Merry Gingerbread Christmas for Dynamic Duos #28

Hello there stampers! I am finally posting my card for this week's Dynamic Duos challenge. I am running about a day behind after a really busy week. As soon as I saw the subtle duo of Cherry Cobbler and Sahara Sand, I was immediately inspired to create a holiday card. Sahara Sand is one of those colors I rarely use. It is like Crumb Cake's pale cousin who needs to spend a little time in the sun. ;)

I paired up the colors with this month's sketch over at I (Heart) to Stamp. I love layers (which is not shocking news, I know) and this is such a cool layout to showcase them. 

I don't know about you but whenever I see gingerbread man, I always crack a smile thinking about that little gingerbread dude from the Shrek movies. Remember him? "Nooo, not my gumdrop buttons!"

That was why I HAD to add some pearls to dress my little guy up a bit. He is also heat embossed with a mixture of Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder and Gingerbread Scented Embossing powder. The patterned papers are both from the Festival of Prints DSP pad.

Please stop by and visit us at the Dynamic Dous blog! We would love to see your creations with this week's color combo. The rest of the gals on the Design Team have created some gorgeous cards for inspiration. 

Allyson Andersen
Christina Barnes

Vicki Burdick

Karen Day

Deanna Dean

Jenny Engelke

Anne Marie Hile

Erna Logtenberg
Bobbie Trost

Amy White

Christmas Coffee for {PP #116}

Hey, hey, it's Sunday! We got a cool front last night here in South Texas and it FINALLY feels like fall around here. Temperatures are slated to be in the mid-60's today and that is awesome. Gotta enjoy it while it lasts because we are predicted to be back in the 90's by this Friday. *sigh* Ok, enough about the weather...you came to see a card, right? This week at the Paper Players, the lovely LeAnne has a fun theme challenge for us: Cups! Lots of cups! Please join us!

For my card, I decided to feature some Christmas coffee. I love the Scentsational Season stamp set and the fact that it has coordinating die cuts. I used the layout from Freshly Made Sketches for inspiration.

I used an embossing pen to shade in the "coffee" portion of the stamp. I then heat embossed it with Early Espresso Embossing Powder. Holiday cards are such a great excuse to use Glimmer Paper, so I added a little sparkly silver trim to one of the layers. All of the supplies I used are listed at the end of the post.

Here's a quick shot of the inside of the card, with a sentiment from the Cheers to You stamp set, because it was on my desk from yesterday's card. 

Please join us this week at the Paper Players! Our challenge closes on Friday October 12th at Noon (PDT). The rest of the gals on the Design Team has created some fun projects, too. Stop by and share some bloggin' love! 

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile (you are here)

Amy White

Dawn Easton

Helen Heil

Jaydee

Jen Arkfield

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Stampin' Up! Supply List

Stamps: Scentsational Season, Short and Sweet (ret.) and Cheers to You (inside sentiment)

Paper: Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack, Silver Glimmer Paper, Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade and Very Vanilla card stock

Ink: Cherry Cobbler Classic Ink

Punches: 1- 1/4" Square Punch, Small Oval Punch (ret.) and Med. Oval Punch

Accessories: VersaMark Pen, Early Espresso Embossing Powder, Snowburst Embossing Folder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Finishing Touches Edgelits Die, Holiday Collection Framelits Die, Lucky Limeade 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon, Heat Tool, Basic Rhinestones and Stampin' Dimensionals

Non-SU! Accessories: circle and scalloped circle dies

Paper Players #110 - Scentsational Season and A Sketch Challenge

Hello there and happy Sunday to you! This week at the Paper Players, the always wonderful LeAnne is our hostess and she has whipped up an awesome sketch to play along with. 

I broke into a lot of new items from the Holiday Catalog for this card, including the Scentsational Season stamp set. This set also has a coordinating die to cut the images out perfectly every time. I just love how quick and easy those dies are!  

After I stamped and die cut that little tree, it was needing serious holiday trimmings to "spruce" it up some. (Like that little pun? Haha!) I colored some pearls with a Cherry Cobbler marker and popped on some rhinestones for sparkle. I didn't decorate the entire tree, as those polka dots coordinate with the DSP so wonderfully. I topped off the tree with a little star die cut from Silver Glimmer Paper. If I could cover the walls of my craft room with that paper, I would! I LOVE sparkle!

Also, it is tough to see in the photo but the sentiment was heat embossed for added shine. I also added a seam binding bow as a final touch. For some reason, this paper reminds me of holiday wrapping paper and a gift really isn't complete without a big ol' bow, right? All of the supplies I used are listed at the end of the post.

Here is a quick peek at the inside of the card, using a holiday sentiment from the Happy Hour stamp set:: 

I sure hope you will join us this week at the Paper Players to try out LeAnne's great sketch. The challenge is open until Friday, August 31, 2012 at Noon (PDT). Please stop by and see what the rest of the gals on the Design Team have created this week, too. So many beautiful cards! 

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile (you are here)

Amy White

Dawn Easton

Jaydee

Jen Arkfield

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Have a very HAPPY day! :) 

Stampin' Up! Supply List

Stamps: Scentsational Season (Holiday catalog), Teeny Tiny Wishes and Happy Hour (inside sentiment) 

Paper: Be of Good Cheer DSP, Silver Glimmer Paper, Cherry Cobbler, Gumball Green and Very Vanilla card stock 

Ink: VersaMark and Gumball Green Classic Ink

Punches: Word Window Punch and Modern Label Punch

Accessories: Snowburst Embossing Folder, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler Stampin' Write Marker, Holiday Collection Framelits Dies, Window Frames Framelits Dies, Festive Paper Piecing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Basic Pearls, Basic Rhinestones and Stampin Dimensionals