A Northwoods Christmas

Hello and Happy Weekend Everyone!

Well, it is November, and for me that means the holiday season kicks into high gear!  I love this time of year, both Thanksgiving and Christmas.  Sweet Audrie at SCS asked me to join her this week for the Inspiration Challenge, so that gave me the perfect opportunity to peruse the web for the perfect Christmas inspiration.
I settled on a wonderful Pinterest Board by Laurel Seabrook, a Design Team team mate with a wonderful eye for color and style.

I used my brand new Sweet 'n Sassy Snowflake dies to anchor the foliage.  I added some holly from the SNSS Christmas Silhouettes set as well.  I sponged the edges of the mitten and the snowflake dies with distress ink and used embroidery floss to add a blanket stitch around the mitten.

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you have a little time to check out the Inspiration Challenge this week!

Blessings!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies Used-

Stamps- Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps- Christmas Silhouettes, Vintage Ornaments
Paper- SU Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Silver Glitter cs
Ink- Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Van Dyke Brown, Versafine Black
Other- Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Small and Large Snowflake dies, SNSS Christmas Silhouette dies, re embroidery floss, Martha Stewart branch punch, Verve sprig die, Memory Box branch die, crocheted lace, brads, baker's twine, thread of burlap, Martha Stewart's course glitter

To Die For!

I hope your are enjoying your President's Day, whether you are lucky enough to have it off or not.  I am using my time to play along with the Lovefest Challenges at SCS.  Today's challenge is sponsored by Simon Says Stamp and is challenging us to use dies-

I used a musical theme, as the CAS challenge today at SCS is to be inspired by a musical quote.  My chickadee was colored with a blender pen using Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink.  The birdcage was die cut in thin cardboard and then embossed with pewter ep.  The rest is pretty self explanatory.
Thanks for stopping by today and have a blessed week!

Lee Ann  :)

Supplies used-
Stamps-Impression obsession-chickadee; Stampin' Up music wheel; Our Daily Bread Designs sentiment
Paper-Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Always Artichoke
Ink-Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Stazon Black, Pretty in Pink
Other-IO chickadee die, Poppystamps bird cage die, Memory Box branch die and leaf die, pewter ep, pearls dimensional, Itty Bitty Punch Pack from Stampin' Up

Go Team OWH!

While most of the country is watching football( I think it is the superbowl!?), I am working on Mother's Day cards for OWH.  I do not know what is taking me so long to fill a box, so today was the day to "light the fire" so to speak.

First up, the sweet bird from SU's Nature's Nest.  I stamped a Lablanche stamp in Old Olive across the bottom of the K and Co dp I have had in my stash forever and then used Old Olive and stamped the Serene Silhouettes from Sweet N Sassy Stamps above the Lablanche stamp.  The bird is mounted on Certainly Celery and that is the card base as well.  The Sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes from SU and is stamped on a Very Vanilla tag and tied to the beautiful dark green satin bow with embroidery floss.
 

Next is this sweet SU set, A Flower for All Seasons, stamped with Memento black and colored with copics. 

Sorry for the wonky photo, thought it looked OK when I took the picture...The card base is SU So Saffron and the layer is Ruby Red stamped with SU's Hello Doily in Real Red.  The red paper was then embossed with a CB ef.  the image was cut out with a Spellbinder and the edges were inked with So Saffron while the paper was still in the die.  This is layered on paper from Cosmo Cricket.  It is finished off with yellow satin ribbon, red gingham ribbon and a button tied with blue baker's twine.

Next up,  Sketch Challenge 107!  Tried to keep this simple and went for REALLY bright!  

The card bases are SU's Pool Party layered with Lucky Limeade.  The sentiment is stamped on Whisper White, which was pre-stamped with a Tim Holtz background stamp in So Saffron.  A few Lucky Limeade and Pixie Pink flourishes and flowers were added to the sentiment panel but are kind of covered up by the organza ribbon.  Sentiment is from SU and is in Pixie Pink.  The dp is K and Co. and is mounted on So Saffron.
Lastly, another card using the sweet A Flower for All Seasons set.

 The card base is Bashful blue and dp is Echo Park's, For the Record.  The image is stamped on white and colored with copics.  It is cut with a circle cutter and mounted on the beautiful die cut from Memory Box, Quinn.  That is mounted on whisper white, cut with a Spellbinder Die and stitched with white thread around the edges.  A wide yellow ribbon is sewn to the top edge.  The sentiment is SU's Teeny Tiny Wishes.  A dimensional to "pop" the image and 3 eyelets finish this card. 
Whew!  Done!  Sorry for the length, but I have been busy, Sandy!!!  Thanks for stopping by and as always, thanks for your comments.