Celebrate National Dress Day with Shopping Our Stash!!!

Today March 6, 2018 is National Dress Day check it out!! Mimi dreams up great ones!!  So in honour of National Dress Day we are having a Dress challenge at Shopping Our Stash so what do you have to do you ask? create a project with a dress on it or inspired by one (please add picture to you post).  On Scrap & Stamp with Frenchie she gave the directions to make a "stand alone fold" it fits in an A2 envelope, so of course I just had to make one.

Here is how it stands alone.

First I dug out a Stampin'up stamp set, a beautiful you, I bought it a year ago at last year's Sale-a-bration (so I could get another stamp set free that I've never used) now that's digging in my stash. the patterned paper is from a pack (I bought two one in pretty colours one in neutrals) over a year ago at $$rama.  I paper pieced the dress and hat.

Paper piecing was quite the adventure, the patterned paper is very light weight and while fussy cutting I not only cut a sleeve off once I did it twice, I thought you learn from your mistakes?

The sentiment is on the back center panel.

See how it closes to fit in an A2 envelope

I would like to support these challenges.

Seize the Birthday ~~ no toppings

Thanks for stopping by and checking out what I've been making, don't forget to head over to the Main Blog and see what the rest of the design team have made.

More Inchies and Twinchies.........

Hello again!!! I found a sketch at Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge and I knew I needed to make a card for the Jingle Belles challenge of inchies and twinchies. I knew that I wanted to use some House Mouse stamps that were perfect for the sketch. Here is my third card for the challenge.

I love plaid papers for Christmas cards and I paired it with a cranberry cardstock. I used three different house mouse stamps.

another angle of the super cute images. The sentiment is from a self-inking set I bought a couple of  years ago at Winners, there are 8 small sentiments in the box, the only drawback is they all stamp in black, 

Finished the inside with a scrap of patterned paper and a holiday sentiment.

I am entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ inchies/twinchies

Cardz 4 Guyz ~~ #189 a Sketch

Winter Wonderland  Stitching real or faux

So here we are a perfect sketch for a perfect challenge using great images. Thanks for stopping by today and see you again soon.

Creations in Black and White

Back to basic Black and white for a couple of Sympathy cards, I don't usually have sympathy or thinking of you cards on hand as I like to make them personal and these are the 5th and 6th I have had to make in the last little while. The first card I made with a poppy diecut in black on white.

the black poppies are layered on a white shimmer oval (from the "box")  attached to a Spellbinder fancy oval.  the white layer is embossed with a butterfly  folder.

The sentiment is computer generated from a Verse site.

Second card is very similar to one I posted earlier since the papers were still on my table as was the wildflower die cut.

Second card's sentiment is also computer generated from a verse site.

I would like to enter this in:

Tuesday Throwdown  #181 Black and White

Thanks for visiting today and have a wonderful weekend.

Jingle Belles are still Rocking Inchies and twinchies.

I came across a sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it all but screamed at me to make a card with it for the Jingle Belles Rock!!! I had the perfect image and dies too. It's a bonus when several challenges all match perfect. I really haven't played with TMS for quite a while although I check them every week, not always do I find time to take advantage of their great sketches.

The snowman/woman is from Sunshine Stamps, it is a set of 4 adorable little snowpeople. Note the stitching, I finally remembered to stitch on my card before I glues it togwther. I love this stitched square die set and the matching fancy one too, it's perfect if you just want a touch of colour.

Close up of the super cute Snowman, since I coloured his hat and scart in blue, I first coloured with a copic marker then went over it with a spica glitter blue pen. 

Finished the inside with some snowflakes and patterned paper.

And as you can see I "real" stitched on the inside as well.

I am entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ inchies and twinchies

Tuesday Morning Sketches ~~ #442

Winter Wonderland ~~ Stitching real or faux

Thanks for checking in today I'm keeping up with the Holiday cards.

It's a House Mouse card!!! and a Mini Eclipse.

I did some colouring today on a House Mouse Designs image as I wanted to get back to entering the House Mouse & Friends Monday challenge.  Of course it is always Anything Goes but there is always a "twist" which is Spring Colours, heaven knows we can sure use some spring colours especially since Thursday we might be getting a snowstorm in SWO.  So here is my card.

While I was making Tuesday's card with stencils I decide to try mixing a few colours so I used three of my distress oxide inks and made a springy background. As I looked at the background I thought eclipse so I tried my hand at making an mini eclipse with a large Hello die. I'm very pleased how it turned out.

Close up of the super cute house mouse.

Since I'm so excited about the mini eclipse I had to do a close up.

Since this is a "hope you feel better" card for a friend that has been house bound since before Christmas I picked an appropriate sentiment.

I am entering this in 

House Mouse & Friends Monday challenge ~~Anything Goes with the option of Spring Colours

I'm really on a roll with cards this last couple of weeks and I'm happy you have stopped by.

Wildflowers in white.

I made a "thinking of you" card for a friend, I don't make a lot of black and white cards but I found the most awesome patterned paper pad at Dollarama for $4.00 WOW, even if I only use 1/2 of the pages it's a bargain. I also used (for the first time) wildflower (or weed) dies, I cut all 6 of them just to decide which I wanted to use. Here is my card.

This is one of my favourite sketches to use. Isn't that flowered paper just gorgeous.

Close up  of the die cuts.

Finished the inside with one more of the flower die cuts.

I would like  to enter this in:

Tuesday Throwdown ~~ Black and White

Thanks for visiting today 

Have Yourself a merry "LITTLE" Christmas at the Jingle Belles.

The emphasis is on the little Lauren and Stephanie want to see Inchies (1") and Twinchies (2") traditionally these are little square pictures but you can use any shape, Stephanie used circles.  Here is what I came up with using some cute images from Bugaboo Stamps (check them out they have freebies every Friday)

Aren't these penguins just the cutest little images whick I coloured with my Spica Glitter pens. Let it Snow is a die from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

The inchies are elevated with squares of fun foam.

Finished inside with a leftover scrap of patterned paper and a favourite sentiment.

I would like to enter this in:

Jingle Belles Rock ~ Have yourself a Merry little Christmas

and slipping in on almost the last day.....

Rudolph Days ~~ 25th to the last day of the month.

Thanks for stopping by today and it's time to work on Holiday cards.