52CCTD Be Merry

Happy Wednesday, everyone! The 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge is a fun sketch:

I pulled out some fun holiday papers from My Mind's Eye and here's what I came up with:

I cut the circles with the retired Stitched Shapes dies and added mats of Blushing Bride.  The embossing is from the Northern Flurry EF.  I added a retired Lawn Fawn sentiment, stamped on the same set of papers. Aren't these prints cute?

I added a Kaiser Kraft sentiment on the inside!

Another Christmas card to add to my stash!  And I am going to add this to the Little Red Wagon challenge this week, where they're wanting circles!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Traditional Christmas (Kaiser), Peace Joy Love (Lawn Fawn)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Blushing Bride (ret), Oh What Fun! (My Mind's Eye)
Ink	Garden Green
Accessories	Dimensionals, Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Circle Dies (Nestabilities), Northern Flurry EF (ret)

CAS Snowflake

Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you had a good weekend.  We spent some time with our family, which was really, really nice!  That meant I didn't get any time in my craft room, but I was up at 3:30 this morning, not able to sleep, so I started a couple of cards and finally finished one of them up.  Why is it that CAS cards are not so simple?!  Anyone else have that issue?  I just want to add more stuff! 

Anyway, the Addicted to CAS challenge this week is one layer; Christmas Card Throwdown wants snowflakes, and Krafty Chicks wants clean and simple!

 

          

  So here we go:

I began with a Thick Whisper White card base and stamped the large snowflake corner stamp in Misty Moonlight ink on both corners.  I added a few extra snowflakes in Balmy Blue, then stamped a sentiment from the retired Merry Christmas To All in Night of Navy.  I used my Stamparatus to get a good, dark image, then stamped over it with Versamark ink and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder:

It really made the sentiment stand out!  I stamped another snowflake and sentiment from two past Paper Pumpkin kits on the inside, and it was finished!  I didn't add any sparkle, gems or ribbon!  CAS it is!

Cassidy and her cousins spent a LOT of time in the pool yesterday....they were moving so fast, I barely got a chance to take a picture:

I would venture to say she slept very well last night!  Thanks for popping in today---enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Merry Christmas to All (ret), Paper Pumpkin kits (ret), Frosted (Kaiser)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Whisper White
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Versamark, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Gun

Lazy Christmas Card

Hi peeps!  I am starting off the new year with another Christmas card...I know, you're probably sick of them, but I start right away for this year's Christmas!  And I promise, I'll have some different holidays featured real soon!  Anyway, the Jingle Belles' challenge this week is "No Time Like the Presents".....feature a present or gift wrap on your card!  I had been eyeing this paper for a card while I was wrapping gifts, so I snagged a little piece and went to work....easiest card ever!

The paper itself is almost like a kraft paper, so the printed design is not crisp, but soft and hazy.  I just cut out a piece, mounted it on a black mat and a Sahara Sand card that is a little smaller than 4 1/4" square.  I stamped a sentiment from Stitched with Cheer and added a layer of  snowy glitter, and it was done!

I did do a little more stamping on the inside, using Endless Wishes and Stitched with Cheer, watercoloring the banner a bit with Dapper Denim ink:

Cassidy got a spy kit for Christmas....one of two things she actually asked for.  I wonder on whom she is going to spy????!!!

Thanks for popping in today!

Project Details
Stamps	Stitched with Cheer
Card stock & Papers	Basic Black, Sahara Sand, wrapping paper
Ink	Basic Black, Dapper Denim, Rose Red
Accessories	Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
Tools	Aquapainter

fms155 & 52cct

Hi everyone!  I have another Christmas card to share today; usually I post my cards on Monday, but the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown had a Nordic challenge, so I combined it with the Freshly Made Sketches sketch 155 by my sweet friend Karren:

 

Since the Trim the Tree DSP stack has some wonderful Nordic designs, I knew just which papers to use:

I added a white embossed panel and a little tag I punched with the Scallop Tag Topper punch.  I created a plaid background with the Project Life Holiday Cheer stamp in Sahara Sand and Craft White….since it’s polymer, it was a snap to line up! 

I used the retired Stitched Stocking stamp and punch for my stocking, and added some of that yummy Cherry Cobbler linen ribbon from the Holiday mini, tied with a piece of baker’s twine.  I had a lot of fun making this card!

A couple more fair pictures; this is our favorite activity of all!  One of the vendors that sells chicks, ducks and feeds, has been doing this for many, many years; this was one of Dana’s favorites when she was little too!  I didn’t get good pictures of the activity itself, but basically, the ducklings walk up an incline and try to eat the food at the top.  The food tray is placed just a little out of their way, which causes them to slide down the slide and quickly waddle around to go up the incline again!  The kids were laughing hysterically, which made me laugh too:

Enjoy your day!

ColourQ 165

Happy, happy Tuesday, everyone!  ColourQ day!  Oooh, check out this pretty little apron:

Anybody could whip up a special batch of Christmas cookies while wearing this little number, right???  Love it!  I cheated a little and substituted Wild Wasabi and Pool Party (cuz I was just too lazy to pull out my old ink!!!) but I still think it’s a fun combo!  What do you think?

The images are all from Jolly BIngo Bits; the paper is from last year’s Domestic Goddess DP pack.  Each square, punched with the Postage Stamp punch, has been embossed, and each image is decorated with a pearl, which qualifies this for the 52 (Christmas) Card Pickup challenge for November, which is pearls!  I also stamped a narrow sentiment on a little flag of vellum, just for fun!

This also uses the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge sketch #172:

I hope you’ll play along with us with these fun, fun colors!  You can check out Arielle’s card, as well as the other designers’, at the ColourQ blog!  They’ll knock your socks off!

A budding artist!