Addicted to Stamps & More Challenge #517

The current challenge at Addicted to Stamps & More is a Christmas challenge.  Here is my card for the challenge.

I stamped the sentiment and wreath, then die cut into a circle with a gold mat behind it.  The green cardstock was dry embossed, then I ran a brayer with gold Solar Paste over the debossed side.  A few tiny red gems were added to the stamped wreath.

Freshly Made Sketches #736

 Here is the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches challenge #736:

Here is my card from the sketch, using daisy dies from Simon Says Stamp and a sentiment from Taylored Expressions.

I just love daisies.  They are one of my favorite flowers.  I really love the stitched detail with these dies.  The orange cardstock was dry embossed with a lattice embossing folder from Gina K.

your day to celebrate

 I've been watching Simon Hurley's Paste Palooza YouTube series and playing around with some of the techniques he's shown.  For this one, I used a 3D embossing folder on white cardstock, then ink blended the embossed piece and applied solar paste on top for a slight shimmer.  I added the stamped cat with balloons and the sentiment, adhering the little cat with foam tape for dimension.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - embossing folder with option of balloons

Shopping Our Stash #573 Man's Best Friend - feature an animal that could be a pet

Birthday card with cake!

 Joining in a few birthday challenges today:

AAA Cards #314 - anything cake 

 

Addicted to CAS - #307

AAA Birthday #85

Here's my card for the challenge.  The images are all from Concord & 9th and the die cut rectangles are from from Penny Black.  I kept this one pretty simple and generic so it could go to anyone.

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #110

 This month's challenge at Christmas Kickstart is "Season's Tweetings" - featuring our feathered friends.  I used an older Northwoods stamp on this, along with a sentiment from The Greetery.

The image was colored with Olo markers, then masked off so I could ink blend a light blue sky.  I added some fine crystal glitter to the pine boughs, but it doesn't show in the photo.  I diecut this with a lacy edge rectangle, backed with dark green cardstock,  adhered this to a champagne shimmer cardstock and then adhered it all to the card base.

Dashing through the Snow with Jingle Belles

 The new challenge at Jingle Belles is "dashing through the snow" - showcasing, snowflakes, snowmen, snowy scenes, etc.

Here's my card for the challenge:

For the background, I used white texture paste with a snowflake stencil and then added clear glitter before the paste was dry.  After that panel dried, I adhered to the card front and added the stamped and colored snowman image, with just a bit of clear Stickles added to the fur on his hat.  Lots of sparkler on this one!

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #292

 Here is the challenge board for Tic Tac Toe Challenge #292:

I used the middle row for my card:  floral, free, white/cream

The barrel stamp & die is from Penny Black and the floral image and tag are from PaperTrey Ink.  I just wish my real flowers bloomed as well as these, lol!