Merry Monday Simple Sketch

Pin It Now! Happy Easter Monday to you! I hope your Easter festivities were bright & wonderful. It rained here for much of the day, sun popping in & out occasionally. But still a fabulous day!

I'm dropping by for a couple quick CAS Christmas cards. Merry Monday has provided an interesting sketch this week, with banner ends going up. Oh, how tempted I was to flip the sketch! But this is a challenge, no?

The first card follows the sketch to a T. The horizontal stripe is an embossed row of snowflakes, and the three banners are strips from Festival Of Prints & First Edition. I rolled the edges to reveal a little of the print on the reverse. A few punches and linen thread wrap to pull them all together.

My second card was just a result of leftover parts. The white CS that I decided to switch out, and lace tape & twine that was also sitting in my castoff bowl. I love scraps! They make my crafting spontaneous & I like this card just as much :)

Hope you have a nice week, that brings you a little sunshine & some spring flowers!

SUPPLY LIST:
Stamps: Mixed Medley Hostess, More Merry Messages
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Paper: Festival of Prints(2012 Christmas Mini), Champagne Glimmer, Whisper White, Very Vanilla
Everything Else: linen thread, rhinestones, Delicate Designs embossing folder, 1-14" Scallop Circle punch, Snowflake punch (Martha Stewart), Holiday Ornaments Framelits, Lace Tape, White Bakers Twine

Thanks with Flower Power!

Pin It Now! A color challenge always tries my patience, unless it's pink and green. So I guess it's a blessing in disguise that I should have a color challenge to participate in at least once a month!  This week (or 2) at Hand Stamped Sentiments invites us to use some juicy, bright colors...and here's my take.

Raspberry Ripple, Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight, and a neutral of your choosing.  I used Crumb Cake, of course!

So, I punched a panel of Crumb Cake with the Blossom Punch and 1" circle punch, and stamped onto a Very Vanilla panel underneath it.  Easy enough to do, you just lay the punched panel over the vanilla, lightly trace your shape with a pencil, and use the Stampamajig to stamp the flowers.  Then pop up with dimensionals to give it a neat shadowbox look!  (I have to admit I threw the first panel away because I couldn't get the stamp lined up in the right direction.  Oops!)

The thank-you sentiment (Petite Pairs) is stamped on a small strip from Tea for Two (Spring Mini) and tucked into the top flower.  I punched it at the end with the Bitty Punch flower and placed the coordinating Bitty Button onto with a dab of Crystal Effects.  I like that it mimics the larger punches.  A few rhinestones and a border of piercing, and it's all ready to go!

Will you take the challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments this week?  Show me what you do with these springtime colors!  Click below to visit us!

SUPPLY LIST:
STAMPS:  Mixed Bunch, Petite Pairs
INK:  Raspberry Ripple, Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze, Black Staz On
PAPER: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Tea For Two, Print Poetry Designer Stack (Spring mini 2013)
EMBELLISHMENTS:  Rhinestones, White Baker's Twine, Bitty Buttons, Piercing Pack,
PUNCHES: Blossom Punch, 1" circle

Quick gift tag / bookmark idea! Mixed Medley

Pin It Now! I put together thank yous for my latest workshop orders, and decided I couldn't live another moment without making something from the new Hostess Set, Mixed Medley - it's a fabulous variety of circles and scalloped circles, that you can layer and punch!

I made a bunch of gift tags / bookmarks / package toppers with the Merry Christmas sentiment and the snowflake image...

 Really cute, and oh, so easy!

 Two Tags Die
*NEW* Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder
Champagne Glimmer paper 1-3/8" circle punched
Snowflake image from Mixed Medley punched with *NEW* 1-1/4" scallop circle punch
Merry Christmas image stamped with 3/4" circle punch, sponged edges. Cherry Cobbler ink.
Tiny Champagne Glimmer punched circles using Owl Builder Punch.
Hole punch at the top and add choice of ribbon.

I used Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, and Soft Suede. I think I like the Soft Suede best, surprisingly enough.  Very soft and chic :)

Here are all the images included in this set, Mixed Medley #128057.

I can't wait to make some Halloween treats with this!

Interested in this set? You can shop online anytime! www.erikaclark.stampinup.net.