Freshly Made Sketches #751 and NBUS #89

My friend Michele is the host at Freshly Made Sketches and has given us a great sketch to base our cards on.  I made another Halloween card.

I wanted to do something other than squares and the NBUS Penny Black Ripple frame die was on my desk and I used the centers to put my image and sentiment on.  The bat from Unity's Creep it Tweet was stamped on light gray and edged with Black Soot.  The sentiment from the set is white heat embossed on darker gray, edged in white.  To add more fun, I glued the two circles together and popped them up with a paper square.  They fold to the right for mailing. 

The first time with the dies and this image means off my card goes to Darnell's NBUS challenge.

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Just Us Girls #838 - Stencil Week

Denise is the host for Stencil Week at Just Us Girls and it's Anything Goes. 

I chose to stencil Altenew's Sunny Flowers with Gina K Carnation inks and Altenew Forest Glade and Frayed Leaf after stamping them with Toffee Crunch ink for a softer look. I saw Therese Calvird use colored cardstock for a background so I embossed Always Sunshine on light green paper.   The sentiment from the set was stamped directly on the card. 

There is plenty of inspiration from the Design Team and our guest designer Betty Keefe on the blog. 

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The Paper Players #800 and Love Those Pretty Papers

The Paper Players are celebrating their 800th challenge and went back to their very first sketch challenge for this anniversary.  Congratulations on inspiring us for all those years and here's to many more.

I went through all the stamps and dies I had with me and came up with another Christmas card for my stash.

I started with the poinsettia from C9 Festive Blooms, then went searching for some patterned paper to go with it.  All three pieces came from a Vintage Christmas pack from The Paper Studio.  The music piece actually has my sentiment included on it.  A little distressing with Hickory Smoke added a more vintage look to the poinsettia. 

With all that DSP I have to send my card to Love Those Pretty Papers - without the theme. 

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Christmas Kickstart #113 and Jingle Belles

The gals at Jingle Belles are the elves at Christmas Kickstart this month and their chosen theme is "A Friend is for Life and not just at Christmas".  Seems pretty appropriate, doesn't it?

For my card I used the Festive Friends dies from Spellbinders.  The Polar Bear's sweater is patterned paper as is the snowy background that was cut with PFS Blanket Stitch Rectangles.  A little sparkle was added to the penguin's hat to go along with the sentiment from PFS.  

The Jingle Belles have a masculine theme for their challenge and I think this fits so off my card goes to them too.

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