Tuesday Morning Sketches #438

Rain Rain go away.. I am not really complaining, just a little in awe at the volume of rain that has fallen over the past week.

It is a perfect evening to spend some time in the craft room, chatting on Facetime with my sister as we play along with the current Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge.

I love this simple sketch and it worked perfectly for my masculine card.

I layered both panels with black cardstock and used this grunge style designer paper. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock then finished with some half pearls.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper - Scrap Berry, Clearly Besotted - Many Mini Messages, pearls

Thanks for stopping by,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #275

We have a new Merry Monday Christmas card challenge, Sue is our hostess and her challenge is to Create a Christmas card with pastel colours.

I started with a pastel grey cards base and added some snowy texture to it. I then did some ink blending with blues and pink.

I used a holiday die cut for the centre panel, I masked off the snowflake and covered it in a winter wonderland embossing powder which is white with flecks of silver. I popped that centrepiece up with foam tape. I finished with some grey pearls.

Supplies: Gray and pink cardstock, Simon Says Stamps - Holiday Frames, embossing folder and pearls.

Be sure to stop by the Merry Monday blog to take a look at all the wonderful cards created by the design team.

Play along with another great challenge.

Cheers,

Nina

Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop

Hello, and happy Thursday, in November we did the Simply Sweet Christmas Inspiration Hop. The decision was made to do a monthly Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop. 

We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month. Keeping Christmas is hosted on Kelly Lunceford blog, she has been posting Keep Christmas for some time now.

My card is pretty simple. I used a snowy embossing folder to add texture to my card base. I die cut a snowflake and added some heat embossing in gold to the edges. I added that same texture to a square panel that I glued the snowflake too.

I used stitched squares to make frames in kraft and chocolate brown, alternating with foam tape to add some dimension.

I finished with a simply stamped sentiment. I apologize for the low-quality picture I was digitally challenged with my camera ;).

Supplies: Kraft and brown cardstock, Papertrey ink - Snowflake Flurries, Memory Box - Lindeman Snowflake, embossing folder.

I am obviously not alone in this hop, so hop along and be sure to visit each blog. There is a lot of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing.

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan

Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Julee Tilman
Kim Heggins
Lori Tecler
Nance Salkeld
Nina Forsyth (you are here ;))
Rachel Bergfeld
Vicki Finger

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #274

I am back - sorry I missed last week, the flu got me down and it took me a little time to get back up to normal. 

We have a new Merry Monday Christmas card challenge, I am your hostess this week and my challenge is to Create a Christmas card with snow.

I think this challenge leaves it pretty wide open for options. I chose to go with snowflakes and mini-scenes that are included on the designer paper I used. I heat embossed the sentiment on vellum then finished with some sequins.

Supplies: Kraft and navy cardstock, Vellum,  Designer Paper - Carta Bella, Papertrey Ink - Two Feet Deep , sequins.

Be sure to stop by the Merry Monday blog to take a look at all the fantastic cards created by the design team.

Cheers,
Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #435

A really quick post this evening, I am playing along with Tuesday Morning Sketches.

I turned the sketch and switched up the elements a bit, I will admit to not being in love with my results. However, I was too tired to start over... do over another time ;).

Supplies: Kraft and brown cardstock, Designer Paper - Reverse Confetti, Concord & 9th - Happy Words Stamp Set, Spellbinders - Be brave.

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #272

We have a new Merry Monday Christmas card challenge, Leanne is our hostess and her challenge is to Create a Christmas card with glasses.

I used lots of layers for my card. I still had the platnium emossing powder on my desk so I used that for my sentimnent. I also popped the panel up with foam tape. I finished with some gray half pearls

Supplies: White and gray cardstock, Designer Paper - Wild Rose Studio, Woodware - FRCL220, pearls.

Be sure to stop by the Merry Monday blog to take a look at all the fabulous cards created by the design team.

Play along with another fabulous challenge.

Cheers,
Nina

Spiral Birthday

I am trying to be more pro-active about making cards this year... at least for as long as that lasts. I did not craft nearly enough last year.

I have a few paper pads I have not dabbled with yet so I pull this cute one out to make an easy card. I used stitched die cuts for the frame and used simple layers.

I stamped the sentiment and popped it up with foam tape, added the flower then sprinkled some gems about. Ha, that last part is a fable, the gems have a sticky back and I had them sticking everywhere and in none of the places, I actually wanted.

Supplies: White and gray cardstock, Designer Paper-Echo Park, Penny Black - Sprinkles and Smiles, SSS - Spiral flower, gems.

Cheers,

Nina

Dreams take flight

A friend has this stunning wrapping paper she wanted to use and asked if I could make a card to match. The paper was black and white and she had added some ribbon and a small red butterfly as a decoration.

From my stash I found this pretty collage stamp, I used some watercolours to add a little bit of red to the butterfly body then covered it in Wink of Stella for sparkle.

She was looking for a black and white card but I could not resist adding a very thin layer in the frame to highlight the colour from the butterfly.

I heat embossed part of the sentiment in black on vellum then added the additional Happy Birthday heat embossed in white on a piece of black cardstock. I finished with gems.

The collage panel is popped up with foam tape to add dimension.

Supplies: White, black and red cardstock, Stamp-It-siset020mc,Penny Black- snippets gems.

Have a fabulous day,
Nina

Snowflake Kisses

A super quick post this evening, this is a card I made for my husband for Christmas. I put it together with a mix of scraps I had tucked away. I love all they all came together for this fun card.

I am not sure which paper pad this is from but there was not much left. I used brown cardstock to back all the kraft and added some inky edges. The centre panel is popped up with foam tape. I finished with the cute little heart.

Supplies: Kraft and brown cardstock, misc die cuts, unknown sentiments.

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #271

We are starting the year off right with a brand new Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge.

Linda is our hostess for the first challenge of 2018 and her challenge is to Create a Christmas card with heat or dry embossing.

I got the design for my card from a tag I made this Christmas. I found two older embossing powders in my drawer and wanted to see if they would still work. They did, because of their age, I did not mind mixing them up a little to get the two-toned effect.

I stamped the snowflakes and heat embossed them, then with the leftover embossing powder I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on vellum. I finished by adding spatter from my Gansai Tambo Starry colours pallet. The panel black is popped up with foam tape.

Supplies: White and Black cardstock, vellum, Verve - Glad Tidings, Clearly Besotted - Brushed Greetings, platinum and antique gold embossing powders. 

Wishing everyone all the best for 2018. Be sure to stop by the Merry Monday blog to take a look at all the fabulous cards created by the design team.

Cheers,

Nina