Peace On Earth Challenge #103

Hello friends.  Hope you're not sick of Christmas/Winter cards yet, as I'm getting started on this year's cards already so I'm not scrambling like I did this past month! The Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge has a wonderful mood board using a monochromatic theme with blues that I absolutely love!

 Hubby got me a new stamp set for Christmas (well actually I bought it and he wrapped it...haha!!) called Delicate Pines (SU!) that uses greenery (pine needles) for snowflakes and I couldn't wait to play with it!  Take a look...

I started by stamping the largest snowflake in Boho Blue ink and then stamped over it with the medium snowflake stamp in Misty Moonlight ink.  The center of the snowflake was stamped with Night of Navy ink using the smallest snowflake, and I just love how all 3 layers came together!  

I used The Greetery's Nordic Circle & Rectangle Dies to cut out the snowflake and the top panel, and then layered them over a piece of Misty Moonlight cs and a white card base.  The snowflake has foam tape behind it to pop it up and add some dimension.  The sentiment (part of the Delicate Pines stamp set) was stamped in Night of Navy and a few clear sequins and a iridescent gem finished off my card.

If you're ready to get started on 2026 Christmas cards, check out all the beautiful inspiration from the talented DT right HERE and then play along.  This challenge is open till Thursday, Jan. 15th @ 8:00PM.

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Color Hues #124 - GRAY & RED

Hello friends and welcome to a New Year at the Color Hues Challenge.  Our sweet friend and fellow DT member Bonnie has chosen the color pairing of GRAY & RED for our first challenge of the New Year.

These colors make me think snow & COLD and snowmen...

I received SSS's Warm Thoughts stamp set as a freebie with an order, and I think it worked out perfectly for this color pairing!  I colored in the images with my gray and red Copics (please excuse the tiny bit of orange for the carrot nose...I just couldn't color it in red!!), and also added glitter to the snow drifts.  

I framed the image with one of PTI's Pierced Feature Frames in gray cs and added the sentiment that was part of the stamp set.  Very CAS but I'm pleased with the way it turned out!  

The DT and our Special GD's Lisa and Barb all have some fabulous cards to inspire you with these colors, and you can find them all right HERE.  This challenge is open till Wednesday, Jan. 14th @ 9:00AM.

 

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JOY

                                                 Joyfully Announcing the Birth of a Son

                                                                 Born in: Bethlehem

                                                                 Born to:  All the World

                                                       From the home of:  Mary & Joseph

                                                       From the heart of:  God the Father

                                                          His name shall be called:  Jesus

Wishing all of you a most blessed Christmas Day.

 

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Sweet Nordic Snowman

Hello friends.  Are you ready for Christmas? We had our big family Christmas with all the girls and the grandkids yesterday, so today I get to relax and just enjoy the rest of the week! We'll bring dinner over to my mom on Christmas day, but it will just be hubby and I and my mom, so real low key but fun none the less!

I have a card to share with you today that is a combination of 2 gifts I received.  My background panel was a piece of really shimmery white cs that my sweet friend Leslie sent to protect the Christmas card she mailed me and I embossed it and used it for my card.  The 2nd gift I received was the darling little Sweet Nordic Snowman die that my friend Jeanne sent me in her Christmas card.  I combined the two and came up with this...

 Isn't he just the cutest little snowman with his coat, scarf & hat?!  The die for this Sweet Nordic Snowman (Poppystamps) is all one piece, so I cut it from white and then used my Copics to color in the hat, coat & scarf (B91, B93, B95). I did add glitter to the pompom on his hat and on the pompoms at the ends of his hat to add a little more sparkle.  The background that I embossed (SSS's Snowflake Visions) is so shimmery too, so lots of sparkle going on with this card!

I used PB's posted stamp and die to place over my embossed background, and then used a small piece of PTI's Bitty Big Blueberry Sky DSP in the center of the postage die cut.  I added the little snowman to the dsp with foam tape for some dimension, and then added the 2 strips of cs for my sentiment (SSS's Tiny Words Christmas).  I finished with a few Iridescent Clear Drops from PFS.

I followed the sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge and will be adding this to their gallery, along with also the Double D Challenge where they are looking for Santa and/or Snowman on our cards.

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The Birthday Girl Turns 1

Hello friends.  Our youngest granddaughter turned the BIG 1 yesterday, and I thought I'd share the birthday card I made for her...something other than a Christmas card for a little break!!

I used one of my favorite Penny Black stamp sets called critter celebration and inked up one of the 5 images included in the set. I colored the little mouse in with my Copics and then used The Greetery's Crimped Circle Dies to cut out the image, with enough room left for the No. 1 and the birthday sentiment.

For the background, I ink blended a light pink at the top of the card base and gradually worked down to just the plain white of the cs. I used The Greetery's Delightful Digits Die over the card base and then added the circle with the image over top of that.  Very simple, but I was tickled with the way it came out.

Here's a couple pictures of the birthday girl and her cupcake...she wasn't too interested, although her 2 year old brother thought the cupcakes were GREAT!  Haha!!

I thought for sure she'd dive right in and be a mess...she poked one finger in, looked at her finger and then just barely touched it to her lips. Not sure how she can be a granddaughter of mine and not like frosting, but she's young yet...we'll train her right!  Haha!!

I'm going to add my card to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge where it's a "Anything Goes" Challenge, with the option of SNOW/SNOWMEN, which I didn't use.  This challenge is open till the end of the month.

 

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Christmas Kickstart Challenge #105

Hello friends.  My Christmas cards are all done and sent out last week, but I'm still loving making new ones that I can use for next year.  The Christmas Kickstart Challenge is looking for anything "Christmassy" and I think my 2 cards and tags will definitely fit in here!

I've been having so much FUN using new product from The Greetery...I don't think you could make an ugly card with all the new products if you tried!  Here's my first card...

OK, I know this one isn't a Christmas card, but people do have birthdays either on Christmas day or around Christmas.  I used the Capsule Basics die for the scalloped piece, and then the Capsule Filigree Borders die around the edge of another Capsule Basic die that I stamped with an older SU! background stamp called Print Pattern.  I used that same background stamp on the Cherry Cobbler panel too, although it's harder to see in my photos.  The die cut Holly is also from The Greetery (Bigger Holiday Botanicals Holly No. 1) and was inked with DOX inks and then splattered with water.

I stamped my sentiment (PTI's Think Big Favorites: #22) in Versamark ink and heat embossed in gold on a strip of vellum and wrapped it around the front and Cherry Cobbler layer before adherring it all to a card base.  The gold bow is also from The Greetery (Regency Bow No. 1) and was added to the top along with a few gold gems to finish off the card.

This card was done basically the same as the first except that I used a different background stamp (SU!'s En Francais) and also used The Greetery's Bigger Holiday Botanicals: Poinsettia die.  

I just love the filigree border and bow in the matte gold cs...makes these cards so elegant.  Also finished this one off with a few gold gems.

And last but not least, using the same supplies PLUS the Capsule Quick Tags stamp set to make a few tags for some of my gifts this year.  It's hard to tell in my photo, but the berries under the To: and the From: have red glitter Stickles on them for just a POP of color.

Jo is running solo this month (no guest elf), but there is still oodles and oodles of inspiration from Jo and all the entries in the gallery...check it out right HERE.  This challenge does run till the end of the month, so still lots of time to post a card or two to the gallery.

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The Flower Challenge #109 - USE CHRISTMAS FLORALS

Hello friends. Just a friendly reminder that there's still time to play with us at The Flower Challenge this month, and it's an easy one as we're all making Christmas cards right now...RIGHT??  And what's easier than Christmas florals?

I have a pretty simple card to share with you today using one of my favorite Poinsettia stamps from Gina K called Precious Poinsettia.  Take a look...

I heat embossed the main image in white on Pale Peony cs (PTI) and then used the coordinating stamps to fill in the color with Flirty Flamingo & Old Olive (SU!). 

I die cut my image out and used foam tape to add it to my background which was embossed with the Timeworn Type ef (SU!) and then stamped my simple joy sentiment.  

We have lots of inspiration for you to get you motivated to make those last few Christmas cards, and you can find it all right HERE.  We would love to see YOU in our gallery filled with lovely Christmas Florals!  This challenge is open till Thursday, Dec. 25th @ 5:00PM. 

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