Quick Nativity

I made this before Christmas but didn't have time to post.  I realized as I was sending out my Christmas cards I had not made any religous cards this year.  I have family members who are offended if they receive non-religous cards so I needed to whip some up in a hurry.  I realize that it would not be snowing in Bethlehem but I love this paper and the colour scheme.  I'm hoping my relatives will forgive me.  If I was to make this card again, I'd do the embossing in silver.  I still like how elegant it looked in simple embossing.  I'm wondering what the image would look coloured on kraft.  But not this week.  I'm all Christmased out.

Challenges this Card Meets:

Christmas Card Challenge #4

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Everybody Art - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy - Winter Wonderland

Mark's Finest Papers - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft - Winter Wishes

Paper Sundaes - Celebrate

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Christmas Blessings

I've unmounted all my wheels and have fallen in love with them all over again.  They are just so much more flexible now that I can use any ink on them and I can actually see where they will be stamped.  I should have done this years ago!  I even gotten half of one of my craft drawers back.

I love how this card turned out but I can't take the credit.  The layout comes from Susan Raihala's (aka.  Lateblossom).  I've tried to find the post but am having trouble with blogger at the moment.  I loved her one layer version.  I didn't have the nice pens though for bordering the image so I've layered a scrap of white card stock with my stamped image onto two small strips of real red.  I love the red bling on this card.  My LSS was blowing out red bling one year after Christmas and I bought the entire stock just so I'd have lots for this stamp.  And now I'll finally use it since I have rediscovered this pretty holly image.


Challenges this Card Meets:
Christmas Card Challenge #4
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Everybody Art - Anything Goes
Mark's Finest Papers - Anything Goes
One Stop Craft - Winter Wishes
Paper Sundaes - Celebrate
Simon Says - Anything Goes

Everybody Off the Road!

With the start of a new year, we've chosen "New Beginnings" as our theme at For Fun Challenges.  This is really open:  New Home, New Marriage, New Baby, New Pet, etc.  I had lots of fun using this image from our sponsor, Bugaboo Digis.  One of my nephews will be getting his license soon and I thought this was perfect for celebrating the occasion.  I used Splitcoaststampers Sketch #364 as a starting point.  The All the papers were matted with Brocade Blue.  The DP comes from my endless Costco package.  The image and the circle were coloured with my Copics.  I wanted to put gems in that empty space but my husband asked me to refrain.  Am I not the best of wives?

This inside sentiment says "________ has just passed his driving test!"  I actually wrote his name in but you understand.

This will be a two week challenge at For Fun so I'll be sure to post some additional "New Beginnings" for you!

Challenges this Card Meets

Charisma Cards - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Mark's Finest Papers - Anything Goes

Daring Card Makers - Spots and Stripes

Blue Christmas

I just love this Bo Bunny DP but one of my New Year's Resolutions is to use up some of my mountains of paper.  The image is a freebie from Meljens that I thought was cute.  I finally got around to using my snowflake pendant and snowflake shape abilities.  I have had them for more than six months and never used them.  Talk about embarrassing.  The base is Gina K's Luxury white.  I then added a layer of Not Quite Navy, which was also used for the snowflakes.  Brocade Blue is for the second layer of snowflakes.  The snowflakes then have very small gems in the centre, not that you can see it in these photos.

I'm hoping to be a bit better at posting than I have been recently.  I have actually been crafting a lot so I do have quite a bit to share.  It's getting the computer time...

Challenges this Card Meets

Charisma Cards - Anything Goes

Christmas Card Challenge

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Incy Wincy - Winter Wonderland

Mark's Finest Papers - Anything Goes

Stamping with the Dragon - Let it Snow

Snowy Collage

This photo doesn't do this image justice.  I love the fact this card looks so different than what I normally stamp.  It's really done in multiple shades of pink and raspberry, not red as it looks here.  I started with a very pale background Harlequin stamp.  I then layered on SU's French Script.  The snowflakes and sentiment are from Heartfelt Creations.


Challenges this Card Meets
Charisma Cards - Anything Goes
Christmas Card Challenge
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy - Winter Wonderland
Mark's Finest Papers - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Last Christmas Card of the Year
Stamping with the Dragon - Let it Snow

Go Fly a Kite

Pulled out my Ladybug Picnic set from Stamping Up.  I'm embarrassed to admit this is the first time I've ever used this image.  I love it, I was just never inspired by it.  The sentiment is from Take Three, another retired set.  The kite should match the ladybug but because I put stickles on the kite, it is not showing up properly.

Dancing in the Rain

Another very CAS card.  I mounted a layer of DP onto my Gina K. luxury white.  The sentiment is one I just love from Paper Makeup Stamps.  I'm so sad that they are going to stop producing rubber.

Anyone with little kids can understand the joys of puddle dancing.

Butterfly Kisses

Just a simple card today.  I was just so happy to find this image.  I thought I'd lost it for good.  I had bought the DP with this stamp in mind and there it sat for 6 months because it had been lost in my stash.  Love the simplicity of this design.  Next time I'd make the bottom panel just a touch larger to centre the circle but otherwise I'm happy.