Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge: Sketch 225

This is my first sketch as a new design team member of the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog! I'm excited to be on the team. I love participating in both sketch and color challenges so this is perfect. 

There are 24 design team members. I will be on Team A and will post my interpretation of the sketch every other week. 

I've used a lot of different products on my card for such a simple design. I started out by using peacock feathers distress oxide ink over a Color Box Art Screens stencil on white card stock. Before taking the stencil off my card stock I laid a Heidi Swap stencil over top and inked with fossilized amber distress oxide. I die cut my stenciled image using a die from Our Daily Bread. I used the extra ink I had left on my craft mat to ink up two pieces of card stock that I used to die cut the heart and an the border strip. For my border I used a new die I picked up from Kat Scrappiness. My sentiment is a die cut from card stock using a die from Sizzix. Lastly, I added some sparkling clear droplets. All products are listed below. 

 

Supplies:

Cardstock

Stencil: ColorBox Art Screen: Lovely
Stencil: Heidi Swap: Polka Dot

Die: Our Daily Bread: Double Stitched Rectangles
Die: Simon Says Stamps: Painted Hug
Die: Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations: Scribbles & Splat
Die: Kat Scrappiness: Fancy Scalloped Stitched Borders
Ink: Distress Oxide: fossilized amber & peacock feathers
Bling: Kat Scrappiness: 4mm & 6mm Sparklng clear droplets

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Your Face Makes Me Smile

I created this card for the Design Team Call over at Kat Scrappiness. In order to enter you had to create a new project. I like to combine cards I create with a few other challenges if I find something that is interesting me. Most of the time I just do one or two challenges at a time with one blog post. Today's card is also linked to the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Splatter It. The challenge also uses Ranger products and of course splatter on your card. I'm also linking my card to the Simon Says Flickr group challenge.

For my Ranger product I used Distress Oxide Inks. Five inks were used. My card base was splattered with peacock feathers and spiced marmalade. Splattering is messy and so much fun! For my card panel I used three inks - frayed burlap, vintage photo and antique linen.

The die I used is the Sizzix Tim Holtz wildflowers. I splattered it with peacock feathers and spiced marmalade. Foam tape was added so that my card panel is popped up. The splatters peek from behind the Sizzix Tim Holtz mixed media die cut that I used on my card panel. Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp called Choose Happy. The bling I used is called sparkling clear droplets from Kat Scrappiness. All products are listed below.

I just love these clear droplets! They are my new favorite embellishment!

Supplies:

Cardstock

Stamp - Simon Says Stamp - Choose Happy

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Distress Oxide Ink: spiced marmalade, antique linen, vintage photo, frayed burlap, peacock feathers
Sizzix - Tim Holtz Wildflowers Die, Tim Holtz Mixed Media Die
Bling - 4 & 6mm sparkling clear droplets from Kat Scrappiness

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March Swap Cards

These are my cards for the March card swap I belong to called Card Swap Pals.

They are basically all the same except for the patterned paper and the die cut. I used some older patterned paper from October Afternoon that I had in my stash. The die cuts are by Sizzix. They are from Tim Holtz Alterations called wildflowers. I absolutely love them! I also have the stencil and the rubber stamp set. 

Another one of my favorite stamps sets is from Simon Says Stamp called handwritten borders. I've used this set a lot and will continue to. It's such a versatile set. 

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Merry Monday Christmas Challenge: Merry Monday #140 {Snowflakes} & The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up!

This year I've decided to link up to as many Christmas Challenges as I can throughout the year. I'm hoping this helps me to get more holiday cards made so I'm not down to the wire when Christmas rolls around. I really got a late start this past year and although I made cards, I never sent them out! Not a one. That just means I have a head start for this year!

I'm using this card for two challenges: The Merry Monday Christmas Challenge and The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up. I decided to go with the snowflake theme for my card. For the 12 Months of Christmas Link Up the theme Father Time was optional so my card worked for both challenges.

I used a snowflake embossing folder from Cuttlebug for my background and inked it up with Tim Holtz distress ink in tumbled glass. I used a Tim Holtz Alterations Paper Snowflake Die for my glittery snowflake diecut from Recollections Brights Signature Glitter Cardstock. I also used the same paper for my mat and the word Joy cut from another Tim Holtz word die called Script. 

I REALLY love these word dies! I've been checking out all the new products coming out at CHA and I just know I have to have some of the new word dies from Tim Holtz! You can see them here on his blog! LOVE THEM!

Merry Monday #140 Snowflakes

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up
Challenge #1 Optional Theme: Father Time

Hoping to get some more cards finished for some other challenges today and keep working on a custom thank you card order I'm almost done with. So many challenges, so little time! Thanks for stopping by! 

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 249

Fun sketch! It reminded me of another challenge I participated in recently. Love the sketches that are clean, simple and fun to work with. 

For this card I chose to use DCWV's burlap and cork paper. I ran the cork paper through the Big Shot using a Tim Holtz Alterations embossing folder. The sentiment was cut using a Hero Arts Fancy Dies called Thank You DI080. The pearl bling is also from Hero Arts. 

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Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 249

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Cards und More Challenge No. 122 - All About Christmas

I'm linking up to the Cards und More All About Christmas Challenge with this card. I think this penguin is adorable! I don't usually make "cutesy" cards but this guy could definitely grow on me. I've been searching for penguin stamps and dies for a large project I will be creating and have finally found a few that I like. 

I used PaperTrey cardstock for the base card. I diecut the penguin using a die called "Bitty Penguin" by Die-Namites. The sentiment was cut from Recollections glitter cardstock using Tim Holtz Alterations Holiday Words: Script. I embossed the white and black panels with an embossing folder from Sizzix. That's it, pretty quick and simple!

Cards und More Challenge No. 122 - All About Christmas

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Holly Jolly Christmas - Anything Goes Christmas Challenge

What it difference it makes when I can take a photo by natural light....and not even with any sun out! I've had the worst time lately trying to get decent photos of the cards I'm creating. It's been so gray and depressing out. I have to get the photos on the weekend since it's dark before I leave for work and almost dark when I get home. I do try to take some in a couple of different areas in the house at night but they definitely don't turn out as good as this one. Being off work today made it a great day to take photos!

Today's card is being linked up to the Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge. This challenge is an "Anything goes Christmas challenge". Those are my favorites. I do like sketch and/or color combination challenges, but I also like challenges where you have a theme and can just do whatever works for you. I do tend to stay away from challenges that require the use of a certain brand of stamp or having to use digital images. 

For this card I used a stamp that I've had for quite awhile. It's called Dad's Truck and is made by Printworks. A few years back my late husband and I stopped in a store called The Stamp Shoppe in Schofield, WI which is where I found it. I remember loving the large selection of ribbon that this store carried. I used Tim Holtz distress ink in black soot on the stamp, spritzed it with water and then stamped onto watercolor cardstock. For the greenery I diecut one of the Tim Holtz dies from the Holiday Greens set, cut it apart and adhered it to the back of the truck with glossy accents. The bow is something I had in my stash. Base cardstock is from PaperTrey Ink. The watercolor cardstock is matted with paper from Colorbok and the patterned paper is Silent Night by October Afternoon. The headlights are glitter dots by Dress It up. For my sentiment I used a stamp set from Hero Arts called A Very Merry Christmas. 

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge

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Embossed Reindeer

I really have a love/hate relationship with embossing, but I keep trying it because I like the look. If the image is larger I have a hard time stamping it because I have arthritis and no strength in my hands. I usually stick to smaller images and use sentiments more than anything else. 

It took me three tries and finally I pulled out my Darice Rubber-stamping Surface Mat. That did the trick. I always forget that I have that mat and how great it works for stamping! I've even tried the rocking stamp blocks. Sometimes they work for me and sometimes they don't. 

For both of these cards I used patterned paper from Pink Paislee called Snow Village. I'm almost embarrassed to say that the stamp and die set I used is a Hero Art's Stamp and Cut set called Reindeer Pair that I bought at Scrap Fest in 2010! I've never used it til now! Maybe I have too much stuff and don't even know what I have? I've just pulled out all Christmas stuff and I have a complete mess in my craft room. I'm just grabbing anything that looks like it might be fun to work with. 

I used Recollections Christmas Noel Glitter Paper, Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Holiday Greens Die and gold embossing powder. The card base is from PaperTrey Ink in Vintage Cream. Those cute little bows are from my stash. I have no idea where I bought those from!

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Joy To The World Christmas Cards

 Isn't this Holly Cutting Plate from Taylored Expressions just so cute?! I don't remember where or when I picked it up. For both of these cards I used Papertrey Ink cardstock in New Leaf, Pure Poppy and White. I die cut the sentiment from Bazzill cardstock. This die is called Stacked Words: Christmas by Sizzix, Tim Holtz Alterations.

The patterned paper is by Recollections called Botanica Noel that I picked up last year and barely made a dent in using. I did pick up a small amount of Christmas paper this year, but decided not to go crazy since I have enough holiday patterned paper to probably last a lifetime. Lastly, for the berries I used a Viva Perlen Pen.

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