Birthday in Pink & Gray

So, I have this thing at work where I make birthday cards

for the doctors and staff at all 5 of our offices.

One day a couple of months ago one of the techs

called me down in my office and let me know

that her birthday is in November and she likes elephants.

Well I knew at that time that I wanted to use an image from

Beccy's Place

from a set called "Retail Therapy".

I had the image and then found some additional

inspiration from a couple of current challenges.

I used stripes to enter the challenge at

Just Us Girls.

I used the sketch at
Paper Craft Crew Challenges.

And, because it's a birthday card I'm linking to a 3rd challenge at
Seize the Birthday.

Thanks for taking a look!

Snow Angels

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

I have a quick post to share today.

This is one of my DT cards for this month's releases at

Beccy's Place.

I made an easel card using
"Snow Angels".

What a fun set this is to work with! I liked all 3

snow angels so much I had incorporate all of them in my project.

The images were colored with Spectrum Noir markers

to match the DP from  Recollections and fussy cut.

The frame was cut with 2 old Sizzix Originals dies,

Rectangle Frame and Jelly Frame.

I printed the sentiment from the set and die cut

with Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Frames.

The border was punched with a Fiskars border punch

and I finished up with some cotton for the snow (or clouds!)

and the tiny white snowflakes which are actually buttons.

I hope you'll visit 

Beccy's Place

and check out her other new sets.

Then hop over to the Beccy's Place Blog

and join in on the month long Holiday Card Challenge

where you'll have multiple chances to win

Beccy's Place images every day!

Thanks for taking a look!

I'm linking up to:

Winter Wonderland - Angels

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Snowman

Card and Scrap - Christmas

Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes

                                                              

Anything Goes with Creative Craft Cottage

Are you as happy as I am that the weekend is here?

And we have a new challenge starting today at

Creative Craft Cottage!

The theme this time around is

"Anything Goes".

3 Little Christmas Girls

I used a sweet image from our sponsor this week

All Dressed Up

The image was colored with Spectrum Noir markers

and die cut using Sizzix Framlits oval dies.

The sentiment was stamped with a Holiday Greetings

stamp from Hot Off the Press and embossed with gold

embossing powder from Ranger and die cut with a

Taylored Expressions label die.

The DP's and doily are from Recollections and

the gold enamel dots are Teresa Collins.

We hope you'll take the time to join us at

Creative Craft Cottage.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm linking up to:
All Dressed Up - Anything Goes
Creative Corner - Christmas (no red or green)
Craft for the Craic - Something Glittery

DTBST Your Choice

It's that time again!
We have a new DTBST challenge at

Sassy Studio Designs!

The theme is "Your Choice" (Anything Goes).

I'm trying to get a few more Christmas cards done
so I came up with this.

Using "Gemini"

I hope you'll stop by

Sassy Studio Designs

and join us for the challenge.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'm linking up to:

Aud Sentiments - Bingo (pattern paper, digi, favorite color)

Southern Girls - Twine, Tape or Ribbon

Creative Knockouts - Lace/Twine/Ribbon

Crafting for all Seasons - Girly

CASE-ing Christmas November

So how's everyone doing with your

Christmas cards this year?

If you need to get started or get some more made

I hope you'll check out

CASE-ing Christmas

for some inspiration!

Here's my latest Christmas card.

This is my CASE of my

CASE-ing Christmas

teammate Donna N.

I love the CAS feel of her card, although

CAS is not really my style so 

I used the 3 trees and red ribbon and bow

as inspiration for my creation.

What would you take from Donna's card

to create your own? We can't wait to see

what you come up with!

Thanks for taking a look!

I'm linking up to:
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes / die cuts
A Snowflakes Promise - Christmas/Winter

Autumn Hues

Happy Wednesday!

Time find a new challenge at

Crafty Gals Corner!

Fall is in full swing so we want to see your projects

that are inspired by "Autumn Hues".

Our sponsor this week is

Flat Friends Boutique

Prize: TBA

I made a card using "Foxy Friend".

The image was colored with Spectrum Noir markers,

fussy cut and popped on a tag from Prima.

My DP is from DCWV. The sentiment was cut

with a Taylored Expressions die. I added

some ribbon, bakers twine and leaf buttons.

I hope you'll join us at 

Crafty Gals Corner!

We'd love to see what you come up with!

Thanks for taking a look!

I'm linking up to:

Digi Choosday - Reds, Oranges & Browns

My Sheri Crafts - Tag You're It!

Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Let's Tag It

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Autumn and/or Halloween

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

HOC Technique Challenge

It's a new month and that means a new monthly challenge at

House of Cards!

This month we have a technique challenge.

We would like to see cards using
the Stamped Punch Window technique.

Here is what I came up with.

I started by stamping a Stampendous stamp called
Fireside Ivy on ivory colored cardstock.
Next I colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers.
I matted the outside of the image with brown card stock.
Next I took a Sizzix Framlits oval die and cut out the center of the image.
 The outside piece was then popped with foam tape on top of a green mat.
Next the center of the image was place inside the cut out
and the whole piece was added to the card base.

We hope you join in at House of Cards and show us your
Stamped Punch Window creation.

I'm linking up to:
Winter Wonderland - Anything Goes (Christmas)
Allsorts - Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas
Addicted to Stamps and More - Holiday