A Featured Stamper Sunday

Hope this Sunday finds everyone well, particularly those on the East Coast.  I am grateful that friends of mine weathered the storm well, with only power outage to be concerned with.
Today's Featured Stamper at SCS has a wonderful cas gallery.  You can see the card I chose to case here.  Here is my version of this great card and great layout-

Sorry for the poor picture; I had a tough time with this card, probably because I was trying to get the sparkles to photograph.  I used Stampin' Up's wonderful set, Water Color Winter.  And yes, I did fussy cut the pine branches and pine cones!  Truly, I find fussy cutting relaxing.  No laughing now!
The background panel and the sentiment panel are both dry embossed and the sentiment is heat embossed.  The very edges of the sentiment panel are scored with the Simply Scored tool.  I've added Dazzling Details to the pine cones.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful and blessed Sunday!

Lee Ann

Supplies include-
Stamps-Watercolor Winter, Greetings of the Season
Paper-Whisper White
Ink- Ruby Red, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Early Espresso and Versamark
Other-polka dot ef, Argyle ef, Simply Scored, clear ep, Dazzling Details

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 Hello again!  I am back with another cas card, this time for a new challenge I am trying, CAS-ual Fridays.  They asked that we make a masculine card.  I don't do that too often;  they really are no where near as fun to make as cards for women!  
Here is my masculine CAS card-

 
 Now you know they saying-diamonds are a girl's best friend.  In this case, they are a man's.  These diamonds are perfect for a masculine card.  I wanted my card to have the feel of Grandpa's sweater vest, so there is some sponging on the diamonds.  Hope that is still CAS!  I gave the card some dimension with scoring around the edge and with popping the diamonds up on dimensionals.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful week!  

Lee Ann

Products used for this card-
Stamps-Happy Harlequin set from Papertrey Ink; Stampin' Up Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink-SU Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede
Paper-SU River Rock, Whisper White
Other-Simply Scored, dimensionals
   

Plate Full of Poppies

Happy Saturday and Happy November!  It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is less than 3 weeks away, but I say bring it on!  I love Thanksgiving and don't like to see it lost in between Halloween and Christmas.
 I am enjoying a long weekend so more time for stamping! This morning I played with a stamp I just bought; it is from Penny Black.  It was perfect for the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers today.  Here is the Inspiration I used-

And here is my card-

This is such a fun image!  I also used Stampin' Up's Whisper White, So Saffron and Poppy Parade cs.  DP is also SU.  The image was stamped in SU craft black and embossed with clear ep.  It was colored with Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, and Old Olive using an Aqua painter.  The background image is sponged with Baja Breeze. I used SU's scalloped edge punch for the border and Tiny Tags paired with the jewelry tag punch for the sentiment. 
Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting my blog.  I will be back later as I stamp away my day!

Lee Ann :)

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Hello Everyone!  Back again with a card for a few more challenges.  Most importantly, it is for my father, who will be having surgery sometime in the next couple of weeks.   I have finally jumped in to the Queen for the Day Forum at SCS.  This week's Queen has a wonderful gallery and I chose to case this card.  What a great masculine card!  Here is my version-

This card is also for the ODBD challenge-masculine card-this week.

Thanks so much for visiting!  Have a blessed weekend!

Lee Ann

Products used:
Stamps-Stampin' Up Trust God and Sanded;  ODBD Keep My Lamp Burning
Paper-Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Black
Ink-Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Momento Black, Craft Black from Stampin' Up
Other-Apothecary Framelits (SU), dimensionals, twill, burlap, Fiskars corner punch

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Hello, again!  This is the last card for the night.  I feel like Christmas should already be here for all of the Christmas cards I have done!  This latest one is for the Merry Monday sketch.

As you can see, I turned the sketch again (I have a habit of doing that)! 

  I really wasn't sure how I was going to use my Snow Festival Christmas dsp with the village houses on it, but when I pulled this snowman out, it seemed a perfect way to make a snowy scene.  This card did not have a banner or ribbon feel to it, so I went with the wintry pearl flourish to blow in the snowflake. The snowman's (or woman's) scarf is paper pieced. 
Thanks so much for taking time to visit my blog!

Lee Ann

Products for this card include:
Stamps-Sweet N Sassy Stamps-Welcome Jesus; Verve-Glad Tidings
Ink-Stazon Black, Pumpkin Pie, Baja Breeze
Paper-Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Gumball Green, Snow Festival dsp
Other-Verve snowflake die, pearl flourish, black pearls, polka dot ef, snowflake ef, dimensional, Scallop edge punch

Mixing a Little Mojo, Mint and Ribbon

Hello, everyone and welcome to a new week.  It is hard to believe the kids will be trick or treating this week and then we are into November!  Despite the busyness of the upcoming holiday season, it is my favorite time of year.  My card today has a festive winter feel to it.  The sketch is from this week's MOJO Monday challenge-

...And for this week's color challenge at The Play Date Cafe-

...And, at SCS this week, the technique challenge is to weave ribbon.  I have been wanting to do this for some time, so this seemed the perfect opportunity.

Golden Opportunity

The woven ribbon is such a beautiful backdrop, that I left it empty, with the exception, of course, of the floral spray, which I have become obsessed with lately! The soft green color is supposed to be "mint", but the closest I have to mint is Sage Shadow; I hope this counts!

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a peek!  Have a wonderful day!

Lee Ann

Supplies used Include-

CS-Whisper White, Brushed Gold, Soft Suede, Sage Shadow-Stampin Up

Other-Scalloped Squares die-Spellbinder, Little Leaves Sizzlit-Stampin Up, Rolled Roses die-MFT, Mistletoe die-PTI, ef, white ribbon, pearls, Crystal Snow 

I think I need a Drumroll...

Wow!  I cannot believe it!  This is my 100th post!  Last January, one blog post used to take me around 2 hours; I was so "blog illiterate", if there is such a thing, it was not even funny.  Fast forward, and I have thoroughly enjoyed learning the blogging world-especially when it comes to cards!
Thank you all for your visits and your sweet comments.  I hope to continue to find new challenges, "join" new blogs and meet new people via the internet.  And, I am really hoping to become a part of a challenge team/designer. 
Alright, on to the next project.  I have been waiting for the right color challenge or sketch challenge to try out something new- I came up with a way to make some pretty nifty bittersweet.

Simply Bittersweet

What do you think?  I used the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and the Little Leaves Sizzlit from Stampin' Up, as well as a standard hole puncher.  As you can see, I cut the leaves off of the die cut to create a vine.  The sketch is courtesy of Less is More .  

The Early Espresso panel is scored, creating 3 rectangles within the panel to follow the sketch. 

To make the bittersweet, both the punched piece from the Punch Pack and the small circle were burnished with the scoring tool, causing the paper to curl.  A tiny bit of dimensional adhesive was placed at the center of the punched paper, and the cupped circle was then placed over that adhesive.  All supplies are Stampin' Up.

I hope you like my project and thanks so much for stopping by!  

Have a blessed week! 

Lee Ann

Supplies used for this card-

Stamps-Trust God

CS-Whisper White, Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze

Ink-Early Espresso

Other-Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Little Leaves Sizzlit, Simply Scored, Dimensionals, standard paper punch

A Merry Little Helper

Good Morning, Friends!  It is a chilly morning here in St Louis; how about where you are?  With a bit of winter in the air, what better time to play the Merry Monday Christmas sketch challenge?

I fell in love with another Christmas stamp yesterday; I had already passed this little guy up once, but when I spotted hm again yesterday, I just had to have him!

North Pole Helper

 As you can see, I started by flipping the sketch.  He is watercolored on Whisper White cs and mounted on Gumball Green.  The panel dsp is from Stampin' Up's Snow Festival series.  The scalloped edge is Real Red.  The card base is Crumb Cake and is scored along the left hand side, although you cannot really see it in the picture.  Hope you like this little guy; I know I really do!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog, 

Lee Ann :)

Supplies used:

CS-Stampin' Up Whisper White, Gumball Green, Real Red, and Snow Festival dsp

Stamps-Stampendous "Special Delivery"

Ink-Creamy Caramel, Crumb Cake, Real Red, More Mustard, Glorious Green, Black Stazon

Other-baker's twine, silver Stickles, MFT large scallop edge die, gem, aquapainter  

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Well, I worked in a few dishes and am now back to the crafting.  Today's featured stamper at SCS has a wonderful gallery, but I quickly fell in love with a Santa card of hers. Here is my case of it.  This card is also for this week's CASE study. For this challenge, I focused on the vertical components of the inspiration card-

 Spotlight Santa

I think this is a cross between the Spotlight Technique and the Triple Stamping technique, if there is such a thing!  It is hard to tell, but the colored panel is popped up on dimensionals.  This Saint Nick is so jolly-one of my all time favorite Santa images!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Lee Ann  :)

Products used:

Stamps-La Blanche-santa, Sweet N Sassy stamps-sentiment

CS-Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive

Ink-Stazon Black, Real Red, Old Olive, Blush Blossom, Crumb Cake (all SU)

Other-SU Decorative Label punch, Crystal Snow, dimensionals, aquapainter       

A Retro Sketch for Christmas

This afternoon as I was waiting in line at Joanne Fabrics, I spotted a box of Christmas cards-it was clearly a photoshopped picture, but beautiful none the less.  The scene was of a silent snowy path into a forest of jet black trees with a wintry gray sky for a backdrop.  Every tree branch was perfectly laiden with snow.  I new I had to try to recreate that card.  When I got home and checked the new sketch at Retrosketches, this is what I found-

Well, it didn't get more perfect than that!  Here is the card I made based on my Joanne Fabrics inspiration and the sketch at Retrosketches-

 

  Gray Peaceful Christmas

I am amazed at how many ways you can stamp a tree!  This set has been used countless times.  To make this card I used-
CS-Whisper White
Stamps-Lovely as a Tree,  Greetings of the Season
Ink-Craft Black, Versamark, Real Red, Basic Gray
Other-sponge, clear ep, Dazzling Details, Dimensionals

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!  Have a blessed week!

Lee Ann :)
*EDIT*********
 There have been some inquiries about the making of this card.  All products are from Stampin' Up and can be purchased online from Stampinup.com  You can view the catalog by clicking on the catalog icon near the top of my blog on the right hand side.   The stamp set, Lovely as a Tree, is on page 84.  If you go to stampinup.com to purchase the set, I would very much appreciate if you put my name-Lee Ann Barrett-in as your demonstrator. :)
I used the masking technique to create this "forest" of trees and to eliminate the grassy areas on the stamp as I did not want grass dirtying up my snow!
Lastly, most all stamps from Stampin' Up will be 15% off on Monday, October 29th ONLY!  This includes the Lovely as a Tree set, so now would be a perfect time to take advantage of a sale!

Thanks so much for your stopping by and for all of your kind words!

Lee Ann

More Inspiration

This week's inspiration at Inspired By is this wonderful retro image-

Boy, I new this one was going to be fun.  I tried the featured technique at SCS this week, which is faux tarnished silver.  I thought it worked perfectly for mimicking the silver accents on the typewriter.

The faux silver technique was fun and easy to do.  I will definitely be using this technique again.
Supplies used include:
CS-Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink-Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Versamark
Stamps-Everything Eleanor
Other-Little Leaves die, Window framelits, Chevron ef, silver ep, utee, mask, Mr. Huey spray, scroll work die MFT, Royal Roses dies MFT, ribbon

Thanks so much for stopping by; I hope you like this project!

Lee Ann  :)