Happy Sketch Saturday!

Today is a rainy, cold day in the South and it's a good time to catch up on some crafting and last minute card making.  I needed to add some holiday cards to my stash and selected Sketch #238 for the Anything goes challenge at the Sketch Saturday blog :

This is from the Holiday Traditions paper pad by Recollections from last year.  I didn't know how to use the images on the paper until I pulled out my dies and cut around them.  Maybe I'll be able to use up the rest of this paper pad (I'd really rather not see it again next year)

 

The strips behind Santa are a ribbon and the sentiment is by Papertrey Ink.

 

My next challenge is to actually put this in the mail - some years I didn't finish that last step!

 

See you tomorrow for the OWH Sunday sketch.

 

 

Red + Green = love!

This week's Muse challenge (#47) is red and green but no Christmas with this card as our inspiration:

The green alligator inspired me to make a froggy love card:

The die cuts are from Lettering Delight's "Frogs and Kisses" collection.  I used a Pearl Pen for his eyes and the papers are from my stash.

 

This card also fits the Midweek Throwdown challenge at OWH , which is general love cards!  I think this would make a great card for someone to send to their child.

 

Happy Wednesday to ya - thanks for stopping by.

 

 

 



My purple issues

I like all the colors, but I fight with purple the most!  I have trouble matching it with other colors or even with other purples!  This leaves me with a stash of purple that lays waiting for me to use.

 

At the holidays, I find that I can successfully pair purple with silver and white!  Ta da!  Those look great together and I used them on this card:

 

The deer is from the Winter Woodland cartridge, the sentiment is embossed in silver on a white die and I added a bit of silver ribbon.  It was difficult to photograph, but I like all the blingy-silver, which the purple handles just fine!

 

I'm entering this in this week's holiday card challenge at the Fantabulous Cricut blog .

 

Maybe I need to just use purple more?  Perhaps with green?  I'll keep trying....



December ODBD challenge

I've been in kind of a rut for card inspiration and was happy to see that the ODBD challenge for December is masculine cards .  I reached for some Tim Holtz stamps for inspiration and his Distress crackle paint.  I crackled a tag, then distressed it with Vintage Photo and Walnut stain inks.

 

I stamped on top of the "crackled" (is that a word?) paper with the map, plane, and compass.  The sentiment is from the Hero Arts OWH All the Time stamp set, which I just bought.  I kept to browns, blues, and neutral colors to keep it masculine too.

 

I hope I can also fit in some more challenges this week - they always help kick start my mojo.

 

Have a nice day - and stay warm!



White on White

I made a quick card for the OWH midweek throwdown challenge - White on White  - but my laptop didn't feel like cooperating until today for me to post it. (I guess it was being lazy)  Here's my card:

 

I think white on white needs dry embossing and layering to make the images pop.  I embossed the label die in white and found a small sentiment.  This was a good challenge because I rarely make white-on-white and it was fun to do.

 

Have a Happy Thanksgiving and good luck with your Black Friday shopping!!!



OWH Sketch #200

OWH's latest sketch is number 200!  Wow!  When I joined in on the fun, we were at sketch #134.  I've learned so much about cardmaking from Sandy and the gang and am happy to contribute to a great cause. 

 

My next box of OWH cards will have 47 holiday Any Hero cards - the most I've ever made.  Woo hoo!  I've also been on a mission to make cards for kids and once again, I used the Doodle Pantry images for today's sketch card:

 

I made the heart embellishment gold and stamped paws from the Paper Smooches Santa Paws set.  I made another version of this sketch:

 

I'm looking forward to our Thanksgiving holiday, but not the weather because it will be chilly (highs in the 40's) and rainy. 

 

Hope you get some time to play in today's sketch challenge! Thanks for stopping by.

 



SSS Wednesday challenge

I'm working on my holiday cards and thought I'd use a sketch from Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge, which is here:

 

I'm working on making a 12x12 holiday paper disappear by making several cards with it and this is the one I made from this sketch:

I embossed the white background that our cute doggie is sitting on for some added interest.  This is the Paper Smooches Santa Paws set.  Gotta love it!

 

I'm holding out for Black Friday sales from some of our stamp companies, aren't you?

 

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