Hand Stamped Sentiments – Old Fashioned Christmas

Hello Stampers! Since it is Tuesday that means it is Hand Stamped Sentiments.  We have a fun challenge this week.  Our challenge is an Old Fashioned Christmas.  Since there are no parameters it will be fun to see what each person does with the theme. When I think of an Old Fashioned Christmas I think of deep red, muddy green, dark brown, lace, and holly.  That was the beginning of my card.  Now I needed…

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Late Night Stampers – Ornaments

Happy Monday Stampers! Did you have a great weekend?  Mine was fun but hectic.  Jess and Zoie came to spend some time with me.  We had lots of fun and even got some crafting time in. Jess needed to make some Christmas gifts and had to do an ornament swap.  I suggested we do the ornaments with the rolled ds paper inside.  After trial and error and an e-mail to my Late Night Stampers friends…

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Quick Share

Good Morning! This will be a quick share as Jess and Zoie are here and we have a million things going on. I made this card late last night.  I used retired paper from last year as I loved this paper and still have some left.  I used the sketch from Stamping 411    This was a fast card but still a great one to mass produce for Christmas cards.  Here is my take on…

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Different color combo

Good Morning Stampers! I played with sketch challenge at Cards and Things last night. I had an idea I wanted to try but when I started working on the card I ended up going in a different direction.  I also wanted to use some different colors for Christmas.  You will have to let me know what you think.   Here is what I did with the sketch. inside of card and envelope Hope you enjoyed…

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Sketch Frenzy Friday – Stitched Stockings

Happy Friday Stampers! What is on your agenda for today?  I am headed to a quilting class and will then spend some time in my craft room.  I hope you will have time to create today also. Since it is Friday it is also time for a new sketch from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team.  Our sketch this week was created by Maria Vanderform.  When I saw this sketch I thought about all the retired…

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A Christmas Trio

Good Morning Ladies! Wow the wind and rain last night was unbelievable.  The wind was howling and the rain was hard and just would not quit.  I hope you did okay where you are. I have a little Christmas Trio I made from the Stampin Fun and Friends last session.  The original trio created by the fabulous Tanya Bell included an elf but I wanted a Christmas tree instead so I changed it up.  The…

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