Wishing You a Cup of Cheer

Happy Tuesday everyone!! 

Today I am just popping in with a quick post with a card that I created using the Fab Friday Sketch #203 as my inspiration. 

I had a TON OF FUN making this card. I started off picking out these images from Sunny Studios that I had colored last year to make them the focal point of my card.

I layered them over paper scraps that matched the Lawn Fawn plaid pattern paper.

This will be going to a coworker with a GC for Dunkin Donuts. There is a "spreading kindness" initiative at work due to the stressful conditions that we have had. I am also going to fill a jar with these YUMMY individually packaged cookies as a bonus.

Here is the fun sketch that I used as inspiration for my card.

Well, that is all from me today. I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!!

 

Day 3 PaperTrey Ink's "Grab and Craft Challenge"

Hello everyone!! I hope you are staying warm this winter weekend. The temperatures are frigid here this weekend. We have had quite a warm winter so I am not complaining. I like the cold!!

I created the project I am going to share for PaperTrey Ink's "Grab and Craft Challenge" that was issued on Day 3 of their reveal. The challenge was that you had five minutes to gather and grab your supplies to make a project. This was not hard for me as I have a huge mess on my desk once again from crafting last week and had a ton of "extras."

I used these bits and pieces to make the card and tag below.

I will admit that I did not exclusively use PaperTrey Ink products on these projects. I was making this for a co-worker that was going through a tough time.

For me, tea is something that represents calm so I chose to use PaperTrey's "Cup of Cheer" stamp and die set for my creations. I also used PaperTrey's "Big Hugs" die, as well as some other dies on the tag.

The yellow paper is a scrap that I had. I am going to start making an effort to use my scraps. I had to clean out a drawer of neutrals today because I could not shut it!!

I thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful night!

Supplies:

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Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #2

Happy Saturday everyone!! I am so excited today to bring you my post for the second challenge over at Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge #2. Are you ready?

Here is the card the inspiration card:

Like the first challenge, I chose to use the middle going from left to right-holiday, 100% stamped, and die-cuts. I decided to make the "holiday" Valentine's Day. Here is the card I created:

I am going to let you in on a little secret here-this was NOT the card I intended to make. I really wanted to make a one layer card with the die cutting being just the frame. I made masks, did the layering and thought I was doing fine. HOWEVER, when I stamped the pink "shelf" underneath, this is what happened.

See the how the pink got on the cup and the saucer? I was not happy since this was the FOURTH time I stamped this card and on each time SOMETHING went wrong. I really liked my overall design so I was determined to make lemonade out of lemons!! To solve my problem, I stamped and die cut a tea cup instead and adhered it over the "mistake." Problem solved!!

I added a bit of glossy accents over the stamped hearts, as well as die cut, stamped and adhered a flower and leaf accent on the coffee pot.

As and added bonus, I am going to post the FIRST card I created using this same design. This was my "test" run.

This was how the first card was supposed to look, minus the awful polka dots. This card is not horrible BUT I did not like how the sentiment was not clear, hence me attempting to re-do it. 

Please hop on over to Stamping Smiles Designs Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge to play along with me and the other design team members. Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies:

InLinkz.com