Sweet Love

Hey there,  I am here today to share card #3 in my Crafter's Companion Valentine series.

Here are the Crafter's Companion products used:

CC Mulberry Wood—Sweet Love 

SN Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock

Coastal Pearl Shimmering Cardstock

SN Markers: BT1, BT3, CG1, CG2, DR3, DR5, DR6, DR7, IB1, IG1, IG2, TN1, TN2, TN3, TN7, Blender

CC Die’sire Circle Doilies Die Set

Embossilicious 8 x 8 Rose Garden Folder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Be sure to check back next week for card #4 in the series.

RI WIW Designers Choice Challenge--Think Snow

Hey there friends!  This week on The House That Stamps Built blog is a Designers Choice Challenge and it is my turn to pick the challenge so I decided the theme would be:

Think Snow

 

Shaker cards are all the rage right now and I have been busy making them left and right.

I stamped this adorable Repeat Impressions Joyful Rabbit #203-P in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with just a few markers.  A little pink for the ears, a touch of gray for the bunny and some light aqua for the falling snow.

I stamped the RI Wishing You a Season #424-G in black ink and cut it out with an oval die and then mounted it to a red oval die cut.  

The top panel was embossed with a snowflake/dot folder and then I went over the dots and snowflakes with a Clear Wink of Stella Brush pen.  You can see it, but this card is so shimmery.  I used some sequins and a wee bit of snow for the inside of the shaker.

Be sure to check out my fellow Rock Star's blogs for some more 

Think Snow fun.

Cheri 

Joy 

Deonna 

Karen  

Geri

Patti J

Melissa (you are here)

We would love to have you play along with the sketch challenge as well, head on over to TheHouse That Stamps Built for all of the details.  Wendy will be giving away an awesome prize to one lucky person who plays along :)

Don't forget, if you are itching to do a little Repeat Impressions' shopping, you will find a 10% off discount code in my right sidebar.  Don't forget to use it!

Winter Wonderland

Happy Friday morning y'all!

We are getting some much needed rain here in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range and that means snow in the hills when the temps drop!

This is what I imagine Yosemite National Park is looking like today, snow capped and beautiful!

I wish you could see all of the glitter on this card, it is so pretty in person.  

Here are the fun Crafter's Companion products used:

CC Art Kure—Half Dome 

SN Premium White Cardstock

CC Embossalicious Christmas Elegance 6 x 6 Folder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

I also used the following:

Black cardstock, Echo Park Snowflake dies, Silver cording, Elizabeth Craft Designs Warm Diamond Glitter, and a black gem.

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Farewell Blog Hop

This is my second post today, please scroll down to find my Repeat Impressions post

It is time to say goodbye to the end of another era....the era of Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine.

You should have arrived at my blog from Chunyuan Wu's blog, but if you didn't you can  click the Inlinks link below to start from the beginning.

I am not going to go on and on as we all know that Paper Crafts has done so much for the rubberstamping/papercrafting community, industry and its designers. 

You will be missed by many.

To say THANK YOU I have created a few cards from quick and easy to lots of layers to share my GRATITUDE for the fine folks at Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine.

Now, on with the show:

Products used:
Stamps:  Reverse Confetti
Ink:  Memento Teal Zeal
Cardstock:  Bazzill, Neenah
Extras:  Ribbon, Glitter Glue

Products used:

Images:  Silhouette Cut Files

Cardstocks:  Neenah, Bazzill
Extras:  Crafter's Companion Chevron Embossalicious 6 x 6 Folder, Cuttlebug Dots Embossing Folder, Glitter Glue, Glossy Accents

Products used:
Stamps:  Crafter's Companion Barkley Everyday--Special Friend
Cardstocks:  Bazzill, Spectrum Noir Premium White Cardstock, Stash
Coloring:  Spectrum Noir Markers: BG1, BG2, BG3, BG4, CR8, DG2, EB3,GB1, IB1, PP1, TB2, TB4, TN7
Extras:  Twine, Flowers, Wink of Stella, Glossy Accents

I hope you have enjoyed my creations, now I am going to send you on to Annette Allen's blog.

Magical Star

 Whew, Thanksgiving is behind us and recovery has begun!  

Today I am sharing a card that could be a Winter or Christmas themed card.

Crafter's Companion products used:

Crafter's Companion Moonbeam Meadow Magical Star

Spectrum Noir Premium White Cardstock

Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock Coastal Pearl

Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock Sky Blue

Embossalicious Christmas Elegance 6 x 6

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Spectrum Noir Markers:  BT2, BT4, CR2, CT4, GB1, GT1, IG1, TB2, TB3

Half Dome Memories

What can I say, I love this stamp so much!  With Yosemite National Park nearly in my back yard, it is easy to see why I love this image so much.  

You can find this image and a few other Yosemite images at Crafter's Companion.

I so wished you could see the sparkle on the trees from the green glitter glue.  This card is so pretty, I just love the way it turned out.  I used this sentiment because I thought it was perfect with the majestic image of Half Dome.

You could easily add a Christmas or Winter sentiment and a little snow here and there too and get a completely different look.

Here are the Crafter's Companion products used:

Crafter's Companion Art Kure-Half Dome
Crafter's Companion Sentimentals-Verses
Spectrum Noir Premium White Cardstock

Memento Olive Grove Ink
Embossilicious Lattice 6 x 6 Folder
Lime Green Stickles

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a great weekend!

Big News!

Big, big news today!

I am thrilled to tell you that I have joined the Crafter's Companion International Inspiration Design Team.  Click HERE to meet the rest of my CCIIDT members.  They are such a talented bunch, I know you will love their designs.

Now, how about a little share...

I created this card using the following Crafter's Companion products:

Moonbeam Meadow Cling Mount Stamp Set-Time Out

Spectrum Noir Markers: BGR1, BT1, BT9, CG2, DG2, DG4, DR1, DR5, EB1, EB2, EB3, GB4, GB7, GB8, GB9, IB1,LY1 

Christmas Elegance Embossilicious Folder

Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa and Dandelion

Here is a tip for you:

When your embossing folders have more than one pattern (especially theme specific), think about how you can use the folder to isolate just a portion of the pattern as I have done above.  The Christmas Elegance Embossilicious folder has snowflakes on one end and these great dots on the other end, so I just used the dot end allowing for a broader use of the folder.  You gotta love that!