My Christmas Banner

Posted on December 5, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I decided I needed a new banner for our fireplace this Christmas but I didn’t want to spend a lot of time making it, so I knew I needed to keep it simple. Punches and dies to the rescue!

I started by cutting out some of the red and white striped paper from the Season of Style DSP stack into the pennant shapes. Then I die cut one of the snowflake shapes using the Festive Flurry framelits and the Champagne Glimmer Paper. I punched a 1-3/4″ circle using my circle punch and white card stock. Then I die cut the letters from Cherry Cobbler card stock using the Typeset Alphabet Bigz dies.

For the banner between the two words, I made a decorative snowflake using some Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder and Cherry Cobbler ink. I also added a Vintage Faceted Designer Button.

All in all, it took me about one and a half hours to assemble the whole thing. Pretty easy!

Enjoy your Thursday! Thanks for stopping by!

Starry Wishes — FMS114

Posted on December 4, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It’s Wednesday, and the super talented and very lovely, Jennifer Timko has a great sketch for us over at Freshly Made Sketches:

This is such a nice, simple sketch. You can really use your creativity or you can keep it nice and simple and strictly follow the sketch.

I decided to use a non-Christmas themed stamp set on a Christmas card for my sample. I pulled out my Simply Stars set and stamped three of the stars. We have a star on the top of our tree, so I think of stars as having a Christmas theme. What about you? Do you have a star or an angel on the top of your tree? Or something else?

I added some sequins (I know — I’m addicted) and trimmed some Silver Foil paper with a fun blade on my Stampin’ Trimmer. This was really a pretty easy card to make.

I hope you’ll join us at Freshly Made Sketches this week and make your own card to share in the gallery. You should go check out what the rest of the design team made while you’re at it.

Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Simply Stars, Endless Wishes
Ink: Real Red, Basic Black
Paper: Whisper White, Silver Foil Sheets, Winter Frost Specialty DSP
Embellishments: Silver 1/8″ Ribbon, Tiny Waves Stampin’ Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blade, button (retired), sequins (non-SU)

Lots of Birthday Candles — Monday Montage #8

Posted on December 1, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It’s time for another Monday Montage blog hop! There are ten of us that participate in this hop, so at the bottom of this post there will be a link to the next blog and you can follow the links all the way through.

I decided to make a little birthday ensemble — a card and small sack to hold a small gift or gift card. I used the Birthday Candles wheel to make all of the candles. I stamped them with Versamark ink and then used clear embossing powder with which to emboss them. My color palette includes Pink Pirouette, Strawberry Slush, Aqua Mist, and So Saffron.

I added sequins to the card and a sentiment from Four You.

I used a little plain, white paper sack for the gift and some Crushed Curry 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon (which blends in really well with the So Saffron ink on the sack). I also used the Numbers wheel along the bottom.

You can now venture on to Breelin Renwick’s beautiful creations by clicking on the “Next” button, or you can work your way backwards starting at Wendy Weixler’s blog.

Enjoy your Sunday evening! Thanks for stopping by!

Joyful Poinsettia Wishes

Posted on November 30, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I guess I need to be getting in full Christmas mode now. We’re planning on decorating the tree today and putting out all of our Christmas decorations. I just wish we didn’t have to rush from one holiday to the next.

I definitely need to be getting in Christmas card mode though. Here’s another one I made yesterday.

I stamped the flower on vellum card stock and then cut it out.

Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

It’s a Black Fab Friday — FabFri32

Posted on November 29, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It may be Black Friday here in the U.S., but it’s also a Fab Friday. I much prefer participating in Fab Friday over Black Friday! You won’t find me out shopping today! We have a fun color challenge for you today, so if you decide to take a break from shopping, we hope you’ll play along with us.

I saw a card made by Dawn McVey that I really wanted to turn into a Stampin’ Up! card. I love her style, and cased this card of hers. I used the Wishing You stamp set, and a mix of dsp patterns.

You can check out what the rest of the design team made at the Fab Friday site. And I hope you’ll play along with us and post your card to the gallery.

Enjoy your Friday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Wishing You
Ink: Gumball Green, Real Red, Coastal Cabana
Paper: Whisper White, Brights and 2012-2014 In Color dsp pack (retired), Winter Frost dsp, Silver Glimmer Paper
Embellishments: Silver 1/8″ Ribbon, Scallop Dotted Ribbon Border punch

Birthday Ribbon — FMS114

Posted on November 27, 2013 by amyoneillblog

It’s Wednesday again, and that means it’s time for another sketch challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. And this week, the lovely (and super talented) Linda Suarez has a fun sketch for us.

I pulled out several stamp sets for this one and just couldn’t get happy with anything. Then I reached for the Blue Ribbon set, which hasn’t seen ink in a long time, and I decided to give it some much needed love.

I hope you’ll stop by the Freshly Made Sketches site and see what the other designers made. And then I hope you’ll join us and make your own card to post in the gallery.

Enjoy your Wednesday! I’ll be busy with Thanksgiving preparations. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Blue Ribbon
Ink: Basic Gray, Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green
Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Birthday Basics dsp
Embellishments: Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Small Scallop Stampin’ Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blade, Gumball Green 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, Basic Rhinestone Jewels, Silver 1/8″ Ribbon, 2-3/8″ Scallop punch, 1-3/4″ Circle punch, 1-1/4″ Circle punch

Christmas Wishes Wreath

Posted on November 26, 2013 by amyoneillblog

I love the sketch over at Sketchbook Saturday Challenge this week, so I had to play along:

I have really neglected my Wonderful Wreath stamp this year, so I pulled it off the shelf (and mounted the stamp). I added some Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details on the wreath and embossed the sentiment with Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder.

Enjoy your Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Wonderful Wreath, Joy to the World
Ink: Old Olive, Versamark
Paper: Old Olive, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White, Champagne Glimmer Paper, Season of Style dsp
Embellishments: Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details, Cherry Cobbler 1/2″ Seam Binding Ribbon, Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, White Tea Lace Paper Doilies

Same Sketch, Different Card

Posted on November 25, 2013 by amyoneillblog

This card uses the same sketch I used on yesterday’s card. With a different stamp set and different color combination it looks quite different though.

I covered the tag with washi tape, and used another roll on the card base. The other strip that looks like washi tape is actually a stamp from the Tape It set. I love that set because it lets you make faux washi tape in any color you like.

Enjoy your Monday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tape It, Wishing You, Endless Wishes
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip
Embellishments: Season of Style Designer Washi Tape, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Pearl Basic Jewels, Sequins (non-SU)

Sweater Inspiration

Posted on November 24, 2013 by amyoneillblog

Sometimes inspiration comes in unusual places. When I saw this picture in a Boden catalog, I was immediately inspired to make a card.

So I pulled out my Festive Flurry set and framelits and got to work. I used the colors in the sweater — a lot of Very Vanilla with a little Basic Black, Crumb Cake and Gold Encore ink. I had to throw in some sequins too.

While it’s a bit of an unusual color combination for a Christmas card, I like the way it turned out. Catalogs are often a great source of fresh and fun color combinations.

Enjoy your Sunday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Festive Flurry, Endless Wishes, Tape It
Ink: Versamark, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Gold Encore
Paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Vellum
Embellishments: Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Very Vintage Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Festive Flurry Framelits, Pearl Basic Jewels, sequins (non-SU), vanilla embossing powder (non-SU)

An Item for My Wish List

Posted on November 23, 2013 by amyoneillblog

If I could ask the Stampin’ Up! Santa for one item, it would be star-shaped framelits (ok — there would probably be more on my list than just that one item, but this would be right at the top). I still have the old star punches, which my girls use a lot for school projects, and that is what I used here. If you don’t have those anymore, you could just use one of the Simply Stars stamps and cut it out the old-fashioned way. I covered my star with glue and poured on the Champagne Glass Stampin’ Glitter.

Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Merry Little Christmas
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Season of Style dsp
Embellishments: Champagne Glass Stampin’ Glitter, Cherry Cobbler Baker’s Twine, Brights Designer Buttons, Pearl Basic Jewels, Star punch (retired)