This week's sketch was created by the lovely Shawn Lahr. Isn't this fantastic?
Come on over to see what the Mavens have done with it, and remember,
there's a new layout made from the sketch posted every day, Friday
through Thursday.
Want a link right to each Maven's layout? Here you go!
One of my ambitions for 2019 was to become amember of a design team ... somewhere.
I know. That is not a very precise goal. But it wasn't really a goal. Just an ambition.
I'm very, very pleased to say that that ambition was realized last week when I was invited to be a sketch designer for Sketches in Thyme scrapping challenge blog.
I am beyond excited to join all of these ladies in bringing scrapbooking sketches and inspiration to crafters on a weekly basis.
I'm participating in some card challenges at Scrapbook.com. Since it's October, already, I decided that most, if not all, of the cards I make are going to be Christmas cards.
The basic card design was inspired by this card, which was chosen for me in the Gallery Inspiration challenge.
I used the color palette from the Inspirational Card Challenge and came up with this card using the above card as a sketch.
This poinsettia stamp set is one of my all-time favorite Stampin' Up!® stamp sets, so I knew I would be using it for several cards this year.
I love to use gold emboss powder to stamp the flower a couple of times, and then cut them out and layer them using Dimensionals.
I wanted a patterned vellum for the bottom triangle of the background mat, but didn't have any, so I used my VersaMarker to make dots, and then heat embossed with a fine gold powder to create my own patterned vellum.
I stamped the sentiment for the Joyful Christmas set and die cut it using a Spellbinders die.
Lastly I added some yellow glitter glue to the flower center for a little bling, and just because it was awfully plain without it.
Obviously, I need to find a better adhesive to use under vellum, because the spots of adhesive from my ATG gun show through loud and not-so-clear! lol
If you aren't already a member of the Scrapbook.com crafting community, I hope you'll check it out. It's my favorite place to join in the challenges and share my love of scrapping, both cards and layouts.
CREDITS: Stampin' Up! : cardstock (Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Whisper White), Joyful Christmas stamp set (retired), Early Espresso ink, gold emboss powder, Scalloped Tag Topper punch, Stampin' Dimensionals DCWV : design paper from The Christmas Stack Spellbinders : Nestabilities Label Fourteen (retired) Hampton Art, Studio G : glitter glue
Been a while since I've posted anything here. A l-o-n-g while.
I had considered combining all of my blogging into one place, and making that place my business site at Shepherd's Song Creations. I stopped posting here, for that reason, but I've decided I don't like that way of doing things. I'm the type of person that compartmentalizes things, and so I seperate 'personal' and 'business' as two different categories. I know that in this day of personal branding, there is the trend to merge the two, and market 'you', but that just isn't the way I work.
And so, although I may (and probably will), make reference to some things going on in the business category on this blog, and include links to my site, the projects that you see here are in the 'personal' category; just the things we do for fun, family, or friends.
So ... here is the first bit of fun I have to share!
I've taken the plunge and started a YouTube channel: Nutty's News (genius, yes?) ...
... and here is a video share of a recent project.
The first challenge has gone live at Three P's challenge! This blog is all about getting together your Pages, Pocket Cards and Pictures . . . Three P's ~ how cute is that?
Join us two times a month, on the 1st and 15th, for fantistic fun and scrapping inspiration.
The first challenge is Frosty Feathers: include a bird somewhere on your page, and add some frost or bling with glitter, rhinestones, or something else that sparkles.
And here is my page for this challenge.
Now it's your turn! Come over to the Three P's blog to check out the other projects and be sure to join us yourself!
Credits: All supplies and tools are from Stampin' Up!®
