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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

Hero Arts Merry Thanks cards (set of 4)

Hi everyone! Happy Tuesday! I’m posting again today on the a2z Scrapbooking blog and I’m excited to share a set of four thank you cards I created with the Hero Arts Merry Background Christmas Digital Kit and Hero Arts Say It In Pieces Digital Greetings. Everybody needs ‘thank-you-for-the-awesome-Christmas-gifts’ cards in their stash!

I grabbed four Hero Hues Sea Mixed Folded Cards. I printed the Hero Arts Merry Background four times in block style on white cardstock and then cut the sheet in quarters.

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I cut a stitched rectangle die cut panel from each quarter of the cardstock and adhered one to each card base. I printed a simple ‘thanks’ sentiment from the Say It In Pieces Digital Greetings set four times, cut them in strips, layered them on purple cardstock and adhered one to each card front. I cut narrow strips of silver glitter paper and adhered one beneath each sentiment strip.

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One final shot of the four cards. I’m really loving how these turned out!

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Happy to enter this set of Christmas thank you notes into the following challenges:
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #55 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #310/311 – Anything Goes

a2z products used:
Hero Arts Merry Background Christmas Digital Kit
Hero Arts Say It In Pieces Digital Greetings
Hero Hues Sea Mixed Folded Cards

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White and Perfect Plum cardstock, DCWV Glitzy Glitter Stack
Dies/Punches: Memory Box Stitched Rectangle Layers die

I hope you’ve enjoyed this set of cards and will link up a project with us! Our challenge is Winter this month and we’d love to see what you create! Remember that we’ve changed our rules a bit and participants are no longer required to use Hero Arts products to enter our challenges. Each month we feature a ‘Digi of the Month’ which will be the prize offered to our randomly-chosen challenge winner, and this month it is Vintage Travel! And to sweeten the pot, if you are the randomly-chosen winner and you have used Hero Arts products on your project, you’ll ALSO win a $20 gift certificate to the store! Be sure to check out all the amazing crafty goodies in the a2z Scrapbooking store! AND if you use the code Leslie15 you’ll get 15% off your order of $25 or more! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you soon!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Hero Arts Merry Christmas

** 12/6/17 Winner at Word Art Wednesday! **

Hi everyone! Hope those of you in the States had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Today is my post day on the a2z Scrapbooking blog and I’m happy to share a DT inspiration project using the Hero Arts A Natural Holiday Digital Kit, and what an amazing array of digital images! OMG, love this kit! I also used the Hero Arts Christmas Messages stamp set for the sentiment inside. Yep, I created another Christmas card… thought I was done last week, but I still have a few more planned! I LOVE this time of year!

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I started with the tree background from the A Natural Holiday Digital Kit which I resized and recolored to light gray. I overlaid the deer, cardinal and sentiment (more images from the kit), resizing and recoloring each as I added them. I trimmed the panel and layered it on black cardstock, then adhered it to the card base.

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I stamped a sentiment from the Christmas Messages stamp set on a white panel layered on black cardstock. Loving how this turned out, and it was quick and easy!

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Would love to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Creations Challenges: #355 – Anything Goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Blog: #55 – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #310/311 – Anything Goes

a2z products used:
Hero Arts A Natural Holiday Digital Kit
Hero Arts Christmas Messages stamp set

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Thick and regular Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Accessories: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

I hope you’ve enjoyed this card and will link up a project with us! Our challenge is Winter this month and we’d love to see what you create! Remember that we’ve changed our rules a bit and participants are no longer required to use Hero Arts products to enter our challenges. Each month we feature a ‘Digi of the Month’ which will be the prize offered to our randomly-chosen challenge winner, and this month it is Vintage Travel! And to sweeten the pot, if you are the randomly-chosen winner and you have used Hero Arts products on your project, you’ll ALSO win a $20 gift certificate to the store! Be sure to check out all the amazing crafty goodies in the a2z Scrapbooking store! AND if you use the code Leslie15 you’ll get 15% off your order of $25 or more! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you soon!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Reindeer Merry Christmas

Hello, my crafty friends! Well, today is my last post for my guest design gig over at Crafty Catz, and I have to say I’ve really enjoyed myself this month! Thanks you, ladies, for having me along! Our theme this week is Winter Colors and we are being sponsored by Bugaboo Digi Stamps, so come on over and play! I created another Christmas card for my stash which I’m getting ready to mail out next week.

I colored the adorable Reindeer Blocks image in Spectrum Noir wintery blues and then used traditional Christmas colors for the rest of my clean and simple card.

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I used some red glitter paper from a new DCWV Washi Tape stack I just bought and have fallen in love! The foil and glitter paper in this stack is amazing! I’ve been on a gingham paper kick and thought some green would look great on this as well. I dug through my button stash and found the perfect red heart button which I paired with some white bamboo cord.

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I kept the inside super simple and just stamped a Christmas sentiment in black ink.

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I’d love to enter this fun card into the following challenges:
Christmas at Sweet Stampin’: November Anything Christmas Goes
Crafty Creations Challenges: #355 – Anything Goes
Moving Along With The Times: #59 – Christmas Animals
Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog: #14 – Christmas
Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog: Traditional Colors of Red and Green
Word Art Wednesday: Weeks #310/311 – Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: #28 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Thick Whisper White cardstock, DCWV Wash Tape Glitter & Foil Basics, Doodlebug Design Gingham-Linen Rainbow Petite Prints
Stamps: Hero Arts Christmas Messages stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir- JG5, TB2, DR2, DR5, GB8, GB10
Accessories: Fiskars Corner Rounder, Sakura White Gelly Roll pen, red heart button, Hemptique White Bamboo cord, Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up a project with us this week! Can’t wait to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

Canvas Corp Brands 2018 Creative Crew!

WAHOO! We can finally blab! The Canvas Corp Brands Creative Crew 2018 has been announced and I’m one of ’em! SO excited and honored – can’t wait to get started! Read the official announcement HERE!

Seriously? art journal spread

Hi everyone! Happy Friday – I hope you’ve had a great week! I’m really excited to share an inspiration project for the Mixed Up Merchandise Printables DT. I created my second art journal spread using the most awesome 50s Ladies, Flower Seed Packets Ephemera #2 and Snarky Printables! I’ve been bitten by the art journal bug and I LIKE it, lol! UPDATE: Mixed Up Magazine has apparently undergone some changes and their blog has moved, so these links may no longer be viable.

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I began by fussy cutting the lady and several sets of flowers, and set them aside. I covered both pages with a light coat of white gesso and then adhered smaller pieces of vellum with matte gel medium which made some horizontal wrinkles in the vellum and added some very cool texture. I let that dry thoroughly and then added two more light coats of gesso, letting dry between coats. Using a spatula, I applied opaque matte texture paste over a Mini Harlequin stencil on both pages and let that dry.

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Then came the fun part of spritzing the pages with water, applying the Stream and Lettuce spray inks and letting them run! I used the heat tool to speed up the drying process and re-applied the inks in a few places. I then randomly stamped images in black StazOn ink over both pages, and when that was dry, I adhered the lady (colored with Spectrum Noir markers), flowers and words. I did extend the phone pillar by cutting a length of plain white cardstock on which I drew some brickwork. I outlined the flowers with Memento Tuxedo Black marker and then splattered watered-down black gesso with a fan brush over both pages. I’m really loving how this turned out! Not too shabby for my second attempt at an art journal spread, huh?! :)

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Would love to enter this art journal spread into the following challenges:
Mixed Media World #31 – Anything Mixed Media Goes with Twist of Moodboard
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: #28 – Anything Goes

Mixed Up Merchandise Printables used:
50s Ladies
Flower Seed Packets Ephemera #2
Snarky

Other products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Whisper White cardstock
Stamps: Paper Wings Productions Writing Backgrounds
Ink: Spectrum Noir- IG4, IG5, FS7, FS8, CT4, True Black; Stream and Lettuce Colorwash Spray
Accessories: White Studio Gesso, Ranger Opaque Matte Texture Paste, The Crafter’s Workshop Mini Harlequin Stencil, Liquitex Bright Aqua Green, Mars Black and Titanium White Acrylic Paint, Ranger Multi Matte Medium

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project! Be sure to check out all the fun Printables for your mixed media and collage projects at the Mixed Up Merchandise store! Thanks so much for stopping by today – we’ll see you next time!

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig

winter wishes

** 12/15/17 Highly Commended Winner at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge! **

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! Another fun challenge is launching over at Crafty Catz and I’m popping in this morning with a guest designer project! The theme this week is Sparkle N Shine and our sponsor is Polkadoodles, so come on over and play with us!

I purchased this adorable image, Christmas Shopping – Winnie White Christmas, for my stash and couldn’t wait to use it! I don’t often use pre-colored images but this one was just too perfect to pass up! I cut the image with a double-stitched square die. You can’t tell in the photo, but I used Versamark and Ranger Bridal Tinsel embossing powder on the entire surface of the image to create a very special wintery sparkle.

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I chose a pretty blue gingham paper for the background, along with some glitter cardstock and several different die cuts to embellish this adorable focal image. I stamped a sentiment in black ink and cut it with a fishtail die. I finished the front with a double loop bow created from beautiful wrinkled ribbon.

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For the inside, I stamped a simple sentiment on a panel layered on blue cardstock. I’m so loving how this turned out!

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Proud to enter this card into the following challenges:
Sweet Stampers Challenge Blog: #14 – Christmas
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge: #28 – Anything Goes

Products used:
Cardstock/Paper: Stampin’ Up Thick and regular Whisper White and Marina Mist cardstock, DCWV Glitzy Glitter Stack, Doodlebug Design 6×6 gingham-linen Rainbow Petite Prints
Stamps: Polkadoodles Christmas Shopping – Winnie White Christmas digital image; Hero Arts Holiday Messages and Frames stamp set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Versamark
Dies/Punches: My Favorite Things Double-Stitched Square STAX and Essential Fishtail Sentiment Strip dies; Spellbinders Postage Stamps and Classic Scalloped Squares dies
Accessories: Ranger Bridal Tinsel Embossing Powder, Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, Prairie Bird Boutique blue wrinkled ribbon

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s project and will link up a sparkly and shiny project with us this week! We’d love to see what you create! Thanks so much for stopping by and we’ll see you soon! ;)

Scrappy hugs,
lesliesig