Red Christmas

I don't know about you, but this week is screaming by!  Or is it the extra chores and the new grand baby {smile}.  And, I'm sure that I am like the rest of you, when the weekend rolls around, you don't necessarily have more time, just different chores and different focuses.

But, before we get to the weekend, it's Friday! And it's time for Sketch Frenzy Friday's blog hop.  If you aren't sure what this is, its pretty simple.  You start at our home page, and go to each design team member's blog to get some inspiration for this week's sketch.  Sounds easy.  And it's fun!  But, before we get started, lets see this week's sketch:

Tammy F. is the designer of this week's sketch.  It's beautiful, huh?  And here is what I made:

The card base is crumb cake card stock (my favorite).  I layered a piece of First Edition DSP (my favorite).  I then took three scrap pieces of this new beautiful holiday DSP and tore the edges and layered them.  I stamped the sentiment in real red classic ink.  For the snowmen, I stamped them in basic brown classic ink and used markers to color various parts of the image.  I outlined the snowmen with a 2-way glue pen and then added dazzling diamond glitter.  I really like how it turned out.  Something a little different.  

Now, to continue with our blog hop, your next stop is Tammy F's blog.  I'm sure you won't be disappointed!  Now, when you are done, take a little time to craft something you love, and join us this week, in our sketch challenge @ Sketch Frenzy Friday.  Can't wait to see what you create!

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It's Wednesday, and the talented ladies over @ Stampin' Queens Sketch Challenge, have a wonderfully creative sketch for you to try this week.

Here it is:

The first thing that first struck me about this sketch, is the different colors of the layers.  The other thing that I noticed about this sketch is the three circles in the rectangle.  At first, I thought of a snowman, or a trio of butterflies, or even some buttons.  And then it struck me, that I'm going to put three items in the rectangle.

Here is what I came up:

The card base is Early Espresso card stock, and the center matted piece uses real red card stock.  The ribbon is red taffeta ribbon.  The decorative label piece is punched from First Edition DSP.  I created the pinecone using the scallop oval.  I added some dazzling diamond glitter to the edges of my paper pinecone.  The tag was made with the jewelry punch and the tiny tag stamp set.

Isn't this new holiday dsp just beautiful?  Candlelight Christmas DSP.  Well, today is the first day that you can order yours!  Please go to my Stampin' Up! store to order this and other fabulous new holiday crafting supplies  here .  (click on the 'shop now' button)

I hope that you have been inspired, and you find some time to play along with us @ Stampin' Queens Sketch Challenge.  This month, the Stampin' Queens Sketch Challenge, is going through some transitions, with a new blog address and some new challenges.  One of our largest changes is our name change.  After this month, (and now) we are the Paper Craft Crew Challenge.  This is our transition month, so by the end of the month, you won't be able to find us as the Stampin' Queens Sketch Challenge.  Hope you follow us on over.  Change can be good.