12/23/2021 - ABC Christams (Z for Zigzags) - Happy Holiday

Hi all – this might be my last card before Christmas as we are heading out of town. Today’s card is using ABC Christmas Challenge and submission to be a DT team on this blog. I thought this would  be a great way for me to create Christmas cards through out the year and share them. My style is clean and simple and easy quick card, especially for Christmas since we will need to make duplication of them. This one is using Z for Zigzags and I pulled my retired DSP for this. I used the Snowman stamp set and colored it in with Blender Pens and Watercolor Pencils. I hope you enjoyed this card and have a wonderful break!

 

Challenge: ABC12/1/2021
Stamp Set: Snowman   
Colors: Stazon, Pacific Point/Pumpkin Pie/Cherry Cobbler,      
Papers: Whisper White, Pool Party, Retired DSP,    

Others: Dimension, 2” Circle Punch, Silver Edged Ribbon, Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pen   

12/22/2021 - Global Design Project/Paper Craft Crew - Gumball Greetings

Happy Hump Day! 2021 is coming to an end soon and I’ve been busy with work and such. Today’s card is using Global Design Project – Theme and Paper Craft Crew – Sketch. I made it into a Happy Birthday card (with sentiment inside) using the new stamp set from the 2022 Occasion Mini Catalog. I colored in the gumball machine with SU markers and the DSP is from last year for Valentine’s. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today! Have a safe and wonderful Christmas!

Challenge: #GDP323, #PCC452
Stamp Set: Gumball Greeting
Colors: Stazon Black, Bermuda Bay, Flirty Flamingo, Poppy Parade,    
Papers: Whisper White, Snail Mail DSP (retired), Bermuda Bay,  

Others: Dimension, Postage Punch, Timeworn Embossing Folder,

12/17/2021 - Gumball Machine Card

Happy Friday!! Oh my gosh guys, I just made the cutest gumball card using the new items from the 2022 Occasion Catalog! I saw a YouTube video by Marcie on how to put this together and decided to give it a try and it turned out so adorable. I will probably make a few modifications next time once I have more time to sit down and really enjoying make a card but here it is, isn’t it the cutest thing, EVER!!! Starting 1/4/2022, you can order this bundle from the Mini Catalog. If you are my existing customer, one should be arriving at your mailbox soon!

 

Challenge: N/A
Stamp Set: N/A
Colors: N/A        
Papers: Whisper White, Pattern Party DSP (hostess), Lovely Lipstick (retired), Real Red 

Others: Dimension, Champagne Foil Sheet, Gumball Machine Dies, Frosted Beads Assortment, Gumball Machine Domes,

12/14/2021 - Cardz 4 Guyz #286 Contmporary Christams - Happy Holidays

Welcome back to another week of challenge here at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week we are making Contemporary Christmas card. It’s so hard to believe that 2021 is coming to an end. If you still need some inspiration, I got one for you. This one is using the Snowman Builder punch and added some red circles as his buttons. Then I just layered a DSP onto Real Red cardstock and finished it with a cut sentiment. I hope this card gave you some inspiration to create and join us at the challenge! Happy Holidays!

 

Challenge: #286
Stamp Set: Itty Bitty Christmas,             
Colors: Soft Suede,      
Papers: Whisper White, Snowman DSP (retired), Real Red, Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie,     

Others: Dimension, Circle Punches, Snowman Builder Punch, Classic Label Punch,

12/9/2021 - Color Throwdown & Freshly Made Sketch - Penguine

Happy Thursday! Today’s card is submitted at 2 challenges – Color Throwdown and Freshly Made Sketch. The trees are cut out using dies from Coming Home Dies (retired) and the penguin is using a punch. I think all these colors coordinated awesome with each others. Thank you for stopping by!

 

Challenge: #672, #515
Stamp Set: N/A
Colors: Black, Polished Pink, Coastal Cabana, Granny Apple Green,       
Papers: Whisper White, Penguin Palace DSP (retired), Polished Pink, Basic Black, Coastal Cabana,       

Others: Dimension, Penguin Builder Punch, Coming Home Dies (retired),   

12/8/2021 - TGIF Challenge / CASEing the Catty / Inspired Create - Happy Christmas

Happy Hump Day! It’s been really cold here in the Chicagoland area, yikes! Today’s card is using CASEing the Catty Sunday Challenge on FB and to CASE your favorite bundle in the July – Dec 2021 Mini Catalog Bundle. This is also submitted at TGIF Color Challenge and Inspired Create Challenge for Sketch.  I decided to pick Harvest Meadow Suite on page 54 on the bottom left card. Instead of Fall theme card, I created a Christmas card using the Snowman Season. I colored in the snowman with Pool Party and Misty Moonlight on the show and the DSP I used is Just Jade. The card is finished by adding some Snowflakes. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today.

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Challenge: CTC#347, #TGIF345, #105
Stamp Set: Snowman Season, Itty Bitty Christmas,            
Colors: Pool Party, Misty Moonlight, Just Jade    
Papers: Whisper White, Pool Party, Penguin Palace DSP (retired),     

Others: Dimension, Postage Punch, 3/8” Fine Art Ribbon,   

12/6/2021 - Make My Monday #163 Gift Card Holder - Happy Birthday

Welcome back to another week of challenge at Make My Mondays and this week we are making Gift Card Holder! As holidays are fast approaching, sometimes we ran out of time to get something and gift cards is a perfect way to go. I made the winter theme gift card for someone who’s birthday is in the cold, cold month! This is very simple to make and I just added a quick sentiment on DSP and punch it out with a circle punch! There are still room for you write a personal message! I hope you enjoy this quick card I am sharing today and be sure to check out everyone’s creation!

Cardstock – 4 ¼” x 11” , scored at 1 ½” and 5 ½”

Strips of DSP – 1 ½” by 4” (2 pieces) 

Big DSP – 4” x 3 1/4”  ( I adjusted mine to fit since the dimension didn’t worked for me)

 
Challenge: #163
Stamp Set: Penguin Place          
Colors: Early Espresso,   
Papers: Penguin Palace DSP (retired), Soft Sea Foam, 

Others: Dimension, 1 ¼” Circle Punch, 1” Circle Punch,  

11/30/2021 Atlantic Hearts Sketch #449 - Happy Day

Happy Tuesday! It’s been awhile since I made a card and can’t believe that we are at the end of November! Todays’ card is using Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. I made it into an elegant birthday card using the Party Pattern DSP (Hostess) and paired it with Harvest Die. Lately I really liked to use the silhouette image. Thank you for stopping by!

Challenge: #449
Stamp Set: Itty Bitty Birthday            
Colors: Misty Moonlight,     
Papers: Whisper White, Mint Macaroon, Party Pattern DSP,    

Others: Dimension, Stitched Layering Dies, Silver Rhinstone, Harvest Dies,

11/30/2021 - Cardz 4 Guyz #285 Shades of Brown - Hello You

Welcome back to another week of challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week we are making Shades of Brown card! I picked out this Cinnamon Cider paper which have different shades of it and it’s perfect for this challenge. The silhouette image is from Early Espresso and I think it added a little something for the darker brown. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge and check out all the DT member’s creations!

Challenge: #285
Stamp Set: Shaded Summer,          
Colors: Early Espresso,    
Papers: Whisper White, Flower for Every Season DSP (retired), Early Espresso, Cinnamon Cider

Others: Dimension, 1 ¼” Circle Punch, 1 ¾” Circle Punch, Harvest Dies,  

11/22/2021 - Make My Monday #162 Cute Christmas - Season's Greetings

Welcome back to another week of challenge here at Make My Monday and this week we are making Cute Christmas! This bundle, Penguin Palace definitely fits the category of cute! I sponge the Whisper White with some Balmy Blue and added the Die cut of the stars. The penguin is created with the punch and I used up the left over pieces from Sale-A-Bration. Thank you for stopping by and checking out my card. Be sure to check out everyone’s creation and check out DT’s creation!

 

Challenge: #162
Stamp Set: Penguin Place,     
Colors: Balmy Blue, Fresh Fresia, Misty Moonlight,   
Papers: Whisper White, Penguin Playmates DSP, Balmy Blue, Fresh Fresia

Others: Dimension, Star Dies, Penguin Builder Punch,  

11/18/2021 - Hand Stamped Sentiments #377 - Thank You

Happy Thursday! Today’s card is using Hand Stamped Sentiments. Although it’s definitely not summer time here in Chicagoland area but I decided to use the Shaded Summer stamp set for this. I colored in with the Stampin’ Markers and the paper is from the Hostess reward. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today! Have a good one!

The pieces of DSP are cut 4 x 2 ½ and 4 x 1 ¼.

 

Challenge: #377
Stamp Set: Shaded Summer, Label Me Bold,         
Colors: Poppy Parade, Bumble Bee, Granny Apple Green, Pink   
Papers: Whisper White, Pool Party, Party Pattern DSP,   

Others: Dimension, Stitched Layering Dies, 2 ½” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Markers,

11/17/2021 - Global Design Project #318 - Happy Day

Happy Hump Day! It’s been awhile! Today’s card is using Global Design Project sketch. I used the Stitched Rectangle Dies to cut out 2 pieces of coordinating DSP and the floral image is colored with Stampin’ Markers. I decided to go with a Birthday card so I can send this to my cousin in CA. To finish the card I added some Enamel Dots. Hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today!

 

Challenge: #318
Stamp Set: Itty  Bitty Birthday,        
Colors: Misty Moonlight, Bumble Bee, Calypso Coral, Soft Succulent  
Papers: Whisper White, Soft Succulent, Harvest Meadow DSP,

Others: Dimension, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Harvest Dies, 2020-2022 In-Colors Enamel Dots, 

11/16/2021 - Cardz 4 Guyz #284 Gingham, Checks or Plaid - Believe

Welcome back to another week of challenge here at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week we are making Gingham/Checks/Plaid card. I decided to make a Christmas card using the Tiding Plaid DSP that was from last year’s holiday catalog and paired with the Snowman stamp set. The image is stamped with Stazon and colored with Watercolor Pencils. This is definitely a clean and simple card to make if you are thinking about making multiples. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to check out everyone’s creation.

 

Challenge: #284
Stamp Set: Snowman Season, Itty  Bitty Christmas  
Colors: Stazon Black, Shaded Spruce   
Papers: Whisper White, Tiding Plaid DSP (retired), Cherry Cobbler,   

Others: Dimension, 2 ½” Circle Punch, Layering Circle Dies, Watercolor Pencils,

11/10/2021 - Color Throwdown & Freshly Made Sketch - Thanks Friend

Happy Hump Day! Today’s card is combining 2 challenges – Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown. I decided to make it into a Fall thank you card for dear friend. The stamp set, Biggest Wishes is truly a great stamp set  for various occasion and you can use the different fonts to create many fun sentiments! I hope you enjoyed this quick card I am sharing today!

 

Challenge: #668,#511
Stamp Set: Biggest Wishes       
Colors: Cajun Craze, Misty Moonlight,     
Papers: Whisper White, Plaid Tiding DSP (retired), Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Misty Moonlight,

Others: Dimension, Nested Label Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies, 

11/9/2021 - Try Stampin' On Tuesday #531 - Shaded Summer Card

Happy Tuesday! This morning we went to Hunter’s Teacher conference and got a lot of good feedback from his teachers. Today’s card is using Try Stampin’ on Tuesday and it was inspired by my dear crafty friend, Jolanda’scard. I decided to go with the floral image as well and colored in with Stampin’ Markers. The DSP I used is from the Harvest Meadow and all the coordinating colors from the paper, which makes it so much easier for pick the colors to use. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today!

 

Challenge: TSOT531
Stamp Set: Shaded Summer      
Colors: Calypso Coral, Bumble Bee, Soft Succulent    
Papers: Whisper White, Harvest Meadow DSP, Calypso Coral, Soft Succulent,

Others: Dimension, Summer Shaded Dies, Scalloped Punch (retired), Champagine Rhinestone,   

11/8/2021 - Inspired.Create.Challenge / Just Add Ink - Thank you

Happy Monday! I made a card last night using 2 challenges – Inspired.Create.Challenge. & Just Add Ink. I used the Stampin’ Markers to color in the floral image and the coordinating die cut. Everything else is pretty straight forward. I had a lot of fun creating this and looking forward to another week.

 

Challenge: #579, #103
Stamp Set: Harvest Meadow,  
Colors: Evening Evergreen, Soft succulent, Bumble Bee, Cherry Cobbler, 
Papers: Whisper White, Harvest Meadow DSP, Champagne Foil, Cherry Cobbler,   

Others: Dimension, Harvest Dies, Stampin’ Markers.

11/8/2021 - #161 Shabby Chic / Vintage - Etched In Nature

Welcome back to another week of challenge here at Make My Monday and this week we are making Shabby Chic / Vintage Card. I have to  be honest, I rarely make this type of card so I was definitely having a hard time to come up with a card and I had to look around Pinterest & Youtube for inspiration and this is what I came up with. I used 2 different stamp sets for the background and stamped on Very Vanilla – a cardstock I rarely used now a day. And the main focus image is stamped with the darker shade of Brown and colored in with Watercolor Pencils. I think the most important thing is that you have to sponge the edge to get that vintage looks. I hope you like this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge.

 

Challenge: #161
Stamp Set: Etched In Nature, Harvest Meadow,
Colors: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Early Espresso,
Papers: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede,  

Others: Lace Ribbon (retired), Sponge, Watercolor Pencils,   

11/5/2021 - Inspired By / Freshly Made Sketch - Happy Christmas

Happy Friday! Today’s card is using Freshly Made Sketch & Inspired By. I did a Christmas Wreath card an added some flowers to represent the holly berries. I paired it with the Plentiful DSP from the current catalog. The card is finished with added Silver Pearls and a sentiment. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today!

Challenge: #510, IB194
Stamp Set: Itty  Bitty Christmas 
Colors: Evergreen    
Papers: Plentiful DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Evergreen,   

Others: Build a Wreath Dies (retired),   

11/3/2021 - Atlantic Hearts Sketch #445 - A Little Note

Today’s card is using Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! I used one of my favorite bundle / Suite from the current Stampin Up catalog – Plentiful Plants. Instead of banner, I used the ribbons and the sentiment is from the same stamp set. The pot itself is cut out from the DSP. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today!

 

Challenge: #445
Stamp Set: Snowman Season,   
Colors: Cinnamon Cider,  
Papers: Whisper White, Plentiful Plants DSP, Soft Succulent,  

Others: Dimension, Sweet Swirly Dies, Perfect Plants Dies, Fine Art Ribbon,

11/2/2021 - Cardz 4 Guyz #283 Leaves - Thanks

Welcome back  to another week of challenge here at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week we are making Leaves card. Fall is definitely here in the Chicagoland area where I lived and I love seeing all these colors. I punched out a 2 ½” Circle Punch and put in in the middle of my Whisper White cardstock and stamp an image I picked from Forever Fern and stamped around it. I paired it with Biggest Wishes for the sentiment in the middle. I hope you enjoyed this card I am sharing today and be sure to join us at the challenge and check out all DTs creation!

 

Challenge: #283 
Stamp Set: Forever Fern, Biggest Wishes,         
Colors: Rich Razzleberry, Bumblebee, Cinnamon Cider,       
Papers: Whisper White, Bumblebee, Cinnamon Cider,

Others: 2 ½” Circle Punch,          

11/2/2021 - CAS Colours & Sketch #444 & Try Stampin' On Tuesday #530 - Let It Snow

Today’s card is using Try Stampin’ On Tuesday (sketch) and CAS Colours & Sketch (Color) challenge. I think this might be the first time I used Shaded Spruce at all since I bought the ink pad. I colored in the snowman’s accessories with the Markers and also used it on the sentiment. I know it’s a little strange to have GREEN snowflakes but I used Old Olive on the cardstock for the tone on tone effects. Thank you for stopping by!

 

Challenge: #444, #530
Stamp Set: Snowman Season,    
Colors: Stazon Black, Real Red, Shades Spruce, Old Olive,
Papers: Whisper White, Snowman DSP (retired), Old Olive, Real Red, 

Others: Dimension, Tag Punch (retired), Old Olive Twine (retired), 1 ¾” Circle Punch, Stampin’ Markers.