Golden Reindeer

Hello everyone,

This card is inspired by today's Allsorts challenge which is gold, cream with a hint of red. I found today's Card Patterns sketch an inspiring jumping-off point.

The card base is Recollections pearlized gold. The red layers are Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler. The gold layers are Recollections gold foil which are textured with Cuttlebug Winter Wonderland. The image, stamped on Stampin' Up Very Vanilla, is Inkadinkado Holiday Silhouettes in Color Box Gold and heat embossed in clear embossing powder. The embellishments are from Multicrafts.

I'm quite impressed with this card. I love the pearlized gold card base as it adds a wonderful elegance to the card. I find this set of Inkadinkado stamps gorgeous as they beautifully incorporate great Christmas symbols.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Holly Christmas

Happy World Card Making Day!

I want to take a quick moment to thank everyone who follows I SPI. Today is it's first anniversary and it has been a really wonderful year of blogging. Thanks so much for following along.

There were just a ton of great challenges in the blogosphere today. Almost too many to choose from so I expect you'll see quite a few over the next week. As I said yesterday, I've really got my Christmas card making mojo going so that's exactly what I've crafted today. My jumping off point was today's Card Patterns sketch.

The background paper is Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler. The patterned layer is Provo Craft Creating Keepsakes Holly Argyle. The sentiment, Impression Obsessions Christmas Sentiments, stamped on a scrap of Very Vanilla and cut with a Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio. The ribbon is Offray Firefly Gold.

I just love this card! Holly is one of my favourite Christmas symbols and this is lovely piece of paper. I wish I'd bought more than one sheet. The ribbon is really more burnished than it appears in the photo and suits the card beautifully.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Birthday's Galore

Hello everyone,

I'm back! Posting will likely still be irregular for the next couple of weeks, at least until we finish the painting the final bedroom.

September is a month full of birthdays. This card was commissioned by a colleague for another colleague. This card meets three challenges - Saturday's Card Patterns Sketch, today's Happily Ever Crafter challenge was to use gold and today's Fab 'n Funky offered up a whatever challenge.

The card base is from Strathmore. The background paper is Stampin' Up textured Rich Razzleberry. The horizontal layer is Stampin' Up Night of Navy, textured with Close To My Heart gold embossing powder and the Stampin' Up Cornelli Lace Jumbo Wheel. The vertical stripe is Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry designer series paper. The ribbon is Michael's Sheer Creations. The personalization is Making Memories Diva Shimmer Alpha Stickers affixed to a scrap of Stampin' Up Whisper White and layered on a scrap of gold paper. The embellishments are Crystal Sticker Cabochons.

I really like this card. My colleague had specific colour, personalization requests and glitter. This certainly fits the bill. I know our colleague will love this card.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Patterned Luck

Hello everyone,

Today's card was commissioned by a colleague who was looking for something natural to wish her boss (and mine) good luck as he moves on to another position. He has been a great boss so this truly was a labour of love. I used Saturday's Card Patterns sketch because it is the type of sketch I really enjoy.


The paper is all Stampin' Up Urban Oasis, Whisper White and Basic Grey. The sentiment is Waltzingmouse Say It With Style. The hemp is of unknown origin from the stash. The eyelets are Making Memories.

I really love the symmetry of this type of sketch. It was a lot of fun to use so many different sheet of the Urban Oasis paper on one card. The effect is exactly what I wanted for this card.

I hope you enjoy and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Chocolate Pattern

Hello everyone,

Today's card is really special. It is a 50th birthday card for one of my very best friends and my daughter's godmother. She is a major chocoholic and I bought the Sweet 'n Sassy Chocoholic stamp set with her in mind. I've used Saturday's irresistible Card Patterns sketch as inspiration.

The background paper is part of an unknown stash that was acquired a long, long time ago. The remaining paper is Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip, Pixie Pink and Whisper White. The images and sentiment are Sweet 'n Sassy Chocoholic. The images are highlighted with Cinnamon and Fruit Punch Stickles. The ribbon is a dollar store find.

I love this card! Pink and brown together is a lovely combination. The stamp set did not disappoint and I know my girlfriend will hang on to this card. Happy Birthday Cheri!

Please enjoy and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Patterned Birthday

Hello everyone,

Today's card is based on Saturday's Card Patterns sketch which was just too interesting to resist. This is another commissioned card for a colleague who is sending it to a young boy in England (yes the same colleague as Monday's card).

The card base is from Recollections. The tag elements were punched from DCWV Textured Birthday cardstock. The image is an old stamp from one of my daughter's craft kits from years back. Based on other stamps in the same batch, I believe it is a Visuation Design by J Deni. It is stamped on Stampin' Up Whisper White and layered on more DCWV Textured Birthday cardstock and a unknown scrap of black. The sentiment is Sweet 'n Sassy Birthday Greetings.

I'm working hard to get more comfortable making male cards but jeuvenile boy cards are still a real challenge because I just don't make that many of them. I do love this card! The bright colours contrasted with the soccer balls is really appealing.

I hope you enjoy and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Valentine Pattern

Hello everyone,

Today's Valentine is inspired by the sketch from the Card Patterns blog. Like many challenges I come across, this one was particularly appealing.


I used a Halcraft card base. The paisley paper is Making Memories Love Struck Valentine Paisley. The darker strip is Stampin' Up Rose Red textured with a Sizzix Flourish plate. The lighter pink strip is piece of textured Tropical QuickStripz from QuicKutz. The hearts were cut with the Sizzix Hearts and Paisley die in a scrap of the QuickStripz. The sentiment is from TPC Studio Hugs and Kisses. Everything is highlighted with Star Dust Stickles.

I'm very pleased with this card. Paisely is one of my favourite shapes so I couldn't resist this paper. I also love the row of Stickles on the lighter pink strip as the card just sparkles. The sketch just came together beautifully.

Please enjoy and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Baby Card

Hello everyone,

Today's card is another commission from a friend whose colleague (yup same friend different colleague as yesterday) is having a baby. I used Saturday's Card Patterns sketch challenge. When I first saw the sketch I thought it was interesting, as I worked on the card I was rather ho-hum about it but when I finished, I was amazed.

I used a Halcraft card base. All the paper is Stampin' Up Delicate Dots. The image is also Stampin' Up, So Many Scallops. I highlighted with Waterfall and Star Dust Stickles. The gems are Peggy's Pretties.

I just love this card! I have not done many baby cards as I'm rather beyond that stage but if they all turned out like this, I'd do nothing but! This is the first time I've used any of Peggy's Pretties (there are a number of different colours to choose from at Scrap 'n Stamp) and I'm really impressed. I easily glued them with Stampin' Up Crystal Effects. I love how it looks.

I hope you enjoy and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle