Christmas Kickstart #108 - Out of the Woods

I had a little fun with my card for Christmas Kickstart.  The "Out of the Woods" prompt sent me looking for forest patterned paper.  I was going to use a different bear but settled on Spellbinders Festive Friends.  That features a Polar Bear but I did something different with him.

You'd usually find black bears in the forest so that's how I cut him.  Then I got silly and decided that the bear wouldn't want to be seen so I put him in a sweater that camouflaged him.  Camouflaged until he ran into a string of Christmas lights that is.  The sentiment is from an older Ellen Hutson set called Bear Wear that was heat embossed in clear to make it show up.  

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Inkspirational #363

I made a quick card for the green challenge at Inkspirational.

That top layer of the Concord and 9th plaid is not the black it appears to be but PTI Pinefeather and the bottom layer is Spellbinders Fern, all on Gina K Ivory.  The sentiment is from SSS.  EZPZ and ready for my masculine file.

ETA:  With encouragement from JoAnn, I'm also sending my card to Seize the Birthday where the topping is green as the main color.  

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Freshly Made Sketches #728

I'm still trying to use older stamps when making cards and I have one that sparked my card for Freshly Made Sketches.  Christmas Rose from WPlus9.

It is stamped with Memento Toffee Crunch and colored with CP inks for the flowers and Distress Inks for the leaves.  I added white anthers with a Uni-Ball pen and a few splatters before stamping the sentiment from PTI in Toffee Crunch.  The colors were inspired by my own flowers that I always called Lenten Roses, scientific name Hellebore.  

Pardon the dead leaves in the middle.  When I know the frost is over they will be removed.  

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Just Us GIrls #815 - Mood Board Week

It's Mood Board Week at Just Us Girls and Carol M has chosen this.

Aren't those painted rocks fun?  I can't wait to see what you make for the challenge. This is what came to me.

Spellbinder's Essential Floral Reflection was cut from PTI Smoky Shadow and their Floral Reflection flowers were cut from scraps.  The background is Luxurious Motifs from Altenew and I thought a scalloped circle for the sentiment from EH went well with it.

The Design Team and our guest Milla have wonderful cards for you to see.  I hope you take a look and  get inspired to make a card.

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Time Out #308

There's an interesting challenge for us all at Time Out.

That clear element can be anything from a shaker window to an acetate card base and everything in between.  I went with the acetate base.

If you think photographing gold and silver are difficult, this is worse.  I couldn't lay the card down and everything shows behind it but you get the picture.   The acetate is from Pinkfresh Studio as is the washi image that is on the front.  After placing the wide washi tape on cardstock, it was die cut along with three other pieces to use to back the floral one and then have a place for a sentiment on the inside. 

The sentiment is from BetterPress foiled in gold.  

What will your element be?  There is wonderful inspiration from the Design Team and our guest designer Verena on the blog post.  We are being sponsored by Uniko who is offering our winner a $25 store credit. 

 

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