Warm Holiday Greetings

The February Christmas challenge is up and running at Happy Little Stampers. The theme Anything Goes Christmas with an optional twist of STARS. For my card, I used Memory Box Cottage Globe wood mount stamp. I peeled it from the wood block and used my MISTI to get the image evenly inked. I applied Star Dust Stickles to every star in the sky. My sky full of stars looks very sparkly IRL, but I couldn't capture that in the picture. I was going to add some color to the house, trees and foreground, but I decided that I loved it just the way it was.

I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Christmas. I really love the simplicity of this card.

Please head over to Happy Little Stampers February Christmas Challenge and see what the Design Team has created to isnpire you. Christmas cards made throughout the year = less stress when Christmas rolls around in December. Be good to yourself and play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Merry Little Christmas February - Anything Goes

Thanks

Time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS: ATCAS #152: BIRDS.

Sandie Munro of London Days is Guest Designer for this challenge. Sandie is a wonderful person and she is the QUEEN of CAS. I love Sandie and her awesome artistry. Visit her blog for some major inspiration!!

The code word immediately put me in mind of STAMPlorations For The Birds stamps and die. I simply die cut the birds from a snippit of Distress Oxide watercolored paper and added the sentiment.

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

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog and take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I can't wait to see what you come up with to share in the gallery. Happy crafting!

Thanks and Hope

Less Is More Challenge is turning eight! I can't believe it has been 8 years since Less Is More started up. Back then, I was just beginning to develop my cardmaking craft. I was all about layers, ribbon and embellishments. I made myself try the CAS style as a result of Less Is More's entry to the blog world, and over time, I learned to embrace and to love it. Today, it is largely my style of cardmaking. Happy Birthday Less Is More!

Our sponsor for this birthday month is Uniko.

Click HERE to visit the UNIKO store.

Bev, Uniko owner, is one of our wonderful Guest Designers. It's Uniko's 7th birthday month, so there's a whole lot of birthday going on! Check out Bev's blog for a ton of inspiration, and leave her some love and birthday wishes.

Also designing with us for this challenge are Chrissie Stokes, Co-Founder of Less Is More; Sarah Platt, long time LIM Designer and Challenge Administrator; and Sarah Gray, Designer Extraordinaire and owner of Funky Fossil Designs. 

My first card is created with Uniko's Originally Organic and Paradise Hummingbird Stamps and Dies. The floral image is stamped with Versafine Magestic Blue Ink, clear embossed, colored with Copics and die cut. When I was happy with the placement of the die cut, I adhered it to the card base and added the image. 

For my second card, I used three shades of yellow Distress Oxide ink and acetate to create the yellow background and added a die cut butterfly using SU Night Of Navy CS and Flutter Zen 1 Layering Dies - CUTplorations from STAMPlorations. 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog for challenge details. Check out the gorgeous work of the Design Team, be inspired and play with us for a chance to win. Happy crafting!

A Grateful Heart

Time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #128 is a Home Sweet Home challenge - take your inspiration from the festive picture above.

Our wonderful sponsor is STAMPlorations. Challenge winner will receive a $25 gift voucher to the STAMPlorations store.

Our fabulous Guest Designer is Coni of Which Craft? If you want to see some great cards, fantastic coloring and loads of creativity and inspiration, visit her blog!

To create my card, I used 3 shades of red Distress Oxide Inks on acetate, applied in layers to watercolor paper. I then stamped Stamplorations SAY IT BIG Heart, Die cut the panel with a Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Stackables die and adhered it to a white card base.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenge Blog and see what my wonderful teammates have created for your inspiration. Join us in the gallery for a chance to win. Happy crafting!

I'm also playing at:

AAA #132 - Up To One Third (without twist)

Let's Dance It Out

It's time for a new challenge at Addicted To CAS. I am so in love with this CAS-ual Fridays stamp set: Tutu. I love these little ballerina silhouettes with the flowered tutus and hair decorations. The sentiment I used is from one of the greatest TV pair of friends ever - Meredith and Christina from Grey's Anatomy. I just love it. I can't wait to sent it to "my person".

Please head on over to the ATCAS Challenge Blog and take a look at the wonderful inspiration pieces the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I can't wait to see what you come up with to share in the gallery. Happy crafting!

I am also playing at:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Clean and Simple

ATSM Challenge #324 - Clean and Simple

CAS On Friday #149 - Flowers

Flowered tutus on my little dancers.

Yes You Can!

There's a new challenge up at Less Is More. This time it's a sketch. When I first looked at this sketch, I saw a jacket and tie. I also saw a spotlight. There are so many possibilities as you will see when you feast your eyes on the wonderful inspiration the Design Team has created.

Our sponsor this month is Skull And Cross Buns.

We're joined as Guest Designer by our November 2018 winner, Toni of Frankie Helps Craft. Toni's work is fun and clever, and her coloring is awesome! Take a stroll through her blog for some wonderful inspiration.

Keeping the jacket, tie and spotlight in mind, I created this card of encouragement for my son who is a college Freshman at an extremely academically rigorous school. He is also a three season athlete.  I never saw anyone work harder than he does. His grades are fantastic, but every now and then, he gets the blues and I like to send him a hug in an envelope. So that is where I went with this sketch. I just cut 2 triangles, stamped and die cut the sentiment, and added a little heart cut from a scrap of water colored paper.

Please head on over to the Less Is More Challenge Blog and check out the wonderful creations the Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. Play with us and share your take on the sketch! I can't wait to see all the ways the shetch is interpreted.

I am also playing at:

 Simon Says Stamp Wendesday Challenge - Clean and Simple.

Watercooler Wednesday - Anything Goes

The Male Room #102 - no twist.

We Can Choose How To Dance

There's a new challenge up at Time Out Challenges. This time it's Inspired By Words - see challenge details above. For my card, I decided to zero in on the dancing using our sponsor stamps: CAS-ual Fridays Big Treble and Tutu. I LOVE the dancer images in the Tutu set, and I thought that this sentiment fits the challenge words perfectly.

Claire of String Bows is Guest Designer for this challenge. Claire has a wonderful CAS style and mad coloring skills. Please treat yourself to a visit to her blog - you are sure to be inspired.

Our wonderful sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays. Winner will receive a prize from their store.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenge Blog, see what the design team has cooked up for your inspiration, and play with us for a chance to win!