Winter Recital Layout

For my daughter's first piano recital, she played Good King Wenceslas. The first verse has lyrics about the king looking out and seeing, by the bright light of the moon, a woodsman gathering winter fuel, which inspired me to add the crown, woodgrain washi tape, snowy slopes, and trees against a big moon.

Recipe:
Back to Nature stamp set
Bus Trip stamp set (Inkadinkado)
That's Amore & Stargazer papers
Ruby, Chocolate, Saddle, Almond & White Daisy cardstock
Ruby, Chocolate, Pine, Whisper, Almond & Black ink
Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Gold metallic marker
Ruby chevron & woodgrain washi tape
Red enamel gems
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: banner, scalloped border
Cricut Wall Decor & More cartridge: crown
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #94 (reversed)

White Pines Embossed Christmas Card

I haven't been posting much on my blog this month, but I have been crafting! Last Friday night was my Christmas card workshop so I've been busy designing cards and cutting out all the pieces for my gals. One of my cards took me a while to design, but once it started coming together, I loved it. Hope you do, too. I used an emboss resist technique to stamp the trees and stars on white cardstock, and then sponged over the embossed images. After wiping off the excess ink from the image, I was left with a pretty scene as a focal point for the card.

Recipe:
Back to Nature, Christmas Love & Holiday Jingle stamp sets
White Pines Level 2 papers
White Daisy & Kraft cardstock
Sapphire, Desert Sand & Versamark ink
Clear embossing powder
Blue grosgrain ribbon (Michaels)
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart Holiday Color challenge (no red or green on a Christmas card)

Sparkle & Shine Card Workshop

All this week, I've been busy designing cards for a Sparkle & Shine workshop, and it has been so fun! I love these papers, and can't wait to create some scrapbook layouts with them. Hope my cards bring some sparkle to your life today.

Pattern: Mojo Monday Card Sketch 320

Challenges: Always Playing With Paper Trees With Bling challenge

Pattern: Sunday Sketch & Stamp Card Sketch 183 (the sketch made me think of a four-paned window)

 Pattern: inspired by this card

Pattern: Deconstructing Jen Card Sketch 128
Challenges: Heart 2 Heart's Seeing Double challenge (I made two versions of this card), Frosted Designs 11 Item Challenge (I used circles and stars)

Pattern: Deconstructing Jen Card Sketch 125

Recipe:

Trim the Tree, Cityscape, Very Merry Christmas, Universal Backgrounds, Santa Claus, Back to Nature, Illuminate, Holiday Tags & Scandinavian Wishes stamp sets

Sparkle & Shine Level 2 papers

Juniper, Ruby, White, Chocolate & Black cardstock
Juniper, Ruby, Slate, Chocolate & Versamark inks
Ruby & Black markers
Silver embossing powder (JoAnn's)
Sparkle Shapes
Ruby chevron ribbon
Sparkle & Shine Washi tape
White Daisy grosgrain & organdy ribbon
Silver Shimmer Trim
White Daisy baker's twine
Star & silver brads (from my stash)
All die-cut images cut using Cricut Art Philosophy or Artbooking cartridges

Week 6 Layout Linky - Lava Flow Trail

As promised, here is the layout and the linky for the week. I used EMS Sketch 24, which I posted yesterday. Here's a fun technique I invented for this layout:

1. Stamp a row of trees at the top of a piece of cardstock using third generation ink.
2. Cut a curving line towards the bottom of your row of trees.
3. Layer the cut off piece of cardstock over the original piece, making sure to overlap a little.
4. Stamp another row of trees below the first using second generation ink.
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3.
6. Stamp another row of trees at the bottom of the cardstock using first generation ink.
7. Without reinking, fill in any dead spaces by stamping the trees again.

Voila, you have a forest / mountain scene! You could probably do this with other types of stamps, but it was fun to do with the trees. Now let's see what you talented ladies come up with for the week.



Recipe:
Classmate Alphabet & Back to Nature stamp set
Grace Level 2 papers
Garnet & Sweet Leaf cardstock
Ponderosa Pine & Desert Sand ink
Basic Craft Buttons

***If you are participating in the challenge, please use the link below to link your layout to this post. You have until Friday at 11:59PM PST to post your sixth week's layout. The link will allow you to post a title and thumbnail that link to your site, where we can see the layout in all its glory! Note: please do not post from a password protected site that will require us to input a password before viewing.