Tradefish Designs-Holiday Mix

Hi, there!  I have another wreath card for you.  Today's card uses stamps from Tradefish Designs set, Holiday Mix.  I heat embossed the wreath image and then colored it with copics.  I stamped the sentiment in black and added a baker's twine bow toward the bottom.  Not sure what my base is, but I think it is Garden Green cardstock from Stampin Up.

Make sure you check out the sale going on at Tradefish!

Thanks for stopping by,

Emily

Lots of Wreaths....

Hello! I have several cards with wreaths for your viewing pleasure today.  All of them a bit different.  The above card uses the wreath and a sentiment from The Stamps Of Life set, Wreath4me.  I stamped the wreath and sentiment in black and colored it with copics.  I added a bit of read border on the bottom to anchor it.

This next card uses stamps from the Wreath4me set, too.  I went with more of a vintage look on this card.  It looks much better IRL!  I colored the wreath with dye inks and a blender pen.  I carefully coated it with Rock Candy Crackle paint.  After it dried, I sponged distress inks over the entire thing so that they got down into the crackled parts.  It really makes it look like it has been sitting in a box in an attic for the past 70 years!  I added some green burlap string to finish it off.

This next card uses a sentiment from penguins4Christmas and the large spiros from spiros2stamp.  I simply added red rhinestones in various sizes for the berries and a bow on top.  More of a modern looking wreath, with classic Christmas colors.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Emily

Labels in Pink...

Hi there!  Today I have a card using the stamps4fancylabels set from The Stamps Of Life.  This stamps cooridnates with the Sizzix Fancy Label dies created by Stephanie.  I didn't use the dies on this set, but simply stamped one of the fancy label frames twice in Bubble Gum pink and then once in the center in Guava.  I stamped the starburst design in the center in Licorice ink and added a black half pearl to the center.  The sentiment is from the garden4daisies set.  There are lots of cool sentiments that fit in the labels.  You will see some of those in action in the days to come!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday!

Emily

Tradefish Designs-Frosty Wishes

Hello! Today I wanted to share a card I made with a new set from Tradefish Designs called, Frosty Wishes.  I stamped, colored and cut out the snowman and layered an embossed piece of white paper over for the "snow".  I stamped a sentiment and punched out with a circle punch.  I also stamped a snowflake from this set in the background.  The patterned paper is from Authentique. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Apple Cheddar Soup...

Hi, there!  Today I have a card for the CAS challenge over on SCS.  It is based on the inspiration photo below.  I used a sentiment from Unity's Apple Cheddar Soup collection for this one.  I LOVE Unity. LOVE.  With that being said, don't flame me for what I am about to say.  I fell head over heels in love with the sentiments and images in this set.  That is why I had to make it mine!  But...I must say that I have a hard time using this set, because all of the images and sentiments are super tiny.  Maybe just because I am used to the larger images Unity has, that I have a hard time with this one.  The sentiment I used above is probably one of the larger fonts in the set.  My card is 4x4, so that kinda gives you an idea of how little they are.

Anyway, I still crack up every time I read the sentiments. Especially the doctor one-"An apple a day keeps the doctor away, but if the doctor is cute-forget the fruit!"  LOVE that-just wish it was BIGGER.

Ok...that's my card and review for the day.  For the next four days I will have post for the Mark's Finest Papers October release and blog hop.  Hope you can hop along with us for a chance at some free stamp sets!

Emily

FWF-Birthday Quilt

Hello! Happy Friday. I decided to create a little paper quilt with some of my Stella & Rose scraps from My Mind's Eye. After laying them all out and adhering them to my cardstock base, I paper pierced around every single square. I then used an archival pen to make a faux zig-zag stitch around the squares. I used several distress inks to ink up the edges of all of the papers. I used a nestie to die cut the frame and the sentiment is from Unity. I made a rolled paper rose and punched some leaves from other scraps of paper in this collection. I pleated some eyelet lace on the bottom and tied some pink, burlap string around it and made a loopy bow. An antique stick pin seemed to be the perfect embellishment to finish it off.

The clothes pins at the top actually hold on some thick butcher's twine to hang this from something. I plan on hanging it in my formal dining room on my antique pot cubbard.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Emily

Tradefish Designs-Holiday Mix

Hello!  Today's card showcase the new set, Holiday Mix from Tradefish Designs.  I have been pulling out my embossing powders lately.  I can't remember the last time I heat embossed, but it is fun to revisit techniques that have been hidden away in a storage bin for awhile.  I decided to emboss the ornaments and the sentiment in gold.  I then filled in parts of the ornaments with red copic markers.  I really like the clean lines of this card.  This set is definitely going to be one of my favorite's for Christmas, so you will be seeing more cards with it! 

This set sells for $10.00, but remember-big sale at Tradefish this week! 

10% discount on entire order during release week  “NEWRELEASE10”

Free shipping on purchase of 2 or more stamp sets “2STAMPSETS"

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily 

The Stamps Of Life October Release-Penguins4Christmas

Hi there! Today I am sharing two cards I made with the new release from The Stamps Of Life, penguins4Christmas.  So many cute images in this set and I love the font for the sentiments!  The first card I simply colored in parts of my penguin and the present and cut him out and stuck him on the white horizontal strip after stamping my sentiment.  I ran the green panel through my Cuttlebug and added a baker's twine bow to the corner.
On the second card I created a snowy backdrop for my penguin.  I added the Santa hat and candy cane to jazz him up a bit.  I also put some glitter on my snow mounds and on the Santa hat.

I also have been having lots of fun using Stephanie's new ink pads.  The colors are so bold.  The stamp pads are super juicy, so no need to press hard, but they dry super quick.  The pad itself is raised, which I like so that you can drag it across the edges of your paper if needed for distressing.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Tradefish Designs October Blog Hop

Hello!  Welcome to Tradefish Designs October  blog hop.  There are four, new, fabulous sets this month.  Today I made a card using the set, Attitude of Gratitude.  I LOVE a good sentiment set, and this one is full of wonderful stamps to thank those important people in our lives.  On my card above, I used patterned papers from Cosmo Cricket's Odds & Ends collection.  I was in the mood for vintage and shabby, so I coffee stained a coffee filter, and created some fringe for the bottom of my card and then die cut a doily shape to put behind my framed sentiment.  The sentiment is stamped on a small journal block from this Cosmo Cricket collection.  I added some cream, burlap string and a vintage button to finish it off.

 You can check out this stamp set below:

For a chance to win a TFD Stamp of your choice, you must be a follower of TFD and leave a comment on each DT Blog.  BTW you also get bonus entry points by liking us on Facebook.  Winners will be announced on October 10.

TFD is also offering a 10 % discount on your entire order or free shipping on any purchase of 2 or more stamp sets from October 3^th through October 9^th.

10% discount on entire order during release week  “NEWRELEASE10”

Free shipping on purchase of 2 or more stamp sets “2STAMPSETS”

Next up is  Amy.  Go see what she has created for you.  Just in case you get lost here is the line-up.

Tradefish Blog

Kate

Emily

Amy

Ivette

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy the hop and good luck,

Emily

Go Fish Challenge #2!

I don't know about you, but I would LOVE for that to be my driveway!!!  Tradefish Designs newest challenge is to create a card based on the above inspiration photo.  Below you will find the card I made based on the photo.  I used the set, Got Leaves? for this one.  I paper pieced the trees with patterned paper from Imaginesce Apple Cider collection.  I love how you can make many different sentiments with the different words in this set.  I love versatility!

You have until Friday, October 14th 12am est. to post your challenge entry. A winner will be selected and announced on Saturday, October 15th. The prize for this challenge is a free TradeFish Designs stamp set! Click HERE to go to the Go Fish! challenge blog.


Thanks for stopping by and hope you can play along with us!


Emily