Friday, October 13, 2017

Inky Friends: Inking Up the Season: Wise Men from Afar

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Welcome! Another round of blog hopping with My Inky Friends! You may have come to me from Cindy showcasing Quilted Christmas or you could have found me through Rhonda displaying Night in Bethlehem. Either way works for me! We are all linked together so you can't get too lost but if you do, you can see the list of the blogs HERE.

I have been MIA lately from crafting and blogging. My daughter's marriage was a big deal and the school year has been interesting so far. (It's kicking my butt at the moment!) I was excited to be "forced" to create something for this hop! It came at the perfect time to get me back to my stamping room.

This first card isn't quite the way I pictured it but it still turned out nice. (I think the tree needs to be stamped on the white a little higher so you can see it more.) The card on the left has a plain background while the one on the right has Burlap stamped on it (as well as a smudge from my finger, UGH!). They both have Wink of Stella on the star and the gifts.


The second set of cards are rather plain in my opinion but I wasn't sure what to do to jazz them up. What would you do with them? Embossing folder? Background stamp? Ribbon? Rhinestones? I do like them otherwise! Fun thing, they were suppose to be the same but I was using scraps of the silver and the silver for the card of the left was just a bit too short to show up under the wisemen, so I lowered the banners. Not sure which way I like it best!


This last set of cards are very simple. I know that I need simple sometimes just to get some thing done! The differences between the Night of Navy cards and the Rich Razzleberry cards are minor. They feature different embossing folders, one set is silver the other gold and one has rhinestones, the other pearls.


That's what I came up with for this set. I know I had others ideas that I just couldn't get on paper in time for this hop. I also really want to make a set of scrapbook pages with this set too. I think the palms would make a great beach set of pages. Maybe I will have time soon!

What are you creating with this set? I would love to see! Now I am sending you off to see what Rhonda did with Night in Bethlehem!

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Happy Stampin'!

Shelley





9 comments:

Mickey Roberts said...

Shelly your Wise Men are just wonderful! If I had to choose, I think I like the banner card the best.

Stamp with Shar said...

Very cute cards. I overlooked this stamp set :-(

Sara Mattson-Blume said...

I love the high banners, but all of the projects are elegant. You did a great job!

Yapha said...

Great cards, Shelley! I really like the third set with the rich colors!

Staci said...

Shelley - great projects. I love the "royal" looking color scheme. I like the banner card on the right best.

Betty said...

Elegant colors for this lovely set! I vote for the banner card on the right:)

Unknown said...

So pretty and elegant - love all of them Shelley but if I had to choose a fav, it would be the last razzleberry and blue ones because I love how regal they look :-)

RhondaG - The Stampin' Bunny said...

Such rich and pretty designs Shelley! I love the banner on the right too.

AndreaH said...

Love all three sets of cards Shelly but my favourites are the top ones. In my opinion they're perfect as they are, I don't think embossing the background would of brought anything to the cards
TFS....X