Silent Night

 Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Use more than ONE die cut:

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I had this Christmas paper pack out for another card I made earlier in the week, so I decided to keep going with it.  One of the snowflakes was left over from another project, so I die cut a second to match (although I accidently die cut a larger size than the first one).  I stamped my sentiment and then added a silhouette image of Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus in a light gray ink.  I finished the card off with gray twine and some clear rhinestones.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Peace On Earth" sentiment and "Beyond Measure" image

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Layered Snowflakes: Drift"

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #93--Christmas

Creative Inspirations--contemporary Christmas colors

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #266--sketch

MFT Christmas--anything Christmas goes

Penny's Challenge #566--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #624--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Christmas Bear

Happy December 1st!  It's time for a new challenge on the Critter Crazy Challenge blog!  As always, it is a month long challenge: Anything Goes as long as you feature a creature.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

I was using this paper pack for another card I made this week and decided to keep going with it.  There are so many beautiful papers--I really love this pattern with the gold foiled words and snowflakes.  It just so happened that the reverse side of this paper had polar bears on it!  (You can just see that on the circle behind the polar bear image.)  Polar bears are probably my favorite Christmas critter, so I HAD to pull out this oldie but goodie from Bugaboo Stamps--I've had him for years and years and years, but I still love him!  To match the gold foiling on the paper, I heat embossed my sentiments with gold embossing powder.  You can see the shimmer and shine in the photo below.  I finished it all off with a large die cut snowflake and a clear rhinestone.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to the Critter Crazy blog and check out the details and the rest of the projects from the Design Team.

Supplies:

Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Polar Bear" digi; Verve "Peace on Earth" large sentiment and "Richly Blessed" small sentiment

Dies: Spelbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; PaperTrey Ink "Fancy Flakes"; MFT Stamps "Blueprints 12" stitched banner die

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #212--anything goes

Cutie Pie Challenge #188--digis & die cuts

Moving Along With the Times #161--winter animals

MFT Christmas--anything Christmas goes

Penny's Challenge #566--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #624--anything goes with uplifting sentiments

Di's Digi Designs--Christmas with NO red or green

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Christmas Joy

  Hello, everyone!  Here is a mid-challenge reminder for our "Winter" challenge over on the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  You still have almost 2 weeks to play along with us.  We have two sponsors and the image I used today came from Pattie's Creations.  Here is my card:

This image actually has a cute little heart on the "sleeve" of each mug, but I wanted to use it for a Christmas card, so I used die cut snowflakes to cover up the hearts.  But the image, as is, would be perfect for a Love or Friendship themed card.  I pulled out some non-traditional colored Christmas papers, and thought this one with the mittens and hats was perfect to go along with the cups.  While I was trying to decided what I was going to do with the horizontal strip along the bottom of the card, I remembered that I had several of these die cut snowflake border pieces that someone had given me years ago.  It was the perfect piece to dress up that strip.

Remember, you still have almost 2 weeks to play.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Pattie's Creations "Lattee Love" digi; Verve "Beyond Measure" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; PaperTrey Ink "Layered Snowflake: Drift" snowflakes; the border die is either from Memory Box or Whimsy Stamps

Challenges:

Cards Galore #117--anything goes

Through the Purple Haze #210--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #212--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #193--Christmas

Die Cut Divas--all about the Holidays

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #80--Getting ready for Christmas

Creative Inspirations--contemporary Christmas colors

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #265--sketch

Peace On Earth #52--anything goes (I used the gray/blue color scheme and the snow theme)

Use Your Stuff #479--winter/snow

Fab 'n Funky #584--Blue Hues

MFT Christmas Challenge--anything Christmas goes

Creative Fingers #266--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #218--anything goes

Inkspirational #303--seasonal (winter/Christmas season)

Penny's Challenge #566--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #691--all occasions

Crafty Catz #660--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas or winter

Di's Digi Stamps--Christmas with NO red or green

Sending Hugs

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Friends and Family

Here is my card for your inspiration:

My best friend's father passed away just about a year ago.  I made her this card to send to her on the anniversary of his passing to remind her that she's not alone and offering encouragement and support.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: PaperTrey Ink "Sweet Life" roses and "Boutique Borders: Sympathy" sentiment; Verve "Text Objects" friend

Dies:  Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; Verve labels

Challenges:

Cards Galore #117--anything goes

Through The Purple Haze #210--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #302--feminine

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Beautiful Blossoms #10--anything goes with the optional twist: autumn colors

Triple B--anything goes with birds, blooms, AND/OR butterflies

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #217--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #622--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Knockouts #508--lots of layers

Winter Cards

Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Winter.  I am using an image from both of our fabulous sponsors: Pattie's Creations and Beccy's Place.

 Here is my card using the image from Pattie's Creations:

I kept this card very simple as I wanted the image to be the star of the show.  So, I printed it out quite large, colored it and trimmed it down to just fit on a black card base.  I used a black fine line pen to draw a frame around the edge, leaving room for a secondary sentiment.  I stamped the sentiment with black ink to fit in with the frame and make it look they belong together.

and from Beccy's Place:

I also kept this card very simple, but I dressed it up a little bit more by adding strips of gold card stock down the sides of the image and finishing everything of with some clear drops.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Card #1:

Supplies:

Stamps: Pattie's Creations "Joy 2" and Verve "Star of Wonder" sentiment

Challenges: 

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--11 Pipers Piping (I used the Christmas carol option: Joy to the World)

Pattie's Creations #212--anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner #249--dots AND/OR stripes (dots on my ornament)

Less Is More #496--anything CAS goes

Inkspirational Challenges #302--mood board

Card #2:

Supplies:

Stamps: Beccy's Place "All Tied Up--Mistletoe" and Papertrey Ink sentiment

Challenges:

As You Like It--Favorite: Modern or traditional Christmas colors (I do like to do modern every once in a while, but I definitely prefer the traditional red, green and gold!)

Cards Galore Challenge #117--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #93--Christmas

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #306--gift tag/packaging AND/OR Christmas

Christmas Bingo--bingo (I chose the O column: layers, twine {in the image}, rectangle, and Free)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #217--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #559--anything goes

ART Impressions #364--making spirits bright

MFT Christmas--anything Christmas goes

Through the Purple Haze #210--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #80--getting ready for Christmas

Peace On Earth #51--anything goes with the mood board

Creative Fingers #263--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #621--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Krafty Chicks #689--Christmas

Fall greetings

 Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Layer It Up (and don't forget the die cut!)

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This card is actually one of 15 created from a cutting guide and card template set from Kendra's Card Challenge.  If you haven't attempted one of these, you should!  You take 6 pieces of patterned paper, cut them following Kendra's cutting guide, and create 15 cards using her templates.  Obviously, you have to use other card stock, etc, but it is an awesome way to COMPLETELY use up 6 sheets of patterned paper and have 15 coordinating cards.  This quarter's template ends up leaving you with a couple really tiny scraps (that I have no problem throwing away because they are soooo tiny!) but otherwise you use all 6 sheets completely.

Anyway, on to my card: my background was made with a woodgrain embossing folder and a dark brown cardstock.  I thought it added to the rustic, autumn feel of my patterned papers.  After I layered the patterned papers onto the cream cardstock, they just really seemed to "need" something, so I pulled out some old, old, old mulberry paper, tore the edges and it became the perfect textural addition to my card.  I die cut my leaf out of orange paper and brushed on some brick red ink around the edges to give it depth.  Stamped the sentiment and finished everything off with some tiny orange rhinestones that I have had for AGES!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "I'm so glad . . ."

Dies: Papertrey Ink leaf die

Darice woodgrain embossing folder

Challenges:

Creative Knockouts #507--fall is in the air

Word Art Wednesday #620--anything goes with uplifting sentiments

Use Your Stuff #496--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--emboss it

Can You Handle the Pressure--anything goes with an embossing folder and the optional twist: vines/greenery

Meowy Christmas

 Happy November 1st!!  Where has the time gone??  It's time for a new challenge on the Critter Crazy Challenge blog!  As always, it is a month long challenge: Anything Goes as long as you feature a creature.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

I created this card as a companion card to this card I shared last week:

You can see the full details of that card here.  I created a whole A2 sized panel using my scraps and when I trimmed it to fit my sketch, I was left with an opposite half that could easily be made into a reverse of the first card.  I used all of the same elements, only I didn't add a bow and I colored the kitty gray instead of black.  They are super cute and both cards were quick to make once I created the scrap strip panel.  I finish both off with the same punny sentiment are red pearls.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to the Critter Crazy blog and check out the details and the rest of the projects from the Design Team.

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Cat-astrophe"; Cards TV "Christmas Critter Captions"

Challenges:

ABC Christmas--use is for use it up (using up some scraps, OLD ribbon and OLD pearls)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #264--anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #216--anything goes

MFT Christmas--anything Christmas goes

Word Art Wednesday #620--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #558--anything goes

Crafty Catz #656--anything goes with the optional twist: any 4-legged creature

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Use Your Stuff #496--anything goes

Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge #44--anything goes

Double Trouble #151--SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing (#1: anything goes)