Christamas Greetings!

Wow - It's been a while! To say I've been run off my feet wouldn't be far off from how I feel, but it also wouldn't be totally true. I've been lacking some crafting mojo in a big way (and now it's left me in a bind with the Christmas season upon us). Anyways, I'm hosting the Christmas Card with a Stamped Background Challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters and figured it would at least get me motivated to start stamping. :)

 

I used the Mojo Sketch 271 as my starting point for the Merry and bright card. The color combination is the current CR84FN Color Challenge #68 of Burgundy, Grey and Cream. The second card, Christmas Greetings, uses the Sweet Sunday Sketch #173 and the Dynamic Duos Challenge #32 of Rose Red and Pretty in Pink.

 

 

Both of the cards feature Verve stamps - Bright Spirits and Poinsettia Christmas.

I hope your holidays have been merry and bright. I just got back from a weekend spent as my Grandma's Christmas present, which I think she quite enjoyed. Last night, MrP and I took our winter sporting gear over to a local ski hill for the second trip to the hill this season. I must say, being back on my snowboard has been a blast! I can't wait to get out to Jasper in January with some friends.

Other than that, I've been beat down with a cold for a while now, hosted the Sixth Annual Treat Exchange to some fabulously delicious results, and have been trying to figure out how Christmas managed to yet again sneak up on me :)

Sisterhood Challenge : DIGIS!

Well this Sisterhood challenge was a whopper! Use a digi =) I haven't used a digi in quite a while and this week, we have a sponsor - Bugaboo Digi Stamps - to help inspire. I used this gorgeous Silhouette - Butterfly Flowers digi, printed on Going Grey Cardstock.

But while one challenge was great - I figured three was spectacular...so I used the Viva La Verve Week 3 Sketch for February to create my Mom's birthday card. I also used the CR84FN Color Challenge #48, as the colors really spoke to me for my mom's perfect color combo.

The paper was a rarely used one - Lavendar Lace, plus some Certainly Celery and, of course, Going Grey. I outlined the butterflies and edge of the inner circle with a shimer pen, crimped the banner panel (see A - I wasn't lying - I pulled out my crimper thanks to your inspiration!), and added some bling for extra shine. These are always my go-to colors for any creation for my mom, so it was perfect timing with her birthday coming up next month.

I hope everyone is having a fabulous week! Don't forget to check out The Sisterhood of Crafters' latest Digi challenge & link up your awesome digi works of art for a chance to win the Sponsor's prize  - 7 images (or $21 worth if you choose some smaller digis!) Thanks Bugaboo for such fabulous digis to work with =)

 

Anniversary Wishes

Inspired by the CR84FN Color Challenge 41 and the Viva La Verve October Week 4 sketch created by Charmaine, I whipped up this card for friends celebrating an anniversary next week. Hopefully she doesn't check on here before it arrives, as she was following along with my vacation. {Hi Rose!}

I just adore the heart in the You and I set, so I inked it up in So Saffron along with a sentiment from Love Story.

In an attempt to keep the card relatively mail-friendly, I stuck with buttons and a touch of bling. The hearts are colored with a Spica pen, too, so they shimmer.

Color wise, I stuck with Baja Breeze, Basic Gray and So Saffron. I know Baja isn't exactly steel blue, but it was the closest I had to the color. LOL
Supper with friends tonight - so much fun to look forward to this weekend. Happy Friday everybody!

Happy Anniversary - with a Prize from Delicious Doodles!

The Sisterhood of Crafters has some Anniversary celebrating for you this week! Our incredibly talented alumni, Teri, at Delicious Doodles had a crafting anniversary so we're celebrating and she's providing the prize - five of her fabulous digis! Congrats & Happy Anniversary, Teri!

I haven't really been finding nearly enough time to sit & craft and it was nice to have a chance to tidy up a little, too. Every time I'm at my desk I get a little panicked by the mess. Clearly, if I just took a few minutes each time I wouldn't have this problem, but alas...
Taking more than a little inspiration from my super talented friend Andrea (who aptly creates true beauty for each of these challenges), I used the JUGS Saturday Sketch #96 and CR84FN Color Challenge #35.

This was such a fun sketch and I wanted to try a little something new so I pulled out some unlvoed eyelets and string to play. I used my favorite set for Anniversary cards - Love Story - as well as the classy label stamp from Love Notes and Die. Bountiful Backgrounds made an appearance, too.

While I had these stamps out, I decided to make a few other cards...which I'll be sharing in some upcoming posts.

Get on over to the Sisterhood and share your Anniversary craftiness for a chance to win!