Lots Of Love

It's that time of year... Color Hues #56 and some new schtuff inspired me to make this very simple Valentine. The SSS Triangle Burst EF really needs so little embellishment to Create something absolutely fabulous. I bought some Memory Box dies on sale at Christmas time, so I broke open this Scroll Heart Die. I was unable to capture the colors well in my photo, but the card base and the scroll heart design are pink (SU Melon Mambo), and the background in the circle is (SU Real Red). It is hard to distinguish in the photo.

Color Hues #56 - Pink & Red

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks Challenge #648 - All Occasions

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Memory Box Scroll Heart Circle Die Pink & Main Sentiment Strip Dies
Cardstock	Hammermill 100# Premium Copy Cover Cardstock SU Real Red Cardstock SU Melon Mambo Cardstock Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock Ebony Black 100 lb. Essentials By Ellen Cardstock
Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black
Embellishments
Other	Simon Says Stamp Triangle Burst Embossing Folder Altenew Double Sided Adhesive Sheet Ranger Adhesive Black Foam Roll 1/2" X1/16 Brutus Monroe Alabaster Ultra Fine Embossing Powder Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" Ranger Adhesive Black Foam Roll 1/2" X1/16

Slimline Christmas Joy 2

2023 Christmas Card #2. I am diggin' this slimline design with this wonderful bauble. This time I used many of the same supplies as the last one, but changed up the patterned paper and the die cut for "Joy". I just love the way these have turned out.

The 12 Months Of Christmas Link Up Challenge #96 is ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS with the Optional Twist…Out with the OLD AND In with the NEW. Use both on your card.

So my card has:

OLD: Memory Box, Catherine Pooler Essential Slimline Dies, PTI Bells & Boughs Stamps & Dies, PTI One Liners Die Collection

NEW: SSS Christmas Foliage Dies, Spellbinders Ski Lodge EF

I'm also playing at:

Allsorts #710 - Something New

SSS Christmas Foliage Dies, Spellbinders Ski Lodge EF

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	PTI Bells & Boughs Stamps & Dies PTI One Liners Die Collection SSS Christmas Foliage Dies Catherine Pooler Essential Slimline Dies
Cardstock	110 lb. Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80 lb. Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Neenah Desert Storm 80 lb. Cover American Crafts 6x6 Glitter Paper Pad
Ink	SU Real Red PTI Various Green Inks
Embellishments	SU Silver Elastic Cord
Other	Spellbinders Ski Lodge Embossing Folder Ranger Queen's Gold Embossing Powder Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Scor-Pal Score Board Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting  and Embossing Machine MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Sookwang Double Sided Adhesive Tape 3M foam tape.

Slimline Christmas Joy 1

 2023 Christmas card #1. I loved making this paper pieced bauble for another card HERE, so I wanted to try it in a slimline design. I like it a lot!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	SSS Christmas Foliage Dies The Greetery Opposites Attract Stamps and Dies Catherine Pooler Essential Slimline Dies PTI Bells & Boughs Stamps & Dies Memory Box Drop Ornament Die
Cardstock	110 lb. Neenah Classic Crest Solar  White 80 lb. Neenah Classic Crest Solar  White Neenah Desert Storm 80 lb. Cover Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses 6x6 Paper Pad American Crafts 6x6 Glitter Paper Pad.
Ink	Versa Mark, SU Real Red, PTI Various Greens
Embellishments
Other	Spellbinders Ski Lodge Embossing Folder Ranger Queen's Gold Embossing Powder Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Scor-Pal Score Board Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting and Embossing Machine MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Sookwang Double SidedAdhesive Tape 3M foam tape.

I'm playing at:

Peace On Earth #31 - Anything Goes Christmas

Jingle Belles Rock - What Did Santa Bring You?

Spellbinders Ski Lodge Embossing Folder

Make My Monday Challenge $191 - Something New

Spellbinders Ski Lodge Embossing Folder

Merry Christmas Bauble

The other day I was leaving some love for Lisa Elton of My Paper Tales and found this fabulous card (below) looking back at me. Isn't it beautiful?? I knew I had to CASE it... well, I pretty much copied it.

 

My Drop Ornament Memory Box die is so similar, so I pulled it out along with a BasicGrey 6x6 Christmas themed paper pad from 2009 that I have used a lot but still have a lot to go, and I went to town cutting strips, piecing them together and die cutting. I popped the ornament up on fun foam. I heat embossed, die cut and popped up the two pieces of the sentiment (The Greetery) and placed them on the ornament. I then glued the finished ornament on a panel that I dry embossed with Spellbinders Scenic Poinsettias EF and adhered that panel to a white card base. I love the way this turned out. Thank you, Lisa, for the inspiration!

I am playing at:

As You See It #289 - Breakneck Baubles

9 minutes, 58 seconds

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge #29

Most Magical Time Of The Year #3 - Florals

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #69

Happy New Year!

 It's time for a new challenge at Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list. Your project does not have to go with the challenge theme. You can just use 3 or more items from the inspo list for your creation

To create my card, I used Gina K Iridescent Glitter Glitz Gel and the Pretty Pink Posh Fireworks stencil to create a very glittery and sparkly background on black card stock. I topped that with Cheery Lynn Designs' Happy New Year die cut from Memory Box Pastel Glitter card stock. I stamped and colored with Copics, the champagne bottle from Pretty Pink Posh's Happy New Year Stamp set, added "2022" on the label with my JustRite letter/number stamp tools from the deepest recesses my stash, and popped it up as my finishing touch. I used sparkle, stars, black, champagne, 2022, die cuts from the inspo list.

For more inspiration, be sure to visit the rest of the Festive Friday Challenge Design team:

Ann Schach

Beth McCullough

Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Melva Peters

Jaydee

Diane Evans

Joanne James

I'm also playing at:

Watercooler Wednesday #330 - Occasions

Four Seasons Challenge - Anything Goes Winter - December

Music and Rythm

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out!!! Time Out Challenge #161 is a theme challenge - The Arts. Music is my art of choice.

We are generously sponsored by Birch Press Design.

Music is the first thing that came to mind when I thought about what to make for this challenge. I grew up in a family of singers, played piano, fronted a rock band... I love theater, dance, art museums - you name it. This one is right up my alley!

To create my card, I used a PTI set that I have had in my stash for many years - Rhythm and Soul. I stamped the guitar, watercolored it with Zigs and fussy cut it out. I popped it up on a Memory Box die cut - Virtuoso Music. The sentiment is also from the Rythm and Soul stamp set. I splattered some Heidi Swap gold color shine around the  images.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Blog to see the wonderful creations that our Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Spritz and Splatter

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use Dies or Punches

Fusion - Sketch

Love You

I love this photo inspiration at Inspired By...  Spring Is Here Challenge. I came up with a design that I really loved for this challenge with some quite old and some some new supplies. The wreath was a wood mounted rubber stamp that I removed from the wood block. Using my MISTI, colored it with SU markers using light and dark pinks and greens (ancient and still fabulous) about a third of the image at a time, and stamped. I used the matching die to cut out the wreath. I stenciled the stripes, and added the sentiment. I just love the way it turned out.

Here are the supplies that I used:

Memory Box Mercer Rose Wreath wood mounted rubber stamp

Memory Box Mercer Rose Wreath craft die

Stampin' Up markers applied direct to stamp

SSS Tiny Words Encouragement stamps

Pink and Main Sentiment Strip Die

SSS Diagonal Stripe stencil

PTI Soft Stone Ink

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

I'm also playing at:

The Flower Challenge #43 - Spring/Autumn

Little Red Wagon #544 - Mix 'Em Up

I used supplies from 6 different companies.

Always Fun #158 - Clean And Simple

Joy

Time Out Challenge #153 began last week with a really fun theme. I am here to remind you that there is still time to play. The challenge is to create a project inspired by an item in your wardrobe! It can be a dress, a top, a scarf, a handbag, any item goes! It can be something current, or something you remember from the past. As an optional twist, you can add embossing (heat or dry) or texture to your project.

Our Guest Designer is Lise Mariann who is a very talented designer and who has made two fantastic cards for this challenge. Please visit her blog and check out her awesome art work!

Poppy Stamps is our generous sponsor for this challenge.

As I was putting Christmas things away and pondering what my card would be like, I decided to use this wonderful scarf (above) as my inspiration before retiring it until next December. I die cut our generous sponsor's Poinsettia Circle Frame from a green watercolored panel and "paper pieced" it with another watercolored panel and gold foil cardstock. I watercolored the holly berries with Zigs, and added white dots with a gel pen.

I loved my idea, though I must say the whole process of making this card frustrated me to no end. I decided to post it anyway, but if you look closely, you can see some dried glue blobs on the black card base, and that makes me crazy. I made a previous attempt and used Nuvo drops for the berries. There were lots of pointy blobs and a multitude of swear words uttered. It was one of those creations that took me an insane amount  of time and I wanted to cry several times, but we learn a lot from failures, so here it is. I hope your project is much more fun and satisfying. LOL.

Please hop on over to the Time Out Blog to see the wonderful creations that our Design Team came up with. I really love the idea of taking inspiration from a wardrobe piece, and my teammates have done a fantasdtic job. Come play with us!

O Christmas Tree

Time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #174 is TREE.
CEAL is our Hostess

Our Guest Designer is Vicky Hayes. Vicky is a lovely person and a very talented card maker who works wonders with design and color. Do yourself a favor and take a stroll through her blog for some wonderful inspiration. You will be so glad you did.

My card is created very simply using foiling and embossing. I printed a full sheet of card stock on a laser printer to use for foiling. I applied Ken Oliver's Stick It adhesive to the back of the piece from which I was going to die cut the Memory Box Flowering Christmas Tree. Once I cut the tree, I covered it with Gina K's Glittering Green Fancy Foil foil, and ran it through my laminator. I embossed the sentiment from Stamp Simply's O Christmas Tree on the card front, peeled the backing off the tree and adhered it to the card front to complete the card.

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces Trina and the Design Team have created for your inspiration, and make something to share in the gallery. Challenge winner will be offered a Guest Designer spot for a future challenge. Happy crafting!

Please remember that this is a CAS challenge. Here is a definition to remind you:

I'm also Playing at:

Shopping Our Stash #410 - Happy Holidays

Memoey Box #56 - Holiday Cards

SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge - Sparkle

Sisterhood Of Crafters - Trees~Trees~and more Trees

Merry Little Christmas MLCCB #17 - December Anything Christmas Goes

Perfectly CAS #3 - Christmas

With Gratitude

Time Out Challenge #133 is up and running. This time it's a Theme challenge with a twist: use at least 2  EMBELLISHMENTS, with a twist of one layer. Our challenge is sponsored by Birch PressDesign. A winner will be selected from those entries that include the one layer twist. The prize is a $20.00 gift voucher to the Birch Press Design store. Awesome!

Jeanne Jachna, one of the amazing designers for the Birch Press Design blog, is joining us for this challenge. Check out her stunning cards on her personal blog:  A Kept Life

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Andrea. Andrea plays with us often at Time Out,  and we are thrilled to have her as Guest Designer for this challenge.

For my card, I started with a Kraft card base. I used Sponsor Die Stitched Maple Circle Frame to cut the circle/leaf from a panel water colored with Distress Oxide Inks. I cut the leaf from Old Olive cardstock and inlaid it in the negative cut of the circle. I found this gorgeous piece of lace in my ribbon stash, and wrapped it around another piece of Kraft. I popped up the leaf/circle with foam tape on top of the lace, added some sequins and pearls, and heat embossed the sentiment in gold.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenges Blog to see what Jeanne, Andrea and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Play with us to share your creation, and to have a chance to win a prize from Birch Press Design. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm also playing at:

ATSAM #336 - Anything Goes

Inkspirational #184 - Pop It Up

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - No Designer Paper

Happy Little Stampers April Anything Goes With Dies Challenge

Daring Cardmakers - Bingo (Column 1: Sequins, Stamping, Clean & Simple)