Christmas in Review

Well, Santa has come and gone.  Our Elf on the Shelf is back at the North Pole.  The gifts are opened and strewn across the living room.  And I finally have a moment to blog again now that there is no more shopping, wrapping, or baking to be done.  I love the holidays but they can be so busy and hectic that there is little "me" time.  I did squeeze in some crafting, though, and was able to make a few cards for some special people.  Now that things have calmed down a bit, I thought I'd share them.  First up is a trio featuring La-La-Land Crafts' Luka images: Christmas Present Luka, Christmas Elf Luka, and Letter To Santa Luka.

Christmas Present Luka is colored with Copics and fussy cut.  I added some Snow Writer to the trim on his hat and boots.  Papers are My Minds Eye Christmas.  The layout is a sketch from Addicted to Stamps (#71).  For dies I used several from Spellbinders: Fancy Tags, Labels Fourteen, and Lacy Squares.  The snowflake punches are Martha Stewart.  A single rhinestone adorns the center.  The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps.

Christmas Elf Luka is also colored with Copics and trimmed with Snow Writer.  I cut him out using Labels Fifteen from Spellbinders.  The Waltzingmouse Stamps sentiment is stamped on a Fishtail Flags Stax Die-namics by My Favorite Things.  Papers are My Mind's Eye - Vintage Christmas.  Snowflakes are again Martha Stewart with a K&Company snowflake brad added.  The sketch is Try Stampin' On Tuesday (#147).

    
Letter To Santa Luka is colored with Copics.  The sketch is the current Sketch N Stash Challenge (#128).  Papers are Basic Grey - Wassail (Mantle and Falling Snow).  I added buttons that have been in my stash forever.  The Fishtail Flags Stax appears here too and the ornament border punch inside is Martha Stewart.

  
Ugly Christmas Sweater is a cutie from Saturated Canary.  She is colored with Copics and cut using the Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles.  The gorgeous snowflake border is from Memory Box and the snowflake punches are once again Martha Stewart.  I also really love my Fishtail Flags Stax Die-namics and used it for the sentiment here too.  Papers are My Mind's Eye - Merry Little Christmas.  Layout is from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #199.  The only embellishments I added were some pearls and a metal corner.

Noel from Saturated Canary is colored with Copics, cut with the Long Rectangles die and matted on a Long Scalloped Rectangles die, both from Spellbinders.  The sentiment is Stampin' Up and is stamped on a Ribbon Banners die, also by Spellbinders.  Papers are Authentique - Festive.  The design is from Tuesday Morning Sketches (#229).  Here I added some flowers, punched Martha Stewart branches, and a couple of pearls.

 

And lastly, a big announcement and my final card!  I am proud to share with you that beginning in January 2014 I will be part of the design team for KennyK's Krafty Krew!  My final holiday card was made using Christmas Shopping from KennyKdownloads.  Sketch is Sweet Sketch Wednesday (#237). The image is set in the Spellbinders Snowflake frame. Papers are My Mind's Eye - Merry Little Christmas. I added pearls and Stickles as my only embellishments.

We had a magical Christmas, and I am looking forward to new adventures in 2014! It is exciting to be joining such a fabulously talented design team, and I can't wait to get started!

Markers used: Copics

Christmas Present Luka (E00, E11, E21, E23, E25, E31, R32, R37, R39, R89, YG93, YG95, YG97)

Christmas Elf Luka (E00, E11, E21, E23, E25, E31, BG10, BG72, N4, N6, N8, YG93, YG95, YG97, R32, R37, R39, R89)

Letter To Santa Luka (E00, E11, E21, E23, E25, E27, E31, E33, E34, R32, R37, R39, R89, B32, B34, B37, YG93, YG95, YG97)

Ugly Christmas Sweater (E00, E11, E21, E23, E31, E34, E79, R32, R37, R39, R81, R85, R89, N0, N2, BG10, BG72, YG93, YG95, YG97)

Noel (E00, E11, E21, E23, E25, E31, E33, E34, E79, N8, R32, R37, R39, R89, YG93, YG95, YG97, Y28, Y32)

Christmas Shopping (E00, E11, E21, E25, E31, E34, Y28, Y35, B06, B32, B34, B37, BG10, BG72, R32, R37, R39, R81, R89, V20, YG95, N2, N4, N6, N8)

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Regan

Sassy in the City Relay: Round 4 - Carrie Sassy

Welcome to the final round of the Sassy in the City relay!  It has been a fun, and exhausting, week over at Sassy Studio Designs as we celebrate reaching 700 members on Paper Craft Planet.  There have been trivia, contests, and prizes on PCP, but the real fun has been the progressive relay featuring the Sassy versions of the four fabulous gals from Sex and the City.  Lindsay and the entire design team have worked hard all month so that we could celebrate with you!  *applause* 

There were 30 crafters who made it through the first three rounds of challenges to earn Carrie and a shot at the grand prize.  See the Sassy Studio Designs blog for all the details and to see my fellow design team mates projects as well as the participants' entries for Round 4.  Don't forget to leave some love there for your chance to win a Sassy image of your own!

My creation is late.  Hmm, big surprise there as I have been running myself ragged this week trying to keep the relay/PCP festivities running smoothly.  Carrie is my favorite SATC character and the one I think I am most like.  I can relate to her on many levels: her views on relationships, her search for the "zazazu", her flair for writing, her shopping addiction, her love of shoes... So of course I had to rush home tonight to make a project with her!  I decided on an easel card as I haven't made one in a while.  Using the current sketch (#33) over at Addicted To Stamps Challenges, I created my card front.  That amazing city skyline border was made with a Die-namics die from My Favorite Things!  I am SO happy I bought it!  Here is a better look:

Papers are My Mind's Eye - Stella Rose - Hattie.  The sticker on the base/inside is from Paper House Productions.  I also used a Tim Holtz stamp from his Regal Flourish set on the greeting panel.  Flowers are from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

The fun continues for a few more days over on Paper Craft Planet so we hope you'll stop by!  We just keep growing on PCP!  We're already almost a quarter of the way to 800!  

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a fabulous weekend planned!  It's going to be a hot one here so we're probably going to take it easy and lay low.  I need a little down time before my next crafting adventure!  I am off to collapse into bed in my lovely air conditioned room now.  'Night!

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:
-  Chocolate, Coffee, and Cards: #16-Anything Goes
- Totally Papercrafts: Can You Digi It? (use a digital image)
- Paper Shelter: #70-Punches and/or Dies

{hugs}
Regan         

Tickled Pink Stamps Sponsors Forever Night

I was super thrilled when I learned that Tickled Pink Stamps was going to be sponsoring the Forever Night challenge blog! And even more excited when I found out the challenge was bling - "dark" (think emo, goth, punk) bling! Halloween is my favorite holiday so I was quite pleased to have an excuse to make a card for it in March.

I choose Lil Haunts Ghost Willow and printed her "big head" size before using my Cuttlebug and Nesties to cut her out in an oval. That fabulous bling framing her is all one piece and was a Michaels find! As soon as I saw it, I knew what I was going to do for this challenge. I was going to use it as a frame! Ms Willow always looks more like a cloaked witch to me than a ghost so that is the direction I took with her, right down to my sentiment (which is from Waltingmouse). I colored her with my Copics, using a touch of white gel and Stardust pens on her eyes. Papers are from my Halloween stash and I've had them for years. I HAD to have them at the time, bought them off eBay, and have been hoarding them ever since. They've only been used on a few cards so I thought it was time to break them out again. They are from Cosmo Cricket's Haunted line. Flowers are mix of I Am Roses and Recollections. I used one of the shapes from the Spellbinders Fancy Tags to add a little interest and added some black lace from my stash for texture.

Please head over to the Tickled Pink Stamps blog to see what some of the other {PINK} ladies have created for this challenge. And then you'll want to want to visit "where creepy meets creative" and check out the Forever Night challenge blog. Their design team will have some bling-tastic projects for you as well. I hope you'll be inspired to play along!

Markers used: Copics (E11, E21, E00, E13, E15, E17, E19, R20, YG03, YG91, W8, V09, V12, V15).

I'd also like to enter this card in the following challenges:
- Addicted To Stamps Challenge: #25-Sketch
- Ruby's Rainbow: #24-Lace

I'll be back in the morning with my Fabulous Freebie Friday card for Sassy Studio Designs. You won't want to miss this image! She is an all-time favorite of a lot of people! Thanks again for taking a peek and for all the lovely comments!

{hugs}
Regan