JustRite Stamps: Christmas Blog Hop Wednesdays 1

Hi Everyone,

Every Wednesday - for the next 12 weeks, JustRite Stamps is going have a Christmas blog hop that features the creations from over 80 designers using the gorgeous and incredible versatile Christmas stamp sets from JustRite stamps. Today, the JustRite Design Team is going to kick off the 12 weeks with lots of yummy Christmas creations to get your holiday making mojo into full gear!

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I couldn't wait to use the Whimsical Wishes stamp set 2" from JustRite Stamps and totally loved the two sweet snowflakes in this set. I wanted to feature the snowflakes as little ornaments and so created a little ruffled ribbon action to hold the ornaments. You know I have a little crush on Cosmo Cricket papers :) and so I mixed up the Christmas colors a little and went the purple and green route instead of traditional colors using the awesome new Mitten Weather papers:

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Prism cardstock and Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather

Stamps: JustRite Stamps: Whimsical Wishes stamp sets 2"

Ink: Memento Ink: Bamboo leaves

Accessories: Adirondacks liquid pearls, tacky red tape, ribbon from stash, Spellbinders circle nesties and scalloped circle, dimensionals, glue dots, bling from Want2Scrap

I love how the JustRite stamps fit perfectly into all the Nestabilities from Spellbinders - it makes it so easy to cut out the stamp set and create layers :) I had a lot of fun creating this card and adding a little glaze to the snowflakes and bit of bling too :) - Hop on over with me and check out all the amazing creations that the Design Team has come up with!!

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Sharon Harnist

Becca Feeken

Kathy Jones

Debbie Olson

Kazan Clark

Stephanie Kraft

Angela Barkhouse

Michele Kovack

Barb Schram

Heidi Blankenship

Sankari Wegman <-----you are here!

Kellie Fortin

I can't wait to see all the eye-candy that these amazing ladies have created!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

hugs,

Sankari :)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Happy Merry Christmas!

Hope you are all cozy and tucked away with your loved ones on this Christmas day! We are with spending time with family and are enjoying a White Christmas as the snow still falls and the piles up outside! Perfect for hot cocoa and sugar cookies ;) and to build snowmen later!

Here is a Christmas card with one of my fave sets: Holiday Wonder from Taylored Expressions - I was inspired by all the snow we were having and decided for a white on white kind of card with some glitter (can't go wrong with glitter :) Can you see all the snow falling outside?

Here is a closer peek at the snowflakes both big and small and the litter one the curtains....

I love this stamp of Santa and the reindeers (and btw - our kids were totally excited when they saw that the plate of cookies that they left out for Santa last night was empty - and just had crumbs on it.... and then they saw all the stockings hung on the chimney with care and were amazed that Santa brought them what they really wanted: Legos and a Cinderella cup :)

Card Ingredients:

Paper: Choice Buttercream cardstock from Taylored Expressions

Ink: Ladybug and Tuxedo black Memento

Stamps: Holiday Wonder from Taylored Expressions

Accessories: snowflake punch from Martha, pearls from Kaiser, stickles, ribbon from stash, corner rounder/chomper and copics.

I hope that you are all enjoying time with family and loved ones! Wishing you all joy and love!!

Thanks so much for visiting!!!

Big hugs to all!!!

Merry Christmas!

Sankari :)

Verve Sneak Peeks are here!: Christmas in the Air

Good Morning Everyone!!!

Guess what!?! Its release week over at Verve Stamps and this month's release is absolutely amazing!!! Seriously, awesome! Julee has created sentiments and images for all kinds of holiday card making and beyond!!! If you haven't yet seen the sneak peeks over at the Verve stamps blog that have already gone up on Tuesday and Wednesday - make sure you check each mouth watering sample out here! And today, Jackie Pedro, Jen Tapler, Jen del Muro, Jessie Rone and I are sneaking some peeks from two stamp sets that we are peeking today: Christmas in the Air and Holly Jolly.

For today's card, I used Julee's awesome sketch: VSOCT09D (check out all 5 Verve sketches that Julee has created and how you could win some of these stamp sets by playing along!) I made today's card from the stamp set: Christmas in the Air. I love every single sentiment in this set - but I think this is my most favorite one: Snowflakes are Winter's Butterflies - I love the font in this set and the snowflakes are divine. Since the sentiment was about butterflies and snowflakes, I decided to make a winter snowflake flower with butterflies that were emerging out of the designer paper...

Card Ingredients:

Paper: K&Company

Ink: Memento Aquamarine

Stamps: Christmas in the Air

Accessories: Inkessentials gel pen, candy dots, flower from BoBunny, Martha Stewart punch, rhinestones from Kaiser, ribbon from stash.

I stamped the four snowflakes and then colored them with copics and then glittered them and cut them out, adding dimensionals when layering them. I kept the colors monochromatic and simple so that the focus would be on the center of winter's snowflake flower :). I absolutely LOVE each and every single image in this set!

I am so not a winter girl (can't handle the cold) but I can't wait for some winter wonderland after using this stamp set!!! Hot cocoa anyone?? :) LOL! See you at the release party Friday night (9PM EST) for more details of the par-taay and how to win some of these AMAZING stamps - check out more details here!!!

Thanks for stopping by here and hop on over to the Verve Stamps blog for a whole lot of sneak peeks from the Divas!!!

Big Hugs!

Sankari :)

Kristina Werner Color Inspiration Challenge #34 - Let it snow

Hi Everyone,

 Kristina Werner  is back with another fun Color Inspiration Challenge (#34) from this picture of yarn that she took in NYC.  

I love yarn - totally makes me want to knit again- which I haven't done in forever - but am totally inspired  to get back into it after seeing this pic of this yummy yarn. The colors were so soft and wintery - so I went with the winter theme and created this snowman card. This was also made for the Stamp Something challenge - where this week's challenge was to create something with snow. So here is the snowman/snowmen/snowpeople card that I had fun making: 

I stamped the snowmen, colored in the scarves with Kristina's colors and then cut out the snowmen image and then applied liquid glaze (its hard to see in this pic). The snowflakes I punched out with photo paper - its kinda cool because it gives it this sheen and nice texture....Its funny in a way to look at this card with the sentiment: "Let it snow" because I made this card before our snowstorm here started. Now, when I look outside what I see is a blur of blowing snow and howling winds - wow! its amazing how quickly it went from freezing rain to blowing snow! Talk about winter weather ! 

Well, I am off to make some hot hearty soup for lunch - hope you are all staying warm!

Thanks for coming over for a visit!!

Ciao for now ;)

Sankari 

Card details:

Paper - all from my scrap stash - yay - love using it up so that I can feel justified in buying more :)

Stamps: sentiment from Taylored Expressions, Snowmen image from Stamps Happen Inc (Tara Reed Designs)

Ink: Stampin' Up: Bordering Blue (yay! my first SU! ink on a card!)

Accessories: Creative Memories oval cutters, Martha Stewart snowflake punch, bling (a light green) on the snowflakes, Prism coloring pencils, Paper liquid glaze, dimensionals, ribbon from offray

TVsode watched: Grey's Anatomy

All thanks to my daughter for taking a nap so that mommy could stamp :)