Warm Winter Wishes

I just love how this card turned out.  I colored up this little cutie back at the end of summer when the temperatures were in the 90's.  It was hard to imagine at that time that it would ever be cold again.

Again for this card I used my spellbinders dies to create the card shape.  I love the red and grey colors together.  The greenery is actually a small bit cut from a floral spray I bought at Michael's. It works just perfectly with an added bow as an embellishment on my cards. I used some white embossing enamel to look like falling snow and added a bit of cheese cloth between a couple layers of paper.

It's mid month so you still have time to enter the Crafty Hazel Nuts Christmas Extra Challenge. It's our last challenge of 2016.

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Stamp: Magnolia Stamps

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Spellbinders dies

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Midweek Magnolias: Christmas

A Snowflake Promise: Christmas with winter option

Mistletoe Kisses

This is my DT card for Aud Sentiments. The theme is Christmas for Your Love + A Sentiment.

It's our last challenge of 2016.

Santa and his reindeer look like they are giving Eskimo kisses so this image is just perfect to send to someone you love.  I'll probably give to my husband or one of my sons so they can say, "mooom!"

The sentiment actually says "Snowflake wishes and eskimo kisses" but I just inked up the mistletoe kisses.

Card Details:

Image: The Paper Shelter

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Spellbinders scalloped hearts die

Spellbinders lacy circle die

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Reindeer Games

Today starts the last challenge of 2016 at Crafty Hazel Nut's Christmas Extra Challenge.

Are you ready for Christmas? 

I'm not.  Despite starting in January with my Christmas cards, I still have much to do.

I used my spellbinders dies to create this card shape.  I think I got into a rut with square cards so I am trying to mix it up a bit.

This cute little reindeer is from Bugaboo Stamps and they are sponsoring the challenge.

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Card Details:

Image: Chibi Reindeer from Bugaboo Stamps

Spellbinders dies

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La La Land banner die

cottage Cutz tree and reindeer dies

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Winter Fairy

Here is another one of the images I colored up earlier this year.  This is Winter Halla Fairy from Mo's Digital Pencil

Card Details:

Image: Mo's Digital Pencil

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Spellbinders dies

Cottage cutz icicle die

Martha Stewart branch punch

Clear stickles

White embossing enamel

Silver glitter

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Winter Card

It's Black Friday.  Are you shopping?  I will be shopping online this year.  I really hate crowds and the hoards of people out on black Friday are really just too much.  Sitting at my computer while wearing my pj's and drinking hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps sounds much more appealing to me.

I'm still making shaped cards.  Earlier this year when I was having neck and shoulder pain it was too difficult for me to do much crafting.  I was able to do some coloring though.  So I inked up lots of my stamps and printed out lots of digi images and sat in front of the tv and colored.  I now have this huge stack of colored images so I trying to get them onto cards.  This is such a backwards process for me since I usually choose my stamp, then pick my papers and card design before I color the images.  When I colored these images up earlier I was just hoping I would find papers in my stash that would coordinate.  So far, I have had pretty good luck.  

Card Details:

Stamp: Tilda with little Snowy from Magnolia Stamps

Spellbinders dies

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White embossing enamel

Clear stickels

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Pumpkin spice Surprise

This is my DT card for Aud Sentiments.  The challenge theme is Anything Goes + A Sentiment.

I made this card for my sister's birthday.  The card shape is from the Life's A Party Cricut cartridge

The image is Pumpkin Spice Yorkie from Mo's Digital Pencil.

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Card Details:

Image: Pumpkin Spice Yorkie from Mo's Digital Pencil

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Spellbinders dies

Card shape from Life's A Party Cricut cartridge cut at 5.5 inches

Paw print from Paper Smooches dies

Puppy with heart from Cottage Cutz dies

Entered in following challenges:

Cards Galore: Anything Goes

Crafty Hazel Nut's Pattern Paper: Pattern Paper

Shopping Our Stash: Warm and fuzzy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge: Anything Goes with a Mo's image

Fa La La La La

For this card I merged three images from Mo's Digital Pencil.  These little elves just looked like they would be part of a choir to me.

I have kept the card design simple so that it can be mailed.  However, I did add a little white flower soft to the hat trim and a few gems to the holly.

Card Details:

Images: Mo's Digital Pencil

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Holly Magnolia Doo Hickey die

Spellbinders shape die

Sketch: Crazy 4 Challenges

Entered in following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges: Sketch

Merriest of Merry Christmas

I'm having fun making shaped cards with my spellbinders dies.  They are super easy to make and is a nice change from my usual square cards.

This little Tilda stamp is going to appear on several cards this year. I have colored her up several times.  I found this great paper stack at Michael's from the Recollections line called Christmas Noel. The papers are a little more modern in colors so I can see another trip to Michael's in my future.

The sentiment stamp is also from Magnolia Stamps. I made a little smudge so I covered it up with an ornament I cut out of one of the pattern papers.  Nobody will ever know...

Card Details:

Stamp: Magnolia Stamps

Sentiment: Magnolia Stamps

Spellbinders dies 

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Entered in following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart: Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes

Love To Scrap: Anything Goes

Marvelous Magnolia: Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge: Getting Ready for Christmas

Thank You For Blessing My Life

Inside of card

I've had this little cute from Sassy Cheryl's colored up for quite awhile. I finally took time today to get a card made.  This is some of my favorite paper. The stripes and the circles are glittery.

Card Details:

Image: Sassy Cheryl's

Spellbinders dies

Magnolia Dies for the wheat inside

Spellbinders lacy circle die

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Entered in following challenges:

Crafting When We Can: Circles

Corrosive Challenge: Fall/Autumn

Dragonfly Journeys: A Thankful Heart

Dragon Fly dreams: Autumn colors

Glitter and Sparkle: Autumn or Winter

Santa's Little Helper

I am feeling a little behind with my Christmas cards even though I have been making them all year.  Thus I used the same image and sketch to create these tow cards.  The only difference is one elf is in red and the other is in green.

This image is Toy Shop Helper from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Card Details:

Image: Toy Shop Helper from Mo's Digital Pencil

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Sketch: Sketch Tanten

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Sketch Tanten: Sketch

Christmas Card Challenge: Christmas/Winter

Birthday Easel Card

This card is for my sister-in-law's birthday.  I made the easel card using spellbinders dies. There are lots of layers but I love the way it turned out.  I had these papers in my stash for awhile and decided they would look great paired with this Tilda in Hat from Magnolia Stamps. It's one of the first Magnolia stamps I purchased several years ago.  The button is an old one I found in my button jar.  Everyone has a button jar, right?  I add to it when I find buttons at estate sales.  I added a bit of cheesecloth behind a few layers. I think it matches up with the veil on her hat nicely.  I inked all the edges of the paper with walnut distress ink and then added some shabby pink embossing enamel.

Card Details:

Stamp: Tilda with hat from Magnolia Stamps

Spellbinders nestibility dies for the card base

Spellbinders labels die for the sentiment

Shabby Pink embossing enamel

Walnut ink distress ink

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Entered in following challenges:

Pink Gem Challenge: Ribbon and Bling

Crafty Friends Challenge: Blossoms

Sweet Stampin: Happy birthday

Creative Artiste: Mixed media

Fussy and Fancy: Creative folds or shaped cards

Santa Family Selfie

When I saw this image at The Paper Shelter, I thought it was so appropriate for a Christmas card. I'm sure our family will be taking a lots of pictures and even a few selfies this year.

I thought since the image was so much fun, that I should keep the rest of the card design simple.  I found this great sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  

Card Details:

Image: Santa Family Selfie from The Paper Shelter

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Sketch: Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Entered in following contests:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday: Sketch

Challenge Up Your Life: Santa's Helpers

Crafty Hazel Nut's Christmas: Cute or anything Christmas

Deck The Halls

Are you getting ready to Deck The Halls at your house?  I have several friends who have already decorated for Christmas.  I am waiting for my long weekend over Thanksgiving to give the house a deep cleaning and then put up my Christmas decor.  My husband about fainted when I told him I did not plan to put up any of our Christmas trees this year.  I tend to go overboard with the decor so needless to say, he was a bit surprised. Of course, it's only mid November so I  have plenty of time to change my mind.  hahaha

Anyway, my card for the midweek reminder of Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas extra challenge uses this adorable Tilda image from the fall Magnola Stamp club. I just love that little heart on her bottom. 

After stamping and coloring her, I fussy cut her and added to my card. The background paper looks like old barn wood. I cut the red door using my cricut. The two trees are spellbinders die.

I hope you join us in this challenge.  Only a few weeks left to get cards done for mailing.  I have most of my cards that go in the mail done. Now I get to have a little more fun with 3D embellishments for the remainder of my Christmas cards that do not need to be mailed.

Card Details:

Stamp: Magnolia Stamps

Spellbinders Christmas tree dies

Pots cut using the Cricut

Door cut using Christmas Cricut cartridge

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Christmas Card

I just love this stamp. It is from the fall Magnolia Stamp Club. I am having so much fun coloring her that you will probably see several cards in the next few weeks featuring this Tilda. Not sure it shows in the picture but the papers are glittery.  I also added some shabby white embossing enamel that has a bit of gold glitter.

Card Details:

Stamp: Magnolia Stamps

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Spellbinders floral oval die

Spellbinders poinsettia dies

Sketch: LRW November Sketch

Entered in following challenges:

Christmas Card Challenge: Christmas Card

Glitter and Sparkle: Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon: Sketch

For A Special Lady

This little Ladybug is just so adorable. It is from Aurora Wings and they are sponsoring our current challenge at Aud Sentiments.  The challenge theme is Anything Goes + A Sentiment.

I created the sentiment myself using word.

Card Details:

Image: Ladybug Sprite from Aurora Wings

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Spellbinders floral oval die

Corner branch from Storybook Cricut cartridge

Spellbinders scalloped circle die

Entered in the following challenges:

Crafty Girls Creations: Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner: Use A Sentiment

Crafting With Attitude: Anything Goes

Happy Winter

It's the first of the month so that means a new challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra.

Wait....

It's November! 

 I have got to get busy counting and figuring out if I have enough Christmas cards. I already know I don't. I do however have enough cards made that need to go in the mail. The rest of my cards will be hand delivered so that means more embellishments...the bulkier the better.

This card was super quick but looks great. The paper already had the design. I just added the Xmas Brat sitter with presents from Bugaboo. I did add the corner snowflakes and the sentiment in the bottom right.

I hope you join us for this challenge. 

Deck The Halls

It's time for a new challenge at Aud Setiments.  

The theme for this challenge is Cute + A Sentiment.

Wait a minute! Are you looking at my card and thinking, "where is her sentiment?"

One of our challenge rules is that you have to have a sentiment on your project but your sentiment can be on the inside of the card and not just the front. Sooo....

Here is the inside of my card.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Stamps.  I have used Xmas Teddy2 Ornaments for the front of my card. The inside image is also from Bugaboo.

Magical Birthday

This is the birthday card I made for my dad.

 The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil.  It reminds me of when my boys were younger. One Halloween my youngest dressed up as the magician and my oldest was the rabbit coming out of the hat.  They were super cute and even won a costume contest.

Here they are....

Entered in the following challenges:

Crafting With Attitude: Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes

Critters and Creatures: Anything goes with a critter

Never Gonna Grow Up

This image from Mo's Digital Pencil is just perfect for a masculine card. This card just happens to be for my brother's birthday.

I used the sketch from Cheerful Sketches.  It's a versatile sketch, which you will see in future posts) It makes a quick, yet well designed card.

Card Details:

Image: Mo's Digital Pencil

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Spellbinders tag die

Spellbinders leaves dies

Sketch: Cheerful Sketches

Entered in the following challenges:

Cheerful Sketches: Sketch

Mo's Digital Challenge Blog: Anything Goes with a Mo's Image

Craft Rocket Challenge: Birthday

Christmas Reindeer

It's mid October.  Have you started your Christmas cards? If not or you you some motivation to get started, why not join in our Christmas card challenge at Crafty Hazel Nut's Christmas Extra. All the challenges are anything goes as long as it's a Christmas card.

I just love this little reindeer from Bugaboo Stamps.  I used the sketch from the Stella Says Sketch Challenge.  It makes a perfect quick card that is easy to mail.

Entered in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug: Stella Says Sketch

52 Christmas Card Throwdown: Christmas Critters

Christmas Reindeer

It's mid October.  Have you started your Christmas cards? If not or you you some motivation to get started, why not join in our Christmas card challenge at Crafty Hazel Nut's Christmas Extra. All the challenges are anything goes as long as it's a Christmas card.

I just love this little reindeer from Bugaboo Stamps.  I used the sketch from the Stella Says Sketch Challenge.  It makes a perfect quick card that is easy to mail.

Entered in the following challenges:

Catch the Bug: Stella Says Sketch

52 Christmas Card Throwdown: Christmas Critters

Double Pocket Card

This is my first double pocket card. The current challenge at Aud Sentiments is Vintage + A Sentiment.  We are sponsored by My Artistic Adventures. 

 I wanted to make Christmas tags with the images from My Artistic Adventures.  I thought the recipient of this card could use the tags on Christmas gifts. That makes this a card and gift all in one!

Thinking Of You

Sympathy cards are always my least favorite cards to make.  I wish I was better organized and had them made in advance but I am always scrambling at the last minute.  Maybe that will be a goal for 2017.

Anyway I used a Tilda stamp from Magnolia stamps for the outside and the flower on the inside is also from Magnolia Stamps

Card details:

Stamps: Magnolia stamps

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Martha Stewart border punch

Sketch: Feeling Sketch #154

Entered in following challenges:

Feeling Sketchy: Sketch #154

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends: Anything Goes

Pumpkin Card

I made this card (and 14 others just like it) to use as thank you cards.  My husband and I just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary.  Our boys hosted a bbq for us and we had a lot of fun visiting with family, friends and our wedding party. Needless to say, I needed several thank you cards.  This sketch from Sunday Stamps was just perfect. I made the pumpkin out of 3 pattern papers and a simple oval cut from the George Cricut cartridge. The stem is from the pumpkin from the Happily Ever After Cricut cartridge. (Cinderella's pumpkin)

Entered in the following challenges:

Sunday Stamps: Sketch

Cupcake inspirations: color challenge

Crafty Hazel Nut's Patterned paper challenge: Anything goes with pattern paper

Get Your Merry On!

Inside of card:

Happy Saturday! It's a gorgeous fall day her in NW Missouri.  My youngest son and I are traveling to see my oldest son. It's his last semester in college and we are going to visit for parents day. Instead of doing all the typical parent/college child activities, we have decided to hike around the local state park. I am really looking forward to spending time with my two favorite guys. My poor husband will be home working.

Anyway, this is my design team card for Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge extra.  I hope you join us in the challenge.  We just have 12 weekends until Christmas.  Are you ready?

Card Details:

Images: Bugaboo Stamps

Christmas ornament: Cricut cartridge

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Gold stickles

Extreme Glitter paint

Fabulous Fall

The current challenge at Aud Sentiments is to USE FALL COLORS + A SENTIMENT

We are sponsored by The Doodle Pantry and I used their Fall Patterns set for my card.  All the papers except for the white and brown card stock are from that set.  I love the various colors and patterns that are available  I used 5 different patterns but their are so many more. The die cuts are also from that set

Inside of my card

Winter Wishes Rocker Card

I just love out this card turned out.  Rocker cards are so easy to make but they offer a nice change from the typical square or rectangle card.

This is my dt card for Crafty Hazel Nut's Christmas Extra Challenge (Whew that's a long title!) I know I could just type the abbreviation but I like seeing the whole name sometimes.

I hope you join us in this challenge.  The time to send Christmas cards is fast approaching.  Are you ready?  I know I'm not and I have been making my Christmas cards all year long.

Card Details:

Bear Stamp: Cozy Christmas Bear from Magnolia Stamps

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Card Base: Easter Cricut cartridge doily cut

Spellbinders scalloped circle

White embossing enamel for snow

Entered in following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps: Anything Goes

Midweek Magnolias: Red/White/Blue

A Snowflakes Promise: Anything Goes

Warm Winter Wishes

It was a little strange making this snowman card while we are still having temperatures about 90 degrees but isn't he cute?

This is my DT card for Crafty Hazel Nuts Christmas Extra challenge. 

If you haven't started making your Christmas cards, now would be a good time to start.  I have been making mine all year long and still have many more to do.

Whoop Dee Doo!

This birthday card is for my niece who turned 13 this week.  She is cute and funky just like this image from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Card Details:

Image: Super Birthday from Mo's Digital Pencil

Copics: E00, E04, E11, E13, E21, E59, E55, E53, E50, W0, W1, W3, B93, B95, B97, R29, R27, R24, R20

Hearts: George Cricut cartridge

Sketch: Tuesday Morning Sketches

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Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch

Birthday Card for My Husband

It's time for a new challenge at Aud Sentiments.  The theme of the challenge is For The Men In Our Lives + A Sentiment.
My husband loves ice cream so I used this cute image from Bugaboo Stamps.  I did a little something different with the sentiment.  I added 2 sentiments.  One is computer generated by me and the other is the die versions happy birthday corner die.  Usually I put the corner sentiment behind the image matting but I wanted to change things up a bit.  I placed it over the matting and added an old button from my button jar.  Everyone has a button jar, right?  Mine is actually a tin cookie canister of my grandma's.  I have collected buttons from both of my grandmothers, my mother in law and from some estate sales.  I always forget to use them in my projects.

for this challenge we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps.  I hope you join us in the challenge for a chance to win images from the Bugaboo shop

Christmas Card

Aren't Santa and Mrs Claus cute?  I had so much fun coloring up this stamp from Art Impressions.

While we were on vacation last month in Tennessee, I found a scrapbooking store that had lots of stamps and dies I hadn't seen before.  This stamp was one of them.  I am sure it will make it's way onto several cards for this holiday season.

Today is the midway reminder for Crafty Hazel Nut's Christmas extra challenge.  We would love to have you join us in the challenge.  It's a great way to get a stash of holiday cards made before the mad dash in December.

Card Details:

Image: Art Impressions Stamp

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Extreme glitter paint on the lights

Birthday Card

I made this card for my mom.  I love the images from Mo's Digital Pencil and when I saw this little darling, I knew she would be a perfect birthday card for my mom.

Card Details:

Image: Sunflower Baby from Mo's Digital Pencil

Copics:  E00, E04, E11, E13, E21, E24, E27, E59, E53, E50, BG 93, BG95, R29, R25, R22, R20, Y26, Y23, YR20

Corner branch: Storybook cricut cartridge

Entered in following challenges:

Bella And Bronte's Challenge: Anything goes with a Mo's image

Southern Girls Challenge: Anything Goes

Through The Purple Haze: Anything Goes

Crafting By Design: Anything Goes

New Baby Card

Our niece and her husband just had their third baby.  I used this adorable image, Spit Happens, from Mo's Digital Pencil to make her card.

I usually choose my papers and then color the image but I did that in reverse this time.  Good thing I found papers to match the green I used for the rabbit

Card Details:

Image: Spit Happens from Mo's Digital Pencil

Spellbinders scalloped circle

Magnolia Doo Hickey banner die

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Entered in following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks: Kids

Crafty Girls Creations: Anything Goes

Through The Purple Haze: Anything Goes