Good afternoon. I hope you're all having a very blessed day. My Christmas shopping is done, I have a wonderful fire burning, Christmas candles lit, the house is semi-clean, laundry is going, and it's The Sweet Shop Sketch Challenge 87! This is one challenge you don't want to miss today. The sketch is fabulous with the spin of faux or machine stitching on your project, BUT there's also some very generous Christmas gifts offered by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and the Technique Junkies Newsletter are offering. Are you ready for 2 new stamp sets and a 1-year subscription to the Technique Junkies Newsletter? I'm a subscriber to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Newsletter and the January bundle release was sent out to subscribers only with pictures and special pre-release pricing, and I picked up this highly anticipated bundle. I totally recommend it to you. I think it's the best release yet with the perfect blend of fun, whimsy, classy, elegant, you name it, with a few new fonts too for the sentiments! I'm super excited and can't wait to get these in the mail!
I'll share with you the sketch and then my card. I left off the sentiment panel and really struggled with this, but for this particular card, it wouldn't have worked and cluttered it up too much for my personal taste. I wanted to keep the card crisp and clean, and believe that I accomplished that.
Thank you so much for stopping by today to visit me and may the Savior of the world fill your spirit today. Today's Treasure: The Book of Jude.
Stamps: Flourishes A Year of Flowers 2: Roses
Card Stock: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake, Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select White
Designer Series Paper: Stampin' Up! In Color Designer Series Paper Patterns Stack, In Color Designer Series Paper Patterns Pack
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers, Papertrey Ink Chamomile
Accessories: Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake chalk, Basic Jewels Pearls, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist (Pearl), The Paper Studio Heart Lace ribbon, Spellbinders Lacey Circles and Circle Nestabilities, Jilibean Soup Green/Quartz Sugar Picks
Technique: Die-cutting, dry embossing, machine stitching, chalk application, ink distressing
Size: 5 x 5
1. Cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock to 5 x 10, score at the 5" mark, fold, and burnish.
2. Cut a piece of Peach Parfait lettered designer paper to 4-7/8" square and machine stitch around the edges with white thread.
3. Cut a piece of Crumb Cake card stock to 4-1/8 square.
4. Cut a piece of Pear Pizzazz designer paper to 4" square and machine stitch around the edges with white thread.
5. Adhere the Pear Pizzazz designer paper to the 4-1/8" square Crumb Cake card stock, then adhere to the piece of Peach Parfait designer paper.
6. Wrap heart lace ribbon around opposite corners of the Peach Parfait designer paper as shown.
7. Place sticky tape on the back of the Peach Parfait panel and adhere to the Crumb Cake base of the card.
8. Place 3 faux pearls at the bottom left and top right of the card.
9. Stamp image onto Papertrey Ink Stamper's Select White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and color in with Copic markers (YR61, YR65, YR68 – roses; YG63, YG67 – leaves).
10. Lightly chalk around the image using Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake with a Q-Tip.
11. Die-cut and dry emboss image with a Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities.
12. Spray glimmer mist onto image panel and let dry, then lightly ink distress the edge with Papertrey Ink Chamomile.
13. Die-cut and dry emboss a piece of Crumb Cake card stock using a Spellbinders Lacey Circle Nestabilities.
14. Adhere image panel to the Lacey Circle die-cut and then place foam dots on the back and adhere to the center of the card.
15. Place a stick pin through the upper left corner as shown.
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Beautiful card, Cindy! So nice to see flowers, and hear about your peaceful fire burning, and it sound so nice and peaceful at your house! Next year, I'm going to start earlier…lol sure I am! Anyway, your card is beautiful! Hugs…
Wow Cindy, Gorgeous card. It's great to hear of someone that is ready for Christmas. I've never been there myself.
Thanks for playing with us at The Sweet Stop!
Merry Christmas!
Girl this is gorgeous!! Love the lace.
Oh my gosh, gorgeous Cindy!
What a beautiful card! Thanks for playing at The Sweet Stop!
Fabulous card! Love the pin that you added behind the lace! Your flowers, what can I say, they are beyond beautiful!