TXT XMAS

 Christmas challenges are such a great way to build up a stash of holiday cards over the year while allowing you to make lots of different cards.  This card was inspired by the Jingle Belles challenge to use mostly text. I let some patterned paper do all the work here, delivering a variety of text greetings for Christmas. The embellishment is a silk poinsettia and a little snip of ribbon.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Jingle Belles- Christmas card mostly text

Rudolph days -- anything Christmas

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2408 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #635-- anything goes

Hoppiness is a good pun

Sorry for the punny title, I couldn't resist.

I'm trying out a simple fun fold with this card. It's an easy one but it adds a little interest to the card.

For this card, I took a kangaroo die-cut and built a scene around it with a couple snippets of patterned paper. I torn the green print to create "ground" and used the blue print for the sky. Both pieces are adhered to a white snippet, with a similar sized white snippet on the inside.  The base card is black. For a sentiment, I used "hoppy" from one set and "birthday" from another, stamped them on a white snippet, trimmed them and stacked them in the upper corner.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double Trouble #160 --(fun fold/hopping animal, enter with partner site)

Creative Creases #76 -- anything goes with a fun fold

Snippets Playground #474 (use snippets -- photo, bottom right)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies # 2407--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #635 -- anything goes

 

Birthday flowers

 Today's card features a stamp and die set that I've had for a while and rarely use. (It also has a sunflower stamp and die. I think I've used that, but I think this might be the debut of the roses.) The colors were inspired by the Mood Board at Beautiful Blossoms. I stamped and cut the pieces, then arranged them on a white panel embossed with hearts and cut with a stitched edge die.The lavender rose overlaps the red/pink one and is popped up to add a little dimension to the card. The sentiment is stamped in the same green as the leaves and edged with lavender ink. 

This card is entering these challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms #14 -- florals

Time Out #257 -- it's there 10th birthday!

Can You Handle the Pressure? -- use an embossing folder (red/pink optional)

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2406 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #635 -- anything goes

Literally love in the air

 I found this cute image while looking through my digistamps, and it seemed appropriate with all of the hearts and love challenges going on. (Each little envelope has a tiny heart on it).

I made a gatefold card. The two flaps are covered by pink-striped cardstock that has been embossed with a folder that features hearts and horizontal stripes. (I put Wink of Stella on the hearts to highlight them, but I think my Winky pen has gone bad, as it left a solid white residue. I tried cleaning it off, and the result was sort of a distressed look on the hearts.) The main image was stamped on a white snippet, which I die-cut and mounted on a light pink snippet. In the lower right corners, the sentiment "with love" was die-cut from a medium pink snippet.

This card is for these challenges: 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: love is in the air

Double D -- heartfelt

Double Trouble #159-- Love is in the air

Word Art Wednesday #633  anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2406 -- anything goes

Snippets Playground #473 -- use snippets

Can You Handle the Pressure -- dry embossing (pink/red optional)

Pattie's Creations 215-- anything goes