Felt wreath

     Like most of you, I have a variety of crafting items stashed away, waiting to make an appearance. This week, I finally found a use for this felt wreath that I've had for ages. (I think it's from SU. I got a packet at a consignment sale with about 6 each of the wreath, holly leaves and mittens -- if I'm remembering correctly. So, I still have 5 wreaths to go ...)
      To create this card, I started a piece of white card stock cut to card size and stamped the gingham pattern on it. (I think this is an Impression Obsession stamp because it's huge -- about 6x6 inches. I'm pretty sure it was sold as a "second" and even with repeated stamping in the stamp platform there are some spots that didn't stamp well.) The gingham was trimmed down and added to a red card front.
       I used a white snippet for the background the wreath is on, stamped a sentiment in the corner, and added a little flag of gingham fabric ribbon in the other corner. The layout is based on the current Sketch Saturday layout.

This card is for these challenges
Rudolph Days March -- anything Christmas
Winter Wonderland -- fuzzy wuzzy(felt)
ABC Christmas -- E is for Embellishments (wreath) F is for Fabric (felt and  ribbon)
Sketch Saturday #556
Double D -- gingham
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #430 -- anything Christmas
Word Art Wednesday #378 -- anything goes
Simon Says Wednesday -- anything goes

Nesting time

There's a new challenge at PINspirational Challenge, and this one should be fun because there are a lot of different directions where this inspiration photo could lead you.

For me, the nest was the thing. I used a stamp set from a defunct company called Smartworks. I stamped the nest in brown chalk ink on a snippet of dark kraft paper, then colored in the eggs and added some highlights in colored pencil. The sentiment is also in brown chalk ink.

The image panel is adhered to a blue snippet that's wrapped with some bakers twine, and everything is on a white top-fold card.

I hope you'll follow your inspiration from this photo wherever it takes you. You have to weeks to link up your project to the challenge post. 

My card is entered in these challenges:
Crafty Friends #106 -- spring colors
Crafty Sentiments -- anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1912 -- anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #378 -- anything goes
Pixie's Snippet Playground #348 -- use snippets

Carolers

Spring is finally starting to creep in -- daffodils are in bloom and the cherry tree is about to open all its blossoms. But I went ahead and made a Christmas card.

The start for this card was the snippet of sheet-music patterned paper. It set the theme and the colors for my card.  I chose to use a stamp that features three little carolers all bundled up against the cold and stamped it on a snippet of ivory paper with maroon chalk ink. The image is mounted on a scalloped oval cut from a maroon snippet. The sentiment, from Stamp Simply, is also in the maroon chalk ink.

For embellishments, I added a bit of maroon ribbon, fabric flower, and burlap leaf.

This card is entered in these challenges:
Double D Challenges -- Let's Make Some Music
Winter Wonderland -- Fuzzy wuzzy (the hats, scarves and earmuffs the carolers are wearing)
ABC Christmas -- F is for fabric
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #428-- anything Christmas
Pixie's Snippet Playground #347-- use snippets
Word Art Wednesday #378 -- anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge -- use patterned paper

Bring on the Berries

Look at the yummy inspiration we have for the new PINspirational Challenge. Strawberries aren't only tasty, they are gorgeous to look at, so have fun with this new challenge. Just make a project (doesn't have to be a card) and link it up at the PINspirational Challenge blog by the deadline.

My card uses a large stamp I have had for a very long time, and I can't even say for sure who the manufacturer is. It's colored with pencils, mounted on a snippet of dark green and then on a snippet of a red polka-dot paper. I added just a bit of twine to finish it off.

My card is entered in these challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #376 -- anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #1910 -- anything goes
Crafting by Designs -- anything goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge -- use patterned paper