Merry Warm & Cozy Christmas

 

Today I kept going back and forth between decorating (in a minimalist way) and card making. I was fishing in my Christmas stash and spending way too much time looking at things and putting things away, when I found this awesome snippet - the heat embossed, inked and die cut "merry" above, and the juices started flowing. The simplest card took me forever, but that's OK. I really like the way it turned out. The current Alphabet Challenge is "Q is for Quilt", and that inspired me to take out my NBUS Sparkling Diamonds Cutting Die which is so reminiscent of a quilt pattern. Topped it with my wonderful snippet, foiled a sentiment and popped that up, added some bling and my card was complete.

The Alphabet Challenge - Q is for Quilt

Supplies Used:

Ink - None

Paper - Gina K Pure Luxury Red Velvet Heavy Base Weight card stock;  Hammermill 100# Premium Copy Cover card stock

Other - PinkFresh Studio Sparkling Diamonds Stand Alone Cuts; Concord & 9th Merry Die; Kaiser adhesive backed Rhinestones; Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System; Spellbinders Glitter Wishes Hot Foil Plates and cutting die; Glimmer Red hot foil; foam tape.

I'm also playing at:

Tic Tac Toe #189

Top row across - December Holiday, Use a Die, Embellishment

Krafty Chicks Challenge #639 - All Occasions

Sunday Stamps #297 - Holiday Greetings

NBUS #44 - November

My NBUS is the PinkFresh Studio Sparkling Diamonds Cover Plate

I Can Smell Autumn Dancing In The Breeze

A new challenge starts today at Can You Handle The Pressure? where the theme is always Anything Goes with an Embossing Folder and an optional twist. Heat embossing is welcome, but not required. An Embossing Folder must be used. For this challenge, the twist is "Fall".

I used a Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder for my background. I swiped it with Soft Suede ink before embossing on kraft card stock. I die cut MFT Grande Greenery Solid in several Fall colors and created a wreath. Finally, I added this wonderful sentiment from So Susy Stamps that I bring out every Fall.

Please head over to the Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge? Blog to check out the Design Team inspiration projects. You are sure to be impressed! Then dive into your embossing folder collection and join us with or without the twist! Just be sure to use an embossing folder on your creation!

I am also playing at:

Sunday Stamps #291 - Autumn Rays

Four Seasons Challenge - September 2022

Anything Goes - Fall

Make The Cards Challenge #63

Alphabet Challenge - L is for Leaves

Surround Yourself With Friends

Less Is More #466 starts today. We are challenged to create a CAS card with a a masculine theme.

To create my card, I inked a portion of the main image from Birch Press Design's No One Like You stamp set with VersaMark ink and I embossed it with WOW Primary Lagoon embossing powder. I stamped one of the sentiments from the set with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, embossed it with WOW clear embossing powder. die cut it with a Lil' Inker stitched circle die, and popped it up among the fishies. Just to give it a little more interest, I die cut the stamped panel with Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangle Dies and popped it up on the card base.

 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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I'm also playing at:

The Alphabet Challenge - Embossing wet or dry

Krafty Chicks #614 - Stamp Act

Double D - White with one other color only

Try It On Tuesday - For The Man In Your Life

You're In My Thoughts

 

Less Is More #465 starts today. We are challenged to create a CAS card with a a rainbow theme.

To create my card, I used the wreath from Pinkfresh Studio's Rainbow Floral Washi that was die cut with the matching die. This snippet was gifted to me by a dear friend along with the other washi images from the roll. Thank you, friendy! I simply popped up the wreath with SU Dimensionals and added a sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio's Forever In Our Hearts that was heat embossed with white EP on black card stock. Super simple, easy peasy.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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I'm also playing at:

Inkspirational 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #612 - CAS

Alphabet Challenge - D is for Die Cuts

Little Red Wagon #654 - With a Little Help From My Friends

This Card Is Full Of Love

Less Is More #463 starts today. We are challenged to create a One Layer (no layers, just a card base) CAS card with an off center design.

To create my card, I placed the Off The Edge Daffodils stencil from SSS in the upper left corner of my Neenah Solar White 110# card base. I stenciled it lightly with various Altenew inks. I then added a sentiment from SSS So Talkative stamp set using VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink heat embossed with WOW clear embossing powder.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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I'm also playing at:

Just Us Girls #629 - Word Week

My word is LOVE

Colorful Options April 2022

Krafty Chicks Challenge #608 - CAS

Alphabet Challenge - B is for BLOOMS

Pastel Happy Birthday

I am thrilled to be here today as Guest Designer for Can You Handle The Pressure where the challenge is always Anything Goes with the use of an embossing folder on your project. Each challenge has an optional twist, and today it is pastels.

I used kraft for my card base and stamped it with Versamark ink using SSS Gerbera Daisy Background Cling stamp. I then cut strips in different widths of pastel card stock scraps in a pastel version of rainbow colors. I taped them together, placed the panel in the SSS Floral Field Embossing Folder and ran it through through my Platinum Die Cutting and Embossing Machine. Once I cut the strip panel to fit the card base, I mounted it on fun foam and adhered it to the base. The sentiment is from CZ Design Happy Birthday Wafer Dies with the base cut from vellum and the sentiment cut from black glossy card stock.

Please head over to the Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge Blog and soak up some wonderful inspiration from the Design Team. Then dive into your embossing folder collection and join us with or without the twist! Just be sure to use an embossing folder on your creation!

I am also playing at:

Seize The Birthday #236 - Signs of Spring

Alphabet Challenge - B is for BLOOMS

All The Treats

I am so excited to be here with my Guest Designer project for Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge, where it's always anything goes - Halloween.

 

Here is the November mood board for some inspiration.

To create my card, I blended Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks on a piece of Neenah Solar White 80# card stock. After it dried, I spattered it with water, and after that dried, with Mr. Huey's Opaque White Color Mist. I used the Essentials By Ellen Birch Trees Cover Plate and Ebony Black Cardstock to die cut the trees and ground and affixed it to the blended panel. I stamped, Copic colored and die cut several images from Bear Ware 2 & 5 and arranged them in a Halloween scene. I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips Halloween die cut with Pink & Main Sentiment Strip Dies and my card was complete.

Please head over to the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge and check out the wonderful Design Team Creations. This is such a fun challenge where it is all Halloween all the time! Also check out the winners the and honorable mentions from October in the the November 1st post - so much great inspiration there too! Thanks so much Darlene and Diane for the opportunity to design for Two Old Bats! I had a great time making this card!

I'm also playing at:

Inspired By #193 - Friends Fall Together

Daring Cardmakers - Halloween Inspired

Krafty Chicks #583 - All Occasions

Little Red Wagon #625 - Outside

Use Your Stuff #434 - Halloween or Pumpkins

O is for Outdoors

This is Halloween November Challenge

You Are Loved

 

I wanted to use this gnome and large die cut sentiment together. I could not find a way to like whatever I tried on an A2 sized card. I am not so comfortable with the slimline craze, but when I laid this out, and added the stenciled hearts with the delicious new Distress Oxide color - Kitsch Flamingo, it made me very happy. The pink background behind the die cut sentiment is pink vellum. The DO ink, SSS Gnome dies & sentiment dies are "Never Before Used Schtuff"!

I'm playing at:

Color Hues #11 - Red & Pink

Watercooler Wednesday #308 - All About Occasions

Alphabet Challenge - V is for Vellum

Pink vellum behind sentiment die cu

Mod Squad Challenge - All About Love 

NBUS #23