Crisp Canteloupe Christmas

I'm running out of Christmas paper - can you tell?  As a result I'm coming up with interesting combinations for cards for the Merry Monday challenges.

I enjoyed the sketch again today - I'm going to have an easy time preparing cards for the different Christmas stacks I do!  By then I'll probably have some appropriate Christmas themed paper - but until then I'm having fun.

Hope your Tuesday has been terrific so far.  Thanks for dropping in for a visit.

Joan

Medallion Thank You

Good Morning - it's a sketch day at Sunday Stamps this week and it is presented by Kathya...

fun fun fun.

Once again, I've reached for the little medallion from "A Round Array" - I thought it worked perfectly with the Sycamore Street DSP - which I guess I need to put in a different spot in my collection since Sale-a-bration is over.  Ooops!

For the top section,  I used my brayer to put white craft ink onto the Lacy Brocade embossing folder, then, after running it through the Big Shot with the paper, I quickly added some white embossing powder to help make the white section pop more.

The items through the middle of the sketch can be absolutely anything.  There is quite a variety of options shown by the Design Team, so don't miss out popping by the Sunday Stamps Challenge Blog for some inspiration.

Here is the sketch - You have until April 19 at 6:00pm EST to link your project to the challenge blog.

Have Fun!

Thanks for stopping by,

Joan

Amazing Friend

Hello everyone.  It's a sketch day here at Sunday Stamps this week, and the sketch is presented by - me.

I decided to use a framelit for the central focal piece and used the "Amazing Family" set.  This sketch is great for using up little bits of ribbon, cardstock or DSP.  I have added three sets of brads/embellishments in the sketch, but when I created the card I left two sets out.  Great thing about challenges, they help get you started, but you can go into any direction you wish.

I hope you'll join us for the challenge.  Check out the Sunday Stamps blog to see what inspiration can be found from the other Design Team Members.  Be sure to link your project back to us at the challenge blog so we can drop by and see what you've created.  All entries are due by Friday, March 8, 2013 for this challenge.

Hope you try it out!

Joan

Elegant Christmas

Today, at Merry Monday, Lesley and her team are looking for elegant Christmas cards.  I lucked out and had these two embossed pieces on my desk already - just asking to be used.  (Next week, I'm going to have to move away from Cherry Cobbler and Very Vanilla, 'cause I used them last week too)

Embossing is always elegant (and magical) so this wonderful Snow Swirled tree came out to be used.  I had tried to stamp the greeting on a piece of ribbon, but it just got too messy, so I stamped a piece of Vanilla, cut the strip close to the words and then ran my craft scissors over the paper as though I were curling a piece of gift wrap ribbon.  It breaks down the fibers wonderfully and they curve.

Now I'm off to add some paint to a canvas for another mixed media piece....we'll see how it turns out.

Hope your day is flowing along wonderfully - thanks for stopping by!

Joan

Friends Accept Us...

Hayley has an awesome sketch for us today at Sunday Stamps -  I love the simplicity of it and the shapes are wide, wide open to interpretation!

These Flower Trim flowers have been on my desk, so I decided to use them for this card and added little black brads as their centres.  It ends up being a quick and easy card to put together.  So - I'm now off to get more crafting done.

Here are a few things to keep in mind when you join us in this challenge.  

1. Please provide a Link back to us in your Post.

2. Please link directly to your blog post for the challenge.

3. Feel free to use any Brand of product.

4. Deadline is Friday February 22nd @6pm EST.

5. Have FUN!!

Don't forget to check out what the rest of the design team has come up with not one of us used a trio of stars - so you'll be truly inspired!

Pearly Christmas Greeting

A quick post today with a card created for the Merry Monday Challenge.  I think these challenges are a bonus for me on two counts - 1) I get to have a stash of Christmas cards ready for December - some of which I'm sure I'll be able to use for the seasonal stacks. and 2) the sketches are such that I don't have too much difficulty thinking about what I'd like to do - which is good because I have tons of things on my plate right now.  Simplicity is best.....so thank you to Lesley and the gals on her team!

Here's the sketch....

Hope you are having a wonderful day - 

Thanks for stopping by.

Joan