Sunday's One Stop, Blog Hop: 2 weeks of Christmas

Hello Stamping Friends,

Back today with week 2 of 4 weeks of Christmas!  I hope you have been able to enjoy your holiday season and the loved ones in your life.  

These are some of my favorite Christmas cards that I have found on the web.  Please enjoy the talent of these creative folks and maybe even visit their blogs this week as well.  ;-)

Many Blessings,

barb

Christy Fulk

Cindee Wilkinson

Laura-Lee Doucet

Nance Leedy

Helen Heil

Dena Rekow

Mindy Backes

Friendship? Yes, Please.

Hello Stampers!

Wow!  Summer has been a bit of a whirlwind around these parts and as a result, not such consistent blog posts.....but I'm back with a new card today and I hope you all like it and find inspiration in it.  ;)

The Card base is Calypso Coral with a layer of Wild Wasabi.  The DSP is called Tea For Two and has retired.  There is a similar pattern in the current Stampin' Up! catalog called Afternoon Picnic, it just has a different color scheme.  The stamp set I used is called From My Heart and I stamped the friendship image twice; once in Early Espresso and once in Calypso Coral, cut them out and then layered them.  The layered butterfly element was achieved by punching an elegant butterfly and a bitty butterfly out of the same dsp pack.  A little distressing with Early Espresso ink and a few pretties like the basic pearls and  natural trim

and my card was finished.  I love this card because the detail in the dsp makes it look like it took me a long time to make, but actually it was very simple.  Let me know if you try this type of sketch this weekend.  I'd love to see what you come up with.  Happy stamping!

barb

Guest Stamper: My Friend, Rena

Hello Stampers,

    Today's post has been brought to you by my talented stamping friend (and now my son's mother-in-law!) Rena.  Rena has been a long time scrapbooker, but after we met, she soon added card making to her list of paper crafting hobbies.  She shared one of her latest creations with me last week and I quickly asked her if I could share it with you all here on the blog.  I really liked her quick and easy card for several reasons.  

1. Everyone can use more masculine cards.  Even these brads are perfectly masculine.

2. The sketch of Rena's card is simple and so usable for any event.  

3. You can use up lots of pieces of leftover card stock and dsp for this sketch and mix and match layers, if you like.  

4. She used her Big Shot! I love this choice of die cut as her focal point.

So, a loud "Thank You" to Rena for sharing her talents with us today.

Hope you get some time in your stamping place this weekend!

blessings,

barb

Quilted Friendship

Hello!  My latest card is a take on sketch challenge #130 over at The Paper Players.  It's a quick and easy card...it even has an easy going feel about it, I think.  Warm, like the quilt designer paper.  :) 

I hope you enjoy the card today and try your hand at a sketch this week too.  

happy stamping,

barb

Stamping Supplies:

Stamps:  *Feel Goods (129684)

Paper:  Very Vanilla (101650), *Tea For Two DSP (129311), Calypso Coral (122925)

Ink:  Early Espresso (126874)

Assessories:  *Ovals Collection Framelits (129381)

Pretties:  *Natural Trim Ribbon (129287), Pearl Basic Jewels (119247)

*2013 Spring Mini Catalog