Card Drives (Part 3)

Hi there.  I am popping in very quickly to share the last cards I made to play along with the Pink Christmas Challenge at Jingle Belles.  I am also playing along at Merry Monday, where the challenge this week is non-traditional colors.

My last two cards use the sketch at Wanna Sketch.

I am also entering all of these cards at Addicted to Stamps Holiday challenge, and then sending them all off to the Caring Hearts card drive.

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Sunday Night Wrap Up and Card Drives (Part 2)

I'm playing along with this week's RetroSketches rs#127, where the sketch is one of my favorite cards by their fabulous Guest Designer, Tracey!  I am also playing along at Just Us Girls #263 and Addicted to CAS Code Word:  Vellum.  The color is a bit off in my photo, but my front panel is SU Navy card stock, and I've backed the open circle cut with vellum.

I've got another card for Tag You're It, and I am also sending it in for the Splitcoast Stampers Hope You Can Cling To challenge Something's Missing.  I did not color the flowers inside--they are missing a solid color.

My next 3 cards play along with the Pink Christmas Challenge at Jingle Belles, and I will send them to the Caring Hearts Drive.

These two play along with the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #158. 

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Card Drives (Part 1)

Hello.  It is almost the weekend here.  Yay.  I must warn you that I am posting a lot of cards today.  I've been on a tear, making cards for various card drives.  Are you ready?

I will start with 4 cards that I am linking up to the Pink Christmas challenge at Jingle Belles.   They are donating $4 to the Susan G. Koman Foundation for every card linked up.  And, then I am sending these cards along to the Caring Hearts card drive.

I followed the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch and was inspired by Kristi's card for my first two cards.

I made a bunch of cards using this sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping #311.

All the rest of my cards are for various challenges at Splitcoast Stampers Hope You Can Cling To, and I will be sending them to MD Anderson Cancer Center.

This card plays along with the current challenge at Tag You're It #8 and the Something's Missing challenge at HYCCT.  On this card, the stamped background sentiment letters are missing color inside.  I wanted to show that something could be very pretty and still be missing something.  The background stamping Kim did on this card was my inspiration.

These next two cards may look the same, but can you spot the difference?  I switched around the order of the ice cream colors, since I had to run the die through 5 times, once for each color.  Yes, if you are a regular reader, you will eventually see these ice creams on 5 different cards.  One is for the Spoonful of Sugar challenge and the other is for the Two by Two challenge to use pink and purple together.

The next 10 cards are for the Stripping Down challenge to use strips of paper.  I used the sketch above from Clean and Simple Stamping and really had a good time digging through my pattern papers to make these cards.  And, while they all follow the same basic sketch, they are all different in some way.  Here goes:

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Well, that's it for me today.  I have a bunch more half finished that I will work on and post over the weekend.

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Making Cards Instead of Going to the Gym

Yes, this is what I did today.  My car was in the shop, so I couldn't get to my spinning class.  It was a good day to stay home and play in my craft room.  First up is one of my favorites of the day.  It is for this week's Merry Monday #130:  Silent Night and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge O is for...Oval.  The stamp is Hero Arts Cling Winter Trees, and I stamped it in SU Night of Navy directly on the card base.  I marked the size of the oval opening with a pencil, so I knew where to place the stamp, and the sentiment is stamped on vellum, which is wrapped around the card front.

My next card is inspired by this super cute card of Therese at Muse #89 and is also for Lawnscaping #91 Patterned Paper.  I am sending this card to MD Anderson Cancer Center as part of the SCS HYCCT challenge Chicks Stick Together (HYCCT1411).   

Another Peaceful Pinecones card inspired by Festive Friday and this card by Ashley Cannon Newell.

I am entering this next card in a new challenge for me--CAS on Sunday #44 Emboss it.  I used dry embossing and heat embossing on my card.  The embossing powder is Ranger Verdigris and it has a very cool bluish-goldish look.  This card and the next two are all based on this card by Laura Bassen during last month's PTI release.

Edited to add that I am linking this Christmas card with pink in it to the Pink Christmas Challenge at Jingle Belles.  They are donating $4 to the Susan G Koman foundation for every card linked up. 

 

I'll enter this next card at Virginia's View #8 where the challenge is Clean and Simple.

I will be sending all of today's holiday cards to the Caring Hearts Card Drive.

Thanks so much for sticking with me for this really long post.

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