One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #18

Hello!  It's a lovely day to start a new challenge, don't you think?  Well, today over at One Layer Christmas Cards Challenge, we have a new one starting.  As usual it's anything goes, but there is a twist if you choose to accept.  :-).  This time the twist is Mistletoe.  And if you use the twist you could win a prize!

Can you believe that of all the millions (okay, maybe not millions, but my husband would say it was) of Christmas stamps I have that I didn't have a single mistletoe one?!!  Until I got this new set from STAMPlorations, Dee's Artsy Impressions line.  But, shhhhhhhh, it's not quite available yet (check back next week to see more) so let's just move on to the card!  Take a look...

First, I stamped my bow and then again on a post-it note to make a mask of it.  Once my bow was covered by the mask I stamped my mistletoe.  I removed the mask and coloured it all in with my Spectrum Noir markers.  I added a bit of sparkle with my Wink of Stella pen to the berries.  I stamped the sentiment in black and then added three scored lines on either side.  I really like how the scored lines really add to the overall design while still keeping it CAS.  

Well, I hope I've inspired you to not only get a head start on your Christmas cards but to join us over at OLCCC.  Remember there's a prize up for grabs if you use the twist.  You really should at least check out the other DT member's projects as they are all fabulous.

I hope you all have a fantastic day and thanks so much for visiting.

I'm going to link up to the following challenges:

Darnell's NBUS Challenge - all the stamps are NBUS.
Christmas Card Challenges, #41 - anything goes
Addicted to CAS - code word is Leaves.  Mistletoe has leaves, right?  ;-)

STAMPlorations Inspiration Post #37

Hi everyone!  It's time again to try and inspire you!  Over at STAMPlorations the Inspiration Design Team has come up with some more fabulous cards to try and entice you to create!  If you want join in you could CASE my card or any of the DT's cards or Gail's card from the CASEplorations Post.  Or if you'd like you can CASE one of our cards from the Inspiration posts #36.  Whichever way you'd like to play you can link up your cards and have a chance to win some prizes!  Today I have two cards to share with you.  Take a look...

(this detail gives you a closer look at the lovely gold ink by Delicata)

(All stamps are by STAMPlorations)

Does this design look familiar?  That's because it is!  I took the design from the card I created HERE and made an Autumn and Christmas card.  This design lends itself to all kinds of occasions.  So, the Autumn card was made with the leaves from the Dee's Arsty Impressions set, Frames and Flowers.  I stamped the sentiment first (Fond Expressions 2 set) in black then the leaves scattered around.  I used the following ink colours: Ruby Red, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede (all by SU!), Bamboo Leaves, Cantaloupe (both by Memento) and Golden Glitz (Delicata).

The Christmas card was made with the sentiment (Holiday Sketches: Christmas Candles) stamped in Nautical Navy (Memento).  Then I took the snowflakes from the set: Vignette: Christmas Block, and performed a little surgery by cutting out the individual snowflakes.  I stamped them in the following ink colours: Dove Gray (StazOn), Nautical Navy, Teal Zeal (both by Memento), Sea Glass (Simon Says Stamp), Pool to Navy Ombre ink (Hero Arts), and Perfect Plum (SU!).  I added a bit of bling with some tiny white pearls and clear rhinestones.

So, if you want to play along and do some CASEing come on over and visit us HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

I'd like to link up my Autumn card only to the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS - code word is Leaves.
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything goes.
AAA Cards - Autumn Colours - optional twist of using fabric.

Inkspirational Colour Challenge - Orange & Green

Hey everyone!  Guess what time it is?  It's time for a new challenge over at Inkspirational!  Yay!  We've got a colour challenge for you this time.  It's Orange and Green.

You can use any shade of orange and green and neutral colours are fine like beige, black and white.  We're also fine with natural skin tones and hair/fur tones but all other colours are off limits.  At first I thought it was going to be hard to use just orange and green. I was stumped for an idea.  I thought I could do flowers then an idea popped in my head.  Pumpkins!  Now pumpkins come in a variety of colours but orange and green are the most familiar.  So I went with that.  Take a look...

 

I stamped my pumpkins (small and medium ones are by Lawn Fawn and the larger one is from Michael's) in black using some masks I made on beige cardstock.  Then sentiment (made from two stamp sets, the "for you" is Lawn Fawn and the "thankful" is STAMPlorations) is stamped in black as well.  Then I coloured the pumpkins in with my Spectrum Noir markers.  This card makes me think of fall and Halloween, both of which I love.  :-)

I do hope you'll join in on the fun with us!  You must check out the other DT's projects too. They are all fabulous!  We also have a wonderful Guest Designer joining us by the name of Chriss from the Botanical Cafe.  She has made an amazing card to inspire you.

Well, I hope you enjoyed your visit and I hope you all have a fantastic day!

I'd like to link up to the following challenges:

Darnell's NBUS Challenge - the pumpkin stamp from Micheals and the sentiment stamp are both NBUS!
City Crafter Challenge Blog - "feeling flat", make a flat card.  My card is a one layer.
Addicted to Stamps and More - anything goes
TIME OUT challenge - make your mark
CASE this Sketch -

STAMPlorations Inspiration Post #36

Hello!  It's time again for an Inspiration post over at STAMPlorations!  As always we encourage you to join in and CASE one of our cards or you can CASE Gail's card from the CASEplorations post.  If you do play along you could win a prize too!  Here's what I made...

I took the triangles stamp (Vignette: Chevron and Arrows set) inked it up with picked raspberry, spiced marmalade, and broken china Distress inks and sprayed lightly with water before stamping.  Love the way these inks blend!  Once I repeated this step several times I stamped the sentiment (Party Time set) in black.

I do hope you'll all join in on the fun and CASE a card!  You should definitely check out what the rest of the team made too!

Have an awesome day and thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to link up to the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More - anything goes
City Crafter Challenge Blog - "feeling flat", create a card that it as flat as possible (one layer is as flat as I can make it!  LOL)
Virginia's View Challenge - geometric patterns

Pinterest Inspired Challenge - photo inspiration

One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #17 Reminder

Just a reminder that there's still about a week left to link up your cards to One Layer Christmas Card Challenges current challenge.  As always it's anything goes but you have the option to use the twist.  The twist this time is family.  If you do use the twist you'll be entered in for the drawing to win an ARTplorations stencil!  Here's my card to inspire you...

I decided to use a pale aqua card base for a change.  I wanted to emboss my image in gold and gold always looks great on this pale blue.  My stamp is by Hero Arts and I actually forgot I had it (it's NBUS!) or I might have used it for my first card.  LOL!  I stamped it with versamark and then embossed it in glitter gold powder (Recollections).  I did the same for the sentiment (STAMPlorations).  I scored some lines on both sides to just finish off the card.  It seemed to need something.  I glued the bow on last.  The bow looks rather white in the photo but its actually a pale blue.

Hope you'll take a moment to join us over at OLCCC.  We would love to see you there!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

I'd like to link up to the following challenges:

Darnell's NBUS Challenge - anything goes
AAA cards - Embossing

Winter Wonderland - add a sentiment

One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #17

Isn't it a lovely day to work on some Christmas cards?  No?  Well, maybe you can look at some first then if you're in the Christmas spirit you can make one and join us over at One Layer Christmas Card Challenges!  It's time for another fun challenge and as always its an anything goes theme with an optional twist.  This time the twist is "Family".

I had a hard time getting my mind around this twist as I wasn't sure what to do.  But then I thought that families sent Christmas cards to one another so why not run with that idea.  Here's what I came up with...

All the stamps I used are by Neat and Tangled from the Winter Wishes set.  First, I created some hill masks and sponged on my blue colours for the sky and hills using the colours from the pool to navy ombre ink pad by Hero Arts.  Using the same hill masks I added the houses, stamping in black ink and the trees using mowed lawn Distress ink.  I added a little star to one tree with canary yellow ink (Memento).  Then I stamped the sentiment in black.  I stamped the small snowflakes in sea glass ink (SSS) and then went over them with some Wink of Stella which, of course, is almost impossible to see in the picture.  This is a really cute stamp set and I really like how this card turned out.

I do hope you'll be able to join us and I hope you enjoy all the other DT projects as well.

Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome day!

I'd like to link up to the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS - code word is "Blue"
Christmas Card Challenges - anything goes
Winter Wonderland - create a scene

STAMPlorations - CASEplorations September

Hey everyone!  Have we got a great CASEplorations muse for you this month!  joining us is Gail of Crafty Nomad.  We invite you to CASE her card or one of our cards.  There's a possibility of winning a prize if you do!  Check out her hilariously cute tag we got to CASE...

Makes you giggle, doesn't it?  Now I don't have anything pig themed so I went with the colours and some of the design elements for my CASE.  Check it out...

(All stamps are by STAMPlorations)

 

I die cut a tag out and stenciled some circles (Christmas Trees stencil) in picked raspberry Distress ink.  Then I stamped my two roses (Blossom Overture set) in dove gray StazOn.  Then using the picked raspberry and some mowed lawn Distress ink like watercolours and coloured them in.  I stamped the large and small sentiment words (Trendy Butterflies set) in the dove gray ink.  I used Delicata golden glitz ink to ink up the edges of the tag.  I attached the tag to my white card base using foam dots.  Lastly, I added some pale pink sequins and some gold glitter tape.

I do hope you'll join us this month and CASE a card.  We love to see your awesome projects!

Have a lovely day and thanks for visiting!