The Magic of Christmas

Happy Friday!  I love getting a jump on my Christmas cards, so I have less to do when the holiday season rolls around.

Supplies Used

Background stamp from stash (got as a RAK; no company printed on stamp)

Bella Creationz Stars Silver & Gold sequins

Crayola colored pencils

Imprintz mini pigment ink pad in Blue

Studio G sentiment

ZING silver embossing powder

Challenges Entered

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Challenge #40--Anything Goes w/Embossing Powder
Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge Recipe #215--Emboss It!

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' February Monthly Card Challenges--Bonus Christmas (Use Stars)

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend, and happy scrapping!

CAS Happy Birthday

I tried my hand tonight at a clean and simple birthday card.  I don't normally use a lot of butterflies on things, but I found a piece of glitter paper I'd punched a butterfly out of, so I used that as a stencil since I don't have a butterfly punch.

I found the inspiration for this on Pinterest and knew it would come together fairly quickly.  I adhered the glitter butterfly directly to my card base, then used a glue dot just on the center portion to adhere the dotted butterfly.  I bent the sides up just a bit for some added dimension.  The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark then heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

I finished off the inside with a small butterfly decorative button.

Supplies Used

The {Stamps} of Life ladybugs2love stamp set (sentiment)

Teresa Collins Daily Stories decorative buttons

Teresa Collins Tinsel and Company Gold Dots Foiled cardstock

Teresa Collins glitter paper

VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad 

ZING! gold embossing powder 

Challenges Entered

CASology Week 131:  Birthday

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' January Monthly Card Challenge--Birthday (entry #1)

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Time for some patriotism!

Time to show off one of my patriotic projects for this year!

One of our monthly card challenges at Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' was to make a long card, and one of our weekly challenges in the 52 Week Card Challenge was to include a flag on your card, so I thought I'd combine the two!  I used white ZING! Embossing Powder on the song lyrics, which is a new stamp from Deep Red Stamps.  The faux stitching around the edges was done with a white gel pen, and I used gold Stickles on the tassel hanging off the flag.  The flag stamp is from the "Made in the U.S.A." set from Technique Tuesday (I believe), and I used my ZIG Writers in Pure Red and Navy to color it in.

Challenges Entered:

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' 52 Week Layout Challenge

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' Monthly Card Challenge

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #267--Photo Inspiration

Red Carpet Studio Challenge #73--Create a patriotic themed project.

My Craft Spot Challenge #142--Patriotic

The Pink Elephant Challenge #257--Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back with more projects later this week!

Through the Purple Haze Challenge#40--Anything but Square

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Happy Cinco de Mayo, everyone!  I don't know about you, but we'll be having tacos and margaritas at my house for dinner tonight to celebrate!  LOL!

It's time for the newest challenge at Through the Purple Haze--Anything but Square!  Design Team sponsors for this challenge are Crafty Sentiments Designs and Hannah Lynn.

My image was Tin Girl provided by Hannah Lynn, so I decided to use a heart-shaped card.

I used Crayola colored pencils to color my image, then I added Queen & Co. Formal Rhinestone Trios to her hat.  Candy Cane Stickles were used on the red heart, Zing Embossing Powder in Silver was used on her outfit, and I inked the edges of the pink heart with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Barn Door.  The shaped card was cut from the Cricut Wild Card cartridge.  The sentiment was from my Studio G Clear Stamps.

We're excited to see what you can come up with for this week's challenge!  Remember--it's Anything but Square, and you need to link up on the Through the Purple Haze challenge blog.  This week's prize is three digis from Crafty Sentiments and three images from Hannah Lynn.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Through the Purple Haze Challenge #25: Pick your favorite color!

WOW!  What a great turnout we had for last week's Anything Goes challenge at Through the Purple Haze--almost eight entries!  Thanks to everyone who submitted a project.  We hope you'll join us again!

This week's challenge is sponsored by Delicious Doodles and Di's Digi Designs.  Delicious Doodles will be giving the winner four images, and Di's Digi Designs will be providing a $12 coupon.  Great prizes!

I chose the "Leather and Lace" image from Delicious Doodles for my project.

Supplies Used

Stampendous! Stamp-n Stuff embossing powder--Red Tinsel

Zing! glitter embossing powder--Black

Colored pencils

Cardstock

StazOn ink--Jet Black

Pop dots

Stickles--Gold, Candy Cane

Sentiment from Close To My Heart

Challenges Entered

Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' January Card Challenge--Glitter

Challenges 4 Everybody #37--Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap Challenge #10--Anything Goes
The ABC Challenge--D is for Dazzle

We're looking forward to seeing your creations this week!  Be sure you get them linked up at the TTPH challenge blog.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!