ISSC39 - Peace and Joy

It's Friday again and another iSpy challenge is up!  This week the challenge is inspired by Maureen Plut and is based on this card.  Thanks so much for the fabulous inspiration Maureen!!!!!

And this is the sketch put together by Kim over at iSpy:

 

I love this sketch as it is so simple yet allows you to play around a little with each component.  So here is the card I created:

 

I am so in love with the versatility and colours in this years Simple Stories Handmade Holiday collection.  Initially I made the card quite simply with the gorgeous patchwork style background.  For a quick Christmas card I could have  just stopped there.................. but then I decided to add some additional detail to the background so I cut some of the patchwork element out of an additional piece of paper and foam mounted them over the design to give the background some dimension.

The sentiment was also taken from the range and I added some glitter with a Gel Roll Pen to finish it off.  This was also foam mounted.  I also added some hand pleated co-ordinating paper to the front before finishing off with a seam binding and hemp bow.

Materials:

Paper - Simple Stories, Handmade Holiday 6x6 paper pad
Other - cream seam binding, Darice hemp twine, button, Gel Roll pen, TH Tea Dye distress ink and Heidi Swapp edge distressor.



 
Want to join in the fun with us at iSpy???  Head over to the blog and see how here.

Thanks for stopping by - can't wait to see what you create!!!!

ISSC 38 - Happy Birthday!

WOW has it been a busy week for me.  Lots of creating and planning for design team assignments and classes.  So now I am here with my latest iSpy creation to share with you all.

So here is the sketch we are using this week. It's by the lovely Rosemary D. (rosigrld at SCS) and is inspired by this card.

And here is the card I created:

Initially when I saw the fabulous iSpy sketch for this week I thought I would be making a Christmas card but as I started to play I ended up coming up with another birthday card. No doubt Christmas cards will quickly take over my creative time.

I wanted to give this card a few layers to really make the die cut borders, label and flowers stand out, so once again out came the foam mounting tape.  I also added some machine stitching, punched butterflies and pearls.

 

 

The sketch was so much fun to work with.  Thanks to Rosemary for her inspiration.  If you would like to play along with the iSpy challenge, head over to the blog here.

 

Materials Used:

 

Paper - October Afternoon, Cakewalk and Sidewalk collections.

Card stock - Kaisercard

Dies - MFT Mini Royal Rose, Sweet Stack Label and Dainty Lace Border.

Punches - Martha Stewart 3 in 1 butterfly and Punch Bunch medium leaves.

Other - flower buds by Green Tara, Pearls from Mollossi and sentiment sticker from Doodlebug

 

Thanks for dropping by!

 

Scrappy Hollow Cards Class

Thanks you to everyone who came to my cards classes at Scrappy Hollow this week.  I really love teaching my cards classes and watching you all create such beautiful things that you are proud of!  As promised here are more images of what we created: