Sweet Christmas

Hello, all!  It's Friday once again.  How does it keep coming so quickly???  Anyway, it's time for another challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.  This week the challenge is to use stripes on your project.  Easy, right?  Our wonderful sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and the winner will receive 7 images of their choice.

Do you ever have one of those days when nothing you want to do on a card works?  That was yesterday for me when I tried to create this card.  Arg!!!  I think I cut each of the layers 2 or 3 times out of different patterns of paper.  I could NOT get the colors to work and the patterns didn't work.  Finally, I decided to use the paper I had in mind in the first place and lo and behold, it worked!!  And I love it!!  Here it is:

 See that red and white striped paper?  Yep, that's what I wanted to use in the first place.  Should have just stuck with it.  Here's a view from the side so you can see the popped up image.

Now it's time to head on over to the CSAYL blog and see what else the DT has up their sleeves.

Challenges:

Loves to Scrap--anything goes

Verve November Diva Dare--shape up! (use a common shape.  All my layers are rectangles and I used three snowflakes)

Fab n Funky #193--anything goes

Christmas Challenge with Sketches #99--sketch

Crafting by Designs--anything goes with the twist of Christmas

Crafter's Cafe #37--embellish like a crazy person (I used ribbon, snowflake punchouts, buttons, and glitter)

Crafty Creations #248--punches/dies

Digi Stamps 4 Joy #80--stitching, real or faux (completely real; sewing machine and everything!)

Divas by Design--something snowy (snowflake punches; snowflakes on the red panel)

DRS Designs #96--Rip Torn

Southern Girls--sweets for my sweet (anything sweeter than a cupcake?)

Crafty Ribbons #70--anything goes with ribbon

My Heart Pieces--red, green and any color you want

Supplies:

Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Christmas Cupcake--candy canes" digi; Verve "Ornamental Christmas" sentiment

Papers: The Robin's Nest "Canadian Stripe"; DCWV all others

Punches: Martha Stewart snowflake punch

SU! real red ribbon

Smile

Today is my day to post a project for the current challenge from The Lollipop Ladies:

Farewell Cake:

with the optional challenge of Sentiments

I was inspired by the butterflies and the flowers and I did use a combination of sentiments.  Looking at the inspiration picture now, I also realize that I pulled the yellow and green in from the leaves and some of the flowers.  Yesterday was birthday day in our house so this will be one of the thank you cards for the many gifts received.

Now it's time to hop on over to The Lollipop Ladies blog for all the details of the challenge and then get inky and play along!

Challenges:

Viva La Verve November week 2--sketch

Brown Sugar #67--anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #32--any card goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Blog #2--pick at least 3 of the colors from the photo (I chose the pale yellow, green, dark brown and a little bit of rust on the butterfly and pearls)

There She Goes #233--Thanks/Thanksgiving

Get Inky #17--Thanks/Thanksgiving

Lexi's Creations #104--Thanks/Thanksgiving

Paper Nest Dolls #17--Give Thanks

November Verve Diva Dare--Shape Up!  (use any common shape, I used a circle and a butterfly)

Sweet Stamps #143--Thank you

Scrap Creations--Give Thanks

Tuesday Throwdown--Gratitude

Twist of Faith #63--lots of layers with uplifting sentiment

Word Art Wednesday #106--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

The Stamping Chef #6--Ribbon and Die cuts

Supplies:

Papers: DCWV; PTI Ripe Avocado card stock

Stamps: Verve "Take Note" sentiment; PTI "Through the Trees" thank you.

Dies: spellbinders circles, large; PTI butterfly; Verve "Pennant Trim" die

Christmas Warmth

Good morning, everyone!  It's Friday once again and that means time for another challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.  This week's challenge is to add some Christmas warmth to your project with either fabric or felt.  Our sponsor is:

 Limited Runs Digis

And the prize is 3 images of the winner's choosing!!

And here is my card:

I chose to use felt on this one.  The red layer behind my image is felt and my two snowflakes are also made out of felt.

 I cut out the two smaller birdhouses and popped them up on some foam dots.  You can see that in the picture above and a little bit better in the photo below.  I also used some glitter pen on the snow to get some more sparkle.

Challenges:

Digi Stamps 4 Joy #79--3 dp and at least 3 layers

Christmas Cards All Year Round--Winter wonderland

One Crazy Stamper--Christmas

Whimsy Stamps #65--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #149--bling it up (glitter pen on the snow and jeweled brads on the snowflakes)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra--anything Christmas goes

Christmas Card Challenge #49--dimension: Pop it up

Card Mania Challenges #33--anything goes

The Paper Girls Challenge #43--cut it out (I cut out the birdhouses with scissors)

Sweet Stamps #142--nature

Fab n' Funky #192--traditional Christmas colors

Christmas Challenge with sketches #98--sketch (can't post it on my blog) with a twist: use a charm

Divas by Design--use a digi

Supplies:

Stamps: Limited Runs Digis "Birdhouse #5"; Fred She Said sentiment

Papers: DCWV Christmas paper pack

Heartfelt Thanks

We've got a couple more birthdays this month and are going to need some more thank you cards.  Absolutely loved the Mojo Monday sketch this week and just had to play along!!

Challenges:
Whimsy Stamps #65--anything goes
Susy Bee's #1--Emboss it (black embossing on the flowers and the sentiment
Mojo Monday #318--sketch

Love to Scrap #17--anything goes
Paper Girls Challenge Blog #43--cut it out (I cut the flowers, tag and banner tails out with scissors)
Loves Rubber Stamps #77--anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown #61--tag it!
Creative Inspirations #239--Poppies and/or red flowers
Word Art Wednesday #105--Anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Crafting By Designs--anything goes

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Joyful Blooms" flowers and freebie sentiment; Hero Arts background stamp

Noel

Happy Friday!  It's time for another challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.  This week our challenge is: From the Kitchen.  You can either make something inspired by a food item or create packaging for a food gift.  Our sponsor is Fred She Said and the prize will be some of their fabulous images.

Here is my creation:

 I like to give food gifts to a few friends at Christmas time.  Sometimes I like to make up some mixed nut mixes and this little jar will be perfect to hold the nuts.  It is a recycled salsa jar; I spray painted the lid silver and added a little cardstock sleeve around the jar.  Then added this gorgeous wreath image and created a matching card.  It stamped the bow in red, cut it out and added it to the wreath for a little bit of dimension.

Challenges:

Sweet Stamps Monthly challenge--center-step card

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #148--music

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown #22--fancy folds

Christmas Card Challenges #48--bows

Lacy Sunshine #20--anything goes

Tammy's Scrapin' Corner #86--anything goes

Our Daily Bread Designs #176--no ribbons/lace

Paper Nest Dolls #16--anything goes

Inskpirational Challenge #42--inspiration photo (I made a wreath, just a Christmas wreath, not Fall)

Charisma Cardz #43--anything but a card (the decorated jar)

Supplies:

Stamps: Fred She Said "Christmas wreath" digi and digi "Noel" sentiment; SU! "Sketch it!" bow; PTI "Mat Stack 2" sentiment on jar; Hero Arts music background stamp

Dies: spellbinders circles and scalloped circles, large

Celebrating 40!

Today is overcast and soon to be raining, I think, so I had a difficult time getting a good picture of this card.  I layered a white card base with a smaller white panel, but decided it needed "something" which turned out to be embossing with a clock embossing folder.  You can just see it in the lower right corner.

 I wanted to give the Make it Monday Challenge "Inlay Diecuts" a go, so I embossed the "40" with dots and inlaid it in the white circle.  You can see that better in the photo below.  This card is really so much more interesting in real life.  I really need to work on those camera skills!

Challenges:
Flourishes--Birthday Wishes challenge
Love to Scrap #16--Play some blues (I used light blue and navy--though it might look black in the pictures)
Sister Act Card Challenge--anything goes
Sentimental Sundays #178--Happy birthday--monochromatic--must have a sentiment
Make it Monday #138--Inlaid Die Cuts
Lexi's Creations--birthday celebrations
Tuesday Morning Sketches #222--sketch

Die Cuttin' Divas #139--anything goes
Twisted Tuesday #62--anything goes
Crafter's Cafe #35--birthday celebrations
C.R.A.F.T. #231--for the boys

Supplies:
Stamps: PTI "Big Birthday Wishes"
Dies: Spellbinders circles and scalloped circles, large; Sizzix star die
Embossing folders: Darice "Clocks"; Cuttlebug dots

Welcome, Little One

Friends of ours are adopting a little boy from Haiti.  It's been a long process but supposedly they are getting closer to being able to bring him home.  So, there is going to be a "Preparing to bring him home" shower this weekend.  Of course, I needed a cute little card to go with my gift.  I handstitched a few "x"s on the top and bottom and added some French knots around the sentiment on the front.

 I couldn't use a traditional "Welcome, Baby" sentiment or something similar, so I created my own using a bunch of different sentiments.  I think it came out pretty cute.  "welcome" is one sentiment;  the second was supposed to read "precious little one" I masked off the "one" so I could add "BOY" which is masked from the sentiment "Baby BOY".

Challenges:
Viva La Verve October week 3--sketch

Crafty Catz #204--spots & stripes
Sweet Stamps Blog #141--Frames
Word Art Wednesday #104--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Paper Pretties #282--Bold is the new black (I think that striped paper is pretty bold)

Supplies:
Stamps: all the stamps are from Verve's "To the Moon"
Dies: spellbinders standard circles, large