What a pear pair

This is a quickie card I made CASE-ing a a card I saw on the Simon Says Stamp blog a few weeks ago. I used the pear from the Alley Way Stamps, using basic masking to create the cute couple.  I stamped in Versamark, embossed with clear EP,, then did a watercolor wash over them. 
(Originally this was going to be a Valentine's card, but I decided hearts were just too much). 

This card is for these challenges:

Little Tangles #53 -- watercolor
The Alley Way Stamps -- February Link Up
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge -- use patterned paper

Shine on

I've been wanting to use this fancy corner piece since a friend sent it to me months ago, but I didn't have a layout in mind. This week's Papertake Weekly Challenge had a layout that really lent itself to the corner treatment, so I made this card.
The chandelier image is from Michael's dollar bin, I think -- I've had it for ages and never used it before.  It is white embossed, and accented with tiny pearls.

The card is for these challenges:

Papertake Weekly, sketch 94
The Paper Shelter #176, Pearls
Word Art Wednesday #152, Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Challenge #28, Anything Goes
Little Tangles #46, Anything Goes.

An early start on Christmas

Every year, I admire the cute gift cards I see people posting on their blogs, and I never seem to have time around Christmas to make any. I'm too busy shopping and wrapping, and I'm stuck with boring store-bought tags. Not this year. Thanks to the good ladies at 52 Christmas Card  Throwdown, I've got some in the bag.

The 52CCT challenge this week is to use felt on a card.  I made a set of little gift cards featuring a snowman wearing a luxurious felt scarf.  I hand cute these scarves to fit, and I must say when you are working on that small of a scale, it is the very definition of "fussy cutting."

The layout for these cuties is the Little Tangles sketch #7.  It gave me a great opportunity to use some tiny scraps of Christmas paper that I have been hanging onto for a while. I seem to get particularly attached to Christmas prints for some reason.

Wedding card

I made a simple wedding card using the Little Tangles sketch for challenge #7. This is also for CAS-ual Friday CFC91, Hi-O-Silver (isn't that a great name for a challenge?.)

Silver and white always seems like a go-to combo for a wedding card.

The image is from an old Stampcraft stamp I have -- it is a cube with wedding images on four sides. I guess the idea never caught on...  The sentiment is from a Stampin Up set.

I dry embossed the silver strips just to add a little texture to the card. I also added tiny half-pearl on the stem of the champagne classes, because pearls also seem like a go-to embellie for wedding cards.