Skipping Stones Design #155

I had some fun playing with Skipping Stones Designs snowman stamp set, which I've been itching to use.  My leftover My Mind's Eye papers were just perfect.

I actually used a white card base for this card, and the stamped images are on that white base.  I paper pieced the snowman's hat, scarf, and nose from pattern paper (the diagonal print in the strip at the top of the card).  I used a scallop die to cut an open image in the pattern paper.  Post-it notes held the seam together so I could make the cut in each of the two papers, and then I adhered them down around that stamped image.  Would it have been easier to just stamp on a white scallop circle?  Absolutely.  But I was going for a different look. the black dots around the scallop Inkessentials Enamel Accents from my LSS.  

I just love this stamp set!
 
Supplies Used
Cardstock - Bazzill
Pattern Paper - My Mind's Eye
Die Cut - Sizzix Scallop Circle
Stamp - Skipping Stones Design
Ink - Close To My Heart
Linen Thread - Stampin Up
Other - buttons from my stash, Ranger Inkessentials Enamel Accents, Stickles

Freshly Made Sketches - Bzzzz . . .

So the fourth card in my series from a few sheets of My Mind's Eye paper and embellishments is a birthday card.  I was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #52 . . .

Here is my design.  I again embossed my greeting in white, which adds a really nice touch.  The inside has an embossed white birthday greeting.

I had a transparent photo mat with a border that I used for the wings of the bee.  I love how those darn wings came out.  I stamped the wings on the corner of the photo mat, so the stripes are vertical on each wing.  There was also a pattern paper in this group that had hexagons, and I cut the musical note hexagon and popped it over the ribbon, and then popped the bee on to the hexagon to give some additional dimension.  The "bee trail" is also embossed in white. 

This was a fun card to make, and I just love that little bee.

Supplies
Cardstock - Bazzill
Pattern Paper and Transparency - My Mind's Eye 

Ribbon - just scraps from my stash
Stamps - Stamps of Life
Inks - Close To My Heart, Stazon and Versamark 
Embossing Powder - Stampin' Up
Other - Stickles

Mojo Monday Meets My Mind's Eye

In my attempts to get back in the groove, I have made what appears to be a set of cards from one set of pattern papers.  I like doing this, as it gives me the option to give the cards as a little gift with some stamps and perhaps a pen. I created two cards yesterday, and the third card in my series is designed using the Mojo Monday challenge.  Here is the sketch . . .

Here is my design . . .

I love the layering of the flowers and the ticket.  And the use of white embossing powder for the greeting is a fun touch.  

Supplies
Cardstock - Bazzill
Pattern Paper - My Mind's Eye 
Ticket Embellishment and Buttons - My Mind's Eye
Ribbon - just scraps from my stash
Stamps - Stamps of Life
Inks - Close To My Heart and Versamark 
Embossing Powder - Stampin' Up
Other - Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Sketchbook Saturday

It was time! Today was the day I needed to get back to creating. It seems I had taken a bit of a break since returning from vacation.  

So I went to the latest Sketchbook Saturday Challenge and my stash of leftover pieces from prior layouts, and here is what I came up with. 

The sketch . . .

My design . . .

Supplies Used
Cardstock - Bazzill
Pattern Paper, chipboard embellishment and ticket die - My Mind's Eye
Edgelit Die (cutting bottom border of top layer) - Stampin' Up
"Just a Note" stamp - My Creative Time
Versamark
Stampin' Up White Embossing Powder
Ribbon and Button from my stash

Friends Old and Friends New

In my attempts to get back in the groove, I have made what appears to be a set of cards from one set of pattern papers.  I like doing this, as it gives me the option to give the cards as a little gift with some stamps and perhaps a pen. I created two cards yesterday, and the third card in my series is designed using the Mojo Monday challenge.  Here is the sketch . . .

Here is my design . . .

I love the layering of the flowers and the ticket.  And the use of white embossing powder for the greeting is a fun touch.  

Supplies
Cardstock - Bazzill
Pattern Paper - My Mind's Eye 
Ticket Embellishment and Buttons - My Mind's Eye
Ribbon - just scraps from my stash
Stamps - Stamps of Life
Inks - Close To My Heart and Versamark 
Embossing Powder - Stampin' Up
Other - Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher