Hi all...

and welcome to day 3 of ISC's Christmas Card Extravaganza /Blog Hop. Over the past few days the other Architects and I have shown you the possibilities that the newly released stamp sheets can bring. Today I have a few cards for you. Yep, I saved the BEST for last ;D. The first card I am showing today is a cards made in some rather unusual Christmas colors, but who says Christmas has to be all traditional? See when we received our packages and had to cut the stamps out, I was not sure what I was going to do. But after some brain storming it came to me (it's almost like the light bulb came on ;D) I was doing something eclectic with the eclectic set :D:D. So, since I love all shades of brown I went with it. For my base I used PTI Kraft layered with some PTI Dark Chocolate. After that I took a piece of Kraft cs and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Divine Swirls folder and ran over it with a sponge and Chalk Box Chestnut Roan ink. For the Christmas tree I ran the Nesties Megabilities curved rectangles through the bug with some Kraft cs and stamped the tree on it in Memento Rich Cocoa. The BG was stamped on yet another Nesties cut piece of cs in Dark Chocolate and the script was stamped on it in VersaMagic Wheat. For the sentiment I cut a a strip of Kraft cs sponged the edges with Chestnut Roan and Roch Cocoa and put a antique square copper brad through and adhered it to the card and voila my eclectic Christmas card was done. Have a look....

Eclectic Christmas

Recipe:


Paper: PTI Kraft, Dark Chocolate


Stamps: ISC Eclectic Christmas


Inks: VersaMagic Wheat, Memento Rich Cocoa,


for the distressing : Chalk Box Chestnut Roan and Memento Rich Cocoa



Accessories: Nesties Megabilities curved rectangles, Cuttlebug embossing folder Divine Swirls, antique copper brad square, foam tape, 3D foam dots


What you think?


As promised I have another card for you all. Remember the pear card from the sneak peek on Friday? Well, I just had to make another card with this fun set. With this one I went a total different route and out came this fun little card.



Happy Thanksgiving......

Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, Bazzill textured olive cs, Basic Grey Offbeat

Stamps: Fruitful ISC

Inks: SU Certainly Celery, Mellow Moss, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Fired Brick, Watercolor Pencils

Accessories: green satin ribbon, Cricut Expression Home Accents cartridge for the label tag, foam tape, blender pen

See a totally simple card, but it looks so fun. As I was going through my paper stash I noticed that this Basic Grey Offbeat pad had some paper in it that was just perfect as it has pears and apples on it ;D and the colors, well, that is how the colors where chosen, LOL!!!

This is it for my post today, but remember if you have not done so in order to win 3 FREE of the Christmas stamp sheets you will have to leave a comment on the ISC Blog by the end of today what Christmas means to you and your family. Pretty simple, isn't it?

Since this is still a Blog Hop, make sure you head on over to Julie, she has something absolutely gorgeous to share with you all as well and all you have to do is hit the button below

but wait, remember that ISC is also offering you a discount during this time. You will receive 10% off of your entire order if you simply enter the code

Well, i must say this was a fun Blog Hop. I hope that you've got some inspiration from me and all of the other Architects.

Here is the order of the Blog Hop again, just in case you have missed it:

Start here ISC Blog , Kathy, Sabrina (that's me :D:D:D!!!), Julie, Joanne, Connie , Wendy and back to end at the ISC Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Your comments really mean a lot to me and keep me going ;D.

Hugs,

Good Tuesday morning.......

and welcome to day 2 of ISC's Christmas Card Extravaganza/Blog Hop. Today I will show you another Christmas card I made with one of the gorgeous new sets that were released yesterday and it is called "Festive Season". When I think festive, well the good old silver/white color combo comes to mind. So, I've got out some gorgeous silver paper I've got last year at Target of all places (love that place ;D) but since it is a little on the flimsy side I matted it on some True Black cs from PTI in combination with a white PTI cs base. But before I matted the silver paper I ran it through my Bug, my Cuttlebug that is, and used one of my new folders "Victoria" I've ordered back in August I believe and it finally arrived the end of September. Anyhow, I loved how crisp it came out and immediately I thought, hmmm lets combine it with the flourish of the Festive Season set. I tell ya, sometimes things work themselves out ;D. Since I had planned to use the gorgeous ornament included in this set to begin with it kind of was nice to give my card that little extra umph..... I stamped the flourish on a True Black cut Labels 4 piece in white. I planned on using a silver ink pad, but it was all tried out :C. For my ornament I stamped it on white PTI cs in VersaMark and embossed it with Filigree silver embossing powder and it looked just wonderful. As you can see the ornament has these flourishes on it so my mind went into overdrive and I remembered that I bought some cool glitter a long time ago (and never used it) and it would give those flourishes some more interest. So I added some Quicky Glue pen and applied the glitter. Have a look and see for yourself


Elegant Merry Christmas






Recipe:


Paper: PTI White, True Black, silver paper I bought at Target during Christmas last year.




Stamps: Festive Season ISC



Ink: VersaMark, white opaque ink pad



Accessories: Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder, Nesties Labels 4, white glitter, Recollections silver half pearls, narrow white satin ribbon, foam tape, 3D foam dots, double sided tape






What do you think? I think this is the card I will be making for Christmas for my Mom and family back in Germany ;D.

Since I forgot yesterday to give you all the the links to all of the newly released set I will do it today

Fruitful ( that was the card I showed you all on Friday ;D)

Joyful Christmas

Festive Season (which is used for the card I am showing you today)

Eclectic Christmas

Country Views (this is ideal for magnets, Tim Holtz fragments, Inchies!!!) (Hint, you'll be getting some free samples of the fragments if you purchase this set ;D;D)

Remember that ISC is still offering you

so all you have to do is enter the code isc1009 and you are in business for a great discount!!!

Since this is a Blog Hop I will remind you that if you have not done so, please go to the ISC blog and start there and work yourself through as all of the wonderful Architect have used the same stamps sheets but their creations are oh so different. I love it when I get to see the same set used by someone with a different style. It is pretty amazing!!! So here is the list

Innovative Stamps Creations Blog

Kathy aka KAT

Sabrina (that is ME :D:D)

Julie

Joanne

Connie

Wendy

and back to ISC Blog

remember you have until tomorrow Wednesday 14.October to leave a comment on the ISC Blog what Christmas means to you and your family to win 3 FREE Christmas stamps sets Joyful Christmas, Festive Season and Eclectic Christmas).

So, if you are on your track and you cam from Kathy all you have to do is click on the blinkie below and it will take you directly to Julie so you can admire her version of one of these wonderful sets

Wow, this was a long post, sorry, but I wanted to make sure I don't forget anything.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope that you enjoyed your visit.

Hugs,

It is time!!!!!!!!

Hello my friends, today is the day, it's release day over at ISC!!!!! Remember when I told you guys on Friday that we are having something special planned for today? Well, not in those exact words, but we are having a PARTY!!!!!! Today is the day that ISC is having it's FIRST, yes, FIRST ever Christmas Card Extravaganza/Blog Hop!!!! And we are celebrating for 3 DAYS. We were challenged by Betsy the owner of ISC to each choose one image from the Joyful Christmas stamp sheet and create a card making it the focal point. I don't know why, but for some reason I am not good at making Christmas cards, hmm I guess I am not feeling it yet ;D, but let me tell you. When I cut my images I had tons of ideas in my head and since the typical Christmas images where already taken, I've picked the flourish. So, let me show you my humble creation



It's a Joyful Christmas




Recipe:

Paper: PTI White, DP was provided by Betsy(sorry not sure of the name :C)

Stamps: ISC Joyful Christmas

Inks: SU Mellow Moss, Ranger Distress Ink Fired Brick


Accessories: Nesties Megabilities curved rectangles, Kaiser half pearls in red, snowflake button (I believe it is from WalMart), red sheer ribbon, foam tape, 3 D foam dots, Maya Road Vintage headpin



For my focal image I've decided to sponge around the flourish, so I left my Nesties die on the card stock and simply added the Fired Brick Distress Ink with a sponge so that the edges would still be white and draw more attention to the focal image. It's a pretty simple card, but that is what we are looking for for Christmas as most of us have to make tons of cards, right? ;D


This is it for my card, but wait, I have more for you!!!!! Guess what, since this is our FIRST ever Christmas Card Extravaganza you can WIN, 3 FREE of the "Newest" Christmas Stamp Sheets (Joyful Christmas, Eclectic Christmas, Festive Christmas)!!!!!! How cool is this??????? We are keeping it super easy for you too, all you have to do is head on over to the ISC Blog and leave a comment on what Christmas means to you & your family!!!! Super EASY, but you have to hurry up as this opportunity will end on WEDNESDAY October 14th!!!!!


Since this is a Blog Hop please don't just head on over to leave your comment, go on and see what the next ISC Architect in this HOP has created and which image she chose. It's Julie



Wait, don't hit that button yet, there is one more little tiny detail I have to share with you all ;D


ISC is also offering 10% off of your order!!!! The Christmas Stamp Line is jammed packed and for a limited time only the retail price has been reduced!!!!!





WOW, I think I have it all covered now!!! I have saved some more cards for this release for you all, so make sure you come back tomorrow to see what I have up my sleeve ;D.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs,