Soft Snow

I have some Flower Soft creations for you today! I specifically used the Polar White Flower Soft, which I LOVE! It adds such a nice detail to "snowy" cards.


This first card uses the Cute Christmas Festive Teddies Toppers as well as the Cute Christmas Die Cut Sentiments. What I love most about these toppers is that they come with die cut layers, so you can layer different parts of the original image to give dimension. Here is a closeup so you can see how the bears are layered and the music in the one bear's hand is layered again. It adds so much dimension to the card. . .like you could just walk into the scene!


The second card is very simple and uses lots of dry embossing. The background is embossed using the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. The focal image is from the Christmas Set of embossing folders from Sizzix. The scene is a little snow village. I embossed the image, then cut it out. I attached it to the card and lined the edges with Polar White Flower Soft. It kind of made me think of windows when it's snowing and how the snow collects in the edges of the window.


Hope you're having a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Cute Christmas Toppers (Flower Soft); Pure Poppy (PTI), Soft Sky (SU); Polar White Flower Soft, Christmas Embossing set (Sizzix), Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder (Provocraft); Finished cards measure 5.5"x 4.25"

Christmas JustRite

Here are a couple of super simple, but elegant cards just for Christmas. If you're like me, your Christmas card list is pretty long, so you can't spend tons of time on each card. Using some of my JustRite Christmas sets has made that possible.

For this first card, I used the Christmas Joy set from JustRite Stampers. I paired it up with some metallic paper and a Sizzix snowflake embossing folder to keep it simple, but pretty.

For my second card, I used the A Merry Little Christmas set, also paired with some embossing. I used the Lace Tree Cuttlebug folder for this one. It makes a great background image to be paired with a sentiment.

You can find both of these JustRite sets at Stamper's Dream, along with lots of other JustRite products! Keep your Christmas cards quick and simple! Thanks for stopping by. Hope you're having a great weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- A Merry Little Christmas, Christmas Joy (JustRite Stampers); Ink- Versamark, Onyx Black (Versafine), Plum Pudding (PTI); Paper- Metallic Stack (DCWV), white (Georgia-Pacific); Accessories- circle and scallop circle punches (Marvy Uchida), Plain and Scallop Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (Darice), Snowflake embossing folder (Sizzix), Lace Tree Cuttebug folder (Provocraft); Finished cards measure 5.5"x 4.25"

Weekend Sketch Challenge #99

It's Friday and time for another Weekend Sketch Challenge! If you play along (and we hope you will), please use WSC99 in the keyword section if you upload to SCS.

For my card today, I used Spook-tacular from Our Craft Lounge. I thought this cat would be cute in the "moon" shape within the sketch. I paper pieced the hat to match the background of the card.

Be sure to check out what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Lori and Sharon have created using this sketch. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Spook-tacular (Our Craft Lounge); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine); Paper- Eerie (Basic Grey), Basic Black (SU), Intense Kiwi (Prism); Accessories- circle and scallop circle punches (Marvy-Uchida), paper piercer; Finished card measures 6"x3"

New Verve!

Here are some cards I created using sets from the newest Verve release.

This first card uses the newest in the Plain Jane line, 1Chronicles 16:34. I used some Early Bird patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket. The layout is pretty simple adding only Dew Drops and ribbon for embellishment.









The second card uses the set Starstruck along with some My Mind's Eye paper and a punched out star as the focal point. This card uses Fall To Layout #59.



I just LOVE this next set, You Rock. I find myself using this sentiment quite often, so sending cards like this out is something I would do a lot!


A card just wouldn't be MY card if it had tons of layers! LOL This card, using Harvest Blessings is my favorite kind of card. . .clean, simple, no layers, a little paper piercing, ribbon and embossing! I LOVE using an embossed frame to give simple cards a little pizzaz.

Head on over to Verve Stamps to take advantage of the Autumn Sale and the New Release Bundle! Sale prices are good through September 30th while supplies last!

Paper Pretties Sneak Peek

On Thursday, October 1st at 8pm Eastern, Paper Pretties will be having their next Prettie Pajama Party and will be releasing 9 new images and revealing the next Stamp of the Month! Here's a peek of one of the new stamp sets called Birthday Lamb. Isn't it adorable? I think the image is sweet as can be.

We'd LOVE for you to join us at the release party on October 1st! You can find us in the Paper Pretties forum starting at 8pm Eastern on October 1st. If you'd like to see a couple more sneak peeks, visit Christie and Danielle today! There will be peeks of all the different sets from all of the Prettie Girls up until the release, so make sure you hop around in the next week! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Birthday Lamb (Paper Pretties); Paper- Lemon Tart (PTI); Accessories- Copic markers, Scor-Pal, Plain and Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Lemon Tart ribbon (PTI); Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Naughty or Nice?

I just LOVED the Fall To Layout #60 and thought this pair of legs from the Punchy Potions set from Taylored Expressions would work perfectly! I used a sentiment from the A Year of Sweet Sentiments set. I added some Stardust Stickles to the skirt and used an EK Success border punch along the bottom.

Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Punchy Potions, A Year of Sweet Sentiments (Taylored Expressions); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Paper- Halloween Key Ingredients (Taylored Expressions); Accessories- Copic markers, border punch (EK Success), Stardust Stickles, corner rounder; Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Prettie Wednesday

Today, the Prettie Girls are posting Christie's challenge to use fun foam! The hop starts with Christie, so head on over there if you didn't start there. I don't think I've ever used fun foam on a card. I've made fun foam projects with the kids, but it's never translated to cardmaking until now! LOL You may be wondering WHERE on my card is the fun foam. Well, I ran it through my Cuttlebug with a Long Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities die. . .so it's the scalloped matte for the focal image. The fun foam works REALLY well with Nestabilities dies. It also adds some dimension to the card! Very cool. I may have to use this a little more. I've got a whole package left from when I did a frame project with Savannah. For this card, I used the Trim the Tree set and a sentiment from Snowflake Kisses. We'd LOVE to see what YOU create using fun foam! We'll pick a winner next Tuesday.

How to Enter: make a card using fun foam and any Paper Pretties stamp set(s) you have. Upload the card to the Paper Pretties gallery. Please include it in the Weekly Challenges album and use keyword PWC70. Your next stop on the hop is over to see Jana!

Are you ready for another Paper Pretties release? Well, it's happening next Thursday, October 1st in the Paper Pretties forums! There are quite a few new sets coming that are just ADORABLE! Sneak peeks start tomorrow on a couple of Prettie Girl blogs and will continue until the release, so stayed tuned! Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Trim the Tree, Snowflake Kisses (Paper Pretties); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Paper- Dovecraft; Accessories- Copic markers, fun foam, Long Rectangle Scallop Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Certainly Celery grosgrain (SU), flower button; Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Lift Your Spirits

Here's a cute little image and sentiment that are perfect for making someone smile. This is the Rocco Reach cling stamp by Stampendous. Isn't he a cute little raccoon? I used some paper from the Indian Summer Fall Stack for my card. I colored Rocco in with Copic markers. I added some paper piercing and faux stitching along with some Chocolate Chip grosgrain.

You can find this stamp at Stamper's Dream! Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Rocco Reach (Stampendous); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Paper- Indian Summer Fall Stack (DCWV), Dark Chocolate (PTI); Accessories- Choc. Chip grosgrain (SU), corner rounder, paper piercer, Choc. Chip marker, Copic markers; Finished card measures 5.5"x4.25"

Come Stamp With Me!

Have you signed up for Stamping Around Philly yet? I would LOVE to see you there! You can read all about the gorgeous location HERE and you can read about the teachers HERE! I will be teaching a Taylored Expressions class there on the November 6-7 weekend and can’t wait to meet you! They have some really great teachers lined up that I'm very excited to meet! I can't wait to see my sweet friend Julie Masse again and meet her new little baby! I'll be bringing Isabelle with me as well and she's very excited to meet you too! :) Hope you can make it!

September 20th Key Ingredients

Another Key Ingredients kit is available at Taylored Expressions today! Half of the Baker's Dozen has some wonderful eye candy to show off the September 20th Key Ingredients! Taylor challenged us to be inspired by the name of the patterned paper. . .Kitchen Spice, and the only required element was to use distressing.

I decided to create a recipe book and jumbo paperclip magnet. For the recipe book, I used some index cards, chipboard and my Bind It All. I covered the chipboard with the papers and punched the different pieces (covers and inner pages) using my Bind It All. Remember those Orange Glittered Alpha Chipboard that the Baker's Dozen used during the last release as part of the Halloween Bundles? Well, I covered mine using Jumbo Java VersaMagic ink and clear embossing powder. It worked out really well because it gives them a distressed look since a tiny bit of the orange still peeks through.

The jumbo paperclip simply has a big round magnet attached to the back. It's perfect for holding recipes that you may have clipped out of a magazine, or even for reminders for the day (like I use it).

In case you didn't know, Taylored Expressions is now offering a monthly charge program. So instead of paying for all 3 or 6 months upfront, you will be charged on the 15th of each month of your subscription. The 6 month subscription breaks down to just $14.95 a month plus shipping! That is a fantastic value for all you get in the package! I have to say, if I'm at a loss as to how to start a card when it comes to colors, I always reach for my Key Ingredients kits because all of the coordinating products are right there. . .no thinking involved! I know if you try them, you'll LOVE them! :)

Be sure to see what the rest of the Baker's Dozen has to show you today!

Donna Baker

Jodi Collins

Laura Fredrickson

Karen Giron

Sharon Harnist

Taylor VanBruggen

Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Sweets for the Sweet (Paper Pretties); Ink- Burnt Umber (Palette), Crushed Curry (SU), Jumbo Java (VersaMagic); Paper- September 20th Key Ingredients Kit (Taylored Expressions); Accessories- Glittered Orange Alpha Chipboard, ribbon from KI (Taylored Expressions), jumbo paperclip