Thursday Crafting

 

Hello and happy Thursday.  I have a few cards to share today.  First up is this card using Memory Box Life's Path stamps.  I colored the trees in various shades of blue, purple and green with Copic markers.  I am entering this card at Festive Friday #33: Winter Solstice (blue, purple, trees) and Memory Box #67: Trees.

Next up is a Warm Wishes card, inspired by the challenge at Ink to Paper.  I pulled out these cute Christmas Critters mice from PTI, sharing a cup of cocoa and maybe even a kiss under the mistletoe.  I used the colors from Just Add Ink #534 and am also playing along at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Fun with Dies.

My next card started with the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #464, the colors at Just Add Ink #534  and the Fun with Dies challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.  I pulled out another old favorite from PTI, Dash Away All for this card.  As fun as it is to get new stamps, sometimes it is fun to play with old favorites.

Last up for me today is this fun Christmas tree I constructed myself using some paper scraps I had left over from this card.  I had an idea in my head of how I wanted it to look, and did a google image search to see if I could find an image of the die I had in mind that inspired my idea.  What I learned is that this project is one of the most popular Christmas crafts for kindergarten classes.  Yay me!  I passed kindergarten (again).  

I am entering this card in a challenge that is new to me called The Rainbow Card Challenge #24: Holiday Rainbow.  I am also entering this card at Festive Friday #33: Winter Solstice (blue, purple, tree, snow) 

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CASology Week #339...Leap

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is LEAP.

I got a head start on my holiday cards for 2019 with this card, that pairs a MFT NY skyline die cut with a leaping reindeer from PTI Dash Away All.  I used black sparkle embossing powder, which does not photograph well, but looks very shimmery in person.

Now it's your turn.  How does LEAP inspire you?


As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

I hope you play along this week.  Our sponsor this week is STAMPlorations.  Details are on the CASology blog.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the our Guest Designer Marcia and the CASology design team.

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CASology Week #295...Believe

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is BELIEVE.  I decided to get a jump on my 2018 holiday cards--can you believe a red nosed reindeer flying through the sky, right over the tops of the skyscrapers?

Now it's your turn.  How does BELIEVE inspire you?  I hope you play along this week.  Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the design team.

Anna

Bharata

Diedre

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Karen

Kevin

Kymona

Melissa

Rachel

Our Guest Designer is Valliam.

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CASology Week 283...Glimmer

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is GLIMMER.

I must admit that I had to look this one up, as I was not exactly sure precisely what it meant.  Here is what I found on Dictionary.com.

glimmer

[glim-er] 

 

• Synonyms
• Examples
• Word Origin

See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com

noun

1.

a faint or unsteady light; gleam.

2.

a dim perception; inkling.

verb (used without object)

3.

to shine faintly or unsteadily; twinkle, shimmer, or flicker.

4.

to appear faintly or dimly.

I went with definition 3, and created a twinkling, glimmery night sky.  I used PTI Dash Away All and Delicata Silver ink to create my glimmering sky background.

Now it's your turn.  How does GLIMMER inspire you?  I hope you play along this week.  Please remember to keep it Clean and Simple.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the design team.

Anna

Diedre

Jacquie

Janet

Jen

Joyce (that's me)

Kymona 

Melissa

Rachel

Our Guest Designer is Lisa Lara.

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Leaping Reindeer

Please do not tell me to stop it already with the leaping reindeer.  I'm sorry, but I just can't stop.  Here, I've got those reindeer leaping over some mountains.  I think these are the Sierras, and these reindeer are headed to Tahoe for some skiing.

I am entering this card at AAA Cards #104: Christmas and CAS on Friday #122: Christmas.

I am entering this next card at PTI Make it Monday #305: Love of Layers and Muse Christmas Vision 90: Any holiday card.

Last up today is another reindeer.  I am entering this card at Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes.

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