New Art to Share and the Open House Grand Prize Winner!

It was great seeing everyone at the Open House; there were a few of you I hadn't seen in quite a while! Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting! The Autumn Winter 2010 Idea Book is filled with fun new stuff, so there was a lot of great art, projects and ideas to share. I shared in an earlier post our wonderfully spooky Stamp of the Month set Thriller, and a card created with it, as well as one of our make-n-takes using that same set. Now I'll share the rest of the art on display for those of you who were unable to attend.

I'll first start with the other make-n-take that we had. I went with the upcoming holidays this time around, in addition to Halloween, we had a Christmas card.



This card was using the brand new stamp set Nature's Gift and Noted Backgrounds with the color scheme of Chocolate, Cranberry, Desert Sand and White Daisy. Simply adding some decorative punched circles on your card is a great way to use up those leftover paper scraps!

Next I'll share some cards made with the new My Reflections paper packets from this Idea Book.



This card is made with our gorgeous new Magnifique My Reflections kit papers, with two new stamp sets -- Captured Moments and Ice Crystals. It's always hard to capture in a picture, but I also used some Prisma Glitter on the letters and snowflakes. It does look so pretty, but I hate how I seem to be sparkly for the rest of the day. :-)



This card is made with our new Mistletoe My Reflection kit papers as well as our fun new Opaques embellishments -- I used the Mocha color set on this card. I also used the stamp set Captured Moments again, stamping it in Bamboo ink and then coloring over the image with our Watercolor Pencils. I didn't realize how much I used that stamp set, I guess I really liked it!



This card is made with our stunning new Olivia My Reflections kit papers as well as our fun new circle cards. The new stamp sets used are The Present, Harmony and Harvest Home. I colored the bird & bird nest with our watercolor pencils, cut them out and attached them to the card with our 3-D tape for dimension. Then I added a variety of embellishments to complete the card, including our new colored Sparkles (from the blue and green assortment) and our new Foundry Flourishes Assortment. I love the new circle cards; it's a fresh new way to make cards!



Speaking of circle cards, here's another take on them with the adorable new Hooligans kit papers. I created a silly monster card, using nothing other than the papers in the kit. I simply cut out some fun designs from the prints and paper pieced this little guy together.

Next I'll be sharing a card made with each of the upcoming new Stamp of the Month sets in the Autumn/Winter 2010 Idea Book. We've already seen some art for September's Thriller set, so I'll start with October's set. Remember, each Stamp of the Month set is only available for that month. You can purchase it at regular price or with a minimum qualifying purchase you can get it at a great discount or even FREE!



This card is made with October's Stamp of the Month, Share the Magic. It has a color scheme of Bamboo, Cranberry, Garden Green, New England Ivy & Desert Sand. I wanted to give it a more elegant feel, so I paper pieced the art with the Mistletoe patterned papers. The finishing touch was some Bitty Sparkles for some bling!

This card is made with November's Stamp of the Month, A Little Thanks. This set has 16 stamps in it, so you can eloquently show your thanks with anything you create. I kept this one really basic, but even with minimal embellishments it still looks great! I selected some scraps of patterned paper from three different My Reflection kits for the stripes on the end: Olivia, Splendor and Magnifique. I also used some sweet little buttons from our new Mini-Medley Accents Collections in three of our new colors: Lagoon, Pear & Sunset. I absolutely love the clean & graphic style, but sometimes I have a hard time pulling it off.



I've got a great little anniversary or Valentine's card for my hubby next time! This card is made with December's Stamp of the Month, Amore. I didn't even use ANY patterned papers this time. This card is all decorated with cardstock and stamping! The color scheme is a fun one with Creme Brulee, Smoothie, White Daisy, Blush and Petal. I used some leftover strips of cardstock and created my own striped paper effect, stamping with the long border of hearts. Then I embellished the card up with some stitching, ribbon, pretty pins & opaques. It's so much fun to play around with CTMH's exclusive line of colors and come up with unique color schemes.

And finally, it's time to unveil the grand prize winner of the Autumn Winter Open House:

(* drum roll *) And the winner is: Laura D!!! Congratulations, Laura! Sometimes you just never know which way the odds will roll, as Laura only had one ticket in for the drawing. :-)

If you still don't have your copy of the Autumn/Winter 2010 Idea Book, make sure to get in touch with me and get your copy.

Dani