A Sweet Christmas Card

Yay, my first two Christmas cards of 2018 are now sitting in my stash... I made two of these using some older stuff that I've had sitting around for a bit.  I'm using the sketch from The Paper Players this week, as well as the pretty inspiration photo from Laurel's Inspired By challenge for the colours/kitchen theme:

 I got these adorable kitchen dies from Your Next Stamp this fall, so I added a few along with some snowflakes.  I fussy cut out my penguin, and popped him up with some pop dots.

Patterned papers are Snowhaven, CTMH; Cardstock is Glacier, Whisper & White Daisy, CTMH; Copic Markers; Dies are Your Next Stamp, Die-namics & STAX, Stamp set is Baking Penguins by Inky Antics.

Masculine cards

I've got a couple of masculine cards to share today, for several challenges that have closed!  Just couldn't quite get them photographed in time.  Oh well, I'm sharing them anyway :o)  Both are using the older Marjolaine papers from Basic Grey, and the Happy Thoughts stamp set from Verve.  *I am in time for The Paper Players colour challenge, though!  Scroll down to see the combo at the bottom of my post.  Here is one that was for the Fusion Sketch Challenge:

 And another shot to show how lovely the metallic silver strip is!

And this one was from last week's Freshly Made Sketch:

I used the colours from The Paper Players challenge this week:

Super Tuesday!

Here is my final Super Tuesday post... Four posts in one day is definitely a record for me (to be fair, the first two were made and prepped several days ago!) I've combined the wonderful masculine photo inspiration from The Challenge with this week's sketch from The Paper Players.  I love it when I can add a guy card to my stash!

Patterned papers are Sasparilla by October Afternoon; Cardstock is Pacifica & Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp set is You Mean the World to Me, CTMH; Ink is Black, CTMH and Vintage Photo, Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

The Paper Players #216

I had one more Witch Wanda image coloured up in greyscale... so I decided to make up another Halloween card when I saw that this week's theme challenge on The Paper Players was Halloween...  I've also been wanting to use this background paper on a card somehow (it reminds me of a paint chip!) and thought that this might work:

Patterened papers are Frightful, MME; Cardstock is Black & Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp set is Witch Wanda, Art Impressions; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Copic Markers; Baker's Twine, The Twinery; Enamel dots, Your Next Embellie; Cricut Artiste Cartridge.

The Paper Players and Mojo Monday

Just a quick card for you this morning, as I had a little time to play last night - making a card with the Mojo Monday sketch, using The Paper Players colour challenge for this week.  I pulled out some older CTMH papers, a favourite Verve stamp set and some fun new Tim Holtz distress glitter to make this:

Patterned paper is Wings, CTMH; Cardstock is Vineyard Berry, CTMH; Stamp set is Words of Wisdom, Verve; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Vineyard Berry Organdy ribbon, CTMH; Licorice Opaque Pearl, CTMH; Butterfly die, My Favorite Things; Tim Holtz Distress Glitter.

 

The Paper Players #147

I'm playing along with The Paper Players sketch challenge this week.  I had these little flowers already cut out and waiting for me on my desk, so I pulled out some matching Carta Bella papers and got to work:

Patterned papers are True Friends, Carta Bella; Cardstock is Slate, Cotton Candy & White Daisy, CTMH; Stamp sets are Borderline & Birthday Cheer Plain Jane, Verve; Meadow Leaf die, Memory Box; Mini Bookplate dies, Verve; Ink is Cotton Candy, CTMH & Tuxedo Black, Memento; Cricut Artiste cartridge, CTMH.

 

Mojo Monday #283 & The Paper Players #135

I pulled out a Verve stamp set and it's matching dies that I was lucky enough to win last year on their release hop!  I've used this week's Mojo Monday sketch, and am also entering The Paper Player's challenge which is a "stitching" theme this week:

Patterned papers are For the Record 2, Echo Park; Cardstock is Kraft, Topiary & Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp set is Lucky You, Verve; Classy Label Die & Shamrock dies, Verve; Ink is Desert Sand; Hemp, CTMH; Papers and corrugated die cut, Key Ingredients.

 

You are my Happy

This is another wonderful stamp from the Buzz & Bumble Workshop on the Go.  I'm working on building up my generic stash of birthday cards, so this one should fit the bill.  I've used this week's sketch from The Paper Players, and the colours from The Play Date Cafe:

 

Patterned papers are The Sweetest Thing, My Mind's Eye; Cardstock is Slate & White Daisy, CTMH; Stamp set is Buzz & Bumble, CTMH; Ink is Sorbet, CTMH; Spellbinder's die; Twine is American Crafts; Button & papers are Key Ingredients kit, Taylored Expressions.

The Paper Players Challenge #130

The Paper Players is hosting a sketch challenge this week, so I have a sneak peek of some new Spring Close To My Heart product that will be available on Feb 1st.  I kept it fairly masculine feeling:

 

Patterned papers are Buzz & Bumble; Cardstock is Cocoa & Colonial White; Cocoa grosgrain ribbon; Pewter brads; Sentiment is Scrapbook Sentiments - Poets; Inks are Cocoa & Creme Brulee; all Close To My Heart; Spellbinders label die.

Blue Valentine?

There are a few males in my life who I will be giving valentines to in a few weeks... so in an effort to make something a little more manly, I decided to use this week's colours from The Paper Players challenge #128.  It was all going rather well, until I decided to use some shiny Sassy Strands as a ribbon, and then added three little blue gems to the heart!  Oh well, it may not be the manliest card out there... but it is a valentine after all?  I used Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday sketch #87 quite literally.  The funny thing is that everything on this card (inks/papers/doo-dads) are all retired... always feels good to use up some old stuff:

Patterned papers are Dotty For You; Cardstock is Dutch Blue & Grey Flannel; Ink is Dutch Blue; Stamp set is Card Word Puzzle; Summer Celebrations Sassy Strands & Mini Medley - all CTMH.

Happy Anni-Verve-sary!

One of my favourite stamp companies - Verve - is celebrating their 5th Anniversary this month, and as part of their celebrations, they are having a Card Carnival for fans (like me!) to link up a card using some of their fabulous Verve products.  I decided to do a celebratory type of card using the sweet "Carpe Cupcake" stamp set - the sentiment on the inside of the card cracks me up!  This also works for this week's Paper Player's challenge to do paper piecing on a CAS style card:

Patterned papers are Baby Jane Mini-Deck by Cosmo Cricket; Stamp set is Carpe Cupcake, Verve; Ink is Rich Cocoa, Memento; Baker's Twine, The Twinery; Button, CTMH; Copic Markers; Cardstock is Kraft & Colonial White, CTMH.

A Couple of Challenges

I haven't had my Copics out for a while, so I combined this week's colour challenge at The Paper Players with the current Sweet Sunday Sketch - and used a cute little image that I got in a stamp swap.  I tweaked the sketch a little, but hopefully you can still see it in there somewhere:

Patterned papers are Tea for Two, Cosmo Cricket; Stamp sets are (boy-unknown), and Plain Jane, Verve; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Dies are Verve & Taylored Expressions; All papers Key Ingredients July Kit.  Copic Markers.

CAS Butterflies

When I saw both The Paper Players colour challenge and Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday sketch today, my card idea came together pretty quickly.  I have my Dotty patterned papers and my new (to me!) Taylored Expressions butterfly dies, so I didn't stray too far from Chupa's sample:

Patterned papers are Dotty for You; Cardstock is Colonial White; Stamp sets are Universal Backgrounds & Card Word Puzzle; Ink is Desert Sand; Mocha Opaque Pearls - all CTMH; Charming Oval dies by Verve; Butterfly dies, Taylored Expressions.

The Paper Players Challenge #101

The Paper Players have a sketch challenge this week, so I dug deep into my stash of supplies and came up with some older papers and stamps for this card.  I'm not an overly 'girly' cardmaker, so I actually had fun doing this one for a change:

Patterned papers are Daydream; Cardstock is Black, Lilac Mist, White Daisy & Sweet Leaf; Stamp set is Princess; Ink is Black; Prisma Glitter - all CTMH; Copic marker, Spellbinder's and Taylored Expressions dies.

Blowing You Kisses

I've seen a number of cards using negative die cuts over the last while, and when I saw this card by Jen del Muro, I decided to try something similar.  I couldn't decide how to use the Inspired By inspiration picture this week, but finally decided to do something "on a stick" and using green... and the grey/pink/green colour combo is based on this week's Paper Players challenge:

Check out the Inspired By challenge for this week - Laurel has a great prize up for grabs!

Patterned papers are Urban Prairie, Basic Grey & Dotty by CTMH; Cardstock is White Daisy & Grey Wool, CTMH; Stamp set & Pinwheel die, L'il Inker Designs; Cloud Duo dies, Taylored Expressions; Icicle border die, My Favourite Things; Baker's Twine, The Twinery; Pearl Brad, Echo Park.