using Dimensionals and some of the Gold Twine placed behind it. Using the North Pole Wonders Dies I die cut the deer from Gold Foil then layered the sentiment from Wonder and Wishes on top. To finish it off I added a little Christmas cheer by attaching some cute Jingle Bells.  

 

 

I also created a simpler variation of the gift box using the same Tag Buffet Project Kit but pairing it with the coordinating Tag Buffet Stamp Set. 

 

 

I hope you can join us this week and make sure to check out the TGIF challenge blog for some more awesome inspiration!

All products I have used for today's project are listed below with a direct link to my online store for easy shopping! Also remember that Stampin' Up's Year-End Close Out Event is going on now and there are a lot of great savings on seasonal products from the August-January Mini Catalogue.

 

The Spot #141 - Peace and Joy Christmas Gift

 

Welcome back to another challenge at The Spot, your place for inspiration and weekly cardmaking challenges. This week we have a wonderful and timely theme challenge and would love to have you join us!

Today we are sharing with you some last minute gift ideas and challenge you to show us yours. The Peace and Joy Bundle is one of my favourites from the Aug-Jan Mini Catalogue and sadly it will be retiring so, I suggest you grab it for your stash if you don't have it yet. This will be one that I will not be parting with!

I decorated a clear ornament and created a matching card using the So Many Snowflakes Dies and the peace and Joy Bundle. I chose a cool colour pallete of blues with Seaside Spray, Misty Moonlight and Night of Navy. A sweet little ornament is a perfect last minute gift for this time of year.

I started with a blank clear ornament that you can easily find at any craft store. I die cut a circle from a Window Sheet (the second largest size) to fit inside the ornament. Next I used a piece of Adhesive Sheet (these are must have for intricate die cuts) and attached it to the back of Balmy Blue Glimmer Paper (unfortunately this paper is longer available) I die cut 6 snowflakes so that they would be on both sides. Then I attached the snowflakes making sure they were really glued down and then rolled the Window Sheet to fit it inside the ornament. Once inserted it unfolds and creates the look of floating snowflakes. The Peace was die cut from Silver Foil that was also backed onto an Adhesive Sheet for easy application on the outside. Lastly I added the beautiful Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon for hanging and some sequins to the inside.

Although this card may look complicated it was actually quite easy to make. I used one of my new favourite products-Blending Brushes! These soft, fine bristle brushes will be available January 5th in the new upcoming Mini Catalogue. I first die cut the negative snowflake then using the brushes and combination of three inks, I blended them across the Whisper White Cardstock. Using a Water Painter I then splattered some water drops and flicked on Frost White Shimmer Paint to create a fun background. The sentiment was stamped in Misty Moonlight and of course a few sequins were added for good measure.

Now be sure to check out The Spot for some fabulous inspiration, and I hope you can join in on the challenge! 

All products I have used for today's project are listed below with a direct link to my online store for easy shopping!

 

TGIF Challenges #294 Wishes and Wonder

It's Friday and that means another great challenge on the TGIF Challenges Blog!

 

This week we have a wonderful sketch challenge! Sketches are such a great jumping off point to get your creativity going, and trust me I could really use the help this week! This sketch was perfect to help me add another Christmas to add to my pile. And yes, I am still making Christmas cards, and I haven't mailed any out yet. Sigh, at this point maybe I should consider making New years cards,lol!

I absolutely adore the Wishes and Wonder Stamp and Die Bundle. It includes beautiful classic Christmas images and a mix of lovely fonts. For my card I used the sleigh image and stamped it using Versamark on Shimmery White Cardstock then heat embossed it with Silver Stampin' Embossing Powder. Next watercoloured it using Seaside Spray and Misty Moonlight Classic inks and die cut it out.

The Feels Like Frost Designer Series Paper is absolutely gorgeous and contains photo realistic images on one side and stunning silver foil patterns on the other, I used a piece with a pretty winter scene as the background for my card. Using the tag die from the North Pole Wonder Dies I cut out the tag then placed in back into the space, but popped it up with Dimensionals to create an inlaid effect. Some twine was added to the tag and I also added some splatter of Frost White Shimmer Paint to the whole card front to create some added sparkle. A few Iridescent pearls and a sprig of Vellum finished it off.

I hope you can join us this week and make sure to check out the TGIF challenge blog for some more awesome inspiration!

All products I have used for today's project are listed below with a direct link to my online store for easy shopping! Also remember that Stampin' Up's Year-End Close Out Event is going on now and there are a lot of great savings on seasonal products from the August-January Mini Catalogue.

Year End Close Out