Shape Up for Christmas

Hello friends!  Aaaaack…it's getting too close to Christmas and I have so much to do!  I just heard from a friend that she has already sent out her Christmas cards. Eeeeek..where does the time go?  I was able to get another quick card done this morning with a little help from several challenges.

Creative Nugget:  Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is featuring the Shape Up clear stamp set today on their Blog which inspired the background for my card.  The hexagon was inked with a variety of colors and spritzed with water to achieve a watercolor effect. Some black paint splatters were added for a bit of grunge.  The Splitcoaststampers' Way To Use It Challenge for today was to use postal marks or postage stamps, so out came the Vintage Post Card stamp set.  Since I wanted to get another Christmas card finished, out came the Christmas Silhouettes and Christmas Silhouettes Dies.  The design was my sketch from yesterday's Sketch Challenge also at Splitcoaststampers.  I do like the way this all came together and hope that you do, too!

Here are the supplies used from the 

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store that were used:

My card will be entered for the following challenges:

Splitcoaststampers - SC517

Splitcoaststampers - WT508

Weekly Christmas Card Challenge - #53 Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by…have a wonderful day!

Hugs, 

Cathymac

Season of Wonder

Hello friends!  This past weekend I had the pleasure of teaching a class and working the "Make and Take" table for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps at the Heirloom Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival in York, PA.  People were in awe of the beautiful card created by Korin Sutherland that we did for the "Make and Take."  Korin's card can be found HERE on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog.  When I saw that the Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoaststampers yesterday was to use denim in some way…including using the color of denim…I immediately thought of Korin's card.  The card I have to share today is a CASE of her card.  I changed the stamp sets and used the design from Wednesday's Sketch Challenge at Splitcoaststampers to modify my card.

Creative Nugget:  Light of Christmas was lightly stamped on the background with Tumbled Glass Distress ink, and the tree from the Christmas Silhouettes stamp set was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black.  Modeling paste snow was added to this panel but was mostly covered by the top two layers.  The moon and snowdrifts on the backgrounds were masked and a combination of Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, and Seedless Preserves distress inks were sponged on the night sky and the drifts.  The tree was again stamped on both layers, while the houses from the Happy Home stamp set and a sentiment from Christmas Innies were stamped on the smaller panel.  (It was quite by accident that the tree image lined up on the two panels…love when things like that happen!)  The deer was stamped, cut with the matching Christmas Silhouettes Die, and popped onto the top of the card.  A white Sharpie paint pen and Wink of Stella were used to add shimmer and accents to the card.  Thanks for the inspiration, Korin, as I really like how this card turned out...

…and I hope you like it, too!
Enjoy your day and be blessed by the wonder and beauty that surrounds you.

Hugs,
Cathymac

Christmas Silhouettes

Welcome to Day 5 of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Feature Blog Hops for the month of September!  You'll find yourself reaching for this beautiful set time and time again when creating your cards for Christmas, and the coordinating dies add to the ease with which this set can be used.

Today's feature is:

Christmas Silhouettes

• Stamp set includes 6 images and 6 mix & match sentiments
• Set measures approximately 4" x 6"
• The tree image measures approximately 1 1/2" x 3"
• Designed by Korin Sutherland
• Stamp set - $15
• Die set - $21.25
• Bundle ($36.25 value) - $32

Here is my card made with Christmas Silhouettes:

Creative Nugget:  The inspiration for this card came from two sources.  First the Color Challenge on SCS yesterday was to use pink, green, and dark blue...yes...what looks like black in my photo is actually a shimmery dark blue.  The other source is this week's Queen for the Day, Cheryl Scrivens, who just happens to be as sweet as can be and has an awesome gallery to boot!  I CASEd THIS BEAUTIFUL CARD for my sample.  The Basic Grey DP panels were stitched to the Midnight Sky Shimmer paper and mounted on a Solar Crest card base.  The frame was cut from SB Square and Scalloped Square Nesties.  The candle and holly branches were cut with the matching Christmas Silhouettes Dies, stamped with Angel Pink and Bamboo Leaves ink, and sponged with matching distress inks.  Several gems were placed on the holly berries and a silver cord bow was added to finish the card.

Check out some of the fabulous samples made by our talented DT in the thumbnails below.

Be sure to leave a comment on each of the blogs along your journey because we're giving away (6) $15 store credits (1 winner will be chosen from each of the 6 blog hops).  The deadline to comment for a chance to win is Friday, September 13th at midnight EST.  The list of winners will be announced on our website homepage by Monday, September 16th.

Thanks so much for joining us.  Be sure to stop back again tomorrow for the last feature blog hop...you won't want to miss the fabulous samples made with tomorrow's adorable stamp set!  Enjoy your day!

Hugs,
Cathymac