HOC Week 7

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Welcome once again to a new Heart Of Christmas Blog Hop. Can you believe that it's week 7 already? As of this week, I have added 28 Christmas cards to my stash by making four cards each week. Using the Sheetload Of Cards templates is a great way to build your stash quickly, without getting too bored by mass-production.

This week I have used the current template - August 2022. The papers I've chosen are from the Celebrate Everything Host DSP pack, found in the current Mini Catalogue. I also used the Spruced Up Outlines Dies for the focal panel. Originally, I just had the Pacific Point outline, but it felt too bare, so I filled it in using scraps of DSP. Much better!

The sentiments are once again from the Love, Santa Tag Kit. Don't forget about stamp sets from kits - they are a great addition to your collection, and can be used on far more than just the kit they came with.

Here is my group of four cards. They are certainly bright and cheerful!

Next up along the way in our Christmas blog hop is my lovely friend, Andrea Sargent. She's sure to have something spectacular to see!

Sharon Davern is once again doing a wonderful job of keeping us all organised, so if you run into any problems along the way in tonight's blog hop, please jump on over to her blog, where you'll find a list of all of tonight's participants.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 382: Sale-A-Bration Sketch

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Welcome back for a new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. I find these hops a lovely way to finish off the weekend, don't you?

This week we are asking you to CASE a card from page 10 of the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue, using our sketch as a guide.

Here's a closer look at the sketch. The main features are the strong vertical line, and the shaped layer on top.

I had a stamping day with a couple of friends recently, and took the opportunity to crop a few shapes from the Gnomes Dies. Silly me, I had in my head that they were dwarves, so my card was based around the idea of a dwarf in a mine - I've recently re-read the Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings books. It was only when I went looking for the names of the dies to write my post that I realise they are meant to be gnomes. Oops! 

I cut the gnome pieces in white, so that I could make them any colour I wanted. I just coloured the die cuts with my Stampin' Blends markers. The background DSP is from Lovely Linen. I thought it worked well for the rustic clothing that a dwarf might wear.

The sentiments are from Amazing Phrasing, an awesome SAB choice from this round's offerings.

We'd love for you to play along with us this week for our Sketch challenge. I can't wait to see what you make, and to enter all you need to do is post a photo of your card in our Facebook Group.

Don't forget to finish our blog hop, though! The next stop along with way is the lovely Julia Quinn, who has made a stunning Christmas card. Don't miss it!

Bye for now,

Tina

Freshly Made Sketches 548

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Just a quick post from me for today! I was saddened this week to hear of the passing of Olivia Newton-John, and so I wanted to make a card in her memory. When I saw the new sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, I had an idea.

I thought that the feature strip along the right edge could be a beam of light, shining down on her. I'll let you decide if it's a stage light or a heavenly light.

I used my Kindred Stamps Stage Builder Stencil for the light and it's puddle. It's just inked in So Saffron ink using a Blending Brush. The stamp set is also a Kindred Stamps product, called Electrifying. I coloured her with my Copic Markers.

I needed a card worthy of her magnificence, and a Double Z Fold fit the bill. I backed the card with some Be Dazzling paper, which is so amazingly sparkly IRL.

Here's the card fully open so that you can see the full effect of the three panels. Isn't it a fun tribute?

EDIT: How exciting, my card was chosen as a Princess this week!

Bye for now,

Tina

JAI 616: Just Add A Sketch

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Welcome back to a new Just Add Ink challenge. It's always such a great way to start the weekend, don't you think? Hudson and I have both been sick with colds this week, so I'll be glad for the weekend, when Rob is home to help with the caring load.

Speaking of Rob, I used this week's awesome sketch, designed by Narelle, to create a birthday card for him. His birthday was a couple of weeks ago, so he's been under strict instructions to NOT post a photo online. 

The stamps, sentiments and die cuts are all from a Limited Edition Kindred Stamps kit, called Game On. I had a lot of fun playing with it! I used the sunburst stencil from the long-retired Hooray It's Your Day kit with some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink. Does it look like the go-kart driver is bursting out of the page? I hope so!

The Go-Kart Dies from the kit were used to create the awesome kart. There's quite a few little layers to put together, but it looks so good in the end, so well worth the effort.

Rob loved the card, and chuckled out loud when he opened it to see the inside.

That's all from me for this week - but your job is just starting! Pop on over to the Just Add Ink blog, where you'll find lots more gorgeous inspiration from the Design Team. It's also where you'll find our linky to enter the challenge. What do you see in Narelle's sketch?

Bye for now,

Tina

Colour Creations: Crumb Cake

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Welcome back to the new Colour Creations Blog Hop. It's Crumb Cake week! Crumb Cake is a very popular colour from the Neutrals colour family.

I loved this colour combo from the moment that I spotted it. Brian King is on a winner again! I decided that it would look super cute with the caravan from the Tree Lot Dies.

I wanted a bit of texture in the Pool Party layer, so it was my new Whimsical Woodland 3DEF to the rescue. Have you spotted it in the Mini Catalogue? I hadn't noticed it until some of the AWH ladies started using it in our Heart Of Christmas blog hops of a Monday night.

The caravan dies layer up so well! I snipped the tyre and the stabiliser pole thingy away from the Crumb Cake layer, and added a Basic Black layer underneath. It was very easy to line up. The door was fussy cut from a Real Red die cut - I only popped a small piece of cardstock under the die, as I didn't need a whole red caravan. A quick swipe of my Basic Black marker emphasised the door handle.

I made a second caravan in exactly the same way for the inside of my card. And there's my new Let's Celebrate stamp set for the sentiments - I did say that I really loved it!

That's all from me for tonight, but please do continue your way around our Blog Hop. The next taste of Crumb Cake yumminess is from my wonderful friend, Andrea Sargent. You won't want to miss her visual feast!

If you run into any issues, the fabulous Catherine Proctor is the lady who keeps us all in line. Jump on over to her blog, where you'll find a list of all tonight's hoppers.

Bye for now,

Tina

HOC Week 6

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Welcome to Week 6 of the Heart Of Christmas Blog Hops. This week I'm featuring one of the Sale-A-Bration rewards for a spend of $90 - Silver & Gold 6x6 DSP. I hadn't opened my pack yet, so it was well past time!

I paired it with the Lights Aglow SDSP, and because that DSP features Gold Foil accents, I used the two different Gold Foil sheets on my cards. On this card I used Evening Evergreen cardstock and Soft Succulent DSP.

The sentiments and dies I used are from the coordinating Brightest Glow bundle. It's such a gorgeous suite of products!

Here's my group of four cards, made using the August 2019 Sheetload of Cards template. You can see how I mixed and matched the Gold Foil paper with the Lights Aglow papers. The red versions are made using Cherry Cobbler. Which version is your favourite? I think I prefer the spotty Gold Foil papers, in either green or red.

That's all from me, but please do continue your way around our blog hop - there's lots more Christmassy inspiration to be found, starting with the wonderful Michele Taylor. You won't want to miss her gorgeous card.

As always, the excellent Sharon Davern does a fabulous job of keeping us all organised. If you run into problems, just jump on over to her blog, where you'll find a list of all of tonight's participants.

Bye for now,

Tina

CTC 381: Boughs Of Holly Suite

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Thanks for stopping by for the new CASEing The Catty Sunday Challenge Blog Hop. Isn't it a great way to end the week?

This week we are asking you to CASE a project from the Boughs Of Holly Suite on page 24 of the June-December Mini Catalogue.

I chose the card at the top left of the page. I really liked the combination of stamping, stencilling and die cuts to provide a layered card. I decided that I did not want to make a Christmas card, so instead I made a birthday card.

I started with the gorgeous paper from the Design A Daydream Host pack, and built up from there. My colour scheme is Mint Macaron, Old Olive and Petal Pink. I used my Forever Fern stamps to decorate the Stitched Rectangle die cut panel.

The coordinating Forever Flourishing Dies were used to crop some Vellum and Be Dazzling paper to add to the mix. I love the combo of the subtle vellum with the bolder Be Dazzling paper. I used my Dark Petal Pink Blend to colour the White Seam Binding ribbon - a neat little trick when you don't have ribbon in the right colour!

I used Simply Fabulous for the sentiments on my card. I've only just purchased this stamp set, and it's getting a good workout already!

Your can join in our challenge by posting a photo of your Boughs Of Holly card in our Facebook group before the next blog hop on Sunday night.

Please continue your way around our Blog Hop. The next stop along the way is my lovely friend, Sandra Collett with a birthday card using classically gorgeous Christmas colours.

Bye for now,

Tina