It's Christmas Time

Christmas time is almost here. It has always been one of my favorite times of the year. My family is in Tennessee and our kids live in Chicago and Cincinnati. We will celebrate with our church family mostly. I have just about got all my Christmas cards done. It seems like it is always a mad dash to the finish line for me. I wanted to share some of the cards that I made.

This first card was made from a sketch that I used in a class earlier of this year. The designer paper is from Graphic 45. I used a piece of both sides on the card. Red and yellow card stock became my accent colors.

This next card is a CASE from one I saw on Pinterest. Here is a link the one I saw on Splitcoaststampers. It really caught my attention since I have both of the Memory Box dies used on the card. Instead of using the lighter blue card stock, I used Pacific Pointe card stock. It sure does come together quickly.

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This week's Paper Player challenge--

 

 My card for this challenge--

I had seen this layout on Pinterest a number of times and have wanted to try it for several weeks. I made the background paper some time ago using distress inks and then flicking water onto it to create the water spots. Of course, it was just waiting to be used. The black flower stem is a new Memory Box die called "Chandra Stem". The "hello" was also cut using a die from Cuttlebug. Now I wished I had used a stamp instead so that the hello would have been smaller. I think that would have made the flower stem and background stand out more.

Update:
This card was listed in "Favorites of the Week ending April 12" at SCS.

SC535 -- Just For You

Here is today's SCS sketch challenge and my card.

This was a fun sketch to work with. I first chose the DSP that I wanted to use and went from there. I loved how Midnight Muse, Gumball Green and Crumb Cake went together. The DSP is layered with Midnight Muse card stock. The focal image was made using Cougar Natural card stock, a JustRite stamp from the set "Fancy Frames", stamped in Gumball Green ink and cut with a Spellbinder's Label 18 die. The sentiment is from that same stamp set, stamped in Midnight Muse ink. To finish the focal image I added a flower from SU's Flower Shop set stamped in Midnight Muse with a center stamped in Crushed Curry ink and covered with glitter. The leaves were cut from Gumball Green card stock using a new Memory Box die

Two Challenges Today

After traveling to Chicago this past weekend, I am way behind in so many things. I finally got a card made this afternoon for two challenges.

 I needed a birthday card for my cousin's husband so that played a big roll in my choices. I wanted to use a piece of designer paper from a new 6x6-inch pad I got last week so that determined the colors I was going to use. I ended up using basic gray for the card base, a light gray for the band and black as my accent color. For a February birthday, I think the colors work especially with all the ice and snow they are having in Middle Tennessee right now. The greeting is from the Stampin' Up set called "Wetlands". The branch die is from Memory Box and the bird is a die from Impression Obsession.  

CAS271 -- my Friend

Today's CAS challenge is to CASE a card from the very talented lady Angela Maine (Arizona Maine) at SCS. Her gallery has been an inspiration to me as I have looked at her cards. I have also enjoyed reading her blog "From The Tool Shed".

This is the card I chose to case.

And this is my card.

Angela was following a color challenge and I was following her design. I have the Memory Box die "Elegant  Scrollwork" and just never seemed to have any ideas on how to use it. Angela's card  provided the inspiration that I needed. I used Stampin Up card stock in "Wisteria Wonder" to cut the die. The focal image was cut on my Cricut using black, white and Wisteria Wonder card stock. The sentiment is from the stamp set "Six-Sided Sampler" by Stampin UP. The large flower is from the set "Petite Petals" and punches were used to create the other flowers. I snipped off the end of each die that was under the focal image and created a little embellishment for the inside of my card.

I pray that you will be blessed today.

SC454

A week late but I finally got a card made for last week's sketch challenge. I used two designs of paper from the Heidi Grace Designs pad called "Daydream". It was on clearance and I immediatelly fell in love with it. I also used the "Chloe" Memory Box die. For the card base I used SU Certainly Celery which is now retired. A big mistake on their part (I think).

"Chloe"

I had fun using a new die from Memory Box called "Chloe". I think that the die is special because I have a granddaughter named Chloe. Each card becomes unique from color, sentiment, or quantity.