Family Joy for As You See It Challenges

Welcome to Friday, and our last As You See It Challenge before the New Year. This challenge goes until December 18th, and then we will be taking a break until January 3. This is Challenge #215 and it is a Fill In the Blank Challenge with a holiday theme:

This was an easy blank for me to fill in, because it is my family and my grandkids that give me so much joy at Christmas time and all year round, really! I wanted to make a card that reflected family gathered around, but we didn't really have a specific stamp for that, so, as usual, I improvised and combined what we do have. 

Three sets came to mind for me: A Good Man, Beautiful You and Artfully Aware. One that I forgot that would have worked better, is Wonderful Moments. Combining them along with the tree from Rooted in Nature required a lot of masking and thinking about which images would be in the foreground and which would need to be stamped first and masked first. Here's how it turned out:

• The scene is supposed to be the family gathering around the newly decorated Christmas tree, admiring it and revelling in their closeness to each other.
• I have to say that the dancing lady is my youngest daughter, who is a dancer, and quite often breaks into impromptu dance at exciting moments!
• The sentiments are from Itty Bitty Christmas and Frosted Foliage. 
• I stamped all the images, except for the tree, in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them in with Stampin' Blends Markers.
• The tree was stamped in Mossy Meadow and I added a Star Designer Element at the top and Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels for lights.

I did another version of this card, and I wonder which you like the best because I can't decide. It's the same, it just has a different sentiment - this one from the Toile Christmas stamp set:

For this one, I kind of felt that the sentiment banner was just a little too large and unwieldy for the scale of the images. What's your opinion? My hubby liked this one best.

Have a great weekend! I hope you can find some stamping time and enter our last challenge of 2019!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

A Good Man Cling Stamp Set [149270] $33.00	Artfully Aware Cling Stamp Set [149447] $31.00	Beautiful You Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151412] $38.00	Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148217] $57.00	Itty Bitty Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En) [150513] $30.00
Frosted Foliage Cling Stamp Set (En) [150520] $27.00	Toile Christmas Bundle (En) [152367] $70.00	Toile Christmas Cling Stamp Set (En) [150469] $33.00	Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979] $12.00	Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $12.00
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $10.25	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112] $10.25
Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $10.25	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $10.25	Ivory Stampin' Blends Marker [144606] $6.00	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149557] $12.00	Cajun Craze Combo Pack Stampin' Blends [147931] $12.00
Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144601] $12.00	Night Of Navy Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144040] $12.00	Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144598] $12.00	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [148547] $12.00	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144605] $12.00
Flirty Flamingo Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147278] $12.00	Mint Macaron Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147283] $12.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147273] $12.00	Stamping Sponges [141337] $7.00	Star Designer Elements [150430] $12.25
Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels [150457] $8.25	Everyday Label Punch [144668] $24.00	Timeless Label Punch [149516] $24.00	Christmas Cardinal Dies [150640] $45.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

Post It Full Adhesive Notes to make the masks from (stamp the same image on them and cut out the image just barely inside the stamped line)

Roomie Gifts I Received at OnStage

One of the absolute best perks I have received as being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator is the perk of meeting so many wonderful new friends, both among my customers and fellow demonstrators. Recently a group of fellow demonstrators and I attended OnStage Local in Red Deer, Alberta and we had a great time despite the freezing temperatures!

One of the sweetest traditions at Stampin' Up! Events is the tradition of Roomie Gifts, little presents that you give to your hotel roommates! It seems I forgot to take photos of the boxes I made for my roomie gifts, but I did photograph the wonderful containers my roomies made to hold the gifts they gave me! It was like Christmas! I wanted to share what these talented ladies created!

This lovely box was created by my sideline, Holly Finney, from the Sale-a-Bration Specialty Designer Series Paper, Springtime Foils! Gorgeous, isn't it? I love the way Holly added the cut out flower from one of the designs on the top and the two little tags on the side with the Copper Metallic Thread and bow from Gold ribbon. Those mixed metallics are so on trend these days.

This beautiful gift bag was the creation of my downline, Karen Bridden! I love the design with the overlapping flap at the top, but what really got my attention was the eye-catching tag with my initial on it! Look at the masterful layering of all the elements on it! Love it!

My downline, Doreen Austgarden, did something I've always wanted to do, but never got up the gumption to try. She stamped tile coasters for all of us! Won't these be fabulous on our craft room desks? Her image is from the Beautiful You stamp set, which will be in the new catalogue, and the sentiment is from the Work of Art stamp set, which is retiring this year. Then she created the perfectly sized box for them from the Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack with tags to match!

Terry Hamilton, a fellow demonstrator, created some really unique gifts in her mini shopping bags!

I love this Post It Note holder she made from scratch, using some old White Corrugated Paper as the hinge (what a perfect solution!!) and some DSP from the Delightful Daisy series, which is actually now sold out. And that cute tag, stamped with the Labeler Alphabet Stamp Set.

Then she got out her Crafting Forever stamp set and Shrinky Dinks sheets to make us these adorable scissor charms! She had quite the adventure trying to find the proper chain to make them for as well!

So what do you think! I was spoiled, no?  I didn't even show you have the stuff that was in the boxes! So amazing! Just one more reason for you to join my team to get to know all these creative, kind people! There's just no one like crafters!!

Don't forget to order your faves from the Occasions and Annual Catalogues while supplies last!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make these projects today.


Product List

Beautiful You Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143004] $48.00	Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143637] $34.00	Work Of Art Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134114] $29.00	Work Of Art Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134111] $40.00	Labeler Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set [141936] $21.00
Crafting Forever Wood-Mount Stamp Set [143955] $40.00	Crafting Forever Clear-Mount Stamp Set [143958] $27.00	Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper Stack [144131] $29.00	Springtime Foils Specialty Designer Series Paper [147193] $0.00	Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper [144137] $14.50
Gold 1/8" Ribbon [134583] $6.75	Copper Metallic Thread [141696] $4.00	Metal Rimmed Pearls [138394] $6.75	Powder Pink 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144151] $9.25	Delicate White Doilies [141701] $4.00
Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies [138281] $35.00	Tranquil Tide 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon [144136] $9.25	Whisper White Thick Baker's Twine [141688] $5.25