NFC Championship

The Chicago Bears host the Green Bay Packers today to hammer it out for the NFC Championship Title and a trip to the Superbowl-the two haven't met in this situation for 70 years! Although I'm not a Packer Fan, I do live in Wisconsin and it would be great to see our economy get the boost it needs if they win. So with that I say, Go Pack Go!

Plus....Jing-Jing left a comment on a previous post that she would root for the Packers if I played along with the Color Room Challenge #42 this week! After stamping the butterflies in watermark ink, I applied a few colors of mist to an acrylic block, misted it with water and then applied it over the butterflies. A neat effect for a background, but I wanted my butterflies to stand out a bit more for a focal point so I stamped over them in ink. The rest of the card came together with a sketch from Skipping Stones Designs. I chose a versatile sentiment is from Furnishing Fun by Schlosser Designs, I could send it out for a birthday or anniversary I think. I really went out of my comfort zone here, tried a complex layout and new products, so I think this is a great fit to the Wee Memories Challenge: Free Your Creativity-Anything Goes.

Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (Vintage Cream) PTI, (Green) Recollections
Patterned Paper: (Basic Grey)
Stamps: (Sentiment from Furnishing Fun) Schlosser Designs, (Butterflies) Martha Stewart, (For the Love of Dots) Practicing Creativity Designs
Ink: (Brocade Blue Pigment) SU, (Antique Linen Distress) Ranger
Embellishments: (Button Junkie's Wrinkle Ribbon), (Button) 
Other: (Hermit the Frog Vibz Mist) Shimmerz, (Honey Dew, Dragonfly Glimmer Mist) Tattered Angels
Tools: (Petite Scalloped Circles Nestabilties) Spellbinders, (Circle Cutting System) Creative Memories

A Holly Jolly Chair + Winner

Some people like to go all out for Christmas, and I admire them. Me, well, I tend to stick to the bare minimum right now-probably due to the two rough and tumble boys that like to hang out at my place! A tree, my nativity and a few ceramic plates is about all I do. I guess you could call my decorating clean and simple too!

The overall design for this card came from the sketch by Amy Heller and the holly inspiration came from the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge. Super easy to create the woodgrain look to the chair from Schlosser Designs Furnishing Fun stamp set by using distress ink!

Thank you to those who commented on my first TiffanyDoodles Blog Hop post! Mr. Random.Org chose Judkajudi to be the recipient of this fine image. Please email me to claim your beautiful digi!

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Timestamp: 2010-12-11 00:30:01 UTC


Supplies Used:Cardstock: (Vintage Cream) PTI
Patterned Paper: (Jovial) Basic Grey
Stamps: (Furnishing Fun) Schlosser Designs, (Very Merry Sentiments) Mint Motif, (Christmas Wonder) Practicing Creativity Designs
Ink: (Vintage Photo Distress) Ranger
Embellishments: (Red Pearls) Queen & Co., (Natural Burlap String) May Arts

Schlosser Design Blog Hop

Erin from Schlosser Designs has come out with another three sets of fabulous stamps! Today I'm featuring a clean and simple card using Circle-A-Thon. I can tell that it will see as much love as Hexagon-A-Thon...so many possibilities!

One stamp, six chalk inks and some stitching to create a sense of movement and intrigue. Wouldn't this be fabulous as a set with blues, greens and oranges and a quick swap of the sentiment?!

Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment today! Your next stop is the wonderfully talented Jessica!

Just in case you need it, here's the order of the Hop today. Please be sure to comment on each of the team member's blogs-not only do we love to read your thoughts, one random commenter will will three of the winner's favorite sets!
Schlosser Designs
Laurel
Karen (that's me!)
Jessica
Michele
Tiffany
Tenia
Bonnie Rose
Tina  


Here's some information on the new sets!
Joyeux Noel (a limited edition set): 12 stamps. The tree image in this set measures 1 3/4" x 2 1/2"
Autumn Blessings (a limited edition set): 13 stamps including a make your own argyle. This set also includes some interchangeable sentiments. The stitched border stamp measures 2" x 3"
Circle-A-Thon: 12 stamps. Sentiments fit perfectly inside a 1 3/4" circle punch. The smaller patterned circles fit inside 1" punch.  Great for layering, backgrounds, etc. 
 
Be on the lookout at Schlosser Designs for some specials next week as well!   

Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (Kraft) SU
Stamps: (Circle-A-Thon, Furnishing Fun) Schlosser Designs
Ink: (Rose Chalk Que) Colorbox, (Onyx Black) Versafine
Other: Thread 

Enjoying the Hexagon

Search "hexagon" on Google and you end up with a yield of about 6,990,000 results 0.39 seconds. This little shape is truly amazing, and worthy of that many entries on the world wide web. Throw in some awesomely trendy patterns such as wood grain, and its this clean and simple cardmaker's dream stamp.

This one layer card created for the Happily Ever Challenged Challenge consists of three stamps: the woodgrain hexagon from Schlosser Designs stamped in a row in two different colors-sides touching, the outline hexagon from the same set stamped to overlap, and a simple sentiment. I scored a line at the top and bottom for a bit of visual interest. This design allows you to switch up the patterns and colors for a completely different kind of card. For instance, switch to the hexagon polka dotted stamp and stamp in light greens and purples, add a touch of light brown and you have a baby or little girl's birthday card.

Supplies Used: 
Masculine Enjoy: Cardstock: (Kraft) Stampin'Up! Stamps: (Hexagon-A-Thon) Schlosser Designs (sentiment from Mega Mixed Messages) PTI Ink: (Lime Green, Citrus Chalk) Colorbox (Onyx Black) Versafine
Baby Celebrate: Cardstock: (Very Vanilla) Stampin'Up! Stamps: (Hexagon-A-Thon) Schlosser Designs (sentiment from Mega Mixed Messages) PTI Ink: (Lavender Lace, Sage Shadow Pigment) Stampin'Up! (Antique Linen Distress) Ranger