Color Combo Challenge Masculine

It's been a while since I have posted but I was really inspired by the color combo challenge over at Create with Connie and Mary that I had to go right to my craft room.

I love this color combo!

Stay tuned for a post in the future to show you how I created the background.

Stampset: Horse Frontier, From the Herd, Just Sayin'

Paper: Very Vanilla, Tip Top Taupe, Mint Macaron, Dapper Denim

Ink: Staz on, Tip Top Taupe, Wild Wasabi, Mint Macaron

Bigshot: Word Bubble, Window Frames Collection

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!

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!

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

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/

FM187 Weather Inspired with Metal Embellishment

I'm super exicted to be hosting this weeks Friday Mashup challenge. 

With winter in full swing in Calgary, Alberta, Canada I have been thinking a lot about weather. So this week let the weather you are currently experiencing or would like to be having inspire you to create your project. If your up for mashing up the challenge you can add in a metal embellishment.

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

1. Create a project using "a Metal Embellishment (Staple, Brad, Grommet etc.)". 

2. Create a project using "Weather as your Inspiration" think Storms, Winter, Clouds, Rain, Sun, Warm Sandy Beaches. 

3. or Mash it Up! and create a "Weather inspired project with a Metal Embellishment".

I'm really sad with how my photographs turned out because in person my banner is STUNNING!

There is lots of sparkle. I spritzed everything with smootch spritz giving everything extra sparkle. Theres added texture to the banner by using my Marker Spritzer with Lost Lagoon marker.

I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the banner and lettering. I love my cameo because it works with MDS SVG files. This means I pulled over my banner punch into the Silhouette Software to cut out the banners.

Stampset: Project Life - Holiday Cheer

Paper: Whisper White, Lost Lagoon, Pool Party, Smokey Slate, Silver Glimmer Paper

Ink: Lost Lagoon, Smokey Slate

Punches: Snowflake (Retired), 1-1/4 Scalloped Circle

Bigshot: Circle Framelits, Festive Flurry Framelits

Tools: Silhouette Cameo (for banners & letters)

Accessories: Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Frosted Sequins, Silver Gromlets, Smootch Spriz

FM185 Color Combo with Sparkle

We have another fantastic set of challenges over at The Friday Mashup this week. Sadly I could only participate in one of the challenges because I don't have Iridescent Ice embossing powders. I tried it with the hologram embossing powder but it didn't look good at all!!! 

This week's Mashup Challenge is:

1. Create a project using the "Diamond Dust Technique" Tutorial Here. 

2. Create a project using the colors "Island Indigo, Garden Green & Rich Razzleberry (or similar colors if you don't have these exact colors). 

3. or Mash it Up! and create a project "using the colors above and the Diamond Dust Technique".

I had a whole bunch of squares left over from another project I created and I am not good at throwing scraps out. A while ago I cut circles out of the centre but still was unwilling to throw out the squares. I noticed them sitting on my desk and they were all fanned out as shown on my card. It was the starting off point for the inspiration for my card. It took a while to glue all the layers together perfectly but I love the dimension on the card. Too bad it doesn't show as well in the photos.

Stampset: Something for Baby

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Island Indigo, Garden Green, Rich Razzleberry

Punches: Banner Punch

Bigshot: Baby's First Framelits, Circle Framlits, On Film Framlits

Accessories: Basic Rhinestones