It's Our Final Splash!

Hello and welcome to a very busy day here at The Open Window !

I am super excited to share our last 'Color Splash' challenge

of 2012 over at 

I love this graphic chosen by our Color Story Coordinator

Jaclyn Miller and I think it's perfect for the season.

This time, the 'splash' is Maroon

I recently ordered a couple of stamp sets from Mama Elephant

and have not had much time to create with them, so I thought this

was a perfect opportunity to play with the snow globe in the set.

I stamped the cityscape using Memento's 'Rhubarb Stalk'.

The sentiment is from The Craft's Meow

I sure hope you can make time to play along this week.

It's always fun to see what 'splashes' you come up with.

This week's winner will win something fun from our prize vault.

I'll see you soon !

Project Recipe:

Patterned Paper: Bazzill
Stamps: Mama Elephant & The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: gems from Want2Scrap

Merry & Bright

Welcome back to The Open Window.

It's Day #2 of our New Release Previews 

Today our designers are sharing ideas using the brand new

'Stitched Sentiments Two'

This set is our FREE GIFT w/$50 PURCHASE this month !

This CAS card was so easy to make and of course, at this time

of the year, it's a great way to get our Christmas cards done.

I used the beautiful designs from the 'Holiday Foundations' set

for my 'bright' stars, embellished them with tiny gems

and layered my cardstock to give it dimension.

I know you are going to love all the new sets from TCM this month!

Each day during our previews, you can have a chance to win the

featured set of the day.  Just head over to the TCM Blog and

leave a comment no later than 9pm PST each day.

The winner will be announced during the next post.

 

Thanks again for stopping by!

I'll see you tomorrow with another preview from

The Craft's Meow.

Project Recipe:
Stamps: Stitched Sentiments Two by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: gems from Recollections

 

A Final Walk with EAD Designs

 Recognize these ?

It's what got me hooked on a company called

 And now what a bittersweet post to share.

Today bring us the final day we will be blog hopping

together as the designers of EAD Designs.

EAD has decided to close it's doors as new opportunities

are on the horizon.

It has been my pleasure to be a part of such a fantastic

company and a very creative team.

If you are here by way of the hop, you will have made

your way here from

Judith's blog Jay Gee's Nook

If you would like to say farewell to each designer,

you'll want to stop by the

EAD Blog

and make sure you leave a note along the way.

For my final post, I thought I would take a walk

down memory lane by revisiting some of the

projects I created during the past 10 months

as an EAD Designer.

Technically, this collection of cards and tags was created

just prior to coming on board as a designer, but they've always

been some of my favorites.

You can read the original post HERE

Here are some fairly Clean and Simple designs that were created

along the way for a variety of occasions.

To see the original posts, you can click each of these links:

Shake Rattle & Roll

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Fall

It's Tea Time

Here are snippets of some fun and very different designs

using a variety of EAD Stickers.  I always enjoy adding embellishments

to my cards and these designs were perfect for that.

I created this one during the London Olympics and loved adding

the bling to the Eye.  The original post is HERE

I added a lot of elements to these sweet little Stickerz

and created a very flat, but dimensional card.

You can see how it was all completed HERE

Finally . . . I can't finish off the day without something for

Halloween.  Even though these projects were shared most

recently, I thought it would be great to end with these.

Who wouldn't love this colorful guy outside their back window ?

You can read more about this card HERE

and finally . . .

Everyone's favorite little green guy trying to escape

just reaching for that big blue gem !  You can find this card HERE

HAPPY HALLOWEEN !

I've appreciated all the Mondays you've spent during our

Designer Blog Hops with EAD Designs.

I'll miss our dates, but I'm sure something will fill those

days soon.

Until then, please make sure you stop by my creative teammate

Rose's Blog My Happy Place

I know she has something pretty fabulous for you !

Thanks for coming by and walking down memory lane

with me and I hope you'll leave a little love before you go . . .

Peace on Earth with The Craft's Meow

I am so happy to be back sharing a beautiful preview

of one of the newest releases from

This set is called 'Christmas Cheer'

by Mabelle R-O

I love this CAS set !

When I saw those trees, I knew I wanted to create a baker's twine

landscape, so that's what I did.

I rolled my adhesive and layered my twine using

'Shore & 'Honeydew' twine from The Twinery.

I stamped the trees & snowflakes along with the

frame & sentiment, all from this set.

I chose a variety of gems to decorate the trees.

Make sure you pop by

 The Craft's Meow Blog

and check out the fabulous-ness

from all of the designers.

TCM is giving away a new release set

each day and today, you have a chance to win this set! 
Make sure you leave a comment

on the blog for a chance to win!

In Our Thoughts Project Recipe:

 Patterned Paper:  baby blue check from A Muse Studio
Stamps: Christmas Cheer by The Craft's Meow

Ink: A Muse Studio

Embellishments: baker's twine in Honeydew & Shore
by The Twinery
gems from Recollections & KandCompany

Let it Snow....

It's another chilly reminder that snow is

coming to different parts of the US today.

As I continue to play with stamps as

December's Guest Designer over at

 'Snowflake Flourish' was the set that I've

had fun with all December long and here is

a brand new take using the largest image in the set.

It is a busy card indeed, but when you break it all down, it's not so much : )

I stamped the flourishes in inks that would compliment the

paper from My Mind's Eye's 'Lost & Found Christmas' and

stamped one at top and one at the bottom, making sure to let

both 'run off the page'.

From there it really was just a matter of placing my embellishments

where they filled the space most effectively.

I created the snowflake from my Spellbinders Original Snowflakes Die

using the same papers as the background panel.

 All of the chipboard embellishments were from the

same collection by MME.

For those who are getting slammed with snow, I wish you

much safety and hope that you will be able to share photos

of snowmen along the way.

Happy Holidays all!

Project Recipe:

Designer Paper: Lost & Found Christmas from My Mind's Eye
Stamps: Snowflake Flourish from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

Ink: Curran & Slate from A Muse Studio

Embellishments: Brad & Pearls from Recollections

Chipboard Sentiments from Lost & Found Christmas from My Mind's Eye

Tools: Snowflake Die from Spellbinders, Big Shot

Rubbing it On with Bo Bunny

Happy Monday!

It's the start of another week...one day closer to Christmas.

This past Saturday night, I had a chance to play around

with a set of new rub-ons from Bo Bunny that I picked up

on my last trip to Archivers.

I don't use rub-ons all the often, but every now and then,

I like to play with something different and something

that gives me an opportunity to whip up lots of cards

all in one go.

All of these cards are pretty self-explanatory.

What I love about rub-ons is that, when you patiently apply

them, the finished surface is so smooth, almost like

it's printed onto the surface.

I just added a stamped sentiment and a little bling

and that's it.

Here are a few more cards using different images from the set.

So that does it for today.

I hope you will make plans to stop by tomorrow over at

the Sweet 'n Sassy Blog.

I will be sharing another post there as December's Guest Designer

and I'm really looking forward to it!

Thank you for coming by The Open Window.

Let me know you were here, make sure there is an

email that I can respond to and I will pop by to say hello!

Project Recipe:

Stamps: Various sentiments from Hampton Arts, The Paper Company

Ink: Slate from A Muse Studio

Embellishments:

Rub-ons by Bo Bunny, Stickles, gems & mini brads from Recollections

Quick n Easy Holiday Cards

The snow has finally begun falling here in

Northern Illinois.  It's waves of flurries, but it is

sticking, so it's time to switch coats and keep 

the gloves handy.

It's a great day to share just a few very easy

projects that are perfect for quick holiday cards

and extra large gift tags.

One of my favorite stamp sets this season is this one

from PTI, 'Wreath for all Seasons'.

It really comes down to a little stampin' and layerin'!

This sweet little set is from Lizzie Anne Designs.

It's called 'Glad Tidings' and it's also the set I used

on the projects at the top.  Love that tree!

This set is retired over at Lizzie Anne, but last

I looked, they have it on sale for 50% off!!!

Lastly...this sweet little card features a little

EF from Sizzix using Co'ordinations cardstock,

which I sanded after embossing.  The little bird

is from BasicGrey and the sentiment is a StudioG.

These projects are pretty simple so I think you can

re-create them just by looking at them.  All are

CAS and so quick.  So don't hesitate to

make your own holiday cards

this season!

Quick shameless plug here...

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to purchase in my Etsy shop. 

I am offering my

blog readers ONLY

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When you checkout, use coupon code

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to receive your discount.

Code expires on Sunday, Dec 5th.

I'd love to know you stopped by...
I love hearing from you, so please leave
a quick comment below.

It's Beginning to Look....Well, You Know...

No....I am not quite ready for the Christmas Season, but I was really in the mood to make tags and 'glittered things' all weekend, so this is where I landed.

I must say that as we officially welcome autumn to our lives, it won't be long before we are totally focused on holiday projects.
Have you already planned out your holiday cards? I'm not there yet, but when I get the inspiration, there will be no stopping me!

I really enjoyed making these projects. This beautiful patterned paper from Foo-Fa-La was so easy to play with.



I have been using a lot of vintage buttons on my cards lately, too.

The other bits 'n' pieces to these projects include the Spellbinder's Snowflakes and lots of glitter!






The tags include the Martha Stewart Arctic Snowflake punch and Nestibilities scalloped circles and the tag template from Cuttlebug's Happy Halloween set.

So....I hope you enjoyed a little peek into the holidays with me. I am excited to be able to share this season with you as it approaches.

I am now off to finish my project for the 'Think Ink Tuesday Challenge' over at Artful INKables. I hope you will stop back tomorrow and see the results. In the meantime, I hope you will consider taking the challenge yourself.
Stop over at the AI blog and get all the details!