Christmas Card Challenges #11

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Lasting Memories reveal, please scroll down or go here.

We have a new challenge up at Christmas Card Challenges today. Our challenge it to create a Christmas or holiday card with the optional challenge of using the color challenge photo below.

I stuck with the blue, grey, and white colors, but my blues are more in the blue-green tones instead of the blue-purple tones. (It's what I had to work with!) There were two red snowflakes on the sentiment panel, so I punched out a couple of snowflakes and circles in the blue and white colors and covered them up!

I used Echo Park's - "I Love Winter" - 6x6 paper pad and ephemera pack on this card. I think it is safe to say that I have used this paper pad all up. I think I have four full sheets left - two that are red with white dots, a white wood piece, and a blue-green piece with snowflakes on it. The scraps I have left are almost too small to use on anything, so I think I'll toss them out, and add the full sheets to my random 6x6 paper box.

Be sure to check out the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team over at Christmas Card Challenges. We would love to see you playing along!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!

Christmas Card Challenges #5

Hello again! This is my second post of the day. If your looking for my Lasting Memories reveal, please scroll down or go here.

There's a new challenge up at Christmas Card Challenges today. As always our rules are to make a holiday or Christmas card, and we offer up an optional challenge to help inspire you. This week's challenge is a word prompt - SNOW!

I have used a snowflake embossing folder and a snowflake die on my card. I have also used up some more of my scraps from Echo Park's I Love Winter 6x6 paper pad. I am going to have to go back through and see just how many cards I have made using this collection. It is almost all gone!

The sentiment is from the Simple Christmas stamp set by Neat and Tangled.

Head on over to Christmas Card Challenges to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team. We hope to see you playing along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a great day!

Try Stampin' - Or Not - On Tuesday #302

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Sketch N Scrap reveal please scroll down or go here.

Try Stampin' - Or Not - On  Tuesday has a new card sketch posted today. This great sketch is courtesy of LeAnne, and our optional theme this week is "snowflakes".

For this card I used up some of my scraps from Echo Park's "I Love Winter" collection. I pulled out an old EK Success punch for the snowflakes and added in just a little bit of bling to the center of each one. The "Let It Snow" sentiment is from a Studio G $1 bin stamp set.

Head on over to the Try Stampin' blog to see the lovely cards from the rest of the design team. You have 2 weeks to play along and you can enter either on the blog or on our Facebook page here.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!

Paper Play Sketches #26

Hello, hello! Here we are at the middle of the week already! Christmas is getting closer all the time, and I still have a lot to do!

Wednesday means there is a new sketch posted at Paper Play Sketches!

For my card I once again used Echo Park's - I Love Winter - 6x6 paper pad, and the penguin piece is from the ephemera pack. I added a pinked circle underneath the penguin to help it stand out a little better from the background. I also added just a bit of foam tape to give it a little bit of dimension.

The "Let It Snow" sentiment is from another old Studio G $1 bin stamp set. I have had these little stamp sets in my stash for years, and this is the first time I have inked this one up!

I had picked up a package of these itty bitty snowflake buttons and they were the perfect little embellishment for this card!

Head on over to Paper Play Sketches to see the lovely cards from the rest of the design team. I know this is a busy time of year, but I do hope you get a chance to play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #190

Hello everyone! Good Tuesday morning to you! I hope you are having a good week so far.

This week's sketch has been posted over on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog, and I am here to share my take on it with you.

Here is the sketch:

I used Echo Park's - I Love Winter - 6x6 paper pad for this card. I always love Echo Park's winter themed collections. Their colors/patterns are some of my favorites. 

The snowflakes were cut using My Favorite Things - Let It Snowflake - dies. I first tried laying the snowflakes directly on the background paper, but they seemed to get lost amongst the swirls. I layered them on top of a dark blue circle, and I like the much better.

The sentiment is from an old Studio G $1 bin stamp set. I added in a bit of sparkle with some bling, but it looks more like little silver balls in the photo!

The full design team reveal will be up on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog tomorrow, along with last week's Top 3. Be sure to stop by and see the beautiful cards from the rest of the team.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a great day!

Paper Play Sketches #24

Hello scrappy friends! I hope that you are having a good week!

It's Wednesday and that means we have a new sketch up over at Paper Play Sketches. Janis has created another awesome sketch for us to work with.

For my card I have used the super cute "I Love Winter" collection from Echo Park. The snowman was actually a tag from the ephemera pack that I trimmed down. The sentiment is from an old Studio G $1 bin stamp set.

Head on over to Paper Play Sketches to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team. I hope you find some time to play along with us this week. We love to see your beautiful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!