Christmas Crafts All Year Round - April challenge

 The April alphabet challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year Round is "G" or "H".  Some ideas would be gingerbread, garland, greenery, house, holly, and the one I used "ho ho ho".

I used a coverplate from Catherine Pooler for the background, cutting it out of white shimmer cardstock with a red cardfront.  The Santa and reindeer images are from My Favorite Things, colored with Olo markers.  I added a little pearl Pops of Color to the fur on Santa's outfit.  

Peace on Earth Challenge #110

 Peace on Earth's April challenge is anything Christmas, but they've also posted this mood board for inspiration.

I was inspired by the trees and the snowy scene with the fence, so I used an old Power Poppy stamp set for this snowy village scene.  I used a scallop frame die and matte silver cardstock to frame the image against a warm gray cardfront.  Inspired by Jenn Shurkus to "glitter all the things", I used fine crystal glitter on all the snow.  It's very subtle, but adds some nice sparkle.

Addicted to CAS - Challenge #306

 Here is the current challenge at Addicted to Clean & Simple

Since it's almost that time of year, I decided to do a graduation card and used a postage stamp edge frame.

The cap and diploma are layered stamps from Kitchen Sink Stamps.  Now I'm ready for May graduations!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #109

 The current challenge at Christmas Kickstart is "brimming with style".... all about the hats!  I used a Simon Says Stamp set to make a little scene with Santa and his little helpers in their Santa hats.

The floor is a die from Penny Black.  It's great for putting together indoor scenes.  The table that the tree is on is actually a window stamp with the curtains and bottom frame cut away.  I added some clear Stickles to the fur on the Santa hats and colored Stickles to the Christmas ornaments.

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Make Someone Smile challenge

 The April challenge at Sisterhood of Crafters is to "make someone smile", and they have this image as inspiration.

  Inspired by the cute animals, I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets from the Ink Blot Shop for this card.

These cute farm animals always make me smile, so I hope they will do the same to someone else!

AAA Card Challenge #312

 The current challenge at AAA Cards is a lift challenge.  Follow the lead from DT member Jane's card below:

Here's my card based on the above inspiration.  I used some vintage floral 6x6 paper and just added a stamped sentiment and a few copper brads. I used cream cardstock instead of white to match the vintage style of the patterned paper.

Color Hues Challenge #131 - coral and green

 Here is the new challenge at Color Hues:

Coral was never one of my favorite colors, but lately I've gotten a little fonder of it, lol!  I think that comes from the shades of coral in Concord & 9th ink and cardstock.  That's what I used for this card, along with a stamp set from The Greetery.

I did a little stenciling on the white oval and some dry embossing on the coral cardstock.  No sentiment on this one, as it could be used for various occasions.