Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop for October. 

This month we have a fun Sketch Challenge. You all know I love a sketch to work with and for this challenge I tried to keep it very simple. Sometimes you have limited time to create and that is when I think a sketch works really well.  I also think a suite works well for this too. So, I pulled out products from the Nests of Winter Bundle.

The card came together very easily. The card base is Smokey Slate and the strip at the top and bottom are Basic White card stock. The cental layer is a piece of the beautiful Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper that looks like bark. 

I cut the focus piece of Designer series paper into a 5cm strip before tearing it. I love the sweet birds flying between branches on this piece of paper. All the layers on the front are glued down except the sentiment which is stamped in Basic Gray ink on Smokey Slate card stock and adhered using  Dimensionals. I tied a length of the White Time in a bow across the focus layer and adhered at the back with Seal+ before adhering the sentiment. I finished the card by placing three of the Rhinestone Basic Jewels on the back piece of Designer Series Paper.

Up next on this month’s blog hop is my dear friend Annette Ball.

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Angie McKenzie   ●  Aurélie Fabre   ●  Danielle Kassing

   Leonie Stuart  ●  Annette Ball  ●  Karen Henderson

Mo Rootes  ●  Judith Patterson  ●  Kim Fee

Hope you use this sketch to create a card too. Have a great week.

Product List

Winterly Tree Tops Cling Stamp Set (English) [164184] $46.00	Nests Of Winter 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [164183] $21.75	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $10.50	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $20.25	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $15.75	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $19.25
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75	Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00

Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop - Sketch Challenge

Hello and welcome to the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop for October.

This month we have a fun sketch challenge. I love a sketch challenge as it is one of the easiest ways to get started when creating. So many different stamp sets can be used too!

Below is an image of where the Around the World on Wednesday design team are from. The team is amazingly creative and are such a supportive community to be part of.

Here is the sketch for this months Blog Hop.

I have had the sweet Snowy Scenes Suite Collection for a while and this has been my first opportunity to create with it. I spent three wonderful weeks travelling through beautiful Europe with my husband. So I was very keen to get back into my creative space to play with these products.

I started by creating the snowy scene with the cure penguin. I punched a Basic White circle using the 

2 3/8" circle punch. I stamped the snowflakes in Versamark™ ink, then sprinkled with White Embossing Powder and set with the Heat Tool. I then stamped the tree in Garden Green ink to the left of the circle. I used a small Blending Brush and Pool Party ink to create the sky. 

I die cut two smaller trees in Garden Green card stock and glued to the right hand side. After stamping the penguin in Memento™ Tuxedo Black ink  and the present and candy cane in Poppy Parade I die cut them using the coordinating dies. Then adhered them to the top of the circle using Dimensionals.

The card base is Poppy Parade and the mat layer is Basic White embossed using the new Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder. I also embossed the other smaller white layer. Then cut the fun Pool Party Pompom Ribbon in half and glued the ribbon at the sides of this layer. The Pompoms are so cute! Then adhered to the card front using Dimensionals. The circle layer was adhered to the top using Dimensionals. 

The band is a piece of the gorgeous Snowy Scenes Designer series paper with some Poppy Parade card stock underneath. All glued down to the card front.  I have tied some Garden Green twine around this band and tied in a bow near the circle. 

Up next on this month's blog hop is my friend and team member Rochelle Laird-Smith.

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Jan Clothier - NZ

Leonie Stuart - AU

Rochelle Laird-Smith - AU

Cheryll Miller - AU

Danielle Kassing - NL

Aurélie Fabre - FR

Mikaela Titheridge - UK

Annette Ball - CA

Angie McKenzie - US

Kelly Taranto - US

Chris Smith - US

Theresa McEntee - US

Bree Renwick - US

Lori Willcox - CA

Cheryl Hamilton - US

Many thanks for stopping by today. You are appreciated!

Product List

Snowy Wonder Bundle (English) [164125] $80.00	Snowy Scenes 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper & Sticker Sheet (English) [166611] $29.75	Pool Party 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Pompom Ribbon [164129] $21.00	Natural Tones Linen Thread [164071] $15.75
Forever Plaid 3 D Embossing Folder [164049] $21.00	2 3/8" (6 Cm) Circle Punch [161354] $41.00	Small Blending Brushes [160518] $25.00	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $23.00
Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694] $20.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $14.00	Poppy Parade Classic Stampin' Pad [147050] $15.75	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $15.75
Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $15.75	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154958] $19.25	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $32.00
Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $19.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $7.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75
Paper Snips [103579] $21.00	Stampin' Trimmer [129722] $50.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Cutting Plates [150815] $25.00