Just returned from spending the weekend up in the mountains.  The aspens are beginning

to change  and are so beautiful!  Even had a some snow up there.  I guess the snow sort of

inspired me to make the card I'm sharing today incorporating the technique challenge at
 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown  and the sketch at The Sweet Stop. 

Today I made a card combining 2 challenges.  I used Cardabilities sketch #83 and the

colors from Dynamic Duos #71 challenge which includes includes the option of wet
embossing.

This is the sketch...

the color combo...

and my card.

Well, I started the weekend yesterday in a glitter mode and I'm still there today.  This time

it's gold glitter on a card for 52{Christmas} Card Throwdown.  Christmas trees are the

theme for this challenge.  I'm also entering this card in the All That Glitters is Gold
Challenge in The Moxie Fab World.

Here's what I did.

The Christmas tree stamp is from Hot off the Press. I stamped it with gold ink on white
 card stock, heat embossed with gold embossing powder and fussy cut it and popped
 with some foam dots. I also stamped and heat embossed the border strip on white with
 gold  ink and embossing powder. The stamp used is from Stampabilities and called Ornate.
 I placed the strip on a piece of purple metallic card stock that I border punched with the
 EK Success Acanthus punch. I used the Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles die set to frame
 the tree. Finished up  with some gems and some glittered stickers for the greeting.
 Thanks for taking a look!

Made another Christmas card today.  This time I used the sketch #104 from

Wanted to get a card made for retrosketches #81 challenge before it's too late to submit.

I'm back for one more post this weekend and then I need to spend some time on

some other projects, like cleaning house.  Yeah, can't wait to do that!

Oh well, this time I'm playing with The Sweet Stop and since I decided to do a birthday

card using that sketch, I'm entring it in the Seize the Birthday challenge, which gives

you an option of doing a monochrome project, but my card isn't anywhere near being

monochrome.

Here's the sketch...

and my creation.

Once again I'm attempting stamping.  The party hat stamp is from a tiny Studio G

set I picked up at Michaels for something like a dollar?  Anyway, I colored it in

using smooch inks.  The printed paper is another from DCWV's the Birthday

Wishes stack.  I added some brads and finished with the Happy Birthday sticker.

Thanks for taking a look!

It's another dark and dreary day here in Colorado.  I think there is more rain in the

forecast, which is not what we need.  There has been flash flooding all around us

and I feel so bad for everyone affected.  We've been lucky and I'm grateful.

I have 2 more challenges I want to enter this week, so once again I decided to combine

them.  I love doing all these challenges but find if I didn't do some combining I

would not be getting anything else done.  So, this time its Freshly Made Sketches

with the color combo at Dynamic Duos.

Saw this week's challenge over at The Shabby Tea Room  and really wanted to

participate, but I struggled all week to come up with something I was happy with.
The challenge is to create a card or project inspired by the photo and include a
clock image.

Here is the photo...

and what I did.

It must be the weekend because here I am sitting at the computer checking out card

challenge blogs.  It's been a stressful week at work and this helps me to not think

about all of that and just get lost in my own world.  So I did a card to cover 2

challenges today.  I like the color combo at the 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown

challenge this week and decided to use the sketch from Mojo Monday 310.

I really like the sketch challenges at retrosketches.  Most of the sketches are a little

different than what I normally do, so...  I suppose they're doing what they're supposed

to do.  Challenge me! 

This is the latest one...

and my take on it.

As you can see, I chose to rotate mine.  When I saw the sketch I thought of this robot

tag, which actually came in a set of K & Company Tim Coffey Christmas tag die cuts.  

Hence forth, the Merry Christmas greeting. The die cuts came with 2 of these robot tags

so I fussy cut the second one and foam taped it to the tag. I dry embossed the main

 panel with a Sizzix texturz plate in an argyle pattern.  Cut some banners.  Added the metal

embellishment and metallic red twine - type ribbon.  Thanks for taking a look!

Hi there! Today it's another Christmas card.  This time done for the September

sketch challenge over at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.

This afternoon I created a card to enter into 2 challenges.  The Sweet Stop Sketch

Challenge and Dynamic Duos Color Challenge.

Here is the sketch

and the color combo.

This is my take on both.

I really like the Penny Black Critter Party stamp I used.  I think the little hedge hog is

so cute! He was colored using smooch inks.  The circle and flower dies were cut using

Sizzix framelits dies.  I dry embossed the blue banner with a Cuttlebug swirls

embossing folder.  Made a white banner. Added a sticker for the greeting and finished

off with a little bling.  Thanks for taking a look!

I'm back with another post today, as once I start making cards on the weekends I just

can't seem to stop!  This time I was inspired by the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.
I am also submitting this card to The Shabby Tea Room #182 challenge.

Here is the sketch...

This morning I made a card for 2 challenges. I'm using the sketch from Mojo Monday 309
and since I decided to do a birthday card I thought I would enter it in the
Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes challenge as well.

I have a new printed paper stack from DCWV called Violet Leaf that I really like

so I decided to try another challenge with Retro Sketches.

Here is the sketch...

and what I did with it.

I decided to rotate the sketch and did some stamping.  That's not really something I
 typically do,  stamping that is, except for maybe sentiments or greetings, but I'm rather
enjoying it.  I stamped and heat embossed the floral flourish, which is from Inkadinkado,
and the greeting which is from Stampendous Orchid Greetings and added some of my,
 here lately seems, "signature" pearls.  I think it turned out pretty well.  Thanks for taking
 a look!

We had a 5th week for the month of August so 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown's

challenge is to pick a previous sketch and color combo.

I chose this past color challenge

and this sketch.

I decided to dry emboss the red and white card stocks to give a little texture.  The wreath

is made with many, many individual punched pieces in white and silver which I glued

down on a drawn circle and red gems were added.  Thanks for taking a look!

This morning I made another Christmas card combining 2 challenges.  Dynamic Duos #68

 and The Sweet Stop Sketch challenge 226.