My Take On Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Sweet Snowflakes & Cardabilities #89

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!  This time, we have some Sweet Snowflakes to get your mojo flowing!

photo credit:  akeptlife.blogspot.com

Uniko Studio is our fabulous sponsor for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge:  Sweet Snowflakes challenge!

The LEAD of this challenge will receive a gift certificate to use at Uniko Studio!

You won't want to miss what the special guests and crew have whipped up using Uniko Studio's Stunning Snowflakes stamp set!

Sweet Snowflakes Designers

Beverley Brown, Uniko Studio

Amy Wanford, Guest Designer

Amber Kroening

Barb Murphy

Christina MacLaren

Gayatri Murali

Kim Singdahlsen

Laurie Willison

Marisa Ritzen

Maureen Plut

Monika Davis

Sheri Gilson

Stacey Schafer

Tenia Nelson

Tracey McNeely

Head on over to the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge and join us for the Sweet Snowflakes!

For a little extra inspiration, take a look at the new sketch, #89, at Cardabilities!  It is fantastic for a few snowflake layers!  Make sure you stop in and see what the talented gals at Cardabilities created with the new sketch today!

I'm linking up to these two fantastic challenges, also...Friday Mashup #139: It's Getting Chilly! and CAS-ology Cue Card #74: Snowflake.

I had a ball creating this card!  I used the envelope punch board to create a fun panel for the front of my card.  After stamping Uniko Studio's Stunning Snowflakes in a scattered fashion with distress inks, I added a couple of Uniko Studio's Snowflakes Dies, some sequins, a sentiment tag with button and twine treatment!



Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Stunning Snowflakes (Uniko Studio)
Ink:  Tumbled  Glass, Picked Raspberry Distress (Ranger)
Paper:  White (PTI), Color Wash (Pink Paislee)
Other:  Snowflakes Die Set (Uniko Studio), Button (PTI), Pink Baker's Twine (Hemptique), Sequins (Avery Elle), Envelope Punch Board (We R Memory Keepers)

Fresh Squeezed Stamps - Wintery Birthday Wishes

Good morning!  I'm up on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps Blog today and would love for you to stop by and say "Brrrrrr, baby it's cold!"  That's right!  It IS cold....an arctic blast recently made its way through the states and boy, oh boy...thank heaven for electric blankets!

To embrace the new change in temperature, I couldn't help but grab the new Fresh Squeezed Stamps set, Arctic Friends, and paired it up a sentiment and flower from the Everyday Expressions set.  My dear daughter, Hannah, has a birthday party to attend and she loves this wintery walrus with a little bloom on her head!  If you haven't picked up the Arctic Friends stamp set, you are missing out on the most adorable animal builder set around!  

I was inspired by the Retro Sketches #93 and Dynamic Duos #82 to create this wintery bliss!

I inked up Miss Walrus in Black Soot, then shaded her a bit with Copics.  After fussy cutting her out, I placed her over a couple of fun circle shapes and embellished with twine and sequins!

You can find Fresh Squeezed Stamps at the i {heart} papers store, too, along with Hemptique White Hemp Cord, Ranger Distress Inks, Copic Markers, and Crate Paper!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Arctic Friends, Everyday Expressions (Fresh Squeezed Stamps)
Ink:  Black Soot, Fresh Picked Raspberries Distress (Ranger), Copic Markers
Paper:  Very Vanilla (SU), Fourteen (Crate Paper)
Other:  Stitched Circle Dies (Lil' Inker Designs), Twine (Hemptique), Sequins (Avery Elle)

Uniko Studio December Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Uniko Studio December Release Blog Hop!  Today, I'm sharing two cards that I made for the release using the new Uniko Studio release stamp sets.  This first card features All Occasions Sentiments #5...a great set for Valentine's Day, Weddings and just because for your "sweet thang!"

Not only did I use the new stamp set from Uniko Studio, but, I also die cut those awesome Snowflakes Dies in a black/white polka dot pattern for some fun contrast to my LOVE card!

My second card showcases the new set, Always & Forever!  It is fabulous with some bold hearts and loving sentiments to create some "lovey dovey" cards!

Check out the savings, too, for the December release!  

 Head on over to the Uniko Studio Blog to see what the other designers have whipped up using the fabulous new stamp sets AND see how you can WIN some of your own Uniko Studio lovelies!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

December Diva Dare - Playing Favorites

Welcome to the last Diva Dare of 2013!  This month's Dare is entitled "Playing Favorites" and it is a fun one indeed!

What we're daring you to do this month is to post your favorite Verve Stamps 2013 creation OR make a new card using your favorite Verve stamp set.  

I'm having ball as the Fall/Winter Guest Designer over at Verve!   Thanks a "latte," Julee, for having me here for the holiday season...it has been a thrill to work with you, your amazing team and those fabulous Verve goodies!

Head on over to the Verve Blog to see a few of my favorite projects that I created this year using Verve goodness!  While you're there, you can see my answers to "The Diva Fab Five Questionnaire." 

I used the MOJO Monday Sketch Challenge on my Diva Dare project today, too!

My card features those coffee/latte cups from one of my favorite stamp sets, Holiday Treats.  and the coordinating Cup of Cheer Die Set!  I adore the chevron rectangle image that fits snuggly into the Tagged Rectangle Die!  The Award Banner Trim Die peeks out from behind the focal panel and there's a sprinkling of the delicate Pastel Sequins Mix.

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Holiday Treats (Verve)
Ink:  Vintage Photo, Tumbled Glass Distress (Ranger), Espresso Truffle (Momento)
Paper:  Rustic White (PTI), Wildflower (Carta Bella)
Other:  Tagged Rectangle Die, Cup of Cheer Die Set, Award Banner Trim Die (A Cut Above by Verve), Stitched Circle Dies (Lil' Inker Design), Twine (Hemptique), Pastel Sequins Mix (Verve), Sewing Machine, Thread

Uniko Studio December Reveal - Love You

Good morning!  Today, we are revealing Uniko Studio's new set, Always & Forever!  It is fabulous with some bold hearts and loving sentiments to create some "lovey dovey" cards!

I love the triangular panel from the CAS(E) this Sketch #56 and had to make it work for my lovey card today!

I inked up the heart in Festive Berries distress ink and the smaller sentiment in Antique Linen distress ink for a subtle touch!  The papers are Crate Paper Fourteen, the twine is Hemptique, and those amazing gold flat sequins are Pretty Pink Posh!

Thanks so much for stopping by the stage!

Stamps:  Always & Forever (Uniko Studio)
Ink:  Festive Berries, Antique Distress Linen (Ranger)
Paper:  Very Vanilla (SU), Fourteen (Crate Paper)
Other:  Twine (Hemptique), Natural Button MFT), Gold Flat Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh), Doily, Sewing Machine, Thread