Country Bouquet

Happy New Year to All, 

My first challenge entry this year is for Creative Colour Challenges #69. I really liked this color combination and had fun playing with some new Stampin Up products. These products will be available in just a few days. The colors are Balmy Blue, Parakeet Party and Basic Gray.

I used items from the up and coming Country Floral Lane Suite. The suite includes some beautiful papers, photopolymer stamps, a punch and some ribbon and embellishments.

I started by making a floral background using the Country Bouquet stamp set with Balmy Blue and Parakeet Party ink on a thick white card base.

I used the same colors and the two-step large heart stamps to make the floral heart that I cut out using the Country Bouquet punch.

I also used the punch to cut out a Basic Gray heart and Parakeet Party leaves and a small heart.

The sentiment from the stamp set was stamped using Basic Gray ink. I flagged the right-side end. 

I used the Stitched rectangle dies to cut out a Balmy Blue rectangle from the Country Floral Lane DSP and a Basic Gray rectangle. The rectangles were adhered on an angle onto the card base. 

The sentiment and other paper elements were attached using dimensionals. To finish the card, I added three Balmy Blue Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins.

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Baubles and Bows

Today I have a card that combines As You See It Challenge #289 with The Paper Player Color Challenge #621. The Paper Players provided a color combination of Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen, Very Vanilla and Gold. As you see it provided the theme and also a time limit, Breakneck Baubles. This was a timed challenge to be done in less than 10 minutes. With bow tying and using adhesive sheets my time was 9:54. 

I started by putting adhesive sheets on Gold Brushed Metallic cardstock. Using Gingerbread dies (ret) I cut out the ornament designs. The body of the ornaments was cut out of Very Vanilla. 

The sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas (ret) was stamped with Cherry Cobbler ink on Very Vanilla cardstock.

The card base is Evening Evergreen. A layer of Very Vanilla was the next layer and topped with a Cherry Cobbler layer of Tis the Season DSP (ret)

The bows of Cherry Cobbler and Gold Ribbon finished off the card.

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Trees for Sale

I have another relatively quick card to share today. Freshly Made Sketches #565  has a fun versatile sketch to play with.

Items used :

Cardstock: Basic White, Poppy Parade and Brushed Metallic

DSP: Rings of Love (ret) and Snowflake Specialty Vellum (ret)

Stamps: Trees for Sale

Dies: Tree Lot

Ink: Mint Macaron and Shaded Spruce

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Snow Joy

I brought together two challenges for my card. Paper Craft Crew Challenge #496 had a Tic Tac Toe board to work with this week. The elements I went with are snowflakes, die cuts and letters. I used the holiday inspiration set by Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge #403 for my cards theme.

I started by cutting the snowflake border from Snowman dies out of In-Color Glimmer paper. This was layered onto a piece of Snowflake Specialty Vellum.

This was layered onto a piece of Cherry Cobbler cardstock and then white cardstock and finally onto a Orchid Oasis card base.

The letters were cut from Cherry Cobbler using Little Letters Thinlits dies (ret).

The sentiment from Peace & Joy (ret) was stamped in Cherry Cobbler.

I added a few white snowflake from the snowman dies to add some accent.

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Adorable Owls

Today I have a very quick and simple card for CAS Colour and Sketches #499. This week they had a color combo this week that included the colors Starry Sky, Crushed Curry and Real Red. 

I started by stamping the Adorable Owl and sentiment on a piece of white cardstock using Starry Sky Ink. The coloring was done with blends.

I used the Stylish Shapes dies to cut out the sentiment and owl. I also cut out a Real Red square using the dies.

To add just a little bit of interest to the Thick White card base I scored three vertical lines. 

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Honeybee Home

Today's card was made using the colors provided by Creative Colour Challenge #66. The colors were Pale Papaya, Flirty Flamingo and Early Espresso. I thought these colors would go great with the Honeybee Home stamp set.

The sentiment and flowers from the stamp set were stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock using Early Espresso ink. The flowers were colored using Flirty Flamingo and Pale Papaya blends then cut using the coordinating dies, Honeybee Blooms.

I used the dies to cut more foliage from Flirty Flamingo and Early Espresso.

I embossed a piece of Pale Papaya with the Hive 3D embossing folder and then roughed up the edges. I glued this to an Early Espresso card base.

A piece of Very Vanilla was also embossed and glued to the card front. The other elements were attached to the card.

I added a bow using some old Pale Papaya Ribbon and added Elegant Faceted Gems.

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HoHoHo: Take 2

Today I have a card inspired by two challenges. The Paper Players Theme Challenge #620 asked you to use Santa. I realized earlier this week that I have zero stamp sets of Santa. Luckily, I have the October Paper Pumpkin. The color scheme for my card was provided by Sunday Stamps Challenge #297. The colors I used were White, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen.

I started with an Evening Evergreen card base. Next, I inked the Wintry 3D embossing folder with White craft ink and then embossed a piece of Soft Succulent cardstock. The ink added a subtle color change that brought out the details of the snowflakes.

I cut a label from the Snowflake Specialty Vellum using the Tailor Made dies. The Santa image came from the Paper Pumpkin. I stamped the sentiment from the Paper Pumpkin stamps with Cherry Cobbler and fussy-cut it out. 

I found some old Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine and wrapped it around the panel and attached the tag. 

To finish the card, I added some Adhesive backed Seasonal Sequins.

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HoHoHo

Today's card was inspired by Freshly Made Sketches #564. I used elements of the October Paper Pumpkin, Ho Ho Ho. 

I started with a thick white card based and layered on a piece of Mint Macaron cardstock.. This was topped with a slightly smaller piece of white cardstock.

I cut some snowflakes from the scraps from the Mint Macaron pieces from the kit using Snowfall Thinlits dies (ret). The sentiment was stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink.

I then cut a white circle using the stylish Shapes dies. All of the above elements were attached to the circle, along with the Santa.

To finish the card, I colored a Rhinestone Basic Jewel with Cherry Cobbler and added it to Santa's hat.

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Christmas Chalkboard

Today's card is inspired by Fusion Christmas Chalkboard Challenge. They Provided both a layout and photo inspiration. 

I started with a thick white card base. I pulled the Poppy Parade piece from Celebrate Everything DSP and glued it to cover the front of the card.

I used white craft ink to stamp the lights from Border Builder stamp set (ret) onto black cardstock. The sentiment from Yeti to Party with the white ink.

I finished the card with a few Adhesive Backed Seasonal Sequins.

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Silver Bells

I used watercolor as the backdrop for today's card. Creative Colour Challenges #65 required the colors Pacific Point, Coastal Cabana and Petal Pink. I thought this would make a great backdrop for some silver bells.

I started by making a color block panel using all three colors on watercolor paper. While this was drying, I worked on the other card elements.

I cut three bells, using the Gingerbread dies (ret), from silver foil that was backed with adhesive sheets. A must for these thin cut-outs.

I used silver embossing powder to put the sentiment from November 22 Paper Pumpkin on a thick white card base.

When dry, I added the water color piece to the card. Next, I attached the bells. 

To finish the card I added Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

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Flashback Friday

I have a card today that uses a stamp set from 2014, As luck would have it I even had some of the coordinating paper. Retro Rubber #196 is a Tic Tac Toe Challenge. The elements I picked were ribbon, heat embossing and easel.

I made a book fold card with an easel. I pulled out a  piece of Nordic Noel DSP (ret) for the card front and to set the color scheme.

I used a 4 1/4" by 11" piece of Shaded Spruce cardstock for the card base. It was scored at 5 1/2" and 6 3/4" to make the book fold. For the easel portion, diagonally score the 4 1/4" square.

The stamparatus was extremely useful when coloring the stamped images from Cheerful Christmas (ret). I colored directly on the stamps with Stamp n' Write markers.

I used the layering circle dies to cut out the image and to make a Real Red frame.

The inside pine boughs was from Sweet Little Stockings stamp set (ret).

The sentiment from Itty Bitty Christmas was stamped and heat embossed with Gold Embossing powder.

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A Simple Sketch

Today's card was inspired by a simple sketch provided by The Paper Players #619. I grabbed a favorite paper and a fun bundle for this one.

The Celebrate Everything DSP provided the color scheme today. I started with a Pool Party card base and layered it with a piece of Shaded Spruce. The DSP layer went next to complete the background.

For the card front I used the Wintry 3D embossing folder with white cardstock, I backed that with a piece of Shaded Spruce.

I used the Celebrate with Tags bundle, white embossing powder and Pool Party cardstock to make the mittens. They were glued to the card front.

The sentiment from Snowman Magic was stamped with Shaded Spruce onto a strip of Pool Party.

Three Pool Party Glossy Dots were added to finish the card.

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Joy Wreath

Today I'm sharing my final #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge. The category was Wreathed in Joy and you were asked to use an image in a different way. I went with my favorite bundle. I found inspiration from TGIF Challenge #396 and used woodgrain and foliage.

I made a book fold card with an easel. I pulled out a  piece of Poinsettia Place DSP (ret) for the card front and to set the color scheme.

I used White, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Crumb Cake and Brushed Metallic cardstock.

I used a 4 1/4" by 11" piece of cardstock for the card base. It was scored at 5 1/2" and 6 3/4" to make the book fold. For the easel portion, diagonally score the 4 1/4" square.

The elements of the card were stamped and/or cut using the Ringed with Nature Bundle.

The sentiment came from Joy to the World Paper Pumpkin and was embossed with gold embossing powder.

I tied a bow of Gold Shimmer Ribbon and added some Champagne rhinestones as the flower center.

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Christmas Karaoke

Today's card was made for #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge Day24. The theme was Christmas Karaoke. I'm a bit out of order with my cards for a few days. This card finally came together with some help from Tic Tac Toe Challenge #189. The three elements I worked with are December holiday, ribbon and patterned paper.

I started with the sentiment from Christmas to Remember. A snippet of a song that I would definitely sing at Karaoke. This was stamped with Garden Green ink and cut with All That dies.

A piece of Celebrate Everything DSP was attached vertically to another piece of DSP. I  then cut a piece of Granny Apple Green cardstock with the scallop from Scalloped Contour dies and attached right next to the DSP strip.

The Glittered Organdy Ribbon was tied around the card to cover the seam of the two papers. The card front was layered onto a Shaded Spruce card base.

I cut out two coordinating hearts using the Give it a Whirl dies. The sentiment and hearts were attached with dimensionals. A single Opal Round was attached for a small touch of bling.

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Trio of Poinsettias

With the last few days of #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge, I have become out of order. Today I have a  card for Day 27, a color combination. The colors are Cajun Craze, Petal Pink and Early Espresso. When I saw this combo, I immediately thought of poinsettias. The layout of my card was provided by Sunday Stamps #296. This sketch is perfect for my flowers.

I started with an Early Espresso card base. This was layered with a piece of Petal Pink that was embossed with the Tree Rings embossing folder.

I cut a half inch strip of Cajun Craze and flagged the ends and attached that to the center of the card.

The twig elements were cut out of Early Espresso using the Tree Rings dies.

I used the Stamparatus to stamp the flowers from Ringed with Nature stamp set. I first stamped with Petal Pink. Next, I inked the stamp with Cajun Craze using a sponge dauber and a marker to add to variations in color. These were fussy-cut. Flowers and twigs were glued onto the card. Three Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels were used as centers for each flower.

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped using Cajun Craze ink. I fussy-cut it and attached to the card with dimensionals. 

I finished the card with a gold Simply Elegant Trim bow.

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Yummy Christmas

Today's card is inspired by Fusion Card Challenge that has a Gingerbread theme along with a sketch. I pulled out a stencil from last year and a fun stamp set from a few years ago.

For the card background I used embossing paste and Adorning Designs Decorative Masks(ret) on Cinnamon Cider cardstock. 

I wrapped this piece with Real Read Ruffled Ribbon and the attached it to a Cinnamon Cider card base.

I stamped the gingerbread house and tree from the Yummy Christmas stamp set (ret) using black ink. I used blends to color the house and tree. These were cut out using the Cuckoo Clock dies (ret)

The sentiment was stamped with Real Red and Cinnamon Cider ink and cut out using Stitched Rectangle dies.

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Clean and Simple

The color palette for CAS Colour and Sketches #496 said nature to me. I of course went to the Ringed with Nature Stamp Set. I tried coloring the twigs from the Tree Rings die set multiple ways. which again had me wishing there were blends for ALL the colors. 

In the end, I used blending brushes to color white card with Early Espresso ink. This actually worked out well because it created a tone different from the dark cardstock. I cut the twigs out of Old Olive card and pieced them to the Early Espresso Twigs.

I stamped the other elements and fussy cut the leaves and berries.

I used second generation Early Espresso for the center of the tree cookie. I used the embossing folder and dies to cut this out.

I attached the element to a piece of white card then layered that onto Soft Succulent cardstock. The card base was thick basic white.

The sentiment was stamped using Early Espresso and attached with dimensionals.

I added gold Adhesive Backed Sequins to finish the card.

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Cup of Cheer

Today's card for Day 19, Cup of Cheer, of #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge was helped by the sketch by Freshly Made Sketches 562. 

I started with a white card base. I used the winter Snow (ret) embossing folder with a piece of white cardstock. 

I cut three strips of Celebrate Everything DSP and glued them to the card front.

The stamped elements are from the Warm Hugs stamp set (ret). I used Granny Apple Green, Gray Granite and black. They were cut using the Warm Wraps dies (ret) and attached with dimensionals.

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Happier Thanksgiving

I'm switching gears a bit today. Instead of a Christmas card I am sharing my final Thanksgiving card. I have combined two challenges. Stampin' Up! Only Challenge #314 has a Thanksgiving/Grateful theme this time. Tic Tac Toe  Challenge #188 has many elements to fit this theme. The elements I used were Thanksgiving Theme, Thankful Sentiment and any shape die.

I love all things about the Happier than Happy stamp set. I thought it would make a great Thanksgiving card for the grands. 

I started with a piece of Happy Forest Friends DSP as a backdrop for the card. I layered it onto a Crushed Curry card base.

I cut leaves out of Crushed Curry and Pumpkin Pie using Happy Forest Dies. The owl and bear were also cut using these dies. The bear was stamped with Crumb Cake and the owl with Gray Granite. 

Two pumpkins were cut out of Pumpkin Pie using the Halloween Punch (ret). I added some shading to the pumpkin with blends.

The sentiment is from Beautiful Autumn (ret) and was stamped using Soft Suede ink.

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Cup of Cocoa

Today is Day 18 of Martin's Mayhem #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge. I combined today's sketch challenge with a weekly color challenge. Creative Colour Challenge #63 has three colors to work with. Mint Macaron, Sweet Sorbet and Crumb Cake are the colors.  

I started by stamping the mugs from Yeti to Party stamp set with black ink. I used the starburst from Trees for Sale stamp set to fill the empty space using Mint Macaron ink. The mugs were colored with Sweet Sorbet and Crumb Cake blends. 

I layered the card front onto a piece of  Gingham Cottage DSP. This was layered onto a Crumb Cake card base.

I cut two pieces of Sweet Sorbet Glimmer Paper and a strip of Gingham Cottage and layered them on the card front.

The sentiment from Freezin' Fun (ret) was stamped with Sweet Sorbet ink.

I attached a bow made from Sweet Sorbet Baker's Twine to finish the card.

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Merry and Bright

The Paper Players Challenge #617 has a color challenge this week that pairs perfectly with Day 16 of #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge. The Theme for this challenge is Starry Night. While I was planning what to use for my card I came across an old Paper Stack of Ombre paper. So, I brought in another challenge for this card. Retro Rubber Challenge #195 wanted an Ombre card. 

The Ombre paper was from Color Theory Designer Series Paper Pack (ret). I pulled out a piece of Dapper Denim. I cut a piece to fit the card front and layered it onto a piece of black Cardstock.

I cut a piece of  Snowflake Specialty Vellum to fit on a Dapper Denim (ret) card base. I attached the card front to the vellum layer.

I cut silver foil stars using Mini Treat Bag Thinlits dies (ret) and Tree Lot dies.

I used the Joy dies (ret) to cut the bold sentiment  out of silver foil and Black cardstock.

The remaining sentiment from Peace and Joy stamp set (ret) was stamped with black ink and cut out. This stamp set and dies are from 2020.

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