Creation Station Christmas Traditions

Welcome to another Creation Station blog hop!  This month's theme is Christmas Traditions, and since I always make a treat holder for the place settings at my family holiday table, this was the perfect chance to settle on this year's design.

Two weeks ago I decorated the outside of my house for Christmas, and one of my favourite decor pieces is this candle lantern that sits at my front door.  

I decided to use it as inspiration for my treat holders this year, and made this fun paper lantern stuffed with peppermint kisses.

Stamping Symphony Colour Challenge Instahop

We are mid-way through another month, which means it's time for another Stamping Symphony Instahop!  This month Sandy gave us a colour challenge as a jumping off point  But I decided to go with a more muted variation in this card:

Creation Station Stampin' Blends Blog Hop

That summer flew by!  I took a short hiatus for the month of August and am now happily back in my craft room and brimming with new ideas!  

I love my Blends, so I was happy to break out my favourite colours and pair them with some new Christmas stamps for a non-traditional holiday card.  How cute is this little wagon full of winter cheer?!  The image is from the new Filled With Cheer Stamp Set, which coordinates with an existing stamp set, Filled With Fun, and the Filled With Fun Dies.

Creation Station Case The Catologue Hop

Good gravy it is July already!  The world is green, the birds are singing and it's time to enjoy some sunshine.  It's also time to play with the Creation Station team again, and this month we are scouring the new annual catalogue for inspiration.

Stampin' Friends Lots of Layers Blog Hop

Good Morning Stampin' Friends.  It's time for another blog hop, and this theme is always one of my favourites--Lots of Layers!  My project has a grand total of 11 layers, which I think meets the challenge nicely. :)

Stamping Symphony Clean & Simple InstaHop

Our Stamping Symphony InstaHop theme this month was "clean and simple"--which is not my forte!  I love layers and embellishments and textures, which tend to make for busier cards than fit within the definition of clean and simple.  So this is simple-with-a-twist, which I hope you like!

#TGIFC476 Colour Challenge

It's been a long time since I've been able to play with the TGIF Challenges, but this week I was able to squeeze out some time to play along.  It's a colour challenge this week, with colours (Azure Afternoon, Pumpkin Pie & Basic Grey) that I don't naturally gravitate to--so a fun challenge to take on!  I just received some new paper so I was excited to break into that pack of Take To The Sky DSP and get creative.