Christmas Wishes

I have another fun card for you and since it's still winter out it might not seem too bad.  Yes, it's another Christmas card, but it could be a winter birthday or thinking of you card too. :)  I made this card for the next 'Tis the Season challenge and this week it's a sketch challenge.  

You need to check out all the other cards made using this sketch HERE at 'Tis the Season.  They are all so different, but so fun!!  Play along with us too if you get that chance.  You'll be glad you did when you have your Christmas stash finished in plenty of time to send them out for Christmas.  Trust me...that's what I did and it was wonderful! :)

Believe it or not I really did incorporate the sketch on my card.  After I stamped the tree from the set Sheltering Tree I used the group of snowflakes from the set Holiday Home and stamped those before the rest of the snowflakes using a stamp from the set Gorgeous Grunge.  The snowflakes and tree are all stamped with VersaMark and embossed with White Stampin' Emboss powder.  Then I brayered over the embossed images first in Coastal Cabana, then Island Indigo, next Pacific Point and finally Night of Navy.  I spritzed it all with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz (mixed with rubbing alcohol) to give it a shimmer effect and it cleans all the ink of the parts of the card that were embossed in white.  The last thing I stamped was "Christmas" using Night of Navy on the bottom of the brayered sheet, then embossed more snowflakes and "wishes" on the bottom of a piece of Night of Navy.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Supplies used on this card:

retired snowflake embossing folder

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Walk in the Wild Christmas

Hi everyone...ready for another Christmas card?  I know, it's been a few weeks since Christmas, but here at Tis the Season we're creating Christmas cards all year long!  Today's challenge was a hard one for me!  I just wasn't sure what to make and finally decided the closest thing I had to a deer was a moose.  Now to make that into a Christmas card! lol  I decided to put the moose out by the moonlight and to be safely inside while looking at him through the window.  Not the perfect window, but I wanted to get the "wooden" look since that was a part of the Inspiration Photo Challenge.  It was definitely a good challenge and I love the way my card turned out.  Now I know the hunters in the family will be getting this card for Christmas, although it would make a great masculine birthday card too. :)

Now on to the inspiration photo challenge.  Don't forget to visit us HERE to play along and check out what the other designers created.  Lots of different great ideas. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets: Walk in the Wild, Hardwood & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Island Indigo, Night of Navy  & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pacific Point, Island Indigo,

 Night of Navy & Basic Black (to color in moose).

StazOn:  Black

Punches:  1 3/8" Square (retired), Decorative Label,

Modern Label, 1" Circle & Small Oval

Candy Dots:  Regals

Brayer

Warm Wishes

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  I did, and now it's time to start on my Christmas cards again for 'Tis the Season.  This week it's a sketch challenge, and I have to say this card is a little different than I normally do.  I kind of like the black background with the snowflakes on it though.  Make sure you check out what the other designers made HERE and play along so you get a head start on next year's cards too.  I have to say I was cramming at the last minute this year to get the last step on my cards done, get them written in and addressed...and it won't be happening next year!  I almost didn't get them sent out.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Set:  Snow Day

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Bermuda Bay & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Bermuda Bay, Basic Black,

Real Red & Tangerine Tange

Carft Stampin' Pad:  Whisper White

VersaMark

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  Clear

Embossing Folder:  Decorative Dots 

Ribbon:  3/8" Tafetta in Whisper White

Winter Wonder

Today's card is something I've wanted to make since Christmas Day.  I looked out the front window and the sky in the distance was a dark blue just above the tree line and the farther up you looked the lighter the sky got.  I snapped a few pictures of it, but neither my pics or this card does it justice!  It was so cool to see!  I know a lot of you don't like the cold and snow, but I have to admit I do. :)  My thought is if it's going to be cold it might as well be cold with snow instead of cold with rain and mud.  

The design for this week's card is from Try Stampin' on Tuesday, so don't forget to check all of the other ladies cards HERE.  I'll admit I fudged a little on the bottom part of this week's design, but I just didn't think the circles went with the scene I created, so I went with the "skid marks" from Gorgeous Grunge instead. lol  The twist is Sparkle it Up, which I did do, it's just hard to tell.  I spritzed it with smooch spritz that's mixed with rubbing alcohol.  I guess you can see just a bit of it if you look for it.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree, Gorgeous Grunge & Sassy Salutations

Card Stock:  Marina Mist, Smoky Slate & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Smoky Slate, Basic Gray,

Marina Mist & Island Indigo

Craft Pad:  Whisper White

Stampin' Emboss Powder:  White

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges & Brayer

Merry Snow Day

Just a quick post today since I haven't been able to stamp as much lately.  I managed to do something to my back and just when I think it's getting better it gets the best of me again!  Hopefully I'll be back to normal soon. :)  I used the sketch challenge from Try Stampin' on Tuesday #147, but rotated it.  I also used the colors from the Color Throwdown challenge #272.  Of course it's closed now, but I wasn't going to come up with another idea. lol  

Thanks for looking and have a good day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Snow Day, Festive Flurry & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Wisteria Wonder & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, 

Smoky Slate & Pumpkin Pie (he had to have an orange nose!)

VersaMark & VersaMarker

Framelits:  Festive Flurry

Punch:  Word Window

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots & Delicate Designs

Brayer & Sponges

Festive Flurry Snowflakes

Today's cards are the last cards I made for my December stamp a stack.  I wanted something simple for the ladies to make and this was pretty simple. :)  Plus they needed to be cards that could be Christmas or winter.  I made these two samples to be birthday and thank you cards.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Festive Flurry, Perfectly Penned & Simply Sketched

Card Stock:  Wisteria Wonder & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Wisteria Wonder

Framelits:  Festive Flurry

Jewels:  Basic Pearls - Large

Elegant Evergreen

Hello, Everyone!  Today's card is another pretty clean and simple card using this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch challenge #146, and the twist is to use gold on your card.  This was a nice and simple sketch that you can do so much with.  Check out all the other great cards the designers made for this week's challenge HERE.

Since I didn't have enough champagne glimmer paper for all of my stamp a stack cards I had to make a few with the silver glimmer paper.  What do you like better?  My husband and I don't agree! lol

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Sara

Stamp Sets:  Evergreen & Simply Sketched

Card Stock:  Naturals White

Glimmer Paper:  Champagne

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Pool Party

Embossing Folder:  Delicate Designs

Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Pool Party

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges