December 25th

 I've been working hard to use up my Christmas paper pads to make cards (so I can buy new ones for next year) and this card was made with some snippets from Photoplay Kringle & Co. I used 3 strips that I thought looked good together, and added used a SB labels 25 die to cut the word "December" from a sheet of scrapbook paper. I used a red marker around the edge of the die before removing it. The stitched circle is from MFT, and the glittered red 25 was cut with Impression Obsession dies. I fussy cut that cute little Gerda Steiner critter and placed him on the bottom, then added some black and red gemstones to finish this card.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

CARDSTV- a/g challenge #155

Repeat Impressions - the House that Stamps built 

Theme Challenge D821 Christmas - use patterned paper

DiesRus Challenge #182 - a/g using dies sold in their store

(Spellbinders, Impression Obsession)

The Happy Little Stampers December A/G with dies

Thanks so much for stopping by today - I hope your day will be a good one!

Carol

Youngster's Birthday Card

I made a double point folded birthday card using Gorgeous Grape cardstock and papers from a Bo Bunny paper pad. I followed this tutorial to create my card, making some adjustments to fit the image I wanted to use. I used a Gerda Stein mouse image, adding a fussy cut party hat and a little present to his hands. The sentiment was done with a G Studio stamp and I added lots of geo sparkler stickers to make it festive. I die-cut the stitched purple heart and added a heart-shaped gemstone which holds the card closed.

 Here's what it looks like opened with a fun stamped sentiment inside.

I'm going to share this with the CARDZ TV anything goes challenge #153

Also sharing with the Critter Crazy Challenge #56 - A/G using a critter

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week is off to a good start!

Carol

Oddball Turtle

 Today I have a birthday card made for an old slow-poke like myself 😊. At my age, everything slows down, so I thought this would be a fun twist on a birthday card. I used a brand new Stamping Bella "Oddball Turtle" stamp, coloring it with Copics and adding it to 2 different water-colored panels. The largest panel was embossed with a Clockworks ef after coloring, plus I found a smaller green colored panel in my snippets box that looked compatible to the larger one. The card base is SU! Granny Apple green and I added liquid applique to the turtle's eyes. The sentiment inside says "Forward is forward" so I thought it would make a fun birthday card for someone of my age. I used a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die to cut the main image panel.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

the Happy Little Stampers July Watercolour Challenge - a/g

the CARDZ TV anything goes challenge #144

the NBUS #28 challenge - use something new (stamp set)

Thanks for stopping by and make it a fantastic day! Move at your own pace, but remember - forward is forward 😏

Carol