Welcome back! Another work week. Hope you have a great one. Time for the Holiday card challenges. Jingle Belles (Peace on Earth) and Happy Little Stampers (April). Bringing it all together, the sketch over at Paper Craft Crew (#513). With found materials and repurposed items from both my Holiday Bin and my Scrap Bin, hereContinue reading “Golden Holly – Christmas Card”
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Jolly Gingerbread – Framed & Festive
Welcome back! Round Two with Sketch Saturday (#721) including the option of using an embossing folder flipped to the horizontal position for Jingle Belles – Cardstock Christmas and Happy Little Stampers Christmas including Candy Canes. Here is the result: Steps: All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch. Merry Christmas. ThankContinue reading “Jolly Gingerbread – Framed & Festive”
Frosted Window – Merry Christmas
Tuesday has come around again! The Design Team Challenge for Hand Stamped Sentiments (#409) is a Sketch and I opted for a Holiday card. What fun to delve into the Christmas Box. I suspect many of the products used are retired. Let’s play! The shape reminded me of a Window and over at Jingle Belles,Continue reading “Frosted Window – Merry Christmas”
Star of Light – Guiding the Magi
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”
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”