Jingle Belles and NBUS #83

There is a fun mid-century modern photo to inspire us over at Jingle Belles.  I took the opportunity to use a NBUS Santa die so my card will go there too.

St. Nick was on sale at Spellbinders and I had to have him although I didn't realize at the time that he doesn't fit on an A2 card.  No problem.  I like making Monarch cards (3 5/8 by 7 1/4) and have the envelopes to fit.  Except for the C9 Cranberry everything is from scraps.  The background is the HexSnowflake folder from SB.  I must admit I had to watch a video to see how to put him together and I'm glad I did because she had some good tips. 

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Freshly Made Sketches #722

I don't know what made me pull out my Pins and Needles Jar dies from Spellbinders while looking for something for the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches but once I took a look at it, an idea came to mind.

Next I went looking for paper with stitches on it and found this one from an old, old paper pack from WeRMemory Keepers.  No stitches so I added them with Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles.  The sentiment is from BetterPress.  

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Just Us Girls #809 - Die Week

Sue is the host for Die Week at Just Us Girls and she wants us to use a heart die on our cards. 

I just had to pull out my Heart Hugs set from Honey Bee for this.

Isn't he just the cutest, holding that tiny heart?  He's resting on a folk heart from Ellen Hutson that was stamped with a sentiment from The Greetery.  The background is Concord and 9th Poppy embossed with Spellbinder's Cross My Heart folder. 

I'm also sending my card to The Paper Players  where Claire has a 'Love is in the Air' challenge. 

There are so many ways to use hearts on your card.  Let's go see what the Design Team has done to inspire you to make a card for the challenge.  

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Time Out #306 - Pick Two

It's time for a Pick Two Challenge at Time Out.

You can pick any two or more of the words to make your card. I picked red, pink, heart and aperture.

The gumball machine is from Concord and 9th, a set called I Chews You.  I turned it into a shaker using the die that comes with the set and plenty of foam tape.  I'm not going to explain how this goes together except to tell you it was stamped separately in Altenew Heartbeat ink, die cut and placed on a panel partially embossed with the SB Cross My Heart folder so I had room for the sentiment. The circle and heart dies are part of the set and they were cut from red and pink scraps.  I also added some Sugar Jelly Hearts from Trinity. 

Now it's your turn to pick two and make a card.  You could win a $25 store credit from our sponsor Lawn Fawn.

I'm also sending my card to Color Hues for their red and pink challenge.

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Seize the Birthday #319

The topping at Seize the Birthday is 'rainbow of colors'.  I watched Therese Calvird's video about rainbow colored flowers and then saw the one my friend Marcia made and had to try it.

The stencil is Elegant Rose from SSS, colored with Altenew inks.  I trimmed the panel down with a SSS stitched square, mounted it on Altenew Moonstone glitter cardstock and then onto my card base.  The unbranded sentiment die is from the same paper.  Do you think you'd like to try making a rainbow flower? 

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