My CAS Challenge!

I haven't posted in ages and haven't even looked at possible challenges yet so I thought I would share the two cards I made for hubby over the holidays. I could call it my CAS challenge! We always exchange Christmas cards. I used to spend lots of time at Hallmark's reading through all the verses so now I write my own. Since I photographed this after I gave it to him, I will only show the front! I really did decorate the inside too using a couple more of the little birds.

And here is his birthday card. He's one of those people who always has to share his birthday with Christmas celebrations since it's on the 27th! But this year it meant I was able to use some of my new Christmas stamps. This is one of Lisa Johnson's (Poppy Paperie) sets. I have many of her stamps from when she designed for PTI but this is the first one I've used since she started with MFT. It stamps beautifully and has a wonderful variety of sentiments. I'm hoping to order more of her designs soon. 

Everything is embossed in silver so photographing it was a bit difficult. It's so much better IRL and he really liked it!

Here is a picture of the inside of the card.

I had the most wonderful day today! We got a late box of Christmas gifts and I received the January 12 Kits kit from Joyce. What fun---LOVE happy mail days!!!!

Thanks for letting me share! And I hope your day is wonderful too!

Sharron

Supplies

Card #1

Stamps: Heartfelt Mix (WPlus9); Love Lives Here-Holiday (PTI)

Paper: Pinefeather Cardstock (PTI); Patterned Paper-Silver Valley (SEI)

Dies: Folk Art Florals (WPlus9)

Card #2

Stamps: On the Line by Lisa Johnson (MFT)

Dies: Stacking Stars (MFT)

Additional: Stamper's Select White Cardstock (PTI); Silver Paper from my stash; Silver Embossing Powder (Ranger)

Cloud 9 Blog Hop-December

It's the ninth of the month already so it's time for the Cloud 9 Blog Hop. This month we have not one, but two, awesome inspiration photos. Aren't they wonderful! It's so easy to get the wheels spinning and start thinking of options of fun things to create!

I love the Nordic designs in this room. The first thing I noticed was the wallpaper. And, of course, that fabulous couch. It was easy to choose grey, cranberry and cream for my card colors. 

Luckily I had this SEI paper pad that included all the colors plus patterns that would work. Most of my inspiration came from the photo above but I also liked the gingham check pattern in the first picture and wanted to use it for a border. I used the large medallion from Winter Wishes for a focal point. The 'joy' and the snowflake were cut from the Seasonal Sentiments die set.

The hop lasts for three days and is a great way to show off your WPlus9 stamps. Check HERE to find information about entering. And be sure to take time to view what everyone else has made.

Thanks so much for taking time to visit my blog. Hope you enjoy the hop!

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Winter Wishes (WPlus9)

Cardstock: Oatmeal (WPlus9); Cranberry Red is from my stash--I think it's something I bought at Michaels and it matched the ink!)

Patterned Paper: Silver Valley (SEI)

Dies: Squares (Spellbinders); Seasonal Sentiments (WPlus9)

Additional: Cherry Cobbler Ink (Stampin' Up); Rhinestone (Martha Stewart)

CAS-ology #22: SPARKLE and The 12 Tags of Christmas

Isn't 'SPARKLE' a fun theme for the holidays! I got inspiration from a couple of sources for my Christmas tag. I have been following the 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2012 over at The Classroom at Ellen Hutson's. Teri Anderson's tag for yesterday featured twine trees--so cute! And one of my 12 Kits buddies, Marybeth (Marybeth's Time For Paper) recent cards used fun glittery candies. Thanks to both of you!

So I did a tag, with a glittery tree! The die is from WPlus9. I cut out two tag dies and cut the tree out of one. After putting 1/8" Scor Tape around the back edges of the tree, I laid twine back and forth at an angle. Then I cut a mask to cover everything but the tree and sprayed with clear adhesive, followed by a hardy dose of coarse glitter. I added the small sentiment and tied some narrow satin ribbon along with a piece of glitter eyelash trim (a little treasure that I had left over from Marybeth's 12 Kits April kit). The rhinestone star is from Martha Stewart.

Do you have exciting weekend plans? Hope you're having a Happy Friday!!

Thanks for taking a peek,

Sharrron

Supplies

Stamps: Tiny Treats: Christmas (PTI)

Cardstock: Oatmeal (WPlus9)

Dies: Pretty Patches-Tree (WPlus9), Tag Sale #4 (PTI)

Additional: Peapod Twine (The Twinery); Crystal Coarse Glitter (Martha Stewart); Star (Martha Stewart); Ribbon (stash); Eyelash Trim (Marybeth)

A Note About Waltzingmouse

Here's some fabulous news from Waltzingmouse. Some of their stamps have been made available for shipping from the USA. If you live in the States, this will be a wonderful way to get your stamps quicker and also save the international shipping costs. HERE is a link to see which sets are currently available. It include the ones from the last release!

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #80: Gift Tags

I recently bought the smallest of the Memory Box snow globes thinking my PTI Tiny Treats images would fit inside. And they work perfectly! This will be a quick way to make a bunch of tags. And the images are quick and fun to color. The sentiment is from my new CAS-ual Fridays Stamps set. Can't wait to order more!

HERE's the link to this week's challenge. There's plenty of time to enter and it's a great way to get started on your Christmas tags.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps:  Snowflake Greetings (CAS-ual Fridays); Tiny Treats-Christmas (PTI)

Cardstock: Oatmeal (WPlus9); Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White (PTI); Aqua (Bazzill)

Dies: Small Snow Globe (Memory Box; Tag Sale #4 (PTI)

Additional: Clear Plastic (Grafix); Copics, Twine (The Twinery)

The 12 Kits of Christmas: November

It's so hard to believe it is almost Christmas and I have already received 11 kits from the other members of our wonderful group. And you should see all the leftovers I have still available to play with! There has been so much variety and so many fabulous new products to try out. If you are just visiting for the first time, HERE is a link explaining about how we got started.

This month our hostess is Jeanne Jachna, A Kept Life. Jeanne makes really gorgeous cards, with lots of layers and oodles of awesome die cuts. Oh, and gorgeous bows too! The photo below just shows a hint of all the wonderful things she sent to each of us! Thank you so much, Jeanne. I loved your kit!

PHOTO BY KARA

Special also this month is a drawing for some blog candy and a one-day discount sale at Serendipity Stamps in honor of this month's 12 Kits blog hop! Everything Christmas will be 20% off today only! See details about the blog candy below.

My first card may be my favorite. It would be hard to choose because I am also so in love with Santa and the plaid paper in my second card! But I made this one first and loved coloring the gorgeous poinsettia. Plus this die cut is so pretty. I used some Antique Linen Distress Ink to help show more of the detail. 

Here's my second card! I absolutely love plaid and this Santa is another one of the great Serendipity stamps. They are super easy to color. I used Spellbinders Labels 1 to cut him out. I debated about adding a bow but decided to keep it simple and just use the ribbon to give the look of a wrapped gift. 

Look at the fantastic ornament die that is available as blog candy! Serendipity Stamps is giving away the ornament die and stamp set to one lucky winner drawn from all the comments left on the 12 Kits blogs. I used the silver one but Jeanne sent red and gold too. Just imagine all the beautiful cards you could make!

This last card is using another one of the many die cuts I had to chose from. The detail on all of them is fabulous! I added a little Martha Stewart chunky glitter to the stamped scene.

Well, you will want to be on your way. Be sure to visit all the blogs and see what everyone has made. And don't forget about the blog candy! 

Enjoy the hop! And hope to see you back next month when I will be the hostess for December!

Sharron

Renee {It's a Patchwork Life}

Suzanne {The Card Yard}

Cathy {Empty Nest Crafter}

Joyce {Cards-by-the-Sea}

Kim {Cupcakes Cards and Kim}

Kara {KandRDesigns}
Amy Kolling (Stamp-n-Paradise)

Marybeth {Marybeth's Time for Paper}

Jeanne {A Kept Life}

Jessica {The Paper Parade}

Christina {Sea Glass Papercrafts}
And Special Guest: Kelly (Gingham Girl)

Waltzingmouse Blog Party-November

THEME: GRATITUDE

CLICK PHOTO TO ENLARGE

It's time for another Blog Party over at Waltzingmouse! With the theme this month being GRATITUDE and Thanksgiving coming in a few days, I first thought I would do a fall design. I don't know why this idea popped into my head. I don't often use purple but I thought it would be a fun design to have on hand. I have several friends that would love the tea die cut! I've had this die for quite some time but never used it. I really like it and can see doing similar cards in different colors!

I used the large border from French Country. The sentiment is from Blessed by You and those sweet pearls came from a wonderful friend, Renee. Thanks, Renee!

HERE's the click to the party! Be sure to go visit and see what everyone has made.  

Thanking for letting me share!

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: French Country, Blessed by You (WMS)

Cardstock: Winter Wisteria, Royal Velvet (PTI)

Addditional: Pearls (Renee); Tea Time Border (Cottage Cutz); Elderberry Ink (Memento)