This week's design for

C Thru the Woods Clear Stamps

features the Jeremiah stamp.

Jeremiah was stamped on white card stock,
colored with pencil colors and fussy cut.
The papers are from
DCWV's Industrial Chic Stack.
The sentiment came from
Hot Off the Press 1000 Card Quotes CD.

Be sure and check out the Jeremiah stamp at
C Thru the Woods.

I am linking up to:
Simply Create Too - Show Something New
(new Jeremiah stamp and Industrial Chic papers)
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking a look!

This week's challenge at

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown

is to pick a previous sketch.

I chose this sketch from February 2013.

The candy cane stamp I used was a post Christmas,
in the clearance bin purchase at Michael's at the end of last year.
I paid a whole $0.50 for it!
Anyway, I stamped with versa mark and then heat embossed
with red embossing tinsel, colored the bows with
a silver paint pen and fussy cut.
I applied them to the turned squares which were die cut
with Sizzix framelits.
The greeting is from a Hero Arts
Christmas Greetings stamp set.
The snowflake embossing folder I used for the background
is from Darice.
This is Christmas card #36 for this year so far!

I am also linking up to:
Completely Christmas Anything Goes
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long Anything Goes

Thanks for taking a look!

When I saw this week's sketch at

Tuesday Morning Sketches

I pretty much knew what I wanted to do with it

and was able to put it together this morning.

I actually die cut the daisies with a

Memory box die last weekend for another card

and ended up going in a different direction.

The frames are die cut with some old 

Sizzix originals dies I've had for years.

I found the button I used in the sewing department 

at WalMart this morning and added some yellow ribbon

I had laying around.  I like the way it turned out.

Hope you do too!

I'm also linking up to:
Seize the Birthday

Thanks for taking a look!

There's a photo challenge over at

Just Us Girls

this week.

Here's the photo…

and the sketch I used from

Retrosketches.

My design for this week for

C Thru the Woods Clear Stamps

features Michael from 

The Boys in the Woods Series.

Michael measures 7 1/2 x 2 5/8 inches and has 4 hats
included in a set.
He was stamped on white card stock, colored with markers
and fussy cut.
The printed papers are from
Die Cuts With A View's
the Music Stack.

Be sure and visit the
C Thru the Woods Clear Stamps
blog and check out Michael and the other boy stamps available.

I am linking this creation up with:
4 Crafty Chicks Lets Get Masculine
Seize the Birthday Anything Goes
The Male Room Star Theme

Thanks for taking a look!

I made a card today combining inspiration from 2 challenges that I like

to participate with regularly.

The sketch is from Tuesday Morning Sketches


and
52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown
has  stash challenge going on.

I'm getting in one last post for the weekend with 

this week's design for 

C Thru the Woods Clear Stamps.

I've paired Alex from

The Boys in the Woods Series

with a Prima Doll.

I used the color inspiration from 

the Just Us Girls challenge

as my starting point.

I stamped both Alex and the Prima Doll
on white card stock and used a combination
of paper piecing and coloring with markers
before fussy cutting.
The printed paper I used is from
DCWV's All Dressed Up Stack.
The party label was stamped with
Inkadinkado's Expressions and Frames set
and heat embossed.
The balloons were stamped with a
Stampendous stamp called Party Balloons
and fussy cut.
I finished with a couple of blue gems.

Be sure and visit
C Thru the Woods Clear Stamps.

I'm also linking up with:
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes
Seize the Birthday Anything Goes

Thanks for taking a look!

Just a quick post to share a card I made inspired by the challenge at

Tuesday Morning Sketches.

The challenge is to use the sketch provided with a twist,
Watercolor.

I tried a watercolor resist technique.
This was accomplished by first stamping the image with versa mark
and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
Then I took a craft sheet and stamped 3 colors of ink on to the sheet and
spritzed with water. I took my white card stock and drug it
through the watered down inks. I was not happy with the white embossed image
so I need up going back and coloring the embossing with a marker.
I just wish my photo was better. But I guess you can't win them all!

I am also linking up to Simply Create Too where the challenge is "Monochromatic Madness"

Thanks for taking a look!

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown
has a theme challenge this week.

Mistletoe & Wine

This is my interpretation.

I found this cute little digital image,
colored it with a combination of markers and pencil colors

and die cut using Sizzix Oval Framelits.
I used a couple of printed papers from

the Paper Studio and Teresa Collins and added some gems.

Thanks for taking a look!

I'm doing a quick post tonight to get this card that I started on Sunday

entered in the Just Us Girls Washi Tape Challenge.

My daughter gave me several rolls of washi tape for Mother's Day

and I've yet to use any until now. I thought this

pink polka dot tape worked well with the stamped image

 I've had sitting around for a while. You know, one of those projects

you start and then decide to go another direction.

I used a stamp from an Inkadinkado set called "Beauty Stems"

and colored the image with spectrum noir pens and added a few gems.

I die cut the circle the punched butterfly is placed on. I also die cut

the wash tape with a scalloped border die and cut some banners.

Should work well as an all occasion card, right?

I am also linking up to Sketchy Colors

Thanks for taking a look!

It's time for another challenge at House of Cards.

This month we have a sketch challenge.

The Classic/Elegant team is being spotlighted this week.

Here is what I came up with.

I used the Simple Elegance paper pack from the Paper Studio.

The solid paper on top was embossed with a Paper Studio

embossing folder called Curl Ribbon which I highlighted with a gold gel pen.

The flower cluster is a dazzles sticker from Hot Off the Press.

I backed the sticker with the same solid paper I used elsewhere on the card

and I colored it in with the gold gel pen and a bronze metallic marker.

The flower center is a Prima Say it in Pearls embellishment.

The sentiment was stamped in the center of dazzles label sticker.

Here's a close up of the flower and label.

Why don't you stop over at House of Cards and check out the other

fabulous design team creations and then link up your own.

Thanks for taking a look!

My card design for 

C Thru the Woods Clear Stamps

this week features the large Andrew stamp
from The Boys in the Woods Series.

paired with Phoebe from Prima.

I am having so much fun playing with these stamps!

Andrew and Phoebe were stamped on white card stock,

colored with markers and pencil colors and fussy cut.

The printed papers are, once again, from

DCWV's the Music Stack.

All the elements are from the same sheet. They were fussy cut

and placed behind the couple.

I cut a couple of banners out of some solid card stock

and applied the sticker words.

I finished up with some paper flowers from Recollections.

Be sure and visit
C Thru the Woods Clear Stamps
and check out Andrew and the other boy doll stamps available.

I am linking up this creation with:
Inkspirational where the challenge is to use markers or pencils
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Anything goes
Glitter n Sparkle Weddings or Love

This morning I have this week's Christmas card which was inspired by

the color challenge over at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.
I love color challenges because most of the time the combos
are not something I would have chose on my own.
I think this color combo is particularly elegant.

I started by placing these beautiful gold Dazzles stickers
on the cream card stock which I matted with white and gold.
The white flowers were punched and layered on top of the Dazzles.
Once I had that done I needed something in the center of the card
so I placed the gold dove sticker on white card stock and fussy cut.
I die cut the circles and popped the dove with foam tape.
The Dazzles sentiment was added.
I finished by using silver Jewel Dazzles
as accents on the flowers and die cut circle.

Thanks for taking a look!

I bought a new Julie Nutting stamp set from Prima called "Merci"

and decided I would ink it up when I saw the current challenge at

Tuesday Morning Sketches.

I stamped the doll and Eiffel Tower images
on white card stock and colored with pencil colors and markers and fussy cut.
The printed papers are from DCWV's the Music Stack.
I stamped the flourish with a set from Autumn Leaves
and the sentiment from the "Merci" set
and went over with a Souffle opaque ink pen from Sakura.
Two flowers were fussy cut from the same DCWV paper stack,
 layered and matted for some dimension.
I finished up with some gray pearls.
I probably could've done a better job but am pleased overall.

I'm also linking up to Crafty Girls Challenge Anything Goes

Thanks for taking a look!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

This morning I have my design for the week for

C Thru the Woods Clear Stamps.

This card features the small Andrew stamp from

The Boys in the Woods Series.

There a few challenges represented in this design.

The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches.

The color combo is from Just Add Ink.

In my earlier post today I said I was going to get back on track

with my goal of making one Christmas card a week. I guess I'm

doing better than that because this is the second one today!

I'm combining several challenges with this one.

The sketch challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches

and the challenge at Just Us Girls where the challenge word is ribbon 

and since I used die cuts the Die Cuttin Divas challenge where anything goes.

One of my favorite Spellbinders die sets was put to use once again,
Layerd Poinsettia and The frame is done with the
3 Lacy Labels cutting dies by Paper Artist
from Hot Off the Press.
I used a Paper Studios embossing folder  called
Curl Ribbon, some Dazzles sentiment stickers,
of course ribbon and added some gems.

Thanks for taking a look!

I haven't made many Christmas cards in the last month. There was a blog hop

over at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown and the design team

was kind enough to invite me to participate. 

Just want to thank them all for having me!

So now I'm trying to get back on schedule of meeting my goal of

 making at least one Christmas card per week.

Here's what I have for this week inspired by 

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown's

current sketch challenge.