hello ~ it's a jolly holiday

(this is my 2nd post today)

I decided to play along with this weeks challenge over at Skipping Stones as I loved the sketch.

I used papers by lily bee design from the this & that collection and rub-ons by Paper Smooches from EAD.

I don't know what happen but when I applied the rub-on to this paper and lifted it off it pulled off part of the paper. I have never had this happen before so am sure it is caused by the paper. I kind of like how it looks so I left as is.

Next up is the card I did for this weeks sketch challenge over at Jingle Belles and I used some papers out of my last years Christmas stash by Websters Pages "holiday collection" along with a K&Co. grand adhesion. The image is from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by to look ~ hope you enjoy!

paper piecing and paper pleats

I had fun today making up a couple cards and using an old technique and trying out a new one.

First up I paper pieced this card that I am entering into this weeks sketch challenge over at CPS.

For this card I used some new papers by lily bee design from the "this & that" 6x6 tiny tablet collection. The stamp I used is an old favorite of mine from hero arts that they recently brought back.

I think I spent about 3 hours working on this card as it took me forever to figure out which patterned papers to place in which order. I think I like how it turned out?

Next up is a card I created just because. I watched a SplitCoast video today on making paper pleats and ended up with that pieces so needed to create a card for it. The flowers and leaves were in my little basket on my desk and so the card was born.

I am going to enter both of these into the 2011 Gallery Idol.

Thanks for stopping by to look.

Enjoy!

happy ~ FTL121

I have a quick post for you and then I need to get back to making some "microwave peanut brittle". I was blurfing yesterday and found this great recipe and video and now I can't remember who's blog I was at. I want to say it was Jayne but I won't bet my life on it.

Here is a card I created for this weeks sketch over at Clean and Simple Stamping. This was a wonderful sketch to work with.

For my card I used a Neenah natural white card stock for the base and then added paper and embellishments by Lilybee from the "Christmas Town" paper collection. I had never seen these papers before and got them from Julie Bonner as an added bonus to some blog candy that I won. Wonderful vintage looking papers and I don't think they look too Christmasy which is what I like best about them.

Here is the sketch that inspired my card.

Enjoy!