Santa cards

 Here is a pair of cards using a cricut cut sentiment and its negative image.  

The Santa in the first card is a Tim Holtz stamp from Stampers Anonymous.   The sentiment is a cut from the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge.  It was cut from printable white glitter paper and then colored red with a marker.  Santa was stamped on the same paper and colored. The patterned papers are just scraps.

The Santa on the second card was a 3D sticker I salvaged from a card I received last year.   I placed some red paper underneath the white glitter paper from which the Ho Ho Ho above was cut and carefully glued in the centers of the o's and a few other pieces.  Cut once, use twice.  To this card I added some washi tape and a bow.

Challenges: Beccy's Place November Challenge - Day 18 Scraps; Sweet Stampers Challenge #50 - Christmas; Christmas 24 Challenge #022 - Santa; Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Happy Holidays; Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Card Creations; Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of Nov. 17th - AG; Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Christmas; C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #577 - Christmas; Crafty Catz Challenge # 528- AG with Christmas option

 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #350 with Sasayaki Glitter

Today I'm using Party Monster, 

a digital image from Sasayaki Glitter, 

our wonderful sponsor

for this week's

Monster Mash Challenge

at Tuesday Throwdown.

You'll find more Sasayaki images in their Etsy store and lots of inspiration on their blog, as well as a monthly challenge.  Or pop over and join their facebook group to participate in their progressive challenge.  

Since today is the 4th of July, Independence Day in the USA, 

I am adding a red, white and blue card,

using the same image from Sasayaki Glitter, 

 to celebrate.

And I am entering these fun challenges:

Sasayaki Glitter July Challenge - Your Favorite Color (Mine is blue.)

Aud Sentiments Challenge #183 - For a child + a sentiment

Just Us Girls Challenge #400 - Celebrate 

Dragonfly Journeys Challenge #95 - Red, White and Blue

Come and Get It Challenge - Colors of Your Nation 

Angie's Digital Stamps Challenge #11 - Anything Goes, optional twist Red, White or Blue or All 3

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Red, White and/or Blue 

Cards in Envy Challenge - Patriotic 

Bitten by the Bug Challenge - Red, White and Blue  (The word celebrate was crocut cut using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge)

Always Fun Challenge #13 - Patriotic

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Birthday Fun 4 Kids

Thanks for visiting and
don't forget to enter your monster cards and projects in this week's Tuesday Throwdown Challenge.

Joyful Stars Close To My Heart December Blog Hop

Christmas is fast approaching.  Not a particularly good time for Barbara to fall and bust a hip. With my temporary craft area (moved from the dining room table for Thanksgiving thru Christmas) littered with Christmas papers, I chose some of the Close To My Heart Oh Deer papers to make her a get well card.  I thought a busted hip definitely deserved an Oh Deer! 

 

It wasn't until after I made this card, that I decided to use it for the December Joyful Stars Close To My Heart Blog Hop.

 

 Welcome to the Joyful Stars December blog hop, where a group of talented Close to My Heart consultants, and me, gather to share ideas with you in a fun blog hop.

After cutting the letters for the card above out of the beautiful CTMH sea glass glitter paper, I was left with a negative that I just could not resist using.

 

Now, since this is a blog hop you might have arrived here from Andrea Sherman's blog.

Your next stop is my friend, Tracey Pierce's blog.   

 The hop is circular. So if you are just starting here, simply continue hopping until you find your way back, making the full circle.  If you get lost, the complete list of participants is on Joyce's blog. 

Enjoy!

CTMH Card Class + free for all 8/23/16

The first card we made yesterday, under Joyce's tutelage, included  flowers from the new CTMH Flower Market Cricut Cartridge.

 

The sentiment stamp also comes with the cartridge bundle.

The next 2 cards we made using scraps and then one of the new word thinlits with the cuttlebug to die cut it.

We actually used the resulting negative for our cards.

 Most of the other gals added very pretty cricut cut flowers to their cards.  Being the rebel of the group, I thought I'd make more masculine cards.

We still had the die cut "hello"s to make 2 more cards.  It was free-for-all time.  Joyce made lots of scraps and card bases available to us and we were on our own.  

Here's the first card I made.

I had it mostly laid out at Joyce's and then brought it home where I added the embossing and punched border across the bottom.

For my final card, which I just finished up this morning, I used an oval negative found in Joyce's scraps and strips of fundamental papers from my stash. 

The Cardz 4 Guys Challenge requires the addition of a furry friend, so I added the cute CTMH stamped monkey.  I not only fussy cut the little guy, but paper pieced the banana he is holding with his tail.  I am being to think I am certifiable.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge #134 - include a furry friend

Crafty Sentiments Design Challenge - Anything Goes 

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart Challenge #124 - Anything Goes 

Craft Your Passion Challenge #326 - Anything Goes 

The East Wind Challenge #51 - Paper Piecing 

One Stitch at a Time Challenge #269 - Anything Goes for Men 

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #330 - Cards For Men 

Aud Sentiments Challenge # 162 - For the Men + sentiment 

 

 

Sunday Scraps

Yesterday I got busy making a card for the Joyful Stars Blog Hop which goes live on Wednesday, March 10th.  Today you get a glimpse of that card, because I used some of the scraps.  

No way could I toss this cute bunny negative, a cut on the CTMH Artistry Cricut cartridge.  The papers are from the Kaleidoscope pack; the negative is pink fundamental paper. I punched the tails from white shimmer trim and also ran a strip across the bottom.  I used a marker to do the inside of the bunny ears and his mouth; then decided to add some prisma glitter to those ears.  Flower buttons, a bow, a basket charm, ric rac, gems, and liquid pearls finished off the card.

Challenges:

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Spring Colors 4 Kids

Creative Corner Challenges - Bunnies Everywhere 

Crafty Catz Challenge #314 - Use 3 different papers 

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #288 - Easter 

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge #121 - Add some Sparkle

ABC Challenge - C is for Cute 

613 Avenue Create Challenge #166 - Anything Goes; option - glitter

Pile It On Challenge #103 - Green + 2 other colors (pink and yellow)

Enjoy the rest of your day!  

I'm headed to Mom's for Sunday tea.

Thanks Judie!!!

Tuesday at card class, Judie showed us 2 gorgeous 4th of July cards she had made for her grandkids.  I should really talk her into setting up a blog to share her creations.  They are fabulous.  Then after she showed us her cards, she very proudly gave me this:  

a wonderful pile of negatives.  

Missing from this photo are the two negatives I used for these cards:

As promised, I have delivered more Red, White and Blue cards to celebrate the 4th of July and I'll be entering them in these challenges:

CCEE Stampers Challenge #1427 - Red, White and Blue

DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #135 - Patriotic Challenge Week 2

Scrapbooker PhD Challenge #12 - Add Texture

Crafters Cafe Challenge #70 - Red, White and Blue

Creative Moments Challenge #46 - Anything Goes/Celebration

Inky Impressions Challenge #166 - Patriotic, Red, White, Blue

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #158 - Red, White and Blue

Party Time Tuesday Challenge #179 - Red, White and Blue

Twisted Tuesday Challenge #79 - Red, White and Blue + Stars

Off to the start of another baseball tournament this evening.  My grandson is excited because the game doesn't start until 8:15 and they get to play under the lights.  I hope he stays awake.  He's usually in bed about that time.  Heck, I hope my DH and I stay awake.

Tomorrow's game is in the middle of the afternoon and also the middle of my son's annual 4th of July Picnic.  I made a big batch of mac & cheese without bread crumbs on top (my grandsons' request) and I have baked beans in the oven that smell so good. 

Hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July!