Thursday, November 18, 2010

Peaceful Noel

Another week has flown by, and I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week! I'm doing the cooking, so I'll have to start my planning list soon! And of course, I can't wait to decorate for Christmas...

It's Thursday and that means it's Treehouse Thursday Challenge day - and this week's challenge was to use glitter, and if you want, use it in some unique way. I immediately thought of the newly release set "Peaceful Noel." I wanted a soft effect to the card, in non-traditional Christmas colors. I added gold glitter to the antlers, and some glitter for snow. Here it is:

Thanks to all who played along with last week's challenge. Head on over to the Treehouse Blog to see who was the lucky winner! Ashley is drawing a winner each week for some Treehouse Bucks so be sure to play along. There are a few rules to help you!
1. You must use the challenge as described
2. You must provide a link to your creation on the challenge post inLinks
3. You creation must be a new one, remember the idea is to get your creative ideas flowing and get you creating.
4. You do not have to use TREEHOUSE STAMPS images to be eligible for the drawing but if you have them we would sure love to see you use them.
5. Your entry must be linked in the inLinks no later than next Wednesday to be eligible for the drawing.

I can't wait to see what you come up with. Be sure to check out the other design team's blogs and see what they've created. They all give such great inspiration!






Thursday, November 11, 2010

Treehouse Release and Thursday Challenge

It's release day for Treehouse Stamps and what fun Christmas sets to play with. Head on over to the Treehouse Store and see all the new sets released!

This week's Thursday Treehouse Challenge THT075 is a SKETCH - always a favorite for me as it gives you that extra push for inspiration taking the guesswork out of the layout aspect of designing a card. Here's the sketch this week...

And I used the new set "Christmas Ornaments" for my card. It's one of those cards that was totally different in my head...I just kept adding to it but in the end, I like it!

Thanks to all who played along with last week's challenge. Head on over to the Treehouse Blog to see who was the lucky winner! Ashley is drawing a winner each week for some Treehouse Bucks so be sure to play along. There are a few rules to help you!
1. You must use the challenge as described
2. You must provide a link to your creation on the challenge post inLinks
3. You creation must be a new one, remember the idea is to get your creative ideas flowing and get you creating.
4. You do not have to use TREEHOUSE STAMPS images to be eligible for the drawing but if you have them we would sure love to see you use them.
5. Your entry must be linked in the inLinks no later than next Wednesday to be eligible for the drawing.

I can't wait to see what you come up with. Be sure to check out the other design team's blogs and see what they've created. They all give such great inspiration!






Thursday, November 4, 2010

'Tis the Season

I was in a store BEFORE Halloween and yes, there was Christmas music playing. I know that shouldn't surprise me but it seems a bit early. So now we're into November and Christmas, is in fact, just around the corner. It's one of my favorite "seasons" - I do agree that is has become very commercialized, but in the end, I just love the spirit of the season! Religiously, it is an awesome time but I also like the gift giving, the anticipation for the kids, and of course, getting to go home to my parents for that week!

This weeks's Treehouse Thursday Challenge gave me the perfect inspiration to get into the season, even if still a little early! The challenge this week, THT074, is a color challenge - ivory, olive, and another color of your choice. I'm using a stamp that will be released this month. I'll admit I'm not a photoshop digital stamper - I like to print them out and color with my Copics. It is my therapy to be able to color and bring to life the stamps! Here's my card, and I apologize as we've had rain for the past two days here in Dallas and so the lighting doesn't do the card justice! I also used Jen Del Muro's SFYTT from this week - this is one of my favorite sketches and you'll most definitely be seeing this layout again.



Thanks to all who played along with last week's challenge. Head on over to the Treehouse Blog to see who was the lucky winner! Ashley is drawing a winner each week for some Treehouse Bucks so be sure to play along. There are a few rules to help you!
1. You must use the challenge as described
2. You must provide a link to your creation on the challenge post inLinks
3. You creation must be a new one, remember the idea is to get your creative ideas flowing and get you creating.
4. You do not have to use TREEHOUSE STAMPS images to be eligible for the drawing but if you have them we would sure love to see you use them.
5. Your entry must be linked in the inLinks no later than next Wednesday to be eligible for the drawing.

I can't wait to see what you come up with. Be sure to check out the other design team's blogs and see what they've created. They all give such great inspiration!