![]() So glad for a little Christmas again - It's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #110 - anything BUT a card! Looks like a few of us are intent on restocking our tag supply as well as our cards on the team, lol. I think I had about 5 tags left by the time we were done this last season, so I know I need to be just as diligent for them this year! I couldn't resist doing up a few "moose tags" to get me rolling, with my beloved Merry Moose set - I just can't get enough of this dapper guy and his scarf, lol! So, what will YOU make for us this round? I can't wait to see, over at the challenge! Merry Moose & Itty Bitty Christmas (on back!) Stamp Sets; Whisper White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Shaded Spruce & Cherry Cobbler Inks; Crumb Cake Blends Marker; Scallop Tag Topper & Moose Punches; Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine; #SCCAnythingButACard.
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![]() Such a fun theme this month at CAS Christmas Feb 2020 - add "joy!" After a quick browse of my most recent Christmas sets, I moved over to the retired shelves. My eye kept coming back to this lovely stable scene from 2014's The Newborn King. I quickly spotted the sentiment from my still fave Tin of Tags set, and I was all set. BUT, I didn't want to color everything in, which is what I usually do with this one! I added a quick stamped off background wash with Love What You Do before simply stamping in black over this. I'm loving the quiet look of this one! The Newborn King (retired 2014), Tin of Tags (retired 2016) & Love What You Do Stamp Sets; Soft Sea Foam, Crumb Cake & Whisper White CS; Memento Tuxedo Black & Soft Sea Foam Inks; Rectangle Stitched & Stitched Shapes Dies; Linen Thread; #CASChristmasFeb20. ![]() Let's Get Messy 2020 Class Feb 13 & 15! Yes! Time to bring out your play clothes and have some fun getting messy - DON'T wear white! This class is all about those awesome techniques that might just make a bit of a splash, but can create oh-so-awesome results! This class will feature 6 new "messy" techniques on 6 cards with envelopes, for all occasions! Good times (with galoshes!) ahead! Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and adhesive) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25. This class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is on for Thursday, February 13 at 630 pm, and Saturday, February 15 at 3 pm. RSVP today to save your spot! ![]() So exciting - I'm thrilled to be hosting this month's challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge #109 - let's see those ornaments! For my own card, I couldn't help but go back our own gorgeous Christmas Gleaming set - I love that these beauties had punches to match! This suite originally came with a super rich and regal DSP, that I used every single scrap of, lol, so I've ventured off into a more classic colors scheme of red and green. Using my Blends Markers, I tried to add some depth with a color lifter to the ornaments, but it's pretty subtle in my pic. I did decide that our pretty Parisian Flourish embossing folder sort of echos the design on these ornaments - cool! So, what will YOU have for us in the ornaments department?? I can't wait to see, over at the challenge! Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set; Whisper White, Basic Black & Old Olive CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Real Red, Smoky Slate & Color Lifter Blends Markers; Rectangle Stitched Dies; Gleaming Ornaments Punches; Parisian Flourish EF; Red Twine; Basic Jewel Rhinestones; #SCC109. ![]() Look at these fun inspirations from this week's Hand Stamped Sentiments #331! I couldn't help but focus on that sweet wintry mug in the inspiration pics - and I happen to have a beloved mug stamp set that I still can't bear to part with - 2017's Hug in a Mug is still so adorable! I set up three toasty mugs on a pretty shelf, festive, but not necessarily Christmas-y, and this warming sentiment - just the thing for a cool Winter's day or night! While this set has lovely two-step fill-in stamps for coloring, I found it so much more satisfying to bring on the Blends Markers for some pretty color combos - I can never seem to get enough of these markers! Hug in a Mug Stamp Set (retired 2017); Whisper White & Real Red CS; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink; Real Red, Pool Party Shaded Spruce, Soft Suede & Smoky Slate Blends Markers; Rectangle Stitched & Stitched So Sweetly Dies; Real Red Glimmer Dots; #HSS331. ![]() Oh goody - CAS on Friday #171 has a fun theme - "winter!" Love it! I really can't yet separate "winter" from "Christmas," lol, but I tried! I dug deep and pulled out my Peaceful Wishes set from 2006 - still love this gorgeous thing! The images, the font - it's just beautiful. I tried to go fairly ultra-clean here: a couple pine fronds, a single frosty pinecone, and just a few glitter enamel dots. So much white space - yikes! I had to stop before I started pulling out ribbon and puff paint, lol. Peaceful Wishes (retired 2006) Stamp Set; Whisper White & Early Espresso CS; Versamark, Old Olive & Early Espresso Inks; Shimmer White EP; Real Red Glitter Enamel Dots; #CASOF171. ![]() Pumpkin Club January 25! Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? Love is in the air! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, January 25, 3 pm, chez Heroldt - RSVP to let me know you are coming! Club is free for my subscribers, and includes any extra supplies you might need, drinks and snacks! I also have a few extra spots available for club for $10 even if you are not a subscriber - come see what we're up to - no kit needed! Remember to subscribe here if you haven't already - sign up by February 10 and you can join us in time for next month! ![]() Hooray! Fusion Card Challenge is back for 2020 with this "winter" combo - so pretty! I was really stumped for the sketch side for a while until I remembered my old Pattern Party Decorative Masks Pack, and the big circular stencil in there - it's even kind of snowflake looking, I think, lol. I did it up in cool blues and grays, and laid a sparkly silver strip over that for the sketch, then added a sentiment from First Frost to seal the "winter" deal, hopefully. I finished with a few silver sequins for a just a touch more sparkle. Fun! Gotta get back in the fusion groove! First Frost Stamp Set; Whisper White, Pool Party & Silver Glimmer CS; Pool Party, Night of Navy & Gray Granite Inks; Pattern Party Decorative Masks; Layering Circles Dies; Silver Sequins; #FusionWinter. ![]() Pumpkin Club January 25! Did you get your January Pumpkin kit yet? Love is in the air! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, January 25, 3 pm, chez Heroldt - RSVP to let me know you are coming! Club is free for my subscribers, and includes any extra supplies you might need, drinks and snacks! I also have a few extra spots available for club for $10 even if you are not a subscriber - come see what we're up to - no kit needed! Remember to subscribe here if you haven't already - sign up by February 10 and you can join us in time for next month! ![]() Oo, there's a fun cue to kick off the New Year at CAS Christmas - "tag!" I am thrilled that our new birthday set Bonanza Buddies has a gorgeous stitched tag die with it - and look how cute it works for Christmas, too!! Lol. Turns out that several elements from Perfectly Plaid fit wonderfully on this tag - and since I went with the plaid tree, I had to pull in the Wrapped in Plaid DSP, too. Good - and cozy - times, lol. Even found a scrap of Shaded Spruce ribbon to include - perfect! Perfectly Plaid Stamp Set; Wrapped in Plaid DSP; Whisper White & Shaded Spruce CS; Shaded Spruce & Cherry Cobbler Inks; Bonanza Dies; Pine Tree Punch; Gold Glitter Enamel Dots; #CASChristmasTag. ![]() Oh, excellent! I have just enough time sneak in 52 Christmas Card Throwdown's first sketch of the year! Woot! Let's jump right on restocking that Christmas box! For this one, the sketch made me think right away of featuring some festive papers, and I went back again to the amazing Night Before Christmas pack. It's so funny, I used the heck out of this paper, but I didn't get anything else from the suite - I found it so easy to match with other stamp sets - like today! This fun sheet of candy canes seemed just right for this fun sentiment from Cup of Christmas - and that stamp set also has a set of dies that includes a candy cane! It's like Christmas kizmet! Cup of Christmas Stamp Set; Night Before Christmas DSP; Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler & Champagne Glimmer CS; Cherry Cobbler Ink; Diagonal Stripe Ribbon in Cherry Cobbler; Layering Circles Dies; Gold Glitter Enamel Dots; #53CCT1-20. ![]() Birthday Cards 2020 Class Jan 9 & 11! OK, gang, time to stock up on our birthday cards for 2020 and get ready for biz! Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, all from the new Spring Occasions Catty and Sale-A-Bration brochure, just in time for another circle around the sun! Are you ready?? Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25. Class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is still on for Saturday, January 11 at 3 pm. RSVP today to save your spot! ![]() Ah, and the cycle starts again! It's never too soon! Here we are at Sparkles Christmas Challenge #108 - with our January "for a child" challenge! Hope you can join us! I don't know about you, but our all-time fave activity when I was a kid was sledding - like, giant slogging expeditions that earned you soaking wet jeans and feet, lol. We used to dare each other to sit on the woodstove for longer and longer and watch the steam rise when we got home, lol - I may have scorched a few pairs that way, lol. Anyway, this pretty sled brought back those fun days, and I knew I had to use it! Good times! So, what will YOU create? I can't wait to see your creations, over at the challenge! Alpine Adventure Stamp Set; Wrapped in Plaid DSP; Whisper White, Crumb Cake & Cherry Cobbler CS; Versamark Ink; Shimmer White EP; Alpine Sports Dies; Silver Sequins; Silver Cording; #SparklesForAChild. ![]() Birthday Cards 2020 Class Jan 9 & 11! OK, gang, time to stock up on our birthday cards for 2020 and get ready for biz! Class will feature 6 cards with envelopes, all from the new Spring Occasions Catty and Sale-A-Bration brochure, just in time for another circle around the sun! Are you ready?? Class includes all supplies needed (bring your fave snips and adhesive!) snacks, drinks and a special gift from me, all for $25. Class can also be FREE with your order of $30 or more! Class is on for Thursday, January 9 at 630 pm, or Saturday, January 11 at 3 pm. RSVP today to save your spot! ![]() Pumpkin Club January 4! Did you get your December Pumpkin kit yet? There's a little bit of everything in this one! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, January 4, 3 pm, chez Heroldt - RSVP to let me know you are coming! Club is free for my subscribers, and includes any extra supplies you might need, drinks and snacks! I also have a few extra spots available for club for $10 even if you are not a subscriber - come see what we're up to - no kit needed! Remember to subscribe here if you haven't already - sign up by January 10 and you can join us in time for next month! ![]() Lol, no, you're not seeing things - we're going ultra neutral this week at Sunday Stamps #221! With all this grayscale, I decided to try and build a black and white photo with the gorgeous Snow Front set - I'm loving all the landscape options we have - wait'll you see the Meadow set coming in our Spring Catty! I just love them all, lol. Anyway, I've found that I can really build lovely scenes when I just start from the cabin, or any focal point, mask it off, and layer all the horizons around it - works so well, and it was actually easier than usual working in grayscale, lol. So, what will YOU create? I can't wait to see your projects, over at the challenge! Snow Front & Itty Bitty Christmas Stamp Sets; Whisper White & Basic Gray CS; Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate & Gray Granite Inks; Rectangle Stitched Dies; Silver Sequins; #SSC221. ![]() Pumpkin Club January 4! Did you get your December Pumpkin kit yet? There's a little bit of everything in this one! Check out the video HERE! I hope you can join us for our next Pumpkin Club, Saturday, January 4, 3 pm, chez Heroldt - RSVP to let me know you are coming! Club is free for my subscribers, and includes any extra supplies you might need, drinks and snacks! I also have a few extra spots available for club for $10 even if you are not a subscriber - come see what we're up to - no kit needed! Remember to subscribe here if you haven't already - sign up by January 10 and you can join us in time for next month! |
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