Blog Hop 41

Hello everyone and welcome to our latest Blog Hop! You probably have come from the lovely Lissa, who always makes amazing cards!

It is a rainy Sunday in Sydney just when the weather was beginning to warm up we get colder weather. It is perfect weather for staying home and making a card.

Our sketch for this week:

I love the simplicity of this sketch. I am drawn toward clean and simple cards and this sketch fits the bill. I knew I wanted to make a Christmas card but I haven't bought any of the new papers yet (this is a huge confession for me considering I am a patterned paper addict). This is what I came up with:

I started with a card base of Cherry Cobbler and then decided to use the specialty paper from the Pop of Pink Designer Series Paper. I stamped the sentiment from Seasonal Bells using Cherry Cobbler and die cut it using Bunch of Banners. I then cut 2 more the banner in Cherry Cobbler and cut them to frame the sentiment.

I quite enjoyed making this card, but I enjoy making most cards!!

Next on the hop is Maree. I always enjoy seeing what she makes!

Thanks for stopping by and see you next time!

Allison

Blog Hop 40

Hi everyone and welcome to the Inkspired Blog Hop. You may have come from Renee. I always love her cards and can't wait to see what she created for this week.

The sketch for this blog hop is:

When I saw the sketch I knew immediately what I was going to make! I am very excited to have started Christmas crafting! I love creating Christmas cards and even though Christmas is hot in Australia, I still love snowy Christmas scenes!

I wanted to make a card that was monochromatic and decided on Night of Navy and Whisper White. I started by sponging a piece of Fancy Frost Designer Series Paper but I wasn't happy with the result. So I turned the paper over and swiped the paper across the ink pad itself. My Night of Navy ink was quite wet as it has barely been used.

I then stamped the train and greeting from the Christmas Magic stamp set. This set reminds me of The Polar Express and is becoming a new favourite (I am beginning to think I have too many favourites!).

I then stamped the snowflakes from the Flurry of Wishes and punched them out with the Snow Flurry punch.

I enjoyed making this card so much I think I will have to try it with some different colours!

The next step is the wonderful Maree. I am looking forward to see what she has created!

Bye for now!

Allison