Golden Holly – Christmas Card

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”

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”

Seasonal Wreath – Merry Christmas

Hi!  It has been a busy day, but I have a quick Holiday card for you today for the current Jingle Belles Embossing challenge and I opted to use the Paper Craft Crew (#505) Sketch. I am a great fan of White-on-White and a Clean and Simple Style for Holiday Cards. Here is the result:Continue reading “Seasonal Wreath – 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”