Glad this week is over

What a week since Thanksgiving Day. I started out that morning getting up to start the turkey only to break my toes. So hobbled through the day and I must say it was a wonderful day. Then came Friday and Saturday and I have to cram my broken toes into a shoe. Needless to say when I got home those evenings I went to bed. Sunday I sat down and addressed all my envelopes for the Christmas cards. And when I ran out of cards I still had envelopes. I don't know how that happened. I had such a huge pile. So since then I have had no time for card making or my beloved challenges. My husband has had truck problems and we have been running back and forth to a nearby town to a transmission shop dropping it off. Picking it up. Dropping it off because it still doesn't work and then picking it up again. One good thing out of all that I did not cook at all. We had several nice meals out. Then Thursday I took my mom shopping and came home to start more cards. I decided I needed to have some help with these cards since I will finally be starting my training for the new job starting on Monday.  So I went through my box which is what I slide everything that was on my desk into so my desk is always clean when I'm not home. Found some images and pieces. Then went through my image box. Found a number already colored in there. Next went through the paper bin and found all the scraps of Christmas paper I had left. And lastly I went through my stash of backgrounds in search of something usable in there.  With all that I sat down and started matching things up and slowly started putting cards together. These are totally different than all the others. I brought out all the stuff I never use. My dimensionals, Glossy Accents and ribbon. Oh what fun I had. The snowman card is actually paper I bought 4 years ago. I just added glitter to the scene. He is so cute. Don't know why I didn't use him before this. Well I have a few hours today to put a couple more together and then I start my challenges.

Hurry Santa

A friend of mine, Danielle, is a Design Team member for a blog called Stamping Vacation. They have a different challenge every day. I decided to join in on one called Build a Sketch. There is a list of pieces that you are to cut out and number them. Each time they do this challenge you use just the numbered pieces they list. You are to play with them forming your own sketch. Did that make sense to you. I finished my card and have my eye on a few more of their challenges to work on.

Here are the details:

• Stamps - Santa*Inkadinkado -Sentiment*Penny Black
• Paper - White, Real Red and Glorious Green--Designer paper - My Minds Eye
• Ink - Memento Black, Barely Banana & Broken China
• Accessories - SU Scalloped edge punch, red Stickles, Glitter pens

Send in the Clowns

I am not a real clown person but when I saw these new stamps at I Brake for Stamps something called to me and I had to have a couple. Here are two I only have colored so far.

  They have such great faces don't they!! I have added another image to a card for The Play Date Cafe challenge for this week. Their colors were red, olive and turquoise.

 Here are details:

• Stamps - The clowns* I Brake for Stamps by Rick St. Dennis -The verse* Flourishes  Kids at Play set. Flower*Fire Cracker designs by Pamela
• Ink - Memento Black & Bamboo Leaves - SU Tempting Turquoise & Barely Banana
• Paper - White, Turquoise, Red & Olive
• Accessories - Gamsol, Prisma Pencils, Atyou Spica Glitter Pens, Cuddlebug folders & Nestabilities Oval

A Mojo Christmas

Here's this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch. I also used the sketch for the challenge at the Brakefast Club which is you guessed it Christmas.


I changed the shape of the card to square to accommodate my image in the circle.  I also made this card which started out as my Mojo card but the Merry Christmas was way to big and I didn't want to cover any of it up. 

Here are the details for both cards:

• Stamps - I Brake for Stamps
• Paper - White, Real Red, Hunter Green--Designer paper from Memory Box & My Minds Eye
• Ink - Archival Jet Black, Distressed Inks Vintage Photo and Fired Brick, Brilliance Blue
• Accessories - Gold EP, Vera Mark, Prisma pencils. Martha Stewart punches for poinsettias

Snowflakes is the theme

Speedy the Cats Friends challenge this week is snowflakes as well as at The Stampin Bs. Love that the challenge blogs are cooperating with the chore before me. I've spent the afternoon finishing cards that needed the insides done. I'm ready to start addressing the envelopes and mailing will take place the day after Thanksgiving. Here's my card.

Here are the details:

• Stamps -Marks Finest Papers ( it's actually an autumn stamp. Left the word autumn uninked.
• Ink - Archival Jet Black
• Paper - Glorious Green, White, Frosted Gold - designer paper unknown
• Accessories - Cuttlebug Folder and snowflake die, Frosted Lace Stickles

A recipe card

Here's the recipe: Make a card featuring a tree or Ornament.
Use a die cut
Handmade embellishment
a touch of Bling
Ribbon
This is the challenge at The Paper Craft Star and I worked a long time trying to get this just right. Here is my card.

My die cut is an ornament from Spellbinders and my homemade embellishment is the little poinsettia I made from 2 flower punches.

Here are the details:

• Stamp - Sparkle n Sprinkle
• Ink - Archival Black, Adirondack Red Pepper, Meadow, Butterscotch and Brilliance Gold
• Paper - Brushed Gold, Glorious Green, Real Red & White. Patterned paper from My Minds Eye
• Accessories - Ornament die from Spellbinders, small 5 petal flower punch

Back to my Christmas cards

 

This card has no layers at all. I cut my card stock 4 1/4 x 11 for a bottom opening card. I used my Snowflake Cuddlebug folder to emboss the top and bottom of my card. For those asking how is that possible if this card has no layers, the snowflake design is also on the back of the card.  I then used my Scor-Pal to score a line where the design ends.  Stamped my image from CTMH in the blank space. I colored with dye ink right from the pad. That used to be the only way I ever colored. I haven't done it in so long. I need to get back to using this method. It is so easy and looks great. Then I hit the snowflakes with my Essential glue Pad and sprinkled glitter all over. The whole thing is covered with glitter. I used Stickles for my image. This card I am entering into the Scrappy Frog **Christmas Card** Challenge.

Here are the details:

• Stamps - CTMH
• Ink - Archival Blacck and various Adirondack dye ink pads
• Paper - white card stock
• Accessories - Essential Glue Pad, Sparkle n Sprinkle Sparkling Snow glitter, Cuddle bug Snowflake embossing folder, Frosted Lace Stickles