Season's Greetings

Today is the first day of the Holiday Card Workshop and oh the inspiration is sooooo amazing! I right away fell in love with Kristina's card and to some degree totally CASE'd what she did and tweaked things to my own liking. I really like the dry embossing folder technique she showed to create that flat area perfect for a greeting. And last but not least . . . yay! I have finally used washi tape on a card instead of just as a die holder. LOL!

This picture of the front shows the beautiful embossing. Love how it turned out on the kraft cardstock.

Inside: Don't you love the vellum gift card holder? :)

Had to do another photo of the front so you could see the glossy accents and wink of stella on the adorable penguin. 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Gina K
Stamps: Paper Smooches
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Ink: Memento and Versamark
Embossing Powder: Hero Arts
Washi Tape: Came as part of a big pack - My Mind's Eye?
Markers: copic
Pens: Uniball Signo, Wink of Stella
Other: googly eyes - Dollar Store and glossy accents

Challenges I would like to enter:

Make It Monday #166 - always anything goes
Paper Smooches - Guest Designer Search
Come and Get it Challenge - Gift Card Holder
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Send a Smile 4 Kids - Happy Holidays

ETA: Yay! I was one of the top picks at the Come and Get It Challenge. Thanks so much, I appreciate the honor of being chosen.

Thanks for stopping in!

Wooohoo!

Whoooo's Birthday is it? This is a quick card that I had made for my husband for his birthday. I love the stamps and dies from Paper Smooches and this was a great chance to try some out. I could play with these cute critters all day.

Supplies Used:

Cardstock: Gina K & Neenah Solar White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Stamps: Paper Smooches all except one inside greeting and that one is Penny Black

Dies: Paper Smooches

Designer Paper: From a collection in a stamp kit from SSS

Pen: Copic multi-liner

Other: googly eyes from Dollar Store

Challenges I would like to enter:

Paper Smooches - Guest Designer Search

Simon Says Stamp Wed Challenge - Keep it Clean and Simple

Thanks for visiting,

Cocoa and Cookies Santa

Hello my fellow bloggers! It is time for another Challenge over at the Outlawz Paper a la Mode group. We hope that you join us this week for our anything goes challenge. The DT is featuring Rick St. Dennis images this week. We would love to have you join us. You don't need to use one of Rick's images to play along, but it would be fabulous if you could support our sponsor. The winner of this week's challenge will win 2 of Rick's images. So please come join the fun! I used Cocoa and Cookies Santa for my card. I decided to go with a CAS design because of the detail in the image. This is also my first attempt at doing a 3D image with cutting apart all the separate pieces of the image to give it multi dimension.

Supplies:

Cardstock: X-Press It, Gina K

Digi: Rick St. Dennis

Stamps: Hero Arts

Markers: Copic

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Sparkle: Stickles, Wink of Stella pen, Sakura Pen

Other: white embossing powder (?), red gem (Bazzill)

Challenges I would like to enter:

Make It Monday #165 - always anything goes

Challenges and Candies - CAS

Jingle Belles - Holiday Traditions (Leaving cookies and milk for Santa)

Sister Act Card Challenge - anything goes

Simons Says Stamp Wed Challenge Blog - Clean and Simple

Online Holiday Card Class

Have a wonderful day,

QUICK CAS HELLO

Good Morning all you lovely bloggers! I have been trying to get into my craftroom for weeks to just play. Well that wasn't happening, so up extra early this morning to put together a cute CAS card. Hope you enjoy! The two new products I was trying out was the Big Hello die from Simon Says Stamp and this awesome background stamp from Impression Obsession. Isn't that gingham the cutest? I can think of all kinds of uses for it! :)

Other Supplies:

Die: Lawn Fawn (heart)

Cardstock: MFT and Neenah Solar White

Other: Glossy Accents for the sweet little heart :)

Challenges I would like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Keep it Clean and Simple

Make It Monday - anything goes

Creative Craft Challenges 2 - It's only words

Warm Hugs,

Let It Snow!

Funny that this is the card I made today, because as I type there is a heavy snowfall warning and we are told to expect 20 cm of the white stuff -- eeek! Anyhoo, my card is for the Outlawz Paper a la Mode challenge where the theme is snowmen. Make sure you stop by and play along. We would love to see all your cute snowman creations. Definitely one of my favorite themes and I am hoping to make a few cards this week and make a dent in my Christmas cards.

For this card I used one of my absolute favorite Penny Black snowman stamps . . . isn't is adorable?

Supplies:

Stamps: Penny Black; Paper Trey Ink

Paper: Simon Says Stamp (SSS) White; Neenah Solar White

Dies: SSS

Gem: Kaiser Kraft

Embossing Folder: Sizzix

Challenges I would like to enter:

Make It Monday - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - sparklers

CAS-ual Fridays - embossing

Stay Warm My Crafty Friends :)