Fun with flowers and folds

 I describe myself as fun-fold challenged, but sometimes I feel up to a challenge, like with this corner fold card. This particular fold was a bit of a struggle, because you have to flip it over at a certain point to get a vertical orientation -- I missed the flip and ended up with a horizontal card, which doesn't really bother me -- and the paper works in any direction.

I used a few scraps of leftover patterned paper to die-cut the stitched flowers and added a bit of ribbon and some acrylic dots as additional embellishment.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Crafters Cafe #322 -- use patterned paper

Pammie's INky Pinkies #2534 -- anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #714 -- anything goes

Creative Crease #106 -- use a fun fold

A Cut Above -- use a diecut

Digi Chooseday #9 -- anything goes

 

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