The Paper Players #153

Hello Everyone!

I'm posting one more card tonight!  This one is for The Paper Players Challenge.  It's Christmas in July, even though I've already started making Christmas cards a couple of weeks ago!

 My card:

The base of the card is Whisper White, follwed by red cardstock.  The pretty gold paper is from DCWV.
I recently purchased the Woodland Branch by Memoy Box, and I figured this would be the perfect card challenge to use it for!  I did, however, make it smaller so it would fit in the oval area.  I adhered red baker's twine to the beak of the bird as if it is holding the Christmas ornament.  Both sentiment and image are from Just Rite's Noel Christmas Ornaments Stamp Set.  A few rhinestones and pearls were added on the ornament, inside the oval and on each corner of the card.

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Merry Monday #67

Hello my friends,

I'm excited to play along over at Merry Monday #67  this week!  Leslie has a fabulous sketch for us:

My card:

The base of the card is Riding Hood Red, followed by white cardstock.  The pretty paper is from Paper Holly Berry DSP.  I grabbed some music note paper by Crate Paper Inc. and used it as the background for the die.  I'm always on the lookout for music paper...I just love it on Christmas cards!  I created snow using a scrap of white cardstock and hand drew the hill and adhered it to the circle.  The die is from Papertrey Ink called In the Meadow Silhouettes Die Collection.  The sentiment is from Just Rite Noel Christmas Ornaments Stamps.  To finish off my card, I added some grey satin ribbon. 

 

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Merry Monday #57

Happy Saturday!

Today I am sharing a card I made for this week's Merry Monday #57.  Lesley has created this sketch for us:

My card:

For my Christmas card this week, I went with a non-traditional color, pink, and combined it with silver.  The base is Whisper White.  The patterned papers are from a retired paper pack from SU!, but I don't know the name of it.  A piece of  Blushing Bride cardstock was embossed with the Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder.  The image is from SU! Contempo Christmas and the sentiment is from Just Rite's Noel Christmas Ornaments Stamp Set.  Lastly, I added some pearls to the tree and a pink rhinestone as a tree topper.

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Merry Monday Any Past Sketch Will Do! & The Play Date Cafe 'Color Splash' Challenge #159

Hello my friends.

Happy Tuesday!  I would like to thank Leslie and the design team members for choosing my card as the Top Pick!  I almost fell off my chair, I couldn't believe it!  You can see my card HERE.

Today, I created a card for this week's Merry Monday - Any Past Sketch Will Do!  I chose Challenge #33 Sketch:

I used the combo colors Black, White and a "Splash" of Maroon from The Play Date Cafe Challenge #159:



My card:

The card base is Very Vanilla, followed with Cherry Cobler and SU Festival of Prints.  The gorgeous Christmas Tree is from SU Snow Swirled Stamp Set.  I added some rhinestones to the tree and a thick black ribbon in the middle.  I also incorporated red ribbon and made a pretty bow on top.  The sentiment is from Just Rite Noel Christmas Ornaments.  This stamp set has 15 different sentiments. I love it! 

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Dynamic Duos #31

Hello my friends!

The weekend is almost over and is back to work tomorrow!  I'm here to share with you a card for this week's Dynamic Duos #31 Challenge.  We were asked to use Light Green and Red - Christmas colors!

My card:

The card base is Very Vanilla, followed by pretty Christmas paper from SU Scrapbook Kit (retired).  The bottom portion is also Very Vanilla embossed with Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder - my favorite for Christmas cards.  The Christmas ornament and sentiment is from Just Rite Noel Christmas Ornaments Stamp Set.  I stamped the ornament using Real Red ink and the sentiment in Certainly Celery ink, and used some dimensionals.  Lastly, I added a pretty red bow and two red rhinestones on the bottom of the card.

 

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Freshly Made Sketches #63

Hello my friends,

Happy Friday!  I have a card to share with you for this week's Freshly Made Sketches #63. 

My card:

I've been neglecting Rudolph, so I decided to dust him off and make him the focal point of my card.  I used Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler and festive paper from SU Festival of Prints.  I embossed the 2 stripes of Cherry Cobbler with Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder, and added some Soft Suede cardstock for the 2 mats.  The sentiment is from Just Rite's Noel Christmas Ornaments.  I'm not sure if you can see it, but I added a small pearl, colored it in with a red Copic Marker for Rudolph's nose and added 2 small rhinestones. 

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Merry Monday #43

Hello my friends,

I have a card to share for this week's Merry Monday #43.  I love this week's sketch:

My card:

I didn't have any Christmas stamps small enough for the circles. so I decided to make 3 small poinsettias using the Layered Poinsettia Spellbinders.  The Christmas paper is from SU Scrapbooking Kit (retired).  The green cardstock was embossed with SU Petals-a-Plenty Folder.  I thought it would go well with the poinsettias.  The sentiment is from Just Rite's Noel Christmas Ornaments Stamp Set. 

This is the final Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge for 2012!  I would like to wish everyone over at Merry Monday a Happy Holiday Season!

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IBSIC #35 & JAI #144

Hello my friends,

I have a card to share with you for 2 separate card challenges.  This week, at Inspired by Stamping , we were asked to use pink, gold and white, as the main colors.  Below is the photo inspiration:

I found this new card challenge, Just Add Ink #144, so I decided to play along and incorporate "Music" to my card:

The base card is Whisper White and the next layer is pretty paper from Webster's Pages' Clean & Simple.  I added gold and pink ribbon across the card.  I cut out a tag using music notes from Graphic 45.  Using the Layered Poinsettia Spellbinders, I cut a pink poinsettia and distressed the edges using Spun Suger Distress Ink by Jim Holtz (not sure if you can see it) - now that it's getting dark earlier, the lighting is not that great.  I adhered a small pink button to my tag and some more gold ribbon.  The sentiment is from Just Rite's Noel Christmas Ornaments Stamp Set.  Lastly, I added some pink rhinestones to the bottom of the card. 

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IBSIC #33

Hello my friends,

Today I am sharing a card I made for this week's Inspired by Stampin Challenge #33.  A big thank you to Joanna for offering blog candy this week!  The winner will receive the Graceful Hydrangea Stamp Set! 

My card:

The base of the card is Crumb cake and the next layer is Very Vanilla.  The pretty paper is from SU Festival of Prints DSP.  The black and red combo has an elegant look to it, so I decided to use the Just Rite Ornament Clear Stamps with the coordinating 2011 Heirloom Ornaments Spellbinders.  I embossed a piece of Very Vanilla for the top circle and added a black background.  I finished off my card by adding a red bow, a few pearls on the ornament, and some pretty lace on the bottom of the card. 

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IBSIC #32

Hello my friends,

Happy Halloween to everyone!  Sorry, but I don't have alot of time to write, so I will make this short and sweet (I only have a couple of minutes to upload my card).  Here is the gorogeous Inspiration Photo for this week's IBSIC #32:

My card:

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