Black and White Christmas

Happy Thursday, everyone!  I know today is St Patrick's Day, but I have a Christmas card for you, LOL!  I wasn't sure I would be able to pull off the Merry Monday's challenge of black, white and silver, but I persevered!  I also used the Jingle Belles challenge of Spirit of Christmas Past (Joy to the World music) and the Stamp, Ink, Paper sketch:

And here's my card:

I printed out some vintage sheet music from the Graphics Fairy in grayscale to use as my background.  The sentiment, stamped in Silver Encore ink, is from Papertrey's O Holy Night, and the silver glimmer paper bell is cut using a Lil'Inker die.  I used glimmer paper for my back panel and the banners are Basic Black and Silver Foil from SU:

And I love the inside too....another sentiment from O Holy Night, and I used the little silver stars that I popped out from the bell to accent it:

Cassidy had another birthday party for AJ; I didn't have the heart to tell her these were Christmas gift bags, LOL!  He is excited about his DVD!

Two of the guests (I dare you to keep a straight face!):

 

And she "helps" him push his new cart!

Enjoy your day!

SIP19 Boo Box

Happy Friday, peeps!  I have another little Halloween project for you today; it’s really quite easy and fun to do.  This was the “bonus” project for my Halloween Treat stamp camp, and they all enjoyed it!  It’s also perfect for Sandy’s Tic Tac Toe challenge at Stamp, Ink Paper:

I believe I got seven out of the nine, not too bad!   I took a Tiny Treat Box and covered the sides and top with some Happy Haunting DSP.  I stamped my kitty and pumpkin in Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black, then did some fussy cutting and adhered them together and put them on the front.  This is one of my favorite vintage Halloween stamps; I am pretty sure it came from 100 Proof Press:

On the top of the box, I added a black glimmer paper “boo” from Boo to You framelits along with some black and orange sequins:

And the surprise is this little bat that pops up out of the box when you open it!  It’s the bat from Cheer All Year, mounted on a thin strip of window sheet.  His wings are curled inward, and the window sheet strip is mounted to the center bottom with a glue dot:

After you put your candy inside, tuck the bat down on top of the candy, as shown; the wings need to be curled enough to fit inside (a bone folder works well, as one of my customers told me!!!), then just fold the lid down and it’s ready for trick-or-treat night!  I did trim the side flaps  of the lid, but that was just my choice….you don’t have to do it!

I also stamped the sentiment from Cheer All Year on the inside lid as shown.  These little 2” boxes are so much fun to make, I hope you’ll try one too!

We taught Cassidy how to play Sorry!, since I was a wee bit tired of Candyland!  She did really well….and Grampy lost!

Enjoy your day!

SIP3 and FMS193

Happy Friday, peeps! Hope you have some fun holiday plans for the weekend!  My plan is to do some cleaning, LOL!  I did make a card for my friend, using the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches (turned on its side):

and the colors from Stamp, Ink Paper:

And here’s my card using Friendly Wishes and Endless Thanks:

The DSP from the Occasions catalog fit a card from me, since most of my spare time these days are spent knitting!  I added some DSP from Cherry on Top and retired Fresh Prints; some Bermuda Bay twine, and a heart from the Circle Card Framelit:

I love these colors! 

It’s blueberry-picking season, and we took Cassidy for the first time.  She was not much help picking, and after a few whiny moments, she wasn’t too bad.  We didn’t stay out too long either!

The farmer gave us a little cart because the path was very muddy:

Cassidy & her baby doll really enjoyed this part:

Helping Grampy pick (and eat):

Part of the first haul:

Thanks for visiting today!

SIP1 and RS168

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  I finally received my first SU order with my new goodies, which helped a lot with my stampin’ creativity!  There is a new challenge in town called Stamp Ink Paper, and my sweet friend Sandy is on the DT, so I just had to play in their first challenge!

Their first challenge is to use your favorite stamps, ink and paper!

I would never attempt to say which was my favorite stamp set, there are way too many that I like, but I did get this new set Awesomely Artistic, and I am really liking it, so I decided to ink it up with my favorite color, Soft Sky, along with Basic Black!  I also used a new photopolymer set, Endless Thanks, and Chalk Lines:

I used the new Triple Banner punch for the banner; some Soft Sky twine, and a few sequins for sparkle!  The black panel is embossed with the Vine Street EF, unfortunately, you can’t see it here.  To challenge myself even further, I used this week’s Retrosketches sketch:

This has a few more elements than I usually use, but I ended up loving the final product!  Thanks for stopping by today!

We scored a big doll house at a yard sale on Saturday, and Cassidy was thrilled!

Enjoy your day!