Flying Peace Dove

Happy Wednesday!
Hope your holiday was wonderful!
We are still in Tennessee and the weather is cold. Not to my liking but spending time with family makes up for it! I still have a few Christmas cards to share. If you happen to be like me, I make Christmas cards all year long so I love to have some inspiration at any time!

My card today is made with  an Outlines Rubber Stamp that my sister gave to me for my birthday in November. I LOVE this stamp! She even sent me some instructions that were on the Outlines website, so I used them but changed the color scheme. I have some more cards planned with different colors, that you will most likely see in the near future.

I stamped the image twice on cryogen iridescent white with Memento Tuxedo Black and cut out the dove and star on one. The images are colored with Copics. The base image was cut out with a Spellbinders circle die and I airbrushed the background  with an E42 marker. The DP is from the Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather paper pad and is cut out with a Spellbinders Grand Scallop Circle die and adhered to another cut out of Always Artichoke paper to make the base card. I used Viva Decor White Pearl Pen on the outer edge of the scallops and added Swarovski crystals to the star and tail swirls.

Challenges:
Mojo Monday #221
Charisma Cardz #50~ Anything Goes
Crafting For All Seasons #16~ Christmas
Divas By Design #17~ Christmas

Enjoy!

VSN Blue Christmas

*****Edited To Add*****

Did not realize I had posted this card a few days ago. LOL!! I am going to leave it as it is one of my favorites this year!

Happy Thursday!!
I am about to finish up my holiday baking. A double batch of Chex Mix was finished last night. Dipped pretzel rods are next and then I am done. We will be traveling up to Tennessee tomorrow and my brother and his wife will be coming to spend Christmas with my nephew who is stationed here. Couldn't ask for better house sitters, right?

My card today is one I did for the SCS Dec VSN challenge~ Blue Christmas. Sue wanted us to make our Christmas creations blue. Not a hard one for me because I love blue Christmas decorations and cards! I used last year's Spellbinders Heirloom Ornament die and the Gina K stamp set Heirloom Ornaments. This was a fun and simple card to make. 

Stamps: GinaK Heirloom Ornaments

Paper: Pacific Point, White

Ink: Pacific Point

Accessories: Spellbinders 2010 Heirloom Ornaments, Pearls, Ribbon, Sizzix EF, Pop dots

Enjoy!

MFT Wed Sketch and SCS Color Combo

Happy Tuesday!
Hope all is well with you and you are relaxing and enjoying these last few days before Christmas! Bill and I had a marathon baking session this past weekend. Five different kinds of cookies and Ranch Oyster Cracker snacks. YUM!! All that is left to do are the dipped pretzel rods and chex mix. (And a few crafty items if I have time to fit them in, lol!)

My card is for today's SCS Color Combination Challenge~A Lucky Calypso Wonder. The dessert is to add something food related. I am the hostess this week which is always a lot of fun!
I have had this little PI Lollipop for a while and this was the perfect time to use her. My Christmas cards are finished and mailed and I wanted to make a card that had spring written all over it!
The layout is this weeks MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch #50. I love to use a B60 Copic for the backgrounds around images but for some reason it doesn't seem to be showing much in my photo. 

Stamps: MFT PI Lollipop

Paper: Berry Blossms DP, Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral

Ink: Black Memento

Accessories: MFT Dienamics- Decorative Oval Doily, Fancy Flourish and Crown Border, Glossy Accents, Copcs

Other Challenges:
Make It Monday #68~Anything Goes
Glitter Geeks #28~ Anything Goes
Enjoy!

Sunny Christmas Marci

Hello Everyone!! Happy Wednesday!!

How are your holiday preparations going? Tree up and decorations done, check. Christmas cards mailed, check. Shopping done, three quarters check.Wrapping done, one quarter check. Baking done, no check. Lol! I decided there would be no stress this year, so I am plugging along a little bit at a time. After all, we still have 11 days till Christmas! Eleven days....where did this year go?

My card today is one that I had so much fun making. I love the Lala Land Crafts images especially Marci. I could sit and color for hours! This sweet little girl definitely fits in my sunny and warm world here in Florida. Even though the Christmas season is upon us, we are still wearing short sleeves and yes...flip flops. Gotta love it!

I used the December Sketch For You To Try challenge for the card layout. Marci is colored with Copics and her strand of lights has touches of glossy accents. I received the new CC Designs Christmas Bulb die from All That Scraps and cut a few to add to the card.

Stamps: LaLa Land Sunny Christmas Marci

Paper: Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas, Copic Blending Card

Ink: Black

Accessories: Spellbinders Grand NEstabilities Label 1, Standard Circles and Labels 4, MFT Decorative Doily Dienamic, Glossy Accents, Frosted Lace Stickles, Copics: R00, R20, G07, G20, G24, E000, E00, E31, E33, E08, E19, E37, RV09, YR07, BG49

Other Challenges:
I Copic Challenge #60~ Holidays
Make It Monday #67~ Anything Goes

Enjoy!

Splitcoaststampers Color Combo Challenge #353

Good Tuesday Morning!!
You are going to see a lot of cards in the coming days on my blog. I did not realize I had so many that had not been posted yet plus the ones from the Virtual Stamp Night this past weekend.

Today's card is for the Splitcoast Color Combination Challenge~ Cobbler Cake Always. I opted out of the dessert option, lol. Mary is our hostess this week and her beautiful combo lent itself to yet another Christmas Card! I still have some stamp sets to use and will continue making Christmas cards! I am also participating in the 2012 Christmas Card Challenge on Splitcoast and have pledged to do five cards a month. I have a head start on January as this is my fifth card. Woot Woot!

I used my new PI Holly Girl and colored her with Copics and paper pieced her dress. Finally got to use the Prima Donna Petals die as well as the Mini Tab. The MFT Dienamics are just awesome! The layout for my card is this weeks MFT Wed Sketch #49.

Stamps: MFT PI Holly Girl

Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke, Memory Box Mistletoe DP, Bo Bunny Father Christmas DP

Ink: Black Memento, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: MFT Decorative Oval Doily, Prima Donna Petals and Mini Tab Dienamics, Rhinestones, Copics- (Hair) E29, E35, E39 (Skin) E000, E00, E11 (Dress/Shoes) R29, R27 (Holly) YG93, YG95, YG99

Other Challenges:
Raise The Bar #86- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Stampin For The Weekend #22~ Christmas
One Stop Craft Challenge #161~ Traditional Christmas Colors
Paper Sundaes #99~ Anything Christmas

Snowflake Seasons Greetings

Happy Monday!
How was your weekend? Mine.....cold! So... I did not wander far from home. Late Saturday night I found out that I was the Featured Stamper this week over on Splitcoast. So exciting and I am truly honored. I love playing the challenges on Splitcoaststampers but because I work, I usually try to do the Featured Stamper challenge each week because it is on the weekend.

My card today is one that I did for the VSN challenge~No Business Like Snow Business. Rebecca wanted us to use snowflakes. Love snowflakes as long as they are not falling where I live, lol! I am a warm weather girl. But when it comes to cards I will make snowmen and snowflakes all day long! My inspiration for the card came from a card made by Teri Anderson that is in the Papercrafts Holiday Cards Magazine.

Stamps: MFT Clearly Sentimental About Christmas

Paper: White, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses

Ink: Broken China Distress Ink

Accessories: MS Snowflake and Snowflake border punch, glitter, recollections glittery embellishments, Stardust pen

Other Challenges:
Basic Grey #59~ Anything Goes
Crafts & Me #64~ Snow/Snowflakes
Creative Belli #132~Winter/Christmas
Glitter Geeks #27~ Let It Snow
Enjoy!

Virtual Stamp Night

Hello Everyone!
I spent part of Friday night and Saturday participating in the Virtual Stamp Night over on Splitcoaststampers. VSN's are so much fun and definitely challenging! It is not easy to land on a card idea and finish it in 45 minutes! I am one that takes forever to make a card. Something to do with being a perfectionist, lol!

This card is for the VSN challenge~ Blue Christmas. Sue wanted us to make our Christmas creations blue. Not a hard one for me because I love blue Christmas decorations and cards!

Stamps: GinaK Heirloom Ornaments

Paper: Pacific Point, White

Ink: Pacific Point

Accessories: Spellbinders 2010 Heirloom Ornaments, Pearls, Ribbon, Sizzix EF, Pop dots

Other Challenges
2 Sisters #69~ Christmas
Patti's Creations #34~ Christmas
Raise The Bar #86~ Christmas
Enjoy!

Peace Love Joy

Happy Tuesday everyone! How is your week progressing? We have a visit from government regulators this week at work and it has been busy busy! They are here on Thursday, so Friday could not get here soon enough, lol!

I spent quite a bit of time in my craft room this weekend doing different projects but never really completing one thing. I did feel like I was making progress though! Do you like to work on one thing at a time from start to finish or work on several things in various stages of completion? I find myself moving toward the multiple projects side more and more. Doesn't let you get bored, kwim?

My card is for today's SCS Color Combination Challenge~Very Real and Wild. The dessert option~ a four layer card. Like Karen our hostess says, these colors lend themselves to a Christmas card and that is exactly what I did. It is about time to be mailing mine out! My card layout is this weeks sketch from the MFT Wed Sketch Club #48. 

Stamps: MFT Clearly Sentimental About Christmas

Paper: Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla, Memory Box Tinsel and Mistletoe

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: MFT Dienamics Framed Greetings, Spellbinders Label 14, Fiskars Apron Lace Border Punch, Tim Holtz Rosette Die, Paper Piercer, Sponge, Rhinestones

Enjoy!