Christmas Snippets

 I made several Christmas cards using random snippets of designer papers.

For this one I stamped, colored and fussy cut a cute mouse image by Gerda Stein and placed him in the center. I found a box of assorted shiny gemstones (like the one he's holding) that I bought from QVC probably a decade ago and wanted to use them. That's one down, about 200 to go 😁

the sentiment is pre-printed and from SSS, cut with MFT fishtail banner dies.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

the Double D challenge - anything with a tail

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #54 - must use a critter

Repeat Impressions Theme Challenge S821 - Let's see your sparkle & shine

the Sisterhood of Crafters - Cute and simple

Cute Card Thursday #692 - A/G - (Theme - birthday - optional)

Thanks as always for the visit, and I wish everyone the best possible day!

Carol

Autumn Inspired Birthday Card

I made this card with some Lawn Fawn stitched leaf dies, as well as an old EK punch for the border. I found a piece of gold crinkle dsp I've had for eons and thought it would work for an autumn-inspired card. I punched both the brown panel and a gold strip; inserting the negative gold leaves to coordinate with the larger ones. I used a Diana Wakely "Jungle" stencil by Ranger along with 3 different green inks for the vertical panel. The sentiment from SNSS was heat-embossed with gold and I added some brown and tan pearls for accents.

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches #500 - they're celebrating a decade of sketch challenges, congratulations!!

(I missed the rules to only enter three other challenges with theirs, so perhaps you can learn from my mistakes if you enter this challenge 😏)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - anything goes

Repeat Impressions -the house that stamps built Challenge A2521 - A/G

the Little Red Wagon #616 - stencil power

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #591 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and I wish everyone a safe and happy weekend!

Carol 

 

Birthday Gnome

 I made this card for a young fellow celebrating his 4th birthday. A friend had given me this gnome die as a gift and I thought he'd be just as cute on a birthday card as a Christmas card, so I chose some bright primary colors. The orange background was embossed with a CB birthday ef, and the navy oval was cut with a MFT stitched die. I used a snippet of striped paper for his hat and used a Martha Stewart punch for the balloons, stenciling in the #4 with glaze pens. The sentiment was from a SSS stamp set, heat-embossed with white on navy bits.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday #220 - stripes

Cardz 4 Guyz #277 - age is just a number

Happy Little Stampers August Anything Goes with Dies challenge

Cute Card Thursday #691 - anything goes

(bright colors theme optional)

I hope this little gnome brought you a smile today as well as the recipient of this card. Take good care and have a fantastic weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Happy Easter

I sponged the colors onto this card using Tumbled Glass, Citron and Raspberry distress inks. I sponged the middle section first with Spun Sugar, then used a die-cut cross for a mask, sponging over and around it with Raspberry ink to make the soft image of a cross appear in the sky. I added a SSS Bunny Hugs die-cut to the bottom, adding a Sweet 'n Sassy sentiment that I've had for probably ten years. I replaced the little heart in the bunny with some pink glitter paper for a touch of sparkle.

I will enter this into the following challenges:

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - a/g

Cute Card Thursday challenge #680 - a/g

2 Crafty Critter Crazies April challenge - a/g must use a critter

Double D Challenges - skies

Happy Little Stampers April Water Color Challenge - a/g

the Retro Rubber Challenge #155 - Rainbow - use stamps more than 1 yr old

Wishing those who celebrate a very joyful and blessed Easter today. May your holiday be spent with loved ones once again.

Thanks for stopping by.

Carol

Happy Spring!

I got a little silly while playing with the Tim Holtz bunny dies and decided to dress them up in flowery Easter outfits with some little pink gemstones around the collar! 😊 Since they won't all fit together on an A2 card, I made 2 cards. This one has both a small and large Lawn Fawn die-cut stitched sun, along with some SNSS stamped bees, a butterfly, flower, and die-cut grass.

 Here are the other two bunnies from the set leaping for joy together with a spattered background. The sentiment and stamped images are all from SNSS.

After a long, cold winter - I'm ready to do some spring leaping too (if only I could) 😏

Sharing with: 

the Cute Card Thursday challenge #678 - Spring Fever

Happy Little Stampers March Challenge - a/g with dies

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the first day of spring!

Carol

An Anniversary Card

 My SIL and BIL have an anniversary coming up soon, so I made this card for them. After watching a recent video by Jennifer McGuire I had to try my hand at making a card using her technique. I started with a panel of gorgeous grape cardstock, and used a (r) SU! ef to emboss large roses onto it, then swiped it with a white craft ink pad. I die-cut an oval from a panel of white, then embossed that with an Anna Griffin ef and placed it on top. The floral image was a sample from STAMPlorations that was colored with Copics and then clear embossed to bring the colors to a deeper level. I placed it partially in the window and added the sentiment to the top; and finally added some lavendar Nuvo drops here and there for a little sparkle.

I'll share this with these challenges:

The Flower Challenge #54 color - shades of purple

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #667 - celebrate

Just Us Girls #575 Trend Week - use an embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by and do have yourself a fantastic weekend! I'm going to lose an hour's sleep tonight when the clocks get turned back, but I'll be grateful for the extra hour of daylight that will come in the evenings.

Take care - kindness matters!

Carol

Easter Bunny

 I recently won a prize from STAMPlorations and chose this Broken Glass stencil for my prize. I thought it would make a pretty Easter card so that's what I made. I used distress inks and small brushes to color it. I used  Tempting Turquoise cardstock to make the card base and mat, and used some MFT stitched oval dies to make the focal point. I stamped the (r) SU! bunny image with Memento ink and colored it in with a light tan marker. I used some pink for the eye and ears and used a chocolate marker for the nose. The grass was made with a Sweet'n Sassy die and I added a little bow that was recycled from another card.

I'm going to enter this into the challenges listed below:

NBUS #24 - the stencil is brand new

2 Crafty Critter Crazies March - use a critter

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge - a/g

Cute Card Thursday Challenge - a/g

Craft Rocket Challenge #79 - use dies and/or spring

Just Us Girls Challenge #574 - word week "animals"

STAMPlorations March Stencil challenge - a/g and must use a stencil

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

More valentine Love

 Here's another valentine I made this year, using SU! (r) dsp with itty bitty hearts to make the background along with a stitched die-cut heart. I used a nesting set of stitched heart dies to cut the larger white heart, and cut a smaller heart from it - inlaying the red heart and adding a smaller heart for the silver-embossed sentiment. The white heart was embossed with a Sunny Studios ef that has tiny little hearts. I added a little heart brad for an accent, and placed all the hearts on a silver heart-shaped paper doily I've had for eons. The little bear was made with a SSS bear hugs die and I added some silver embossed negatives for his ears and heart to match the sentiment. The "friend" sentiment was heat embossed with white on black and done with a Mark's Finest Papers (now closed) sentiment stamp.

I'll share this card with the following challenges:

Just Us Girls Challenge #570 Word Week  - Valentine

The Paper Players PP527 Challenge - Hearts and/or Stars

The Double D Challenge - Valentine Love

the Craft Rocket Challenge #78 - Love

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #672 - anything goes

Thanks so much for stopping by on Super Bowl Sunday. If you're watching the game, have fun and enjoy all those great snacks!

Stay warm!

Carol

Alfie

 I pulled this old favorite Unity stamp called "Alfie" from my stash and made a simple valentine with it. I colored him with Copics, adding glossy accents to his little red heart, then die-cut the image with a stitched heart die. I die-cut a diagonal stitched border with some retired SU! Valentine dsp, then added a sentiment done with a retired SU! stamp on a Lil Inker stitched die. The tiny hearts were found in my little bottle of itty bitty snippets and placed randomly on the red card base.

I'm sharing this with the Cute Card Thursday Challenge 671 - Valentines

Thanks for stopping by and do have yourself a great weekend!

Carol

Christmas Joy

 I pulled out an older Tim Holtz stamp set & die combo to make this card, using snippets of white and a leftover strip of dsp. I stamped the images with assorted colors before cutting, then added clear Wink of Stella to the trees  for a little shimmer. I used some Diamond Stickles to add a little "snow" to the ground around the trees and reindeer. The embossed background was done with a retired SU! embossing folder. On a good note, I did manage to finish making my Christmas cards this weekend and they're all going in the mail today.

I will enter this into the following challenges:

the MLCCB #29 - December anything Christmas goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #392 - use snippets

Cute Card Thursday challenge #663 - anything goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge  - fun with dies

The Paper Players #PP520 - theme challenge

Thanks for stopping by and I wish everyone a great week ahead!

Carol

Turkey Time!

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I knew I had to get busy with some cards to send out. I pulled out the Lawn Fawn Tiny Box die and Turkey/Peacock add-on dies to make this card. I die cut a pastel green pre-embossed panel with MFT stitched square dies to mat the white panel - which was embossed with a Darice ef and lightly colored with Derwent pencils. The turkey was assembled with snippets of cardstock and popped onto the main panel with foam dots. I added some clear Wink of Stella onto the snood just for fun. The die-cut stitched blue cloud was added to break up the dark green color of the card base. The fence was done with a Martha Stewart punch and the grass was die-cut with a Sweet 'n Sassy grass border die. The tiny leaves and acorn were negatives from an EK leaves border punch that I added just for fun. The stamped sentiment is from SU! Teeny Tiny Wishes (2009-10)

 Since I had all the dies out, I figured I'd make a couple treat boxes too. One with wings up and one with wings down - since I couldn't decide which version I liked best 😜

Sharing with the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground #390 - must use snippets

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #659 - a/g

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #44 - a/g using a critter

NBUS Challenge #20 - lawn fawn turkey add-on dies

Dies R Us Challenge #156 - give thanks

Retro Rubber Challenge #147 - a/g using stamps older than 1 year

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope your day is a happy one for you!

Carol

Halloween Pug-Kin Cards

I've been in such a creative funk lately that I decided to treat myself to something new - this Newton's Nook Pug-Kin stamp. I colored it with Copics, adding neon yellow for the jack-o-lantern eyes, nose and mouth. I die cut the dual tags and added some (r) Wild Wasabi ribbon, along with some grass that was die-cut with a SNSS grassy die. The spider was from a Tim Holtz stamp set and both the card base and spider papers were cut with stitched rectangle dies. The sentiment is by SU! from the (r) Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

Here's how I decorated the inside with assorted stamps from Lil Inker, and Tim Holtz.

I decided to make another card with a straight design instead of the tilted tag, using different dsp for the background.

 and here's how I decorated the inside, using Brutus Monroe and Lil Inker dies. Coloring was done with Copics and glaze pens

I'm entering the first card into the following challenges:

NBUS #19 - the Newton's Nook Pug-Kin stamp

Cute Card Thursday challenge #656 - Halloween

the Snippets Playground #389 - use snippets

Tiny Treat Boxes for Halloween

I made a bunch of Halloween treat boxes with the Lawn Fawn Tiny Treat box dies and the add-on bat dies. I used assorted dies and punches to make sentiments and decorations for each one. They have embellishments on the tops and backs, since the box opens from the back. This is a great way to use up those snippets of cardstock . 

These 3 bats are holding candy corn...

While these 3 bats have their wings extended.

Here's the whole lot of them.

This is what it looks like opened. They hold enough room to add more candy, but I filled each one with a mini Reese's peanut butter cup because that's what I had on hand when I made them. I wanted to add candy corn, but it's probably best to use only wrapped candies for the time being.

I'm sharing these with the following challenges:

 Cute Card Thursday 655 - use dies or punches

Crafty Calendar Challenge for October - Halloween

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol