Star of Light

Just a quick post to show you the Christmas card I made for the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge found HERE.  

STAMPS: Star of Light
INK: Midnight Muse, Versamark
PAPER: Pool Party, Silver Foil, Winter Frost DSP
OTHER: 1/8" silver ribbon, Irridescent Ice EP, Starlight Thinlits

Christmas Cardinal

 Get ready for string of Christmas cards! I'm running out of time to get my cards planned and stamped so I better get started.
  This first one will be my only card made using non-Stampin' Up stamps. This stamp set is from Hero Arts and it's part of their color layering stamp collection.  I made this card using the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. I'm also taking the challenge from Merry Monday to use birds on my Christmas card.

STAMPS: Hero Arts Color Layering Cardinal
INK: Poppy Parade, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Old Olive
PAPER: Real Red, Early Espresso, Old Olive, Whisper White, Candlelight Christmas DSP
OTHER: Hero Arts Cardinal dies, found piece of birch bark

Birthday Card for Gabby

  I have my daughters birthday card to share with you today. Gabby has been in love with moose since our trip to Yellowstone National park last summer. So, I gathered up as many cute moose stamps as I could find and combined them with some bright and wild colors. They all came together for this funky moose-a-delic card. 
  This card is in being entered in the challenge at Global Design Projest found HERE.  The theme is  animals/pets.  

STAMPS: Lawn Fawn Critters in the Artic, Lawn Fawn Dad and Me, Digital stamp, SU It's Your Birthday
INK: Memento Black, Various Copics markers
PAPER: Yoyo Yellow, Only Orange, Neenah Solar White, Basic Black, lime green cardstock from my "stash", Gabby's favorite wrapping paper

Best Fishes

I have another version of yesterday's card.  This time I followed the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches found HERE.  I had to turn the sketch and mirror it to make it work for my fishies!  

STAMPS: Hero Arts Color Layering Goldfish, SU Vertical Greetings, Back to Basics Alphabet, On Your Birthday
INK: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray, Pacific Point, Cucumber Crush, Tim Holtz Distress ink-Mown Lawn, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean, Versamark
PAPER: Pacific Point, Cucumber Crush, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Vellum, cold press watercolor paper
OTHER: Decorative Dots EF, Clear EP, White EP, Crystal Effects, Hero Arts Goldfish dies

Goldfish Friends

This card was inspired by the sketch challenge at Global Design Project found HERE.  The card concept was inspired by the challenge at Tic Tac Toe Challenges found HERE. I used the middle row, Friendship/Blues and Greens/Ink Blending. 

STAMPS: Hero Arts Color Layering Goldfish, SU Endless Birthday Wishes, SU Endless Thanks
INK: Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray, Pacific Point, Cucumber Crush, Tim Holtz Distress ink-Mown Lawn, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean
PAPER: Pacific Point, Cucumber Crush, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Vellum, cold press watercolor paper
OTHER: Swirly Scribbles Thinlits, Decorative Dots EF, Clear EP, Crystal Effects, Hero Arts Goldfish dies

Clean and Simple Fall

I have a super quick, clean and simple, fall card for you. This card was inspired by the sketch challenge at Try Stampin' On Tuesday found HERE. I'm also submitting this card for the clean and simple taste of fall challenge at The Paper Players found HERE.  And finally, I'm trying out another challenge site new to me.  It is Retro Rubber Challenge Blog (found HERE) and their requirement is to use at least one stamp that is older than a year. I'm using the Sheltering Tree stamp set from 2015 and the Lots of Thanks stamp set from 2013-14 catalog. 

                                     

STAMPS: Sheltering Tree, Lots of Thanks

INK: Early Espresso, Tangerine Tango, Crushed Curry

PAPER: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Tangerine Tango

OTHER: Triple Banner Punch, Lil' Inkers Stitched Rectangles

Happy Colors for a Happy Couple

Do people still write thank you notes?   I hope so because here is a cute card set I made for a new bride to write her thank you notes.  Her outdoor wedding was filled with sunshine and beautiful colorful flowers and since "Happy Colors" is the challenge at Sunday Stamps, I thought these cards fit the theme quite nicely. You can see the challenge HERE.  

STAMPS: Falling Flowers, Brushstroke Alphabet
INK: Elegant Eggplant, Pear Pizzazz
PAPER: Whisper White Notecards, Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo, Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Window Sheets
OTHER: May Flowers Framelits, Rose Garden Thinlits, Deco Labels Framelits, Pear Pizzazz Taffeta Ribbon, Brothers Scan-n-Cut, Champagne Glimmer Paint