X-mas cards and Dear Santa Winner

Winner, winner, chicken dinner... according to Random.org the winner from this post of the nativity embossing folder is Lynn, congrats!  Thanks for sharing your Christmas wish lists, I'd take any and all of your various wishes.  If you read yesterday's post I made two Christmas cards and then promptly sold them when I took them to work to photograph them.  Well my employee wanted more red ones, so today I whipped up a few more of the same style.  Simon Says Stamp is having an anything goes challenge this week, since I can't have a post without a challenge can I?  And A Passion For Papertrey is having a red/white Christmas challenge, and these are just too perfect for that challenge.

Materials: Materials: Hero Arts Poinsetta & Berries, PTI Photo Finishers, Saavy Stamper dots, PTI Think Big Favorites, PTI white card stock, Coredinations red card stock, vellum, Twinery charcoal and Marschino twine, PTI photo finishers dies, EK Success corner rounder punch, Tim Holtz Festive Berries distress inks, Versafine black ink

celebrate and holiday cheer

I've been having fun with wine labels, so when trying to come up with something for the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge I decided to use the colors (see below) and make an all occasion celebrate wine label.  And there's still time left in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge for tags, so here's another try for their fabulous prize.

And since I was gifted a DeNami stamp from Lindsay in some blog candy I figured it was high time I played along with the fabulous crew over there, so here's a holiday card with the current DeNami sketch challenge.

Materials: Wine Label: Paper Smooches Spiffy Scooters, Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler (thanks Lynn),  Patterned paper from my stash, PTI kraft and white card stock, PTI 1 3/4th inch limitless layers die, EK Success corner rounder, PTI edgers die, water color pencils, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Vintage Photo and Tumbled Glass,  Skipping Stones Design Grunge stamp


Materials: Holiday Cheer: DeNami Design tree,  PTI Tag It #9 ornaments, Pink Paislee star, PTI Mat Stack 2 Collection, PTI white and kraft and chocolate chip card stock, vellum, Tim Holtz Ornamental Die,  May Arts natural string, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Gathered twigs, worn lip stick, faded jeans, VersaColor Canary, Versafine black

Dear Santa

Welcome to another 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday.  Check out the DT's different takes on the sketch, perhaps you'll be inspired?  I was also inspired today to finally tackle the mess that was taking over my craft room.  Below is a before and after photo.  As a result of my major tidy up I found a Life Style Crafts QuicKutz nativity embossing folder that I'd love to give away.  Please post a comment on this post saying what you'd write in the "dear santa" note on this card.  I will draw a winner on Wednesday.

Before

After

Materials: LifeStyle Crafts QuicKutz embossing folder, PTI tag it die, Life Style Crafts QuicKutz ornament die, Cosmo Cricket Odds and Ends patterned paper, PTI kraft and chocolate chip paper, Coredinations card stock, EK Success corner rounder,  May Arts natural string

tag and Christmas ornament card

The Lawnscaping Challenge is to use the above photo as a source of inspriation, so I used some burlap and red and made a cute little tag.  Simon Says Stamp is also having a tag challenge this week.

 

The CAS-ual Fridays challenge was to use Karen's sketch, I die cut out a window and ornament, which works great for the new Young Crafters Unite challenge.  A girlfriend stopped by today to go check out a local artisan fair with me and bought both of these projects and a few other Christmas goodies I had floating around, guess it's time to make some more Christmas crafty goodies.

Materials: Tag: QuicKutz die, Hero Arts Classic Messages (CL414) sentiment, Lawn Fawn bannerific, PTI Tiny Tags 2, Coredinations card stock, PTI kraft card stock, PTI Tag It die, May Arts burlap string

Card: SRM sticker sentiment, PTI double sided banner die, QuicKutz ornament die, Cosmo Crickets Odds and Ends patterned paper, PTI impression plate, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label one die, PTI white card stock, May Arts burlap string, EK Success corner rounder, Making Memories eyelet punch

Rush to Sender PTI blog hop cards

Welcome to another PTI blog hop.  This month the challenge is to make a card based on the above photo.  I decided to CASE one of my own cards and use the Make It Monday challenge, I've added both sentiments from Postmarks plus some PTI holiday sentiments to the patterned paper.  I used the red and green, the snowflakes and the red patterned paper as my sources of inspiration.  Hop along and see what everyone else has made, I'm sure it'll get you into the holiday spirit.

Materials: PTI Postmarks and die, PTI Tag It #9, PTI Thing Big Favorites #9, Patterned paper: The Vintage Workshop Postal Words and Stampin Up designer paper, Twinery twine, Coredinations card stock, PTI kraft card stock, Versafine black ink, Tim Holtz Distress ink antique linen, festive berries, evergreen boroughs, PTI snowflake die 

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope you all had a fabulous day celebrating family, health and food.  I was lucky to have a very relaxed day, no travel, no visitors, no cooking and thankfully no phone calls from work.  A walk in the rain, some quality time with family and a big ol plate of delicious food, what more can a gal ask for?  Yesterday I made the wine label on the left, so I thought I'd bring that bottle of red with a complimenting bottle of white from the same New Zealand winery, so I whipped up another fun wine label.  

I actually made this card before the wine label, and since the DH liked the sentiment so much I used it again for his wine tag.  This card uses the Coredinations November color challenge.  And since I've die cut all the leaves I'll also enter it in the Young Crafters Unite die cut challenge.  And since I've used all Unity stamps, I'm finally going to play along with another Friends With Flair.  

Materials: wine labels:  Unity sentiment, Tim Holtz leaf die, Core'dinations card stock, PTI kraft and chocolate chip card stock, PTI edgers die, Versafine black ink, Stampendous clear embossing powder, Tattered Angels black mist, EK success corner rounder, PTI Limitiess Circles 1 3/4th inch die


SRM Sticker, PTI double sided banner die, EK Success corner rounder, Tim Holtz leaf die, Coredinations card 
stock, PTI kraft card stock, May Arts burlap string, PTI edgers die, PTI Limitiess Circles 1 3/4th inch die


Card: Unity sentiment and bit of burlap background stamp, Tim Holtz leaf die, Coredinations card stock, Versafine black ink, Versamark, Stampendous clear embossing powder, Tim Holtz distress stain antique linen, May Arts burlap string, Martha Stewart score pad 

count my blessing wine tag

I owed my husband a bottle of wine because we made a bet and I lost.  I've used this week's ColourQ colors (although sorry gals I used kraft instead of white, please forgive me).  Off to work I go, sorry to post and run.  Simon Says Stamps is having a tag challenge this week and I think I might have to play along more then once....

Materials: Unity sentiment, Tim Holtz leaf die, Core'dinations card stock, PTI kraft and chocolate chip card stock, PTI edgers die, Versafine black ink, Stampendous clear embossing powder, Tattered Angels black mist, EK success corner rounder

3 sketch cards

So I took the weekend off and had some r&r, but as a result of several days of no crafting I sorted went off the deep end when I got home (and a few new PTI goodies were sitting at my door, so...).  I went for the sketch challenges and found inspiration in three different ones.

This sketch is from Lily Pad Cards and now that I look at the sketch I realized that I don't have a sentiment.  Oops.  I was playing with the new PTI letter dies and made a whole bunch of personalized cards, but can't post all of them because the other friends might spy them on here.  I'm guessing my friend Lydia is too busy to find her card here...

This simple little card is a multi-challenge number.  The sketch for Skipping Stones, color for CR84FN and owls for Wee Memories "Woodland Animals".

And since I was trying to get organized to post the Skipping Stones Design card before the deadline, I sorta got distracted by this week's sketch.  I used some of the fabulous Paper Source paper I've used on this and this card.  And on a note of thanks, I wrote up a nice little post on my work blog to say thanks to my community who has made our free vegetable cart so successful this year, click here to read about the feel good little project.

Materials: Lyd Card: PTI Happy Trails, PTI alphabet die, Cosmo Cricket patterned paper, PTI kraft card stock, black card stock, score pal, Versafine black ink

4U Owl Card: Studio G owl, Life Style Crafts dragonfly alphabet die, Tim Holtz woodgrain embossing folder, PTI kraft and chocolate chip card stock, Tim Holtz Kraft core card stock, white gel pen, Bic brown markers, yellow colored pencils, Versafine black ink

Happy Birthday: Skipping Stones Design Grunge birthday sentiment, Paper Source paper, PTI kraft card stock, water color paper, black card stock, vellum, colored pencils, Versafine black ink

Warm Winter Wishes

Welcome to another Super Sketchy Sunday with 365 Cards.  This week I've used the sketch as a source of inspiration for a fun wintery card, and let me just say I ended up with white embossing powder everywhere, it was snowing in my craft room!  I've also used this week's Play Date Cafe colors, because their sponsor this week is Lawn Fawn and I thought that was a good reason to ink up my new Making Frosty Friends set.

Materials: Lawn Fawn Making Frosty Friends, The Craft's Meow Vintage Snowflakes sentiment, Core'dinations card stock, My Mind's Eye Six by Six patterned paper, K I Holiday Collection Alpine Snow Lace patterned paper, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 1 and circle dies, Stampendous white embossing powder, white gel pen, cream card stock

celebrate the season

Welcome to another Waltzingmouse Stamps waltz!  This month the theme is Christmas/winter.  My source of inspiration comes from the fabulous video over at Lily Pad Cards.  Because I made a tag I'm going to enter it in CAS-ual Fridays tag challenge.  ABC Toys and Crafts are also having a Christmas challenge.   Off to hop along and see what other fabulous WMS creations are out there....

Materials: The Crafts Meow's Vintage Snowflakes, Waltzingmouse Stamps Say It Loud sentiment, PTI Think Big Favorites #9, Tim Holtz Distress inks iced spruce, evergreen bough, festive berries, Versafine black ink, Stampendous embossing powders clear and white, PTI Tag It #1 die, May Arts ribbon, PTI Kraft card stock

coffee cards

My first card is for the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge and considering how much I love making coffee cards it's not really a surprise that I turned the apples into take out lattes.  

And next up I used the Play Date Cafe colors (B and W and a splash of orange) and the Waltzingmouse Sketch.  

Materials: Paper Smooches Hot Concoctions, Tim Holtz ornamental die, Life Style Crafts dragonfly letters dies, Core'dinations card stock, Anna Griffin patterned paper,  Lasting Impressions Cashew Dots patterned paper, Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder, May Arts natural burlap string

My Friend: Waltzingmouse Stamps Very Vintage Labels 4, Waltzingmouse Stamps Say It Loud sentiment, PTI Warm Happiness Too and die, Hero Arts classic fabric cling, EK Success 1 3/4th inch circle punch, Spellbinders Nestabilities Label 4, EK Success border punch, orange patterned paper from stash, black card stock, vellum, Versafine black ink, water color pencil