Just a quick post to show you the I’lll Be Home stamp set. I really wanted this set just to color with my Copic markers. So I stamped in Momento ink and spent some time “me” time just coloring this gorgeous image. So much fun! Hugs, Fran
Tag: Holiday Mini
Another Christmas in the Making
Here’s another Christmas in the Making card that makes coloring merry! I used the Quilted Christmas Designer Series paper and my Comic markers to make this one. It’s very simple – but so much fun! Hugs, Fran
Christmas in the Making
My niece and her cat getting ready for Christmas 🙂 This set – Christmas in the Making – has 3 darling images, perfect for coloring. I used Copic markers to color and fussy cut the image and adhered it to some Christmas Around the World Designer Series paper. I used the holly embossing folder for the background. The scallop across the bottom is the negative from the Ticket Treat border punch, The packages are covered with shimmer pen and Crystal Effects. Hugs, Fran
Karen Burniston Design Team – My Style
Welcome to this month’s Karen Burniston Design Team challenge – My Style. So that leaves trying to pin point “my style.” Well, you know I love pop-ups! I also love lots of details, coloring with my Copic markers, and using lots of sets on one card. Does that make me “fussy?” 🙂 This card starts with a 5 x 5 Garden Green base and some of the beautiful Quilted Christmas 6 x6 Designer Series paper. I also used a Stitched Felt tree – so fun! The trim across the top is Stampin Up’s Decorative Ribbon Border. The Christmas packages are from the Karen Burniston Sleigh pop up in Garden Green, Gold Foil, and Real Red with rhinestones in the center of the bows. The cute moose is from Riley & Company stamps and has a matching die. After coloring him with Copic markers, I chopped off his head and popped it up so he’d have a little more dimension behind the tree.
But the best part is always inside!
I used the Karen Burniston Sleigh Pop Up on the inside is Gold Foil and Quilted Christmas DSP and added another Riley moose and more packages to the sleigh. There is also another Stitched Felt tree tucked in the sleigh and the cute wreath has a Metallic Enamel dot on the bow. The sentiment is Stampin Up’s Oh What Fun – a great set to have! So I’m calling this “my style!” Hugs, Fran
See what the rest of team did for this challenge!
Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com
Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com
Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca
Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com
Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com
Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com
Tags & Trimmings
Happy September – Happy Holiday catalog 🙂 It’s finally time for the Holiday Catalog and all the fun, new products and ideas. One of my favorites is the the Tags & Trimmings stamp set with the matching Trim Your Stocking dies. This combo makes darling stockings that are little pillow boxes. The dies have all kinds of pieces that decorate your stockings. For these stockings I used the new Quilted Christmas 6 x 6 Designer Series paper and the Quilted Christmas 1/4″ Ribbon.
You can also just use the pillow pos part of the die to make little gift pouches, This one is a case of the one in the catalog. It uses the Merry Music Specialty Designer Series paper. There are so many things you can do with this set!
If you are in the Lexington, Ky area, the annual Stamping Garage Sale is coming up September 15-16! Want more info on participating or attending? Email me for all the details.
Hugs, Fran
Crazy 4 Challenges – Sketch
This challenge uses the sketch (which I sort of followed!) I started with a huge 6 x 8 card and Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups Midnight the Bat and Halloween Scene dies. He is hanging out on Stampin Up’s Sliding Star Framelits so he spins around the tree branch.
Spinners are hard to put down!
The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s Spooky fun and the DSP is the new Halloween Night Specialty paper. Check out the other Crazies designs for this sketch! Hugs, Fran
Crazy 4 Challenges – 10 Things
Twas the night before Christmas and the mice were getting ready to Deck the Halls! The Challenge today at Crazy 4 Challenges is to put 10 of anything on your card. I started with a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card decorated for Christmas using Stampin Up’s Merry Mice.
Inside you find 10 mice getting ready to celebrate along with Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups Twist Circle and Clocks & Gears.
I colored the little mice with my Copic markers – the left side is just stamped as is. But the right side……
was stamped on a window sheet and flipped over so they could all face towards the clock! Have fun seeing what all the Crazies did for this 10 challenge! Hugs, Fran
Crazy 4 Challenges All White
I am the guest player at Crazy 4 Challenges this month and the theme for today is “Don’t Wear White after Labor Day!” So we were challenged to make an all white card 🙂 I started with a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card base (5 1/2 x 11) and embossed the background layer with Stampin Up’s Gently Falling embossing folder. The beautiful layered sleigh from Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups Sleigh Gift Card Holder and some snow flakes from her All Season Tree.
Inside is a winter white scene adding in Pop It Ups Iron Fence and Holiday House. The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s new Holly Berry Happiness
It’s hard to see the sparkle but trust me, it’s there! I went kind of crazy with the glitter!
All the Crazies have created beautiful white cards so make sure to check them out! And let me know if you follow the “don’t wear white” rule. (I do – at least with shoes and purses!) Have a great day – Hugs, Fran
Shake & Celebrate
It’s almost time for the Holiday Mini catalog to be released! This little card is made with the Shake & Celebrate set for the sentiment. Since this set is photopolymer, it’s easy to bend it slightly on the block to fit it in the Bunch of Banners die. The star is cut with with the Star die and outlined with a gel pen. I used the Cable Knit Dynamic embossing folder for the background and some burlap behind the star. The little berries are pearls colored with an alcohol marker. Very simple but very sweet. Hugs, Fran
Cookie Cutter Pop It Ups
I’ve combined some of my favorite things on this card – Christmas, Pop It Ups and Gingerbread Men! The front of this card uses some of the new Stampin Up Holiday Mini sets – Candy Cane Christmas and Cookie Cutter Christmas and a new Pop It Ups die – Anita Frames Pop It Ups!
Isn’t the Anita Frames Pop It Ups fun? And it’s really easy to assemble – love that! My gingerbread men are enjoying it too 🙂 They come with a matching punch that made this card super easy to put together! Hugs, Fran
