Come Together for Freshly Made Sketches

Time for some more card challenges just because I can. Today's is Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #401 and I was struck by the Scandinavian look of their sketch today.

While most clean and simple designs need lots of white space, I think lots of neutral space qualifies, too and that's why I chose this pattern of Designer Series Paper from the Come Together Package of DSP in the Holiday Catalogue for this awesome little sketch based on a square card base. I love the offset concentric circles and I struggled for some way of representing them that would work with a fall-themed card. I first used two rings made from the Stitched Shapes Dies, but they were a bit too stark and boring for me. Then I came up with the idea to glue the Braided Linen Trim to them and cut them down a bit to even them out.

• I used the Fine Tip Glue Pen to do the job of gluing the Linen Trim onto the stitched circle rings. It worked fairly well, but beware of any glue getting in places other than where you want it, because the glue in that pen can't be cleaned up with an adhesive eraser easily.
• The Seasonal Layers Dies created the two large leaves on the top part of the sentiment label from Pumpkin Pie and Merry Merlot cardstock. The bottom leaves are created from Gray Granite cardstock are punched with the punch die.
• The sentiment, which was from the August Paper Pumpkin kit, is stamped in Merry Merlot on Whisper White cardstock and die cut with the Beautiful Boughs dies.
• It's hard to see but I used an old, old retired tool from Stampin' Up! known as a spritzer to create the tiny splatters on the sentiment. The Braided Linen Trim Bow gives a jaunty final touch.

Tomorrow is the last day to subscribe to Paper Pumpkin to receive this great Halloween treat kit around Sept. 15th. Lots of fun for your kids or grandkids to put together, and you'll enjoy making this kit, too!

To subscribe click HERE.

 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

Come To Gather Designer Series Paper [150454] $15.75	Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $12.00	Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979] $12.00	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [105117] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25
Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112] $10.25	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers [147158] $40.00	3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $9.50	Leaf Punch [144667] $22.00	Beautiful Boughs Dies [150661] $48.00
Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $41.00	Seasonal Layers Dies [143751] $45.00	Fine-Tip Glue Pen [138309] $9.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50

Gift of Fall Stamp Set from the August 2019 Paper Pumpkin kit.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Stampin' Up! Cinema

Now that our new Holiday Catalogue is out, I can share with you a number of new YouTube Videos by Stampin' Up! featuring products from that same catalogue, that will give you an idea of the their features and how to use them. Here's a couple today.

First Brian Pilling introduces the Cup of Christmas Bundle:


          


Next, Sarah will show us all about the Snowfall Accents Puff Paint:


       


Finally, Holly will show us the Still Scenes Bundle:


         

Enjoy these! I'm hoping for lots of time this weekend to play with all my new products, including the Still Scenes Bundle, which I just got and I'll have lots of sample for you to look at next week!

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

Cup Of Christmas Bundle (En) [153025] $63.00

Snowfall Accents Puff Paint [150691] $6.00

Still Scenes Bundle [153023] $64.75

The 2019 Holiday Catalogue is Here!

It's finally here! The 2019 Holiday Catalogue is open for business. You can place your orders online through my On-Line Store or contact me anytime and I will place your order for you! 

If you don't have your Holiday Catalogue yet, let me know and I will see that you get one! It's a marvelous publication, great bedtime reading! You need to fill out those wish lists pronto!

In the meantime, you can download a PDF of the catalogue if you click HERE!

This catalogue runs from today, Sept. 4, 2019 until Jan. 2, 2020! The Annual Catalogue is still effective now as well.

The other promotion that is going on at the moment is this one:

From now until Sept. 30, 2019, if you buy 3 packages of selected DSP on one order, Stampin' Up! will reward you with a third pack of selected paper absolutely free!  Here are the DSP packs you can choose from:

There is even a specialty DSP pack in this list!

Here are some projects completed with these papers:

Contact me if you would like to place an order or order through my On-Line Store.

Feels LIke Frost for Freshly Made Sketches

A super fast post today because I wanted to enter Freshly Made Sketches 400th Challenge Sketch at least once and I had this great idea inspired by the photography of Drew Doggett in Iceland. To do that I'm using the Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper and then stamping, colouring with Stampin' Blends, fussy cutting and adding images from Leave a Little Sparkle Stamp Set.
First of all, congratulations to FMS on their 400th Challenge! That is a very impressive milestone to reach!

My design has loosely interpreted the sketch, so I hope it's okay for the challenge.








This is just a sample of the amazing photos of Drew Doggett that I was inspired by. Taken in Iceland, of the Icelandic ponies it does indeed remind me of something legends are made out of. There are many more gorgeous photos on the link I gave you so you should definitely go check them out.












And now here's my interpretation:

• The Feels Like Frost Specialty DSP makes this easy, because it's so stunning all by itself, but when you take the unicorn image from Leave a Little Sparkle minus the unicorn horn, which is so simple to trim right off, you can almost recreate the feel of the Icelandic ponies!
• I stamped the image in Memento ink and coloured using the Light Black Stampin' Blends marker and the Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo (Light & Dark shades). This gives the impression of a white horse, if you leave lots of white as well.
• The sentiment is embossed using Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder on a strip of the DSP, glued onto a strip of Balmy Blue cardstock and flagged on the left end.
• Some Frosted Epoxy Droplets are added at the end. The sentiment is from the Band Together stamp set.

Just 2 more days until you can order from this new Holiday Catalogue! Ladies and gentlemen, starty your wishlists!!!

 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

Leave A Little Sparkle Cling Stamp Set [149292] $29.00	Band Together Cling Stamp Set [149231] $31.00	Feels Like Frost Specialty 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [150444] $20.00	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $12.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $12.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $8.25	Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [148544] $12.00
Basic Black Light Stampin' Blends [147940] $6.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00	Paper Snips [103579] $13.50	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $5.50