Month: December 2017

Let It Snow card trio

Hi everyone! Happy December 1st! Can you believe this is the last month of this year?! A new challenge is launching this morning over at Love To Scrap Challenge Blog and I’m thrilled to share my DT inspiration project for LTSCB #104 – Winter Wonderland! Our sponsors this month are Bugaboo Digi Stamps, Pickled Potpourri and DRS Designs, so come on over and play with us for a chance to win an amazing prize! I created a set of three adorable CAS snowman cards which completes my Christmas card stash this year!

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These were super simple and consist of a snowman image, a snowflake, a patterned paper strip and a sentiment.

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I colored all the snowman blocks with Spectrum Noir markers in wintery blues and fussy cut them all. I embellished the ‘frames’ around each with white gloss Crystal Drops.

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I printed the sentiment (also included with the images) three times and cut them with a fishtail sentiment strip. I added a snowflake die cut to each card.

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I kept the inside super simple with just a stamped sentiment.

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Here’s a final shot of all three cards together. I just love how these turned out!

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Thrilled to enter this adorable set of cards into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft Extra Challenges: December Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #12 – Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge Blog: S is for Snow People
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #194 – Christmas + A Sentiment
Card Mania: #99 – Christmas
CCC Digi Creations: #86 – Spots and/or Stripes
Christmas Cards All Year Round: December Challenge – Anything Goes
Color It! Create It! Show It Off!: December Challenge – Christmas/Anything Goes
Country View Challenges: December Challenge – Christmas
Crafts Galore Encore Challenges: December Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge: #395 – Anything Goes with optional Let It Snow
Fab ‘n’ Funky Challenges: #373 – Christmas
Kitty Bee Designs: #109 – Anything Goes with option of Christmas
Make My Monday: Happy Christmas/Happy Holidays
Naughty or Nice Challenges: #46 – Season’s Greetings
Pearly Sparkles: #23 – Merry Christmas
QKR Stampede: #272 – Christmas Tags or Anything Goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge: #45 – Anything Goes + Christmas

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Thick Whisper White cardstock, Doodlebug Design Gingham-Linen Rainbow Petite Prints
Stamps: Pickled Potpourri Snowman Blocks digital images, Hero Arts Christmas Messages stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir- TB1, TB2, TB4, DR5, OR3, CT4, CG4, DG4, IG1
Dies/Punches: My Favorite Things Essential Fish Tail Sentiment Strip, Karen Burniston Snowman Twist Circle die set
Accessories: Sakura White Gelly Roll pen, Nuvo Gloss White Crystal Drops, Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

I hope you’ve enjoyed this set of Christmas cards and will link up a Winter Wonderland project with us this month! Be sure to visit Bugaboo Digi Stamps, Pickled Potpourri and DRS Designs – I know you’ll fall in love! Thanks so much for stopping by today and we’ll see you again real soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Thinking of you at Christmas

** 12/8/17 Top 5 at QKR Stampede! **

Hi everyone! It’s a very fine Friday and I hope you’ve had a great week! It’s time for another fun challenge over at Love To Craft Challenge Blog and I’m happy to share my DT inspiration project for LTCCB #17 – December Anything Goes! Come on over and play with us – we’d love to see what you’re working on!

I created a card using teal and purple – one of my favorite color combos. The front and inside sentiments are stamped in Delicata Golden Glitz ink. OMG… I’m in love with that ink! The ornament tops are die cut from Gold Mirror cardstock. Although this card is slightly different, it’s a CASE of a previous project I made last year. I really loved my original design and these dies are magnificent! If you’re interested, you can see the other project HERE.

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Using the DTP method, I inked the die cuts with Island Indigo and Sugarplum ink, then covered them in Versamark and heat embossed them with Judi-Kins Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder. The sparkle is gorgeous IRL – wish it showed up in the pics!

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I kept the inside simple with just a stamped sentiment on a layered panel.

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Proud to enter this card into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft: #57 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: #12 – Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #194 – Christmas + A Sentiment
Card Mania: #99 – Christmas
Christmas Cards All Year Round: December Challenge – Anything Goes
Craft-Dee BowZ: December Challenge – Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
Country View Challenges: December Challenge – Christmas
Crafts Galore Encore Challenges: December Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge: #395 – Anything Goes with optional Let It Snow
Fab ‘n’ Funky Challenges: #373 – Christmas
Kitty Bee Designs: #109 – Anything Goes with option of Christmas
Make My Monday: Happy Christmas/Happy Holidays
Naughty or Nice Challenges: #46 – Season’s Greetings
Pearly Sparkles: #23 – Merry Christmas
QKR Stampede: #272 – Christmas Tags or Anything Goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge: #45 – Anything Goes + Christmas

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: SU Whisper White cardstock, Marco’s Gold Mirror cardstock
Stamps: SU Embellished Ornaments stamp set
Ink: SU Sweet Sugarplum and Island Indigo ink, Versamark, Delicata Golden Glitz ink
Dies/Punches: Delicate Ornament Thinlits
Accessories: MISTI, Judi-Kins Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder, RRR Bordeaux Wine seam binding

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and have found a little inspiration to link up a project with us this month! We’re always interested in seeing what you’re working on! Thanks so much for stopping by – we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

note to self… relax

Hi, friends! Happy Friday AND December 1st! That means a few posts from me this morning, so get comfy and sit a spell! It’s time for another fun challenge over at Mix It Up Challenge Blog and I’m excited to share my DT inspiration project for MIUCB #8 – Anything Goes + Fancy Fold! Anybody who knows me knows I love my fancy folds!

I created a pocket card (inspiration from my friend, Dawn) which is truly one of the most fun cards to make! I definitely see more of these in my future, lol! I love a green and turquoise color combo. The patterned paper and stamps are from Dare 2B Artzy and I love them both. The only embellishments used were Pretty Pink Posh sequins and Nuvo Crystal Drops.

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Here’s a shot of the card open, revealing the pocket…

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And a pull-out with that awesome sentiment! LOVE this!

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Proud to enter this fun pocket card into the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks: #379 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft: #57 – Anything Goes
Always Fun Challenges: #34 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog: #20 – Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs: December Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner: #151 – Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination: #139 – Anything Goes
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies: #1748 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: GKD White, Turquoise Sea and Jelly Bean Green cardstock, D2BA Medallion Bliss paper
Stamps: D2BA Flip Flops stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, D2BA Paradise ink, Spectrum Noir- CG2, CG3, Crystal Clear Sparkle
Dies/Punches: D2BA Flip Flop die
Accessories: MISTI, Pretty Pink Posh Peridot Mist Sequins, Nuvo Caribbean Ocean and Morning Dew Crystal Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed this fun pocket card and will link up an ‘anything goes’ project with us this month! We’d love to see a fancy fold if you get the notion! Thanks so much for stopping by and we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
LeslieSig

Best fishes

Hello, crafty peeps! It’s time for another fun challenge over at Your Scrapbook Place and I’m happy to share my GD inspiration project for the December with Christina Hor challenge using the Christina Hor ‘Coral Life’ image. This is my last guest design project for Your Scrapbook Place, and I’d like to thank Holley and the rest of the gang for having me along for the past several months! I’ve had a blast!

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This is a fantastic image and as soon as I laid eyes on it, I knew what kind of card I wanted to create. One with an aperture to view the image through. :)

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I cut a rectangle with rounded corners through the front of the card base and then a slightly larger one through the patterned paper, lined them up and trimmed the edges. I stamped the sentiment in the lower left corner.

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I lined the colored image up with the aperture and affixed it to the inside of the card. I’m really tickled with how this turned out. So simple but yet packs a great punch!

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I’d love to enter this card into the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks: #379 – Anything Goes
A Bit More Time To Craft: #57 – Anything Goes
Always Fun Challenges: #34 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog: #20 – Anything Goes
Crafting by Designs: December Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #55 – Anything Goes
Pammie’s Inky Pinkies: #1748 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White cardstock, Doodlebug Design Gingham-Linen Rainbow Petite Prints
Stamps: Christine Hor Coral Life digital image, Paper Pretties Fish Wishes stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir- OR2, CR1, CR10, BT1, IB3, EB1, EB2, CT4, CG3, CG4, DG4
Dies/Punches: Spellbinders Curved Matting Basics A & B dies
Accessories:  Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, Nuvo Neptune Crystal Drops and White Blizzard Glitter Drops

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up an anything goes project with us this month! Can’t wait to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today and we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig