Two hedgies

Good morning, all.  It's Friday again and that means it's time for another challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.  This week we have a fun sketch for you:

I love a good sketch and this one has so many possibilities.  We don't have a sponsor this week, but the winner will get to be a Guest Designer with us sometime during November.  How fun!

Here's my take on the sketch:

Aren't these two little hedgehogs cute?  They are not a Christmas image, but by adding some holiday colors, I think it works.  I've had the set for ages and this is only the second time I have pulled it out and inked it up.  I might have to try it again soon..  I tried using some frantage for the first time around the edges of the image panel.  I love the look when others do it, but I think I need to practice a bit.  I also added some to the gold snowflake hoping to give it just a bit of texture, but it mostly covered the whole thing.  Oh well, it helps with the gold accents.  I also colored my pearls with a gold paint pen .

Challenges:
Christmas @ Sweet Stampin--snowflakes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #200--if you want to get ahead get a hat (image with a hat)
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps #235--Let it snow!
Sentimental Sundays #230--purple, green, black with a touch of gold
Christmas Card Challenge #45--anything goes
Lacy Sunshine Challenge #45--include a hat
Paper Nest Dolls #22--anything goes
Holly Jolly--bingo (I used the column: texture, 2 dp, punches.  I also used diecuts, glitter and pearls)
Word Art Wednesday #156--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Fab n Funky #233--Christmas
The Paper Shelter #180--is it too early for Christmas

Supplies:
Stamps: old SU! hedgehog set; Verve "Merry & Bright" (We wish you a) and "Ornamental Christmas" (Merry Christmas)
Punches/dies: Martha Stewart snowflake punch; PTI "Fancy Flakes

Time

October is Pastor Appreciation month.  Nothing like waiting until the last week of October, but here is my card for a wonderful pastor.

 And here is the inside:

Challenges:
Raisin Boat #28--thankful
Fussy & Fancy #25--orange & black
Pattie's Creations #102--autumn colors in the image (my image is very small, but it has autumn colors)
Our Daily Bread Designs #216--Scripture Inspiration: Ecclesiasted 3:1--I was inspired by the "season" theme in the verse and also by the following verses which talk about a "time" for different things in our lives
Tuesday Throwdown #218--Halloween colors (I hope orange and black count as enough)
Shopping Our Stash #174--Halloween colors (I hope orange and black count as enough--there is also a tiny bit of green)
Sugar Pea Designs #10--give thanks
C.R.A.F.T. #282--autumn
D.R.S. Designs #145--thankful
Brown Sugar #117--anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge #80--anything goes
Crafty Catz #252--anything goes
Viva La Verve October week 4--sketch


Supplies:
Stamps: PTI "Hands of Time" and "Through the Trees"; SU! "Lovely as a Tree"; Verve "Beautiful You" sentiment inside
Dies: PTI leaf die; spellbinders classic circles, large
PTI canvas/linen texture plate

Uncolored

Happy Friday!!  Time for another challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.  This week we have a beautiful inspiration pic for you:

So many options to pull your inspiration from there.  Our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and the winner will receive 7 images of their choice.  Here is my card:

When was the last time you left an image uncolored?  It was so hard to leave it plain!!  I'm still not really sure I like it, but it definitely does give a totally different (and fun) look to the card.

Challenges:
ABC Christmas--U for uncolored
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #199--something forgotten or never used (It isn't exactly forgotten, but I have had that green plaid paper forever and have never used much of it--it needs a special card, you know?)
Treasured Times Challenge #27--anything goes
Craft Hoarder's Anonymous #318--Layer it!
Sweet Stamps #192--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--get ready for Christmas
The Stamping Chef #52--anything goes
MFT #199--sketch

Divas by Design--Festive Florals/Christmas flowers
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
Delightful Challenge--3's not a crowd (I used three rhinestones on the poinsettia and three gumdrops in the upper right corner)
Little Miss Muffet #97--If you go down to the woods (use a bear or fairy)

Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Poinsettia Bear" digi; Verve "Ornamental Christmas"
Dies: spellbinders "Layered Poinsettias"; Verve "Sprightly Sprigs"

Give Thanks

This is not a traditional give thanks card for this time of year, but I really do like how it turned out.  I had the sponged image laying around for several years and finally decided to make it work.  I stamped the sentiment and finished it off with a bright pink bow just for a bit of interest.

Challenges:
Raisin Boat #28--thankful
Verve Diva Dare October--Pink Power
Sister Act Card Challenge #79--anything goes
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge #50--anything goes with a twist: add pink
The Paper Girls Challenge #66--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #155--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Sugar Pea Designs #10--give thanks
DRS Designs #145--so thankful

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "I Chronicles 16:34" plain jane; I think the floral image is from Inkadinkadoo

Glory

Happy Friday!  It's time for another challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long and this week it is a super easy one: Anything Goes!  Our sponsor is Anne's Digital.  I'm not sure what the prize is yet, but it will be a good one.  Here is my card using this stunning Poinsettia image:

I printed out the image and colored it up with markers.  Then I stamped the sentiment and it still looked like it needed something, so I drew the black frame around the image and sentiment using a ruler and a very fine tipped pen.  It just really draws the two together and finishes it off.  Now let's see what you can do.

Challenges:

Crafty Ribbons #104--Christmas past (this is about as vintage-y as I get)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge #198--use something round (my 3 YNS gumdrops are round)

The Paper Nest Dolls #21--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #154--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

The Stamping Chef #51--anything goes

Fab 'n' Funky #233--Christmas with the optional challenge of bags, boxes, tags

Viva La Verve October week 1--sketch

Supplies:

Stamps: Anne's Digital "Poinsettia" digi; Verve "Richly Blessed"

YNS Gumdrops

Richly Blessed

Hi, everyone!  It's time for some mid-month inspiration from Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.  It's a month-long, anything goes challenge and Christmas is coming so it's time to get working on those Christmas cards!  Here is my inspiration for you:

I absolutely adore this card!!  If I were to mass produce cards, I think this would be the style I would go with.  Elegant looking, but simple.  Time to get crafting!

Challenges:
Milk Coffee Challenge--lots of layers
Crimbo Crackers #67--anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps #251--sketch


Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Richly Blessed"
Dies/embossing folder: spellbinders "Radiant Rectangles" and "On the Edge" dies; cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder

Never be afraid . . .

Don't you just love the sentiment on this card?  I sure do.  I was in a "use up what I have and make a CAS card" kind of mood when I made this one.  I had pulled out a bunch of old card stock and some bits and pieces that I had left over from various projects and challenged myself to use up some of them.  So, this cardstock, I've had for ages and I think I even got it at a yard sale, so who knows how long it's been around.  And the sponged background was an attempt at something for a different challenge a looooong time ago.  It didn't work at that point, but I decided it would make a pretty background for something now.  And it did.

Challenges:
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Krafty Krop #4--pretty in pink
Fussy & Fancy #124--lots of pink or Breast Cancer awareness
Our Daily Bread Designs #215--anything goes as long as you use an ODBD stamp
Paper Pretties #38--CAS
Sentimental Sunday #227--bling it up
Word Art Wednesday #153--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Sister Act Card Challenge--anything goes
Verve October Diva Dare--pink power


Supplies:
Stamps: ODBD "Corrie Ten Boom"; Verve "Be Blessed"; PTI "Mat Stack #2" flourishes around sentiment