Christmas Card Challenges #13 - Color Challenge

It's time for this week's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a Winter Hues Color Challenge.  I hope you will get a head start on your Christmas cards and join us this week. We now pick a weekly winner and honorable mentions! Thanks for stopping by!

I added this tree ornament that I made to the front of my card. To make the tree I cut a triangle out of grunge board and added some burlap, and trims by Amy Tangerine and Maya Road. The brad at the top is from Cosmo Cricket. The papers are from the Crate Paper Bundled Up Collection.

Christmas Card Challenges #5

It's time for this week's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a Color Challenge. I created this card using Cosmo Cricket patterned papers and stamps. I outlined my panels with a dark gray Copic marker to get some of that gray color on the card. I also stamped the JOY banner in Ranger Archival Ink - Watering Can.  I'm excited to see what you come up with this week for this fun color challenge. Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Card Challenges #38

Welcome to this week's challenge at Christmas Card Challenges. This week the challenge is to use embossing dry or heat embossing. I heat embossed this snowman and sentiment from Denami Designs on Not Quite Navy paper from Stampin' Up.  Then I added some sequins from Pretty Pink Posh for some fun "snow" accents. The background snowflake paper is from Cosmo Cricket. I can't wait to see what embossed creations everyone makes this week! Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Card Challenges #33

Welcome to this week's challenge at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a color challenge for you. I used this banner and chipboard sticker from Cosmo Cricket Jolly Days. The paper on the left is from My Minds Eye. The star clip is from Hobby Lobby and the Rick Rack trim is by Tim Holtz. I hope you take the challenge this week and I'm excited to see what you create with interesting color palette. Thanks for stopping by!

Color Scheme: 

My Card:

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Event. Several crafty blog friends decided to post one holiday project a day for 12 days - just for fun.  The projects will be anything crafty like cards, ornaments, wreaths, advent calendars, etc… We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own holiday craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at the other blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. If we inspire you to make, something please let us know - we would love to see. Happy Holiday Crafting!!

For my second project I'm sharing an advent calendar I made. I probably should've shown this yesterday, but I didn't get the pictures taken in time!! The little guy getting this isn't getting it until today, so he'll just have to double up today and then get on track! This is a Karen Foster Advent Calendar that I purchased at A.C. Moore. Once again I used my new favorite Christmas papers - Jolly Days from Cosmo Cricket. I used the template that came with the calendar and cut out the fronts of the doors and adhered the paper to the fronts of the drawers with Glue & Seal. I decorated the doors with various number stickers, cardstock stickers and Gold Stickles. I hope you can visit again tomorrow for Day 3!!

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will be able to visit the other girls on the list below and check out their fun holiday projects!!   

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman 

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Regina Hardy

Veronica Zalis

12 Days of Holiday Projects - Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of The 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Event. Several crafty blog friends decided to post one holiday project a day for 12 days - just for fun.  The projects will be anything crafty like cards, ornaments, wreaths, advent calendars, etc… We’re posting projects we made using products we like and hope they will give you some inspiration for your own holiday craft projects. You will find links to all the other participating bloggers below. Hopefully you can find time to look at the other blogs and leave comments on any that inspire you. If we inspire you to make, something please let us know - we would love to see. Happy Holiday Crafting!!

For my first holiday project, I'm sharing a card I made using Cosmo Cricket stamps, stickers and papers from their new Jolly Days Collection. I just fell in love with the retro images in this collection - especially this cute reindeer, who I will call Rudolph since he has a red nose. I stamped in Sepia Archival Ink by Ranger and colored his nose with a Copic marker. I will have a variety of projects over the next 11 days including gift holders, shadow boxes, ornaments, wreaths, etc... I hope you can stop back by tomorrow for Day 2.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you will be able to visit the other girls on the list below and check out their fun holiday projects!!  

Barb Murphy

Ceal Pritchett

Donna Bowman (me)

Jen Cuthbertson

Lalo Ik

Libby Hickson

Rachel Izakowicz

Rachel Kleinman

Regina Hardy

Veronica Zalis

Be sure to check back because I will be posting my December Blog Candy post during one of the 12 Days of Holiday Projects Blog Posts - it'll be soon!!

Play Date Cafe - Newsprint Bird

I made this card for the current Play Date Cafe Challenge to use Juniper, Mint and Vanilla. I just got my preordered Newspaper Bird stamp in the mail today and I was dying to use it. I think it's my favorite stamp from the new Hero Arts Catalog. Thanks for stopping by!

Here's my card.

Materials

1. Card stock - Baha Breeze, Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up), Mint (Bazzill Basics)

2. Decorative Paper - Pixilicious (Cosmo Cricket)

3. Stamps - Newsprint Bird, Everyday Sayings (Hero Arts), Triple Treat Flower (Stampin' Up)

4. Ink - Iced Spruce (Tim Holtz Distress Ink)

5. Punches - Scallop Border, Flowers (Stampin' Up)

6. Die - Banner (PTI)

7. Button - Baha Breeze (Stampin' Up)

Cupcake Inspiration - Today is a Gift

I made this card for the current Cupcake Inspirations Challenge. I really wanted to use some of my Cosmo Cricket Pixilicious papers & chipboard - so here's what I came up with. Thanks for taking a look!!

Materials
1. Sentiment Chipboard Sticker: Crate Paper
2. Flowers, Butterfly, and Mushroom Chipboard Stickers: Pixilicious - Cosmo Cricket
3. Decorative Paper: Pixilicious - Cosmo Cricket
4. White trim: Crate Paper

How Tacky!!

I made this card for the current Cupcake Craft Challenge #155.  I wanted to use this cute Flamingo from the new Gina K stamp set called Gnome One Like You which is designed by Tami Mayberry. It's really a cute set, I can't wait to use the rest of the images. Thanks for taking a look!

Here's my card. 

Materials
1. Card stock - Confetti White (Stampin Up) Pink (Bazzill Basics)
2. Decorative paper - Pixilicious (Cosmo Cricket)
3. Stamps - Gnome One Like You (Gina K)
4. Ink - Black (Memento)
5. Markers - Assorted colors (Copic)
6. Pearls - Pink (Hero Arts)

Dreamy Butterfly

I'm finally home after a great vacation in Mexico where the weather was much milder!! I made this card for this week CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #12 to use a rub-on or a sticker. I embossed the sentiment and used this butterfly sticker from Cosmo Cricket Pixilicious to make this Clean and Simple Card. Thanks for taking a look!!

Here's my card.

Materials
1. Card stock - Bashful Blue, Whisper White (Stampin Up)
2. Decorative Paper - Bashful Blue (Stampin Up)
3. Stamp set - Imagine Words (Impression Obsession)
4. Embossing Powder (Papertrey Ink)
5. Butterfly Sticker - Pixilicious (Cosmo Cricket)
6. Twine (The Twinery)

Sew Sweet!

I was looking through my stash of "sewing" items and found these cute chipboard stickers so I decided to make a second card for the Moxie Fab World I'm Sew Excited Challenge. I love making cards with stickers and these are just so cute and bright - it was a fun card to create. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials
Decorative Paper - Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket)
Chipboard Stickers - Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket)

You Keep Me in Stitches!

I made this card for the Moxie Fab World I'm Sew Excited Challenge. I just love these Material Girl Stamps from Cosmo Cricket. Thanks for taking a look!

Materials

Card stock - Whisper White, River Rock (Stampin Up)

Stamp Set - Material Girl (Cosmo Cricket)

Ink - Eggplant Envy, Melon Mambo, River Rock, So Saffron (Stampin Up)

Markers - Stampin Write (Stampin Up)

Tool & Thread - Sew EAsy Stitch Piercer (We R Memory Keepers)

Give You the Sea Card

This card uses copic markers to color in a peaceful underwater scene

Materials
Stamp Set - Give You the Sea - clear (Unity Stamp Company - Itty Bitty)

Inks - Perfect Plum ink pad (Stampin' Up) and various copic markers

Card stock - Whisper White (Stampin' Up) Desert Marigold, Lupine and Tangelo (Bazzill Basics Card stock)

Tools - Various circle punches (Stampin' Up), Paper Snips (Martha Stewart)

Adhesives - SNAIL & Stampin' Dimensionals foam tape (Stampin' Up)

Instructions

1. Create card from card stock

2. Cut orange and yellow card stock and adhere together, then adhere to card

3. Cut white rectangle and color with markers

4. Stamp fish, color with copics, cut out with paper snips 

5. Stamp sentiment in perfect plum

6. Adhere fish to card with foam tape

7. Punch circles, color and adhere to card