Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #283

We have a new Merry Monday Christmas card challenge, Leanne is our hostess and her challenge is to Add a puppy to your Christmas card.

I used a scrap of DP for the plaid layer, I used a panel of embossed cardstock for the paw impressions and then added layers to both the sentiment and the pop before popping them up with foam tape. I added some highlight to the pup with watercolours.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer paper-Carta Bella, Magenta - Dogs, Verve Merry & Bright, misc embossing folder.

Come play along with the challenge, stop by the Merry Monday blog to take a look at all the great inspiration created by the rest of the Merry Makers.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop - March

Welcome to the Keeping Christmas blog hop for March.

This card was pretty quick to put together and would be easy to make multiples of. I cut the DP into rectangles, the top one slightly smaller than the bottom one. The sentiment is stamped and popped up with foam tape.

I die cut some greenery from the same paper pad then finished with some gems.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Carta Bella, Hero Arts - Jolly Holiday Wishes, Echo Park-A Perfect Christmas die set, gems.

Be sure to stop by each team members blog:

Kelly Lunceford

Lesley Croghan

Anita Madden

Broni Holcombe

Claire Broadwater

Julee Tilman

Kim Heggins

Lori Tecler

Nance Salkeld

                        Nina Forsyth -->You are Here

Thanks for visiting, 

Nina

Lightbulb moment - Thanks.

Is there anyone out there? I was having a discussion about blogs the other day and someone mentioned that social media like Instagram is the new blog.

I have not posted much on Instagram but I do have an account, I will admit though these days I am lucky if I visit blogs never mind social media and somehow I feel guilty about that. Ahh well, I will still continue post as it has always been about my journey of card making.

This card was very simple, I used a kraft card base, the DP is double sided so I made use of that. I added a layer of brown cardstock to the centre layer.

The sentiment is heat embossed, layered and popped up with foam tape.

Supplies: Kraft and brown cardstock, Designer Paper - Photoplay, Fiskars- Simple Stick. nuvo drops.

Thanks for stopping by,
Nina

The Perfect Moment

I have had pretty paper for a long time and have just wanted to use it, not sure why we hang on to the really pretty papers.

 

I was inspired to make a couple of cards with it and I am happy that I did.

 

I used an easy to use sketch, I popped up the decorative top panel. I stamped the sentiment added layers of decorative paper then popped up the sentiment as well. I finished with gems.

 

 

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - SEI, Technique Tuesday - Inspired Dragon Fly, gems.

 

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #282

We have a new Merry Monday Christmas card challenge, Linda is our hostess and her challenge is to Create a Christmas card using the inspiration photo.

Pinecones anyone.... When I saw the inspiration image my first thought was I have this designer paper covered in pinecones. In one corner it has this fun college so I used that as my top panel.

The paper has an almost vintage theme so I used a vintage themed sentiment to match. The top panel and sentiment are popped up with foam tape. I added some twine as an embellishment.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Bo Bunny, Cornish Heritage Farms.

Come play along with the challenge, stop by the Merry Monday blog to take a look at all the great inspiration created by the rest of the Merry Makers.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Joy

Good Morning and happy weekend. I have another short post for today. I have had this designer paper in my stash for a very long time.

I am making an effort to dig through and find those long-lost treasures ;).

I used simple layers adding a layer of brown cardstock to the designer paper. I have the sentiment popped up with foam tape.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-GCD Studio, Technique Tuesday-Inspired Dragon Fly.

Enjoy your Saturday,

Nina

Summer bliss

Quick and simple for this card, I used stitched rectangles to die cut the layers. I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a scrap of grey cardstock then finished with black half pearls.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Carta Bella, Clearly Besotted - Many Mini Messages, Simon Says Stamp - Stitched Rectangles, My Favorite Things - Inside Out Rectangles, half pearls.

Have a fabulous Friday,

Nina

Beautiful Kindness

I had a wonderful first hike of the season last night, I can't wait for full on spring to be here.

I used simple layers for this card, I a blend of single stitched and double stitched die cuts to add some interest.

The sentiment is heat embossed and the panel popped up with foam tape. The paper had lots of glimmer with foiled areas so I did not add any additional embellishments.

White Cardstock, Designer Paper-My Mind's Eye, Inspired by Stamping-Heartfelt Gratitude, My Favorite Things, Spellbinders and Simon Says Stamps die cuts.

Cheers,

Nina

Be Yourself

Be yourself even if it means wearing a crown ;), I love this pretty spring paper.

I used a stitched circle to create a window for the sentiment. I added a layer of brown cardstock to each layer and popped up the top panel then I finished with some drops.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Kaisercraft, Verve-Lean on Me, drops.

Have a fabulous day,
Nina

Life is pretty Awesome

I have had this paper pad in my stash for forever, I would look at it and admire it but never used it. The pad has these pretty designs pages then coordinating solid colours for layering.

I used the corner chomper to round the corners of the base layers, then stamped the sentiment and did the same. The sentiment is popped up with foam tape. There is tons of glimmer in the pattern so I did not want to add anything else to this CAS card.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Designer Paper - SEI, Technique Tuesday - DragonFly.

Thanks for visiting,
Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #281

Did you survive Daylight Savings :)? We have a new Merry Monday Christmas card challenge, Kim is our hostess and her challenge is to Create a Christmas card using the inspiration photo.

I am playing with some new shaped dies and I like the way it turned out. I used simple layers for most of my card and lots of foam tape :). the top panel is popped up as is the sentiment and coffee cup.

Supplies: White Cardstock, Designer Paper-Echo Park, SSS-Winter Warmth, Sizzix- Swirl die, MTF - Corner Rectangle.

Come play along with the challenge, stop by the Merry Monday blog to take a look at all the great inspiration created by the design team.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Big Wishes.. Big Fishes

A quick card this morning. Simple layers, I let the designer paper do all the work for me. I stamped the sentiment and popped it up with foam tape.

Supplies: Kraft and blue cardstock, Designer Paper - Carta Bella, Papertrey Ink - Birthday Bash Sentiments.

Enjoy your Sunday,

Nina

Wonderful

Good Morning and happy Friday.

Layers, Layers and more layers for this card. This pretty designer paper is double sided so perfect for this card. The sentiment is simple stamped and popped up with foam tape. 

I finished with tiny half pearls.

Supplies: Cream and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Bo Bunny, SSS-Uplifting thoughts, pearls.

Thanks for stopping by,
Nina

Hello Sunshine

This cute as cute paper reminds me of spring, I love that the birds are up and about chirping first thing and don't forget we have the switcheroo with the clocks this weekend.

I used simple layers for my card, the top panel and the sentiment are both popped up with some foam tape. I finished with some dew drops.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper - Pink Paislee, SSS-Easter Greetings, dew drops.

Have a fantastic day,

Nina

Hey Cool Chick

Isn't this paper adorable! I used simple layers for my card.. and lots of foam tape. 

I added a little colour to the top panel with markers then highlighted the hearts with some Nuvo Crystal drops.

Supplies: Cream cardstock, Designer Paper-American Crafts, SSS - Some Bunny, Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Have a wonderful day,
Nina

Happy Easter

Spring cannot get here fast enough in my opinion. I am looking forward to warmer weather and spring in the outdoors.

Easter is just around the corner so I plucked away at some spring and Easter cards this past weekend.

I let the papers do all the work, this panel was on one of the pages in the 6x6 paper pad I was using, I popped it up with foam tape. I finished the card by added some crystal drops to a few of the eggs. 

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper-Echo Park, Nuvo Crystal Drops.

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #280

We have a new Merry Monday Christmas card challenge, Kelly is our hostess and her challenge is to Create a Christmas card using the inspiration photo.

What do you see here, what is your inspiration?

I used hanging decorations, stars and greenery to tap into my creativity. 

My card was quick and simple as I let the paper do all the work. The tree was a panel in my paper pad, I layered it with other patterns from the same book. The sentiment was cut from a piece of scrap and popped up with foam tape. 

I added Wink of Stella to the star for shimmer.

Supplies: Cream cardstock, Designer Paper - Simple Stories.

Come play along with the challenge, and stop by the Merry Monday blog to take a look at all the wonderful cards created by the design team.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Pretty Amazing

A quick post this evening.. its Monday tomorrow :( I wish the weekend was a little longer.

I am pretty excited though, I attended the Retreat earlier this year and on Saturday I went to my first crop. How does one be a cardmaker for an extended period of time and miss out on that... this silly person apparently.

I am loving how productive I am while there. I am a pretty active person, I really did not think I would be able to sit still for that long but I have surprised myself.

I am still working on posting the cards from the Retreat so bear with. I used simple layers for this card, of course, I had to pull out the stitched rectangles. I die cut the YOU three times for dimension then heat embossed and popped up the sentiment.

I finished with some black half pearls.

Supplies: White and black cardstock, Designer Paper -Authentique, SSS -You Matter and stitched rectangles.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nina

Hello Beautiful

I loved how I was able to used part of the designer paper for the sentiment created hello beautiful girl.

I added a layer of brown cardstock to the main panel then added a coiple of layers from the same papers pad.

 I die cut hello and the heat embossed the rest of the sentiment on a scrape of brown cardstock in white and popped it up with foam tape.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper-Echo Park, Hero Arts Hello stamp and die cut.

Thanks for visiting, 

Nina

The Big...

You will need a sense of humour for this post, I can think a little oddly at times.

I tend to use 6x6 paper pads most of the time, I do however have a number of 12x12 individual papers. In this case, I loved the Carta Bella set so much I ended up with both.  As I was making this card I was cutting a page that had border strips from all the papers it just so happened that for this card the sentiment did not allow for the whole wording.

So where it ended was The Big O, now while I am sure that this may happen for some men when it comes to the outdoors and fishing.. if you get my drift. This is a retirement card for my eldest brother and well..... ewww.

So I ended up finding a wide-mouthed fish and stamping on a scrap of paper from the same paper set. I have hoped it looks like it may be a well-fed fish or perhaps a fish basket.

This was an easy enough card to make, simple layers with a little foam tape tossed in here and there. The sentiment is heat embossed with white embossing and popped up with foam tape.

Supplies: White and brown cardstock, Designer Paper - Carta Bella, Open Studio - Wishing you sentiments.

One more thing, in my defence at the above confession. I did not realize till the card was finished about the lettering across the top.. clueless really.

Cheers,
Nina

Be Happy

 I love this pretty vintage style paper, I wanted it to be well displayed. I used some inside out stitched rectangles, love love love these - they are out of stock everywhere :(.

Anyway I digress ;) I alternated the layers between the sides of a double-sided DP page. I heat embossed the sentiment then finished with some Nuvo drops.

Supplies: White cardstock, Designer Paper-Crate Paper, Nuvo drops.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina