no peeking!

When I saw the inspiration for this weeks challenge from There She Goes I just had to play along! A lovely neutral pallette with pops of teal and aqua - yummy! I pulled out some matching cardstock and cut some presents from There She Goes warmest wishes and paired them with a sentiment from  holly jolly.

Supplies - There She Goes warmest wishes, holly jolly; Card - Stampin' Up pool party, island indigo, Papertrey Ink soft stone

Here's a little close up of those sweet presents. I did try adding glitter but to honest I preferred them all simple and popping off the neutral base.

Why don't you play along with our challenge this week.

there she goes sneak peek day 3

This is my second post for today - please scroll down for my CASE study card.

Well today is our final day of peeks for There She Goes November release and we are finishing on a wonderful set.

Torico has designed a warm and cheery set featuring stitched images and filled with hearts, stars and snowflakes.
Warmest Wishes is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 23 stamps and six dies and will sell for $31.50.

My project today combines Warmest Wishes with a set previewed on day 1 of peeks - Wishing You.

Supplies: Stamps - There She Goes warmest wishes, wishing you; Paper - Bo Bunny snowfall; Twine - The Twinery maraschino; Copics - R24 R29; Flexies - O719 O919; Brad

The images in Warmest Wishes are so cute with their stitched detail. I coloured three stockings to hang on my twine - one for each of my littlies!

Would you like to win the new stamp set? Visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday November 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

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Have you been enjoying our muse over at CASE study this month? I can't get enough of Kryssi's amazing cards and can't believe this is our last week with her. To send us off in style, here's this weeks card with lovely layered stamping. The eye catching card strip down one side and one rounded corner really pack this card with interest.

And here's my card. I kept so much of the original - rounded corner, cardstock strip and layered stamping but just switched out my stamps to create a masculine card for a change.

Supplies: Stamps - PTi pond life, modern wood mats, Waltzingmouse Stamps say it with style; Inks - Versacolor umber, sand beige, pinecone, evergreen; Card - Stampin' Up soft suede

Well that's me for today but for more inspiration call by the rest of the Design Team.

Chupa (owner)

Amy

Andrea
Clare
Cristina
Debby - that's me!
Jean
Julie

Teneale

Teresa

there she goes sneak peek day 2

It's day two of There She Goes sneak peeks and today we are showcasing Holly Jolly.

Melyssa Connolly has captured the beauty of snowflakes in this set which also includes a die!
Holly Jolly is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 35 stamps and one die and will sell for $31.50.

So lets get to my project for today. I loved the snowflakes in the set and created a night sky with jewel encrusted flakes. For me this set is extra special as I absolutely adore the funky font used! I finished my panel with a florish of twine and mounted it with dimensionals on to a sahara sand card base.

Supplies: Stamps - There She Goes holly jolly, Hero Arts designer woodgrain; Inks - Papertrey Ink fresh snow; Card - Stampin Up sahara sand; Twine - The Twinery maraschino

Here's a close up of that lovely font.

Would you like to win this new stamp set? Visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday November 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

there she goes sneak peek day 1

Yey, it's that time of the month - There She Goes sneak peek time! Today we have three mini sets being showcased. Let me start by giving you all the details.

First up we have Hohoho. A wonderful mini set designed by Torico to create your winter wonderland scene. This is the perfect set to create holiday tags, cards and gift boxes.
Hohoho is a 3x4 mini-set that includes a total of 9 stamps and will sell for $7.

Next up is Holiday Ribbons. A fabulous set illusstrated by Melyssa Connolly to add snowmen, reindeer and angels to the tails of your ribbon of the World's Best Die and stamp set.
Holiday Ribbons is a 2x3 mini-set that includes a total of 9 stamps and will setll for $4.

Finally we have Wishing You. Jessica has illustrated a beautiful set of timeless sentiments so that you'll never be at a loss for words.
Wishing You is a 3x4 mini-set that includes a total of 6 stamps and will sell for $7.

Phew, I bet you'd like to see a project now!! My card today features Hohoho - I couldn't resist creating a little winter scene with these cuties!

Supplies: Stamps - There She Goes hohoho, Card - Stampin' Up old olive; Paper - My Mind's Eye lime twist life of the party; Dies - Spellbinders squares, Papertrey Ink angled labels; Button - Papertrey Ink; Copics 0 T0 T1 Y21 Y32 E55 E57 544 R24 R29 R20 YG23; Letraset flexies G367 O719

I coloured the images with a combination of Copics and Flex markers and then added a line of stickles as snow to ground the scene. Then unusually for me I pulled out some patterened papers and layered them up as a background.

Would you like to win the new stamp sets? Visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday November 26th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

birthday dino

It's been ages since I broke out my Cricut create a critter cartridge! A friend needed a dinosaur card and I thought this guy just fit the bill perfectly.

Supplies: Stamps - Papertrey Ink birthday bash sentiments; Inks - Versafine onyx black; Card - Papertrey Ink summer sunrise, Stampin' Up poppy parade, island indigo, lucky limeade, pool party; Dies - Papertrey Ink banners, Spellbinders create a flake 1; Twine - The Twinery peapod; Cricut - create a critter 2.5"

I used some bright happy colours for dino and his party hat and then computer generated a speech bubble before stamping a birthday sentiment from Papertrey Ink's birthday bash sentiments. Then I needed something to ground the little guy and I remembered a fabulous card by Jen Carter I saw recently. I loved how Jen looped twine to make her grass.

Please call by tomorrow as we start the There She Goes sneak peeks!

happy birthday robots

Well hello! Hope you are having a great weekend. I'm popping in today to share a sweet robot card using There She Goes friendbots set.

Supplies: Stamps - There She Goes friendbots, Papertrey Ink tiny treats birthday; Inks - Versacolor seafoam, camellia, lime, Versafine onxy black; Card - Stampin' Up real red, lucky limeade, pool party; Paper - Papertrey Ink 2008 bitty box basics; Dies - There She Goes world's best

I just love a solid stamp image and these guys are just too cute!

Short but sweet I'm afraid today. Things to do, presents to buy, kids everywhere! Love it!

lil' inker designs

Wohoo, finally my Lil' Inker Designs dies and stamps arrived and I had the chance to play with them! You would not believe how jealous I was of the other DT girls as their parcels arrived and mine didn't. However, I'm thankful that eventually I did get happy mail and was able to play with these beauties!

To start of with I'm going to show you my favourite project of the three I've put together. A simple little tag, but oh it makes me so happy. Clean, simple and a punch of colour - just up my street.

Supplies: Stamps - Lil' Inker Designs holly jolly sentiments, Papertrey Ink tiny treats valentimen, tiny treats birthday; Inks - Versamark, Versacolor pinecone; Card - Papertrey Ink vintage cream; Paper - Cosmo Cricket pixie-licious; Dies - Lil' Inker Designs holly jolly, Papertrey Ink mat stack 5; Punch - Stampin' Up word window; Brads - Stampin' Up in color

I die cut those beautiful large holly leaves out of some patterned paper. I love the pierced vein along the leaf, and added some chunky brads for berries. I added these to a die cut and stamped tag along with the "Deck the halls" sentiment - isn't that font gorgeous!

Now onto my next project - a card featuring the tree from LID holly jolly die set. 

Supplies: Stamps - Lil' Inker Designs holly jolly sentiments, Ink - Versamark; Card - Stampin' Up cherry cobler, soft suede, sahara sand, Papertrey Ink vintage cream; Dies - Lil' Inker Designs holly jolly die set, Papertrey Ink tage sale 3; Clear embossing powder; Button; Twine - Stampin' Up; Ribbon - Stampin' Up

I cut the tree out of two colours of card. I found that card rather than patterned paper really shows the pierced details of this lovely tree to its full effect. I mounted the tree with pop dots onto a cream tag and attached a yellow button with twine to top the tree. The twine gathered a length of striped ribbon which I notch cut at one end and cut with pinking shears at the other. Finally, I liked the subtle effect of the clear embossed sentiment on some sahara sand card. All of this was mounted onto a rich red card base with more pop dots.

For my final project today, but believe me you will be seeing plenty of these great dies and stamps in the weeks to come, I went with another clean, punchy card.

Supplies: Card - Stampin' Up sahara sand, cherry cobbler Papertrey Ink vintage cream; Paper - Cosmo Cricket pixie-licious; Twinery twine; Brads; Dies - Lil' Inker Designs jingle joy die set

I die cut the letters 'j' and 'y' out of a piece of cream card, leaving enough room for a holly wreath 'o'. The wreath is made of small holly leaves interspersed with patterned brads. A simple twine bow finishes it off.

 I hope you've enjoyed seeing these projects as much as I enjoyed making them! If you want to see more details of the products I've used today pop over to Lil' Inker Designs where the dies and stamps are available to purchase.

 

 

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This is my second post of the day - please scroll down for my CASE study card.

Well it's time for another challenge at For Your Inspiration and what a stunning photo we have for you this week!

I was inspired by the horizontal lines, the sun and the terracota cliffs. Can't you just feel the sun warming that landscape? And here's my card.

Supplies: Stamps - Papertrey Ink simple sunflower, Lil' Inker Designs sentiment flags; Inks - Martha Stewart meyer lemon, Versacolor pinecone; Card - Stampin' Up pacific point, Papertrey Ink terracotta tile; Dies - Papertrey Ink small scallop

I chose a terracota tile card base and created the horizontal lines with a panel which I filled with sunflowers. I added a splash of blue there as a nod to those moody clouds.

Please pop by the rest of the design team to see how this weeks amazing landscape inspired them.

Debbie

Debby - that's me!
Keva
Michelle
Peggy
Sara
Steph
Vicki

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Oh I am so loving the inspiration from this month's muse at CASE study, Kryssi Ng! I mean just look at this stunning, scene!

I took the idea of foreground elements with a die cut label at the top. Of course at the moment, as I work on my Christmas cards, my foreground elements had to be seasonal. Sorry about that - only a few more weeks to go!

Supplies: Stamps - Practicing Creativity Designs retro christmas, Papertrey Ink labels basics; Inks - Archival ink sepia, colorbox cranberry, Versacolor evergreen, pinecone, winter green; Dies - PTI labels

Isn't this little rudolph the cutest!

Now we have some DT news - the lovely Julie Smith is stepping down from the team. We will miss you Julie! Julie leaving opens a space on the team and we have the fabulous Julie Lacey joining us! Please pop by and give her a big CASE study welcome! 

So here's the new look DT why not go and see how Kryssi inspired them.

Chupa (owner)

Amy
Andrea
Clare
Cristina
Debby - that's me!
Jean

Julie - our newest teamie

Teneale
Teresa

things are looking a little dirty around here!

Admitedly the house could do with a clean, but that's not it. As of today I'm one of  Splitcoaststampers' Dirty Dozen!

I'm sitting here wondering what to write - I'm honoured and stunned in equal parts; not quite lost for words, but not far off! I was absolutely bowled over when Lydia asked me and I still can't quite believe my luck!

For those of you who don't know, each month members of the Dirty Dozen are given a design challenge. The best of their creations are added to a special gallery that Fan Club members can visit for ideas and inspiration. At any one time there are 12 designers and each month two new members join as two who have competed their 6 month term retire. Joining me this month as a new member is the fabulous Julie Masse!

Well I'm going to have to go and sit down with a cup of tea - my legs are shaking! However, I'd love it if you called by to see this month's Dirty Dozen gallery.

Glittery dies

Flying in here today. All three children are currently swimming but I need to go and collect one in 5 minutes! So my progress towards Christmas preparedness is slow but sure. As the children of our extended family get older, gifts of money and vouchers become more prominent so I made a glittery pillow box to contain a Christmas bonus for my niece.

Supplies: Stamps - Little Inker Desings sentiment flags; Inks - Versamark; Card - Stampin' Up baja breeze, soft suede, Papertrey Ink vellum;  Paper - Bo Bunny snowfall blizzard; Dies - Little Inker Designs sentiment flag, Spellbinders layerd poinsettia, Stampin' Up pillow box; Stampendous stamp n bond; Glamour Dust crystal,;Stampin' Up rhinestone; Twine - The Twinery; Stickles glitter

I cut the poinsettia layers from vellum and then added Stickles to the raised veins and a rhinestone to finish it off. I cut two LID sentiment flags in toning card and stamped a fine border in Versamark, adding stamp n bond and finally glitter. I think it adds such a lovely sparkly touch. On the back of one flag I wrote who it was to and signed the back of the other.

Phew, think that's everything. Got to dash. Have a lovely weekend!

lil' inker designs blog hop day 4

This is my second post today; please scroll down to see my CASE study card.

Here we are today as part of the Lil' Inker Designs Holiday Release Blog Hop. Hopefully you've come from Jen's blog and if so you are on the right track. If not, make sure you start at the beginning at Laura's blog where you can also find out about the prizes on offer this week.

Here's the graphics for today's sneak peek

Fabulous, cute font with die cuts to match. When using the bell as a letter 'o' the die cuts can make the words 'joy' and 'jolly'. Oh and that bell! I loved it when Sarah said it was the perfect bell - silent and relatively flat for easy postage!

Unfortunately I still don't have any projects to show you due to the delayed parcel, but that will be rectified shortly. Hopefully next week I will have abundant LID projects to share! In the meantime, let me leave you with thoughts of using the J upside down as a candy cane and die cut letters paired with holly and bells

Now it's time to hop off to Emily's blog where there is a stunning project to show you!

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Welcome to another week with CASE study! We have the absolutely wonderful Kryssi Ng as our muse this month and this stunning card from her to inspire us this week.

I was blown away by this card - a subtle background allowing centre stage for colour and dimension in the acorns. Perfect! I rotated the layout by 90 degrees, kept the neutral background and used the panel across the card front to hang a Christmas ornament.

Supplies: Stamps - Stampin' Up tags til Christmas, Papertrey Ink signature Christmas; Ink - Colorbox cranberry, Versacolor pinecone; Card - Stampin' Up old olive, sahara sand, Papertrey Ink vintage cream; Jewel - Stampin Up; Twine - Stampin' Up; Punches - Stampin' Up ornament

I really love that Colorbox cranberry ink - it really gives a pop of colour and stamps so crisply. And that ornament is proving to be a favourite of mine this year.

This was a quick and easy card to produce, so I did a few of them!

Pop by the rest of the DT and see how Kryssi inspired them:

Chupa (owner)
Amy
Andrea
Clare
Cristina
Debby - that's me!
Jean
Julie - taking a break
Teneale
Teresa

lil' inker designs blog hop day 2

Well  helloooo! I'm so glad you've joined me here today as part of the Lil' Inker Designs Holiday Release Blog Hop. Hopefully you've come here from Julie's blog and if so you are on the right track. If not, make sure you start at the beginning at Laura's blog where you can also find out about the prizes on offer this week.

Here's the graphics for today's sneak peek

Now I know you are waiting to see some cards, but I'm afraid that the above pictures are the only ones you are going to see from me today as unfortunately my parcel of stamps and dies seems to have gone missing somewhere over the Atlantic :(

This is torture! I have so many ideas buzzing around in my head - little sprigs of holly at top bells and baubles, holly wreaths, clusters of trees some of which would be popped up ..... I could go on and on! Oh and those sentiments; I love the playful font and cute sayings. Hopefully when I get my parcel I will have a special post or two packed with LID. In the meantime it's time to hop off to Teresa's blog where hopefully she got her supplies and has gorgeous projects to show you!