Purple and Silver Christmas Card

Here is the second card I made for the design team call at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. Their challenge was a color challenge: purple, silver, and white. I used the sketch from RetroSketches, rotated.

 

I used the Artiste Cricut cartridge for the fancy square in the middle. This is the first time I used the glitter paper from the Whooo's your Valentine kit. It's so cool! The ornament was sponged with petal ink, the top embossed with silver embossing powder, and then overlayed with a second layer that I dotted with silver Glitz.

Materials used:

Cardstock: White Daisy, Petal, Silver Glitter paper

Stamps: Holiday Magic

Ink: Versa Mark, Petal

Other: Silver Embossing Powder, Silver Glitz Glitter Gel, Dimensional Elements Ornaments, Artiste Cricut cartridge, lace (not CTMH)

Color Dare #25

Here are the cards I made for Color My Heart Color Dare #25 - Ruby and Indian Corn Blue:

 

I made 3 Valentine cards, although I started out just cutting images in random colors on Artiste, not knowing what I would do with them. This one is inspired by the CASE Study card:

 

Here is the inside:

 

This is one of Artiste's fun "wrapper cards:"

 

When you take off the wrapper. I love how it Providentially worked out that the size I cut the card at is the same size as the Seal-Love stamp I wanted to use:

 

Here is the inside of the "wrapper" card. It says: "is patient, love is kind."

 

And lastly, the pop-up card. I made this one with my hubby in mind:

 

He likes the pop-up cards:

 

Here's an angled view of the inside:

 

So there you go! I hope you enjoyed this "taste of Artiste." If you HAVE to have this Cricut cartridge, head over to my website: sarahstone.ctmh.com.

 

Materials used:

Cardstock: White Daisy, Indian Corn Blue, Ruby

Stamps: Card Chatter - Love, Seal - Love, Say It In Style

Ink: Ruby, Indian Corn Blue

Embellishments: Shimmer Trim, Blue Sparkles

Simple Shabby Birthday Card

Okay, so I know I said I was going to go do some scrapbooking, but I couldn't resist one more card! This one is for a very elegant Shabby Tea Room challenge, The Pink Elephant (celebrate), and the sketch is the Sweet Sunday Sketch by Karen Giron.

The Shabby Tea Room challenge is to use the colors from the picture, to use a ribbon/bow, and put a flower on it.

 

Materials used:

B&Ts: Magnifique

Cardstock: Colonial White

Stamps: Piece of Cake

Ink: Tuxedo Black (not CTMH), Chocolate Distressing Ink

Markers: Sky, Honey

Other: Bouquet Assortment, Colonial White Ribbon, lace (not CTMH)

Christmas Snow Card

I really want to get some scrapbooking done today, but I wanted to make a Christmas card first. This one is for Mojo Monday, Merry Monday, and Heart2Heart (snow).

 

This card turned out a little busier than I expected, but it's not bad. It is all level 2, which means no stamping. Here are the challenges:

Materials used:

B&Ts: Magnifique

Cardstock: Colonial White, Pacifica

My Stickease: Magnifique

Other: Mistletoe Level 2 Assortment, Red Glitter Gems

Christmas already?

52 Christmas Card Throwdown is having a design team call and if there is any challenge blog that I want to be a part of, it's that one. Ever since I found it 2 months ago, I have just adored it! To make all my Christmas cards throughout the year would just be wonderful. So the requirements are to participate in each challenge through January. Here's my first one:

 

The challenge for Less is More is to make a card in black and white and use a splash of color. I used Cranberry. This is the 52 CCT sketch:

 

Materials used:

Cardstock: Black, White Daisy

Stamps: Very Merry Christmas

Ink: Tuxedo Black (not CTMH)

Other: Cranberry Grosgrain Ribbon, Red Glitter Gems, Cricut Artiste Collection, and I got to use my NEW Cuttlebug!

Neutrals and Deconstructed Sketch

I made this card for the Neutrals challenge at Color My Heart. The sketch is from DeconstructingJen.

 

Materials used:

Cardstock: Cocoa, Chocolate, Bamboo

Stamps: Thoughtful Tidings

Ink: VersaMark

Other: Gold Embossing Powder, Kraft Borders, Chocolate Ribbon

 

I finally got to use my NEW Cuttlebug which my parents got me for my birthday (which is tomorrow)! I just used the folder that came with it. I like it, but I'm going to have to go on a shopping spree soon!

2013 Calendar

Happy New Year everybody! I had some free time yesterday, so I spent it making this calendar. For the top part, I used Workshop on the Go layouts that I had made last year and hadn't used yet, including Scholastic, Lucy, Elemental, Florentine, Pemberly, Avonlea, and Superhero. The stamping of the calendar was the fun part. Enjoy!

January - Crystal Blue

February - Ruby

March - Topiary

April - Sorbet

May - Gypsy

June - Sunset

July - Honey

August - Lagoon

September - Goldrush

October - Twilight

November - Autumn Terracotta

December - Cranberry

Stamp Sets used: Pair-a-Phrase, Cocktail Alphabet, Jubilation, Year Round Cheer, Capture the Date.
I'm going to enter this into the Simon Says "New Something" challenge, for a new year and a new calendar (plus I broke out 2 new sotm sets that I hadn't used yet!).