PP685 Color Challenge From Claire

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Claire is our Paper Players hostess this week and it's a color challenge week!  If you know Claire, you know she likes bright bold colors!  Check it out:

These colors just sing of spring, but I went in a different direction:

I recently did some shopping and got this little tree and die on sale from Colorado Craft! It hadn't gotten any ink yet, so I thought I'd make a non-traditional Christmas card!  To be really artistic, I could have inked every line with a marker and stamped it all on one diecut, but I was lazy, so I cut out several trees and lined them up in my Stamparatus and inked them in all the challenge colors, then snipped them into layers and adhered them to one tree.  Not the most aesthetically-pleasing technique, but it was certainly easier!!!

I diecut a panel of Basic White with an Everyday Detail die, then ran it through a snowflake embossing folder and mounted it on a square Crushed Curry card with a wee little Bermuda Bay mat.  I added a few bright pink sequins for fun.  I used the circle diecut as a base for my sentiment on the inside:

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, and it was inked up in Granny Apple Green!  Since the Christmas Craft Creations Challenge this month is looking for non-traditional colors, I'm entering there as well!

The design team has done a fabulous job with these colors!  Be sure to hop over to the Paper Players blog to check out how they used Claire's palette!  Then come play along with us too!  We'll be waiting to see what you create!

My little ice cube orchid began blooming a couple weeks ago....it has almost all the colors in it from our challenge this week, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Word Tree Mini (Colorado Craft), Christmas Blessings (Simon Says Stamp)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay (ret)
Ink	Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay (ret)
Accessories	Sequins from my stash, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Everyday Details Dies,Snowflake Sky Embossing Folder, Word Tree Mini Die (Colorado Craft), Christmas Blessings Die (Simon Says Stamp), So Saffron Blend (ret)

FMS629 Tidings of Comfort & Joy

Happy Thursday, peeps! I have another Christmas card for you today, since I am trying to replenish my stash! It uses Amy's sketch from FMS and the designer paper challenge from Christmas Craft Creations:

So here we go, I am on a vintage roll:

I used some papers from Simple Stories' Simple Vintage Christmas....this pad is almost gone, I've used it so much!  The top border is cut from one piece; I fussy-cut around the holly at the top and I added a little Mossy Meadow panel embossed with an embossing folder that mimicked the scallop of the lace behind it.  The lower holly pattern is another piece of DSP.  

I added a sentiment from Hope and Peace, diecut with a retired oval die and layered with a Mossy Meadow scallop:

A little Cherry Cobbler soft baker's twine added a bit of embellishment.  Another sentiment from the same set on the inside:

Thanks for visiting today!  Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Hope & Peace (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Mossy Meadow, Naturals Ivory (ret), Simple Vintage Christmas (Simple Stories)
Ink	Cherry Cobbler
Accessories	Cherry Cobbler Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stitched Shapes Dies (ret), Layering Ovals Dies (ret), Elegant Dots EF (ret)

Christmas Craft Creations-No Stamping

Happy Tuesday, everyone! Monday sort of slipped away from me, so no post yesterday!  I did do a tiny bit of creating on Sunday...no stamping, though...for the "no stamping" challenge at Christmas Craft Creations:

I have SO MANY lovely Christmas papers that I seem to be hoarding, I thought this would be a good time to put some to use!  This vintage Christmas collage paper is from Simple Stories called Simple Vintage Christmas:

It's a bit bigger than a standard card because the printed papers are 6x8" and I wanted to get as many of the pictures on the card as I could!  I cut my Crumb Cake to 8 x 6 1/4" and scored it at 4".  I created a tag from some parchment paper I got at a yard sale, then added a glimmer paper"merry", star and greenery:

I attached with a little Real Red ribbon going across the card.  I just love these sweet vintage images, too!               

Another one for the stash! Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps
Card stock & Papers	Crumb Cake, Simple Vintage Christmas DSP (Simple Stories), Parchment Paper (Southworth), Real Red, Champage and Shaded Spruce Glimmer Papers (ret)
Ink	Pecan Pie (for sponging)
Accessories	Real Red Ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Tailor Made Tags Dies, Greenery Dies (Tim Holtz), Sponge Daubers

CAS Berry Christmas

Happy Friday, peeps!  Hope you have some fun plans for the weekend!  In an effort to replenish my Christmas card supply, here's my weekly holiday creation!  This is a CAS card--one layer---to fulfill the Christmas Craft Creations challenge, and I am also entering it at the Krafty Chicks monthly Christmas challenge and the Jingle Belles challenge, which wants only cardstock! 

So here we go:

This is uber-CAS!  Sentiment and images are from Papertrey; the speckle is from Friends are Like Seashells!  I used Shaded Spruce for the greenery and Sweet Sorbet and Cherry Cobbler for the berries.  Speckles were stamped in Soft Succulent; easy peasy!

While watching old episodes of Inspector Lynley yesterday, I made a little felt doodad to display with my St Patrick's Day decor:

Sadly, I had NO kelly green in my felt stash...I guess I need to remedy that!  So I had to pick this sort of bluish green as an alternative!  Still looks cute!  I diecut everything with my Big Shot and various dies, then did a blanket stitched with embroidery floss.  I love felt!  Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Friends are Like Seashells, Beautiful Berries: Winter (Papertrey)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White
Ink	Shaded Spruce, Soft Succulent, Sweet Sorbet, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories
Tools	Corner Rounder Punch, Stamparatus, White Gel Pen

Be Merry

Happy Friday, peeps!  Just a quick card for two challenges today!  The Color Hues challenge wants red and aqua, which is a favorite of mine, and the Christmas Craft Creations wants only two colors! 

I pulled out a favorite Stamp Market set and here we go:

I looked through my stash of DSP but didn't have any Coastal Cabana gingham, so I made my own plaid with the retired Buffalo Check.  The sentiment, candy cane and bow are from The Stamp Market's Candy Cane Christmas set; they were all stamped and adhered to a Stylish Shapes square diecut and layered with a Real Red scalloped mat.  I also added a little rhinestone for some bling!

An Impression Obsession stamp finished the inside:

I know it's pretty unadorned, but sometimes that's okay!  Thanks for visiting today...enjoy it and be blessed!

"We love because He first loved us." 1 John 4:19

  

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Candy Cane Christmas (The Stamp Market), Buffalo Check (ret)
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Real Red
Ink	Real Red, Coastal Cabana
Accessories	Pretty Peacock Rhinestone (ret), Mini Dimensionals
Tools	Big Shot, Stylish Shapes Dies, Layering Squares Dies (ret), Candy Cane Christmas Dies (The Stamp Market)