Freshly Made Sketches #713

The sketch at Freshly Made Sketches was a good one to use patterned paper that I have WAY too much of. 

The paper was one of the A2 freebies that Honey Bee sends out at Christmas - last year's.  I used their Holiday florals to cut the greens, put them on a SSS stitched rectangle and added a sentiment from SSS in Altenew Ruby Red.

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Time Out #301 - Favorite Holiday

Your favorite holiday is the theme for this challenge at Time Out and that leaves it open to a wide variety of choices.  

I love all holidays but decided to go with Christmas and a family tradition.

Stockings were always a big part of our Christmas morning, when I was a kid and when I had kids.  They'd be filled with fruit, candy, nuts and little gift items that would fit . . or not. 😁  Mine is filled more for decoration than gift giving.  The dies are from SB's Stocking Full of Joy, cut in patterned paper from Honey Bee and scraps of cardstock.  The background folder is Holiday Greenery from SSS. 

While I had all the dies out, I made a second card. 

This one has the gingerbread man instead of a gnome and the background is SSS Hand-lettered Holiday clear heat embossed for a tone on tone look.  

Angie Blom Digital Designs is the sponsor for this challenge and the winner will get a $20 store credit. 

The Design Team and our guest Stef Perry have some wonderful holiday cards to inspire you.  What's your favorite holiday?  Tell us by making a card for the challenge.  We'd love to see you in our gallery.

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Freshly Made Sketches #708

I had a certain stamp in mind for the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches but I have a feeling it has deteriorated over the years because I couldn't get a clear image.  So I pivoted and made this instead.

This is a Pinkfresh Studio card. The wreath and bow from Season's Greetings were stamped in Memento Fog, colored with Altenew Artist Markers and then gold heat embossed.  The gold embossed sentiment is from their Basic Banners Christmas.  

I already have enough Christmas cards made but I continue to make them since the only reason I'm ready now is because of all the cards I made for challenges last October, November and December.  I also have a number of new Christmas things that I want to play with so you'll be seeing a lot more in the coming weeks. 

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The Paper Players #757

I was playing around with the Doves dies from Honey Bee and ended up with three cards.  Two of them  fit the bill at The Paper Players this week.  This is the one I sent to their gallery.

This was actually the third one I made and wanted something different in the background.  The DSP is from TH and embossed with the Hex Snowflake folder from Spellbinders.  The gold embossed sentiment is from PFS.   I might as well show you the other two. 

Another patterned paper from TH was cut with Honey Bee's scallops.  The PFS sentiment is embossed in silver.

Same paper as above but a different version of the dove.  The frame is from PTI with another PFS sentiment. 

Three more Christmas cards added to my stash.  Yahoo!

 

Freshly Made Sketches #705

It took me a while to come up with something for Freshly Made Sketches this time.  I mulled a lot of things over in my mind before ending up with this Christmas card.

It was the stripes that was giving me fits but I got out a stencil I thought I'd use on another card and once I took a good look I knew it would work for this one.  It's Kaleidoscope from PFS that I masked off and heat embossed with gold.  The poinsettia is cut from colored cardstock with dies from Spellbinder's Christmas Wonder set and the sentiment from Hero Arts was stamped in dark green.  

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Time Out #298 - Pick Two

This week's challenge at Time Out is another Pick Two - spatter, music, season, edge, monochrome, and metallic. 

Those should give you a wide range of ideas for a card. I went rather simple with mine.

I picked season (Christmas) and edge (die cut).  The Angel Bells are from Alex Syberia stenciled with Altenew inks and partially die cut along the edge.  The sentiment is from the same set which now that I think of it is rather ironic since season is one of  my picks.  

This challenge is being sponsored by Lawn Fawn and they are offering our winner a $25 store credit.  You have to enter to win so check out the inspiration from the Design Team, pick your words and make a card.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

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Freshly Made Sketches #704

My first thought when I saw Michele's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches was leaves.  I didn't bring my favorite set with me so I had a second thought.  I still need Christmas cards so why not use the small die cuts from Spellbinder's Christmas Wonders.

I didn't realize when I bought the set that it was part of an Envelope of Wonder series and all the images fit in an envelope which was a separate die.  With the huge warehouse sale, I've rectified that and also added another of their Wonder sets - plus a whole lot more.  😁  The sale is still going on if you haven't checked it out yet.

  

The bows, bell and ornaments are all cut from foil but it doesn't show up in the photo.  The small ornaments are from another SB set called Stocking Full of Joy.  The sentiment from Honey Bee fit the wonder theme well.  It was stamped before embossing the background with the Subtle folder. 

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My Crafty Adventure 2.0

After Marcia departed our crafty adventure, I stayed overnight and Michele and I made more cards or parts of cards the next morning.  Today we're showing them off.

First up is Festive Friends from Spellbinders.  This darling bear has had my heart for a while and I couldn't wait to dress her up.

Her cute sweater is from one of Michele's paper packs, the background is embossed with Waffle Flower's Dashed Snowflake, and the gold sentiment (that matches the gold string on the lights) is from Michele's stash.

One of Michele's new sets is Cherry Nice from Concord and 9th - a stamp, die and embossing folder bundle.

The cherries were cut from red and green scraps, inking sections to add shading.  The embossed panel was trimmed to show off the plaid border.  

Up next is Snow Notes from Spellbinders.  You may have seen some of the wonderful cards  Michele made with this set.

The background is a coverplate from Concord and 9th and the sentiment is from Ellen Hutson.  They look like they're really enjoying themselves.

Last but not least is a delightful image from Penny Black called Heartsong.

It was stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Distress Ink.  Their Classy Frames were stacked three high and the sentiment from the set added to the side.  

It's not surprising what cards you can accomplish when you have friends to inspire you - and lend you their products. Thanks again, Michele, for having me.  You are such a blessing in my life.

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Color Hues #116

 Today's card is for the Color Hues challenge - red and blue. 

I love seeing bright red cardinals in the trees during the winter, especially if there is a little snow on them.  The trees, not the cardinals.  lol  I used Honey Bee's Winter Birds cutting him from three colors of red. The branch is from their Winter Foliage, edged with some embossing powder.  Plain blue wouldn't work for the background so I used an MFT Brush Splatter stamp with Unicorn White ink.  The sentiment is from Let Nature Sing, embossed in white on the same blue as the sky. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #697 and NBUS #77

It's been a fun and busy week but I still had time to a make card for Freshly Made Sketches and since I'm  using some new dies, I'm also sending this to Darnell's NBUS. 

I already have a Tim Holtz wreath but I loved this one with the Christmas symbols so I had to have this one too.  It's called Vault Festive Wreath and it's cut from a variety of scraps.  The background paper is from a freebie pack I got from Honey Bee last Christmas and the sentiment is from SSS.  

One more Christmas card for my stash.  How are yours coming?

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The Paper Players #747

There's a CAS challenge at The Paper Players - Things with Wheels.  I forgot I had a set I could use until I saw some of the cards in the gallery and they inspired me to do this.

The bug and truck are from Newton's Nook Destination Christmas, colored with Altenew Artist Markers.  I used my scoreboard to make roads and added the sentiment from Honey Bee's Wonder of Christmas. 

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Addicted to CAS #287

I've been trying to work on Christmas cards and Addicted to CAS inspired me to make a couple with their Christmas theme.

The gold heat embossed sentiment is from SSS.  To add a little color and a holiday feel I added the holly from Spellbinders Christmas Wonder.   To show you that 'white space' doesn't have to be white, I made another card.

The same sentiment is embossed in silver and the leaves were changed to a brighter green.   So happy to have two more cards for my stash.

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Color Hues #113

My company is gone so I had time to create a card for Color Hues - red and white.  The colors said Christmas to me and since that is the majority of the sets I brought with me, I narrowed in on this one.

The dove is a Lovely Layer from Honey Bee.  I cut an extra body and snipped off the wing to use it to mask the bird and shade the wings with Lost Shadow DI.  The red panel was trimmed, embossed with the Organic Linen folder from Altenew and added to a white card base.  The gold embossed sentiment is from Pinkfresh Studio.  I have a feeling I will be making more of this design.

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Freshly Made Sketches #692

I finally finished a card for Freshly Made Sketches and it's for Christmas.  

I didn't realize when I bought Spellbinders Christmas Wonder that all the little die cuts were to fit in the envelope of another of their Envelope Wonder series.  If the original ever goes on sale I may get it but meantime I'll use all those cute images in other ways, like the bells on this card.  They are cut from silver, although they look a little tarnished in the photo, with bows from some TH patterned paper.  The bokeh background paper is from Honey Bee as is the sentiment, stamped in Altenew Winter Lake. 

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Krafty Chicks #772

This is the week for Krafty Chicks Christmas Challenge and since I brought mostly Christmas things to work on this summer, I made them a card.  

The truck is from Newton Nook's Destination Christmas, colored with Altenew artist markers, and popped up on a panel cut with MFT's Elegant Rectangles.  A larger rectangle was cut from a tree paper from Echo Park.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.   One more down.  😁

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