Welcome back! Christmas traditions continue up and through to January 6th. Today’s challenges: CAS on Friday (#247), TGIF (#401), Double Trouble (#128) and Color Dare (#528). Here is the result: Steps: A Mask/Stencil was created using the retired Starlight Thinlits Dies set. The Focal Panel was added to the card base creating a very cleanContinue reading “Star of Light – Guiding the Magi”
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Santa’s Workshop
Creating quick and simple cards with the Memories and More Card Pack – retired Santa’s Workshop. A super product line for when you don’t have a lot of time…pick a card and just play! This is a no stamp and no ink card. I wanted to play with a few more challenges: Paper Players (#620)Continue reading “Santa’s Workshop”
Sweet Treats – Sweet Candy Canes
Welcome back! The impending Holiday has kept me busy and will likely do so the closer we get to Christmas. Had a chance to create a quick little card for you this morning. Three challenges running with a very similar theme: Cupcake Inspirations (#558), Cookie Challenge (#175) and Use Your Stuff (#472). Here is theContinue reading “Sweet Treats – Sweet Candy Canes”
Reindeer – Ringed with Nature Christmas
Having some fun with a few more ideas presented by Inspired By (#214) and Inspiration Station (#43) and sharing with Critter Crazy (#69). Here is the result: Steps: Enjoying the Red, Black and White color scheme with the Plaids, Checks and Trees for this fun magical Holiday Reindeer card. Love inspiration challenges. Thanks for spendingContinue reading “Reindeer – Ringed with Nature Christmas”
Peace to You at Christmas
One last card for today… Playing with the CAS Colours & Sketches (#498) combined sketch and color challenge. My card is a loose interpretation. A square shape with overlapping images. My image, from the Peace to You stamp set (which had not yet seen ink) is essentially a square. The image has four almost overlappingContinue reading “Peace to You at Christmas”
Embellished Ornaments
Card number two for today. Giving myself a speed challenge courtesy of As You See It (#289). Can I do it ten minutes or less? Let’s see… I chose the sketch from Freshly Made (#564) and the colors from Color Throwdown (#721). The trick for speed stamping is to be prepared and then set theContinue reading “Embellished Ornaments”
Trees & Ornaments – Sparkling Joy
Welcome back! It may be Friday, but it is not yet next Tuesday, so I am catching up with this week’s Facebook Case-ing Tuesday (#384) Challenge. I chose two elements, Trees and Sparkle from the Just Add Ink (#632) suggestions and the colors suggested by the Facebook Colour INKspirations (#134) team and took inspiration fromContinue reading “Trees & Ornaments – Sparkling Joy”
Rustic Winter Deer – Merry Patterns
Welcome back! Slow start to the day. Can you believe it is December? My, how the year has flown by… Well, I got my act in gear and created this clean a simple card for a few outstanding challenges that revolve around a winter theme. TGIF (#396) for the subject and colors, Just Us GirlsContinue reading “Rustic Winter Deer – Merry Patterns”
Special Delivery – Merry Christmas
Welcome back! There are a ton of things I should be doing but…the Studio beckons and a few more ideas are rumbling around in my head. Each month, Stampin’ Up! presents us with a few opportunities to play with our products: #SimpleStamping (Just Stamps, Inks, Paper and perhaps a twist) and #CreativeChallenge (Could be Anything). Continue reading “Special Delivery – Merry Christmas”
Perched in a Tree – Merry & Bright
Happy Tuesday! Time again, for the Design Challenges: Cardz 4 Guyz (#310) and Hand Stamped Sentiments (#403). I decided to combine them with the sketch from Paper Players (#619) and another combination of the colors from the Color Dare (#523) Tic Tac Toe board. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to theContinue reading “Perched in a Tree – Merry & Bright”