CSAYL- inspiration photo

By playing along with the challenges at CSAYL I am slowly starting to build up my christmas card stash!  I am hoping, this year will be the year there will be no mad December stamping- fingers crossed!
This weeks challenge is to create a christmas card based on the inspiration picture below... YUMMO!!

I have teamed it up with Iwona's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #24 sketch

The Recipe:

Stamps: CC designs -Santa Birgitta

Cardstock: Rose Red, Xpress it blending cardstock

Paper: Echo Park Little Girl and Springtime

Ink: Memento- Tuxedo Black

Copics: Y00, Y02, Y11, Y13, Y15Y21, Y32, Y35,E50, E51, E53, RV0000, RV00, RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14, RV25, R39

Accessories: AnnaBelles Icicle sprinkles, Nestabilites ovals and Labels 19, glitter, MFT die-namics snowflakes, dimensional magic, clear spica pen

Mother's Day Bouquet Bog Hop

Happy Tuesday to all!

If you have come here from Lisa's blog you are on the right track, then head along to Stephanie's.

Come and join us at AnnaBelle Stamps,  the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month as we have fun sharing a new set or two with you!

Play along with us for your chance to win the Blog Hop set,  the Mother's Day Bouquet set.  As you will see when you visit the teams blogs, this set is oh so versatile!
If you have been following along at the AnnaBelle's Blog you will have seen some sneak peaks of the new goodies that are coming your way, stamps, papers.... and more!

SketchBook Saturday Challenge #7, I found Iwona's sketch to be perfect for my card today

The Recipe:

Stamps: AnnaBelle's Mother's Day Bouquet

Cardstock: Xpress it Blending Cardstock, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise

Paper: Bitty Gingham (A Muse), SU Delightful Daffodil

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine- Black Onyx

 Copics:Y0000, Y13, Y17, G02, G05, G09, G28, B000, B00, B02, B02, B04, B06, C00, C1

Accessories: AnnaBelle's 7mm Red stitched ribbon, AnnaBelle's 6mmTurquoise sprinkles,  Nestabilities Labels 4 and  Fleur De Lis Accents, Score Pal, Cuttlebug Victoria Embossing folder, Banner Die (PTI)



I have used the SSSC113 sketch for this one




The colours have not photographed very well, but the textured background is a chocolate colour, and looks sooooo much nicer IRL!



The Recipe:

Stamps:  AnnaBelle's Mother's Day Bouquet, Squared- Mother's Day (sentiment)
Cardstock:  CC designs Copic Paper, AnnaBelle's Textured- Chocolate (coming soon)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Paper: Queen Bee (pink paislee)
Copics: E0000, E21, E23, E25, E27, G20, G21, G24, G28
Accessories:   AnnaBelle's  16mm  Satin Ribbons- Lime Juice and Moss ,  AnnaBelle's Sprinkles -6mm Sultana, Nestabilities Ovals and Labels 18 , Dimensional Magic, Jewellery Tag Punch (SU), Die-namics open scallop boarder, button

I know the rest of the team will have some stunning creations, make sure you stop by!

Next stop on the Hop is Stephanie's

How to Play :

Playing along is now even easier! You can leave a comment on one or all of the DT blogs and add your name using the Inlinkz tool which can be found on any of the DT blogs. 
The hop will stay open for 1 week, a random winner will be drawn on Tuesday the 11th of April

and if you've commented on the mystery DT blog then you will be the winner.

Curtain Call Colour Challenge: Act 33 & Card Patterns:sketch 67

Doh - Late again!!!!  I had this post scheduled for 3 pm and for the 2nd week in a row it didn't work!  Sorry for the delay!  :)

Hello and welcome back for another week, this week is an extra special one as we welcome our Guest designer to June, Christine MacLaren from Seaglass & Sentiments, I am sure she will have some wonderful treats in store for us over the month! Stacey has put together another amazing palette of colours to work with, Act 33 calls into play Night of Navy, Crtainly Celery, Whisper White and Bashful Blue- what a great mix of colours to work with!

If you would like to play along, head over to Stacey's Stamping Stage and link your creation in with Mr Linky! Stacey will be awarding one creation with "The Lead" and 5 creations for the "Top 5 show stopper", qualifying to adorn your blog with the badges and share the news with all!!

As always, if you would like some inspiration to get you started with these colours you can head over to the Design Team members blogs to check out their impressive creations and our illustrious leader, Stacey, will have a beautiful creation to get you going too!

Amy White at Devlinwhite Designs

Andrea Roose at Andrea's Scrap- und Stampel Blog

Christina McLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa) at Random Acts of Creativity

Julie Smith at Paper and Such

Lea Lawson at Lea's Cupcakes & Sunshine

Marisa Ritzen at Rosemary Reflections

Melissa Hubert at My Paper Obsession

Shelley Germann at Stampin' Garden

Stacey Schafer at Stacey's Stamping Stage

ME.......

My Nephew is doing his Confirmation today, so the colours came at a perfect time to make something 'boyish' (which I tend not to do unless I need to!). I thought I could combine the colour challenge with something for the confirmation and save a little time.   I started making the candle, intent on using my copic markers- however with the 69 that I do currently own, I didn't have the right colours- doh!!  The green was a little too bright and the blue was not dark enough! 

Back to the drawing board, I started again with a card instead (so much for saving time-lol!).  This time i paper pieced (yes Ange that's right- i cut all the little pieces out with scissors, surprise surprise!!- lol)  giving me the correct colours this time!  You may not be able to see it in the photos,  but I have used crystal effects on Trevor's boots, belt and balloon.  I have used the Card Patterns:Sketch 67 with the Curtain Call Colours

The Recipe: (for both card & candle below)

Stamps: CC Designs Sugarplums "Balloon Trevor", Whimsical Upper & Lower
Cardstock: Stampers Select White (PTI), blending card stock , Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery (All SU)
Paper: Maine Blueberry, Certainly Celery Patterns Designer Series, Bashful Blue (not sure which pack it came from)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics (YG 11 & 13, B21 & 24, E25,27,29, 50 & 51  & colourless blender), Copic Multi liner .3, Silver star brads, crop o dile Big Bite, Jumbo eyelets (SU), Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon, MM slot punch, Crystal Effects (SU) 

 

Hope to be seein your creation featuring these wonderful colours!

thanks for Stopping by

Happy Crafting

Sue

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