Merry Kissmas

We may have just welcomed Spring here in New Zealand, but I'm still loving making Christmas cards! This one might just be my fav of the bunch - I got a nice parcel from MFT recently and this little cutie was begging to be inked up.

Once again Jennifer has a great sketch for us, I always love the look of a circle inside a square, and those long panels are great for showing off some designer paper.

My colour combo for this card was Soft Sky, Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink and Kiwi Kiss. I used a bunch of techniques on the focal image, here's a close-up....

The colouring was done with Watercolour Wonder Crayons. Clothes were paper pieced. I used Liquid Applique for the fluffy trims, Two-Way Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter added some sparkle to the snow. The edges were sponged with Soft Sky and the mistletoe got a coating of Crystal Effects.

Inside the card I've used more designer paper, this is from the Eskimo Kisses pack by Basic Grey. I love that dash of pink for a Christmas card! The sentiment is from the new Occasional Quotes hostess set.

Head on over to see the samples from the oh-so talented OCC Sketch team!




Stamps: Occasional Quotes
Paper & Card: Soft Sky, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Soft Sky
Punches: Circle Punches
Other: Crystal Effects, White Gel Pen, Two-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Watercolour Wonder Crayons

Stamps: Merry KISSmas - MFT Stamps
Paper & Card: Eskimo Kisses - Basic Grey
Other: Liquid Applique, Jumbo Brads, Nestabilities

OCC Sketch #30

Hi everyone, it's time for another great OCC sketch designed by Jennifer. This one has so much potential with a couple of nice large panels for stamping or showing off designer paper.

I used the new Apple Blossom hostess set again - loving the clean images in this one.

My colour combo was Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip and Taken With Teal.

Head on over to the OCC Sketch blog to see the uber talented design team creations!



Stamps: Polka Dot Background, Tiny Tags
Paper & Card: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White Ink: Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink, Taken With TealPunches: Jewelry Tag, 1/4" Circle
Other: Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Brads, Small Grommets 

Paper & Card: Blush - Basic Grey
Other: Prima Flowers, Stylized Flowers Embossing Folder

So Proud Of You....

Hi everyone - time for another OCC Sketch!

I pulled out some current and old In Colours that made their way into the new Colour Collections SU! are launching next month. I've used Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango.

I went with some super simple stamping and a little dimension for a bright, fun card. 

Head on over to the OCC Sketch blog and see what the design team has come up with!



Paper & Card: Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point & Tangerine Tango.Good Morning Sunshine Paper.
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Pacific Point & Tangerine Tango
Punches: Sm Corner Rounder
Other: Wild Wasabi Ribbon, Linen Thread

Stamps: Great Expectations, Petals & Stems - Verve Stamps
Other: Button, Nestabilities

Shimmery Watercolour

Happy Thursday everyone! Today I have my card for OCC Sketch #26 to share with you.

I used the colours from Color Throwdown #103 - Riding Hood Red (my fav red at the moment) Certainly Celery and River Rock. I'm SO glad River Rock is one of our new Colour Collection colours, it's such a pretty neutral.

I wanted to create a pretty panel for the main part of the card, so sprayed my image with Glimmermist to make the colours run and add some sparkle. I LOVE this effect! It came out lovely and soft, almost like stamping on tissue paper. Isn't the colour combo beautiful? I'll definitely have to use this one again for a Christmas card.

Head on over to see what the wonderful design team have come up with to inspire you this week!




Stamps: Best Yet, Inspired by Nature
Paper & Card: Riding Hood Red, River Rock, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red, River Rock, Certainly Celery
Punches: Circle, Scalloped Circle & Photo Corner punches
Other: Certainly Celery Ribbon, Hemp Twine, Ruby Red Button & Brads, Paper Crimper

Other: Pearl Glimmermist

In Colour Love

Hi everyone - time for a new OCC Sketch! This week you can make a fun round card, or add your circle to the front of a square card like some members of the design team have.

One of the things I'm most excited about craft wise is the launch of the new colour collections in NZ in September. I can't wait to get my hands on some new ink!

In the meantime, I'm trying to embrace colours that we've had previously and are returning, like Wild Wasabi. I didn't use this colour that much when it was current, but today I think I came up with a combo I love it in, Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo & Rich Razzleberry.

I knew what I wanted to do with this sketch as soon as I saw it - and yup, there's Vintage Vogue again. I'm getting more use out of this set than I thought I would, and I'm LOVING the clear mount option for stamping like this - no positioner needed! The Wasabi has more pop in real life - it's one of those colours I can never get to photograph spot on.

Inside I've repeated the stamped frame, this is a smaller card, so I've left the rest open to write my message.

I hope you'll play along with the OCC Sketch design team this week, pop on over to see their wonderful creations!

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Butterfly Prints
Paper & Card: Wild Wasabi, Whisper White
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry
Other: Melon Mambo Ribbon, Dimensionals

Other: Rhinestones, Nestabilities

Springy Sketch

Hi everyone - it's time for a fun OCC sketch. I flipped this week's sketch, putting the smaller panel at the bottom of my card.

I wanted a soft colour combo with a little pop, so I've used Certainly Celery, Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink, Groovy Guava, Very Vanilla and a hint of Sage Shadow.

I've used a couple of stamp sets - Whimsical Words and Vintage Vogue - love those flowers! I've used the Rock and Roll technique, inking the flowers first in pink, then lightly rolling the edges in guava before stamping. The background was created by repeatedly stamping the flourish from Vintage Vogue then using the Colour Spritzer tool with a Sage Shadow marker to add some speckles of colour before sponging the edges.

I've repeated the flower on the inside of the card, as well as the spritzing after masking the area with paper.

Head on over to the OCC Sketch Blog and see what my awesome stamping buddies have created with this sketch!


Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Whimsical Words
Paper & Card: Certainly Celery, Basic Gray, & Very Vanilla Card
Ink: Certainly Celery, Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink, Groovy Guava & Sage Shadow
Punches: Large Corner Rounder
Other: Colour Spritzer Tool, Guava Ribbon, Celery Ribbon, Cutter Kit

Other: Dew Drops, Oval Nestabilities

OCC Sketch 22 - Always

Hi everyone! I finally felt like stamping again - yippee for found mojo! Winter finds me spending lots of time doing other crafts in front of the fire, but I have missed stamping.

This week's OCC sketch is perfect for last minute Fourth of July cards or switch out the stars for other shapes for a great multi-purpose sketch.

My colour combo is from this weeks Color Dare - Soft Sky, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum & Whisper White. 

Always is still one of my favourite stamp sets of all time - I just love the combo of images and sentiments.

 

The inside of this card is nice and simple - more of those gorgeous sentiments and the organic image from the set.

This card's for Shanan - we just had a wonderful weekend for his 28th birthday. I made an 8 layer Chocolate Gateaux with whipped dark chocolate ganache (just sounds good right?) We caught a basketball game then headed to Taupo and got a gorgeous suite to relax in. Heaven!

Head on over to the OCC Sketch blog and see what the awesome design team has come up with!





Stamps: Always
Paper & Card: Soft Sky, Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum & Whisper WhiteFall Flowers DP
Ink: Soft Sky, Elegant Eggplant & Perfect Plum
Punches: Scallop Edge, Large Corner Rounder, Scallop Circle, 1 1/4" Circle, 1 3/8" Circle & 1/2" Circle
Other: Elegant Eggplant Ribbon

Merry!

Hi everyone! Can you believe it's June already? 2010 is flying by! Today I've got a cute little square card using OCC Sketch #18.

I dove into my collection of Christmas papers and stamps for this one, I just love Christmas products, and I'm enjoying playing with them throughout the year - who knows, my Christmas cards might even go out at the start of December!

 

I'm a very happy stamper this week - I got some happy mail from MFT over the weekend and this Jumbo Scallop Die-namic was part of the parcel - you're going to see jumbo scallops on everything for awhile and I make no apologies because they're just too darn cute!

I've paper pieced, watercoloured and coloured with marker on my focal image before adding a healthy dose of glitter to make the snow sparkle. Now to try and get all the glitter off my person before going out tonight...

Inside I've used more scallops, more paper from the Dashing pack and a Verve Sentiment. Head on over to the OCC Sketch blog to see what the design team has created and to play along!

 

Stamps:  Tiny Tags

Paper & Card: Real Red, Bashful Blue & Very Vanilla card.

Dashing DP.
Ink: Black
Punches: Medium Jewelery Tag
Other: Earth Elements Buttons, Silver Cord, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Two-Way Glue Pen, Always Artichoke Ribbon

Stamps: Baby it's Cold Ooutside - MFT, Ornamental Christmas - Verve
Other: Jumbo Scallop Die-namic - MFT, Circle Nestabilities, Snowflake Embossing Folder, Prima Flower