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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Inkspirational #374

The theme at Inskpirational is Garden and I had the perfect set for it.  

I made a shaped card using Concord and 9th Garden Grown stencils, Altenew Inks and Spellbinders Essential Stylish Ovals.   One sentiment wouldn't do so I stamped two on MFT circles and cut one with a sentiment strip die.  They are all part of the Garden Grown set.    

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Freshly Made Sketches #750 and NBUS #89

While looking for something else the new Creep It Tweet set from Unity fell out and I thought it would be great for Cecile's challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.  I'm also sending my card to Darnell's NBUS.

This is actually my second card.  I started a different one then used it as a template as I tried out what I wanted to do.  This one uses Fresh Picked Labels from Spellbinders to stamp my witch on and then a larger one cut in green to frame it. I added Wilted Violet around the edge of the white and Black Soot around the green and DSP from Honey Bee, coloring the eyes and beak with Ohuhu markers.  The lines were hand drawn and the sentiment is from the stamp set. 

This one has MFT squares at an angle in the center and the panel was trimmed to leave a white border.  Now I have two Halloween cards ready for my adult grands. I think they will get a kick out of the image. 

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Just Us Girls #837 - Mood Board Week

Lisa is the host for Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls and this is her board.

Sunflowers and butterflies along with bright colors should inspire you to make a card.

I saw Jennifer McGuire cover a card with Spellbinders Sunflowers and loved it.  I should have made enough to cover the entire card but I didn't' want to have to cut any of them down to fill the edges.  They are cut from PTI's Harvest Gold with Wild Honey Distress Ink for shading.  

The Design Team and our guest Betty Keefe have some glorious creations that will want you to make a card for our challenge.  I hope you do.

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Time Out #320 - Photo Inspiration

We have a gorgeous photo taken by team member Kate for our inspiration this fortnight at Time Out. 

I hadn't used my alcohol inks in quite a while and knew they would make the best panel for my card.

Pinkfresh Studio's Stained Glass die was cut from black and placed over the top.  The sentiment from C9's Shine Brighter was heat embossed on vellum and turned into a sticker with my Xyron. 

We are sponsored by Top Flight who will give the winner a $25 store credit.  The team is also being joined by Jane Taylor as a guest designer.  

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