November 30, 2016

Christmas with cuteness



for this challenge I started with Blue card stock.  I embossed on white a snowflake pattern paper. I recycled an old Christmas card,  trimming it down to use just a cute little snowman, which I layered on the same blue paper and then put a little thin strip behind it to add a little definition to the card.

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https://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.be/

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/

http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/

Photo inspiration



 For this photo inspiration,  I started with black card stock. I found a Christmas patterned paper that I used my special scissors to cut three edges then I stamped Christmas trees on white card stock.  And stamped Christmas wishes in red .


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November 29, 2016

Christmas with the cuties



For this 1st challenge, I chose one of my cute snowman stamps. I stamped it in black on white paper. I used my colored pencils and markers to color in some of the stamp. I layered it on a 2toned blue figured paper and then back onto white cardstock. I stamped the sentiment in in blue and added 3 gemstones.

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Gift tags



 For this gift tag challenge I started with toilet paper rolls of all things! :-) I flattened them then wrapped each one in different colored Christmas papers and then put a little foam deer on the front. I punched a hole for the paper punch in the top and ran my ribbon through the whole.

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November 27, 2016

Inspired by photo





 For this inspirational photo challenge I started with a cream colored card stock and then I have paper that looked like it had been written on in chalk that I layered on top. I stamped the snowman and used my markers to color it.

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Birthday bird


For this challenge Iembossed cat tails on Brown paper. I used my markers and water colored one of these goofy looking birds and I stamped my sentiment and black.



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November 24, 2016

Winter days



for this challenge, I  started on white card stock and I stamped my image on white textured card stock I dry brushed the sky in after stamping the trees black and I layered the design on black paper and then I had some shiny card stock with the words already printed on it for the bottom.  I used my glitter gel pen to outline the snowbanks.

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Christmas to die for



 For this Christmas die challenge I started with white card stock and put it through tmy embossing machine with a snowflake pattern. I layered it on black card stock And put a ribbon just off-center, put my diecut also a little off center and a pearl in the center.

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

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http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.co.uk

https://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.be/

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November 23, 2016

Cas Christmas



 For the CAS Christmas I started out on black card stock layered on white card stock and I took two different colors of green ink and a random border... stamped  it on my card just a little bit diagonal and stamped on my Christmas trees in Black.  I stamped merry Christmas in black.

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/pp322-clean-and-simple-challenge-from.html


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Winter birthday bird



For this challenge I started with cream watercolor card stock. I stamped in black and heat embossed the ink of the image. I then watercolored the image. I layered it all on black cardstock. I stamped happy birthday on cream paper and cut it in a semi circle. I put a teal gemstone in the center.

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http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.be/

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November 22, 2016

Thanksgiving wreath



 This is a very CAS card and other than the time that it takes to do the coloring on it it's very easy to duplicate.  My wreath is a  large  stampthat I put on cream colored paper in black ink. Then I used my Tombow  markers and colored it all in and stamped  my sentiment at the top. Hoping that everyone has a very blessed Thanksgiving this week.

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November 21, 2016

Mountain lake


For the sketch challenge I started with white card stock layered on a paper that looks a little bit like water by strip is black textured paper I water colored my scene after heat embossing  it.  I layered that on Brown paper and then use my punches to punch out a little square and stamped thinking of you on that.

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Happy birthday circles



For this Birthday/circle challenge, I found a circle cardstock. I layered it on a plain white cardstock. I used my scallop circle punch and a slightly smaller scallop circle punch, and layered the 2papers together. I found in my stash another little circle with a heart in the center. I popped both up with a little foam tape. 

November 20, 2016

Sunday sketch

 For this Sunday sketch I chose to do a snowflake pattern I started on cream colored card stock and found a circle pattern snowflake paper my strip of blue down the center matches the blue on the first paper. And I took a lighter blue and I cut a square out of another snowflake pattern paper and I printed my sentiment on that. Then I chose a little tag and put a blue and white string through the top of it put it on another solid blue paper and popped it up with a little bit of phone tag. I put a little gem in the top left snowflake.

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Circles




For this circles challenge I started with cream colored card stock and then layered on a brown tan. I stamped it in white and then embellished it With a couple of stickers from my stash and some pearls.Fairly clean and simple.

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November 19, 2016

Bountiful blessings


 For this challenge I started on a smooth cream card stock. I had a gold, a light green and a light brown stamp pad that I smeared around on the card to create a border. I used a piece of green raffia and tied a bow all the way around The card.  I used to contrasting pieces of paper and cut out leaves with my large punch and then I stamped the sentiment across the top in brown ink.

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http://thecardconcept.blogspot.ca/

Blue trees




For this Tri color blue challenge I used a wacky border and stamped  that at a diagonal angle in the three different colors of blue on white card stock. I layered the card stock on a black card stock stamped the trees in black and a happy birthday in dark blue.

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Postcard1



for this challenge I started on cream colored card stock and then I found a piece a Christmas card stock that had a postage stamp up in the corner and so I cut it to use it as the center of my card I added three red gems on the top three red gems on the bottom and a red bow on the package.

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Today...



for this challenge I started on a brown card stock that I am boss with Evergreen needles. Next was a plain dark brown paper. on a scrap piece of stiffer card stock punched out a circle. on cream textured paper I used my brown stamp pad very lightly all over paper to create a moon effect. I stamped Christmas trees in a rusty brown color and an olive green color throughout the paper. I stamped the sentiment in black in the moon.  .


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http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.be/

Postcard



For this challenge I chose my winter scene postcard large stamp. I stamped it on a white card stock and then colored it in with my markers and colored pencils.

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Horn of plenty



 For this Thanksgiving challenge I started with a patterned word paper that has all kinds of fall words on it in the center. I layered a piece of matching solid orange and then a strip along the side in brown and I had an  Orange shiny sticker with gemstones in it and I Center did all long the brown paper. And then I centered my horn of plenty on the orange paper.

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Noel mouse


For this Christmas critter challenge I started with a piece of red polkadot card stock I layered on a tan card stock that had a little bit of a design at the top. The mouse was a digital stamp that I had one from a previous challenge and I layered it on a Christmasy green and red and cream striped paper and colored it with my markers.


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Christmas gift card holder




 Christmas gift card holder....for this challenge I started with a piece of double-sided card stock. I folded it in half so it would fit my envelope and I cut off the bottom. I used the scroll edge of the paper as the bottom front edge of the card. I found a contrasting green paper and I hand stitched it on the card around the outside edge just big enough so that it would hold a regular sized gift card. I punched a large snowflake out of black and put up gem in the center.

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Love you bunches



One of my favorite holidays is Valentine's Day when you have a special sweetheart it makes it all the better ♥️♥️ For this challenge I started with  Cream colored card stock. On  brown paper I cut a medium sized hard out. On tan paper I stamped my valentine sentiment and then I cut out a heart just a little bit larger so that it framed the first heart.  When I layered it all together the stamped sentiment on the inside shows through the two hearts.  I added to felt pink hearts on the outside and with a brown button and some cream colored string I threaded it through the button and tied a bowl on the outside.

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Little Girrafe



 For this challenge I started with a light blue polkadotted paper, I used a digital stamped and colored it with my markers. I stamped a honeycomb paper on cream colored card stock and layered my little giraffe on top.  Camp happy birthday on an orange paper and finish the card off with three gemstones along the right side.

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Christmas



 For this challenge I started on Brown paper card stock and then layered on a red glittery paper and then layered on a Christmas design paper with merry Christmas in the middle. I finished it off with three sets of gemstones on the side. I really like the look of old-fashioned Christmas decorations and these two color combinations together reminded me of that.


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Fall sunflower



For this challenge I started on Brown paper card stock I stamped my sunflower on watercolor paper from Northwoods,   Stamped in black ink and then use my heat embosser to create the raised image so that I could watercolor the sunflower. I  went around the edge of my paper with my yellow ink pad and stamped my little pumpkin in the bottom corner and then use the markers to color it as well. I stamped my sentiment at the bottom.

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Christmas buddies



For this Christmas critter challenge I started with an a reddish maroon colored card stock and in my Christmas paper I found a little tag that says Christmas memories with a little tree in the bottom and then I found a sticker that had my snowman and my little Christmas mouse on it and I put it all together to make this little card.

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Christmas scene


 Even though I live in Iowa I am not necessarily a snow lover but I do however love snow-covered evergreen trees and this just seem to be the perfect lead up to the Christmas holidays. I stamped on  Cream colored water card stock, then heat embossed in black. I used my markers and my water brush to watercolor the scene on and I went around the edge of the paper with my yellow ink pad and placed all of it on a card stock that had trees as a background. I'm not very good at watercolor and blending yet but I really do enjoy it when I have the time.  I Christmas time red and green just seems to be the perfect Christmas colors, and I guess my favorite.


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http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.co.uk/

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http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/

Evergreens



For this Evergreen challenge I chose a Christmas card stock I stamped my Christmas trees on white paper into different colors I studied the four corners and I put a white satin ribbon in the top left corner. Christmas is by far my favorite holiday!

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Campfire bear

 For this challenge I started with white card stock I layered on a green paper that looks like grass I colored my Cute little digital bear stamp with colored pencils and fussy cut around it to make it stand out on the paper. I stamped my sentiment on cream colored card stock and went around the edge of The white card stock with my green ink pad.


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Blue snowgems


 For this Tuesday throwdown challenge I started with a blue card stock I embossed  a snowflake pattern on white card stock. I had a snowflake ribbon that I ran across the bottom and put on a blue bowing the center.  I stamped let it snow in black and then added my blue gemstones throughout the page.

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November 17, 2016

Happy birthday


For this blue birthday challenge I chose to start on a dark blue card stock, rounding all four corners then I found a light blue cardsrock, Cut it in half after running it through the embossing machine and rounded the corner's as well. Then I fussy cut out my little bird and colored him in a medium blue and layered him on top. I stamped happy birthday in dark blue on the light blue paper.

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November 15, 2016

Sketch




 For the sketch challenge I started with a two-tone red zigzag card stock, a snowflake pattern For the sketch piece and then out of red  and white  zigzag, I cut an oval and a solid blue oval just a slightly bit smaller and I stamp to the Christmas bulbs on white paper and used my Tombow markers to color them in and then fussy cut around them so they would fit inside the oval. I used three gemstones up in the top right corner to for fill the rest of the challenge.

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Charles Brown tree



This challenge I stamped a Charlie Brown tree on white card stock layered it on red and layered it on a green striped card stock then I filled it in with gemstones and used string for a yellow bow on the top. Who doesn't love Charlie Brown.... right?

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Sketch/color challenge



 For the sketch color challenge I started with a red and white striped card stock I layered on an emerald green colored card stock and topped it with a meant card stock and then stamped merry Christmas in red.

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You melt my heart



 For the sketch challenge I started with blue card stock and layered on a figured blue and green card stock and then a cream colored card stock stamped my snow people in the middle and my sentiment on top.

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November 14, 2016

Colors


For this challenge I started on a cream and red card stock I used a red and emerald green string to make the bow across the top. I cut a square that is mint green paper and the smaller square out of red paper and I stamped my Santa Claus on that...then it's a little hard to read from the picture but along the side my stamp says happy happy happy holidays in black.

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Ombré



For this ombré challenge, I started with a green striped cardstock, embossed on white paper a winter scene. I used my green colored pencil to do the ombré from left (lighter) to right (darker).
I used my die cut for the deer , and stamped the sentiment to finish out the card.


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http://inspiredbyallthelittlethings.blogspot.ca

Die cast numbers



This is a card that I made for my husbands Grandma who is celebrating her 99th birthday. I started with cream textured card stock. I embossed on white a random pattern. With my circuit machine I used a large oval die cut on a blue/green patterned paper. I punched an oval of white and then the numbers 99 out of dark teal with my circuit machine...layered them all together. I added a couple of pink flowers on the bottom of the large oval and a few teal pearls and a butterfly. To finish it off I went around the card with my teal ink pad.

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Words challenge



for this challenge, I started with blue cardstock. 
I layered on a figured paper, then white cardstock. I used my large no flake punch on a sky blue paper and then put on a metallic  Blue gemstone.  I finished it off with the word joy in a sparkly white foam. 



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November 9, 2016

All about words



 For this s all about words challenge I started with a cream colored card stock and layered on a really light green figured paper. Then I found a solid green paper to stamp my sentiment on. Then I found a border in a green and purple color that I Fussy cut around just a bit to fit the card and then I put purple flower gemstones on each flower.

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http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.nl

Thankfully inspired



This challenge is light orange card stock, I embossed a leafy pattern on brownish tan paper. I cut an orange strip to go across the Card. I stamped my sentiment on the green. I  popped it up with foam tape and put in a couple fall silk leaves.

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.co.uk

http://sundaystamps.blogspot.com

https://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

Butterflies



 This challenge about words I chose the cream colored card stock I embossed an orange colored paper with flowers. I put my sentiment on cream paper and then layered on the burnt orange and topped it off with my butterfly.

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http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.nl

Musical Christmas


 For this inspirational challenge I started with a musical paper card stock, and then I use my Pinetree die cut and cut out to Christmas trees. Then I used a burgundy solid paper and stamped my old world Santa is on it use my colored pencils to color a man and then I put a ribbon across the bottom and three black gemstones on the top left corner .

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Autumn colors

 Autumn colors

 For this challenge I started with the brown paper card stock and I rounded the outside corners then I had a piece of leaf paper that had all of the challenge colors in it and so I fussy cut around them to create a little bit of a border and then I used six Amber gemstones three in the top on the left and three towards the bottom right.

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http://aaacards.blogspot.com

Thankful



 For this thankful challenge I used a brown paper card stock and put it through the Swiss dot embossing folder. And then I found this cute little turkey  in my stash of things that's made with felt so he was the perfect little addition to my card and then I stamped thanksgiving blessings and black.

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http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.co.uk

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.be

http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

November 8, 2016

For someone Special


For this challenge, I started with cream cardstock and layered on a bluish purple paper. Folding over the right top  corner, I punched 2 small holes thru all of the layers so I could put a ribbon thru. Then I found a sticker that matched the paper that said Love. I wanted to use this as an anniversary card...so worked out perfectly!


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Someone special With folds









For this challenge I started with a cream colored card stock, folding the left third onto the top of the card. I then layered on a figured paper. Cutting a smaller card and folding it in half, I layed that on the figured paper. I topped that card within coral solid textured paper. On the front of the left front, I put a tan textured paper. Then I went back, stamped the sentiments and found some stickers to match the paper.



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