Christmas Blessings

 It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Christmas/Winter Holidays
And here is my card for your inspiration:

Sadly, this is going to be my last post as a Design Team member for Di's Digi Designs.  I need to focus on some other things for a while.  I've so enjoyed my time on the team and I've loved working with Di's adorable images.

Onto my card, it seems I'm always in a rush lately and don't have a lot of time to spend making cards before deadlines come.  So, I was looking for an image that is relatively quick and easy to color and this cutie fit the bill.  I printed the image out and die cut it using a stitched rectangle die and then cut the bottom of the panel at an angle with a snowflake border die.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on the patterned paper.  The large snowflake embellishment came from punched snowflakes that my mother had gotten for me as part of a pack of stamping stuff she bought at a yard sale years ago.  I adhered 3 of them together for dimension and coated the top with a chunky glitter (which you can't see in the photo).  Then I adhered a green button to the center.  I die cut a couple of smaller snowflakes to adhere around the card to finish it off.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Check out Di's Shop here; she has the most adorable images!!

And you can go to her Facebook page for all sorts of super cute inspiration!

Supplies: 

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Merry and Bright" digi; Verve "Beyond Measure" sentiment

Dies: Amy Designs snowflake border; Papertrey Ink "Snowglobe" small snowflakes; My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #171--anything goes

Use Your Stuff #437--plaid (on my patterned paper)

Shopping Our Stash #460--Do you want to build a snowman? (the guy with the top hat is a snowman, I'm not sure if the guy in the back is one or a polar bear)

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Fab n' Funky Challenges #541--anything Christmas goes

Paper Shelter--celebrations

As You Like It--favorite Christmas embellishments (my favorite would be snowflakes--either die cut/punched/felt, etc.  They go perfectly with the winter theme--at least here in the Northeastern US--and are easy to add to pretty much any layout)

Aud Sentiments--Christmas/winter/new year's

Cut It Up #240--holiday cards

Alphabet Challenge--R is for red

Cardz TV #155--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--anything Christmas goes

Cards Galore--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #189--winter fun

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #65--anything goes

Stick It Down Challenge--sketch

Crafty Calendar--Christmas

Dies R Us #182--anything goes with dies that Dies R Us sells (Amy Designs)

Sheepski Designs #57--embellish it (ribbon, button, glitter, snowflakes, twine)

Creative Inspirations--Christmas time

Creatalicious #257--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas

Critter Crazy #57--anything goes with a critter (my penguin and possibly the polar bear?)

Merry Little Christmas #41--anything goes

Winter Wonderland--anything goes

Paper Funday #36--anything goes with the optional twist: holidays

Crafty Creations #428--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: any holiday

Crafting Happiness #118--anything goes

Penny's Challenges #511--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #521--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Moments #228--anything goes

ART Impressions--Happy Happy Holidays

Krafty Chicks #589--Christmas

Crafty Catz--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas celebrations

Creative Fingers #221--anything goes

Christmas Deer

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is Christmas with the option of patterned paper.

And here is the card I created:

I started with a sketch, as I usually do, and a scrap of gold glitter card stock that was left over after I die cut a scalloped border for a card I made a week ago.  Then, I headed to my patterned paper stash (ok, a new pad of Christmas patterned paper) and thought this green piece went nicely with my gold glitter.  I stamped the image with versamark and heat embossed it with a gold tinsel embossing powder.  It gave a really nice, pale, sparkly gold touch.  I then heat embossed my sentiment with a solid gold embossing powder--I wasn't sure the sparkles would work well for the sentiment.  Then, because the edges looked a little plain and I wanted to add some more gold touches, I heat embossed antique gold frantage embossing powder around the edges of the image panel.  In real life, there is a lot of gold shimmer and shine going on here.  I adhered my gold glittery scalloped strip and then added some cream linen (the scalloped strip is just peeking out below the ribbon) and finished it off with a bow and a button.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Deer Family Silhouette" and "Christmas"

Dies: MFT "Stitched Scalloped Trim Trio"

Challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #171--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #221--sketch

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Fab n' Funky #541--anything Christmas

The Paper Shelter--celebrations

Creative Moments #228--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #289--Christmas/winter/New Year

Creative Fingers #220--anything goes

Cardz TV #155--anything goes

YNS--Sparkle and Shine

Sweet Stampin'--anything Christmas

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Cards Galore--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #65--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--Christmas

Sheepski Designs #57--embellish it (I used embossing powder, ribbon, button, twine and a glittery die cut border)

Creative Inspirations--Christmas time

Creatalicious #224--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas

Critter Crazy #57--anything goes with a critter as the focal

Merry Little Christmas #41--anything goes

Winter Wonderland--anything goes

Paper Funday #35--anything goes with the optional twist: holidays

Crafty Creations #428--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: any holiday

Crafting Happiness #118--anything goes

Purple Christmas

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a fun one: Christmas with non-traditional colors.

And here is the card I created:

I definitely love my traditional color schemes for Christmas, but every once in a while I do like a good non-traditional colored card--specially purple!  I think it's so fun for Christmas!  I created a little shaker element tag to be the focal point.  I stamped the cute little snowman, colored him and added silver stickles to to his snowflakes.  I accidently swiped a bit of black ink on the frame after I had almost all the layers adhered together.  Ugh!!  So, I saw a snowflake die set I had and cut some out of silver glitter paper.  One of the small ones was just perfect to cover up the ink!  And as a bonus, they were a perfect addition to the card!  The little "Merry Christmas" was created with a little creative masking.  It turned out to be the perfect size for the little banner!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Winter Frame" (I used the snowman without the frame) and "Christmas Tree 2-sided Swing Stamp Set" (I used the Merry Christmas from the first part of the 2-part sentiment)

Dies: MFT "Tag Builder Blueprints 5" and freebie snowflakes

Challenges:

Sparkly Christmas

 Good morning!  It's time for me to share my Pick of the Week on the House That Stamps Built blog.  I'm continuing on in my Pinterest Inspired Series.  This is the card I decided to CAS(E):

Isn't it so fun!!  I had originally thought to recreate it with the butterfly, but I decided I wanted to turn it into a Christmas card.  This is what I came up with:

I started with the text.  Since I don't have an RI stamp with just a strip of text, I had to do a little masking on the "Postcard" stamp. I lined it up using my mini MISTI and then placed masking tape over the card base leaving just a strip open for the stamping.  I embossed an intertwined circle to mimic the stitched circle on the original.  I die cut some berry sprigs out of white card stock and layered them with a very pale blue sheer ribbon.  I die cut a snowflake out of silver glitter paper and placed it over a vellum circle to help it stand out from the other elements a bit.  I needed a little something to cover the center of the snowflake where you could see a little bit of the adhesive from the other elements, so I die cut a heart out of red glittery paper.  I think it turned out quite cute and elegant.  I know it doesn't show off a lot of stamping, but I wanted to show (again) how you can "alter" your stamps to make them do what you want.  I hope it inspires you to look at your own stamps and see how you can rethink them.

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Postcard"

Dies: Memory Box "Lindeman" snowflake; Elizabeth Craft berry sprigs and "Intertwined Circles"

Challenges:

Very Merry Christmas

 It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Use a digi (this is a nice easy one)
And here is my card for your inspiration:

This little cutie mouse is one of my favorite images from Di's Digi Stamps!  I printed him out, colored him up and fussy cut him out.  I found some matching papers and a coordinating card stock to fit an MFT sketch.  I heat embossed the sentiment on the red cardstock with gold embossing powder.  Then I finished everything off with some red pearls.  Other than the coloring, this was pretty quick and easy to create.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Check out Di's Shop here; she has the most adorable images!!

And you can go to her Facebook page for all sorts of super cute inspiration!

Supplies: 

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Poinsettia Mouse"--this link goes to the colored version but I used the uncolored version which doesn't seem to be available right now; Verve "Peace On Earth" sentiment

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #71--Christmas/winter

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--something that starts with U, V, or W (I have the words "Very" and "World")

Pattie's Creations #188--anything goes

Cutie Pie Challenge--anything cute

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love To Craft Challenge #64--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #56--'Tis the Season

ABC Christmas--W is for whimsical

Creative Inspirations--wonderful winter/feeling festive

Merry Little Christmas #40--anything goes

Sweet Stampers #63--Christmas

Incy Wincy Designs--traditional Christmas colors

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #170--anything goes

Make My Monday #162--cute Christmas

Crafty Sentiment--anything goes

Fab 'n Funky #540--check it out

The Paper Shelter #497--Christmas card

Penny's Challenge #510--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #519--anything goes with uplifting sentimen

Mod Squad--animal themed holiday

My Favorite Things #569--sketch

Krafty Chicks #587--all occasions

Cardz TV #154--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Black and White Christmas

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is fun one and open to so many options: Black and White + One other color

And here is the card I created:

This was another super quick card.  It seems I've been trying to make a lot of those lately.  I should learn to manage my time better!  Anyway, I chose Black, White and Red for my color combo.  I always think it is so elegant and perfect for so many occasions.  I decided to make a Christmas card, since that time is coming super quickly!  I die cut the white panel with a stitched rectangle die and then stamped the flower background stamp in black.  I die cut the "Merry Christmas" sentiment out of red glitter paper.  I also die cut it out of red card stock 2 times and adhered all three together.  I had a little oops with my stamping so I had a bit of double stamping going on.  I covered most of it up with the sentiment and then added some white flowers (that I thought resembled poinsettias) to help hide some more of it.  I finished everything off with some red pearls and adhered it all to a red card base.  And that is that!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Flower Power Background"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; STAMPlorations "Merry Christmas"

Challenges:

Rustic Christmas

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a simple but fun one: Add a border

And here is the card I created:

I found a sketch I really liked and was perfect for adding borders and I decided I really wanted to use the pine bough border stamp.  So, I went looking for some paper(s) that would go with it and found this rather rustic looking tree paper.  I stamped the image on kraft card stock with a light ink and "colored" (in the very loosest sense of the word) the pinecones in with a dark brown marker.  Then I restamped the image with versamark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.  To add to the gold accents, I placed two very thin strips of gold glitter cardstock along the edges of the border panel and used the same gold card stock to die cut the sentiment and create a mat layer for the kraft snowflake ribbon.  For the sentiment, I die cut it once out of the gold glitter card stock and 3 times out of a scrap of kraft colored card stock.  I adhered them all together for some dimension and to help it stand out for the rather busy background.  In the photo below you can see all the sparkle and shine and the fabulous dimension on the sentiment!!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Pinecone Border"

Dies: STAMPlorations "Merry Christmas"

Challenges:

Alphabet Challenge--P is for Patterned Paper

Cardz TV #153--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #71--Christmas/winter

Cards Galore Challenge--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love to Craft Challenge #64--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #56--'Tis the Season

Creative Inspirations--wonderful winter/feeling festive

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #40--anything goes

Crafty Creations #427--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #169--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #509--anything goes

Creative Moments #226--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #617--Christmas

Krafty Chicks #585--Christmas

Crafty Catz #572--anything goes with the optional twist: sparkle and shine

Creative Fingers #219--anything goes

Your Next Stamp #172--sketch

Sweet Stampers #62--Christmas