11/28/18 MIM #305 Revisited: Love of Layers with Laurie Schmidlin Laurie posted this challenge almost a year ago which I took back then too. It is always fun to layer up a card and adds so much dimension. Here is my old card with layered snowflakes. And here is my new one: a wintery scene with a cute snowman and "Christmas wishes."
Supplies: PTI Fenceline Winter/Ways to Say: Merry Christmas/Pierced Rectangles Die/ Shape Shifters: Square 3 Die, PTI Dye Ink (Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Winter Wisteria, Weathervane, New Leaf, Pinefeather, Orange Zest, Pure Poppy), Stampendous shabby green embossing enamel, Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Snowflakes, Stickles.
11/15/18 Betsy hosts this weeks MIM with a technique involving masking and ink sponging. I didn't think I'd get around to trying out Betsy's challenge, but I really wanted to to give it a go. Finally managed to squeeze out a card today after returning from some Black Friday shopping. I used snowflakes like Betsy mainly because I had enough different kinds (a pre-requisite for the technique). I would like to try this with flowers one of these days. Supplies: PTI Snowflake Style, Noted: A2 Vertical Scalloped Die, MFT Snowflake Flurry, Die-namics Layered Snowflakes, PTI Dye Ink (Spring Rain, Lilac Grace, Blueberry Sky), Silver EP, silver CS, 6mm sparkling clear sequins.
11/25/18 This month's inspiration photo of gift wrapped packages with white paper embellished with candy cane labels/ribbon proved to be a "stumper" for me. Maybe it was because I've been so busy with Thanksgiving preparations with my whole family descending upon our home for the past week. I have not had much time for challenges. I wanted to play with all the dies I've been collecting for the past few months. Here's what I've come up with for the November Blog Hop... My grandson told me he likes skittles. Of course, I had to oblige. I loved making the train and will have to put together a few more. They make cute little ornaments. :) Enjoy the BLOG HOP!
Supplies: PTI Potbellies: Santa/Reindeer/Penguin Dies, Dashing Thru the Snow Train
11/14/18 Finally able to craft a card after a few days of mandatory evacuation due to the huge Woolsey fire nearby! Our home was surrounded by 2 fires (one on each side)...but thank goodness, the fires did not burn in our neighborhood. I am having trouble concentrating on much due to my mind being agitated by the fires and the recent mass shooting in our town of Thousand Oaks. But here is what I came up with to participate in the November Create Along With Us. I selected a beautiful winter snowflake card created by Laurie Schmidlin. I fell in love with her colors! Please excuse my messy sewing...my machine does not like stitching on paper. >.<
11/7/18 Lexi shows us how to convert an ordinary envelope into a gift bag. This is a handy "know-how" for this time of the year and is wonderful for presenting GCs! Lexi also includes gift bag creation using patterned paper. I stayed with creating a gift bag from an envelope...I used an A6 size. I used a scallop border punch for the top of the bag. Embellishing was done with the Fairy Tale Christmas kit (love the cute little winter scenes that can be created with this set).
Supplies: PTI Fairy Tale Christmas Kit, PTI Dye Ink (Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Sweet Blush, Pale Peony, Stormy Sea, Weathervane, Honey Nut, New Leaf, Pinefeather, Pure Poppy), Stampin' Up scallop border punch. Judikins EP (white diamond), Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Snowflakes.
11/1/18 Laurie transforms a holiday card into one she likes better by keeping the overall design but swapping out a few of the elements. I like both of her designs tho' maybe her embell- ishments do enhance the die-cut sentiment a "wee" bit better on the do-over. For my transformation this week, I selected a spring card made with the Spring Cloche Quarters fillers and the Cutaway Tags: Spring die. I made the design into a winter one using the Winter fillers and the Cutaway Tags: Winter die. The Cloche Quarters: Winter Fillers set was one that got away from me last year...so I felt like I had to use it at least once (only a year later). The winter fillers are all so cute...I want to try them all. :)