{Jolly Christmas} Color Throwdown #523

Hi everyone,

I had a lot of fun exploring different and a bit unusual color combinations for christmas but now it's time for something a bit more traditionally and this week's color throwdown challenge is just perfect. Red, green and craft is one of my all time favorite christmas color combo.

I wanted to try to do something a bit more minimalist this time. I normally love to go crazy on the layering and stacking  but I really tried to constrain myself. I embossed white snowflakes from an older, retired TCP stamp set on my cardstock and dabbed some white ink with a sponge on it for a touch of snow. I used the Snowfall Style 1 Die from PTI for the large snowflake.

Thanks so much for stopping by 

and a Merry Christmas!!!

Sony

{Oops} Funky Christmas Pt 1.

Hiiii,

I'm back with another christmas card. I mentioned last week how I got inspired by some designer christmas paper in my local hobby store because of the somewhat unusual colors they used. That inspired me so much that I decided to continue and make a series of christmas cards using non traditional color schemes.

Here is my very first entry aaand you can tell I was a little tired when I made this card since I didn't realize I had paired a Sprinkle sentiment, the cat with Poochie, the dog. Yeeaaahhh... lol oooohh well. The stamps are from the Cat's Pajamas Give a little (now retired I believe).

The fastest way for me to make a card is by starting with a sketch. Pinterest is an amazing way to search through sketches and what I like to use. This is how I came across the sketch I used to inspire me for this card:

It's an old sketch from 2013 on Jen Shults' blog but I absolutely adore it so I decided to run with it. I don't alway follow the sketches exactly. I rather take them as a starting point and then I go with where things take me. In this case, I went with a rectangular version of the square design and since the card was already a bit bottom heavy, I decided to place the brads on the top instead.

Next step: pick a paper and a color scheme.

I picked the dark grey christmas tree from this paper pad by Panduro Design, which is from our local hobby store chain here in Sweden. I paired that with salmon colored cardstock from PTI.

Some sparkling ribbon, copic markers, glitter and crackle paint completed my card ingredients.

Here a closer look:

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Sonja

{Sweet Holidays} Mojo Sketch 504

Hi everyone,

I did a little bit of christmas shopping for my cousin's family when I spotted some super adorable christmas themed patterned paper in my local hobby store. I loved the somewhat unusual color theme and that's what inspired me to sit down and make a card again. 

I then spotted Julee's sketch on her blog and decided to take that as my jumping off point for my card. You'll notice I took some liberties with this one.

I picked a pattern and then started to layer complimentary cardstock. A little trial and error ensued until I landed at something that I liked. I wanted to make a card that I could also use as a gift card holder for our local coffee shop so a coffee motive was a must. I decided on using the to go cup from Verve's Better With You set. I paired that with a saying from PTI's Petite Places Holiday Lane. I also used the little gingerbread man stamp from that set to add a little flavor to my coffee cup. 

Lastly I needed something that worked as a frame and anchored the card. I didn't really have any small snowflakes so I decided to use the flowers from Reverse Confetti's Toucan of Friendship. I feel like they can either have a tropical or wintery feel, depending on how you dress/stamp them up.

Some final touches with a copic marker to draw in some shadows, some glitter in shape of ribbon and Stickles glitter and this is where I ended up:

here a closer look:

Thanks so much for stopping by and Merry Christmas!!!

Sonja

{Santa is coming to town} Petite Places

Hi everyone,

I managed to squeeze in a little time and try out a new stamp set I got from Papertrey Ink. It's called Petite Places: Holiday Lane and it's super adorable. I made these two cards with it:

 Detail View:

Thanks for stopping by and happy holidays!!

Sony

{Life is Good} TCP Tuesday 343

Hi everyone,

I've really enjoyed the new release blog hop by The Catpack over at the Cat's Pajamas.  I've enjoyed it so much I felt the need to make a spring card even though it's still pretty chilly over here in Sweden. 

I broke into my stash of stamps and came across this beauty here..retired now I'm afraid but the set was called Spring Fling by TCP. The grass die is from TCP as well. The sun is from the Scene It series by Papertrey Ink. The die is originally quite a bit larger so I used a circle die on top of it to trim it down. I used water color pencils for the grass and Poochie, distress ink for the sky and stickles glitter for the bling.

A closer look:

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Sony

{Stay Cool} TCP Tuesday 343

Hi everyone,

I'm back with another card for this month's TCP Tuesday challenge. So...if you weren't able to tell...I've been dreaming of summer lately. lol These Swedish summers are loong. Anyway...this month's TCP Tuesday challenge is about including animals in our projects. Pretty easy since there are tons of TCP stamps that include animals. 

I broke out one of Alma's retired summer sets featuring Poochie with a surfboard. I paired it with a cloud background die from PTI, on top of a background die from Reverse Confetti.

and here's a closer look:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sony

{Sm'ore Memories} TCP Tuesday 343

Hi everyone,

I just received my order from Papertrey Ink and I was so excited, although I had to pay a hefty extra tax on it. Welcome to life in Europe I guess. :P I may have to look into the European stamp market because at this rate, this is going to become a very expensive hobby .

 Anyway, a hole in my wallet later, I hopped right into the TCP Challenge. I paired the Scene It dies by Papertrey Ink with some of my all time favorite stamps by The Cat's Pajamas, now sadly retired. I used PJ from A Beary Good Year and had him go camping with stamps from a Happy Camper. The sentiment is from another retired set but this time an MFT set.

Here is my card:

and here is a closer look:

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Have a great day!!

Sony

{Good Times} SFYTT

Hi Guys,

Whew!! I'm soo excited: Finals are finally over!!! Now I
have a whole week off before it all starts again...and I plan on getting out of town and partying it
up believe you me. :)

Sooo while you're reading this I'll probably be on a plane going somewhere...where exactly I
don't know yet...gotta love last minute plans lol.
Anyway - I have a friend in church who just turned 40 last night and I made this card here for her.
She's a teacher so the library card stamp by PTI was perfect and she loves pink so I paired it
with one of Julee's beautiful flower stamps and butterfly. The sentiment is compliments of
Verve as well...in case you didn't know. ;)

Wanna play with us? Every Saturday Jen has a fun sketch for you to try, make something great, post it
to her blog for your chance of being picked as our next month's Guest Designer!!!

Check out what the rest of my SFYTT Sisters have come up with this week:
* Jen del Muro and a big hearty welcome
to our September Guest Designer Tori Wild
* Amber Hight
* Amy Rohl
* Amy Sheffer 
* Carole Burrage 
* Jenn Diercks 
*Jodi Collins 
* Kelly Lunceford 
* Leigh O'Brien 
* Megan Lock
* Susan Liles

Thanks so much for stopping by

~ Sony

Stamps: Blue Skies (Verve), Great Friend (Verve), Birthday Bash (Verve), Library Card (PTI)
Paper: Vintage Shabby (Tim Holtz), Grey CS
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Melon Mambo (SU), Slate (Adirondack)
Accessories: Sponges, Copics, Stickles Glitter, White Thread and Sewing Machine, Deco Fan Border Punch, Pom Pom Trim (Maya Road)

 

{Late...} SFYTT

ugh...I've been so busy with school and stuff I completely forgot my friend's birthday and I haven't even had the chance to play with some of the my new PTI goodies I got in the mail sooo this SFYTT it's an all out stamp jambalaya for me.

I used the Library Card stamp and Pocket Die from PTI, the Book Mouse stamp from TGF, the 'Your Birthday' sentiment is from MFT and the 'LATE' is spelled out using TCP's Coolvetica Set. The colors are from this week's TCP Tuesday challenge, which I'm also really really late for and the sketch is of course from Jen's SFYTT challenge.
lol see I wasn't kidding when I said jambalaya

thanks so much for stopping by!
I gotta run again but I hope you have a wonderful weekend and why not get ink-y with us?! Jen's always looking out for her next Guest Designer!!
Want a little more inspiration? Check out what my awesome SFYTT Sisters have done with this sketch:

• Jen del Muro and Guest Designer Ashley Nguyen Newell
• Amber Hight
• Amy Rohl
• Amy Sheffer
• Carole Burrage
  
• Jenn Diercks
• Jodi Collins
• Kelly Lunceford
• Leigh O'Brien
• Megan Lock (on mommy leave)
  
• Susan Liles

til next time :)

~ Sony


Stamps: Library Card (PTI), Library Mouse (TGF), Coolvetica (TCP), Make the Date (MFT), Essential Sentiments (MFT)
Paper: Report Card (OA), Kraft, Winter Wishes digi (SweetShoppe)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Frayed Burlap (Ranger distress Ink), Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories: Pocket Die (PTI), Crystal Stickles Glitter, Crystal Effects, Copics, Kraft Thread, Sewing Machine, Pop-Up Dots