Snow Beautiful

 

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out, and this time around, it is an Inspired By Words challenge. Our inspiration is a haiku poem by Matsuo Basho, one of the most famous Zen poets of Japan, who alerts us to the neglected beauty and interest of everyday life. The poem is entitled Winter Solitude.

Winter solitude -

In a world of one colour

the sound of the wind.

Matsuo Basho

We are generously sponsored by Stamp Simply. The Stamp Simply Store is one stop shop for beautiful papers, ribbon, stamps, embellishments and supplies enabling you to simply create cards, altered items and scrapbook pages. Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will win a $25.00 store credit and an offer to Guest Design with us for a future challenge.

For my card, I used Stamp Simply Snowflake Blessings Border Strip clear stamp set. I embossed the border with silver embossing powder on navy cardstock. I popped the border strip on to White Lava Holographic Cardstock that had been dry embossed with Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Visions embossing folder. I die cut the smallest of Pinkfresh Folk Edge Circles from Soft Sky cardstock, stamped a sentiment from the same stamp set, popped it up on the card front, and my card was complete.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog and see what Fran and the Design Team have come up with to inspire you. I am excited to see how the poem is interpreted. Please remember that in order to be considered for the win, linking to other challenges is limited to 5 including ours. Our challenge rules are listed on the sidebar of the challenge blog. I hope to see you in the gallery!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Stamp Simply Snowflake Blessings Border Strip Pinkfresh Studio Folk Edge Circles
Cardstock	110# Neenah Solar Crest SU Night Of Navy and Soft Sky Your Paper Insider White Lava Holographic Cardstock
Ink	VersaMark VersaFine Majestic Blue
Embellishments
Other	Ranger Silver Embossing Powder WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool 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 SU Dimensionals

I'm also playing at:

Sparkle And/Or Shine

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Sparkle & Shine

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Icy Cold

Have A Sparkling Christmas

It's time for a new Challenge at The Four Seasons. As always, we have a mood board for inspiration, but you can create anything as long as it has a seasonal theme, and today that season is Winter.

I was inspired by the beautiful snowflakes in the vases on the top right of the mood board. I recently bought this gorgeous White Lava Holographic Cardstock from Your Paper Insider. To me, it looks like swirling snow, and I just had to use it here. I de-bossed it with with Simon Says Stamp's Glistening Snowflake  embossing folder and I just loved the result.

Please head on over to the Four Seasons Challenge Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. Then grab a cuppa, maybe put on some music, and start creating! See you in the gallery!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Simon Says Stamp Glistening Snowflakes dies CZ Design Merry & Bright die set Pink & Main Sentiment Strip dies Spellbinders Glitter Wishes Glimmer Hot Foil & Die Set
Cardstock	Your Paper Insider White Lava Holographic Cardstock SU Soft Sky American Crafts Glitter Cardstock DCWV Foil Cardstock 110 lb. Neenah Solar Crest
Ink
Embellishments	Pinkfresh Studios Silver Metallic Pearls
Other	Spellbiders Glimmer Hot Foil System Spellbinders Blue Glimmer Foil Simon Says Stamp Glistening Snowflakes embossing folder Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Bearly Art Precision Glue SU Dimensionals

I'm also playing at:

Christmas Crafts All Yesr Round - Snowflakes

The Alphabet Challenge - T is for Texture

Allsorts Challenge #760 - Cold As Ice

Can You Handle The Pressure - AG Embossing with a twist of Winter

Snowflake Thank You

Using more new "schtuff", I created this card using holographic card stock from SSS. At first glance, it looks like silver foil, but when you move it around n the light, it turns many different colors - so cool! I used this wonderful Penny Black snowflake tag with the holographic card stock for the base of the snowflake, and white glitter card stock for the detail. I used my new SSS Snowflake Visions Embossing Folder for my background, foiled a SSS Sentiment Strip for my sentiment, added a little twine, and my card was complete.

 I'm playing at:

Use Your Stuff #438 - Snow or Winter

NBUS #33

Krafty Chicks Challenge #592 - Anything Goes

Double D Challenges - Lots of White

Love Your Heart

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 International Polar Bear Day, which is celebrated on February 27th. The challenge runs from February 5 - February 15.

For my Polar Bear themed project, I used: bear, blue, snowflakes and sentiment from the inspo list. The trees and snow are cur from white glitter paper using the Birch Trees Cover Plate by Julie Ebersole from Essentials By Ellen. That sweet bear is from All Inside, and his little hot cup is from Bear Ware 3, also by Julie Ebersole from Essentials By Ellen. My bear scene is mounted on a sheet of blue foiled card stock. The snowy sky is made from blended Distress Oxide inks and spatters of Mister Huey's Opaque White Color Mist. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Strips and die cut with a Sentiment Strip Die from Pink & Main. The card base is Neenah Solar White 110# card stock.

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

Stephanie Lanzalotto

Melva Peters

Judy Rozema

I'm also playing at:

The Paper Players #526 - Die Cut, Animal, Scene

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Create Your Own Background

Warm Holiday Greetings

There's a new challenge out there that I have really been wanting to play. I finally had the time today. 

On October 10th, Jo of Just a Dotty Pudding and Gail of Crafty Nomad started their new and aptly named challenge: Let's Squash It!. It's all about using embossing folders. That is GENIUS! I am excited to enter Challenge #3 today - Use Any Embossing Folder And Dies/Fussy Cutting.

I must say, I am very pleased with this card. Before I completed it, I thought it might be too busy, but I don't think that is the case. I die cut a panel of Linen card stock with Hero Arts Snowflake Confetti Fancy Die and backed it with a piece of white glitter paper. I then die cut Uniko's Sparkling Snowflake Designer Die from Gina K's  Ocean Mist Pure Luxury Card Stock. Before lifting the snowflake out of the cut, I placed it in a Cuttlebug embossing folder with a quilt/snowflake design from the deep, dark recesses of my Christmas stash, and ran it through my Cuttlebug (it's still chugging along). I sprayed it with shimmer spray, popped it up and mounted it on the die cut snowflake panel. The sentiment is from SSS Tiny Words Christmas. It's heat embossed in silver on black card stock, and die cut with a Pink & Main Sentiment Strip Die.

Wishing Jo and Gail  good luck and LOTS of fun with this challenge. I hope to play as often as I can. I hope you are encouraged to dig into your stash, pull out some embossing folders and do some squashing!

I'm also paying at:

Uniko Challenge #62 - Tis The Season + Optional Twist Sparkle

Watercooler Wednesday #301 - All About Occasions

Inkspirational #228 - Snow

Little Red Wagon #579 - Snow Day

Frosty

Hello and Happy New Year!!

It's a new year, and a ner decade, and time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS. Our Code Word for ATCAS Challenge #176 is FROSTY, and I am the hostess!

Our Guest Designer is the amazingly talented Julie Beech of Crafted By Jules. Julie is such a great designer and a lovely person. Take a stroll through her blog for a heap of wonderful inspiration - you will be so glad you did.

For my card, I chose this red rubber, wood mounted stamp from deep, deep in my stash (Hero Arts, I think). The funny thing about it is that it is a snowman sitting on a frosted cupcake - hence the "frosty". Just cracks me up somehow. I have a weird sense of humor... So had to use it for this code word that I chose. I stamped the image on the card base, then stamped it again, colored it with Copics, and fussy cut it out. I then mounted with with foam tape to give it some dimension. I added some shadowing beneath the image,a nd some glitter pen snow. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog, take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces Julie 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:

CAS On Friday #171 - Winter

One Of A Kind

A new year has begun and so has the first ATCAS Challenge of 2019 with code word: SNOWFLAKE. Angie, of Cimbacreativefun, is our host.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Hilary of Fiddling About. Treat yourself to a visit to her blog for a real treat and some wonderful inspiration.

For my card, I made a shaker with white snowflake elements, embellished with blue glittery snowflake die cuts from Paper Smooches, and sentiment from Paper Smooches Fresh Snow stamp set.

Please head over to the Addicted To CAS blog to see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration.

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

See you in the gallery!

Merry

The October Challenge is up and running at Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge. The theme is Anything Goes, and the twist is: ribbon. For my card, I stamped and heat embossed all of the snowflakes from Happy Little Stampers Let It Snow on kraft paper. I die cut the word "merry" using a die from Concord and 9th and added SU ribbon from my stash. 

Please head over the to Happy Little Stampers September Christmas Challenge and see what the Design Team Has created for your inspiration. Play with us for a chance to win a $20 coupon to spend at the Happy Little Stampers Shop! Check out all the details HERE. If you use stamps by Happy Little Stampers, and you are chosen as the Random Winner, your prize will be doubled!

I'm also playing at:

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up #46 - Anything Goes with optional theme of "Gear Up For Winter".

The Merry Christmas Challenge Sep 15 to  Oct 14 - Anything Christmas

Snowflake Christmas

It's time for the Happy Little Stampers August Christmas Challenge where the theme is snowflakes.

This challenge is sponsored by:

Here is my take:

I watercolored the top panel with various distress inks, and splattered it with water. I die cut the watercolored panel with Simon Says Stamp's Snowflake Block die. I die cut a piece of white glitter paper with the same die, and inlaid the watercolor pieces.  Using the Paper Smooches Merry Christmas die, I cut it from black card stock, inlaid it at the bottom and finished it off with some Hero Arts snowflake sequins. This photograph does not do the sparkles justice, but is really is quite sparkly.

Please go the HLS Christmas Challenge Blog and check out the awesome designs of the HLS DT, then make a Christmas project of your own featuring SNOWFLAKES! Have fun!

I am also linking my card to the following challenges:

Lori's Christmas In Summer Link Up at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge Blog.

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge Blog, has opened a link for the summer months so you can "catch up" on previous Merry Monday challenges you may have missed or want to do again and have fun! The link up is open NOW and will go until August 31 at noon! 

Time Out #63 - Theme with an optional twist.

'Holidays with the Optional Twist of No Stamping' 
(stamped sentiments allowed)

You can opt to use any holiday you want. Perhaps you are behind on your Christmas cards or you want to think of sunny times, skiing holidays. The list is endless. Up to you, just have some holiday fun!

Love Will Keep Us Warm

The theme for the current AAA Cards challenge is Winter Wonderland.  AAA Challenges now have prizes! Our sponsor for this challenge is Make It Crafty.  

1st Place: $8 credit

2nd Place: $4 credit

3rd Place: $4 credit

Here is my take on the challenge:

This adorable image is from Make It Crafty. It is stamped on Neenah Solar White paper, colored with Copics and fussy cut. I stamped the "snow" with an image from Winnie & Walter's Scenery: Big Bang Confetti, embossed it in white, and then sponged over it with distress ink to create a snowy sky. I mounted the colored images on white glitter paper, added a sentiment from Paper Smooches Warm Hearts and tied some twine to complete the card.

Please head on over to the AAA Cards Challenge blog, see what my talented teammates have created, and leave them some love.  Then try your hand at our Winter Wonder challenge, link up and play with us!  Please remember, your card must be CAS.

I am also linking my card to the following challenges:

SOS #234 - Something New
I recently got this wonderful image from Make It Crafty to use for this challenge.  In addition, this is a new style for me to try, so it's a new/new!

Challenge #324 - Build A Snowman

Challenge #74 Winter

ATSAM - Challenge #176

Thanks so much for coming by today. As always, I love and appreciate your comments!