Bake Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

I bought The Greetery's Bake It Merry stamps & dies last year, but did not pull them out until yesterday. I bought it with a particular dear friend in mind. She is a Christmas cookie baker extraordinaire. I had to have it to make a card for her. December 17th is cookie baking day at her house, so I popped this baby in the mail today so it gets there beforehand. I LOVE this set of stamps and dies. I paired with with a Cuttlebug EF that has been in my stash forever... I think the circles and trees look like stamped tree cookies. The sentiment is stamped, heat embossed and die cut with a sentiment strip die from Pink & Main. So fun.

I'm playing at:

NBUS #45

The Greetery Bake It Merry stamps & dies

Christmast Kickstart #69

SSS Monday Challenge - Holiday Cheer

Krafty Chicks #641 - Christmas

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Christmas or Winter

This Calls For Mimosas!

Time Out Challenge #221 begins today. This time we are challenged to be festive.

We are generously sponsored by Birch Press Designs!

We welcome Gail Gross of Greetings From Gail, and winner of Time Out Challenge #218 as our Guest Designer.

I built my festive design around Avery Elle's Mimosas (retired) stamp and die sets. I stamped the floral image from the stamp set with Memento Cantaloups Dye Ink to create my background. I die cut that piece with Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Rectangles and mounted it on a SU Basic Gray card base. I stamped the champagne glasses with Memento London Fog Dye Ink, colored them with Copics and die cut them. I added some Wink Of Stella to the champagne for a little sparkle. I used Simon Says Stamp Dome Arches dies and SU Apricot Appeal card stock as a frame and to ground the glasses. The sentiment is stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed with clear EP.

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

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #626 - All Occasions

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Frame It

NBUS #41

Simon Says Stamp Dome Arches Dies

Thankful For You

Less Is More #456 begins today. We are challenged to create a CAS card using a silhouette.

Joining us for this challenge we have the very talented Asa J who was our overall September winner. Welcome Asa! Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for some wonderful inspiration. You'll be so glad you did!

To create my card, I used a Neenah Solar White 110# card base. I masked a panel of Neenah Solar White 80# card stock and blended Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold and Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Inks. After letting it dry, I stamped and heat embossed an image from Simon Says Stamp Wildflowers Silhouette stamp set. My sentiment is cut from SSS Gratitude Sentiment Strips with Pink & Main Sentiment Strip Dies and popped up with foam tape.

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 Sisterhood Of Crafters

Give THANKS

The Four Seasons Challenge

Anything Goes Fall

Thanks A Bunch

AAA Cards #193

I really wanted to play this challenge and do the twist, and I'm happy that I was able to swoop in a the end and join the festivities. I masked the top and used a three layer stencil from Pretty Pink Posh. I masked again to create the blue stripe with DO ink, then added a cheeky monkey from the MFT stamp and die set of the same name. The sentiment is also from that set. Monkey is colored with Copics and popped up with Dimensionals.

I'm also playing at:

Inspire.Create.Challenges. 

The Sisterhood Of Crafters

Addicted To Stamps And More - Any Occasion

Celebrating Summer

I am a teacher on summer break, and I am filled with gratitude for that! It has been a long, hard year of teaching during a pandemic and all of the challenges associated with that, and I am doing the happy dance in a big way. This card is a celebration of all things Summer - beach, BBQ, ice cream, fireworks, time to craft, etc.

To create my card, I used A Colorful Life Designs Sun and Surf Stencil with distress Oxide Inks, and the Hello Summer die set from Neat & Tangled (retired) with a vellum background. The word is stacked three times with white card stock, and the top die cut in done with mirror black card stock. It shines beautifully and really stands out. 

The inside is stamped with a sentiment from Neat & Tangled Hello Summer Stamp Set (retired) and reads:

WARM OCEAN BREEZE

SUNSHINE 

FIREFLIES & FIREWORKS

ICE CREAM CONES

BARBEQUES & BEACH DAYS

FLIP FLOPS AND FUN TIMES

I'm playing at:

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #119: 

Beach, Stencil, Yellow.

Try It On Tuesday - Here Comes Summer

Krafty Chicks Challenge #565 - All Occasions

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday #318 - All About Occasions

Double D Challenges - Signs Of Summer

Sweet Spring Wishes

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #189  is is an IBW (Inspired By Words) challenge. We have until June 20 until spring is officially here, and until June 16th to complete the challenge..

We are generously sponsored by Alex Syberia Designs. Alex has a shop filled with gorgeous digital images and sentiments. She also has a line of stamps, stencils and more. Challenge winner will receive a $15.00 gift voucher to her ETSY STORE. 

To create my card, I took my inspiration from a magnolia tree that is on the property of the house where I grew up. This magnolia was planted by my grandfather some 65+ years ago. The house has been sold, but the tree remains. That tree is magnificent when in bloom. Every spring we would enjoy its grandeur and pray that a late frost would not come and destroy the flowers.

t used Simon Says Stamp Magnolia 3D EF. I brushed color on it in pinks, greens and browns and ran it through the Big Shot. I used the debossed side and added a little more color. I added a die cut sentiment from STAMPlorations and my card was complete. My beautiful mother died this past September. She loved that tree. Magnolias always put me in mind of her.

Please hop 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!

I'm also playing at:

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Flowers As The Focus

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

Salty But Sweet

Time Out Challenge #179 begins today.  We are challenged to create a card inspired by the word "YOU"! Create a card that says something about YOU. This could be your favorite card-making style, favorite food, movie, book...

 Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamplorations

 

STAMPlorations is offering a prize of a $25 gift voucher for our winner!
 Additionally, the winner will be asked to be the Guest Designer for a future challenge.

Our Guest Designer this week is Anila. Be sure to visit her awesome blog and show her some love.

Nothing says "me" more than anything related to the sea. I always say that I was a mermaid in a former life. My place of peace is the beach. My favorite sound is ocean waves crashing on the sand. My favorite day is a day at the beach. So, I created a card with ocean waves and a mermaid tail using Essentials By Ellen Inner Mermaid stamps and die by Julie Ebersole.  It is very ME!

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

I'm also playing at:

Happy Little Stampers January Anything Goes With Dies

Little Red Wagon #584 - Friendship

Sisterhood Of Crafters - Die Cuts and/or Embossing Folders

Thankful

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.

For my Thanksgiving-themed project, I used: thankful theme, leaves, and pumpkins. The leaf dies are are from PTI Leaf Prints. The sentiment is from PTI Phrase Play #7. The embossing folder is by Provo Craft.

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

Come on over and play with us!

I am also playing at:

Embossing - Wet or Dry

Die Cut Divas - Thanks or Thanksgiving