Gingerbread Christmas Card

This is my DT card for The Merry Christmas Challenge.  The theme is always Anything Christmas Goes.

For my card I used this adorable Gingerbread girl from Polkadoodles.  The sentiment stamps are from Peachy Keen Stamps.

Inside of card:

You Make My Heart Smile

I created this fun card for my husband for our anniversary.  We are celebrating 26 years together.  He was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon cancer earlier this year and has been undergoing chemo treatments.  I figured he could use a smile and maybe a laugh or two so I am including tickets to a comedy club show with this card.

All the stamps are from Peachy Keen Stamps.  I just love these fun faces.  

Card Details: 

Spellbinders scalloped heart die

Cricut Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge for the clown heads

Base Camp Cricut cartridge for the heart on the front

Sweet On You Face Stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps for the faces on the hearts

Clowning Around Face Stamps from Peachy Keen Stamps for the clown faces

Entered in following challenges:

Always Fun Challenges: Anything Goes

Cards in Envy: Flat card and simple

Crafting from the Heart: Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner: Anything Goes

Christmas Card

The theme this week at 52 CCT is Christmas Baking.

For my card I used this grumpy gingerbread man from Peachy Keen Stamps. I kept the card simple because it will probably go to one of my nephews.

Card Details:

Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps

Sketch: Paper Play Sketches

Copics:

Stitched Circle Die

Entered in following challenges:

Paper Play Sketches: sketch

Baked With Love

Today starts a new challenge at Aud Sentiments. 

The theme for this challenge is to create a birthday project and don't forget the sentiment.

I made a criss cross card for my project.

I used Baked With Love from Stitchy Bear Stamps

This little bear reminds me of cooking with my boys when they were young.  We always had a big mess but it was lots of fun!

Here is the inside portion that pulls out.

Project Details:

Image: Bake with love from Stitchy Bear Stamps

Copics

Baked with love sentiment from Stitchy Bear Stamps

Cupcake from the Sweet Treats cricut cartridge

Pot holder: peachy keen stamps

Bowl: Peachy Keen Stamps

Hearts: Magnolia stamps

Spellbinders lacy circle die

La La Land stitched circle dies

Snowman Card

This is the first card I have made in a couple of weeks. I had surgery on my nose and it was difficult to craft with swollen eyes.  Now that I am back to normal, I decided to ease myself back to crafting with more simple card.  

This is my card for the current 52 CCT. The challenge is to create a card for a child. 

Card Details:

Sketch:  Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Snowman: Snow Friends Cricut cartridge cut at 3 inches

Copics: BG11, YR65, YR09

Face Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps

Entered in following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday: Sketch

Crafting With Friends: Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes

Want To Build A Snowman?

This weeks challenge at 52 CCT is a sketch challenge.  This snowman is one of my favorites from Peachy Keen Stamps.

Let It Snow

 

 

The new challenge at 52 CCT  is a sketch challenge. I hope you join us in this challenge.

 

 

 

 

Card Details:

Sketch: 52 CCT

Spellbinders snowflake die

Face: Peachy Keen Stamps

Copics: TR65, YR07, BG70

Tags: Cricut cartridge

Let It Snow stamp

 

 

 



Triple Time Stamping

Here is my project for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown this week.  The challenge is Triple Time Stamping. If you aren't familiar with this technique, you can watch this video for help.  I had never tried this technique before so this is my first try.  I pulled out various snowflake stamps to use.  I didn't want to do the usual blues for my card so I dug through my stamp pads and came up with this color combo.  Hope you like it.  The snowman is a stamp from Peachy Keen Stamps. I added some diamond dust and a snowflake die cut as well.

Card Details:

Card Shape: Elegant Edges Cricut cartridge

Ink: CTMH Majestic Mountain, Hollyhock, and Wildberry

Snowman: Peachy Keen Stamps

Copics

Spellbinders snowflake die

Diamond Dust

Entered in following challenges:

Crafts Galore: make a card

Crafty Hazel Nuts Christmas: Anything Christmas

One Crazy Stamper: Anything Goes

Christmas Card

Oop, thought I had this post set to go live on Saturday.

It's a sketch challenge this week at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  I hope you join us.  This is a great color blocking sketch.  I managed to use up some scrap papers for this card.  

Card details:

Sketch: 52 Christmas Card Throw Down

Snowflake: Spellbinders die

Face Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps

Copics: YR07, YR09, YR65, BG10

White embossing enamel

Winter Is For The Birds

I don't know about you, but I am ready for spring.  I think we are finally on the warm up around here.  This next week the temps will be in the 50's!  So excited to let the kids play for longer periods of time outside.

This is my card for 52 Christmas Card Throw down. If you play along with us each week, you should have plenty of Christmas cards ready without all the stress at holiday time.  That's my plan this year.

This week the challenge is a sketch.  It's a great sketch.  I decided to make a card that I can use as either a Christmas card or as a thank you card for the holidays.

Here's the sketch

Card Details:

Bird Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps

Sentiment: Peachy Keen Stamps

Ivy: Magnolia Doo Hickey Die

Spellbinders shape dies

Bee My Valentine

I dug out some of my older stamps for this card.  The bee is from Peachy Keen Stamps and the sentiment is from the dollar bin at Michaels.  The challenge at Scrapbooker Phd is to create a CAS card using a stamp.  It's funny how challenging CAS cards are for me.  When I started making cards almost 30 years ago my style was CAS even though I didn't know what that term meant.  I had to hold myself back while making this card because I wanted to add more pattern paper, diecuts and other embellishments. I did add some extreme glitter paint and stickles to the wings on the bee. 

 I hope you join us in this challenge. Will be fun to see how you interpret CAS.

Entered in following challenges:

Lawnscaping: CAS

Loves Rubber Stamps: Anything Goes

Paper Take Weekly: Anything Goes

Snowman

We are gearing up for some rain, ice and snow this weekend so I decided to make a snowman card.

This week the challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throw down is to "Pick A Previous Sketch" to follow.  I chose the sketch from July 2013.  The snowman is from Peachy Keen Stamps.  They have decided to not make anymore stamps so if you want some of their cuties, you better shop soon.

Card Details:

Image: Snowmany Thanks Snowman from Peachy Keen Stamps

Sketch: #19 from 52 CCT

Copics: BG10, BG70, BG72, E35, YR18, YR65

Extreme Glitter paint

Sentiment Stamp

Entered in following challenges:

Completely Christmas: Anything Goes with twist square or rectangle

Patty's Creations: Fun In The Snow

Red Rubber Inspirationals: CAS

Addicted To Stamps: CAS

Snowflake Thank You

Finally found some time to make my Christmas thank you cards.  Much later than I would like to be but at least they are done and ready for the mail.

Card Details:

Snowflake: When It's Cold Outside Cricut cartridge cut at 3.25 inches

Face Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps

Copics: YR09, YR14

Sketch: Mojo Monday

Entered in following challenges:

Mojo Monday: Sketch

Paper Minutes: Keep It Simple Card

First Christmas Card of 2015

I am super excited today to share with you my first Christmas card of 2015 and it is also my first project as a Design Team member for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!

Christmas cards are my all time favorite cards to make and I like to work on them all year long so being a member of this DT is perfect!

This challenge happens to be a sketch challenge.  I created an easel card using the Quickutz Doily Rectangle die.

Here's the sketch.  I hope you play along with us for this challenge.  If you participate in every challenge this year, you should have a wonderful supply of Christmas cards to send out.

Card Details:

Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps

Sentiments: Peachy Keen Stamps

Copics: E30, E31, E35, E53, R59, R46, R37, G07, g05, W0, W1

Sketch: 52 Christmas Card Thowdown

Zig Zag borders: Sizzix dies

Quickutz Doily Rectangle Die

Entered in following challenges:

Snowmany Thanks

I finally got back in to my craft room to make thank you notes for the holidays.

I spent the two weeks I had off at Christmas time with the family.  Our oldest son

was home from college and our youngest celebrated his 18th birthday on Chrismtas eve.

It was nice to have uninterrupted time with them but I was glad to get back to crafting.

Since I needed so many cards, I decided to make them simple.  I found this great pattern paper in my stash that worked just perfect as a background.  I did add some extra snowflakes with embossing enamel.

 

Project Details:

Snowman:  Doodle Charms Cricut cartridge cut at 3 inches

Hat and scarf: Everyday Paper Doll Cricut cartridge

Heart: George Cricut cartridge

Face Stamp: Peachy Keen Stamps Winter faces

Sentiment: stamp from my stash

Copics:  BG10, BG70, YR64, YR18, R24, R20

Diamond dust

White embossing enamel

 





Santa Treats

 

 

I made these for my day care kids for St. Nicholas day.

They loved them and they were so easy to make.

I found the holiday candy at our local dollar store. 

Those little treats worked just perfect for this project.

 

 

Project Details:

Santa parts:  Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge

Face: Peachy Keen Stamps





Snowflake Tag

 

 

 

Today's project is the first of my Christmas Gift tags.

Isn't that face precious?  Looks so jolly!

 

Project Details:

Tag shape: Spellbinders die

Snowflake: Spellbinders die

Face: Peachy Keen Stamps

Copics:  YR07, YR65, BG70

Better To Give Than Receive Advent Calendar

 

 

 

 

Christmas is a magical time of year for children! 

However, it can get a bit overwhelming for them with all the

mixed messages of the season.  I decided that I wanted to try

something different this year with my daycare kids to make

the season more meaningful.  I have tried the Elf On The Shelf system

but really wanted the focus not on their behaviour but on their actions.

In my search for something to try, I stumbled upon The Christmas Angel.

What a sweet way to get children involved in the season.

Each day during advent we will be visited by an angel named Noel

who will leave us an letter in the advent calendar.  Noel will

be giving us jobs to do that help us remember that it is

BETTER TO GIVE THAN RECEIVE

We will be making cards, gifts and treats for the elderly or shut ins

during this month.

 

Project Details:

Calendar is made from an over the door shoe organizer with 24 pockets

Numbers:  Base Camp Cricut Cartridge

Letters: Base Camp Cricut Cartridge

Angel:  Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut Cartridge

Angel Face: Peachy Keen Stamps

 

Entered in following challenges:

Anything but a Card: Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges: Anything But A Card

 



 



Cocoa Slider

I am working ahead for Christmas.  The current challenge at Aud Sentiments is to create something for a child (don't forget the sentiment). 

Our sponsor Imagine That gave the DT several images to use for our projects.  I chose to use this adorable penguin.  I made several cocoa sliders to hang on the Christmas tree for my daycare kids. I  thought it would be fun for them to pick a small gift off the tree each day during Christmas.  I used the pre-colored version of the penguin to save a little time. I did add some sprinkles on the whipped topping.

 

 

 

 

Project Details:

Image from Imagine That Digis by Kris

Snowflakes: Joys of the Season Cricut cartridge

Snowman face:  Peachy Keen Stamps

Copics: YR09 YR16



Alien Valentine

I made this Valentine for my nephew.  The inside sentiment reads:

"I Hope Your Valentines Day Is Out Of This World"

I couldn't resist using the red gems for lights on the space ship.  The antennae on the alien are small sparkly pom poms I had in my stash

 

Card Details:

Space Craft Card Shape:  Life's A Party Cricut cartridge cut at 5 inches

Alien face:  Happy Fall faces from Peachy Keen Stamps

Entered in following Challenges:
CAS on Sunday:  Be Mine Valentine
Crafting When We Can: Card for boys
Peachy Keen Stamps: Anything Goes