Christmas 2015, pocket page style.

 Christmas 2015 is wrapped up and in the books! I used the tic tac toe challenge for inspiration for this pocket style page. I went with the top row - gold, sparkles, and acetate.
 

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Have you scrapbooked this Christmas yet?

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supplies 
enamel stars, chipboard stickers: Freckled Fawn
wood veneer, snip snip labels, puffy stickers: Evalicious 
washi strips: Studio Calico
stamp: Elle's Studio (Cheers); Studio Calico; 
journaling cards, patterned paper: Glitz Design (Hello December); 
decorative tags; gold foil stickers: Heidi Swapp
clear acetate tags, photo toppers, journaling tags: Chic Tags (Good Tidings)
buttons: Fancy Pants (Merry Little Christmas)
ephemera, shaped puffy stickers: Fancy Pants (Wish Season)


patterned paper: Pink Paislee (Merry and Bright); Fancy Pants (Wish Season);

more with Crate Paper, Hello Love collection.

I've been chugging along, working on some layouts with my new Crate Paper Hello, Love collection. I made these two pages last night.

This first page is a photo of my four cousins that I printed from Instagram. I probably never would use that frame from the ephemera pack but it fit perfectly with this photo. I've also had that wood piece in my stash for quite some time so it was good to use that up!

I'm entering this page in the Creative Corner challenges anything goes challenge.

supplies
patterned paper, die cuts: Crate Paper (Hello Love)
puffy stickers, plastic heart shapes, washi strips: Studio Calico
wood: Crate Paper (Close Knit)

This next one is another Instagram photo - I came home from work a couple of months ago and my bf had cleaned the kitchen and left me roses :)

supplies
patterned paper, die cuts, tags: Crate Paper (Hello, Love)
stamp set: Simon Says Stamp! (Love This)
ink: VersaFine (onyx black)

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Simon Says Stamp! haul video.

Sharing a haul video from an order I placed on Christmas at Simon Says Stamp!

de-stash sale!

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• Please comment on this post with what you're interested in and your PayPal address so I can invoice you. Thanks!

Stamps....

Sweet Stamp Shop

Against the Grain $7
Fall Gratitude $7 (can't find a link for this but if you Google it, it will come up)

Sparkle N Sprinkle
Spring Window $7
Ballet Shoes $6
Friendship Flowers $7
Hearts Like Dogs $6
Big Day $6

Elle's Studio
Cheers $7
Snapshot Details $2 (will ship in a regular envelope)

The Craft's Meow
Season's Greetings $6
Vintage Ornaments $6

Technique Tuesday
Life in Pictures (retired) $8
Real Life $7

Stampin' UP!
Itty Bitties (in packaging but missing the music note) $8 shipped


Studio Calico
wood mounted "here we are" stamp $7

Paper Smooches
Geo Graphic $7

Word Up $7

Stampbilities Tapestry Pattern $7 shipped

Unity Stamp Co
Love is my Anchor $6 (new!)

Market Street Stamps
Zebra Print (new!) $9

Hero Arts
Flower Heart E5684 $5 (the only link I can find for it - top center stamp)
Shadow Stamps Six Large Solids G2048 $6

Non-stamp items...

Hero Arts (never used) Subway Type stencil pair $6

Studio Calico stencil from June 2014 scrapbook kit "hello hello" $4

Tsukineko Tack 'N Peel reusable cling sheet $6 (new!)

*updated 1/25/16

celebrating joyful times.

I'm still working on the Fancy Pants Wish Season collection but for this page I used a non-holiday approach. While the main color is red and there are some Christmas themed patterned papers and embellishments, the accent colors are non-traditional Christmas colors so I used that advantage to make a non-Christmas page. The red combined with the grey, black, and blue color combo make this seem not to Christmasy.

supplies
patterned paper, die cuts, stickers: Fancy Pants (Wish Season)
wood: Crate Paper (Close Knit)
epoxy heart sticker: Freckled Fawn

peace.

There's something about sitting in the dark at night with just the lights of the Christmas tree. It's peaceful and magical.

supplies
patterned paper: Basic Grey (Juniper Berry); Fancy Pants (Wish Season);
die cuts: Fancy Pants (Wish Season); Chic Tags (Good Tidings);
puffy stickers: Fancy Pants (Wish Season)
buttons: Fancy Pants (Merry Little Christmas); Teresa Collins (Tinsel and Company)
decorative tape: Kate Spade
cork: Freckled Fawn

right now.

I combined the sketch challenge at The Memory Nest with Kelly's color challenge. I used all of the colors in the color challenge. I liked the idea of a collage of photos and other elements in the sketch challenge so I incorporated that here. I used scraps and project life cards cut up to create the pieces in my collage. Then I just added some embellishments.

This is my page:

I need to add journaling and figure out the date for this, but otherwise it came together pretty quickly and I like how it turned out!

supplies
patterned paper: Dear Lizzy (Documentary)
chipboard, acetate arrow, label sticker: Studio Calico
puffy stickers, epoxy stickers: Freckled Fawn

Paper WingsProductions: Happy New Year

You may remember my Christmas shaker card from a few weeks ago. I am on a shaker card kick because I made a New Year's shaker card too.

For this card, I started with a stencil, embossing paste, and gold embossing powder. That is the base of my card. Next I cut out the frame, which could be any size you choose. Then I made my shaker. This can also be any size or shape you choose. I use old page protectors to make mine. I added some sequins inside, along with some Happy New Year sentiments.

For the sentiment, I used the Say It Winter Greetings stamp set. I used black and red ink and then I cut the words out to make them into little confetti pieces.

What have you made lately?

supplies
stamp set:Say It Winter Greetings stamp set

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say cheese.

Today I'm playing along with Stuck?! Sketches. I loved this single photo sketch but I converted it to 8.5x11 size.

This is my cousin's daughter and her face is just adorable! Everything here is from my stash - some of it super old! The only newer item is the Studio Calico washi strip and that's even from several months ago. I love using up some stuff from my stash that I've been hoarding!

supplies
butterflies: Heidi Swapp
patterned paper: Making Memories (butterflies); Studio Calico; October Afternoon (hearts)
label stickers: Pink Paislee (Sentiment Series); My Mind's Eye (Unforgettable "Story"); Lily Bee (Sweet Shoppe);
flowers: Sassafras

how we spend our days.

I'm playing along at Sketch N Scrap with their sketch #94.

This was a fun sketch and I'm glad to get these photos scrapped!

supplies

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die: Die-namics for My Favorite Things (File Folder Edges)
patterned paper: Lily Bee (We Are Family);
die cuts: Elle's Studio (Sycamore Lane);
stickers: Lily Bee; Seven Paper; 
stamp: Unity Stamp Co (July 2011 kit of the month); Technique Tuesday (It's OK);
ink: Versafine (onyx black)
decorative tape: Kate Spade

under the mistletoe.

I'm joining Unity Stamp Co's blog hop with a CAS Christmas card I made using their Kissmas & Mistletoe stamp set. I've been obsessed with watercoloring with distress inks lately so that's how I did the bottom half of the card. I heat embossed the sentiment before I water colored. The top was die cut and then I attached some twine.

Are you ready for Christmas?

supplies
ink: Tim Holtz distress ink (peeled paint; pine needles)
embossing powder: Sparkle N Sprinkle (Black Detail EP171)
die: Mama Elephant
patterned paper: Pink Paislee (Merry & Bright)

cup of kindness.

I'm joining Cupcake Inspirations challenge #340 today. The Verve has this super cute digital stamp set available for free until Christmas.

I used watercolors + distress inks to color my card base. The two grey/blue colors blended into a card base reminds me of a dreary winter day. I printed the cup of coffee and colored it with Copic markers. For the top I used distress ink. My sentiment is on the inside and I used the lighter of the two blue distress inks around the edges.

 What do you think?

supplies
ink: Tim Holtz distress ink (Stormy Sky; Weathered Wood; Tea Dye)
Copic markers: R24; R29; C1
watercolor paper: Strathmore
stamp set: The Verve

classiest person.

I'm playing along with CASology's challenge this week: toy. I wasn't sure what to use for my inspiration until I started looking through some die cut pieces and found the bicycle. I decided to take some of the colors from the flowers to watercolor my cardbase with distress inks.

My craft table is covered with contact paper, so I just rubbed my ink pad directly onto the table, sprayed some water, mixed it around, and painted stripes. I use Strathmore watercolor postcards and they are 140 lbs. Because I'm impatient, I use my heat tool to speed the drying process. Then I stamped my sentiment and added my bicycle.

What do you think?

supplies
stamp set: Concord & 9th (Being Classy)
ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Picked Raspberry; Spiced Marmalade)
die cut: Simple Stories

Dear Santa.

My cousin is stationed in Georgia but she posted this photo of her son and I thought it was so cute. That Santa is a big guy! I just love how Eli is looking up at him.

I used the ScrapMuch? color challenge and one of their December sketches. The colors scanned a little funny but they're all included!

supplies
tags and die cut pieces: Heidi Swapp; Teresa Collins (Tinsel and Company); Chic Tags (Good Tidings);
wood veneer: Evalicious
gold foil stickers: Heidi Swapp
washi: Freckled Fawn
patterned paper: Teresa Collins; Pink Paislee (Merry and Bright);

winter greetings.

Sparkle N Sprinkle is sponsoring challenge 339 at Cupcake Inspirations challenge blog and I decided to play along. I liked the snowflakes and the soft blue and white colors in this inspiration piece. Here's my card:

The embossing powder is semi-transparent and sort of iridescent. It's so pretty! After I stamped and heat embossed my snow flakes, I started working on my snowman. I stamped him, colored him with Copics, fussy cut, and then used a black Copic marker to go around the edges. This hides imperfections I made when cutting him out and gives him a more finished look. See below how he's not cut perfectly?

Next I grabbed the Twinkling Clouds flocking from Sparkle N Sprinkle. I used a die as a guide so I knew where my flocking would go. I just set the die on the background and used a paintbrush to spread on Magic Medium by Heidi Swapp. Then I took the die away and dumped on my flocking. You need to use your fingers to smoosh the flocking around and really get it into the glue. Then just dump off the excess and let it dry.

I lightly inked the edges of my card base with Weathered Wood distress ink. My last step was the sentiment. I stamped 'winter' in Stormy Sky, which is just slightly darker than Weathered Wood. I used VersaFine to stamp 'greetings.' I love this font in the Say It Winter Greetings stamp set from Paper Wings Productions.

Thanks so much for the inspiration!

supplies
stamp:Unity Stamp Co (Jan 2011 KOTM To the Moon & Back); Paper Wings Productions (Say It Winter Greetings);
ink: Tim  Holtz Distress ink (Stormy Sky; Weathered Wood); Memento (Tuxedo Black);
Copic markers: BG11; BG13; C00; R24; YR04; 100;
flocking: Sparkle N Sprinkle (Twinkling Clouds SS107)
embossing powder: Sparkle N Sprinkle (Skylight EP212)
die: Mama Elephant