#13 Repeating Reindeer

Today's sketch comes from October 2013:

After pulling some interesting pattern papers to use as a base, I decided to play with my Merry Mistletoe stamp set and create a focal point. I layered some pieces, added a sentiment, and finished off the card with some gold foil washi tape.

• Stamps: Merry Mistletoe
• Inks: Emerald Envy; Chocolate Chip; Watermelon Wonder (retired)
• Cardstock: Carried Away DSP (retired); 2016-2018 In Color DSP (retired); Emerald Envy; Whisper White
• Accessories: gold foil washi tape
• Tools: 

#12 Merry and Bright

Today's sketch comes from December 2013:

This card is all about nontraditional card making pieces. I have a ton of Project Life cards I use for my scrapbooking. I love the 2x3 and 4x6 cards, but some times kits come with square cards. I just don't really use that shape and size for scrapbooking, but they are perfect for greeting cards. I found three fun squares for this sketch. I ended up cutting my squares down a bit to give some better porportions, but other than that, it was a layer and glue kind of card. 

• Stamps: 
• Inks: 
• Cardstock: Real Red; Kraft; Random scrap pattern paper
• Accessories: Red Glitter Washi Tape
• Tools: 

#11 Silver Bells

Today's sketch comes from September 2016:

Here's what I originally did:

As a part of my challenge this month, I pulled out a ton of random scraps and created color story piles to help lessen my decision paralysis. For this card, I pulled from my silver and blue color story pile. I found a ton of great little pieces of scrap paper. It was just a material finding pieces that worked together. From the big pile I found all the pieces for this simple Christmas card. 

• Stamps: Merry Mistletoe
• Inks: Island Indigo
• Cardstock: Silver Glitter Paper; Island Indigo; random scraps
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits

#10 Bit of Sparkle

Today's sketch comes from January 2014:

I pulled an entire sheet of scrapbook stickers from my random box. This cute banner sentiment was perfect for today's card sketch. I layered it onto a piece of kraft paper and a scrap piece of polka dot paper. I layered my pieces but realized I was still missing something. Red glitter washi tape was the perfect finishing touch!

• Stamps: 
• Inks: 
• Cardstock: Real Red; Kraft; Random scrap pattern paper
• Accessories: Red Glitter Washi Tape
• Tools: 

#9 Plaid Sign

Today's sketch comes from March 2014:

Simple card for today:

• Stamps: 
• Inks: 
• Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler; Old Olive; random scrap pattern paper
• Accessories: Enamel Shapes
• Tools: 

#8 Blue Christmas

Today's sketch comes from May 2017:

I saw a card on Pinterest that featured a simple triangular Christmas tree with foil paper. I loved the idea so much that I pulled out all the foil paper I had to sort through. This piece of Soft Sky Foil Frenzy DSP caught my eye. After cutting my tree, I added a trunk using kraft paper and then started pulling colors and papers to coordinate. I ended up only using a bit of dapper denim DSP from the Eastern Palace pack and switching out the rest in favor of an embossed piece of soft sky. I love the subtle shine of this card. 

• Stamps: Merry Cafe
• Inks: Dapper Denim
• Cardstock: Foil Frenzy DSP; Eastern Palace DSP; Soft Sky; Dapper Denim; Very Vanilla; Kraft; Dazzling Diamonds Glitter Paper
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Softly Falling Embossing Folder; star punch

#7 Simple Polka Dots

Today's sketch comes from January 2015.

Very simple card for today. I used some random scrapbook stickers to create my layers. I also stamped some polka dots onto my kraft layer to give a bit more visual interest. 

• Stamps: Wonderful Year
• Inks: Baked Brown Sugar (retired)
• Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler; Kraft
• Accessories: scrapbooking stickers
• Tools: 

#6 Green and Gold

Today's sketch comes from May 2016:

Here's what I originally did: 

I went simple and stayed within the green family. I found some leftover scraps from the old Trim the Tree DSP pack and pulled all the green pieces. From there, I narrowed down my choices until I ended with these coordinating pieces. I added a fun layered sentiment. I realized that the card looked a bit plain, so I swapped out a piece of DSP for some gold foil to give some great shine. For a finishing touch, I added a punched gold snowflake.

• Stamps: random old stamps
• Inks: Garden Green; Pistachio Pudding (retired)
• Cardstock: Trim the Tree DSP (retired); Garden Green; Gold Foil
• Accessories: 
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits; snowflake punch

#5 Watercolor Greeting

Today's sketch comes from December 2015:

Here's what I did originally and I still really love this card!

For this year's car, I went back to the horizontal orientation of the sketch. I saw someone else color the Merry Music DSP and loved the idea! I inked up my brayer in Emerald Envy and rolled it across my paper a few times. To add some more interest, I stamped on a few snowflakes in Emerald Envy. For my main greeting, I colored my circle with my aqua painter and Real Red reinker. After it dried, I stamped my main greeting. I love the tone on tone look of both the background and the sentiment. Finally I added a silver snowflake and some silver enamel shapes.

• Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments
• Inks: Real Red; Emerald Envy
• Cardstock: Merry Music DSP; Emerald Envy; watercolor paper
• Accessories: Silver Foil Snowflakes; Metallic Enamel Shapes
• Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits

#4 Candlelight Christmas Throwback

Today's sketch comes from January 2017.

For today's card, I pulled out my random retired paper scrap box and found some pieces from SU's Candlelight Christmas DSP pack. I figured out my favorite pattern combos and started layering. To help break up the pattern, I cut out a piece of Real Red cardstock. I added a simple sentiment from last year's stamp set, Wonderful Year. As a final touch, I added this 3D pointsettia. 

• Stamps: Wonderful Year (retired)
• Inks: Real Red
• Cardstock: Candlelight Christmas DSP (retired 2012); Real Red; Very Vanilla
• Accessories: random flower 3D sticker
• Tools: Layering Circles Framelits; Stitched Shapes Framelits; Triple Banner Punch