Krafty Chicks #824

I am way behind on my Christmas cards and was playing around with a die set from Concord and 9th the other day.  Then I remembered that this is the week Krafty Chicks has their Christmas challenge so I'm sending my card to their gallery.

The die is called Poinsettia Quilt Top.  It's cut from three papers from a paper pack by Craft Consortium. The joy die is part of the set.  

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Freshly Made Sketches #740

My good friend Michele has a scene sketch over at Freshly Make Sketches so I made a scene - on my card. LOL

Before I could make a scene I had to decide what the focal point would be.  The Spellbinders Country Snowman caught my attention and that meant a snowy scene made with Gina K Masking Magic and Altenew inks.  I had planned to make a lot of Christmas cards while at the lake.  Would you believe I forgot to bring a single Christmas sentiment stamp?  I will have to add one to the card later.  

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Just Us Girls #827 - Word Week

The Just Us Girls challenge is wide open as Vicki has chosen this as her word for the week.

There are so many ways you can go with this theme that I expect to see a lot  of cards in our gallery.  One thing that means summer to me is something I happen to have just the stamp set for.

That's right!  What's summer without s'mores?  This S'mores set is from The Greetery. The graham crackers were cut from Kraft cardstock and the marshmallows were colored with Distress Inks in Antique Linen, Frayed Burlap and Gathered Twigs.  Don't ask how many combinations I tried to get the look I wanted and this is the best I could do,  The chocolate is done with Altenew's Mocha and Espresso.  The sentiment is The Greetery's Warm and Cozy and the background is an ancient Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.  

Let's go take a look at how Kellianne and the rest of the Design Team put Summer on their cards. 

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Time Out #315 - Pick Two

There is a fun and appropriate Pick Two challenge at Time Out this fortnight.

You can use as many as you want as long as there are at least two on your card.  I went with Summer, Beach and Water. 

I've had that water patterned paper since back in my scrapbooking days and it worked great for my ocean/lake.  The edges were torn to represent the foamy waves and they are washing up on sand patterned paper.  The gulls and other nautical images are from Spellbinder's Oh Buoy set and the sentiment is from Stamplorations.  

Our sponsor for this challenge is Newton's Nook and they are sending our winner a $25 store credit.  The winner is also invited to be a guest designer, so get making those cards.  

If you need inspiration, the Design Team has plenty for you on the blog.

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The Paper Players #789

Stef's challenge at The Paper Players is for a masculine card and I wanted to show you the one I made for my brother's birthday.

The gas pumps are from C9's Fueled with Love, cut from scraps.  The background is Altenew's Checkered Squares embossing folder.  The sentiment is computer generated.  This was so fun to make and I came up with a few other sentiments to make more.  

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