Merry Monday

Hi friends...it's Monday again!  Not always my favorite day of the week, but if you look at it as a fresh start it doesn't sound so bad....right?!?!?  I hope you all had a great weekend!  I finally had a full weekend at home and spent a whole lot of time doing a whole lot of nothing :-)  There were a ton of things that I should have been doing, but snuggling with my boys and watching movies was way better than any of the things on my to-do list!  Some days you just have to let all of the other things go and just enjoy the moment.  I did sneak in a little stamping time though and have a pretty card to share with you this morning.  It's very similar to one I posted a few days ago, but I changed it up just a bit thanks to some inspiration from the Fab Friday sketch.

 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Gold Foil, Season of Style DSP

Ink ~ VersaMark
Stamp Set ~ Joyful Christmas
Other Supplies ~ Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Expressions Thinlits

Are you loving the gold as much as I am?  I really wasn't a big fan of gold, but I'm starting to have a change of heart and am seeing it in a whole new light.  I think I've gone through 2 packages of the gold foil paper and a whole container of gold embossing powder in the last month! 

Hoping you all have a Merry Monday!

Happy Stamping!

Stylin' Stampin' Squad Blog Hop ~ Holiday Catalog Creations

Good morning and welcome to the Stylin' Stampin' Squad Holiday edition!  If you've just come from Jennifer's blog, I hope you enjoyed her creation as much as I did...she has amazing talent!  And a big congrats to Jennifer on making Founder's Circle this year! Way to go friend!!!

I held off on ordering many things from the holiday catalog, so I was a bit limited with what I could do this month, but I hope you like what I came up with. 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Real Red, Eastern Elegance, Silver Foil Sheets

Ink ~ VersaMark

Stamp Set ~ Festive Flurry

Other Supplies ~ Expression Thinlits, Festive Flurry Framelits, Circle Card Thinlits Die, Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Real Red Taffeta Ribbon, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Whisper White Bakers Twin, Silver Embossing Powder, Red Sharpie

This is definitely not a mailable card, but it makes for a cute decoration.  I cut the circle out of the middle of the card and attached the snowflake using the Baker's Twine.  I wish I would have used fishing line to attach the snowflake to give it more of a floating look, but after fighting to get it just right with the Bakers's Twine, I wasn't about to take it all apart :-) The snowflake in the center is 3-D...3 snowflakes cut out, folded in half and glued together.  (I was having flashbacks of creating the ornament from last year's Holiday Catalog!)  I layered the two smallest snowflakes and added the Frosted Finishes embellishments in the center.  Even though I don't have any of the Winter Frost DSP yet, I made things work with the Eastern Elegance DSP.  And the new foil paper....LOVE IT!  I love how pretty it looks embossed and layering it behind the Real Red "Merry" was just what the card needed.

Now head on over to Diana's page and see what she has in store for us this month!

After you're done hopping along with all of us, be sure to head over to Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration to meet the new Design Team!  We are all ready to inspire you to CREATE! 

Happy Stamping!

Merry {Thinlit} Christmas Mashup!

Merry Christmas!!! 

No, I haven't lost my mind!  It's Christmas in July!  I finally sat down and placed my pre-order from the Holiday Catalog and all I can say is that I LOVE every single thing in that catalog.  I better be careful or I will have no money left to spend when Christmas really does roll around!  Now I just need to find time to play with all of the fun new things I got.  I always have the vision of long summer days with so much time to get caught up on everything that doesn't get done during the school year...only to be reminded that life doesn't slow down, no matter what time of year it is.  That's ok though...I don't think I would know what to do with out our crazy, busy, non-stop life!  Anyhoo...back to Christmas in July!

I have a simple card that I made using a few new items from the Holiday Catalog.  I haven't yet got any of the beautiful Christmas DSP, but the fun stripes from the Etcetera pack worked perfect for this card.  I actually made this card earlier in the week, but found that it fits in perfectly with this weeks Friday Mashup challenge...Christmas/Hanukkah project with Stripes.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Etcetera DSP

Other Supplies ~ Expressions Thinlits, Season of Style Washi Tape, Regals Candy Dots, Simply Scored

 

I LOVE the new Expression Thinlits!  They are a little tricky at first, but after playing with them and figuring out what little trick works best to get them out (wax paper!), they are so much fun!

 

Off for another fun and busy day!  We are celebrating the 2nd birthday of my son who likes to get inky in his own way...little stinker! And no, this isn't my ink...he found he's older brothers stash and decided to decorate himself!

 

Hoping you all have a fantastic weekend!

 

Happy Stamping!