Freshly Made Sketches 571

I thought I'd squeeze in a card for Freshly Made Sketches 571. Here's the sketch.

And here's my card using my all time favorite Altenew washi tape--again. After

adhering a strip of the tape onto a card base, I ran it through an embossing folder

then added the sentiment and some sequins.

I hope you can see the sketch! Thanks for stopping by!

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge -- SNOWFLAKES

My card for Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge 11 was chosen as a Top Pick, 

and I was invited to guest for this month's challenge together with the other Top Picks. 

The theme for the challenge is SNOWFLAKES.

 

Here's my card.

 

 
Two MFT mugs were cut from watercolor card stock. One was inked in green and the other in

pink. After embossing both with a snowflake embossing folder, I used a sanding block over 

the surface to remove the color and make the snowflakes stand out. 

 

The two part sentiment was silver embossed then cut with the matching dies. I tripled up

the sentiment and adhered it under the mugs. Snowflake sequins finished off the card.

Come and join this month's challenge! 

Link up a newly created Christmas themed card with at least one SNOWFLAKE.  

The sponsor is Doodlebugswa and the prize is a $25 gift code to their store. 

You have until Wednesday, January 25th at 11:59pm PST  to enter. 

Hope to see you in the gallery!

 

The Flower Challenge #75 -- CHRISTMAS

The challenge theme for The Flower Challenge for December is CHRISTMAS.

And it's a short month, too, because of the busy holiday season. 

 

 Here's my card, using a traditional Christmastime plant--the poinsettia.

I assembled a Pretty Pink Posh poinsettia and spattered it with white paint.

A piece of gray and white gingham was adhered to a card base, cut at an angle

for a bit of interest. I stamped the sentiment at an angle, then adhered

the poinsettia to the card. Done!

Off to enter this or I'll have missed another challenge deadline!

Thanks for stopping by!

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge -- SNOWMAN

I've become a fan of Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenges because I'm using coffee themed

stamps and dies that I've accumulated over the years. And I'm a fan of creator Amy Tsuruta

who I've had the pleasure of meeting when she came down to Honolulu years ago.

Here is this month's theme -- SNOWMAN/SNOWMEN.

 

And here's my card.

MFT's Snow Buddy reminded me of a juggling snowman which is what I made him do--

happily juggle some coffee mugs. Empty, of course!

I stamped the sentiment, then ran the panel through a snowflake embossing folder.

I colored the pieces of the snowman then assembled him on the panel. Four mugs

were cut and colored and adhered above the snowman.

 

 This card turned out differently from what I originally had in mind but I'm pleased

with my juggling Snow Buddy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Final Fusion Card Challenge -- Christmas Chalkboard

I'm sure I wasn't the only one who was saddened to hear that another card challenge is

closing their doors. Fusion Card Challenge was the brainchild of Lesley Croghan and 

Jackie Rockwell and I liked the concept of playing with either the sketch or photo, or both. 

I didn't play as often as I could, but here are some of my cards from past challenges.

 

 

 

Here's the graphic for the last challenge--Christmas Chalkboard.

 

I played with the sketch and used inspiration from the photo. 

 

I cheated and used some Catherine Pooler patterned paper which had the perfect

chalkboard design. It's not Christmasy but I found a holiday sentiment from Hero Arts

that hopefully pulled it all together.

Thank you, Fusion Card Challenge, for the years of inspiration from the DT and 

participants and know that you will be missed 💗

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as the winner for the last challenge! Honored to be

the Zen Master and display this badge.

The Flower Challenge #74 -- Add Embellishments

Hello, hello! I'm back with a card for The Flower Challenge #74 to add embellishments.

 

 

Here's my project using Altenew's Craft-a-Flower Snowdrops Layering Set and

my embellishment of choice--sequins.

 

I started with navy card stock and cut two panels using Reverse Wonky Rectangles then 

the front piece was embossed with a bit of snowfall. All the floral pieces were die cut with

white card stock and colored then assembled on the front panel between hand cut snow drifts.

 

I adhered the PTI sentiment and iridescent sequins then joined the panels together 

with a hinge. I added another embellishment--glitter--but it was difficult to photograph.

Trust me, it's there on the top layer of snow.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Edited to add: Oops! I thought I had more time to enter but I see that the linky is closed.

I guess I shouldn't have done so much Black Friday shopping! 😜

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #11 -- HOLLY

The theme for Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #11 is HOLLY. 

Here is my card.

 

I inked a Lil' Inker Designs mug in red ink then colored and added a bit of holly.

 

 

A strip of Catherine Pooler patterned paper was adhered to a card base then topped off 

with the mug and greenery. I added some red enamel dots as holly berries and stamped

the curved sentiment.

I'm also linking up this card to the 2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop since

the card has all that holly.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

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Edited to add: My CCCC card was chosen as a Top Pick! So honored! This means I will be 

guesting with them come January. Thanks so much, Amy, and to Kathy who made the pick!

2022 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

 

Joining the latest season of the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with a slimline card.

Sadly, Lil' Inkers has closed up its shop but I loved their coffee mugs and sentiments so much

that I decided to use them. I'm sure they were Super Sponsors at some point.

The mugs were cut from white card stock and the sentiments were white embossed on them.

I inked them in autumnal colors from Concord & 9th. They were adhered to a slimline panel, 

then finished off with brown enamel dots.

Huge thanks to Amy and her helpers for putting together another fantastic hop!

Inspired by GNOMES

I'm joining the newest Inspired by Challenge because of the challenge theme: GNOMES.

 

Gnomes. You either love 'em or not. They were so trendy last Christmas and I believe 

I bought every gnome die that Simon Says Stamp came out with. 

 

Here's my simple card. I was going to use Laurel's sketch but was too lazy to cut up

the patterned paper. 

 

I embossed a panel with woodgrain planks, adhered the paper and popped up the

gnome.The (retired) PTI sentiment was cut three times from white card stock and 

adhered together to form a thicker sentiment.

 

The card was finished off with some iridescent sequins. Off to link up this card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Color Throwdown Featured Stamper -- CTD717

I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that my card was the random winner over

at Color Throwdown Challenge. And as the Featured Stamper, I was invited to guest 

for Challenge 717.

 

 The color palette is mustard, pink, and green. 

Truthfully I was a little worried but then I remembered I didn't open or use some goodies

from Concord & 9th and used them for the very first time.

The alphas were cut from white card stock and the flowers and leaves were cut from

colored card stock and a bit of color was added so they wouldn't look so flat.

I inlaid the pieces into the alphas and adhered them to a quilted card base. I'm not sure

if you can see it well but teeny tiny green gemstones were added to some leaves. I 

finished off the card with the secondary sentiment.

 

It's such a happy card with the springtime colors--even though we're headed into fall.

Or is it winter? No seasonal changes here in the islands so I'm always clueless.

 

Thanks to Color Throwdown Challenge for the invitation as the Featured Stamper.

Hop on over to the blog and see how the rest of the design team featured the colors

and play along if you can.