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'Tis the season for Christmas cards! I have so many fun things in my stash, and it's nice to have the help of a few challenges to inspire me to use them!
And I decorated the inside, of course:
Inspiration/Challenges:
Allsorts #599: (Sat) Santa, Elves, Angels with option of Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: (Wed) Anything Goes
Sketch Saturday: (Sat) Sketch #637
This fortnight at the International Art & Soul Challenge our theme is Pink in December.
Inspiration/Challenges:
Feeling Sketchy (M) Sketch #248
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: (W) Christmas
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Our theme this month at the UnstampaBelles challenge is: Believe (per our wonderful Blog Mistress Susan: "To have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something or someone, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so. Can be in a person or a myth or fairy tale or yourself"). with the optional twist of: Use an Unusual Fold.
For my unusual fold I used the tutorial for a Spring Fold Card from Beccy's Place.
I made a silly yet elegant anniversary card for my amazing husband. "Potato wine" is my stupid joke for "Vodka" but Mom gave me this great potato topper and I knew it would make him laugh! I came up with the sentiment poem myself, obviously! He has always believed in me, for over 20 years!
It's that time again: the Autumn/Winter Blog Hop with the Coffee Loving Cardmakers! I always enjoy playing along.
I was super inspired my the Sketch + Primary Colors challenge at AAA Cards; I don't usually do classically CAS cards, but I couldn't resist this challenge! I had lots of fun with it.
I used a Shaker Creator set from Tonic Studios for my focal image. The strip of paper is from my stash; I inked it with yellow. The sentiment on the inside of the cup is heat-embossed in white; the other sentiment is stamped with my all-time favorite ink pad. I filled the shaker with red & yellow fruit shapes from Queen & Co.
This fortnight at the International Art & Soul Challenge our theme is Gratitude.
I made a Peek-a-Boo Card, inspired by the great tutorial at Beccy's Place, using a birdhouse-shaped die. The little birdie came with the birdhouse; to make the dies into stamps, I cut them from a foam sheet, adhered it to a stamp block with double-sided tape, inked it with watermark ink, and heat-embossed iit with glittery white powder.
I put the message section on the back. This is a fold fold, because it still folds flat.
Inspiration/Challenges:
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