Deck the Halls - Always Playing with Paper

The idea behind the Merry Monday challenge here  is to get a head start on Christmas cards as every Monday year round you make a Christmas card.  I'm well on my way since I started in July, but I can always use a few more.

 

As you can see I made a few modifications to the sketch, making the sentiment area a bit smaller to accommodate the stamp I wanted to use.

I started by stamping the image of the hanging Christmas ornaments with Gumball Green onto Whisper White card stock.  This was mounted on silver glimmer paper which I extended on the left side to make it look like a panel.  A strip of designer paper was attached next to it.

The sentiment was colored with red, brown, and gumball green markers and stamped on Whisper White.  It was die cut using the Labels framelit.

After the card was complete, some dazzling details was applied to the ornaments and allowed to dry.

Stamp:  Merry & Type

Inks: Gumball Green, markers  (Gumball Green, Real Red, Chocolate Chip)

Papers: Real Red, Whisper White, Silver Glitter, Snow Festival Designer Paper

Accessories: Labels framelit, Dazzling details, dimensionals

Dec. 25 Merry & Bright - Pal Paper Arts #143

The challenge with Pal Paper Arts here is to make a clean and simple card using the sketch provided.

Looking back on my card, I think I fussed a little too much.  Is it clean and simple?  Clean and simple cards are difficult for me to make - preferring more complex cards.  But I gave it a good try.

Technique:
The Cherry Cobbler card base is layered with Very Vanilla and then designer paper from the Merry Moments Scrappin' Kit.
The focal image was stamped with Cherry cobbler ink. The ornament on the top left had Cherry cobbler dazzling details applied to the markings; the middle ornament dazzling diamonds, and the bottom one I paper pieced some champagne glitter paper.
The sentiment was stamped twice - once in cherry cobbler, and once in Early Espresso. The Early Espresso one was punched with the 1 3/8" circle die.
 I then cut out the cherry cobbler "25" and using dimensionals placed it on top of the Early Espresso one. 
A strip of champagne glitter paper was attached beside the image panel.

Stamp: Merry & Type
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso
Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Champagne glitter, Very Vanilla, whisper White, designer paper from Merry Moments scrapping' kit
Accessories: 1 3/8" circle punch, Cherry cobbler dazzling details, dazzling diamonds, stampin dimensionals

Holiday Ornament

After several experiments I finally got to make the ornament featured on the front of the Holiday catalogue, thanks this video tutorial here

Supplies Used:
Stamps:Ornament Keepsakes, Merry & Type
Inks: Old Olive, Real Red
Papers: Very Vanilla, Candlelight Christmas designer paper
Accessories: Holiday Ornament framelits, Designer Rosette die, 1 3/4" circle punch, Tulle ribbon, Linen thread, Dazzling diamonds, Vintage faceted button, Large pearl, glue gun, tombo glue, two way glut pen, small hole punch, White Baker's twine, 2 1/2" circle punch

Deck the Halls - Sketch Frenzy Friday

It's Friday and time for another mini blog hop with SFF. It's also Remembrance Day in Canada, and for some it's a holiday.  So Happy Remembrance Day/Veterans Day in the USA.
This week I though I would try a different technique- one that was written up in this month's Success Magazine (November 2011) - "Double the embossing 'wow'" The article talked about using emboss resist on designer paper, but I did a twist on that - I just embossed on the designer paper using white embossing powder.
This week's sketch is by Angela Waters

Stamp: Merry & Type
Inks: Early Espresso
Paper: Base is Early Espresso.  The next layer is Riding Hood Red, followed by Letters to Santa designer Paper.  This paper was embossed with the image from the stamp set - in white embossing powder.  Other papers:  Whisper White, Old Olive,
Accessories: Scallop Square duo die, Scallop border punch, Scallop dotted Old Olive ribbon, Riding Hood Red button, mini jingle bells, glue dots, stampin dimensionals.

Below is a picture showing the embossing on the designer paper.

Below is a close up of the embellishment:

 
Now I'm anxious to see how you interpreted the sketch.  Once you have finished your project upload it to the Sketch Frenzy homepage here 
Then head over to Patrice's blog here
Also, hop on over to the blogs of the other team members.  You should see a lot of creatitvity.  The names and blog addresses are in the sidebar of this blog.
Enjoy your self and I'll see you next week.