Throwback Thursday

Welcome to another edition of Throwback Thursday a chance to play with some ole favourites paired with new goodies! 

Today’s card design was inspired by playing along with a few challenges.

Sunday Stamps had a fun sketch to try out #SSC380.

The Paper Players have a mood board of Mythical Creatures and I have chosen Leprechaun and the Easter Bunny. #PP775

AAA Cards challenges to create a Spring card with one of the 4 options and I chose the lamb/ewe. 

The INKspirational #362, Just Add Ink #JAI780 and the Just Us Girls #JUG912 all had use stencil challenges - I am using my brick stencil and champagne mist ink for a glimmer of spring gold! 

CAS on a Friday #CASF328 has a cute challenge and well what’s cuter than Ewes wearing costumes?

Over at Festive Friday #FF0204 St. Patrick’s Day - I have chosen to use green, gold twine, gold foil, spatters of champagne ink on the brick embossed background  and Leprechaun. 

I’m getting inky with the Wooly Friends bundle, Exposed Brick embossing folder, Greetings for All ephemera kit, Holographic gems, retired brick embossing stencil, Champagne Mist ink and  unbranded Gold Twine. Old Olive and Soft Sea Foam blends, Grey Granite blends, Bubble Bath blends. 

Final design is so freaking cute with a magical little Leprechaun Ewe I made a second one for an adorable Easter Bunny Ewe.  

To make them even cuter I popped their little heads on wobblers to make them Bobble Heads 🤣

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawak4-life 

Masculine Monday

Welcome to another edition of Masculine Monday. Today’s card design is inspired by a few challenges.

Inspired by … the Snowman Party #ISB369

CAS on Friday snowflake prompt #CAS324 - my snowflakes joined tougher to create a snowy scene.

Colorful Options and their wintery blue snowy mood board and colour palette 

He’s just the cutest little snowman? The Festive Friends stamp set and the Swirly Wave embossing folder pair so nicely together. Little blue ribbon and blue traditional sequins dots just finish him off. 

Happy Stampin’ 

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life

Slimline Sunday

Welcome to another edition of Slimline Sunday. Today’s slimline design came together through inspiration from a few different challenges.

Cupcake Inspiration had a challenge #CI629 to create something that makes you smile - and anything that sparkle’s makes me smile!

My sketch layout is thanks to Atlantic Hearts challenge #653. I flipped the sketch orientation to landscape to fit the slimline design and the focal point of leaves/sprigs and a sentiment.

CAS on Friday has a birthday card challenge which prompted my sentiment choice “Because it’s your birthday”.

Played some Tic Tac Toe challenge again #tttc282 but this time with a diagonal of Leaves, for my Free I have used vellum and die cuts for the win. 

I am playing with my new goodies from the November Online Exclusive: The Friendly Foliage stamps & dies, The Words of Beauty stamps & dies. Also playing with the Exposed Brick 3D embossing folder, Traditional Sparking Sequins dots and Versamark and gold embossing powder. 

I just love how it’s come together. The foliage is just so beautiful and love the sophisticated look of the clean and simple gold and white palette - it’s so sparkly! 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret

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Be Totallyawake4-life

Christmas Tags & More

Welcome to a bonus edition on the blog

Wanting to play along with CAS on Friday anything but a card challenge #CAS319.

I chosen to use the Christmas & More Tags DSP and the Greetings for You ephemera sentiments to make some Christmas tags for upcoming Hostess gifts for the season.

I just love making pretty tags for the holidays for those special gifts you give to people.

Happy Stampin’

Margaret
Live, Laugh, Love
Be Totallyawake4-life 

Wednesday WOW 🤩

Welcome and Happy Wednesday and you might need sunglasses for the WOW coming your way!

Today I am playing along with the following challenges:

Colour palette is thanks to Cupcake Inspiration #CI627 I have chosen Bubble Bath and the Earthen Tone Metallic paper.

CAS on a Friday for the CAS sketch inspiration. CAS is always a challenges for me but I’m trying! 

And over on Instagram the Stampin’ Fancy Fridays challenge of Sparkle and Shine for this month because well I love me some SPARKLE ✨ I have used the Wink of Stella to add my sparkle and the metallic paper is brining on the shine!

I am playing with Snowflake Kisses Dies and Greetings for You sentiment ephemera from Stampin’ Up!

I just love this colour combo with this die - pink snowflakes are so pretty and sparkly! 

It’s so hard to catch the gorgeous shimmer of the Earthen Tones DSP on the still camera ao here’s a little video of it in action.

I had too much fun and created a few extras with this colour palette and played with another challenge over at Tic Tac Toe #tttc280 with the Snowflake Kisses Die Cuts, Forever Plaid embossing folder and layers.

Loving the metallic paper when it’s embossed gives a double WOW factor! 

Here’s some more cause I was on a roll.

The colour on colour die cut is such a beautiful look.

So much subtle texture is just pretty!

And because I was raised to be frugal and practice waste not want not especially with that gorgeous metallic paper so used my scraps from cutting snowflakes to create another card. Sentiment is from a retired set called Sassy Salutations.

Ok just one more because I just can’t help myself with this die LOL!

Created a seasonal monochromatic version with the metallic paper challenge #TOT298 from over at Time Out Challenges.

Do you have a favourite? 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

Live, Laugh, Love

Be Totallyawake4-life