Fab Friday 33

Hi stampers and happy Friday!  It's time for a new challenge at Fab Friday and our last one before the new year.  We will take a little break and pick back up fresh in February.  So, this week is a sketch:

I have to say since I've been struggling with my creativity I had a hard time with this card and I don't love it.  Not at all.  BUT I got it done and it is what it is.  It looked cute as I was putting it together but once I got it all adhered it didn't work as well.  Oh well!

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Christmas messages
Paper:  Crumb cake, whisper white, champaign glimmer paper, season of style DSP
Ink:  Real red, whisper white craft
Accessories:  Pennant punch (SAB), circle punch, framelits, gold baker's twine, chevron ribbon

I tried to put a few sneak peeks on here but they didn't really work out.  But there is a cute little pennant punch coming for SAB that you can get for FREE and the gold baker's twine and chevron ribbon from the occasions mini.  The baker's twine is really very vanilla-ish and not white.  Not sure how I feel about that yet.....

Anyway, I hope that you play along and like your card :-)

Happy stamping!

Christmas in July

Hi stampers!  I finally broke down and went to the doctor yesterday and I totally should have done it earlier.  After only a few hours with some meds and a nap I was feeling MUCH better!  Yay!

Today's card is a Christmas in July theme since my holiday catalog order got here last week.  This card was inspired by one of the Artisan swaps I got at convention last year (from Mary Haugen).  I thought I'd look though them the other day when I didn't get picked, lol!  I do have to say I am glad I don't have to stress over that swap again this year:-)  Silver linings, right?

Stampin' Supplies:
Stamps:  Christmas messages, woodgrain (background)
Paper:  Crumb cake, gumball green, season of style DSP
Ink:  Crumb cake, cherry cobbler
Accessories:  2.5" circle punch, regals buttons, cherry cobbler baker's twine

This card showcases one of my most FAVE sets ever!  I love the new Christmas greetings set.  It has really fun sayings and fonts.  I really like the trend of mixing fonts.  This stamp is probably my most favorite image in the set.  The season of style DSP is really pretty too.  Now, the only thing I forgot to do was pierce the main panel all the way around.  Mary did that on her card and it was just that little extra something to make it special.  So, my card is un-special :-)  I'm going to have to try again with this layout!!!!  And while the card base is gumball I used a garden green button but I think it works since I didn't have a gumball embellishment I wanted to use.  Not everything has to match, it just has to "go". :-)

I'm going to try to post more this week but I've also got to work on swaps.... :-)

Happy stamping!