Golden Christmas

Welcome to my mid-month inspiration for Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.  We are a month long, anything Christmas related goes challenge.  Our sponsor is the fabulous Bugaboo Stamps and the winner will receive 7 images of their choice.  Here is my inspiration card for you:

 I am not usually a big fan of gold, but I have to say how much I love how this card turned out.  The sentiment is embossed in this gorgeous sparkly gold powder and the gold matting just really sets off the pink.  And I spritzed some gold mist on the poinsettia.  You can see that in the photo below.  I didn't have any gold pearls so I colored some white pearls with my gold paint pen.  Perfect match!

Challenges:
Sister Act Card Challenge #110--anything goes
Brown Sugar #150--In the garden (poinsettias do grow in some gardens)
C.R.A.F.T. #315--Christmas
Southern Girls--ticking, tacking, toeing (I used the patterned paper, gold, die cuts column)
Inspiration Destination #37--anything goes
Penny's Paper #231--Favorite Embellishment (ribbons and pearls are my favorites)
Addicted To Stamps #148--holiday
Crafty Creations #291--embossing
Crafter's Cafe #120--anything goes
Crafting By Designs--use patterned paper and the sketch

Word Art Wednesday #187--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Creative Craft Cottage #141--flowers
Top Tip Tuesday--Cut it out (I used a die for the poinsettia and scissors to cut the banner)
Fantastic Tuesday--let's see some bling
Scrapper's Delight #45--anything goes
Christmas Card Challenge #28--anything goes

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Peace on Earth"
Dies: Spellbinders "Layered Poinsettias"; MFT corner die

You're special

Ahhh . . . strawberry season!  It's like the unofficial start to summer.  Though with the dry weather we've been having, my patch isn't doing so well.  I did manage to make a batch of jam, but it just about used up all the fruit.  So sad. : (

Challenges:

As You See It #91--sketch

Sister Act Card Challenge #110--anything goes

Brown Sugar #150--in the garden

In the Pink #71--summer

Crafty Gals Corner #23--the great outdoors

The House that Stamps Built--Fresh & Fruity

The Crafter's Cafe #120--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #187--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Inspiration #317--buttons & bows

Creative Craft Cottage #41--flowers

Verve Diva Inspiration Challenge--eat me, drink me

CraftyDee Bow-Z--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Supplies:

Stamps: Robyn's Fetish "Fruity Strawberies"; Verve "Take Note" sentiment

Birthday Fishes

A while ago I found this really fun card on Pinterest; you can find it here:

Isn't that the cutest thing?  I knew I had the perfect stamp set and filed it away to try later.  Well, today is later. : )  Here's my version:

So fun!  I just love these cute little sea creatures.

Challenges:
YNS #16--sketch

Crafty Catz #283--CAS
Sister Act Card Challenge #119--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #377--beside the seaside
DRS Designs #178--Just Beachy
Crafty Gals #23--the great outdoors
Clear It Out--theme: color blue; stash: blue embellishments
Shopping Our Stash #205--cute critter alert (I've had the vellum for probably about 14 years)
Tuesday Throwdown #248--frame it (the circles frame the creatures)
Hiding In My Craft Room #202--summer colors
A Gem of a Challenge #146--something blue
ART Impressions #161--for the Fellas
Crafting with Attitude--anything goes
Through the Purple Haze--use bright colors
Die Cuttin' Divas #219--national aquarium month

Supplies:
Stamps: YNS "Sea Creatures" and "Sea Creatures Sentiments"
Dies: spellbinders "Standard Circles, large"
YNS gumdrops

Get "Whale" Wishes

Ooo . . . doesn't this cute little whale make you smile!?  My brother broke his finger and had to have surgery to fix it this past week.  I'm going to send him these "Get 'Whale' Soon" wishes.

I used a circles impressibilities to create bubbles on the background.  And I used a circle border die to cut the waves, once out of cardstock and once out of vellum.

Challenges:
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #36--anything goes
Inky Impressions #212--Make it for a Man
Addicted to Stamps #147--Make Your Mark (I used ink, a gray marker to shade the whale, chalk and an impression plate to create marks in the background)
Craftin By Designs--anything goes for June
Word Art Wednesday #186--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Tuesday Throwdown #247--out to sea
Chalk 'n' Stock--anything goes as long as you use chalk (I used chalk to color his cheek and to lighten his belly)
Paper Girls #81--Father's Day/Masculine
YNS #15--sketch


Supplies:
YNS "Sea Creatures Set One" and "Sea Creature Sentiments"
Dies: MFT "Designer Labels 4 STAX", "Blueprints 13" stitched layer and "Western Circle Star Border Duo" for waves; Spellbinders "Circles" impressibilities

Friend

I very rarely make a card just for fun; I usually have an occasion or a person in mind.  But when I saw this sketch from As You See It Challenge, I just had to play along.  LOVE it!

As soon as I saw it, I had this ticket die in mind.  This is the first time I've used it as I wasn't really sure what to do with it.  I think it turned out really well.  I also used up a few pieces that had been sitting on my desk from previous projects.  So, it's a win-win.

Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps #147--make your mark (I used markers to color the flower and ink to stamp the background, flowers and sentiment)
Creative Inspirations #316--for a friend
Clear It Out--theme: anything goes, stash: anything goes
Loves Rubberstamps #154--anything goes
Cards Galore Challenge--anything goes
One Sweet Challenge--dies and/or punches
Crafty Cardmakers #140--stitching (I used a stitched die to cut the background layer)
One Stitch At A Time #238--flowers
As You See It #89--sketch

Supplies:
Stamps: Verve "Surely Goodness", "Text Objects" sentiment; JustRite Stampers "Crackle Background"
Dies: Verve "Sprightly Sprigs"; MFT "Blueprints 13" and "Mini Ticket" border die

Birthday Wishes

Can I just say I had a lot of fun on this card?!  I did a lot of fussy cutting and piecing.  It all began with the "chrome" on this cute little bug.  I was just going to color it gray and forget about having it look shiny as I don't know how to color it that way.  And then I got to thinking.  I have some aluminum tape  (that my dad uses for chimney rebuilding/lining) and I knew it would give that perfect chrome look.  So I stamped the image again onto the tape with Stazon and then cut out the tale lights, trunk pull, license plate frame and rear bumper.  As the aluminum tape is self adhesive, it was easy to adhere all those little pieces.Then I stamped again on white card stock and cut out the actual license plate and the tale lights and adhered them.  It came out perfect!  And I really wanted to make the rear window into a shaker card; it really adds to the party theme.

 Here's the shaker in action and the shine of all the chrome:

Challenges:

Vintage Stamping #33--Hot sunny colors

Card Mania #69--use a metal embellishment (the charm)

Sweet Stamps #224--polka dots

Paper Girls Challenge #81--Father's Day/masculine (this card is for my father-in-law)

Eureka Stamps #143--special occasion (birthday)

Craftin' Desert Divas--summer

Sweet Stampin'--Father's Day/special Man

Sketch Saturday #363--sketch (#288; I flipped it upside down so I could use my sun as the circle element)

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Suzy Bee's #82--bright & colorful

Wags 'n' Whiskers #155--seeing spots

Fussy & Fancy #140--fun in the sun

Sister Act Card Challenge #108--anything goes

Crafty Ribbons #120--men & ribbons

C.R.A.F.T. #313--father's day/male

Mod Squad--masculine

The Crafter's Cafe #118--one for the boys

Di's Digis--2 or more patterned papers

Supplies:

Stamps: Raisin Boat "Off to Party"; Verve "Strong Anchor" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13"

Father's Day Wishes

Happy Monday and Happy 1st day of June!  Today begins a new challenge at Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog: Male Call (make a man-themed project and make sure there is some stamping on it).  The sponsors for this challenge are:

Craft Classes Online (formerly My Creative Classroom)

Lawn Fawn

Imagine That! digis by Kris

Stamps on Fire

I was given this fabulous rubber stamp from Stamps on Fire: "Hunter Silhouette".  As it is a silhouette, it was just begging to have an inky background behind it.  Don't you think?

I created a sunset as it looks like this hunter and his dog are returning from a long day of hunting.  As it doesn't look like they got anything, I think they were really just enjoying each other's company.

Challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown #246--anything goes

Fan-tastic Tuesday #89--add texture (the twine and ribbon as well as the embossed ticket)

Word Art Wednesday #185--anything goes

Crafter's Cafe #118--one for the boys

Mod Squad--masculine

The House that Stamps Built #275--sketch

Inky Impressions #211--ribbon or lace

Inspiration Destination #35--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #313--Father's Day/Male

Crafty Ribbons #120--men & ribbons

Jo's Scrap Shack #90--anything goes

Hiding in My Craft Room #201--freestyle (anything goes)

Sweet Stampin'--Father's Day/special male

Supplies:

Stamps: Stamps on Fire "Hunter Silhouette"; Verve "Strong Anchor" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Labels 4" and "Just the Ticket"