Peace on Earth

Hello! There is another challenge up at Christmas Card Challenges. This week our optional challenge is Heat Embossing.

I embossed this angel from Taylored Expressions with black embossing powder and water-colored her with Distress Markers. The sentiment is also from TE and is embossed in gold. The papers are from the Farm House Paper Company: Norland paper pack. I paper-pieced her dress with one of the scraps. The sketch is Sweet Sunday Sketch #208. A few brads and some cream embroidery floss finish it off.

Thanks for looking! Check out the other DT cards and play along!

Be Mine Forever

Hello! I'm so excited for tonight's post, I've finally got my first video edited and uploaded!

Watch directly on You Tube here

 

I used papers from the Authentique: Essentials Collection and followed Sweet Sunday Sketch # 205. The sentiment stamp is from MFT's Lovey Dovey Sentiments. The heart die is also from MFT, the lips are from Taylored Expressions Love m'stache die set. Some misc ribbon and pearls finish it off!

I'm also playing along at Stamp & Create's February Challenge: Love is in the air.

Thanks for looking!

Jenn

You Are Unique

 Hello! We have another challenge up at Christmas Card Challenges, this week our optional challenge is Polka Dots.

 

 

This cute image and sentiment are from Paper Smooches. I love their sets, they are so cute! I colored him with Copics and added some polka dots to his hat and scarf with a white gel pen. The paper is from My Minds Eye: Lost & Found Christmas. I used Sweet Sunday Sketch #201 for the layout. The snowflake and sentiment banner die are from Taylored Expressions.

 

Thanks so much for looking!

Let It Snow

 I'm back again today with the next Christmas Card Challenge: Make words your focal point.

 

 

This challenge was an easy one for me thanks to the great sentiment blocks in the Simple Stories: Handmade Holiday paper pads. The sketch is Sweet Sunday #199. I added some rock candy Distress Stickles to the "snow" It has really cool texture, I like it! Along with some CTMH buttons I added a die cut snowflake and star that I also used the rock candy on.

 

 

Super simple! I hope you have a chance to join us, and check out my ABC Challenge card from earlier today!



Peace and Joy

Hello! I'm back today with another card for Christmas Card Challenges. I am really so thankful for being on the team, I am still in awe that I am stocked up for Christmas cards!! Anyways, our optional challenge for this week is No Stamping.

 

I used patterned paper from Simple Stories: December Documented, and used one of the papers as the focal image. The sketch is Sweet Sunday Sketch #198, just added some ribbon and a bow! The cute snowflake brad came from a past KI kit.

 

 

Thanks for looking! Scroll down to check out my ABC Challenge card!



Z for Zebra

Hello! It's time for another ABC Challenge- Z for Zebra.

 

 

We are sponsored by Bugaboo and I colored this fabulous girl with my Copics. She looked like she could pull off turquoise pants! The paper is MME: Meadowlark, I love the black and white with a pop of bright colored cardstock. I used the Sweet Sunday sketch #197 for the layout.

 



 

Thanks for looking!

It's Your Bee-Day

 Hello, November is here and there is another challenge up at ABC Challenges. We're onto Y for Yellow. November is my favorite month of the year, even though it got here too fast. It's me, my sister, and my grandma's birthday month so between all of that and Thanksgiving, there's a lot of celebrating!

 

 

This is the card I made for my grandma's birthday. I colored Tilda with my copics and added Stickles to her wings and heart antennae. I thought these papers from Echo Park: Country Drive would be perfect. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions, except I cut the banner at the wrong spot... It was suppose to be it's your (bee) day, not it's (be) your day, lol! Oh well... The sketch is Sweet Sunday Sketch #195.

 



 

Thanks for looking! I hope you play along for a chance to win some cuteness of your own!

Sittin' here

Hello! It's already June 1st, oh my! That means there is a new challenge for ABC Challenges. We're on to O for Open, pretty much anything goes : ) 

We're sponsored by The Paper Shelter and I decided to use this sweet image for my card. I colored her with Copics and used Distress Inks for the sky and ground. The papers are MME: Just Dreamy 2 and the sentiment is Amuse. I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch #185 for the layout, just turned it on it's side.

Thanks for looking!

Carpenter Bear

 Hello again! I'm back with another challenge for ABC Challenges. We're on to K for Kraft and we're sponsored by Bugaboo!  

Today is my dear daddy's birthday and this is the card I made him. He's a trim carpenter so this sweet bear was perfect for his card. I colored him with Copics. The paper pack is an old one from CTMH, so are the buttons. I added some kraft colored hemp to go with the kraft cardstock from GKD. The sketch is Sweet Stop #204, although I put my image on top of the flags instead of underneath.

As always, thanks for looking! I hope you have a chance to join us.

Also, the DT call is still open for ABC Challenges, check out the blog for the details!

Penguin in a Box

Hello! This weekend I was able finally get everything moved back into my craft room after the "flood" It took me awhile because I really went through everything and organized. I'm glad I took the time though, it's really nice to have things I use frequently in reach, who'd have thought??  : ) I was able to get some stamping done once I finished organizing and thought I'd play along with some of my favorite challenges that I haven't joined for awhile.

The challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ is to use an image that includes a box. I found this Bugaboo image I had previously printed out and thought this would be a great time to get started on my Christmas cards! This card came together really quickly thanks to a great sketch at Sweet Sunday Sketch. The paper is Mistletoe from CTMH and the sentiment is from a Taylored Expressions set. I stamped it on a flag strip from my new MFT dies that I couldn't seem to put down! Just some misc pearls to finish it off.

 

This sweet penguin is also my entry for the Catch the Bug's October Anything Goes challenge.

I also want to mention we are having a DT call over at ABC Challenges, all the details are here. It's a very fun group with some of the sweetest ladies! Come and join us!

As always, thanks for looking!



Christmas Joy

Hello! I haven't posted in so long, but that isn't because I haven't been busy! I have made SO many Christmas cards lately, and still have a few more to finish after I post this really quick! We got a new camera on black Friday and I finally used it to take a couple pics of some cards yesterday. DH had been the only one to play with it before! I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch 97, although I did change it up a bit... The Taylored Expressions stamp "joy" is embossed with SU powder, I've had that stuff forever and have used it on practically every Christmas card I've made, and it still doesn't look like I made a dent in it. The paper is CTMH Aspen- I am so happy to be almost out of that paper. I love it but I swear I've used it the past 3 years and am finally ready to be done with it. I'm trying REALLY hard to use up what I have before buying more pretty papers! Thank you for taking a look : )