My niece has a birthday later this month, and I thought it would be fun to make a card from the happy UPCycle Collection from Cosmo Cricket. I combined several elements with this weeks Get Sketchy Sketch for my design.
I added a K&Company Girl Scout button to the center of the flower & a wrap of teal ribbon with a jaunty little bow to finish the design.
When I saw this week's CPS Sketch, I knew it was the perfect layout for the three remaining Jenni Bowlin butterflies that were on my studio table.
I combined them with Cosmo Cricket UPCycle polka dots, Core'dinations cardstock, a tiny sentiment from CatsLife Press, and a gorgeous Zva Creative Pearl Flourish.
The card was inspired by this wonderful Patchwork Tote from Think Fast Designs, this week's Etsy Inspired Challenge.
This will likely be one of the Mother's Day cards I send out this year ... I love sending lots of cards to the many wonderful mothers in my life. Are there mothers in your life who would love to receive a card from you reminding them how special they are?
I knew I wanted to create with dolies this weekend, and when I saw this weeks Card Patterns sketch, I knew it was the perfect layout ... so perfect, that I ended up making an entire set for the Card Set Challenge at the Moxie Fab World blog.
I started with some new UPcycle papers from Cosmo Cricket, a Jenni Bowlin Butterfly and tiny sentiment from Hero arts. The doily was sprayed with Jingle Bells Glimmer Mist, which has a wonderful sparkley light yellow sheen. I used a Martha Stewart doily punch for the borders and Stampin' Up's Going Gray Ribbon. This card is perfect for the Simon Says Stamp challenge to celebrate with Easter Colors.
For the next one I used more UPcycle papers and another Jingle Bells sprayed doily. I finished with a wrap of sheer golden ribbon and a sentiment from CatsLIfe Press. This one is perfect for The Shabby Tea Room's Spring Color Challenge.
For this one I stamped directy on the sprayed doily with a Friends Stamp from Penny Black and sentiment stamp from Hero Arts Anytime Messages, which I thought worked great with the fun purse background paper from the UPCycle collection. I finished with a Zva Creative pearl flourish and a wrap of Going Grey ribbon. This card is for the City Crafter Cheer Up! challenge ... because nothing cheers me up like hanging out with my best girlfriends.
For the final two, I used papers from the new Madeline Collection from Prima. The stamp from Hero Arts Asian Frames was stamped first on white cardstock and then again on a scrap of blue DP to paper piece hte flowers. I added pearl accents to the flower centers and a wrap of sheer white ribbon to finish.
For the last one, I cut the center element from a piece of the Madeline paper. The doily was sprayed with Frost Glimmer Mist & I added a wrap of light blue ribbon. It was inspired by this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.
By repeating the doily element and layout in my designs, it pulls the entire set together.
This week's Jingle Belle Prompt (JB07 if you're uploading to a gallery, including our Flickr Gallery) comes from the very clever and very talented lisa of papergrace designs!
We thought this week there might be a bit of Valentine Red overdose in the blogosphere, so it seemed like the perfect time to encourage you to make a card WITHOUT the hue that is also the most common of Christmas colors ... because this week's prompt is:
One of my favorite non-Red holiday color combinations if found in the wintery Mitten Weather collection by Cosmo Cricket ... Plum & Aqua Blue.
I stamped Hero Arts Stunning Snowflakes on the backbground paper and then added several blocks cut from the Mitten Weather Elements Sheet. I finished with purple ribbon and some tiny purple adhesive pearls.
So put away that red, and show us some of your favorite "no red, she said!" color combinations.
I needed a few more holiday cards to hold some gift cards, so I broke out my snow globe tags again. They are perfect for quick and easy cards, since they have a fun glittery snow globe and a sentiment contained in a single element.
The first one uses this week's Sweet Stop Sketch with Cosmo Cricket Delovely papers for The Corrosive Challenge Blog's Non-Traditional Christmas Color Challenge. I just love these Vibrant happy colors for winter. I added a very thin black mat to each layer to help ground the busy designs in the paper.
I had two little sticker border scraps, which worked perfect for the sketch. I finished with some green adhesive gems and several glittery punched snowflakes. I think the Nordic Snowflake Punch is perfect for layering.
The next one uses this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch and the cute little snowman snow globe with some DCWV glittery cards. This card is also for the Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge.
Again the layered Nordic Snowflake and a double-punched bracketed border finish this quick & easy design ... love this unexpected holiday color combination too.
In keeping with the December Great White North theme at Gingersnap Creations, today's Random Redhead Challenge is to create a card or project featuring a polar animal. It doesn't matter which pole you go to there are tons of sensational animals to chose from - seals, polar bears, arctic foxes, white rabbits, penguins, elk, cariboo, and even whales.
In creating my card for this challenge, I discovered that my stash was a bit lacking in the polar animal department, so I decided to hit the local craft stores & see if I could find some inspiration ... and I did ... but not in the paper crafting section. Instead I found this adorable penguin on a Gift Tag in the holiday gift wrap section (which was much cheaper than buying stickers or embellishments). The set had 12 glittery snow globes, so I'm sure I'll be making some more polar-themed cards.
The turquoise glittery background on the snow glob coordinated perfectly with Cosmo Cricket's Delovely papers, so I went with some non-traditional colors for my Festive Fun using this week's Unscripted Sketch.
I used some opalescent elastic jewelry cord to embellish my design, as well as a snowflake punch & die cut (from coordinating glittery cardstock), embellished with a bright pink pearl. When I told my husband this card made me smile, his response was "who wouldn't smile if they got this in the mail" ... love that guy.
Make sure you check out the other polar animal cards on the Gingersnap Creations blog & link up your fun polar-themed project.
I managed to fail rather miserably on my holiday card making throughout the year in 2010, so I needed a bit of mass producing this afternoon ... well, my version of mass producing any way.
I decided to work with one collection - Cosmo Cricket's Mitten Weather 6x6" pad & a 12" sheet of Elements - together with multiple sketch challenges. The first one is inspired by this week's Cupcake Inspiration and uses this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch.
The ribbon is Soft White (not quite white - not quite ivory) from Paper Source and coordinates perfectly with these papers. I added some tiny seed pearls to the centers of the snowflakes.
The next one I used this week's CPS Sketch. I adorned my tree with chocolate pearls and turned my water lily punch into a poinsettia embellishment.
The final one is this week's Sweet Stop Sketch. The stockings are adorned with tiny pearls. I also added some Tim Holtz holiday paper tape, an SRM Sticker sentiment, punched holly leaves, and Memory Box red pearls for holly berries.
I think this will work perfectly for one of the masculine designs I need.
Remember if you're looking for sketches to help with your "mass producing", check the Daily Dare or Allison's Sketch Posts.
Now off to get these in the mail.
On Kimberly Crawford's 12th Trendy Day of Christmas we feature ... Pennants. My inspiration came from this wonderful holiday pennant found on Etsy.
And how fun is this retro pennant design.
Since I missed out on the 6th Trendy Day of Christmas, I also threw in some non-traditional holiday colors of Pink and Green into my trendy pennant design. How fun to use Cosmo Cricket DeLovely paper in a holiday design (together with the Snow Day Collection from Crate Paper and pink glittery Thickers) - click through for a close-up look at all of the glittery goodness.
I had little "rub-on mishap" along the bottom of my card that couldn't be repaired, so I just turned it onto a design element by adding another strip of paper to cover the "oops" and a strip of green cardstock to cover the seam (adorned with pink gems of course).
For me, the holidays are all about a wish for peace ... in the world and in my own life.
Make sure you head on over to Kimberly's Blog to check out other Pennant inspired designs & link up your own. Hope you've enjoyed the 12 Trendy Days of Christmas.
This week's Etsy Inspired Challenge comes from the fabulous jewelry store of Happy Day Designs. Elina's jewelry comes from her passion for colors and all the beautiful compositions they can make together.
I used the vibrant blues, reds, and browns from this beautiful Carnival Bracelet to inspire my design. It also works for Sharon's Stamp Simply Challenge to create a holiday card with non-traditional holiday colors.
I started by stamping Hero Arts Holly Flourish in chocolate on light blue cardstock (because for me, one of the best things about the holidays are the chocolates). I rounded the corners and attached it to the red card base.
Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly paper was die cut with the Sizzix Ornate Frame Back #3 before adding a Jolly by Golly journaling card that was stamped with the {merry everything} sentiment from CatsLife Press. This card also works for the Anything Goes Challenge at Cute Card Thursday.
This week's challenge sponsor is Whiff of Joy Stamps. And they don't just make stamps ... I also love their awesome die cuts, especially these elegant snowflakes. I love Cardinals and this Winter Buddies stamp is just too cute. One winner of this week's challenge will get to pick out a stamp of their choice.
Another winner will receive this beautiful Kiwi Jade Necklace on a sterling silver chain from Happy Day Designs.
Make sure you stop by the other Design Team Member blogs to check out their inspired creations & use keyword EIC114 if you upload to a gallery:
Angie (November Guest Designer)
I thought Cosmo Cricket Wanted papers would be perfect to combine with the Artistic Outpost Oz Collage ... and I love the results. I love every Artistic Outpost set, but I must admit, this is one is becoming one of my favorites. I also love the play on words since each of the Move Characters "wanted" something.
The woodgrain paper that the scarecrow is stamped on reminds me of straw or a rattan place mat. I colored very heavily with Prismacolor Pencils and then went back with a soft eraser and used it to blend and remove color for shading. I used this week's Eat, Sleep, Stamp Sketch for my design.
I cut the sentiment in half to make it work for the sketch & finished with some just packaging twine. When I unravel the ends of the twine, it reminds me of the texture of straw, which seemed perfect for the Scarecrow.
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