Christmas Mouse for Gecko Galz

 It's been quite a while since I last posted in this blog, but I wanted to have this adorable Christmas card that I made for the Gecko Galz Christmas Challenge. I printed the image on glossy photo paper and the DCWV Christmas paper has silver foil so that it shines nicely. 

 Challenges
Gecko Galz Christmas Challenge

Dancing Anniversary Couple

At the end of this month, my parents will be celebrating their 53rd wedding anniversary so I thought I better be prepared and get my card together. I used this fun set from Art Impressions again, Perfect Duo. Now my Dad has all his hair and hardly any gray/white so I tried to add hair to this bald image and it didn't go well so I made my own baseball cap which is fitting for him. I heat embossing the sentiment and dry embossed the background.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye
Cardstock: Bazzil; Recollections
Stamp: Art Impressions - Perfect Duo (see above for direct link)
VersaMark
Embossing Powder: Stampendous
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Dies: Tutti
Flowers: Prima
Brads: Recollections

Challenges
Art Impressions - Ch. 300 Celebrate with AI
Cheerful Sketches - February 2021
Aud Sentiments - Ch. 267 Love and a sentiment
Krafty Chicks - Ch. 544 Any Occasion
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 488 Anything Goes

Gus Christmas Card

 I got a new Christmas stamp set from My Favorite Things which is perfect for making cards for my Grandpups. 

Patterned Paper: Recollection

Card stock: Bazzil; Core-donations; Recollection 

Stamp: My Favorite Things - Peace, Love & Paws

Ink: Memento- Tuxedo Black

Punch: Martha Stewart

Dies: My Favorite Things. 

Snow flakes: Hobby Lobby 

Challenges 

Winter Wonderland - Snowmen or Snow
CCAYR - At least 2 things that start with "S" (snow flakes, silver)
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 495 Christmas

My Favorite Things - MFTWSC508

CHNC - Ch. 509 Anything Christmas with optional for someone special (grand pup Gus)

May your Holidays Sparkle

I was having fun playing with some Distress Oxides and then I decided to use some for this sketch. They are not the traditional colors for Christmas, but that's was intrigued me. I also found some ribbon that I had recycled from a gift. I dry embossed the white background and then pulled out some snowflake die cuts and put a pearl in the center of the smaller ones. Then used a My Favorite Things Christmas Sentiment that I have had for quite sometime as a freebie set.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  My Favorite Things

Ribbon:  Stash (recycled from gift)

Pearls:  Jolee

Dies:  My Favorite Things; Sizzix

Inks:  Distress Oxides - Spun sugar; Fired Brick; Worn Lipstick

                                     Peacock Feathers; Picked Raspberry; Mustard Seed; Wilted Violet

Embossing Folder:  We Are Memory Keepers

Challenges

Christmas Card Throwdown - June Sketch (see above)

CHNC - Ch. 493 Anything Christmas with optional winter fun

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Ch. 73 

CCARY - June Recycle/Upcycle (ribbon)

613 Ave Create - Ch. 234 Anything Goes with optional twist create a blended background

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 442- 443 Anything Goes

Merry Little Christmas - Ch. 23

We're Praying for You - 340

Today I am posting a sympathy card that I made using a sketch from Atlantic Heart Sketch Challenge.  For this card, I heat embossed a sentiment from a retired Verve stamp set. I added some punched butterflies and a flower.
I can't believe that's November 1st already. Last night for Halloween we had 4 inches of snow for the kids to trudge through....I didn't even have a chance to get my steps shoveled off, argh. It took my 1.5 hours to get to work. I love snow on my cards just don't like driving in it, lol.

Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Verve

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  Hampton Arts

Flower:  Recollections

Punch:  Martha Stewart

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Ribbon:  Michael's

Glue Dots

Challenges

Atlantic Heat Challenge - Ch. 340

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 239 Anything Goes with a sentiment

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 410 - 411 Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Galz - Ch. 108 Something that starts with "S" (Sympathy, Stripes, silver)

Crafty Creations - Ch. 401 Anything Goes

Foil Christmas cards

I went to a Stamping Conference and got a foil machine. I was like a kid in a candy shop when I saw all the goodies that they had made and the sparkles and shine....I couldn't resist. So since there were a couple challenges with metallics and silver/gold I thought I would do a couple quick cards.  Then since I had my computer, space heater, Alexa and then turned on the foil machine I blew out my power in my office....argh. So once I got the electricity turned back on and a few things turned off I pulled out the foil.  Here are my first two cards.

Patterned Paper;  Foilables by Creative Vision

Cardstock plain & glitter:  Darice

Foil:  Creative Vision: Silver and Queen's Crown

Spellbinders:  Small and Large Circles

Punch:  EK Success

Sentiment:  Gina K Foil Christmas Sentiments

Foam dots

Challenges

CHNC - Ch. 460 Anything Christmas with optional flower or a few

Allsorts - Wk 542 Add Gold and/or silver

Incy Wincy - Use Something Metallic

Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 41 Christmas card

Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 243 Sparkle

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 605 Sparkle

Rose Embossed Birthday Card

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and it's to make a CAS card. Now I think that I have said this many times, but they freak me out with white space. And especially if it is flat and not dry embossed. So this week, I made two cards just to force myself to have to do it.  It is using the image from a set, Mini Set Roses and I flipped the one image so it would be facing the other direction. I then heat embossed the sentiment. I put the panel on a piece of patterned paper and let just a 1/4 of an inch show before mounting that onto white cardstock. Then I did one in yellow.

Patterned Paper: Echo Park

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Mini Set Rose (see above for link)

Sentiment:  Stampendous

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder: Hampton Art

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 402 - 403 Anything Goes
AAA - CAS Ch. 147 Along the edge and inspired by a song
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 445 Anything Goes
Alphabet Challenge - L for Lemon/Lime
Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 198 Emboss It

Fabulous

Today starts a new challenge at Catch the Bug and being the first Saturday of the month it's an Anything Goes.  For my card, I used Rock Star Boy.  I used the Ranger Spray around the image to try to match the smudges on the patterned paper.  From the photo you can't see, but it has a wonderful light shimmer that goes well with the metallic stars and title. I gave this card to my nephew today who turned 9.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV
Cardstock:  Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Rock Star Boy (see above for direct link)
Sentiment:  Cut out from DCWV paper
Stars:  Spellbinder & Hobby Lobby
Spectrum Noir
Spray:  Rangers - Perfect Pearl Mist
Pop Dots

Challenges
CRAFT - Ch. 508 Inspired by a Song      Fabulous
Crazy for Challenges - C4C478 3 metallic embellishments
Inkspirational - Ch. 184 Pop it up
Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 424 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 576 Anything Goes