Ho, Ho, Ho ~ Take 2

I am continuing on my trend of nontraditional Christmas colors.

I rotated the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches to make this card, 

which is quite similar to my card here.

 

Supplies ~

Paper:  PTI White & Soft Stone, Glitter Paper from Doodlebug Designs & Recollections

Dies:  PTI Block Alphabet Upper & Avery Elle Holiday Fill in the Blank

Punches: EK Success Snowflakes

Additional Supplies:  PTI Peace Be Still & Linen (on the soft stone panel) Impression Plates

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

A Liberty Bell

A quick card for the challenge at CASology for

the cue word of "bell."  This is not my first card 

for the challenge, however when I went to post it,

I found it to be too similar to another card already 

entered.  This card could be used for any of the 

patriotic holidays. 

Supplies ~

Paper:  PTI White & SU Marina Mist

Punch: SU Postage Stamp

Additional Supplies:  PTI Impression Plate & Postage Stamps

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

Freshly Made Sketches & The Paper Players

A generic card sans sentiment for the sketch challenge 

at Freshly Made Sketches and the CAS project with leaves 

theme at The Paper Players. My leaves are in the patterned 

paper, as well as, on the embossed panels.  I like to have cards

on hand with no sentiment to use for birthdays, get well or

thinking of you.  Combining these two challenges on a recent 

post produced an honorable mention for both challenges ~

thank you Jaydee and Rita for choosing this card.

 

Supplies ~ 

Paper:  PTI Soft Stone, White & Soft Stone Pattern Pack

Dies:  MFT Fishtail Flags Stax

Additional Supplies:  PTI In Bloom Impression Plate, PTI Buttons & PTI Button Twine, Crocheted Flowers - LCS

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

Peace, Love & Sparkly Stuff

Eight cards for four challenges ~ all using the sketch from 

CAS(E) this Sketch.  I had a very similar card in mind when 

I had to buy the Tinsel 'N Trim set from Reverse Confetti ~ 

just to use this fun sentiment "Peace, Love & Sparkly Stuff."

I love snowflakes and even better ~ glittery snowflakes.  I don't

consider even one of these cards to have traditional Christmas

colors.  I made them for specific people using their favorite 

colors.  I also made two for the current color challenge at 

Dynamic Duos to use Black and Smoky Slate with the 

Dessert Option of Christmas.  CAS-ual Fridays and 

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge have linked up this

week for a CAS Christmas theme.   Sorry, I do not have any
 CAS-ual Fridays Christmas stamps.  I went with the
snowflakes on the Christmas tree in the inspiration photo.

 

Supplies ~ Partial List

Stamp:  Reverse Confetti Tinsel 'N Trim

Paper: PTI White, Glitz & Glitter Bright Solids & Sweet Solids, Patterned Paper Doodlebug Designs 

     Lily White Sprinkles & Pebbles Basics Ash Chevron, several PTI & SU cardstocks

Ink:  PTI, SU & Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies:  PTI Fancy Flakes & Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Ovals Large

Additional Supplies:  Various Ribbons & Rhinestones, PTI Impression Plate, Sizzix & Cuttlebug   

     embossing folders

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

More Baby Shower Thanks

Here is another set of thank you cards made for a baby shower gift.

I am entering them at Simon Says Stamp! Wednesday Challenge

for their Thanks / Thanksgiving challenge.  My previous post is a 

different set of baby thank you's.  Perhaps there was something

in the water seven to nine months ago ~ everyone I know who is 

pregnant is having a girl.  I think that using an embossing folder

or texture plate and a large sentiment is enough to make a nice set

of cards to give as a gift.  I usually make eight or twelve and find

that even being a slow cardmaker, I can still finish in a reasonable

amount of time.  I plan on working on more for Christmas gifts.

This is the baby card I made to go along with this gift.

Supplies (abbreviated) ~ If you have questions, I will be happy to answer them.

Stamps: all PTI

Paper:  PTI White, SU Very Vanilla, Regal Rose & Pretty in Pink

Ink:  PTI Hibiscus Burst & SU Chocolate Chip

Dies:  all PTI

Additional Supplies:  PTI & Taylored Expressions Impression Plates, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder,

     Recollections Boutique Fleur Mini Round Gems

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

Thanks So Very Much

A set of thank you cards for a baby shower gift.  I made four

each of three designs. I am entering them for a Thanks /

Thanksgiving theme at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
I have one additional set for  a baby shower gift in my next post.

Supplies ~ 

Stamp: Reverse Confetti Lots to Say

Paper:  PTI White & SU Coastal Cabana

Ink:  PTI Hibiscus Burst

Additional Supplies:  Corner Rounder, Mpress, Cuttlebug & SU Embossing Folders, Sequins,

     Craftworkcards Candi Sherbet Pips, & Cloud 9 Design Rain Dots

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

Merci

A fun thank you card for two challenges at CASology, where

the theme is "triangle," and for a "Thanks / Thanksgiving"

challenge at Simon Says Stamp! Wednesday Challenge. 

I tried for a nontraditional approach for the triangle

 theme, and came up the Eiffel Tower.

Supplies ~ 

Stamps:  PTI Think Big Favorites # 3 & SU Artistic Etchings

Paper:  PTI White & Pure Poppy

Ink:  PTI Pure Poppy & Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies:  Spellbinders Ovals

Additional Supplies:  Queen & Co.Twine

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

I Heart U

Another CAS card ~ this one for my son, who unfortunately

now won't open up any cards I send in his lunch box ;-(.

He says that some of the of other kids make fun of him if he

gets cards from his Mom.  Really? ~ he's only nine!  Anway,

 I used the "brown" theme at CASology and the CAS theme

at Simon Says Stamp!Wednesday Challenge for this one.

We love to play Scrabble, so the letters make this perfect for him.

Supplies ~

Stamp:  SU I {Heart} Hearts

Paper: PTI Rustic White & Fine Linen

Ink:  SU Chocolate Chip

Additional Supplies:  PTI Woodgrain Impression Plate & Basic Grey Hey You Chip Board Stickers

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jean

Happy Thanksgiving

A Thanksgiving card using the colors at The Paper Players,

the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, and since it is CAS, I

will be entering it at Simon Says Stamp! Wednesday Challenge.

I had a lot of fall colored felt left over from what I made for

this post using various Studio Calico Mr. Huey sprays.

 

 

Supplies ~

Stamp:  Craft's Meow Harvest Blessings

Paper:  PTI Rustic White & Harvest Gold

Ink:  SU Chocolate Chip & Mr. Huey Spray Mists

Dies:  PTI Leaf Prints

Additional Supplies:  Washi Tape from my stash, Doodlebug Designs Sprinkles

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

Christmas Blessings

A Christmas card for challenges at CASology, CAS-ual Fridays

and Freshly Made Sketches.  At CASology the cue word is "brown,"

and at CAS-ual Fridays the challenge is to use embossing.  I tend to 

like bright colors, but I really like how this brown and neutral

Christmas card turned out.

In real life the glitter paper is almost exactly the same color as

the fine linen patterned paper.  In the photo the colors seem to clash.

 

Supplies ~ 

Stamps:  PTI Christmas Blessings & Star of Wonder

Paper:  PTI Fine Linen, Vintage Cream & Fine Linen Pattern Pack, SU Chocolate Chip & 

     Glitz & Glitter Sweet Solids Pack

Ink:  SU Chocolate Chip

Die & Punch:  PTI Limitless Layers 1 3/4" Circles, EK Success 1 3/4" Circle

Additional Supplies:   PTI Linen Impression Plate, Doodlebug Design Sprinkles, &

      Queen & Co.Twinkle Goosebumps

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

Yet Another Fall Card

The ladies, Sylvia and Christine, at Addicted to CAS, were so kind to 

choose my cards for Top 3 in the last two challenges, so naturally I

had to play along again for the current one layer challenge.

I am also entering them at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge,

where the current challenge is to keep it clean and simple.

Despite making mostly CAS cards, I find one layer cards very difficult.

I like my die cuts, and truthfully I am not really very good at stamping.

I often go through a lot of cardstock to get a clean stamped image.  I 

think part of my problem is that I have a lot of clear stamps and often 

use Stampin Up! inks. Do you have have a favorite ink for clear stamps?

 

Supplies ~ Celebrate Fall

Stamps:  Technique Tuesday Celebrate Fall, # 310 & # 389 ~ Bad Axe Trading Co. (much older stamps)

Paper:  PTI Rustic White

Ink:  SU Soft Suede, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, More Mustard & Daffodil Delight

Additional Supplies: Rhinestones - LCS

Supplies ~ Happy Thanksgiving
Stamps:  PTI Grunge Me & Watercolor Wonder, Craft's Meow Harvest Blessings
Paper:  PTI White
Ink:  PTI Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile & Fine Linen (a few of my PTI inks)
Additional Supplies:  Avery Elle Sequins

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jean

Merry, Merry, Merry

A Christmas / Holiday card using the colors at Dynamic Duos.  I am

also entering this card at Simon Says Stamp! Wednesday Challenge

where the challenge is "keep it clean and simple."  For me that really 

is an "anything goes" challenge, since I almost always only do CAS ;).

 

Supplies ~ 

Paper:  PTI White, Pure Poppy & Hawaiian Shores

Dies:  PTI Wonderful Words Holiday Die Collection

Additional Supplies:  PTI Peace Be Still Impression Plate, Queen & Co. Twinkle Goosebumps &

      Kaisercraft Sparklets

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

Happy Birthday, Tracey!

A CAS Birthday card for the Queen of CAS, Tracey.

Joyce, at Cards-by-the-Sea has arranged a birthday

party for her.  Tracey is on more design teams than

I can count, and for very good reason ~ her cards are

simply fabulous!  Since this is a birthday card, I am

also entering it at Seize the Birthday and at 

Simon Says Stamp! Wednesday Challenge where

they are both having an "anything goes" challenge.

All supplies except for Doodlebug Sprinkles are from PTI.

Tracey, hope you had a wonderful birthday!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

Another Fall Card

I really like this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

So many possibilities ~ it was hard to choose just one.

I also entering this one for anything goes at

Simon Says Stamp! Wednesday Challenge.  

 

Supplies ~

Stamps:  Hero Arts Nature's Silhouettes & Technique Tuesday Celebrate Fall

Paper:  PTI White & Terracotta Tile

Ink: PTI Terracotta Tile, SU Pumpkin Pie & More Mustard, several Mr. Huey's spray mists (for the leaf)

Dies:  PTI Leaf Prints & Double-Ended Banners

Additional Supplies:  PTI Linen Impression Plate, PTI Terracotta Tile Button & Hemp twine

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jean

Three for Four

Three cards for four challenges.  At CAS-ual Fridays the challenge is

embossing, at CASology the challenge is "black," at Less is More

the challenge is a dark background with a splash of color, and at

Simon Says Stamp! Wednesday Challenge its "anything goes."

This is my second card at CASology;the first one is here.

I'm sorry about the photos, the black is actually all black.

I'm not sure exactly why they look blotchy.  

Dark background with a splash of colour(s)

Supplies ~ Thanks

Paper: PTI True Black, Doodlebug Design Limeade - Sugar coated cardstock

Dies:  PTI Quick Stitch Sentiments

Additional Supplies:  Weeks Dye Works Calypso Embroidery Floss

Supplies ~ The Best is Yet to Come

Stamps:  CAS-ual Fridays Truth Is

Paper:  PTI White & True Black, Doodlebug Design Sugar coated cardstock in Lilac, Bubblegum, & 

     Swimming Pool

Ink:  Tsukineko VersaMark

Dies:  PTI Beautiful Blooms II # 1

Additional Supplies:  PTI Button, Doodlebug Sprinkles, SU Melon Mambo Embossing Powder

Supplies ~ Dude ~ You Rock

Stamps:  Technique Tuesday Dude

Paper: PTI True Black

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Dies & Punches:  Spellbinder Circles;  SU Word Window & Modern Label Punches

Additional Supplies:  Washi Tape (from my stash) Doodlebug Sprinkles

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jean