Freshly Made Sketches #711

 I pulled out an older product to make a card for Freshly Made Sketches.

The Joy Wreath from Catherine Pooler was cut from Desert Storm and colored with Polychromos pencils.  One hint: leave the die in the cardstock to color.  I thought it looked rather rustic so I followed the through with that by adding it to some Altenew Spicy Yogurt cardstock that was lightly inked around the edges with Frayed Burlap DI.  The little bow is from Papertrey Ink and the sentiment die is from the wreath set.

I have more than enough Christmas cards made but it's always good to get a head start on next year.  Now I just have to do the inside sentiments and print the labels.  My goal is December 1. 

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Just Us Girls #800 - Celebrating 800 Challenges with Anything Goes

Can you believe it?  This is Just Us Girls' 800th challenge.  Our host Vicki decided to make it an Anything Goes challenge.

To add to the celebration, some of the Team Members are giving away a prize on their blog.  To win, you need to play in this challenge, and also leave a comment on the Team Member's personal blog.  I am giving away the following hot foil plate from Spellbinders.

Remember - you must play in the challenge and comment on my blog post to be eligible to win.

This being the first challenge of the month, we are welcoming a guest designer, Leslie Miller.  Please take time to visit her blog and leave a comment.  You'll love seeing all her wonderful cards.  

Now for mine:

When I saw Nicki Hearts Cards make a card with the PTI Snowdrops I knew they had to be mine.  EZPZ die cuts shaded with Distress Ink and arranged on a panel of SB Oceantide that has been embossed with the SU Subtle folder.  The sentiment is a PFS Christmas Banner.  So simple yet so sweet.  

Now it's your turn.  Let's fill that gallery with whatever strikes your fancy.

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Time Out #301 - Favorite Holiday

Your favorite holiday is the theme for this challenge at Time Out and that leaves it open to a wide variety of choices.  

I love all holidays but decided to go with Christmas and a family tradition.

Stockings were always a big part of our Christmas morning, when I was a kid and when I had kids.  They'd be filled with fruit, candy, nuts and little gift items that would fit . . or not. 😁  Mine is filled more for decoration than gift giving.  The dies are from SB's Stocking Full of Joy, cut in patterned paper from Honey Bee and scraps of cardstock.  The background folder is Holiday Greenery from SSS. 

While I had all the dies out, I made a second card. 

This one has the gingerbread man instead of a gnome and the background is SSS Hand-lettered Holiday clear heat embossed for a tone on tone look.  

Angie Blom Digital Designs is the sponsor for this challenge and the winner will get a $20 store credit. 

The Design Team and our guest Stef Perry have some wonderful holiday cards to inspire you.  What's your favorite holiday?  Tell us by making a card for the challenge.  We'd love to see you in our gallery.

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The Flower Challenge #108

Being November, the month of Thanksgiving, The Flower Challenge would like to see you make a thanks card.

I decided to do mine in rather Autumnal colors for the season.

The Be Bold Blooms from Spellbinders made the focal point of my card.  Their Acorn cardstock was cut at an angle and the flowers arranged along that line.  The sentiment die is from Altenew, layered to give it some stability and dimension. 

I'm sure you all make thank you, thanks, thankful cards.  Why not send one to the gallery at The Flower Challenge?  We'd love to see you there.  For inspiration, please check out the fabulous cards from the Design Team.

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Just Us Girls #794 - CASE a Designer

It's the fifth Thursday in October which means it's a CASE the Designer Challenge at Just Us Girls.

My dear friend Michele knows how much I love daisies and gifted me with Altenew's Oxeye Daisy stamp/stencil/die set for my birthday.  I have three cards made from the set to give you options.  Up first is my favorite.

It's my favorite because it's the traditional color of daisies. A little Lost Shadow for shading and some Altenew ink gave me the look I wanted.  What I didn't like was the white outline from the die cut.  Artist Markers to the rescue.  Galactic Stream was the perfect match to C9's Peacock that was cut with an MFT Elegant rectangle.  (It looks darker in the photo). 

This one looks more like a black-eyed Susan.  The Starlight marker worked beautifully with PTI's Enchanted Evening.  

This is actually the first one I made, using the stencils as they are meant to be used.  On the others I eliminated the shading layer.  Here the image is stamped directly onto a panel which was embossed with the Honey Bee burlap folder before adding to a Saffron card base.  

If these cards aren't your style, the Design Team has a great array of cards for you to CASE (Copy and selectively edit).  Pick one, let us know who if it's not obvious, and enter it in the gallery.  We'd love to see how you are inspired by our cards.

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