Create with the Friday Mashup

I was in need of some thank you cards, and I very rarely make a card without the use of DSP, so this week's Friday Mashup HAD to be done.  I always like to kickstart my juices with a sketch challenge as well.  So in comes Create with Connie and Mary.  

It was an interesting sketch.  I wasn't sure where to take it.  I knew it could easily end up looking awkward.  I actually made 6 little ribbon roses, and that was much too much.  So I toned it down and only used one of them.  I wanted to use some of my new goodies which sat by themselves for too long because I let my craft area get Cuh-RAZY messy, and I couldn't handle it.  I spent some time this weekend cleaning so I could get back in there.  And here's what shook out:

Super feminine and frilly!  

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Freshly Made Players Woops! Spritz

This is going to be  super short post becuase I'm up against the clock in getting this posted in time for the Freshly Made Sketches cutoff.  I've done the last two sketches and completed the card in plenty of time to upload, only to fail to get on the computer.  I can't believe I haven't posted in a month!

At any rate, I combined the sketch this week from Freshly Made Sketches with the beautiful color combo at the Paper Players.  

Then when I was done, I decided to give my new smooch spritz a try.  WAY over-spritzed!  I should have spritzed the flower panel prior to assembling.  The person who receives this card is going to need to enjoy a little shimmer.

I want to get back in the habit of listing all the supplies I used, but Freshly Made is calling.  Til next time!  Thanks for checking out my blog today!

 

Snowman Friday

I find myself rushing to get posts up as Christmas quickly draws near and time is of the essence.  I have zero... ZERO snowman stamps, so I had to do a punch snowman.  I cannot believe I have no snowman stamps.  That will have to be rectified when I make my annual Christmas card order next year.  At any rate, I love this week's Friday Mashup.  Awesome colors, and snowmen!  How could you go wrong?

And here's what I did to make the mash:

I've definitely seen this punch snowman with arms, but I couldn't get them to look right.  I may continue to try, but I had to post before the linky closed!

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Freshly Made Glimmer

Not much time to post today, it's past my bedtime, but I wanted to get this up in time to enter!  This is a small 4.25 x 4.25 square.  The darker glimmer paper is just silver with some Wild Wasabi ink.  I got the sketch at the wonderful Freshly Made Sketches sketch challenge.

The birthday girl who received this is also a stamper and loves bling, pink and green.  So I did my best!

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First Time Creating with Connie and Mary

Really, it's just the first time I finished on time!  I used the great sketch this week at Create with Connie and Mary Challenge.

I skipped the greeting, but other than that I stayed pretty true to the sketch.  Also, I used a hobby blade to cut out the cross shape out of a single sheet of paper, but I'm going to nix that idea for the duplicates I make for my Christmas card stash.  Too fussy!  :-)

And just because I hate having cards that aren't posted to my blog (now that I have one that is all of a few months old!), a card from an old Connie and Mary sketch challenge that wasn't done in time to enter:

Funny thing, when I was making this second one, I was pulling the sketch from memory, and it didn't have the ribbon, and I thought, you know what this needs?  A banner here.  Then I saw the sketch again, and sure enough, there was a banner there!  I guess those gals Connie and Mary know what they're doing!  :-)

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Freshly Made Birthday

I had to take a break from Christmas cards because I have a lot of December birthdays, too (mine included... although I don't make myself a birthday card)!

Knowing I needed a birthday card, I immediately pictured three little gifts in Freshly Made Sketch lucky #13.

I wanted to find a color challenge to pair it with, but I didn't find any that I liked for the friend I was making this for, so I just went with my own colors.  

This card is pretty simple, but oh so cute!  Check out what I did on the inside for some nice symmetry:

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Triple Threat

Today I managed a theme challenge, a color challenge, and a sketch challenge all in a fairly simple card.  I used the winter theme at Friday Mashup (sadly, I do not own any shaker frames), the color scheme at Colour Q, and the simple sketch at Stamping 411.

And here's what I did with all of the above:

And for your viewing pleasure, another card I put together today that didn't use any challenges, so I'm just tacking it onto this post:

I'm loving that snow burst folder, and I've been itching to take the elf shoes out for a spin.

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