Wishing You a Fairy Merry Christmas

This week at For Fun Challenges we are looking for anything Christmas. Expect to see several Christmas cards for the next little while. Once I pull out all that pretty paper, it's hard to put it away. I love how this card turned out. It has more layers than I normally use but I love the richness of the red and gold together. Check out her wings. I was given some gold Smooch by Susan aka Late Blossom and I have just fallen in love. I will have to get this in every colour!

The image is Tia, the Holiday Fairy by our sponsor, Michelle Perkett. DS really enjoyed colouring her in many different sizes because I couldn't make up my mind. The whole card is 5.5 * 5.5 inches.

Believe

Just a super simple card today. I was "cleaning" and putting away my stash and found this beautiful dp with the word BELIEVE on the back of some paper that I had bought for it's red and white candy cane stripes. Instead I cut a simple panel, centering the word and adhered it to a cherry cobbler base and then added some gold organdy ribbon. Super simple and a great way to clean up some ribbon and DP!

Ribbon Ornament

I got this idea from Susan aka Lateblossom's blog post, "Way to use Ribbon Scraps". I really wanted to try to do a tree but didn't have a variety of green ribbon. I seem to have an inordinate amount of pink instead. For someone who doesn't "do" pink, I really seem to have a lot of it.

I started with my white layer and cut out the ornament shape using my largest heirloom ornament Nestie and stamped the sentiment . I then cut a large piece of score tape that would fit this space. I started with the widest ribbon and worked up and down from there. Once, I had layered on the ribbons onto the score tape, I adhered that to the white top layer. At this point I adhered the top layer to the cherry cobbler base.

I showed it to a friend and complained about my lack of green ribbon and she just looked at my scrap pile and asked why I didn't use paper. DUH! Stay tuned for that attempt soon!

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Just a couple more of my buggy thank you cards. The top one was looking a bit silly floating in the middle of the frame so I free hand drew in some cobwebs for him to stand on. Again they are coloured with copics. The heart and the body of the spider are covered with Diamond Glaze to give them a bit of dimension and interest. Sentiments by Gina K.

Challenges these Cards Meets:

Less is More - Single Layer and use a Frame

Saturday Challenge - Going Buggy

Moving Along with the Times - Inspired by Song (Itsy Bitsy Spider)

Delightful Sketches - Anything Goes

Buggy Summer

Summer is coming and I need a bunch of simple notecards for my year end. I just love how these turned out. The images are from Stampin' Up's Cute as A Bug (retired) and Lady Bug Picnic (retired). I bought both of these probably five years ago just for this purpose and am embarrassed to say this is the first time I've gotten around to my end of year cards with them.

The cards are made on Gina K.'s luxury white cardstock and the images were coloured with copics. I'm so impressed that the colour didn't bleed through. I just love how these turned out! Then sentiment is also from Gina K.'s tag set. The frame was hand drawn with a ruler and a 0.2 Copic fineliner. I will so have to use this technique again.

You'll see the next two in the set Thursday. Have a great day!

Challenges these cards meet:

Less is More - Single Layer and use a Frame

Saturday Challenge - Going Buggy

Happily Ever After

My new Gina K. order came in and I'm in love! The luxury white cardstock is so gorgeous; thick and smooth. I also couldn't help myself and bought this tag set. It is such a perfect size for cards and I love the font.

I had wanted to try the Class Act Insider Challenge this week but was a bit stumped on the sketch until I thought of this technique. I cut the hearts with my Nesties and then ran them through my Big Shot in inked embossing folders. I love how it turned out! The ribbon was actually taken off of one of DS's teddy bears. The ribbon was long and not sewn a the neck. It was a chocking hazard - at least that's what I told my husband!

Challenges this Card Meets:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Blue Christmas

Just a really simple card today. This is a long card that fits in a standard business envelope. I used some scraps of Brocade Blue for the snowflakes, using my Creative Memories punch. I (heart) that punch! The sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations. Their winter sets are fabulous! I even found matching light blue half pearls to finish it off. Score!

Challenges this Card Meets:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Phindy's - Water (Snowflakes are just frozen water falling from the sky. Yeah - it may be a stretch...)

Stamp Something - Something Punched

Just for Giggles

Meljen's is our Sponsor this week at For Fun Challenges and I was given this cute heart image. We are making wedding cards this week. I needed a card for my future sister-in-law's hen party so I wanted something fun and not serious. Being a good older sister, I take my brother getting a good ribbing seriously.

The image was printed 3 times so I could freehand cut out the layers. The green (certainly celery) was embossed with my lace embossing folder. A nice quick card. The most time consuming part was looking up the sentiment.

Challenges this card Meets:

Paper Sundaes - Let's Get Sentimental

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - Wedding & Use a Digi Stamp

To An All-Star Champ

We are lucky enough to be sponsored again by Di's Digital Downloads this week at For Fun Challenges. Our winner will receive a 5 digis from the shop of the winner's choice. Yeah! The theme this week is School's Out!

Nothing screams summer to me like little kids outside with the dog. I just love this image and had to play with it when I saw it. This card will be DS's very best friend's birthday card. He's turning 5 so I wanted something very bright and cheerful and fun that would reflect the birthday boy's personality. I love all the primary colours! The image is coloured with copics and there are no embellishments that could fall off around little hands.

Challenges this Card Meets:
Charisma - Boy Oh Boy
Crazy 4 Challenges - Favourite Summer Activity (Playing in the park on a nice day)
Do It With Digis - All About the Boys
Phindy's - Summer Living
Stamptacular Sunday - Bugs or Boys or Both