Candy Cane Christmas Cards

 The letter for Day #3 of Beccy's Place November Challenge is 

"C",  as in Candy Canes.  

Beccy has a couple Candy Cane images in her store.  Today I'm using one from the Tied Up With String digital set.

The candy canes were colored with markers.  I also used two Circle die cuts by Sizzix and a Christmas sentiment.  Patterned papers are from CTMH.

 

 

Additional Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - AG; Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Spots/Stripes; Just Add Ink Challenge #533 - Just add "S" (stamping, stripes, spots, something sweet, Sizzix dies); Creative Knockouts Challenge #378 - Christmas Delight; DL.ART Thankful Thursday Linky Challenge #26 - Red & Green; Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Eat, Drink, and Be Merry; Simon Says Monday Challenge - Food/Drink

Snowflakes are Unique

 

This card is for Day #24 of Beccy's Place November Challenge.  

The letter of the day is "U".  

The snowflakes are mostly from Stampin Up dies; Snowflake sentiment, also SU, is in slate rather than black because I thought black would be too harsh next to the soft colors of the card ; The Merry Christmas sentiment is by CTMH.

 This annual challenge ends in just 3 days.  I know I won't get all the letters finished this year, but I did do quite a few.  Right now there are almost 950 entries.  It would be awesome if the final number is over 1,000!  And Beccy faithfully leaves a comment for each and every one!  Beccy, I don't know how you do it, but I'm glad you do!

My Favorite Things Challenges

Taking a break from making Christmas cards, today I worked on cards for the challenges at My Favorite Things.

First I made a Thank You card for their Sketch Challenge, using one if their stamp sets called Super Hero in Scrubs.

Papers are from Bo Bunny and heart dies from CTMH.

This is the sketch I was following.
 

My second card could be used for just about anything.

This time I was following the colors for the MFT Color Challenge #154. 

 

The background was made using a MFT Stencil called Radiating Rays.  The Heart Tree die cut is also from MFT and so is the sentiment.
 

Challenges for the first card:

My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge #517 - see above for sketch; Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #213 - Thankful; Aud Sentiments Challenge #265 - AG with a sentiment; Just Add Ink Challenge #533 - Just add 's'; The nurse is wearing scrubs, I used stitched dies, There are tiny snowflakes in the dotted paper, and I followed a sketch.; Fab n Funky Challenge #504 - Thank You/Thanksgiving; Cardz 4 Guys Challenge #258 - Thank You/Thanksgiving; Make My Monday Challenge #136 - Thankful; Die Cut Divas November Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving

 

Challenges for the second card: 

MFT Color Challenge #154 - see above; Sparkles Forum Challenge - Use a Stencil; Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - AG; Krafty Chicks Challenge # 535- All Occasions;  Stamplorations November Stencil Challenge - AG;

 

 

Thanks for visiting.  Hope you are having a wonderful day.

Christmas Spirit

 Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Our turkey is in the oven.  

I have a bit of down time right now and thought I'd add another card to the November Challenge at Beccy's Place.  

I've always liked this digital image by Beccy.  It has a bit of country charm.  I paired it with a SU sentiment stamp.  The background was made with scraps of CTMH paper which I embossed after die cutting. 

Challenges:

Beccy's Place November Challenge - Day 3 "C" (Candle);  Through the Craft Room Door week of Nov 24th - Always AG; Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - AG; The House That Stamps Built Challenge N2520 - AG; Krafty Chicks Challenge #535 - All Occasions; DL.Art Thankful Thursday Challenge #26 - Red and Green; Aud Sentiments Challenge #265 - AG + a sentiment

Floating Easel Card

After watching a video my friend, Karen, made for Stencil Sunday at Stamplorations Blog, I ordered some supplies to make the floating easel card.  But I couldn't wait until they arrived and did some improvising.  For a first attempt, I'm fairly pleased.

 The Santa stamp was a freebie from Quick Cards magazine.  I used Staz-On ink to stamp the image on the front of the acetate and then colored it with markers on the back.  The die cut for Believe is from Sizzix.  Papers are by Bo Bunny.  Sentiment stamp, acetate (half of a clear card I purchased ages ago) and gold glitter tape are from CTMH.  The snowflakes on the front are Dazzles.  Looking at the photo, I may try (?) to move one so they don't appear to be in such a straight line.

Challenges:

Beccy's Place November Challenge - Day 7 "F" floating easel card; Shopping Our Stash Challenge #434 - Snow; The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #84 - Anything Christmas; Merry Little Christmas Challenge #84 - Anything Christmas; Allsorts Challenge Week 599 - Santa, Elves, Angels, option Christmas; Inkspirational Challenge #226 - Frame It;

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #582

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

Here's the sketch for this week and my card.

 

 

The fussy cut wreath is a Stamplorations Tim Holtz designed stamp and the sentiment and background paper are from CTMH.  The holly leaves are dies I received in my Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine. I sure do miss receiving that magazine.

 

I hope you'll play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

 

 

 

 

 

These are the challenges I am entering:

Beccy's Place November Challenge - Day 19 'P" (Plaid)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #517 - AG, something beginning with an R optional (Red)

Stamping Sensations November Challenge - Garlands, Wreaths and Christmas Flowers

Dream Valley Challenge #237 - Lots of Layers

Use Your Stuff Challenge #410 - Tic Tac Toe using diagonally circle, favorite color red, and design paper  

 

On the first day of Christmas....

 ...my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree.  

The operative word here is tree, which begins with the letter 't', the theme for Day 23 of Beccy's November Challenge.   The digital image is one of Beccy's from several years ago.  

I am also entering these challenges:

Inkspirational Challenge #226 - Frame It

Di's Digi Challenge - Emboss It wet or dry  (The sentiment is wet embossed.)

Crimbo Crackers Challenge #220 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Christmas

Have a nice day.  Thanks for visiting.