So how has your weekend been? Do any Black Friday/Small business Saturday shopping, I did. Happy to say while I might have been away from the computer for a few days, I’ve completed a large chunk of holiday shopping.  House is completely decorated and a large pot of homemade spaghetti sauce is on the stove today. I plan on spending today crafting and watching some football.

Today’s card is for the Stamp Ink Paper challenge #24, a Color Challenge. Click on the banner to check out their blog.  For my card I decided to use one of my current favorite holiday stamp sets for a non-holiday card. While the colors say holiday, they aren’t for just the holidays any more.

I started with two pieces of Whisper White one cut 1″ x 1″ smaller than the other with a tiny piece of glue holding them together for stamping. The Reason for the Season stamp set has a three step stamp that creates a “flower” for a non-holiday card or poinsettia for a holiday card. First I stamped the black image, then Watermelon Wonder and finally Cucumber Crush. Sentiment is from the Tin of Cards stamp set.  Next I separated the pieces, covered each with VersaMark ink and sprinkled with Iridescent Ice Embossing powder and heat set.  Then they are matted on Basic Black card stock.  Card base is Thick Whisper White card stock. Dimensional separate against the layers.

Close up of the sparkle, VersaMark Ink and Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder can ready set up any project!

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Happy Pre-Thanksgiving Day, will you be spending the day preparing for tomorrow?  I plan do to as much kitchen prep as possible and pick up the pumpkin pie, might even get my new tires installed today, we’ll just see how that goes.

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Now on to today’s card which is for the Global Design Project weekly challenge which just happens to be “Case the Designer – Brian King”, banner below. There are many definitions of CASE (Copy And Steal Everything, Copy And Share Everything), but in this situation the definition is Copy And Selectively Edit. This means you can be inspired by ANYTHING on this card. I decided to use the stamp set “Snow Place”  which just happens to come in a bundle with matching dies.

For my card I started with a Whisper White card base and a piece of Crumb Cake that I ran through the Big Shot using the Woodland Textured Embossing folder and using a sponge lightly added some white to the branches. Using Snow Place stamp set stamped a Penguin, a couple little Snowmen and some accessories to dress them up! To finish the card used some Snowflake Elements with rhinestones added in the center for sparkle and bling! Pretty darn cute if you ask me!

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How’s everything with you? It’s been a while since I last posted. I’ve been busy with work, making holiday cards in the evening and dealing with my car. My goal is to have as many cards as possible done by Thanksgiving so I can enjoy December and not feel rushed to get things done. As for my car, tomorrow I need to take it back to the dealer to have the hood latch sensor replaced, nothing worse than the car alarm going off all time of day or night because it thinks the hood is open. Now on to some card making . . .

Today’s card is for the Stamp Ink Paper weekly challenge which happens to be a sketch this week. Click on the banner below to check out the blog and see all cool designs there.

To make my card I started with a couple pieces of the Into the Woods Designer Series paper and used the Ornate Tag Topper punch to create a tag to set my sentiment on. To make the sentiment “Grateful”, I used four different colors of card stock (Soft Suede, Mossy Meadow, Daffodil Delight and Tangelo Twist), die cut the word from the Seasonal Frame Thinlits and glued them together for depth and a little interest from the side view.  The card base is Mossy Meadow and is a top folding card. The bow and strip around is made from retired Tangelo Twist Stitched Satin ribbon.

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Happy Friday the 13th!

Today’s card is for the Can You Case It weekly challenge. For my card, I decided to switch from a portrait to landscape version of a layout.

To make my card I first started with the Festive Fireplace Bundle, stamped, colored (with various Stampin Write Markers I have purchased through out the year) and die cut with their matching die. For the fireplace you do need to do some fussy cutting since there is no die, but it’s very easy and quick. I decided to do a side folding card and cut about 1″ off the front to allow for stamping on the “inside” that shows on the “outside”. Using the Brick Wall textured embossing folder on the front, I ran the card stock through my Big Shot and tied some retired Early Espresso Bakers Twine around the fold of the card and tied off a bow. Next, I glued the fireplace down and all the other items down. There are dimensionals behind the greens on the mantel. I used Crystal Effects on the flames to make then shine. To finish off the card I stamped Merry Christmas in Real Read & the Holly Berries from the Snow Place stamp set. Used a red sharpie to color some rhinestones red and attached as the berries to the card for some bling.

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Happy Monday, how was your weekend? I had a pretty busy one, visited a few Holiday Craft shows where I picked up a Pumpkin Roll and some birthday gifts, stopped at a few consignment stores, Home Goods, Dollar Tree and food shopping – and that was just on Saturday. Sunday I decided just to take it easy, catch up on watching some You Tube video’s and watch a few Hallmark Christmas movies!

Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card challenge #169, click here to check out their blog.

To make my card I started with a card base of Whisper White. To create the pattern on a piece of Whisper White I used the Watercolor Words Photopolymer Stamp set and five different ink pads – Daffodil Delight, Watermelon Wonder, Tangerine Tango, Cucumber Crush and Bermuda Bay. Using a scrap piece of paper to cover the top third of the Whisper White and just stamped away mixing up the images. Once I adhered the Whisper White to the Cucumber Crush mat I wrapped around a piece of the Dotted Lace Trim, tied a bow and adhered to the card base with some dimensionals. Used the Tags & Labels Framelits with Watermelon Wonder and Cucumber Crush to create some tags and the ‘Make a Wish” is stamped in Cucumber Crush from the Perfect Pennants stamp set. To finish off the card is a Bermuda Bay heart punched from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and some Pearls.

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Happy Wednesday, half way through the week. They say today we should have temperatures in the mid 70’s, what a great fall day, I hope to spend my lunch hour enjoying it! How’s the weather in your neck of woods today?

Today’s card is for the MOJO Monday 422 challenge, you can check out their blog by clicking here.

When I saw the layout for this card it just screamed designer series paper to me so I started looking through my stash and loved this combination from the Into the Woods Designer Series Paper Pack. I used the Acorny Thank You Photopolymer Bundle (stamp set with matching punch at a 15% savings) to create the focal image and added a small bow tied from the new Gold Cording Trim.

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Happy Monday, welcome to the week. Not sure about you, but it takes me a few days to get use to it being lighter earlier in the morning and darker sooner at night. I forgot the change one of the kitchen clocks and it through me off this morning. Fun story about the clock in my car, a few years back in spring I couldn’t figure out how to change the clock (and I’m not a direction reader) so I just waiting until my nephew (40 years younger than me) was here for a visit in the summer and asked him if he knew what to do (they had the same type of car) and he said “Aunt Karen just press the button with the H for hour and M for minute”, safe to say changing the time in my car is one think I remember how to do!

Today’s card is for the Can You Case It weekly challenge, fall edition. Don’t forget to check out their blog.

Let me say first that I am a dog person, but the cat image is perfect for this card.  To make my card I decided to use the Festive Fireplace and Happy Scenes stamp sets, I liked the idea of the cat sitting at the window looking out at the birds. Let me tell you how I made the image in the window. First I stood in front of my ink pad catty and pulled out about 9 colors (Hello Honey, Pumpkin Pie, Tangelo Twist, Rich Razzleberry, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, White Craft ink, Early Espresso and Sahara Sand). First I stamped one image of the tree and birds using Early Espresso on thick Whisper White and another on a piece of scrap paper and cut the scrap paper on at the horizon line to create two masks. Using sponge daubers and the ink pads I sponged the colors (light to dark) to create the sky and earth, masking the part I didn’t want to get the colors on. Colored the birds with a red sharpie. Next I die cut the window frame, ledge and cat and sponged on color for depth. There are dimensionals between the scene and window frame. Sentiment and linen thread finish off the card in the upper right corner.

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