Wise Men

I made another card for the StampTV Monthly Mix Challenge - Holiday in Black and White. I am also entering it in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Warm Winter Wishes and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Christmas.

I bought this lovely die last year and haven't had a chance to use it yet. After cutting the die out of black cardstock, I glued it to some white cardstock. I stamped the star in black and clear embossed it to give it some shine. I needed something else to go on the top so I attached some ribbon, stamped the sentiment and popped it up with some foam squares. The whole panel was matted with black and attached to a white card base.

Gina K. Designs: Sparkling Snowflake, Sentimental Holiday stamp sets
                             Black 5/8” Gingham ribbon
Memento Tuxedo Black ink 
Scor-Pal Three Wise Men die
Tombow MONO Multi liquid glue
clear embossing powder, foam squares, white and black cardstock from my stash

Lovely Branches

The Monthly Mix challenge on StampTV is Holiday in Black and White.  I made this card and am also entering it in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Warm Winter Wishes and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Christmas.

I started by using a die to cut the trees out of a white piece of cardstock. I saved the pieces to use on another card. I layered the white piece onto a black piece of cardstock, so the black shows through the trees. I added a piece of patterned paper near the top and added the sentiment, which is heat embossed and matted with black, with some foam squares. I adhered all of this to a white card base.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Christmas Joy Stamp set

                             Petite Patterns patterned paper
Memento Tuxedo Black ink 
From my stash: tree die, clear embossing powder, white and black cardstock, foam squares

Christmas Wreath

I recently got a stamp set with lots of small images that are perfect for making a wreath. I am entering this card in the Mod Squad Challenge - Build a Wreath, the Kat Scrappiness Charity Blog Hop to Benefit Coffee Oasis and the Simon Says Stamp Christmas Card Day.

I started with a piece of white cardstock and used the Inkadinkado Stamping Gear to make the wreath. I stamped the two pieces of pine branch and then added the sprigs and flowers. I stamped the sentiment and matted the panel with red before attaching it to a white card base. I thought it needed a little something so I added a bunch of sequins in different colours and shapes.

I used the following supplies:
Gina K. Designs: Christmas Greenery stamp set
                            Christmas Pine, Red Velvet, Sandy Beach ink
                            White, Red Velvet cardstock 
Memento Tuxedo Black ink 
Inkadinkado Stamping Gear
sequins from my stash

Let it Snow

Simon Says Stamp has two challenges every week - one on Monday and one on Wednesday. This week, they are both about snow and cold so I made a card for both challenges: Monday - Let it Snow, and Wednesday - Baby, it's Cold Outside. I am also entering this in the StampTV Monthly Mix challenge - Monochromatic Christmas Card/Project.

This was a fairly easy card to make. I started with a piece of blue cardstock from my scrap pile, stamped the snowflakes with VersaMark ink and embossed them in white. I stamped the sentiment on some white cardstock and rounded the corners. I stamped the snowflake in blue, embossed it in clear and cut it out with the coordinating die. After attaching the snowflake layer to a white card base, I popped up the sentiment with foam squares and added the die cut snowflake.

Here are the supplies I used:
Gina K. Designs: Sparkling Snowflake stamp set and coordinating die
                            Blue Denim ink
VersaMark ink
blue, white cardstock; clear, white embossing powder; corner rounder; foam squares from my stash

Birthday Grid Card

I had so much fun making the last card that I decided to make another one using the grid technique. I have a friend who has a birthday coming up, so I made this card for her. I am entering it in the Mod Squad Challenge - Modern Grid.

I started by stamping the flower and then drew the grid lines. I coloured the flower and a few of the squares. Then I stamped the small flowers in a few squares and stamped the sentiment near the bottom. I matted the layer with black and added it to a white card base.

I used these supplies:
Gina K. Designs: Especially for You, Happy Birthday to You, Where Flowers Bloom stamp sets
                            Amalgam, Bubblegum Pink, Dusty Rose, Innocent Pink ink
Spectrum Noir: Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock
                         Alcohol Markers: PV1, PV2, PV3, PV4, CT4, MG3, PP1, AP1, BP1
American Craft precision pen 01 Black
black cardstock from my stash

Snowflake Modern Grid

I made this card for two challenges: the Mod Squad Challenge - Modern Grid, and the StampTV Monthly Mix challenge - Monochromatic Christmas Card/Project. 

I stamped the snowflake and embossed it with a sparkly embossing powder. I decided to make my grid lines on a slant. I hope that's allowed! Once they were all drawn, I stamped a few small snowflakes in different colours of blue ink and attached the panel to a blue card base. I stamped the sentiment and matted it with blue cardstock before popping it up with some foam squares.

I used the following supplies: 
Gina K. Designs: Sparkling Snowflakes, Seasonal Sentiments, Christmas Joy stamp sets
                            Blue Denim, Powder Blue, Ocean Mist ink
                            White, Blue Denim cardstock 
Blue Staedtler triplus fineliner marker
sparkly embossing powder, foam squares from my stash

Square Christmas Card

Gina K. Designs had a new release last week and there was a Release Party Challenge on StampTV - Square Up! We were to make a square card. There is also a monthly challenge on Stamp TV, and this month it is to make a Monochromatic Christmas Card/Project. I made this card to enter into both challenges. 

I decided to do a fairly simple design and dress it up with embossing. I used three different colours of embossing powder and mixed two of them together to give me the colour I wanted. After stamping a poinsettia with VersaMark ink, I spooned one colour on every second petal, one at a time, dumping the excess off each one, before moving on to the next. Then I covered the whole flower with the mixed colour and heated it. I repeated the process until the whole piece was covered. I then matted it with red before attaching it to a white card base.

I stamped the sentiment on a small piece of white cardstock and popped it up with a piece of foam tape.

I used the following supplies:
Gina K. Designs: Merry & Bright Stamp set
                            Cherry Red ink
                            Red Velvet cardstock
VersaMark ink
white cardstock, embossing powder, foam tape from my stash

Triangular Box

I was looking on Pinterest for some cute treat boxes and found this one. I adjusted the size slightly so I could use a 6" x 6" piece of patterned paper.

I liked the pattern for this box because it doesn't require any cutting, and comes together very quickly. To make the box, start with a piece of patterned paper 4 1/4" x 6". I used a piece from the Gina K. Designs - Give Thanks pack. With the 6" side at the top of your Scor-Pal, score at 3". On the 4 1/4" side, make a mark at 2 1/8" on each end. Score from the mark to the end of the 3" score line on each side. Repeat on the other end and fold on all the score lines. You should end up with something like this:

With the 6" side on top, bring the two corners together, overlap slightly and glue the tips together. Repeat for the other side. When dry, punch a small hole in each side. I used a 1/8" punch.

Fill with your goodies and add a tag. To make the tag, I stamped the sentiment (A Gift for You stamp set), with Honey Mustard ink, onto a piece of ivory cardstock, die cut it with a Cottage Cutz Stitched Circle die and sponged the edge with Honey Mustard. Using some Scor-Tape, I matted it with some Honey Mustard cardstock, punched with a 1 3/4" scalloped circle punch. I used some baker's twine to tie the tag onto the box. All of the stamps, ink and cardstock are from Gina K. Designs.

I am entering this into the Scor-Pal More than One Score Challenge #53 Fall/Harvest/Halloween and the October StampTV Monthly Mix challenge - Anything but a Card.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you get a chance to make this easy box.

Gift Bag

I made this for a friend's birthday gift and am entering it in the following challenges: StampTV Monthly Mix - Anything other than a card; Scor-Pal More than one Score #53 - Fall/Harvest/Halloween; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything But a Card.

I started with a 12" x 12" piece of cream coloured cardstock and stamped the leaves randomly. 

To create the bag - Using your Scor-Pal, score at 2", 5 1/2", 7 1/2" and 11". Turn it a quarter turn and score at 1" and 10". Fold along all the score lines. With the 1" and 10" score lines at the top and bottom, cut from the bottom up to the 10" line along the four vertical score lines. Along the right hand side, cut off the bottom and top sections. Along the top, cut off the left 3 sections, leaving one section intact. Round off the corners of this top section. You should have something that looks like this (I forgot to round off the corners before I took the picture):

Put Scor-Tape along the tab at the right and make the square bag. Fold up the bottom tabs and tape together. Pinch the top sides together and fold the top flap over. Using a hole punch, punch two holes near the top, thread the twine through and form a bow.

To finish it off, I added a sentiment on a scalloped circle matted with a larger circle.

I used the following supplies:

Gina K. Designs: Skeleton Leaves and Holiday Frame Fillers Stamp sets
                            Wild Dandelion, Prickly Pear, Red Velvet, Dark Sage ink
Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape
2 inch circle punch, 1 3/4 inch scalloped circle punch, cardstock, 1/8 inch hole punch, corner                            rounder, baker’s twine from my stash

Inching Along

I made this card for the Mod Squad Challenge Blog. This week, the challenge is called Inching Along. We have to use at least one Inchie, an image that is an inch square, as our focal image. Here is what I came up with.

I didn't have a lot of time to make this card, so I decided to keep it fairly simple. I started by stamping the images with Memento ink, coloured them with alcohol markers and punched them out with a 1" square punch. I stamped the sentiment with Charcoal Brown and punched it out as well. I ran the edges of the squares along the ink pad to add some colour.

I punched out 4 scalloped squares and stamped them with a splatter stamp before attaching the inchies to them. I covered the front of a 4" square card with some patterned paper and then adhered the scalloped squares.

I used the following supplies:
Gina K. Designs: Give Thanks, Rose Peonies Stamp sets
                            Give Thanks patterned paper pack
                            Fresh Asparagus, Charcoal Brown ink
Memento Tuxedo Black ink 
Spectrum Noir: Ultra Smooth Premium White cardstock
                          Alcohol markers: EB4, GY5, OR1, OR2, OR3, GB4, DG3, DR5
1” square punch
1 1/2” scalloped square punch
glue dot runner