Holiday Sketch

Yes, I know that it is August and yes, I know that it is 90°+ outside...I laid out my colors for my Christmas card this morning and when I saw the Sketch Challenge I just could not get them out of my head. The angel is embossed on gold on a window sheet which is held on by the Rhinestone brad in one corner and a glue dot under the ribbon in the other corner. I am still playing with some of my new stuff. I just got the Petals-A-Plenty Impressions Folder and that was another reason to make this card...I got to use that :) It was a hard one to photograph! It is much prettier in real life!

Stamps: Holy Triptych

Paper: Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery

Ink: VersaMark

Accessories: Always Artichoke Grosgrain, Window Sheet, Gold Embossing Powder, Square Fire Rhinestone Brads, Big Shot, Naturally Serif Alphabet Die, Petals-A-Plenty Impressions Folder

Sketch Card

Well, I actually got to stamp today. I found that my Stamp-a-ma-jig is my favorite new best friend! I just could not let another sketch challenge go by no matter how I feel. I, obviously, kept it pretty simple. I did use my faithful sanded on the background. I used the ticket corner punch on the outside corners and the mat pack for the piercing. For the sentiment I stamped and them punched out with the Tag Punch. The layers are just punched and cut in half so they they can layer out. The star brad was rubbed in the Not Quite Navy craft ink and after it had dried I wiped off the top layer. The sentiment is popped up with pop up glue dots.

Hopefully I will get another chance to stamp on Friday this week! If not I hope you have a nice weekend!!

Stamps: Holy Triptych, Sanded Background, Holidays and Wishes

Paper: Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray

Ink: Pacific Point, Not Quite Navy Craft for the inside of brad

Accessories: Hodge Podge Kit, Ticket Corner Punch, Key Tag Punch, Basic Gray Taffeta Ribbon, Mat Pack for piercing

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to All!!
About 2 weeks ago Sue tagged me. I posted the reply on my About me Page.

Here was my Christmas Card for this year. My Christmas letter can be found at our family blog.

Stamps: Fine lace Background, En Francias Background, Holy Triptych

Paper: Chocolate Chip, River Rock, Very Vanilla

Ink: River Rock, Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Basic Brown, Blush Blossom

Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Star Punch

Pierced

Sorry not a lot of time today...off to another Dr Appointment. The next 3 weeks are full of them! This is for today's Color Challenge on SCS.

Stamps: Baroque Motiffs, Holy Triptych

Paper: Purely Pomagranate, Basic Grey, Soft Sky

Ink: Purely Pomagranate, Basic Grey

Accessories: Tool Kit for Piercing, Circle Ice Rhinestone Brads, Purely Pomagranate Dbl Stitched Ribbon, Soft Sky Dbl Stitched Ribbon

Cracked Triptych

This is for today's Sketch Challenge on SCS. This also worked out perfect. Last night when I went to bed I said I wanted to use more of the wide grosgrain ribbon on a card. It seems I always grab the Chocolate and the rest have not been touched. So this sketch gave me the perfect opportunity to use the wide ribbon. I just had to choose the color. I choose the color, cut all the paper and then decided which set to use. I wish the main image would of stayed to true color, but I guess I can't have it all.

Stamps: Baroque Motiffs, Holy Triptych

Paper: Real Red, River Rock

Ink: Real Red, Versamark

Accessories: 5/8" Real Red Grosgrain, Red Eyelets, Glassy Glaze Embossing Powder, Photo Corner Punch

Techniques: Cracked Glass

Pencil Sharpened???

You will have no idea how many times this poor card has been taken apart and adjusted. I started out as a very simple card with very few embellishments. The more I looked it just was not right. So I have stopped looking and said enough!!! The challenge today was the Ways to Use it and we were to sharpen our pencils. I grabbed my Metallic pencils. I had not used them in a very long time. I blended with a blending medium I had found in the water color section at the craft store. Our stores do not carry gamsol for blending. The Wise men do look a lot more shiny in real life. The angels is embossed with black EP. For the life of me I could not get a good picture! :(

Stamps: Sanded Background, Baroque Motifs, Holy Triptych

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Brushed Gold

Ink: Encore Gold, Versa Mark, Black Stazon

Accessories: Fire Circle Rhinestone brads, Fire Square Rhinestone brads, Gold Brads, Photo Corner Punch, Snow Blossom Punch, Gold Elastic Cord, Black Embossing Powder, Metallic Pencils, White Water Color Pencil