Time Out #302

It's another pick two at Time Out.

I think it's fun to make a card by picking two or more words to inspire me.  For mine I picked white, sparkle and I guess you could say nature.

It all started with the snowflake circle from Memory Box cut in Altenew Moonstone glitter cardstock.  The Winterhaven images from Catherine Pooler were cut from white and arranged on a circle to fit behind the snowflake frame. To keep it white, I taped the window and door cutouts in place. Nuvo glitter drops were added to the tops of the houses and trees.  The peace die from Ellen Hutson is also cut in Moonstone.  

The sponsor for this challenge is Top Flight and they will award the winner a $25 store credit. 

What two will you pick for your card?  We can't wait to see.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Color Throwdown #824 and NBUS #70

I had plenty of gray scraps to make a card for Color Throwdown.  

I knew they'd make a great background for the Honey Bee dove that I've had sitting in my NBUS box for quite some time.  A little Lost Shadow DOX gave just the right shading on the wings and tail.  I planned to make Christmas cards with it but never did so here's one for my 2025 stash and the NBUS challenge.  The sentiment is an oldie from E by E, layered for dimension.  

Thanks for dropping by.

If you would like to subscribe by email,

please fill out the subscription form in the upper right sidebar.

It is also important to add  Bobby.bitsandpieces at gmail dot com to your contact list 

so Google recognizes the address and delivers the updates.

You may also unsubscribe using the same form. 

Color Throwdown #619

I recently got the Memory Box mistletoe and thought it would work great with the Color Throwdown challenge.

The mistletoe was watercolored with Zigs and placed on an SU embossed panel that was cut with a Spellbinders Hemstitch die.  I added the required red to peek through and cut the bow and TH sentiment in silver.   I just realized I didn't add the berries.  They could have been my red element although I do believe actual mistletoe berries are white.

I'm slowly but surely getting my Christmas cards done.  How about you?

Happy Little Stampers Christmas - June

Are you ready to make another Christmas card for Happy Little Stampers?  I went with the option.

I used some of my Altenew DSP behind the EbyE mondo poinsettia embossed in gold on vellum.  For the sentiment I layered a TH sentiment die in black under gold.

I hope you'll check out what non-traditional cards the Design Team has made to inspire you to make a card for our challenge.

Thanks for stopping by.

The CAS Challenges - Christmas, Watercolor and Mix-Up

It's not often I make a card that fits three challenges and I really didn't plan it that way but when it all came together my card worked for three of the four CAS challenges:  CAS Christmas, CAS Watercolor and CAS Mix-Up.

It started with the Altenew poinsettia that I thought I could do in pink and red for the Watercolor challenge.  For the Christmas challenge I needed to use the word "peace" so I combined it with the Mix-Up challenge to add dimensional die cuts by cutting the word from EBE and stacking it up four times.  So for Mix-Up I stamped and heat embossed the poinsettia, watercolored it, added a hidden sentiment and because the tape tore a tiny piece of the watercolor paper when I removed the die, I added a few sequins.  I was quite pleased with the results if I do say so myself.

Thanks for dropping by.  I do hope you'll check out these wonderful challenges.

Merry Monday #282 and CASology #292

It's foil day today.  CASology has the code word 'Foil' and I used foil in my interpretation of Merry Monday's photo.

I saw the fabric rippled in the background and since I have a fabric embossing folder it was meant to be that I create this card.

Can you believe I even got a decent picture of a shiny surface?  I laid it on my kitchen table with the sun shining in the window.  I may give up the light box if the sun continues to shine. ;)  Greens and word die by TH, pine cone by Gina Marie borrowed from Michele.

Remember a while ago I said I made seven cards over the weekend?  I hope the same is true this weekend because this is the last finished card I have.  It's been a busy week and I didn't get any crafting done.  Today is free after I finish the altar decorations at the church so I'm spending it in my craft room.  I just hope Ms. Inspiration is there with me.

Thanks for dropping by.  Have a great weekend.