Smooch #142: A Sweet Change of Pace

After the Christmas rush, it was nice to get a little time to do something new. Valentine's Day is coming and it will be here before we know it, so I decided to {try} to get a head start. I don't have many {any} specific Valentine's Day stamp sets (I'll have to work on that), so I improvised.

I am in LOVE with Beautifully Baroque. I wasn't sure if I really would use it much, but so far I've used it QUITE a bit. I'm pretty happy with that purchase! This is a simple card, it was quick to put together and everything turned out right the first time!

The sketch is from Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration. 

*I had to add a little "oomph" so I put in a cute little window. It was so simple, but it added so much.

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Sahara Sand, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla

Ink ~ Cherry Cobbler, silver emboss powder

Stamp Sets ~ Beautifully Baroque, Off the Grid, Ciao Baby, Itty Bitty Banners

Embellishments ~ Cherry Cobbler Chevron Ribbon

Teaching about Christmas

The kids have been learning a LOT about Christmas and Our Lord Jesus Christ at school. They come home with so much excitement and enthusiasm for this Christmas Season. I love our school and their ways of teaching and the wonderful strong foundation they are giving to the children. Okay, that's enough mushy stuff.

The kids school Christmas parties are just around the corner and of course I didn't have ANYTHING made up yet. We'll be making treats today and I'll be making tags this weekend. LOTS of tags! I finally came up with an idea for a card for their teachers. I wanted to do a chalkboard effect, obviously because they're teachers. This was such a fun card to make. The sketch came from the Paper Craft Crew for challenge #71. I hope you enjoy it. 

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Ink ~ Craft white StazOn, Black StazOn, Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Real Red, Smoky Slate, Crumb Cake

Stamp Sets ~ Color Me Christmas, A Banner Christmas, Christmas Messages

Embellishments ~ Red ribbon

Color Me Christmas

I've been on a tag-making kick today. I've created a lot of pretty ones to give, but didn't have anything cute for the kids yet, so I decided to put this cute little stamp set to good use. 

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar

Ink ~ Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black, Rose Red, Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray

Stamp Sets ~ A Banner Christmas, Color Me Christmas

Embellishments ~ Cherry Cobbler chevron ribbon

I created this cute little tag with a couple of challenges in mind. The layout came from one of my favorite blogs, Retro Sketches. It is for challenge #93. The color combo came from The Paper Players for challenge #175. 

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Baked Brown Sugar

Ink ~ Old Olive, Raspberry Ripple, Pink Pirouette, Basic Black, Black Stazon

Stamp Sets ~ Label Love, Color Me Christmas, A Banner Christmas, Off the Grid, Gorgeous Grunge

Embellishments ~ Pink Pirouette Chevron ribbon, Rhinestone Basic Jewels

Sailing Past

I got a little time to play in my woman cave this morning. I can't take credit for the idea, I saw a similar card on Pinterest. I just LOVE how it turned out though. I'm totally going to start doing this technique more often. It's super time consuming, but it's SO worth it! I created this card for Mojo Monday Challenge #303

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Ink ~ Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Wisteria Wonder, Midnight Muse, So Saffron

Stamp Sets ~ So Sorry, Open Sea, By the Sea, Clockworks, From my Heart

Other Supplies ~ Clock embellishment (not SU), Ribbon (not SU), Baker's Twine

Happy Independence Day!!!

I made it just by the skin of my teeth! I haven't had any extra time this week. We're getting ready to have a barbecue for my husband's birthday on Saturday. After spending some family time this morning, I set out to create this card for CAS(E) this Sketch! It turned out better than I had planned. I LOVE it when that happens! I hope you like it too!

Supplies Used:

Paper ~ Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Night of Navy

Ink ~ Cherry Cobbler, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake

Stamp Sets ~ Everything Eleanor, Gorgeous Grunge, Memorable Moments

Other Supplies ~ Adorning Accents Folders, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Silver eyelets, blue ribbon (not Stampin' Up)

*This card was entered in the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge #35