He's Making a List...

Good morning, and happy Saturday!  Welcome to another Saturday Sketch Challenge! Here is the Utah Diva's sketch for October 26, UDISC264.  You can find all of the cards and designers here.  This will be our last sketch challenge in 2013.  Our Saturday Sketch group going to take a break from posting until after the holidays.  Look for us again in January 2014.

 

Here is a card that I did for a recent Christmas card class, and I think it fits the sketch quite well!  I just love this image of Santa.  The stamp set is called Santa's List.

Here are the details ~

• Stamps ~ Santa's List
• Ink ~ Black Staz-On
• Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Season of Style DSP Stack
• Accessories ~ Stampin' dimensionals, Stylish Stripes TIEF

Here's a peek at the inside of the card ~

All four of the top layers were adhered using SNAIL.  I then bumped that panel up using dimensionsals, as I did with the flagged greeting.  This would be a perfect card to use as a gift card holder.  Just add a gift card with a glue dot to the inside of the card and you're good to go!

Although the DIVA Sketch group is taking a break for two months, I will be posting.  I have a lot of Christmas cards to show you! 

Enjoy your weekend!

Barbara

Think Snow...Sorta

Good morning, and happy Saturday!  Here is the Utah Diva's sketch for October 19, UDISC263.  You can find all of the cards and designers here.

This sketch really had me stumped.  Once I started putting the elements together,  I rotated it to a horizontal format and this is what resulted.  It just did not want to work vertically.  (Am I the only one who has cards "talk" to me?)

Details ~

• Paper ~ Whisper White, Silver glimmer paper
• Accessories ~ Northern Flurry Embossing Folder,  Expressions thinlets dies, Big Shot

I embossed the top layer two times.  (Since this folder is 5 3/4", not 6 3/8" like the newer ones, I could send it through width wise and get the large snowflake on the layer twice by rotating the card stock.)  Then I cut the "Merry" with the silver glimmer paper, using a layer of waxed paper to ease the removal from the die.  What do you think?  I wish you could see it in real life.  It has so much sparkle!  Maybe I should add a couple of rhinestones...

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The hostess code from October 15-31 is XH3NMMPU.  Be sure to enter it when you place your order and you will be eligible to win free products or hostess sets.  I will announce the winners on November 1.

Thanks for stopping by!  Here in northern New Jersey we are having a glorious October.  The colors are peaking and the temperatures have been perfect ~  near 70 most days with crisp nights.  I know I will enjoy my weekend!

Blessings,
Barbara

Weekly special

Here is today's weekly deal in our online store! Remember, this will change every Tuesday.
Please note that weekly deals will be offered while supplies last! This is a great time to stock up on some basics, like pearls and in color dahlias, or to purchase framelits that may be on your wish list!  The discount will appear in your shopping bag when you check out.

Get ready for a whole new way of online shopping.  Stampin' Up! has updated the online store experience.  Here is the link to my online store.  Click on "Shop" and order from the comfort of your own home!
The hostess code from October 15-31 is XH3NMMPU.  Be sure to enter it when you place your order and you will be eligible to win free products or hostess sets.

Lastly, here is the latest of our photo polymer stamp sets, Endless Wishes.  Have you tried these clear stamps yet?  I just love them! It is so easy to get your greetings perfectly placed since you can see through the stamps.  And this set is full of warm greetings for Christmas!

Have fun shopping!

Warm regards,
Barbara

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Good morning, and happy Saturday!  Did you miss me last week?  I was in Michigan visiting our children and grandchildren and did not have time before I left to work on the sketch challenge.  I went to celebrate the third birthday of my sweet granddaughter, Mabel.  Here she is with her mom, Laura, out celebrating with a birthday dinner.

Isn't she a cutie?  Of course, I do have the most adorable grandchildren ever! 

Here is the Utah Diva's sketch for today, UDISC262.  You can find all of the cards and designers here.  If you have a chance, check out all of the cards.  It is really interesting to see what everyone has come up with!

Here's my card ~

Details ~

• Paper ~ Whisper White, Pool Party, Winter Frost DSP
• Ink ~ Island Indigo, Pool Party
• Stamps ~ Festive Flurry
• Accessories ~ Festive Flurry Framelits Dies, Frosted Finishes Embellishments, Silver Glimmer paper, Northern Flurry embossing folder, stampin' dimensionals

A photo cannot capture the beauty of the Silver Glimmer paper!  It just has so much sparkle and shine to it.  This card is a slight variation of a card that we did in my Christmas card classes this week.  We have been meeting monthly since July and make eight Christmas cards, four each of two designs, each time we meet.  It is wonderful to be working ahead so our cards will be ready before Thanksgiving!

I think this would be an awesome Christmas card to send to some special people.  It would be easy to attach a thin silver cord to the snowflake for hanging, put a date on the back of the snowflake, and use some temporary adhesive so you could remove it from the card. Of course, this would be sent only to really "homemade-card-worthy" friends!  What do you think of the idea?

Thanks for visiting today! I hope you have a relaxing weekend!

Blessings,
Barbara

Flight of the Butterflies!

Good morning, and happy Saturday!  Here is the Utah Diva's sketch for September 28, UDISC260.  You can find all of the cards and designers here.

Here's my take on the sketch ~

Details ~

• Paper ~ Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Venetian Romance DSP
• Accessories ~ Decorative Label punch, Bitty Butterfly punch

I saw something similar on Pinterest that I was trying to CASE, but this didn't turn out quite the way I expected it to.  Maybe there is too much white?  What do you think?

I am looking forward to this first full weekend of fall.  I hope you are too!  Enjoy the beautiful fall weather.

Blessings,
Barbara

Welcome, Fall!

Good morning, and happy Saturday!  If you are anything like me, you probably have a cup of coffee in your hand.  Or maybe it is your second cup!  Personally, I need two cups in the morning, one for each leg!  Here is the Utah Diva's sketch for September 21, UDISC259.  You can find all of the cards and designers here.

This was another busy week for me, so I again took my inspiration from things that were already out from other projects.  Here's my version of the sketch.

  Details ~

• Paper ~ Whisper White, Sweater Weather DSP, Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit
• Ink ~Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip
• Stamps ~ Magnificent Maple
• Accessories ~ Brights Candy Dots

What do you think?  I am just in love with the beautiful birch paper in the Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit.  It comes on a roll, and there is a lot of it!

I'm off to a busy Saturday.  My youngest daughter and her husband just bought their first house and today is move in day!  I'll be there to help out, at least for a good part of the day.  I am so excited for them!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Comments are always welcome and appreciated.  Have a wonderful first weekend of fall!

Blessings,
Barbara

Saturday Sketch Times Two!

Good morning, and happy Saturday!  Welcome to another Saturday Sketch Challenge! Here is the Utah Diva's sketch for September 14, UDISC258.  You can find all of the cards and designers here.

I designed the card using one of my favorite paper patterns from the main catalog, Birthday Basics
(# 130145).  Besides all of the adorable birthday images, the reverse patterns are coordinated designs that are quite non-birthday, so the paper is very versatile!

  Details ~

• Paper ~ Whisper White, Birthday Basics, Bermuda Bay
• Ink ~Raspberry Ripple, Bermuda Bay,
• Stamps ~ Sketched Birthday (#130426)
• Accessories ~ Blender pen, two way glue pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Raspberry Ripple 3/8"Stitched Satin Ribbon, 1 1/4" circle punch,  1 3/4" scallop circle punch

After I had the card together, I took a photo, and when I looked at it, the center image needed just a little extra pop of color.  I stamped the image on a piece of Bermuda Bay and cut out the cupcake paper.  That little bit of paper piecing seemed to do the trick.  What do you think?

And, as a special treat today, you get to see the card that never got posted last week.  I had everything ready to go and I could not upload my photo from my iPhone!  After a trip to the Apple store early this week, the issue was resolved.  Without further ado, here is last week's sketch and card.

 Here's the card ~

Details ~

• Paper ~ Crumb Cake, Red Glimmer Paper, (#121790,  Season of Style Designer paper pack (3132181), Gold Foil Sheets (#132622)
• Accessories ~ Big Shot, Expressions Thinlits Dies (#132171)

What do you think?  Lots of sparkle, yes?  I was busy working on some swaps for an event I attended last Saturday and I grabbed all of the things on my table that I was working with.  What to do with the center strip was stumping me, and then I thought of the expressions thinlits dies!  The gold letters looked too flat on the Crumb Cake paper, and that's when the red glimmer paper popped into my head.  It makes quite a statement, doesn't it!  I just love the creative process and how our minds work! 

I'd love to hear what you think. I appreciate comments and feedback from you, my readers!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! 

Blessings,

Barbara

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