A Blessed Christmas

Hello everyone. It certainly feels strange to return to my blog after being MIA for almost a year! What can I say, moving to a new school made life so incredibly busy that when I had a rare 30 seconds to whip up a CAS card there was no time for photos, blogging or to clean my craft room. LOL! Anyhoo, here is a replica of one of the Christmas cards that I made last year to kick off my mojo and get my cards started for the upcoming holiday season.

This was a very simple card to put together. I used the Paper Smooches - A Blessed Christmas stamp set, colored the image with copics, grabbed paper scraps from my scrap bin along with a gold piece of recycled ribbon and mounted it all on kraft cardstock. Of course I had to add a little shimmer with my Wink of Stella pen and some gold stitching with my pilot gold pen. Easy Peasy!

I would like to enter my card into the Paper Smooches: Gold Challenge. I am also entering it in their December Guest Designer Search.

That is all for today! I certainly hope to be back posting on a more regular basis.

Warmest hugs,

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all my family, friends and followers. I wish you much happiness and many blessings this holiday season! These Swanky Snowdudes from Paper Smooches are one of my favourites to use.

I'd like to enter my card into the Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge! Merry Christmas to all!

Warmest Hugs,

Farewell Teacher

In the midst of Christmas preparations, our staff sends Best Wishes to one of our colleagues who is moving on to another school. Cassandra is full of spunk and these bright colours just spoke to me when creating her card. I used a SSS stencil and inked the background with distress ink. The dies are from Paper Smooches, Lawn Fawn and Memory Box. The stamps are MFT, SSS, Paper Smooches and Lawn Fawn. I had so much fun piecing this together and just love how it turned out. I added the bottom picture after I took my original photos. I decided to add glossy accents over the Wink of Stella pen on the apple -- LOVE the shine and dimension.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

Hiding in My Craftroom - Freestyle

Cute Card Thursday - Sparkles

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Best Wishes!

This card is for a colleague that is moving on to another school. I just love this flower die and have seen many similar CAS cards using it on Pinterest. This is a memory box die.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Paper Crafting Challenges - anything goes
Chocolate, Coffee, Cards - Summer Days - Mine are spent in the flower gardens on my acreage
Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hi Friend!

I have been working on another technique from the CAS 3 class over at OCC. One minute I LOVE this card and then I wonder if it is too busy. Nonetheless, I am being brave and posting it. LOL! This is the Faux Layering Die Cuts Technique and I even used my fav chevron background die and layered that (this is where I wonder if I went a little overboard???). Anyhoo :) - here's my card!

Thought I would include this picture to show the shimmer of the Wink of Stella Marker added for accent.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Paper Smooches Sparks - anything goes

Paper Smooches Blog - April Guest Designer search

Stampin for the weekend - anything goes

Supplies:

*Paper Smooches HOOTIES Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	PS Owl Die	Sentiment Sampler	Talking About You	Lawn Fawn HEARTS	CHEVRON COVER UP
*Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad DARK CHOCOLATE Brown ink007	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD BRUSHED CORDUROY Brown Ranger	*Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad BLACKBOARD Mid-Tone AF272 2014	Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR	Sponge Dauber	Heavyweight Card Stock Limeade
Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- White

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PS Puppy Thanks

One more thank you card for today and a quick post before I head out to work. I love this puppy from the Paper Smooches Chubby Chum set and he has just been begging to get used. Well today is  his lucky day!

Challenges I would like to enter:

Make It Monday - anything goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge - anything goes
ETA: Paper Smooches - guest designer search

Supplies:

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Heart Melt

Here is a super quick card for today's challenge over at the Outlawz Paper a la Mode challenge. It is an anything goes challenge and I just had to try out this adorable floating hearts die from Simon Says Stamp.

The cardstock is Simon Says Stamp and MFT. The stamp sets are Paper Smooches and Lawn Fawn (tiny heart). I used Memento Luxe ink for the pink snowflakes and Memento Tuxedo Black for my other stamping.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Make It Monday - anything goes

Stampin for the Weekend - anything goes

Have a fantabulous day,

Swanky Snow Dudes Tags!

Now who doesn't love a cute holiday tag, especially when they feature adorable snow dudes? LOL! Can you tell I just love this Paper Smooches stamp set and dies? I am sure you will see a lot more of these swanky dudes in the coming weeks as I just can't get enough. These were so fun to make. From the tiny paper piecing to background stamping, die cutting, embossing, adding shine or copic coloring of such small areas . . . it is hard to believe there were so many techniques for such a tiny finished product!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Gina K, Neenah Solar White
Pattern Paper: Lawn Fawn - Peace Joy Love
Stamps: Paper Smooches: Swanky Snow Dudes, Christmas Sampler
Dies: Paper Smooches - Tag Scallop, Toppers, Snow Dudes, Christmas Words
Ink: Memento, Versa Mark, Hero Arts
Twine: We R Memory Keepers
Markers: Copic
Other: Wink of Stella, Glossy Accents

Challenges I would like to enter:

Paper Smooches - Guest Designer Search
Make It Monday - anything goes
Through the Craft Room Door - anything goes
Glitter n Sparkle Challenge Blog - tag it
Come and Get It Challenges - Christmas Gift

Have a fantabulous day,

Hey Chickie

Hello all. I am having lots of fun playing with my Paper Smooches stamps lately and a technique from the OCC Holiday Cards 2013 class - day 1. Now although it is hard to tell, my embossing is done using a technique Kristina showed us to create a blank spot for a greeting. I decided on this card to use that blank space for just washi tape to give it a pop of contrast. LOVE how this card turned out.

Had to try to catch some of that sparkle that you can't see in the first pic. :)

Supplies:

Cardstock: MFT, Neenah Solar White

Stamps: Paper Smooches

Dies: Paper Smooches, SSS

Twine: We R Memory Keepers

Embossing Folder: Sizzix

Markers: copic

Washi Tape: from my stash

Other: Wink of Stella, Glossy Accents

Challenges I would like to enter:

Make It Monday - always anything goes

Time 4 Scrap - use a die

Chocolate Coffee Cards - monochromatic

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

Totally Papercrafts - CAS

Paper Smooches Blog - Guest Designer Search

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Monday!