Merry & Bright

We made it through Monday and we are cruising right on in to Tuesday!  I have a busy week ahead of me, so that calls for some simple stamping!  

As I mentioned in my last post, I'm preparing for my November card class.  I always try to have at least one quick and easy card for my customers to create and this card is what I will use this month.  

Thanks to the fun colors and patterns in the Let It Snow DSP, you can easily create a quick card with just a little stamping.  

I stamped some snowflakes from the Snowman Season Photopolymer Stamp Set on the Mint Macaron background.  After adding a few festive layers of Let It Snow DSP, I topped the card off with a heat embossed Merry & Bright from Everything Festive on the bold and beautiful Shaded Spruce.  I cut the sentiment out using the Stitched Nested Labels, cutting one side of the label off.

There is always a part of me that wants to add more...more layers, embellishments, ribbon...but I left this card as is!  Sometimes you just have to let the stamps and paper speak for themselves! 

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Mint Macaron, Shaded Spruce, Let It Snow DSP

Ink ~ Mint Macaron, VersaMark

Stamp Sets ~ Let It Snow, Everything Festive

Other Supplies ~ White Embossing Powder, Stitched Nested Labels

I hope your week is off to a great start!  I'll be back later this week with some other fun projects to share.

Happy Stamping!

Freshly Made Snow Front

Happy Sunday stampers!  I hope you have had a great weekend and are feeling refreshed for a new week! We had a full weekend at home and didn't have a million different things going on...that's a pretty great weekend in my books!

It's always a good weekend when you get some crafty time in, right?  I'm getting ready for my November card class and this weeks Freshly Made Sketches sketch was just the inspiration I needed for the beautiful Snow Front stamp set.

I paired up this amazing stamp set with the Buffalo Check background stamp.  A cozy cabin scene and buffalo check go hand in hand!  I'm pretty sure I used almost every stamp in the Snow Front set to create this scene.  I absolutely love a stamp set that allows you to create a beautiful scenery!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Basic Black Real Red, Whisper White

Ink ~ Gray Granite, Soft Suede, Shaded Spruce, Early Espresso, Smoky Slate, Balmy Blue, Real Red, Momento

Stamp Sets ~ Snow Front, Buffalo Check, Dashing Deer

Other Supplies ~ Stitched Rectangles

My older boys are hanging out with friends and my youngest has two of his friends over, which means I have a little bit of time to myself.  I think now is a good time to work on a couple Halloween treats for my kiddos!  Check back later this week to see what I came up with!

Happy Stamping!

Deck the Halls

We made it to Friday!!!  Is anyone else as excited for the weekend as I am?!?!  After being out of town last weekend, I've felt like I've been trying to catch up all week long in all areas of life! I am looking forward to a little extra sleep and squeezing in some time in my craft room.

Even with everything else I had going on, I still made time to create a few mornings this week and had some more fun with the Brightly Gleaming Suite.  I shared a card earlier in the week focusing on the DSP, but today I am focusing more on the stamps.

You all know how much I love my Stampin' Blends, so you know that I just had to put them to use on the beautiful holly leaves and berries.  I thought about coloring the ornaments as well, but loved the black and white against the bold colors of paper I used.

I haven't used Clear Embossing Power in so long! I forgot how magical it can be!  I love the subtle background of the clear embossed holly...it added just the right amount of elegance.  And who doesn't love lots of layers?!?!  I always love strong, bold colors white some bight white thrown in.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow, Basic Black, Brightly Gleaming DSP

Ink ~ Cherry Cobbler, VersaMark, Memento, Stampin' Blends: Real Red, Mossy Meadow, Smoky Slate

Stamp Set ~ Christmas Gleaming

Other Supplies ~ Stitched Shapes, Stitched Rectangles, Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack, Clear Embossing Powder

I've been working on projects for my upcoming card class, so check back again this weekend to see what I've been working on!

Have a fantastic Friday!

Happy Stamping!

Christmas Gleaming ~ HSSSC#326

It's hard to believe that Christmas is just a little over 2 months away!!!  I have not even starting thinking about Christmas shopping, but thanks to this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge, I'm adding another Christmas card to my collection to send out!

The beautiful Brightly Gleaming Suite couldn't be more perfect for this sketch!  I finally caved and got bits and pieces of the suite and I'm SO happy that I did!  The DSP is absolutely GORGEOUS!  

With such beautiful DSP, there isn't really a lot of stamping necessary!  I punched out 3 ornaments with the Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack, added a bit more DSP in the background and only stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment.  This will be a perfect card for my upcoming card class at the beginning of November!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Pretty Peacock, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Copper Foil, Brightly Gleaming DSP

Ink ~ Night of Navy

Stamp Set ~ Christmas Gleaming

Other Supplies ~ Layering Ovals, Star Designer Elements, Tin Tile 3D Embossing Folder, Gleaming Ornaments Punch Pack

Have you started your Christmas crafting yet?!?

Have a great day!

Happy Stamping!

Painted Harvest Sympathy ~ Monday Montage

Welcome to an all new Monday Montage Blog Hop!  You won't want to miss a single creation from this amazing group of stampers!

Last week was a busy one and this weekend was super busy as well.  Knowing I would be gone for the weekend, I worked on a few projects throughout the week in hopes of staying caught up.  I did pretty good...but my naughty puppy ALMOST ruined the card I worked on for today's hop.  Thankfully I was able to salvage most of the pieces and finish this sympathy card for a special friend.

 Painted Harvest is still one of my favorite stamp sets.  I love that you can create a beautiful flower in ANY color...every color is beautiful!

The flowers and the fern-like leaves were stamped and fussy cut...one of my favorite crafty things to do!  I did use the coordinating Leaf Punch too.  It's hard to tell in the picture, but I used the Subtle Embossing folder, adding just the right amount of texture.  A little bit of Rose Thread and Gold Metallic Pearls were the perfect added touch to go along with the Gold Foil sympathy cut with the Well Written Dies.

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Early Espresso, Rococo Rose, Mossy Meadow, Gold Foil

Ink ~ Early Espresso, Rococo Rose, Mossy Meadow

Stamp Set ~ Painted Harvest

Other Supplies ~ Gold Metallic Pearls, Rose Metallic Thread, Subtle Embossing Folder

It's a good thing this naughty girl is cute...in addition chewing up the first version of this card, she absolutely destroyed my craft room.  I'm pretty sure she had some help from our kitty or she was brave enough to jump up on my desk.  I'm not sure I want to know!  But I now know that pulling Stampin' Dimensionals from the pads of your puppy's feet and long puppy fur is NOT a fun activity!  

Happy Stamping!

We've added a list of everyone's home pages so you can hop along in any order you wish!  Just make sure you don't miss any!

Amy O'Neill - Amy's Paper Crafts - not hopping this week

Breelin Renwick - Craft-somnia Momma

Cathy Casey - Sugar Shack Designs

Charlet Mallett - Painted Orange

Cheryl Curtis - Pomp and Sustenance - not hopping this week

Dani Dziama - Dani's Thoughtful Corner

Elizabeth Price - Seeinginkspots

Julie Warnick - Creating on the Run

Melissa Stout - The Stamp Doc

Wendy Weixler - Wickedly Wonderful Creations