Stick It Down December Card Reveal

Hello, everyone! Happy Monday to you! It's the week before Christmas and it looks like it's going to be a really busy one for me! So much to get done!

Today is the full card design team reveal at Stick It Down. Here is a reminder of what the card sketch looks like:

I have had this tree stamp in my stash for a couple of years now and do believe this is the first time I have actually used it. When I saw the sketch, this was the first thing I thought of to use. I added a wood veneer star to the top of the tree and I thought about stamping a sentiment in one of the upper corners, but decided against it - the inside will have to do!

Head on over to Stick It Down 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! I will be right back with another project to share with you!

HIMCR #331 - Use a Digi!

Hello and Happy Saturday! I hope your weekend is off to a good start! You can bet that I will be finishing up my Christmas shopping this weekend!

Hiding In My Craft Room has a fun new challenge posted today! This week our challenge is to use a digital image on your project.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Digital Delights and the prize is a $5 gift certificate to their store.

The design team was given this super cute reindeer image to work with this week:

A pretty quick and simple card all ready to be mailed. I colored this cute little guy with colored pencils, die cut him into a circle and added him to my card. I thought it needed a little something more, so I stamped my sentiment and added it to the scalloped border piece.

Be sure to stop by Hiding In My Craft Room to see the beautiful projects from the rest of the design team.

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

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #242

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Try Stampin' On Tuesday reveal, please scroll down or go here.

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has a great new sketch posted on the blog for this week.

As promised in my earlier post, I have used more of the Echo Park - Anything Goes - 6x6 paper pad and the stamp and die set from Sizzix for my card. I had a little trouble with the white panel part on this card. I played around with other patterned papers, but with the busy chevron strip, I couldn't get any of them to work without being way too busy for my liking. I kept going back to the plain white background and it was almost too plain. Once I decided to emboss that panel with my swiss dot embossing folder I liked it much better.

Once again I heat embossed my sentiment and the party hat. I really like the white on the darker backgrounds for a change.

Be sure to stop by the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog and check out the new sketch. The full design team reveals will be tomorrow. I hope you have some time to play along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!  I hope you have a fantastic day!

Try Stampin' On Tuesday #352

Hello, everyone! Happy Tuesday! This week is moving right along.

We have a new sketch for you today at Try Stampin' On Tuesday. This week's sketch is courtesy of Kaylin and our optional theme is "Time to Celebrate".

When I first saw the optional theme, my first thought was to make a New Years card, then I came across this birthday stamp and die set from Sizzix in my stash that has been neglected for far too long, and thought I would go with it instead. I need to work on getting more birthday cards in my stash for the new year.

One thing that I plan on doing in the coming year is get better at heat embossing on my cards! I am going to add to my embossing powder collection this year - currently I have white, black, and gold, which is not a bad start, but the black and gold are a glitter type embossing powder and I would like to get a metallic gold and plain black. I only had to stamp and emboss these images once this time around - usually I'm having to do it multiple times to get it right. Practice makes perfect and I am determined to perfect this technique in the new year!

The papers I have used are from Echo Park's - Anything Goes - 6x6 paper pad. The colors and patterns in this paper pad are just my style, and you just may see another card later today using this paper pad and stamp set - stay tuned!

Be sure to stop by Try Stampin' On Tuesday to see the cards from the rest of the design team. This will be our last challenge until the first of the year. We are taking a couple of weeks off to have a little extra time this holiday season!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be back soon with another project to share with you!

LM #374 - Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday to you! I hope that you are having a good weekend. Ours has been pretty quiet - which is really nice once in a while!

We have a new challenge for you today at Lasting Memories. Our theme for the month is "Winter/December Holiday Traditions" and this week our challenge is a tic tac toe challenge. Create a Winter/December Holiday layout and use the following tic tac toe board. Use the items in any row going up and down, across, or diagonally.

Doing a December Daily this year has really had me thinking about different stories and things that I want to be sure and get pictures of this holiday season. Ada loves to look at all of the ornaments on the tree. I'll find her at least once a day just looking at the tree and really looking at the ornaments. Every time that I ask her which ornament is her favorite, she always picks this pink lollipop that I got in our family ornament exchange in 2012. Since Ada always helps us decorate the tree, I thought it would be fun to start a new tradition of asking her which ornament is her favorite and see which one she picks each year.

I have used the last row on the tic tac toe board - sequins, stars, and wood veneer. The papers are from Doodlebug Designs "Sugarplum" collection - I just love those little ornaments and the non traditional colors on this layout! I have used acrylic stars from Elle's Studio, wood veneer from Hobby Lobby and Studio Calico, and the sequins have been in my stash for a long time!

The ornament paper and the pink striped paper were in my 100 Patterned Paper Challenge box, so that is two more papers that I got used up!

Head on over to Lasting Memories to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. I know it's a busy time of year, but I do hope you find some time to play along with us!

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

HIMCR #330 - Super Scraps Saturday

Hello and Happy Saturday! It's just a little over two weeks until Christmas - are you all ready for it? I am not! I still have the majority of my shopping to do!

We have a new challenge posted today at Hiding In My Craft Room! It's the second Saturday and that means it is Super Scraps Saturday! We want you to dig into that box of scraps of use some of them up on your project this week!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Di's Digi Stamps and the giveaway is a $12 gift certificate to the store. Be sure to check them out!

Since this is Super Scraps Saturday, I dug into my scrap box and found a few scraps of the Simple Stories - December Documented - 6x6 paper pad. There wasn't a lot of it left, but I was able to make a card with what was!

For my card today, I have used a digi from Scribbles Designs called Festive Tree #F(151). I just discovered this site and I really liked the images that I saw there! I fell in love with this cute little skinny tree! I know it will be showing up on more projects to come! The sentiment is from a Studio G $1 bin stamp set that has been sitting in my stash - unused - for far too long! I added a wood veneer star to the top of my tree, and you can't tell it in the photo, but I have gone over the "snow" at the bottom of the tree with my Wink of Stella pen to give it a little shine.

Head on over to Hiding In My Craft Room to see the beautiful projects from the rest of the design team. You have until Saturday, Dec.16 at 2 a.m, CST to play along with us this week!

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

Use Your Stuff #291 - Woodgrain

Hello, everyone! Happy Monday to you! I hope that you had a good weekend and are ready for the new week.

We have a new challenge for you today at Use Your Stuff. This week Gail is challenging us to use some woodgrain in our projects. This could be paper, wood pieces, or woodgrain embossing folders.

Here is the card that I have created:

Hey, I've created something other than a Christmas card! It seems like those are the only types of cards that I have made these last couple of months! It was nice to create something different for a change.

I've used papers from Simple Stories - Homespun 6x6 paper pad - the first collection that I thought of when I saw this challenge. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts stamp set - CL582 - and stamped in versamark ink and heat embossed with Zing white embossing powder. I added a button from my stash to finish it off.

Head on over to Use Your Stuff to see the beautiful woodgrain projects from the rest of the design team. We hope you find some time to play along with us!

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

Lasting Memories #373 - Winter/December Holiday Traditions - Sketch Challenge

Hello, everyone! I am running just a little bit behind getting my layout up for today's challenge at Lasting Memories.

This month our challenges are courtesy of DT Sandy and our theme is - Winter/December Holiday traditions and this week we have a sketch challenge! The sketch is courtesy of Laura Whitaker:

I wanted to use a photo of Scott and I with the boys from last Christmas and I didn't want to - or more like couldn't - cut it into a circle, so I used the circles as a sort of mat for my photo instead.

The background paper is from my 100 patterned paper challenge pile, and is from an old Lilybee collection - Buttercup. All of the other papers are from Bella Blvd's - Holly Jolly - collection. I added in a stamped Christmas tree that I had on my desk. I think I may go back and add in some enamel dots scattered around the layout...what do you think? Would it be circle overload?

Be sure to stop by Lasting Memories to see the beautiful layouts from the rest of the design team. We would love it if you played along with us this month!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great night!

HIMCR #329 - Christmas Colors

Hello, everyone! Happy Saturday to you! I hope that your weekend is off to a good start. We are getting ready to go celebrate my granddaughter's 4th birthday today. Where in the world did the last 4 years go?!

We have a great new challenge for you today at Hiding In My Craft Room. It's the first Saturday of the month and that means we have a color challenge for you today. Just use Christmas colors for your project.

Our sponsor for this week is The Paper Shelter and the prize is a $15 gift certificate to their store.

The design team was given a couple of different digital papers and images from The Paper Shelter to work with this week. Here is what I came up with:

I made a square card - which I don't normally do. It's fun to work with a different style once in a while. The image that I used was pre-colored, so after I printed it out, I fussy cut it and added it to some foam tape to give it a little dimension.

Head on over to HIMCR to see the beautiful work from the design team. We would love it if you played along with us this week!

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

Sketches In Thyme PL Style #91

Hello again! I am back with my fourth post of the day. The first is always a busy day around here!

We have a new sketch posted today at Sketches In Thyme PL Style. Our first sketch for December is courtesy of Shawn and of course, I had to make a card for my December Daily. Here's a look at the sketch:

Since this will probably be a journaling card for when we put up our tree, I substituted circles for the triangles. I thought the circles fit the better for what I was going for. I stamped the "(heart)this tradition" onto one of the labels that I had already die cut and added it one of the circles. My journaling will be added a little later when I actually put this spread together.

Head on over to Sketches In Thyme PL Style to see how the rest of the design team interpreted the sketch. I know it's a busy month, but I do hope you find some time to get scrappy!

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