As You See It 163 - Design Team Card

This week, there's a new sketch on offer at As You See It. 

I'll admit that to begin with, those little banners had me a bit flummoxed. I've been running some extra Christmas card classes lately and I had out Holly Berry Happiness. Those boughs of holly started looking like the banner elements in the sketch and so an idea was born. Here's how it turned out.

There was a bit of fussy cutting involved on the holly, which I stamped in black and coloured using the new Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. I'm enjoying learning to use them, having never had alcohol markers before. They are now available for purchase.

You have until 11.55 p.m. Wednesday 29 November PST to join in and show us how you see the sketch. We love to see what you do.

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Ingredients

Card: Old Olive, Whisper White, Merry Little Christmas DSP

Stamps: Merry Mistletoe, Holly Berry Happiness

Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Stampin' Blends Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler (lights and darks)

Other: Holly embossing folder, Holly Berry builder punch, Lots of Labels framelits, linen twine.

CAS Colours and Sketches - DT call

This afternoon, I held a technique class with a lovely group of ladies. I'd demonstrated how to make faux metallic paper for them before they made a piece and used it for a Christmas card. While I was packing up, I decided that the demo piece was too good to waste so I used some of it for this card for the sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches this week.

I spent quite a bit of time choosing between Garden Green and Old Olive holly leaves. I wanted to bring out the green in the faux metallic DSP. There's a bit of green in the inking to add a touch of verdigris which I wanted to accentuate. I think the right choice was made, in the end. 

Ingredients

Card: Very Vanilla, scraps of Old Olive, Gold foil card

Stamps: Holly Berry Happiness

Inks: Versamark, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Tuxedo Black

Other: gold embossing powder, Holly embossing folder, Holly builder punch, Real Red enamel shapes, Pear Pizzazz stamp'n'write marker to highlight holly leaves.

Stampin' Royalty 347 - Monochrome

This week's challenge at Stampin' Royalty - to make monochromatic project - brought me back to my recent experiments with making faux metallic paper. I love the richness of the browns/golds for a Christmas card.

Update: Very pleased to be a Top Pick at Stampin' Royalty.

Ingredients

Card: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Gold Foil

Stamps: Totally Trees, Holly Berry Happiness

Inks: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Versamark

Other: Holly embossing folder, Gold embossing powder, linen twine, metallic star shape.

All products Stampin Up.

CAS Colours and Sketches 192

I've spent the afternoon playing around with fancy things: copper and silver embossing, silver glimmer paper, baker's boxes and window sheets all in aid of some upcoming Christmas classes. 

Yet all the while this lovely sketch at CAS Colours and Sketches seemed to be calling me to play with it and eventually, I succumbed to its charm.

Sometimes it's hard to beat simplicity: a classic colour combination, some stamping and lots of open space.

Thanks for a great sketch to play with this week.

Update: Delighted to be a Weekly Winner at CAS Colours and Sketches.

Ingredients

Card: Garden Green, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Stamps: Holly Berry Happiness, Holly Jolly Greetings

Inks: Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Cherry Cobbler

Other: Oval punch, Oval Scallop punch, dimensionals