Mix It Up Challenge Blog - May challenge

 It's time for the May Challenge at Mix It Up Challenge Blog.  This time we'd like to see paper piecing on your projects.  This is a great way to use your stamps without coloring or inking with stencils.  Here's my card for the challenge:

I used an older stamp set from Gina K Designs, called Fabulous Frame.  I stamped the full background image, which includes the full rectangle, horizontal rectangle piece and oval center, on teal dotted patterned paper.  Then I stamped again on solid teal cardstock and cut out the outer horizontal rectangle and outer oval piece.  I stamped again on teal striped paper to get the horizontal rectangle strip and on white cardstock to get the center oval.  The floral image was a separate stamp.  I stamped it on solid teal cardstock, teal patterned paper and yellow swirl patterned paper, then fussy cut the various parts of the image to get the pieced flower.  I added a little touch of color to the flower with colored pencils and a used a bit of white colored pencil on the leaves to make some highlights.  The floral image was adhered to the center oval with thin foam adhesive.

We'd love to see your paper piece projects this month.  Please join us at Mix It Up Challenge Blog!  

CAS on Friday - Challenge #306

 CAS on Friday's current challenge is to create an Easter themed project.  I used a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp for this clean and simple card.

All I did was lightly color the gray and brown bunnies and then diecut with pinked rectangle dies.  I'll probably include a box of Peeps with this card for a little Easter gift.

AAA Cards Challenge 287

 Here's the new challenge at AAA Cards.   Use silhouettes on your project, plus one of the other items on this grid.

I chose to use landscapes as my optional item.  I used a silhouette image from Gina K's Friendly Silhouettes stamp set, along with a sentiment from her Peaceful Florals set. 

 The image and sentiment were stamped in black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  The background was ink blended with Distress Oxide inks.  I added some tiny little stars to the background sky with a sheer glimmer pen.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #97 - Poinsettias

 Christmas Kickstart's current challenge is to use poinsettias on your project. Here's my card for the challenge:

The poinsettia image was colored with Olo markers.  I added some diecut greenery and a gold metallic scallop layer behind the sentiment layer.  

Jingle Belles One Layer Christmas challenge

Jingle Belles' current challenge is to create a one-layer card.  This is always a fun challenge for me, because even though I don't do a lot of high dimensional cards, I usually at least pop up my sentiment.

For this card, I used some older layering stamps from the Greetery and did some masking for this simple card.

The scallop frame looks like a diecut, but it's from a Simon Says Stamp set that has several different frames and borders.  This all makes a nice flat card that's perfect for mailing.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - March theme challenge

 The theme challenge for March at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is Rudolph/reindeer.

I used some stamps from My Favorite Things to create a slimline card featuring Rudolph, Santa, a few elves.  The images were colored with Olo markers.  These images just make me smile!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #96 - no red, green or gold

 The current challenge at Christmas Kickstart is to use non-traditional colors - no red, green, or gold.  I went with a blue, lavender, silver color scheme on my card.

The image and sentiment were stamped and embossed in silver.  The card front is blue cardstock, that I ink blended with blue and lavender inks.  A few silver sequins were added to finish it off.  The stamp set is an older Stamptember set from Simon Says Stamp/Gina K.