Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #97 - Create a Christmas card using aqua, silver and white

It's time for another Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge. This week we are asked to make a card that uses the colours aqua, silver and white. The design team have come up with the most amazing line-up of clear and fresh cards. Stop by the Merry Monday blog and follow the links to the teams personal blogs. You will be inspired!!

Here is my card. It sparkles more IRL.

For the tree, I first die cut the shape, left it in the die to emboss it, then direct inked through the gaps with a little cats eye Versamagic aqua pigment ink pad. I love the effect.

Stamps: Sentiment Kaisercraft  Christmas Carol

Die: Memory Box Frosted Christmas Tree, SSS Holiday Shapes - star

Ink: Versamagic, Zing Silver embossing powder 

Card: Kaisercraft, MME gingham

Enjoy the challenge!!

The Card Concept Challenge #4 - Use a floral theme on your card.

Hi Everyone, welcome to another Card Concept Challenge. This time, we are asking you to use a floral theme on your card.  As flowers are probably the most popular image used on cards, I am predicting a bumper crop in the gallery for this challenge.

Have a look at the gorgeous inspiration image. So pretty.

For my card, I imagined looking down on the vase/jar, focusing on the rim, the flower layers and the grey/green foliage. 

I love the wood 'Happiness' from Prima, the stitched circle dies from Lil' Inker, the Stitched File Folder & Index Card Dies from My Creative Time, and of course the Funky Floral stamp set /Notched Flowers die set from Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is from SSS and the wool leaves are die cut from my hand dyed wool.

To finish, I added a little twine and some pearls and sequins.

Inks: Hero Arts

Card: Kaiser and Neenah white

Do hop over to The Card Concept Challenge Blog to see the gorgeous cards created by the other design team members.

That's it from me.

Enjoy creating for this challenge over the next two weeks.

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #96 - Use Holly on your Christmas card.

Hi folks!! Welcome to another Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge. Have a look at this week's delightful, 'yesteryear' inspiration. You are asked to use holly on your cards, another totally iconic Christmas image. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this one. :-)

I seem to have returned to die cutting this week!! 

The holly leaves are a mixture of card and vellum. There are a couple of DSPs and mirror board for the shiny bell and stars. I love the mixed Font sentiment from W Plus 9.

Dies: Dee's Distinctively Wreath Builder Dies,  Spellbinders Foliage, Lil' Inker Holly Jolly, Small Bow, Stitched Circles and Jingle Bell Die Sets. SSS Large holiday shapes (stars)

Card: Kaskad, Neenah, Kaiser, MME 'Tis the Season

Stamp: W Plus 9 Silver Bells

Head over to the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge Blog to see what the other Design Team members have created to inspire you.

Have fun!!

CASE Study Challenge #177 - Casing Danielle

I am playing along with the Case Study Challenge today. We are casing the lovely Danielle Flanders, I just love her loose, original style. 

Here is my card. I seem to have a bit of a bird theme going at the moment (my third  this week).

Ehhhhh! They are just plain cute, and the stamp companies do such a great job of making extra cute stamps....who can resist! :-)

I have paper pieced these sweet wee birds from Hero Arts. They came as a set of 4 LP032 DECORATIVE BIRDS. I have used washi tape zig zag pattern, PTI 'forever' and  Creative Time stitched frame and hearts.

The DSP is from a Provo craft Mat Stack. A red free Valentines card!

Must post, dinner is ready.
Thanks for dropping in.

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #95 - Use an animal on your Christmas card.

Welcome to this weeks Merry Monday Challenge. The inspiration is this gorgeous vintage image of a Scotty dog with his red Tamoshanta (I think it is). While this is the image, the only must haves on your card are an animal (yes, birds are animals), and of course, a Christmas theme . Other than that, you can completely go to town with style and colours.

 

 Here is my card for this week. I am trying to include more stamping. I am such a die cut girl.

Anyhoo! My stamps are Inkadinkado -Birds Galore. The 'Merry' and scallop edge are from PTI. The 'Christmas' is SSS. Ink is Versafine grey and black. White card is Neenah and black is Kaskad. B/W spot is from a  Provo craft Mat Stack. The diecut 'Merry' is 4 layers thick (the bottom one is black).

The card is quite stark but I do like it.

The next few weeks are going to be FUN!!! My DH now has the cough I have had for the last three weeks.  My cough was 'an annoying, but I can keep going sort of cough', my husbands is a 'high decibel, hacking, I am dying sort of cough'. Hmmmm! Nerves will be frayed.

Do have fun creating your cards this week. I look forward to seeing what you come up with. :-)