Chillin With Friends

     I took an online class with Stephanie from Stamps of Life this month. We made 3 cards using this exclusive "Arctic Animals 2 Stamp" set and dies.The Igloo Fold It is also exclusive to the class. (You had to be taking the class to be able to purchase this.) In the homework before class we were encouraged to stamp, color, and die cut some extra animals in case Stephanie made a change in the plans. I had several animals left over and I just love to incorporate my stamping into my scrapbooking. 

     I had purchased some glittery aqua paper from Hobby Lobby for the class and had almost the entire page left so I used it to mat the igloo and for the floating sea ice. This sea ice is authentic to our visit to Glacier Bay, Alaska. We even saw mommy otters with babies on their bellies sunning themselves on floating sea ice on the day this pic was taken.

     I used the Silhouette to make the title. I welded together the title and the mats for the walrus and narwal whale. Since I had already made all of the animals before starting this project, it came together super easily. I also welded the two pics in the sketch into one. 

Sketch #188 by Lisa Hidy

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Authentic - Alpine

     Cardstock: My Colors - Aquatint

                                       Icicles

                     Distress - Chipped Sapphire

                     Paper Studio - Aqua Glitter

     Dies: Stamps of Life - Igloo Fold It

                                     Arctic Animals

     Stamps: Stamps of Life - Arctic Animals 2 Stamp

     Copics: Igloo - C0

                Whale - BG10  11, 13

                Polar Bear - C00, 01, R20

                Seal - C2, 3, 4

                Walrus - E30, 31, 33, 34; W0, 1

     Silhouette - Chillin' Out by Megan Hardy Designs

     

The Tree

     As a youngster, my family celebrated Christmas every year. If you walked into my home a couple of days before Christmas, you might have thought otherwise. There was no tree, no lights, no decorations hanging anywhere. My dad was adamant that "that is not what Christmas is about." I do remember lots of homemade cookies and other special treats, Christmassy school art projects, and a display of the Christmas cards received. We always received a fun gift. It wasn't from Santa and wasn't found under a tree.
     There were 6 children. Today we range in age from 58 - 76. Each of us has a Christmas tree in our homes for the holidays. I have to say that I set the record among us though. I had 6 trees inside my home and 4 outside this year. I love trees. I find them the most beautiful of all of the decorations.
     I decided to capture some of the beauty with this layout. It accommodates 2 pictures of the tree(s) and 4 mats for your favorite ornaments. When I placed the pics on mine, I even sneaked in an extra ornament snapshot just to the left of the 5 x 7.
    The patterned paper is "Alpine" from Authentique. I used shiny silver card stock for some of the mats (as you can see by the glare on the picture frame.

          I will also show you an option to turn the 5 x 7, if that is a better fit for your picture.

 

Here I show you how to cut the trees. Since you want this paper to be right size up, you can use the pattern on the back for plaid trees. Start with a sheet of 6" x 12" paper.

Sneak in one more tree like this.

Cut the trees and trunk from this plaid paper ( 5" x 12" ).

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Authentique - Alpine 2, 4, 6

     Card Stock: My Colors - Soft Blue

                                        Velvet Night

                                        Silver

     Embellies:Crystal Snowflakes

                   

    

Challenges

Crimbo Crackers - Anything Christmas - #28 - *

Crafty Addicts - Winter Blues - #165 - *
Creative Friday - It's Snowing - #10 - *
Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Christmas - #67 - *
Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas - #21 - *
That's Crafty - Feeling Blue - #82 - *

Sweet Tea

     It's time for another sketch for January. This one is for a card.

Sketch #65

      For this sketch I saw a see-thru card, so I started with acetate. I decided to make an easel card. A friend of mine is moving and I have her punches for safe keeping, until she is ready to set up her craft room. I guess the perk in this is that I can play in them. She has 300+ punches. I enjoyed using the Mini Lucky 8 Doily punch for a tablecloth. It has a coordinating edge punch that I used across the top. I stamped "HEY, SWEET-TEA" using black Stazon ink. The tea components and hearts are from Stamps of Life "Tea4Two".The patterned paper is Authentique's new Alpine 8.

     The cup acts as a stand for the card at the same time that it catches the hearts falling from the teapot. This would make a perfect Valentines' card.

Materials List:

     Patterned Paper: Authentique - Alpine 8

     Card Stock: Bazzill - Mystique.

                       My Colors - Soft Blue

                                        Velvet Night

     Ink: Stazon - Black

            Gina K - In the Navy 

     Stamps and Coordinating Dies: Stamps of Life - Tea4Two

     Punch: We R Memory Keepers - Mini Lucky 8 (Doily)

                                                   Edge Punch (Doily)

     Embellies: Button - Silver with pearl heart

    

Challenges

CCEE Stampers - Fits Me to a "Tea" - #3 - ?
Creative Craft Cottage - Winter Blues - #11 - *
Get Creative Challenges - Pearls & Lace - #17 - *
House That Stamps Built - Pearls, Silver, Off the Page - #4 - *
Make My Monday - Blue & White - #19 - *
Path of Positivity - Shades of Blue - #3 - *
Pixie's Crafty Workshop Challenge - #315-16 - Snippets - #25 - Winner!!!
Di wrote: This is a super card, made by Sharon F over at Higgledy-Piggledy ( I love that blog name and it's much like my craft room right now, which is well overdue for a really good blitz and clean). The scalloped doily effect lends itself perfectly to our 'English tea time' and the idea of the hearts being poured from the teapot is just so clever! Great split sentiment as well.