Fruit Salad Recipe

This is for today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 145 - Fruits & Veggies. My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 413. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 403 - A Real Gray Gumball.
I used a long ago retired set I picked up from a fellow stamper called "What's For Dinner" and stamped the recipe card in real red and the label in gumball green. I made a pocket from panel 2 using some DCWV dp from Grade School stack to slide the recipe in. I cut, embossed and stenciled some fruit using real red and gumball green cs from Nesties Assorted Fresh Fruit dies then arranged them on the white panel after doodling around the edge. This panel is popped up on the dp so the recipe card will slide out. I used some gray ribbon and viola, I was done.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: What's For Dinner - SU
Paper: white, real red, gumball green
Ink: real red, gumball green
Accessories: dimensionals, Nestabilities - Assortted Fresh Fruit, ribbon
Techniques: doodling, stenciling, die cuts, 3D

More Merry Messages of Christmas

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 403 - Real Gray Gumballs. My layout is from Saturday's WALTZING MOUSE SKETCH CHALLENGE # 125.
I used my new favorite Christmas sentiment set for my focal panel stamped in real red ink then cut and embossed with Nesties circles, then sponged some gumball green ink on the inside with the die in place. I used some ribbon for my gray color and strips of real red and gumball green cs for the #2 panels embossed with Holly embossing folder.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: More Merry Messages
Paper: white, real red, gumball green, K&Company dp?
Ink: real red, gumball green
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, Cuttlebug, Holly EF, square paper punch
Techniques: dry emboss, 3D, sponging

More Merry Messages with Embossed Edges

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 412, Tuesdays' COLOR CHALLENGE # 402 - A Perfect White Night, and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 404 - Embossed Edges.
What a fun sketch to play with today. I used 2 sentiments and popped up the "Seasons Greetings" panel. I found a piece of dp from my "unknown" stack pile to use. I love how this turned out. I like using non-traditional colors when possible.
RECIPE:
Stamps: More Merry Messages
Paper: white, night of navy, perfect plum, dp?
Ink: night of navy
Accessories: dimensionals, glitter, glue
Techniques: embossed edges

Come To Bethlehem with Embossed Edges

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 402 - Perfect White Night with glitter as a dessert. Easy Peasy. My glitter is around the edges for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 404 - Emboss the Edges.
My layout is from Saturday's WALTZING MOUSE SKETCH CHALLENGE # 124.
Can you tell I just got this gorgeous stamp set? I can not stop using it and avoided buying because I do NOT do well with silhouette images. I am determined to turn that around for the good. LOL. I embossed the edges of my focal white panel with some purple embossing powder. I added some glitter to the star. I doodled around the top left sentiment (no mistakes here just room for embellishments ;)
Now off to work with 1 more day to go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Come To Bethlehem
Paper: white, night of navy, perfect plum
Ink: perfect plum, versa mark
Accessories: Nestability Oval, Purple EP, Glitter, dimensionals.
Techniques: 3D, heat embossed, dry embossed, embossed edges

Come to Bethlehem Embossed Edges

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 404 - Embossed Edges, for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 197 - Color Challenge. My layout is from today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 268. I used some perfect plum ink to stamp my image and sentiment. Pale Plum cs for the focal image cut with Fiskars circle template. Going Gray 1 in circle and crumb cake cs embossed with Cuttlebug Stars embossing folder. I used my perfect plum marker around all 4 edges of my white panel then embossed the edges using my versamark pen and glitter embossing powder.
Hope you like it and now I am off to work my 1st of only 3 days this week. Whoo Hoo.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Come To Bethlehem
Paper: white, perfect plum, pale plum, going gray, lavendar lace, crumb cake
Ink: pefect plum, versa mark
Accessories: fiskars circle template, circle punch, cuttlebug, Stars EF, glitter ep
Techniques: embossed edges

Bethlehem's Folded Christmas Tree

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 401 - Birds of a Feather, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 411, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 401 - Tempting Green Pizzazz and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 403 - Folded Christmas Tree. I have had a blast with this weeks technique. I love these darling little "easy to make" trees.
I used some dp from my stash and the back side was white so I sprayed it with some copics to create a pear pizzazz colored background then stamped with gumball green the image from Background Basics that I dusted off, folded my tree then popped it up on vanilla cs and trimmed with some glitter on the edges (hope you can see it!). My treetopper is a dove punch from Martha Stewart. I stamped the sentiment from "Come to Bethlehem" in tempting turquoise. I used a piece of scrap for panels 2 and 3 and pear pizzazz for panel 4 all mounted on a vanilla base. Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Come To Bethlehem, Background Basics - SU
Paper: vanilla, pear pizzazz, tempting turquoise
Ink: gumball green, tempting turquoise
Accessories: ribbon, Fiskar Circle template, glitter, Martha Stewart Dove punch, dimensionals, copic markers, copics ABS
Techniques: folded Christmas tree

Frosty's Folded Christmas Tree

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 411, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 401 - Tempting Gree Pizzazz, and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 403 - Folded Christmas Tree.

I used the other half of my circle from Tuesday's creation to make this tree just a different snowflake stamp. TOday I used the snowflake from Frosty's stamp set. I forgot how big that one was but like how it turned out.

Various cs and dp used from scrap stacks. The tree is up on dimensionals.

RECIPE:

Stamps: Frosty

Paper: white, tempting turquoise, pear pizzazz, dp?

Ink: tempting turquoise

Accessories: gems,dimensionals

Techniques: folded Christmas tree

Snow Burst Folded Christmas Tree

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 401 - Tempting Green Pizazz and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 403 - Folded Christmas Tree.My layout is from last Wednesday's FRESHLY MADE SKETCHES CHALLENGE # 60.
I could not find any 2 sided dp that I liked so I made my own by stamping 2 different images from Snow Burst in tempting turquoise then doodling in the open places on the back side of my dp.
I cut and embossed Nesties Picot Edge Circle die using tempting turquoise cs and popped by folded Christmas tree up on top of it.
My sentiment is from All Year Cheer I, did I mention yesturday how much I LOVE the font on this stamp? LOL.
Hope you like this one and I hope whomever gets it will also like it. It will be going to a fellow church member next month.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Snow Burst, All Year Cheer I,
Paper: white, tempting turquoise, pear pizzazz, dp?
Ink: tempting turquoise
Accessories: gems, dimensionals, Nestie Picot Edge Circles, Fiskars Circle template
Techniques: folded Christmas tree, 3D, dry embossing

Dashing Folded Christmas Tree

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 403 - Folded Christmas Tree. what a fun challenge for today.
I used some Dashing dp from SU, trimmed the edge with some silver accents.
I cut and embossed some red cs with circle scallop then added some fun flock to the edge to simulate a tree skirt.
My sentiment is from All Year Cheer I, I love the font on that one so I tend to use it often.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: All Year Cheer I
Paper: vanilla, old olive, real red, dashing dp
Ink: real red
Accessories: silver accents, fun flox, cicle and scallop circle die cuts
Techniques: folded Christmas tree

Blessings

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 400 - Retro where we were to pick from 1 of 3 color combos hosted by our loving Betty who is retiring from the CC host list. We surely will miss her. I had the honor and pleasure of guest hosting in January so I choose COLOR CHALLENGE # 356 - Lucky Island Basics for my pick for today. I love these colors together and had such a fun time with them.
My layout is from Saturday's WALTZINGMOUSE SKETCH CHALLENGE # 122.
My island indigo and lucky limeade layers where trimmed with scalloped borders and layered for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 402 - Layered Scallops. I also used a scallop matt for my focal image which by the way is new to me from Verve Stamps. I rarely win anything, think I could count on 1 hand the number of times but guess who was one of the lucky winners in last months MOJO? Yep, me and this set was my winning pick. I have played the MOJO Monday challenge for years. I guess perserverance really does pay off huh?
My sentiment is stamped in basic black on white, cut and embossed with Nestie oval and matted on basic gray Nestie scalloped oval.
Hope you like it and now I am headed to the line to vote since my plans for the last week got waylayed to do early voting.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Blessings - Verve
Paper: white, basic gray, island indigo, lucky limeade
Ink: basic black
Accessories: Fiskars leaf border punch, Fiskars wavy border punch, Nestie Oval and Scalloped Oval
Techniques: dry emboss, 3D, layered scallops

Thank You Perfectly Penned

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 402 - Layered Scallops. I used 2 different fiskars scallopped border punches and 2 different colors of card stock.
My color combo is for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 195 - Pinterest Inspiration photo.
My layout is from Friday's CLEAN & SIMPLE SKETCH CHALLENGE # 215. I started with a white cs base then added the 2 layers of scalloped borders.
I cut and embossed the 4 different leaves from 4 different colors of cs and arranged them the way I wanted them then stamped the sentiment in dusty durango and viola I was done.
OK so if you read my last upload, which was Wed by the way, you would remember what an ordeal I had with that creation. NOT this one. Went together like peanut butter and jelly. LOL.
HOWEVER, the dilema with my creation was NOT by a long shot the end of the trials for us that day. My MIL had 2 really hard BAD seizures around 3pm and FIL called the EMS to pick her up. She spent 2 days in ICU then Friday around 10am she started repeating everything she said 4-5 times and not able to walk, at 1pm we were in another hospital in another ICU where she has been since. Things have gotten better in some ways and we are HOPEFUL she can come home today.
I broke away to go to Sunday school only to find out that my daughter had her son in the ER for Asthma/Bronchitis. **man, can we get a break? ** At least they let him go back home after some steroids and resp treatments.
I am soooo ready for things to melow back out.
RECIPE:
Stamps: perfectly penned - SU
Paper: white, bermuda bay, cool carribean, dusty durango, crushed curry, peach parfait, really rust Ink: dusty durnago
Accessories: Nestability Fall Foliage, Fiskars Scallop border, Fiskars Scallop eyelet border, dimensionals,
Techniques: layered scallops, dry embossing