Christmas Landscape

This morning I found myself inspired by the challenge at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.
They're having a theme challenge which is Christmas Landscape. Well I happen to have an Inkadinkado stamp I purchased just before this last Christmas that I've been itching to try
and stamp and emboss in silver on black and thought this challenge gave me the perfect
opportunity to do so. I found Seize the Sketch had a sketch that I thought would work well.
The papers are from DCWV and here's the finished product. Probably not my best effort
but it's different than the other Christmas cards I've made. 

Thanks for taking a look!

Bee Mine!

One last post for the weekend.  This time I managed to get a card done for the

Just Us Girls challenge using the color combo from Color Throwdown.  I have

to admit the challenge at Just Us Girls was really that, a challenge, for me. You

are to use a technique where die cuts are inked. And let me tell you, this is a

neat one, meaning good, not neat, as it's quite messy!  It took me at least 5 tries

before I was happy with what I ended up with.  Don't know if I'll use it again, but

it was fun trying.

Thanks for taking a look!

Just for You Valentine

It's been a few weeks since I played along over at Freshly Made Sketches so I

thought I'd  take a look and see what this weeks sketch is like.  I'm seeking all

the inspiration I can since I need to make a few more Valentine's cards.  There's

nothing like waiting until the last moment right? Here's what I found and then

decided to do.

I have so much stuff sitting around that I need to use up and the papier tole image from

Hot Off the Press that I used on this card is some of that.  I once again had trouble trying

to get a decent photo.  The card really looks much better in person.  Oh well, anyway

it came together really quickly. It just took a few minutes to layer all the pieces and do

the embossing, which is done with a Sizzix embossing folder.  Thanks for taking a look!

Christmas Cardinal

Continuing my quest to get about 70 Christmas cards done this year I have one inspired

by the color challenge over at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown. 

So I chose to go with red, blue and black along with the gold.  I had the cardinal left from

last year's Christmas stash. It is a gold dazzles sticker that I backed with red card stock and

a tiny piece of blue behind the snowflake. I used my Stampabilities "Composer's Dream"

stamp for the plain circle die cut, inked the edges with red  ink and added it to the black

scalloped die cut. This was placed on the white embossed panel, added the cardinal  and

punched some blue snowflakes to which I added some blue gems. So, I think this is the

sixth Christmas card I've completed?  Only about 64 more to go! Thanks for taking a look!

Valentine in Soft Pink & Light Green

I'm beginning to realize I started too late to get as many Valentine cards made as I really

wanted to.  This is only the 5th one done so far.  I used the color combination over at

Dynamic Duos as inspiration, yet once again. 

I ran in to Michaels yesterday and found the heart stamp I used for 75 cents plus I got
20% off that, so for 60 cents I think it worked out pretty well on this card! I die cut
the frame with a spellbinders die and inked it to match the stamping. Used one of my
favorite Martha Stewart border punches and added some Recollections" bling on a
roll".  Thanks for taking a look!

Garden of Posies

I managed to get one more card done yesterday.  This time I  used the sketch for the

challenge over at Just Us Girls.  

I've not made any cards recently with 3-D papier tole and I really wanted to put this one to

use.  These are foil die cuts called Garden of Posies from Hot Off the Press. The DP's are
from DCWV's Cafe Mediterranean stack. The green ribbon is actually some Christmas
ribbon I've had for a while and I used Dazzle stickers for the greeting.
Thanks for taking a look!

Red & Teal Valentine

The challenge at Dynamic Duos this week is to use red and teal.  I love red and teal together

so I thought I'd use those colors to get another Valentine's card made.

I pulled out the Cricut to cut out the hearts and the way they ended up was not what I
originally envisioned. What is actually a double heart became a triple heart and I have to
say I liked the way it turned out! Funny how that works!  Anyway, I also used a couple of
embossing folders, printed the greeting on the computer and added that dazzle sticker in
the center of the red heart as an afterthought. Thanks for taking a look!