SEP SID- Raise a glass

Hello all and welcome to September! Fall is on the way and I can't wait. Here is our sketch for September Stick It Down challenge. 

I kept pretty true to the sketch this month and fun creating the background with some distress oxide and die cut for interest. I asked a friend of mine what kind of card she wanted for her birthday... she said some with drinks or maybe tropical theme. I decided to blend them and she loved it! The drinks do have some glossy accent on them to make them look more like glass and I love the look of the little beads on the foam. I added them on some vellum before putting them on the card. 

Here is a closer look at the details on the beer glasses. 

Hope to see you over on the new Facebook group with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! If you aren't a member yet please see the post here for the link. We all love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

May SID- Welcome home

Hello all! I can't believe May is almost over already, but regardless welcome to my post for the May Stick it down card sketch. 

I die cut word home out of a kraft card stock. Instead of using making each letter a different pattern I used a floral print as a base, so that it would peek through the letters and a little on all the sides. To finish the card I added a little bow and some bling. Its a simple card but I love that you can see the pretty paper through letters.

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

APR SID- Birthday gifts

Hello and welcome to my post for the April Stick It Down card sketch.  

Here is my card for this month. I made a card using some scraps from my desk again. I don't know about you but I tend to hold to way toooo many scraps that I usually don't use, so I'm trying to add them where I can. Since I used a bright and slightly pattern paper for the half of the card panel, I left the other half just white and embossed it to add a little detail. I stamped the image in grey and added some pick to match one of the colors in the pattern paper. The happy birthday in the image is white and I didn't think it stood out enough so I colored it in with a black glitter marker. I also used a clear glitter brush marker over the pink  ribbons and added some bling to finish the card. 

Here is a closer look at the glitter markers on the the ribbon and sentiment. 

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

NOV SID- Christmas Scotties

Hello and welcome to Novembers Stick it down  card sketch! I don't know about you but I can't believe we are already half way through November, Christmas is right around the corner and I'm not ready! This card will help with my not being ready though. ;-)

For this card I used the Christmas Scotties stamp and punch set from Stampin' up. The paper is also from Stampin' Up, but it's an older paper pack. I stamped the same pup 3 times and stamped the bow twice. I wanted the middle image to have something different on it's neck, so tied some ribbon around like a little scarf. 

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

SID Dec- peppermint kisses

 Hello everyone and welcome to the last card sketch for Stick it Down in 2021! I can't believe it's this time of year again, so much has happened and I feel like the year has just flown by. Here is the card December card sketch.

I didn't change anything from the sketch really, but had fun playing with the Frosted Gingerbread bundle from Stampin' up! The dies alone to make your own layered die cute gingerbread cookies and peppermint candies is to stinkin' cute, that's what I did for my decorative elements on my card. I die cut all the elements and added brown ink to my craft star to make it look a little more like gingerbread. Glued on the icing and a little red bling for fun. Peppermints were done the same way, I just love how they turned out!

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

SID Oct- Newlyweds

 

Hello everyone and welcome to my card for Stick It Down's October sketch!  

For my card I did a lot of white on white for a friends wedding. She loves sunflowers and her colors were green and gold. She had actually came over for help decorating envelopes for favors and she really liked the green embossing powder, so I made sure to use it on their card as well. Pretty pleased with how it turned out. Love the texture added with dies and embossing folder!

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

Jan SID 2021

Hello and welcome to Stick IT Down's first challenge of 2021!

I turned my card sideway compared to the Sketch, and that's because the cardstock and paper we pre cut for a project. I ended up wanting to use them for this sketch and thought it looked good horizontal, so I went with it! The ribbon, cardstock and paper are from Stampin' up, except for the banner. The big hello die is from Avery Elle, and I love it! It was one of my first die cut words and is one of my favorites still!

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

SID Sept- Trick or Treat

Hello and welcome to my post for Stick it Down Sept challenge! Here is a look at the sketch...

I followed the sketch pretty closely, just added some extra bats for more fun! I used an older Stampin'up pattern paper for the background. The lacey looking bats are a current Stampin' up set called Hallows Night Magic, I just love how pretty they are with the lace look. 

The large bat is stamped directly on the card panel, while the little one is stamped and die cut as are the black ones. 

Hope you'll play along with our sketch this month you still have time to join us! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

Monica

Hello (FMS451)

 Hello! It's been a little bit since I've just played with a challenge other then my design teams! I was apparently double struck this weekend with some motivation and inspiration. First inspiration came from this weeks Freshly Made Sketchs sketch FMS451 

And the other half of my inspiration came from a friends color challenge on facebook, the colors were Calypso Coral, Petal Pink, Mint Macaron and Blackberry Bliss. Here is what I came up with...

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!

Monica

MLC- Sept Santa

 It's September already... halloween and Thanksgiving will be here be for we know it! How are you doing on your Christmas card stash... are you ready for Christmas already? I know I'm not there yet, but I'm getting closer!  Here is my card for the Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog for this month.

I find this card pre die cut in my stash and thought "How have I not used this already?" No time like the present right? It made for a quick card since the die cut takes up most of the card front. I just used a piece of red cardstock on behind the card front and added a tag with a stamped message. Super simple and probably one of my favorites this year!

Be sure to check out on the blog what the team has to inspire you this month!

Thanks for stopping and have an amazing month!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Stampin' Up- Santa die, Real Red ink and paper, Whisper White cardstock, twine and Crumb Cake cardstock

MLC AUG- Sweet Christmas

Welcome to August with Merry Little Christmas! Here is my card for this month using a Sketch from an online stamp night with my Stampin' Up Demonstrator. Loved using an older DSP to layer for a fun card. I added a Gingerbread house to the front for my main element and colored it to coordinate with the paper. 

Added some stick on pearls and some glitter pen over some elements on the house to finish off the card.

I hope you visit all my teammates to see what they created this month and join us on the blog for the challenge, can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Stampin' up- Retired DSP, stick on pearls

Lawn Fawn- Sweet Christmas stamp set

Stash- cardstick

Copics, Wink of Stella

SID AUG- Speedy Recovery

Welcome to August and it's time for another SID sketch! Loved that this months sketch is a slim, helped to encourage me to make a slimline card.

Here is my take on the sketch this month... it was for a co-worker who had surgery on her elbow.

Please don't forget to join us over at Stick It Down to play along. We also have two layout sketches if you want to play along with the scrapping teams! Can't wait to see what you create! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Stamps- Lawn Fawn

Triangle dies- Stampin'up

Cardstock, pattern paper and sequins- stash

MLC- North Pole Delivery

Welcome to June! It's a new start for another month of Christmas cards. This is my card for our anything goes challenge this month at Merry Little Christmas!

I hope you visit all my teammates to see what they created this month and join us on the blog for the challenge, can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

May SID- Rest and Relax

Hello and welcome to my May post for Stick It Down!

Here is my card based on this months sketch, I decided to use and image with it's matching die cut. Colored a die cut flower and added some gems to the sentiment panel to finish the card. 

Please don't forget to join us over at Stick It Down to play along. We also have two layout sketches if you want to play along with the scrapping teams! Can't wait to see what you create! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

MLC- May

Welcome to May and our new month of  Merry Little Christmas challenge christmas blog. This month is as always anything goes!

 This month I made for cards using the A and B sides of some pattern paper from the stash. I used the same layout for the card to pick and choose how the paper was going to be adhered down. The top of the card is actually folded back and stuck down with the pattern paper adhered on top. I then just added the sentiment on a die cut piece of white. They could be jazzed up a little more, but I choose to leave them clean and simple. This is a good way to use up some paper stash... if you are like me and have way more pattern paper then you need and keep buying more! ;-)

I hope you visit all my teammates to see what they created this month and join us on the blog for the challenge, can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Apr SID

Hello and welcome to Stick it Down's April sketch! 

Please don't forget to join us over at Stick It Down to play along. We also have two layout sketches if you want to play along with the scrapping teams! Can't wait to see what you create! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Mar MLC

It's the first of the month and time for a new challenge for us at Merry Little Christmas challenge blog! As always our challenge is Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas. 

This month I went with a CAS look using some Stampin' Up stamps in my stash. I love the coffee cup... well frankly I just love coffee, so I'll use any excuse to use a coffee set! 

Just stamped the card away, used some platter stamps for behind the coffee cup and added some little bling to call the card finished. 

I hope you visit all my teammates to see what they created this month and join us on the blog for the challenge, can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

MLC #19

Here is my card for MLC February challenge! I found a sketch that I had saved on a pinterest board and decided to use that as my jumping point. I have accumulated a lot of product over the years, so I'm hoping to make a good dent in then unused and half used items in my stash. Do you have that problem? This card is start to using items that have be partially used and collecting dust. ;-)  

Hope you join us this month, the challenge is as always anything goes as long as it's Christmas! See you over on the MLC blog! Here's to using up some stash! Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!

Monica

Jan MLC

Happy New Year and welcome to the first challenge for Merry Little Christmas Challenge blog of 2020! Here is my card using some Stampin' Up products. Be sure to stop by the blog to see everyone's cards and to play along with us. The challenge is always anything goes as long as it's Christmas! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful new year!

Monica

MLC NOV- Merry Christmas

Welcome to November! It's time for another Merry Little Christmas Challenge and with Christmas being a month away it's the perfect time to play along with us!

My card this month is a card I made at a friends house using Stampin' Up products, I just love the trees in this set and plan to use it for a few cards! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you play along with us this month. Can't wait to see what you create!

Monica