Buffalo Plaid Christmas

 

Hello! Well It's that time of year again.....Holiday challenges!! I'm having a very slow start but still hope to get a few done! The weather has been unseasonably warm and sunny here and I just can't stay inside and miss out on it. I did make a short visit to the craft room to throw together this quick CAS card! I broke down and bought the SU moose punch and just had to be sure to use it. It makes for great masculine cards don't you think??! Keeping this one short and sweet. Thanks for stopping by and hopefully I'll be back again this week with a few more?! Challenges are listed below.

 ~ Challenges ~

SCS Falliday Fest Challenge ~ Holiday Buffalo Plaid

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Challenges ~ Birds/Animals

The Paper Players ~ Clean and Simple Hooray for the Holidays

Fall Plaid

 

Who's ready for Fall?!! Not really wishing Summer away put it has been a warm one and I am ready for the cooler temps! Today's card screams Fall to me. The sentiment was in my scrap box of images, think it was a dollar stamp from ages ago?  Looks like I stamped it with one of those Kaleidacolor stamp pads? Humm I wonder if I still have one of those pads stuck in a drawer somewhere?! If so It's probably all dried up. Anyway I just inked around the edges of the image to match my pretty plaid paper. It's from a mixed 6x6 plaid paper pack from Stampin Up. I finished it off with some die cut leaves that i already had made an added a few sequins. I also added some shimmer to the leaves but that doesn't show up in the picture. Such a pretty and crisp Fall card! Thanks for stopping by and come back again soon!

 ~ Challenges ~

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ Sketch #387

The Paper Players ~ Tic-Tac-Toe (Stitching. Metallic, Patterned Paper)

Gem of A Challenge ~Week #18 Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends ~ #140 Anything Goes

Brown Eyed Susan's

Hello! Today I have a pretty flower card to share with you! I used the Sweet n Sassy Stamps Flowers in Bloom set. Thinking it's meant to be a Cone flower but went with the Brown Eyed Susan's look this time around. Here is a card I did in the past more like the Cone Flower . This sketch is also a recycled  one for me too apparently? Here is the card I made a few years ago with it. I like it so it was a fun one to do again. That's it for now thanks so much for stopping by! List of challenges used is listed below.

 ~ Challenges ~

Winter Wonderland ~ Sketch and Embossing (shoot forgot to do any embossing!)

Creative Knockouts ~ #365 Anything Goes

Crafty Creations ~ #412 Anything Goes

House That Stamps Built ~ Anything Goes

Trick or Treat

Hello! Finally got the motivation to get back in the craft room for a bit. Found some sketches to get me going and this is one of them. This card came together quickly at least for me! I had recently picked up a pack of glittery pumpkins and spider webs at Tuesday Morning's and they worked perfectly with this sketch. I did back them with contrasting card stock to make them "pop" more! The pumpkin is raised up with some foam tape. I added the rhinestones for a bit more bling. The bat punch was a last minute add to cover up a ink smudge. Only stamping i did was on the back the card and I still managed to get it one the card front.  Oh well i think it's a nice ''oops''?? I like this layout for a quick card now I need to look thru my stash and see what else I might have that will work? Okay that's it for now but should be back again tomorrow just need to write up a couple more posts for the cards! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

 ~ Challenges ~

Freshly Made Sketch ~ Sketch # 450

Creative Fingers ~ #191 Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts ~ 3365 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles ~ #35 Anything Goes

Christmas Cupcake

Hello! Today I have a 2nd card to share with you using the current Sketch Saturday sketch. Not as happy with this one though? Thinking it's the greenery I used? Wish I had a holly type branch that would have maybe looked better? Guess I could have used bling too but thouht I already had enough of that on this card! The cupcake is a felt sticker. I sure am going to miss AC Moore stores, they had the cutest stickers/embellishments like this for all the different holidays that were perfect for cards. The sentiment was from a sheet of  stickers that i got from Hobby Lobby. Only ink on this card is the sponging around the circle of the cupcake. That's it for now thanks for stopping by come back again soon!

 ~ Challenges ~

Sketch Saturday ~ Week # 621

Dream Valley Challenges ~ Christmas in July

Summer time Favorite!

Hello! Nothing says summer like a slice of cold watermelon! YUM! I had to have another go at the CAS(E) sketch.  I always struggle with CAS cards but this one i really like!! I used a old favorite  PTI mini stamp set and die .  The melons they are nice and sparkly as i finished them off with a Spectrum clear glitter brush. Added some bling and called it done. Keeping this post short and sweet. See ya again soon!

 ~ Challenges ~

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ #383

Shopping Our Stash ~ KISS (Keep It Simple Sister)

Paper Pumpkins

Who's ready for some cooler weather??! I know I am! Sure has been a warm summer here in south central PA. When I first saw this sketch I thought of pumpkins! Since I needed to get a start on my fall cards this was perfect! The pumpkins are made with 2 different size SU oval punches. The center of the pumpkins is popped up and the edges are inked. The rest was done with various dies in my stash. I heat embossed the sentiment. I find myself making more and more cards using mainly dies. They are so much fun to play around with. Okay that's all for now, stay cool! 

 ~ Challenges ~

Sketch Saturday ~ Week #621

Crafty Sentiments ~ Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door ~ Anything Goes

Silver Anniversary

Hello! Today I have a sparkly and shiny card to share with you. Not that you can tell from my picture. I used a shimmery white and silver paper. The heart die was one I borrowed from a friend. Thought it would make pretty Anniversary and Wedding cards! I added a pretty button to the flower center and finished it of with a sparkly foil butterfly/sticker. The sentiment is heat embossed in silver. Turned out so pretty! That's it for today hope to be back tomorrow with another card.

 ~ Challenges ~

The Paper Players ~ Theme Challenge

Sweet Stampin ~ Weddings/Anniversaries

BOO

Hello! Here's hoping this post actually turns out? Apparently blogger has changed formats or something because i'm having issues getting the pictures where I want them? Man do I ever HATE change?!! So if this looks different than usual you'll know why! Think I figured it out but had to resize pictures to get it how I want it? This is my take on the current CAS(E) sketch! I recently bought this Impression Obsession die on clearance at my local stamp store and thought it worked perfectly with the sketch. Found the perfect scrap of paper in my bin to pair with it. Hopefully I'll have time to play with this sketch again. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. 

 ~ Challenges ~

CAS(E) this sketch ~ Sketch #383 

Crafty Creations ~ Anything Goes

Sunflower Blues

Hello! Finally made time to get inky....well sorta?!! As the only ink is the sentiment I guess I should say get crafty instead?! Anyway...As soon as I saw the current Tuesday Morning sketch I KNEW what I wanted to do! Perfect time to break in this new Sunflower die set that I got from Stampin Up! I did get the matching stamp set too but didn't use it on this card. I went with non traditional colors, I think I'll get more use of the set doing that? But believe me there will be Fall cards and colors used too in the future! I added a button tied with some ribbon to my Sunflower center. Finished it off with a strip of the same ribbon on the sentiment panel. I'm happy with the way this one turned out! I see lots more "Sunflower" cards in my future! Hoping to have more time in the craft room again. My youngest son and his puppy have headed back to school! Puppy's take a bit more work that cats, just sayin!! ;-) That's it for now thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend! Challenges are listed below.

 ~ Challenges ~
Tuesday Morning Sketches ~ Sketch #564
A Gem of a Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Allsorts ~ Flowers all Over
Crafty Friends Challenge ~ Birthdays