Ring in the New Year with a Blog Hop

Hello my stampin' friends,

It is that time again....time for another blog hop!  I always love doing these hops and love seeing what everyone creates!  I hope you will hop all the way through.

This month's theme is Ring in the New Year!  I know it seems a bit early, but it is always great to plan ahead.  

The card I am going to share today is one that can be used for New Year's or for Christmas - I just love getting the most from my stamps.  

I used some of the beautiful Christmas Designer Series Paperfrom the Annual Catalogue called Under the Mistletoe.  That is how I determined the colours for my card - Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White and Shaded spruce.

I stamped my greeting from the retired stampset Joyful Season on the Stitched Shape Oval.  I added the falling sparkle in Old Olive.  I layered that on top of a Shadded Spruce Banner and a Cherry Cobbler square.

I finished it off with a bow and a snowflake charm. 

Here are the six cards I made.  I love making multiples of each card.

Hoping this provides with some new year inspiration.

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

To continue through the hop....just click this links below!

Joyful Season with Paper Craft Crew Challenges - PCCCS #170: Card Sketch

Hello,

Glad you stopped by!  Have you noticed the Joyful Season stampset in the Holiday Catalogue?  SO pretty.  Perfect for winter card giving. I have stamped him in yellow to make him a canary (find that post here) , and today I have stamped in red for a cardinal - I think I will try blue next to make him a blue jay!

Today, I decided to play along with the Paper Craft Crew Challenges - they have an awesome sketch for us... here is it ..

 

I loved the banners and the placement of the sentiment.  I used a bow instead of the flower and the Deco shape instead of the watercolouring background.  What do you think?

I really liked how the card turned out.  Thanks for the inspiration Paper Craft Crew!

Happy Stampin'

Tammy

Stampin' Celebration Challenge

Happy Monday!  

Did you survive Halloween?  My guys had a great time with their trick or treating.  Lots of candy and lots of sugary energy in this house!  

I am very happy to say it's time for another Stampin' Celebration Challenge and this week we have some picture inspiration for you!  Are you a fan of yellow, grey and white?  If so, this is your week!  These pictures are so much fun! 

Polka dots, stripes, flowers, birds and scalloped edges.  So many great themes to focus on, I had a hard time choosing.  So I decided to make two cards - my first card is my favourite, but both were created using the inspiration pictures.

So I decided to try the Joyful Season stamp for a card other than Christmas.  I thought the cardinal could maybe turned into a cockatial if I stamped him in yellow - well, OK I guess he can be a yellow cardinal, but I think he is pretty cute anyway.  I popped him up with some layered circles using my Circle Framelits and dimensionals.  

Did you notice the little diamond pattern in the birds in inspiration picture?  I had to really zoom in - well that's what brought me to my pattern behind the our little yellow friend.  My greeting is from the stampset Remembering Your Birthday.  I really like the font and the size.
 

For my second card, I used some oldies but goodies!  I started with a Smokey Slate card base again, but added a layer of Daffodil Delight, then a layer of grey and white striped DSP.  

I put a strip of Daffodil Delight edged with my Scallop Punch.  I created some flowers out of yellow and white polka dot DSP using my Pansy and Blossom Punches then layered them on top of each other and then added a bow.  I used my Bird Builder Punch to create a grey and white little bird and placed him right on top of the bow.  I LOVED how that looked in the inspiration picture 

Last but not least, I added some grey leaves to my flowers.  I purposefully left the card without a greeting - because I thought it can be used for anything.  

I sure hope you join us at Stampin' Celebration Challenge!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Remember, inky fingers are the happiest fingers.


Happy Stampin'

Tammy