Off Colored Christmas Card

Hi, here we are the 1st of December and Christmas will

be upon us sooner than we think. 

So today I have a Christmas card to share with you

that are not in the "traditional" Christmas colors.

I love the soft look of it.  I am on the design team for 

A Bit More Time to Craft digital papers, so that is where

these fabulous papers came from.  They have a challenge

twice a month that is always anything goes so make sure you hop on

over and join it the fun.  There is also a Friday Freebie where you can pick up some papers.

The Mery Christmas is a stamp from Unity Stamps.  There

stamps a wonderful and they always have great sales.  This stamp is from the

...........A Joyous Season set.  

The snowflake I cut using my Cricut Explore.  This snowflake file is kind of cool because first it draws all the design on the snowflake and then cuts it out along with a shadow layer. 

Well that is it for now, hope everyone is doing well and getting

all the things done for the Holiday season.

A Simple Birthday Card

Hi, it has been a while since I have posted anything.  I guess the

holiday season is upon us, things got a little crazy around here.

Hope everyone had a blesses Thanksgiving with family & friends.

Today I have a very simple card to share with you that I have had

on my desk for a few weeks now but haven't had a chance yet to post.

The background paper is pearl paper that I embossed using my MS scoreboard 

at 1/2 inch increments.  The 3 roses are a Gina Marie die that I cut

from a piece of paper I made using some ink sprays.

Happy Birthday is also a die.

And that's it, pretty simple.

Thanks for taking the time to sop and take a peak.

Happiest 5th Birthday

Hi everyone, hope you have some fun plans for

the weekend.

I have a card to share that I made following this 

weeks sketch at Mojo Monday for one of my great-granddaughter

that turns 5.

I know all the little girls love "My Little Pony" so I went with

that theme because I loved the bright colors.

The background striped paper is a digital paper from 

Sonya Dehart called Summer Carnival.

I used some stitched circle Gina Marie dies to cut out the circle.

The half circle and the 5 were cut using my Cricut Explore.

The half circle is embossed and sprayed with some Glimmer mist so

it is all sparkly and so is the 5.

Well that is it for today, have a great weekend.

Challenges entered:

Crafting with Dragonflies - Stripes/spots ends 11/11

Catch the Bug - Anything goes ends 11/12
Crafty Friends - For someone special ends 11/18

Marshmallow Snowman

Hi, well here we are at November 1st already.  Everyone have them

Christmas cards done?  Nope, not me, I am still trying to figure out 

my design for the ones I mass produce.  It is looking up though cause I thinkI finally have it nearly figured out.

Well, this card will make it into my random Christmas card stack.

I created this card for the November Crafty Awesomeness Challenge over

at the Crafting Circle.  This month out sponsor is

Bugaboo stamps.  Thanks, Jodie we love your stamps. 

I chose to use Marshmallow Snowman for my image.  I had just received my

Hero Arts October kit of the month and it had a cut snow-globe in it

si I wanted to use that with this adorable little snowman. 

I colored him using my Copic markers. I then cut about 3 panels with the circle our of the center from very heavy white chipboard.  I glued the acetate under the piece of pattern paper to make my snow-globe window.  I used a little bit of the 

Flower Soft snow that came in the kit, but mostly what I used for my "snow" was silica gel that I have been saving from medication bottle, shoes, etc etc...

It made GREAT snow for this shaker card. 

Plus I had seen someone had used alcohol inks to dye it so

it can be used for all kinds of shakers cards and other things. 

The globe stand I used the die and cut it from a piece of wood grain paper, then

stamped it with a stamp that was also in the kit.  

The "winter wonderland" I stamped on and oval and mounted it

with foam tape.

So, I hope you like my card and head on over and join in the fun over at

the Crafty Awesomeness challenge.  

Also, make sure you check out Bugaboo stamps for some cute images

and don't forget the Friday Freebie. 

Hope You Feel Better

Hi, I have my  Design Team card to share with you today that I made

using digital paper from A Bit More Time to Craft.

For this one, I used one of the papers from the

Beauty Dream pack.   Make sure you head on over to 

A Bit More Time to Craft as Lozzy will release a lot

of new paper sets November 4th, she also has a freebie on Fridays.

I really love how this card turned out.  I made it following

the sketch from Pals, Paper, Arts where unfortunately this is

their last challenge. 

The circle I cut out using some dies and then stamped

it with a Unity Stamp from the 

Butterflies and Sunbeams set.

Have you ever checked out Unity Stamps, well if not

you really need to if you love stamps.  They are high-quality 

red rubber stamps and OMG the sales they have

are great!

I set up a cut file in Cricut Design Space for this card.  I think it

would look good made up in some Christmas papers so I think

I will make a bunch using different papers.

Well, thanks for stopping by.

A Couple Christmas Cards

Hi, just a quick post to show you a couple Christmas cards

I have made recently.  

I usually make one that a mass produce for the majority of my

cards, but I also make random ones over the year.

And then this one is the same pattern.

This one I used some stamps from SugarPea Designs.

Both of these cards I set up a cut file in Cricut Design Space and cut using my Explore.  I did this cause I thought it would waste less paper plus make it easier to duplicate the cards with different papers if I choose to.

I really like this one this one came out.  I also set up a cut file for this one in Design Space.  The Merry Christmas is a Gina Marie die and

the reindeer was cut using my Explore.   I embossed the back panel using a Cuttlebug embossing folder, Christmas Houses. 

Thanks for taking the time to stop and take a peek at my Christmas cards.

Pretty as a Peacock

Hi, today's card I made using a Unity Stamp from 

the Pretty as a Peacock set.

I stamped the peacock on watercolor paper and then 

colored/painted it using my Zig Clean Color Markers and Distress Inks.

After I colored it I hand cut it out or "fussy" cut it as they say.

I mounted the peacock with foam tape.  The background paper is from a DCWV Mediterranean Cafe stack, then I added strips of lime green cardstock. 

I created this card following the sketch over at the Unity Show & Tell challenge on Facebook. 

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy reading your comments.

Challenges entered:

Unity Show & Tell - sketch ends 10/27

Artistic Inspirations - anything goes ends 11/5

Aurora Wings - anything goes/hand colored ends 11/5

Crafting from the Heart - anything goes ends 10/30

Critters & Creatures - must include a critter/creature ends 10/31

The Outlawz - Greetings animal antics 

Cheers!

Hi here is a super quick post.

Over at The House that Stamps Built they are having challenge

to use food or drink on your card.

Here is the card I came up with.  The wine bottle and glass is 

a stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps it is a really cool stamp that gives it a watercolor effect, check it out HERE. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.  Papers are from a Paper House stack.

Well, I cut myself real close to the deadline on this one (just 15 minutes to go) so I better get this posted.

Dies Flowers in Epoxy

I have a quick card to share with you today.

I made it following one of the sketches this month over 

on the Crafting Circle message board.  It runs through the end of October so

you have plenty of time to join in.

The flowers are actual dried flowers in epoxy, I have had these stickers for
a pretty long time.  The papers I used from an old paper stack I had from k*i Memories that has a very nice variation of patterns and papers.
I die the stitched squares using some of my Gina Marie dies.
The happy birthday is also die cut but I can't remember whose it is, sorry.
And that is it, told you it was a quick card.
Thanks for stopping by.

Let Your Dreams.........

.............set sail.

Hi, here is a card I made this week following the Mojo Monday sketch.

      

All the papers are from the My Mind's Eye "By the Sea" pack.  I got this pack with embellishments,tags, and papers a while back and have been wanting to make a card with it so this sketch was perfect for it.  So hard to photograph the shiny silver paper because it picks up the other colors, but I think you can which parts are the silver.

This week at Mojo Monday is a prize week, so head on over and join in you

could win some Verve stamps. 

I stamped a Verve sentiment in the small tag at the top that I cut using

my Cricut Explore. 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by.

Challenges entered:

Mojo Monday - sketch ends 10/9

Aud Sentiments - anythings goes +sentiment ends 10/10

Crafting with Attitude - Anything goes ends 10/12

Cute Card Thursday - anything goes ends 10/12