Make It Monday #232

Checking in one last time today before I start cooking for Thanksgiving.

Here's a quick card I made inspired by PTI Make It Monday challenge this week - layered stamping on kraft. Wanted to try this with something other than flowers or snowflakes which I've done before.

I stamped a few wine glasses in bold colors slightly offset from the white glass. Looks pretty cool in real life. Love this sentiment from this Uncorked set which I heat embossed on a stitched tag (with the tag part cut off). I put the panel on a kraft card base using foam tape which I think gives the card another special effect. Inside is stamped with sentiment and glass as well. 

Thanks for taking a peek. Have a great weekend! 

CAS(E) this Sketch #104

Most of my family was sick over New Year's weekend so between making various soups, I got to escape into my craft room for a little bit. 

I was excited to play with the new Uncorked set. I stamped the tops of the wine bottle in a rainbow of colors and added one of the cool sentiments from the set. 

Design inspired by this week's CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a good week.

Colour Me.....Monochromatic! #49

Hello friends. Its time for a new Colour Me.....Monochromatic! challenge  and this week we are using the smokey slate which is like a pale grey,  You can of course,  create anything with these colors and add in neutrals such as black, gray, white, kraft, and vanilla.

I made another wine bottle tag to beef up my gift tag stash. I was excited to use the new PTI Uncorked set. 

I die cut a wine bottle tag out of grey Echo Park Style Essentials patterned paper. I cut a second bottle tag out of white and cut it down so it would fit nicely on top of the patterned one and so you could still see the cool pattern. I love the sentiments most in this set - all so different and unusual. I stamped the sentiment on the bottom to act as the ground for my various stamped glasses (using the generation inking technique in Smokey Shadow and Soft Stone). 

I layered two double ended banners together (white just seemed boring by itself) and put it on top of the white panel slightly askew. 

I hope you are inspired to create something great with this monochromatic scheme. Be sure to check out what our design team has done with it -

Claire Broadwater

Hayley Kew
Joanne James

Julia Altermann

Tara Bourgoin

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving for those who celebrated last week. Mine was great though exhausting. We hosted this year and I did most of the cooking for 10 people. One of the highlights of our meal was the Carmelized Bacon appetizer. I'm linking the recipe from Ina Garten aka the Barefoot Contessa.  It was relatively easy to make, can do ahead, and gobbled up in mere minutes. I mean, seriously, crispy bacon with a crushed pecan, brown sugar, and maple syrup crumb topping. Delish! 

Have a great week!