A Turkey Should Be Dressed!

 

Thanksgiving is by far, my favorite holiday. This year is a tough one, as it is the first since my sister's passing in December. I wanted to make a card for my nieces that would lift them but nothing goopy. The feast will be at the house they grew up in and I know emotions will run high.  I thought this was perfect. 

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Craft Secrets Clear Art Stamps Thanksgiving Pinkfresh Studio Fancy Oval Frame
Cardstock	Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury 120# Ivory Card Stock
Ink	Memento Rich Cocoa
Embellishments
Other	Simon Says Stamp Forest Floor Embossing Folder 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-1/4" Waffle Flower Foam Strips 1/16" Thick

Im playing at:

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #235

Vertical Row on Right

The Male Room #180 - Feathers

Can You Handle The Pressure - AG With Optional Twist of Turkey/Thanksgiving

Inkspirational #303 - Seasonal

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving

Shopping Our Stash #509 - Emboss Like A Boss

Happy Birthday Time Out!

Time for a new challenge at Time Out! Challenge #232 starts today and runs through March 1st. It is a special celebration of Time Out's 9th Birthday!  We are joined by our co-founder Sandie of London Days who was the glue who kept us going for many years. We love you and we are so happy to have you designing with us for this very special occasion!  I have been part of the Time Out Design Team since October 2016, and I am so blessed and privileged to be part of this incredibly talented group of crafters who are as wonderful people as they are artists. 

We welcome Hannelie Bester of Desert Diva and winner of Time Out #230, as our Guest Designer. Hannelie is well known and admired in the card making world. Her creations are consistently stunning and inspiring. Do treat yourself to a visit to her blog. You are sure to be glad that you did.

My card is simply stamped with Newton's Nook Zoo Party image and sentiments and colored with Copics The sentiments are heat embossed. The tropical background is a gel print made with Pretty Pink Posh's Jungle Background stencil.

We are generously sponsored by Newton's Nook. Challenge winner will receive a t

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

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Newton's Nook Zoo Party
Cardstock	80 lb. Neenah Solar Crest Cardstock Recollections Black 110 lb. Cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black VersaFine Onyx Black Copic markers
Embellishments
Other	Wow Clear Embossing Powder Pretty Pink Posh Jungle Background Stencil 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" 3M foam tape

I'm also playing at:

Shopping Our Stash #490 - Anything starting with the letter B

Birthday

Make My Monday #194 - All Creatures Great & Small

We Love Stamping February Challenge

Anything stamped with the option to add a stencil

Wish Upon A Starfish

Less Is More Challenge #443 begins today. We are challenged to make a Clean and Simple card with the sketch below.

 

For my card, I used the MFT Rectangle Peek-a-Boo Window Die to frame my starfish image from Tim Holtz Mini Blue Prints Nautica Strip Cling Rubber Stamps. I colored it with Copics, and added a sentiment from Hero Arts to complete my card.

 

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. See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

I'm also playing at:

Little Red Wagon #601 - Sand and Sea

Allsorts Challenge #624 - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash #445 - Here Fishy Fishy!

Make the Cards #15 - Beach

Have a Joyous Easter

I am here as Guest Designer with my reminder card for the March/April Uniko Challenge #64 - Signs of Spring with an optional twist of Easter. It has been such an honor and a joy to design among these lovely people who are some of my favorite crafting rock stars. I am grateful to have had the opportunity.

For my card, I chose to use the Uniko Mid Century Modern Florals Clear Stamp Set. I just love the images in the set. I binge-watched the entire Mad Men series while on lockdown and I can't tell you how many times I thought of these stamps as I studied the furniture and fashion on the sets of the show. Rather than go with spring pastel colors, I went with some bolder colors in rainbow order. I popped an Easter sentiment from Paper smooched in as it fit perfectly between two of the flowers. I just love the way it turned out.

Please head over to the Uniko Challenge to be inspired and to play along. Thank you Bev and the Uniko Brand Ambassadors for having me.

 I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #553 - Stamp Act

The Card Concept #152 - Celebrate Easter

My Clean & Graphic card is inspired by the theme of Easter.

Shopping Our Stash #442 - Celebrating All Things Spring

Retro Rubber #155 - Rainbow Connection

I purchased Uniko's Mid Century Modern Florals when it was released in May of 2019.

Always Fun #207 - Rainbows

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Easter/Spring

Make My Monday #145 - Easter/Spring

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Easter/Spring

I See Your True Colors

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.

Since the Inspiration List is a mix of elements related to the festivity, the creator has the choice to make something for that festivity, or to ignore the festivity all together and create something using just the three (or more) elements selected.

Today's festivities are in celebration of World Autism Day, which is celebrated on April 2nd. The challenge runs from March 19 - March 29.

I like to create a card for our challenge that goes with the celebration. For my Autism Awareness- Themed card, I CASEd a design from a Tee Shirt that I found when I Googled. You can see it HERE. I used Essentials By Ellen Hands dies to create all the colored hands. The tiny hearts are from PTI Love Lives Here dies. I did the sentiment on my computer.  The word "colors" is die cut from Essentials By Ellen Tall N Skinny Alpha Dies. Can you hear Cyndi Lauper singing??? I used jigsaws, bright colors, and blue 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

Judy Rozema-off this week

I hope you will come play.

I'm also playing at:

Shopping Our Stash #441 - The Rainbow Connection

With Gratitude

It's time for a new challenge at Less Is More. Challenge #431 is to make a Clean & Simple creation with more than one type of foliage. 

Our wonderful sponsor and awesome supporter is Uniko.

For my card, I went into the deep, dark recesses of my wood mounted rubber stamp collection, and pulled out Hero Arts Woodland Leaves and Grasses. I used a variety of inks from SU and Papertrey Ink to stamp the images in autumnal colors across the bottom of the card.

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Gratitude Sentiment Strips, die cut with Pink & Main Sentiment Strip Dies.

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 and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I am also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #530 - All Occasions

Use Your Stuff #408 - Autumn/Fall Theme

The Card Concept #142 - Autumn Bounty

Inspired by the theme of Autumn - CAS

Global Design Project #263 - Season Of Thanks

Shopping Our Stash #431 - Happy Fall Y'All

Stamping Sensations October Challenge - Autumn Glory

We Love Chocolate Baroque - Anything Goes

Sending Thoughts And Smiles

 

I dug out this Wilson Designs stamp set that I have had in my stash of favorites for many years and created this fun CAS card to play at several challenges that I ran across today. I used my MISTI to stamp the itsy bitsy polka dot bikinis, and colored them with Copics in rainbow colors. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Encouragement.

I'm playing at:

AAA Cards #171 - Along The Edge + Optional Twist Of Beach

Shopping Our Stash - Keep It Simple Sister

Make My Monday #128 - Clean And Simple

Simon Says Stamp - Summer Memories

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations - Summer Fun

Be Free

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out!!! With Time Out Challenge #162, we are challenged to be FREE! 

We are generously sponsored by Visible Image Stamps.

Our wonderful Guest Designer is Joanna of Jo-Jo's Spot. Joanna's style is largely CAS. Her creativity and her eye for design design is fantastic. Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog where you are sure to be inspired.

I grew up in a family full of people who are known to break into song at any given moment, often with the same song at the same time, in the same key. When I saw this challenge, The Beatles Free As A Bird started playing in my head. It's a common phrase, but it was the song that inspired me. With that said, I started humming, and broke out some watercolors. I colored a sky, added some birds from STAMPlorations Trendy Birds 2 along with a sentiment from the same set. I die cut the watercolored panel with an Avery Elle Wonky Stitches die, mounted it on a white card base, and my card was done. 

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

I'm also playing at:

STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge

STAMPlorations May Clean and Simple Cards Challenge - Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday - Anything Goes With A Masculine Twist

Sisterhood Of Crafters - Birds, Bees and/or Butterflies

Shopping Our Stash #420 - Oh The Places You'll Go