Quick Christmas Card

I may have set a land speed record for card-making with this card. I had the embossed panel in my stash. I die-cut it with a stitched die, added a silver-embossed sentiment, and highlighted the moon and stars with Wink of Stella. Attached it to a white top-folded card and it was done. CAS for the win.

This card is entered in these challenges:

ABC Christmas -- Q is for quick

Word Art Wednesday # 712 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2532  -- anything goes

The Paper Funday #79 -- anything goes

Gem of a Craft Challenge #9 -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday #8 -- anything goes

Polkadoodles #9 -- anything goes 

 

Sketchy Christmas

 

The Jingle Belles posted a fun sketch, so I tried my spin on it. I went through my Christmas supplies and found a circular stamp I'm not certain I've used before. That gave me the circular element the sketch called for. Then I went looking through my Christmas patterned paper and found several snippets that looked good together. I didn't even have to cut the two smaller pieces (yes, I do keep very small bits of paper sometimes), and the trims on the striped paper were minimal.  Since the central image and one sheet of paper included sentiments, I didn't see any need to add another, so the small strip is just a fun accent rather than a spot to say Merry Christmas.

In the end, my card is a pretty close match to the sketch.

 

 

This card is entered in these challenges:

Jingle Belles: Sketch

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2532 -- anything goes

Polkadoodles #9 -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge #9  -- anything goes

Creative Inspiration -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday #8 -- anything goes 

Now I know what a protea is

 The current Double Trouble Challenge asks us to try the spotlight technique. It's a technique I learned years ago and haven't used in ages, so I took the challenge. In my stash of stamped images, I found this image of a flower called a protea that a friend sent to sent me. I'm not familiar with the protea, so I had to google it. It turns out it's a South African flower (see, stamping is educational). The most common color I saw in the online images was pink, and some of the flowers had a purplish center, so those are the colors I chose to work with.

I used a thin circle frame to create the spotlighted area. For a sentiment, I used some metallic tape that's cut into happy words and phrases, like "smile" and "Sweet memories."

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double Trouble #197 -- (3-2-1 recipe, blossom, and TSOT sketch)

Try a Sketch on Tuesday # 676

Word Art Wednesday #710 -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge #9 -- anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore #138 -- anything goes

CRAFT #761 anything goes option

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2532 -- anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms #31 -- any floral option

 

Crisp and summery

 I love the look of crisp white with blue or red, so that's the look I was going for here. The stamps are all from a set from Stampabilities that has about a dozen little nautical-related images. I sketched the card out on a piece of paper, then dug through my snippets folders looking for papers that basically fit the places I'd marked out. (The red was the exact size; I just added the fish tail. The blue layer perfectly fit under the red banner. And the white was the exact size to be die-cut into the stitched circle.) White-embossed images on the red layer, regular black ink on the white circle so I could add some bits of color with pencils.

This card is for these challenges:

Creative Inspiration -- stars and/or stripes

Double Trouble #196 -- 3 layers, two images, one stitched element 

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2529 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #708 -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge #8 -- anything goes

DigiChooseday #7 -- anything goes

Snippets Playground #511 -- use snippets (everything but base layer)

 

House Mouse Christmas

 

I recently received this House Mouse stamp as a gift, and it was the perfect fit for a few challenges requiring cute critters. The image is colored with pencils, with some clear Wink of Stella on the lights themselves. The color of the lights were chosen to coordinate with the fun bit of ribbon. I sponged around the edges of the main panel with a turquoise-ish ink -- it was too much so I spritzed some water on to soften it. 

This card is for these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- cute critter

 Jingle Belles -- tic/tac/toe -- the row I chose is animal, patterned paper, ribbon

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2529 -- anything goes 

Word Art Wednesday #708 -- anything goes 

Crafts Galore Encore #137 -- anything goes 

The Paper Funday #78-- anything goes 

Polkadoodles #8 -- anything goes  

Reason to smile

 

 

 

My swap group had a challenge that was "text and flower." For the text element, I stamped script on high gloss paper and sponged on lavender ink. Placed that panel behind a die-cut aperture and placed a die-cut flower over it. The sentiment is clear embossed (and between the glossy paper and the clear embossing, it was impossible to get a photo without glare).

 

This card is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- emboss it

Beautiful Blossoms #31 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2528 -- anything goes

A Cut Above -- use a die-cut

Word Art Wednesday #707 -- -- anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge 8-- anything goes

Digi Choosday 7 -- anything goes 

Green Rocker Card

 Making these rocker cards is so fun. As long as it can fit in an envelope, you can add any size or shape you want on top of the rocker base.

For this card, I used some images of potted plants and used a variety of greens for a sweet and simple birthday card..

This card is for these challenges:

Double D -- flower pots

Die-cut Divas -- birthday

Crafts Galore Encore #137 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #706  -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge 8 -- anything goes

Pammie's INky Pinkies #2527 -- anything goes

A Cut Above -- use a die-cut

Digi Choosday #7 -- anything goes