Merry Monday #29-"Christmas Cheer"

Welcome to another week at Merry Monday!  The idea behind this challenge is to get a head start on your Christmas cards!  Each week, I choose one Merry Monday Winner who will then be a Guest Designer for a future challenge!  So get out your Christmas supplies and let's get to work!  

I was excited to design for this week, but I didn't quite follow my sketch exactly...I was inspired by a couple of challenges which just made me need to use three strips of paper instead of two! So my third piece represents the ribbon in my sketch! I LOVE this Stampin' Up stamp set called "Lacy and Lovely", it is so much fun to use with punches and I think it is so pretty! I have been using it all week, so my upcoming design team cards might start to look the same! Ha! Do you think it is ok for a Christmas card? 

Lesley Croghan

I created my card using my sketch above and the following challenges, I hope these challenges do not mind that I have used them with my challenge! Thank you for the wonderful inspiration!

365 Cards: Colour Combo-Rose is on the design team for this group, she always joins in at Merry Monday, so I wanted to support her challenge too! Thank you Rose!

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards-(great blog name hey!!!) Dry Embossing 

Challenge Up Your Life-Christmas in Summer

My fabulous and lovely design team have come up with some amazing samples! I would also like to welcome Guest Designers Sue Joyce and Nancy Brown. 

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Bonnie Klass

Debbie Henderson (FD)

Sue Joyce (GD)

Nancy Brown (GD)

Merry Monday #26-{Christmas Deer}

Welcome to another week at Merry Monday!  The idea behind this challenge is to get a head start on your Christmas cards!  Each week, I create a sketch and I choose one Merry Monday Winner who will then be a Guest Designer for a future challenge!  So get out your Christmas supplies and let's get to work!    

Lesley Croghan

For my card, I mixed old with new...using the Holiday Lineup stamp set and the new "Sweet Essentials" sentiment set. The deer are coloured with Copics and I used a small snowflake at the top for my shape. I have to say, this is not my most favourite card I have ever created but it took me 20 minutes and that included the time to photograph it. Lately I have been creating cards in record time, mostly because I have no time! I can't wait to get some real time in my craft space! The design team has created some wonderful samples to inspire you and welcome to Cindy, our Guest Designer this week!

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Bonnie Klass

Vicki Burdick (FD)

Cindy van Oorschot(GD)

Freshly Made Sketch #40-{Thinking of You}

Happy Wednesday blogging friends. The past few days I have been battling a headache/tummy ache thing...unsure of what it is but hoping it will go away soon. This week I am the hostess at Freshly Made Sketches and I have a simple but hopefully enjoyable sketch for you to try! I went with the new In Colours using Gumball Green and Raspberry Ripple combined with So Saffron. The embossed background was created with my new Chevron Embossing Folder and the sentiment is also new!!! That set is called "Sweet Essentials" which is a lovely sentiment set which stamps so nicely! The stamp set I used to create the flowers is called Summer Silhouettes and I can see will be a fast favourite for me! 

{Stampin' Up Supplies Used on this Card}

Stamps: Sweet Essentials, Summer Silhouettes

Inks: Gumball Green, Raspberry Ripple and So Saffron

Papers: Be of Good Cheer Designer Paper, Gumball Green and Raspberry Ripple, Whisper White

Extras: Chevron Embossing Folder, White Organza Ribbon

I have reopened my online Stampin' Up Store...to visit my online store to purchase any of the above materials I used, please CLICK HERE. I am a Canadian Stampin' Up demonstrator.

We hope that you will join Freshly Made Sketches this week!  Please be sure to visit the other DT Members to see their wonderful creations!

Jennifer Brum
Linda Callahan
Allisa Chilton

Lesley Croghan (That is me!)

Cindy Hall

Jen Mitchell

Tui Nathan
Jen Sannes

Ann Schach
Linda Suarez
Jennifer Timko

Sunday Stamps Challenge #4-Congratulations

My friend Holly has a brand new challenge going on called Sunday Stamps! This week she has a fabulous sketch and I decided to get inky with it!  I inked up another new set (yes I went crazy with my first Stampin' Up Order)! The new set is called Lacy & Lovely. The sentiment comes from Sweet Essentials. The colours I used are Summer Starfruit, White and Basic Black.

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: Lacy & Lovely, Charming and Sweet Essentials

Inks: Summer Starfruit, Black

Papers: Summer Starfruit, Black, White

Extras: Large Circle Punch, Black Brad, Scallop Edge Punch

Congratulations Holly and design team on your new exciting challenge!!!