Jesus is Born on Christmas

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 612 - Sentiment Background, today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 403 - X3 and today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 474. I dusted off a set from Sweet N Sassy stamps sets that I have never inked up to make this Christmas card. I used the sentiment REJOICE! and stamped the focal image in momento tuxedo black on white cs then on paper and cut out the image for masking. With the mask in place I stamped the sentiment 3 times on each row in river rock. For the small panel I used the sentiment "The Savior Is Born" and stamped it masking for 1 word at a time in river rock. That panel is popped up on dimensionals with a ribbon tied across the top. I colored the focal image with copics. For the inside I stamped the Rejoice and another sentiment from the set and Rejoice on the envelope. One more card for next month. 

RECIPE:

Stamps: Sweet N Sassy - Jesus is Born

Paper: White, River Rock

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, River Rock

Accessories: dimensionals, ribbon, copics

Techniques: 3D, CAS, Copic Coloring, masking, out of the box

May Flowers for Your Birthday

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 588 - Stencil Monoprint, today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 379 - May Flowers, and last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 584 - Wondering who Crushed my Pumpkin pie.
I think I may have added too much water. I used my SU coordinating markers to ink up my stencil then huffed and misted before turning upside down on my watercolor paper. To add some depth I used the pen side to accent the lines and flower centers. I cut the HB sentiment out in crushed curry cs. 

On the inside I stamped a sentiment from Sweet and Sassy's Birthday Innies set in watermelon wonder. For the envelope I inked Happy in crushed curry and Birthday in watermelon wonder. Hope you like it.














RECIPE:

Stamps: SU- It's Your Birthday, SNS- Birthday Innies

Paper: white, watercolor, watermelon wonder

Ink: Watermelon Wonder, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive

Accessories: Memory Box Happy Birthday die, Memory Box Flora Stencil

Techniques: Stencil Monoprint, CAS

Jessie's Birthday Card

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 579 - I Lost my Honey in a Gray Lagoon, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 373 - It's About Birthdays and Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 444.
My darling hubby will be celebrating a birthday in August and as I put this together it just screamed for him so I went on and wrote his name on the envelope so I wouldn't change my mind later. LOL.
I used some dp from MME - Home stack for the 3 panels and unusual for me I used the basic gray cs for my card base. I usually use either white or vanilla since they are in more abundance and easier to restock.

I used white on the inside so I could stamp the sentiment and stamped in lost lagoon the Birthday Innies sentiment from sweet-n-sassy stamps.  I love this sentiment and can not believe it is the first time I have used it.  On the envelope I used the balloon stamp from Favorite Teddy Stampin Up set in hello honey ink. 
I lost my SU demonstrator and have to find a new one. I also thought I had lost my mojo since a month had past and I just could NOT get inspired by the challenges. Still not sure I ever had any mojo but gave it a shot today anyway. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Favorite Teddy, Birthday Innies, SNS, 
Paper: White, basic gray, My Minds Eye - Home, hello honey, lost lagoon 
Ink: hello honey, lost lagoon 
Accessories: HB Die - Impression Obsession 
Techniques: CAS, 3D, die cuts

60th Anniversary Card

This is for today's WAYS TO CHALLENGE # 556 - Gold Mediums and Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 565. My dh has an aunt and uncle celebrating their 60th Anniversary and this was made to give to them. It is such an inspiration to see a couple remain together this long.

I hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Anniversary Innies - SNS 
Paper: vanilla, gold, TPS - Simple & Elegant dp
Ink: Soft Suede 
Accessories: dimensionals

CAS Silly Sealife Birthday

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 547 - Only One, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 338 - Cute Critters. My color combo is from last Tuesday's COLOR COMBO # 543 - No Gray days in Lucky Bermuda. CAS is so much my style, the more I add to a card the less I tend to like it. I stamped the whale in momento tuxedo black on white then colored with copics C1,C3, C5. I colored the water below, around and above the whale with BG10, BG11. I matted the whale on Bermuda bay. The tiny bubbles die was cut with Bermuda bay and pool party. I stamped the sentiment in lucky limeade below.

On the inside in lucky limeade I used a sentiment from Sweet and Sassy's Birthday Innies. All of my famiy are beach lovers so some lucky family member will receive this birthday card soon. Hope you like it. Off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: SU - AYC II, Silly Sealife; SNS - Birthday Innies
Paper: white, bermuda bay 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black ,Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade 
Accessories: ribbon, oval punches, Memory Box tiny bubbles die 
Techniques: CAS

Happy Down Under 13th Anniversary to Shannon and Danny

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 519 - Sentiment Down Under, and today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 310 - Love is in the Air. Well it may be groundhog day but it is also a 13th Anniversary for my daughter, Shannon (aka E3Stamper) so todays challenges were perfect since I needed a card for tonight. I found this gorgeous sheet of dp from the Crazy Love stack of Bo Bunny dp and had to use it matted with real red and popped up on vanilla cs. My sentiment is stamped in real red and the inside as well. Yeah I did it inside and out. Whoo Hoo. Have a great day and see ya tomorrow for another fabulous challenge.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Anniversary Innies - Sweet N Sassy Stamps 
Paper: vanilla, real red, Bo Bunny - Crazy Love dp 
Ink: Real Red 
Accessories: dimensionals 
Techniques: Sentiment Down Under, Curves, 3D

Happy Anniversary Card for Andy and Nikki

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 517 - Triple the Possibilities, today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 308 - New Year Resolutions, and today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 381. My New Years Resolution is to complete the inside along with the outside on all the cards I make this year. Today I did that with the help of Sweet N Sassy's Inside Innies for Anniversaries. I used the single tree from Lovely as a tree for my focal image, inked it with chocolate chip and wild wasabi inks and stamped after huffing. I colored inside and around and make some grass around the tree bottom. I curved the sentiment and stamped it in Primrose Petals. This is going next door to a nephew and his wife for their 1st anniversary. Hope they like it
RECIPE:
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree - SU, Anniverary Innies - SNS 
Paper: white, DCWV dp 
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Primrose Petals 
Accessories: dimensionals, ribbon, copics 
Techniques: Triple Layers, 3D, copic coloring

Fleas Navidad

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 514 - Speaking Foreign, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 523 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 513 - Basic Bermuda Slush. I have had this idea in my head all day and tried to forget it but it just would not go away. I have no foreign language stamps so I had to free style this. I will give this to my darling hubby for Christmas since it reminds me of the mutt he brought home last year and grew into a horse. LOL.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Woof You - SNS 
Paper: White, Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black 
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Darice Paw Print EF 
Techniques: dry emboss, paper piecing, doodling, Cut Out

Simply Soft Joyful Heart

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 494 - Wild Gray Melons, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 497 - Curve the Sentiment, and Monday's MOJO MONDAY'S SKETCH CHALLENGE # 361. My 2 step stamping did not turn out like I wanted so I took the opporutity for improvement and colored with copics then added some stickles for shine. I used a button for the cirlc and treaded some gray ribbon thru the button and tied it twice. Hope you like it. I was so happy to have the opportunity to play along this morning. I miss the daily challenges every day but to do them I would have to get up a 2am rather than 4 am to go to work. AINT HAPPENEN. LOL!!
RECIPE:
Stamps: SU-Simply Soft, SNS-Joyuful Heart   
Ink: Basic Gray, Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: copics, stickles, ribbon, Quick Kutz button die
Techniques: 2 step stamping, copic coloring

HIs Tissue Stamped Masked Child

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 437 - Tissue Stamping and today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 228 - Technique Challenge (Masking).
I used 3 shades of pink for my card and Nesties Label 4 for my masking. I hope I did the TLC right. I am finding myself without inspiration lately which I why I have not been in the galleries. I hope my mojo has not left me for good. If it has you can look for some really good sales. I have a room full of stamping stuff.
RECIPE:
Stamps: His Child - SNS
Paper: white
Ink: pretty in pink, rich regal, melon mambo
Accessories: tissues, Nesties Label 4
Techniques: Masking, Reverse Masking, Tissue Stamping

His Child

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 435 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 425 - Basically Brides Pirouettes. This is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 428 - Happy Birthday Joan where I CASED her TAKE FLIGHT changing the colors, layout and theme. I love silhouettes and especially of little girls at play.
I used a brand new to me set from Sweet N Sassy stamps called "His Child". I stamped the image in basic gray and the sentiment in Pretty in Pink (needed a darker pink that would show up) then matted on basic gray cs. My dp is from My Minds Eye stack "Everyday Tango". One piece is matted on pink pirouette and the other on blushing bride. My base is white and I embossed the basic gray piece with Sizzix "Bricked" embossing folder.
Now let's go to work and earn some money for more stamps and supplies. LOL
RECIPE: 
Stamps: His Child - SNS
Paper: white, basic Gray, Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, MME Everyday Tango
Ink: Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: dimensionals, brads, Sizzix EF Bricked
Techniques: dry embossing, 3D

Woof You Light to Dark Critter

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 417 - A Certain Bashful Delight with a dessert option of adding a critter. Well my DH came home last week with a 2in high and 3 in long jet black lab pup that tried to run out under his truck and last year he ran over a little puppy unavoidably with cars in front on the side and behind him so that he could not avoid it without recking. He felt sooo bad about it and brudded for several days. He said he "could not let that happen to this little guy" even though he had said without reservation years ago "NO MORE DOGS". We had a dog I got form the kennel and was sweet and well behaved for 3 yrs until he got struck by lightning (or at least that is what I think happened). He started going crazy anytime the weather got bad.
So this is going to be my dh's anniversary card for the 20th of this month. LOL.
I used Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 420 - Light to Dark for my coloring using copics C0, 1, 2, 3, 5, & 7.
My layout is from Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 211 - Sketch. I sponged the certainly celery bottom section then added some flicks with my marker for grass, I sponged the son with daffodil delight using reverse masking and the sky with bashful blue using the punched out circle as a mask. I filled the sun in with yellow Stickles for some sparkle.
My images and sentiment are from a Sweet-N-Sassy clear stamp set called "Woof You" and were all stamped in momento tuxedo black ink.
Hope you like it and I hope my DH does also.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Woof You - SNS
Paper: whtie, certainly celery, bashful blue, daffodil delight
Ink: momento tuxedo black, certainly celery, bashful blue, daffodil delight
Accessories: circle punch, sponges, yellow stickles
Techniques: light to dark, copic coloring, masking, reverse masking, sponging

Warm & Fuzzy Eskimo Kisses

This is for today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 153 - Warm and Fuzzy Wuzzies. I used the very 1st stamp set I purchased from Sweet N Sassy Stamps "Eskimo Kisses".
My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 420.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 410 - Soft Calypso Party.
I used the Nestability Cirlce Die and soft suede card stock for the matt of my spotlight images and the Fleur De Lis Square Die in calypso coral for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 413 - Focus on the Dies.
I stamped my image in momento tuxedo black then colored with copics BG10 & 11, E43,44,50,51, & 53, R02,12 & 22. I was sure I had forgotten how to color with my copics since it has been a while. After coloring I used a circle punch to cut the image and matted on soft suede die cut circle and popped the spotlighted images up on dimensionals.
Hope you like it and today I am wishing I had one of those warm and fuzzy coats and scarfs. BRRRR is it cold here in South Ga. LOL
RECIPE:
Stamps: Eskimo Kisses - SNS
Paper: white, soft suede, calypso coral, pool party
Ink: momento tuxedo black
Accessories: copics, dimensionals, Nestability Circle Die, Nestability Fleur De Lis Squares
Techniques: Spotlighting, 3D, Focus on the dies, Warm & Fuzzy Wuzzies

Christmas Joy Tree Ornament

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 399 - Whispering Very Cherry Olives.

My center panel was threaded with red ribbon and a bow tied for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 401 - Woven Ribbon.

My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY'S SKETCH CHALLENGE # 265.

I used 2 different dies from Nestability Picot Edge Circles then sponged some old olive and cherry cobbler on the inside and tips of edges. My sentiment is from a Sweet N Sassy stamp set called Christmas Joy and is stamped in cherry cobbler.

Hope you like it.

RECIPE:

Stamps: Christmas Joy - SNS

Paper: white, old olive
Ink: cherry cobbler, old olive
Accessories: Nestabilities Picot Edge Circles, dimensionals, ribbon
Techniques: woven ribbon, 3D

A CASE of Kindness

This is for today's QUEEN FOR THE DAY CHALLENGE # 136 - Chris aka Glowbug. I chose to CASE Chris' beautiful LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE changing the colors and Nesties and used a different themed sentiment.
This is also for Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 398 - Embossing; Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 398 - Very Pink Primrose and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 400 - Cut It Up. Man I had fun with this. Whoo Hoo. I have not been able to play on Friday's for a while now and too happy to CASE the fabulously crafty Chris. Her gallery has always made me drool.
I used Romantic Rectangles Nestie Dies (2) different sizes, one for the base and one for the sentiment panel. I embossed a smaller panel of Vanilla cs with Stylized Flowers Embossing Folder then cut the corners with a corner punch. I also used my Versa Mark Pen to hit the high spots then chaulk to add some color to just the raised portions. I had some lace adhesive to attach down the center topped with some light pink ribbon. I popped the sentiment panel up after stamping the sentiments from Sweet-N-Sassy's "Kindness" set with primrose petals and sponging with pretty in pink then tied a bow with some wider pink ribbon.
Hope you like it and I hope I did Chris' beautiful creation justice.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Kindness - SNSS
Paper: vanilla
Ink: primrose petals, pretty in pink
Accessories: ribbon 2 sizes, adhesive lace, Stylized Flowers EF, Nesites Romantic Rectangles, button
Techniques: dry embossing, 3D, Poppin' Pastels,

New Beginings with Chevron

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 396 - Rich Mustard at Midnight with Chevron as dessert.
My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 262.
My layered butterflies are for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 398 - Add A Little Dimension.
I stamped the largest in rich razzleberry then the middle in the same ink after stamping off, the smallest was inked and stamped in midnight muse, all on mustard cs.
The sentiment is also stamped in rich razzleberry on more mustard cs.
I did some doodling around the more mustard cs short pieces and ran the rich razzleberry throught my cuttlebug using the Chevron EF.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: New Beginings - SNS
Paper: rich razzleberry, more mustard, midnight muse
Ink: rich razzleberry, midnight muse
Accessories: dimensionals, butterfly dies from SNS, SU Marker
Techniques: dry embossing, 3D

New Beginings

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 396 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 386 - Primrose Summer Breeze.
I just had to have this Sweet N Sassy stamp set and coordinating die and finally found the opportunity to use them.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: New Beginings - SNS
Paper: white, primrose petals, summer starfruit, baja breeze
Ink: primrose petals, baja breeze
Accessories: ribbon, Victorian embossing folder, dimensionals, SNS Butterfly dies, cuttlebug
Techniques: die cuts, 3D, dry embossing

A CASE of Woof You

This is for today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 121 - Red, White, Blue; today's QUEEN FOR THE DAY CHALLENGE # 117 - cathymac where I chose to CASE Cathy's I WOOF YOU CARD.
This is also for Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 379 - Man Up; Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 389; Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 379 - Crazy Breezy Cobbler; Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 381 - Half It and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 174 - White Layers.
I just had to CASE one of Cathy's card using this darling image from Sweet-N-Sassy. I paper pieced his scarf from some "YeeHaw" dp from The Paper Studio then colored and cut the image out to pop up on dimensionals half on and half off my main panel. I stamped the paw prints in baja breeze half on and half off and the sentiment in cherry cobbler half on and half off.
I will give this to my dh who likes to be reminded just how much I love him.
Now off to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Woof You - SNS
Paper: white
Ink: momento tuxedo black, cherry cobbler, baja breeze
Accessories: dimensionals, copics,
Techniques: paper piecing, 3D, copic coloring

Perfect Praise of the Lord

This is for today's COLORR CHALLENGE # 379 - A Crazy, Breezy Cobbler with Limeade Dessert.
Also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 381 - Half It.
My layout is from Saturday's THE SWEET STOP SKETCH CHALLENGE # 162.
I stamped the image in momento tuxedo black then cut and embossed with Nesties Circle die and colored with copics. I stamped the image from Sweet-N-Sassy set "Praise The Lord" twice and cut out one of the flowers to pop up on dimensionals then popped the entire circle panel up on dimensionals# The sentiment is from Perfect Swans from Sweet-N-Sassy Stamps and is stamped in cajun craze#
The dp is from The Paper Studio called The Classics.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Perfect Swans, Praise the Lord - SNS
Paper: white, cajun craze, TPS The Classics
Ink: momento tuxedo black, cajun craze
Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, Nesties Circle, copics, stickles
Techniques: copic coloring, 3D

You Light Up My Life

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 370 - Ruffles where I used some SU Ribbon that has ruffled edges.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 370 - Tangerine Olive Delight.
I cut some stips of daffodil delight, attached them to the DD panel for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 372 - Faux Dry Embossing.
I used my Fiskars Sunburst scalloped border punch and my scallop circle tangerine tango matt for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 165 - Scallops.
My layout is from Saturday's SWEET N SASSY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 153 where we were to choose a previous sketch. I chose WEEK # 136 November 26th.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Shining Light - SNS
Paper: white, tangerine tango, daffodil delight
Ink: tangeringe tango
Accessories: Fiskars Sunburst border, SU Scallop Circle, Fiskars Circle punch, ribbon, gem, dimensionals
Techniques: Faux dry embossing, 3D