Purple, Blue and Silver

Purple, Blue and Silver are the colors for this weeks challenge at Holly Jolly, at first I wasn't sure about the color combo, but I think It worked out pretty well. I used two different purples on my card, Wisteria Wonder and Perfect Plum, and the blue is Marina Mist. I decided to go with the Snow Much Fun Set and have him outside of the window.  The sentiment is from the Short and Sweet Set. The
window die is one I picked up but this is the first time I've actually used it. Which is one of my goals this year is to actually use some of the things I have around, that I've bought and have sit in a drawer. So I'm doing well so far this year. hahaha, it's only the beginning we'll see how the rest of the year goes.
Cindy

I will also enter it into the following challenges.
Crafty boots challenge: New

Paper Players Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone: This week over at the Paper Players Challenge, they have a sketch to use. It is a nice sketch and the ideas for it are endless. I decided do use the set from the occasions mini, Easter Blossoms, It's not just for Easter, as you can see how I used the branch of flowers from it on this card. I also used the short and sweet set for the sentiment. and the background was embossed with the tulip border embossing folder and then the middle section embossed with finial press embossing folder. I added a couple of butterflies, some bling and I'm done.
Thanks for looking. Have a great day.
Cindy

Come and Get It Challenge Christmas version

Hi Everyone, Here is another card made with the sketch from the Come and Get it Challenge, but this time doing a Christmas Card. It is such a versatile sketch.
Thanks for looking
Cindy
Items Used.
Stamps: Short and Sweet, Dasher
Card Stock: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler
Designer Paper, Holiday Collection  DCVW Deck the Halls SU
Accessories: Nestabilities, big shot, ribbon from stash, brads from stash,

Color Q Challenge

Hi Everyone, Here is a card I've done for the color Q challenge, I am not totally pleased with the outcome, but it was a challenge that my friends Julie, Leslie and I were doing together and I said I would post it when I got it finished. So here it is. The challenge is to use, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Daffodil Delight, Early Espresso and White.
Items used:
Stamps:Something Sweet, Short and Sweet
Card stock: Kiwi Kiss,  Old Olive, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive Daffodil Delight
Accessories: perfect polkadots embossing folder, Embosslit wings folder, Waxy flax brown, sweat treat cup

Snowflakes again

Here is another card using Snowflakes, I liked how the first one turned out, but wanted to take the card up a notch, so this is what I came up with. I like the ornament done in the crumb cake ink, kind of reminds me of the brushed gold ornaments you can buy in the store. I'll also add this into the Winter Wonderland Challenge
Items Used:
Stamps: Serene Snowflakes, Short and Sweet
Inks: Night of Navy, Crumb Cake
Card Stock: Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Accessories: Jewel Brad, Northern Flurries Die, Big Shot, Night of Navy 5/8 in Satin Ribbon, glue dots,

Baby Blossom

This was a challenge for me, I'm not normally a person who does color challenges, but there is always a first time for anything I suppose. Anyway this was made for the Pals Paper Arts Challenge, which was to use Soft Suede, Crumb Cake and Baja Breeze. I also am using this for the Stamptacular Challenge, which is to use a frame.
Items used for this card
Stamps: Short and Sweet, Baby Blossoms
Ink, Soft Suede, Garden Green
Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories: vintage adornments, elegant lines dsp, baja breeze seam binding ribbon, rhinestone scalloped oval punch, large punch

Black, Red, White and Silver

Hi Everyone, Been almost a week since I posted, oh well, just been really busy. Anyway over at Friday mash up they have a color challenge on. Black, Red, White and Silver. So this is my card for the challenge.
Thanks for looking
Cindy

Stamps: Mo Manning Hockey Boy
Card Stock:  Basic Black, Real Red, Whisper White
Image Colored with Stamping Up  Markers Real Red, Basic Black Blush Blossom, and Soft Suede
Other things used: Decorative Label Punch, Wide Oval Punch, Scissors, Dimensionals, Silver Embossing Powder and Versamark Ink.

411 Stamping Challenge

Here is my card for the Stamping 411 challenge this week. It's only the third card I've done this year. I've been so tired that have had no energy to do anything at all. But that seems to be coming back again. I was going to take a week off this month, but we have someone at work already off on sick leave, so I have had to postpone my time off until March. Anyway I used new stamps from the mini catalogue again this time its I (Heart) Hearts. There are 8 beautiful hearts in this set and each one is different. I stamped and embossed the hearts using gold embossing powder then cut them out and mounted them with dimensionals onto real red designer paper, then mounted that on white. The sentiment is from the Short and Sweet set from the main catalogue. The background red was done using the impressions plate and the big shot.
Thanks for looking.
Cindy

Stamps: Short and Sweet, I (heart)hearts
Card Stock: Real Read, Whisper White
Ink: Versamark
Other things used. Big Shot, Small Dots impressions plate, Gold embossing powder and gold ribbon from stash.

Christmas Wreath Card

Ribbon Wreath Easel Card


Hi everyone, well I am still in the Christmas mode, so I'm still working on a few Christmas cards, I know Christmas is over, but there is always next year, in fact I've been given an order already for next year, from one of my regular customers. I made him 40 this year and he wants the same for next. so I can always box them until then. Anyway I'm also planning on doing a craft sale in Oct. after thanksgiving here in Canada, so people will be looking for Christmas things. So figure I will need a bunch for that as well. So I'll be working on Christmas for a bit, but I also want to share some other stuff, as I will be making sets of cards for boxes, some of the money cards and gift card holders, as it's a big business here where a lot of people are using them to give as gifts. Anyway here is a card I did.
I used our new corner punch which will be available out of our new mini catalogue coming out Jan. 5, along with the scalloped border punch which is in the Sale-A-Bration brochure. You can earn it for free by buying $65.00 worth of product or by hosting a workshop and having $395. in sales.
Each time you spend $65.00 you receive a free gift out of the Sale-a-bration catalogue or a set out of the regular catalogue that stamping up is offering, Details on what that is to come.

Ok for the card I used the following

Card Stock: Real Red, Glorious Green and Whisper White
Designer Paper: Real Red from designer pack.
Ribbon: from my stash
Punches: Scallop Trimmed Corner, Scalloped Trim Border, Scalloped Oval and Large Oval,
Stamps: Short and Sweet
Ink: Real Red
Brad from Pretties Kit

Stampin 411 Challenge

This is the card I've made for the Stampin 411 challenge this week. I actually like the way it turned out: All items used are Stampin up unless stated.
Stamps: Dasher and Short and Sweet Set
Card Stock: Always Artichoke and Soft Suede
Designer Paper from the Mini book hostess one set stripes in Soft Suede
Punches: Scalloped Edge, Word Window, Modern Label
Accessories: Snail Adhesive, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Nestablilites square and scalloped square.
Thanks for looking
Cindy