Double Shaker Christmas Card

I've been having a lot of fun creating shaker cards lately and when I seen this double layer shaker card on Julia's Zed Squared blog I knew I had to re-create it with a Christmas theme.


If you want to know how to create the double shaker card have a look at her blog, she has a great video.

I love all the little items in my shaker card and with the Lawn Fawn Stamps and dies it was super easy; no fussy cutting needed! Except for the holly and the scarf, I fussy cut them.

The deer is apart of their Party Animal stampset and it's super cute! I love how I can make the animals work for any occasion.

I'm entering my card into the last Lawnscaping Challenge of 2015! The theme for this challenge is Merry Christmas!

Calling All Hereos Birthday - FMS200 - FM222

It has been a very long time since I have been in the craft room and created anything. Life has completely taken over and I am finding it hard to get into the craft room.

I needed to get some crafting therapy so today I decided to see what challenges were out there and what I could come up with. 

I found two challenges and instantly I had an idea for a card. 

Thank you Freshly Made Sketches and The Friday Mashup for your inspiration!

This sketch was simple but it was perfect!

The challenge at Friday Mashup was to create a Birthday card using any technique, I chose to do a reflection technique using vellum as well as a water-colour background.

Here's what I came up with:

Stampset: Calling All Heroes and a Paper Pumpkin Stamp

Paper: Basic Black, Shimmery White, Whisper White, Lost Lagoon, Vellum

Ink: Versa Mark, Archival Black, Lost Lagoon
Markers: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight 

Accessories: White Embossing Powder

Quick Little Baby Bumblebee Card

This month a fellow demonstrator on my upline's team challenged us to create a card using a sketch she created. 

I rushed to create this card last minute and it turned out great! Can you believe I created this card in less than 30 minutes!!! Yahoo!

Stampset: Baby Bumblebee

Paper: Sweet Dreams DSP, Basic Black, Basic Grey, Crushed Curry, Lost Lagoon, Whisper White

Ink: Momento Ink, Crushed Curry Marker, Skin Tones Blendabilities

Punches: Hexagon

Bigshot: Labels Collection Framelit Die, Lucky Stars Embossing Folder

Accessories: Sweet Dreams Designer Buttons, Whisper White Bakers Twine

FM195 I have a Sketch!

I am so excited for this weeks challenge at The Firday Mashup! This week I got to create one last sketch for the team and for all of you. I think it is the perfect way to end my time with the team. I am super excited to see how everyone interprets the sketch!

Over the past year I have really enjoyed my time with The Friday Mashup team and I believe I have grown a lot as a creator. I started out only casing (copying) other people's projects but now I am able to come up with my own. 

I just want to take time to thank all the other designers on the team. They have provided fantastic inspiration with all of their challenges and they have pushed me to think out side of my box which has helped me to grow! 

This week's Mashup Challenge is:

1. Create a project with the "Sketch". 

2. Create a project with "2 different embellishments". 

3. or Mash it Up! and create a project "with the Sketch and different embellishments".

Stampset: Four Feathers, Perfect Pennants

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Smokey Slate, Blackberry Bliss

Ink: Crushed Curry, Smokey Slate, Blackberry Bliss

Bigshot: Banner Framelits

Tools: Stampin' Up's Handheld Stapler

Accessories: Coastal Cabana Thick Bakers Twine, Frosted Sequins, Mini Staples

I thought it would be fun to show you what cards started my adventure with the Friday Mashup. 

When they put out their call for new designers I had a vivid dream of some cards to make for one of their challenges. The next day I went straight to my craft room and began creating. The cards turned out exactly and I pictured them in my dream. 

I submitted them to The Friday Mashup Design team call and shortly after that I was off and designing for the team. 

Thank you all for playing along with us throughout the year, it has been amazing!

FM194 Baby Card and Color Combo

Just a note that this is my third post today so make sure to scroll down to see my other creations I have finally gotten around to posting. 

I love the color combo Tara has for us this week at the Friday Mashup! It works sooo well for a baby card!

This week's Mashup Challenge is:

1. Create a project with a "Baby Theme". 

2. Create a project  with "Brown, Aqua & Tangerine". 

3. or Mash it Up! and create a "Baby project with the above colors".

Isn't the baby bumblebee just darling? I can see using this stamp set a lot!!!

Stampset: Baby Bumblebee

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Very Vanilla, Tangerine Tango, Retro Fresh DSP

Ink: Staz On, So Saffron Marker, Skin Tone Blendabilities (Used after photo was taken)

Punches: Scalloped Tag Topper

Tools: Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Addition, Small Scallop Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blade

Accessories: Coastal Cabana Stretch Ruffle Trim, Baked Brown Sugar Thick Bakers Twine, Basic Pearls

FM191 Winter and Snowflakes

So it is finally time to move on from Christmas but that doesn't mean that winter is over. I loved this weeks challenge because I am still able to use my Christmas/Winter sets but in a different way.

Here's this weeks challenge at The Friday Mashup! 

1. Create a project with a "Winter theme". 

2. Create a project  with "Snowflakes". 

3. or Mash it Up! and create a "Winter project with Snowflakes".

In other news this will be my last month as a design team member for the Friday Mashup. It was a 1 year term and they are bringing in some great new talent. 

This week we are introducing our first new member Breelin Renwick! Hop on over to The Friday Mashup to see her fantastic creation and welcome her to the team!

Stampset: White Christmas, From the Herd

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Momento Ink, Smokey Slate, Basic Grey Marker, Coastal Cabana Marker, Pumpkin Pie Marker

Punches: Banner

Bigshot: Snowflake Framelits, Circle Framelits, Decorative Dots Embossing Folder

Tools: Shaker Frames

Accessories: Frosted Sequins, Basic Rhinestones

FM190 Sketch & Grunge

Sorry for posting Christmas cards after Christmas but I am still playing catch up with the Friday Mashup.

I love the challenge this week because it allowed me to think simple and I was able to get the card done quickly. I just got the Santa's List stamp set from the clearance rack but now I am wondering why I didn't get it sooner!

Here's your challenge this week at The Friday Mashup!

1. Create a project using the "Sketch". 

2. Create a "2 Layer card with a grungy element in the background". 

3. or Mash it Up! and create a project "using the sketch that's 2 layers only".

Stampset: Santa's List, Gorgeous Grunge

Paper: Gumball Green, Whipser White

Ink: Momento Ink, Cherry Cobbler & Skin Tone Blendabilities, Gumball Green, Gold Encore

Bigshot: Window Frames Collection Framelits

FM189 Grey and Embossing

I had fallen behind on my Friday Mashup creations and was down to the wire to get my card created for the design team. With little time to spare I rushed to my craft room and came up with the following card. It certainly isn't my best work and I bent the rules on the challenge a bit but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. 

When making the card I thought I just had to make sure I used Grey in my card. Since then I have learnt that I should have only used grey and silver. See what I mean about bending the rules?

Well I hope you are able to take some inspiration from my card to come up with something.

Here's your challenge this week at The Friday Mashup.

1. Create a project using "Basic Grey or Smoky Slate & Silver"
2. Create a project using "Dry or Heat Embossing"
3. Mash it up and create a project "using the colors Silver and Grey with some Embossing"

I did a lot of embossing, the background along with the frame is embossed. As well, I did heat embossing with my sentiment. 

The sentiment will be in the new Stampin' Up Occasions catalog soon to launch. 

Happy Holidays Everyone!

FM188 Winter Themed Gold/Silver Project

This week at the Friday Mashup I created a fun Box Chain Wreath! However I felt like I was cheating because the "Gold" on my Wreath was so minimal. So I set out do create a card with silver or gold but then struggled to incorporate any so all I had was silver rhinestones. With two "failed" attempts at mashing up the challenge I gave in and have decided to share both with you.

Here's this week's Friday Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project using "Silver or Gold". 

2. Create a "Christmas Project". 

3. or Mash it Up! and create a "Christmas-themed Project with Silver or Gold".

I took the idea for my reindeer from Pinterest. You can find the pin I used here.

Thank you Jacquii McLeay for the inspiration!

Do you recognize the "Joy" on my wreath? You are right, it's from the Wonderous Wreath Framelit set, but it has been blown up!! My wreath is 12" in diameter so there is no way the small joy from the framelits would fit. In came my Silhouette Cameo to the rescue!

I took a photo of the Joy cut out, imported the photo into my Silhouette Cameo Designer Software, resized it to fit my banner and cut it out three times. I layered Early Espresso, Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler joy's on top of each other to add some dimension.

The tutorial I followed for my wreath can be found on my pinterest board: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/30258628716508924/