'Tis the Season's First Challenge!

Hi Everyone!  I'm excited that today is the first day of 'Tis the Season's Christmas card blog challenge, and that I am one of the designers!  We will be having a Christmas card challenge for you every two weeks.  Why am I excited about this challenge?  First I think it will be fun to make Christmas cards throughout the year instead of just around Christmas time, and second is that I plan to make four of the same or very similar cards when I make a design for the challenge.  That means by this time next year I'll have around 100 cards all ready to go for Christmas.  I'll only have to sign and address them. :)  I love to stamp, but I have to admit that it gets kind of boring making around 100 cards of the same design. :(  On top of that, even though I order and get my supplies early somehow the time always gets away from me, and I'm cramming to get them done in December so everyone gets their cards before Christmas!  

So far I'm off to a good start..I made four cards with my first design. :)  Now I need to find a place to store all of them for next Christmas.  It will be fun to go through all the cards next year remembering each one I made.  Check out what the other talented designers' cards look like by joining us HERE at 'Tis the Season.  You can start following us and showing us the great Christmas cards you have made too!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  O Holy Night & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Elegant Eggplant & Whisper White

Glimmer Paper:  Silver

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Elegant Eggplant

Embossing Folder:  Modern Mosaic

Punches:  Modern Label & Word Window

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Whisper White

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Gorgeous Grunge Christmas

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge card.  I went a little different than normal using Christmas ornaments with the gorgeous grunge streaks underneath.  I guess it's a pretty clean and simple card for this week's challenge. :)  Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made over at the Red Hot Stampers' blog HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets: Ornament Keepsakes, Gorgeous Grunge

& Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Elegant Eggplant & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Elegant Eggplant & Perfect Plum

Framelits:  Holiday Ornaments

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Sponges

Pillow Gifts for Convention

I sure don't know how some ladies can post on their blogs everyday.  All I know is they are a LOT better than me!  Anyway, today's post is all about pillow gifts for convention because that's where I'm headed! :)  I put together four 3x3 cards with envelopes and some Ghirardelli chocolates for everyone.  Do you remember on Sunday I said you'd see a lot of the stamp set Field Flowers this week?  I wasn't kidding...and you'll still be seeing more.  At least today's cards use the new in colors. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Field Flowers & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, 

Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding & Coastal Cabana

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Strawberry Slush, 

Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding & Coastal Cabana

Smooch Spritz:  Vanilla Shimmer

Field Flowers For You

Just another quick post of one of my June stamp a stack cards using a past Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge from a couple of weeks ago. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Field Flowers, Everything Eleanor,

En Francais & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral & Pear Pizzaz

Ribbon:  3/8" Ruffled Ribbon in Calypso Coral (retired)

Clay Molds spritzed with Calypso Coral

Serene Silhouettes Graduation

    Today's card is for this week's Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge.  I must say I had a hard time with this week's sketch!  I finally just sponged in some colors on the semi-circle to kind of show a sunset since it seems that's all I've been working on lately, then stamped one of the trees from Serene Silhouettes.  I also needed one more graduation card, so it kind of served a dual purpose today.  

If you like the look of sponging and aren't sure how to do it I have four cards that I made for the Inky Fingers Club Summer Session.  They range from pretty simple to a bit of work, but I will have detailed instructions and a LOT of pictures for each card.  Here is some more info you can check out if you're interested...

Inky Fingers Club
Summer 2013 Session
July 7th through July 20th

All New Stampin' Up! Products
Over 50 Exclusive Designs
Creative Card Sets and Containers
14 Daily Tutorials
Talented Guest Designers
Step by Step Directions
Lots of Photos

Daily Challenges with Prizes
Original Artwork Shipped to Members

I would love for you to become a member and join me and the other designers at the Inky Fingers Club HERE!  If you do decide to join and become a member please send me your email by clicking on the "Contact Me" box at the top of my blog. 

Don't forget to check out what the other Red Hot Stampers made using this sketch HERE.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Serene Silhouettes & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Bermuda Bay, Pool Party & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Strawberry Slush, Daffodil Delight,

Bermuda Bay & Pool Party

StazOn:  Black

Framelits:  Circle Collection

Sponges

RHSSC - Bitty Butterfly Birthday

I must say I really like the new In Colors! :)  I was planning on using them for this week's Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge card, but then we had a little bit added on to the challenge toward the end of the week...we needed to make our cards into a Father's Day card too.  Well, today's card is the idea I had going in my head (I even the the set, punches and colors sitting out early in the week!).  I really didn't think butterflies were a very wise choice for a Father's day card, so I made this card for my friend's birthday instead. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Papillon Potpourri & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Whisper White, Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar, 

Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana & Strawberry Slush

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pistachio Pudding, Baked Brown Sugar, 

Crisp Cantaloupe, Coastal Cabana & Strawberry Slush

Embossing Folder:  Honeycomb

Punches:  Modern Label, Word Window,

3/4" Circle & Bitty Butterfly

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist (retired)

Birthday Bunch

Some of you might remember Stampin' Up came out with a project I posted about a couple of weeks ago the Bloomin' Bouquet Project Kit.  At my upline's last demo meeting we put the set together.  They weren't too difficult to make, so I thought I'd make a couple of my own kind.  I grabbed the Mixed Bunch set and came up with these flowers.  I made it into a b-day card for my sister-in-law. :)  I used the Mojo Monday #293 sketch challenge for the design, and the Paper Players color challenge #145 for the colors.  I must say, I thought it was hard to get good pics when I use shimmer paint, but the heat and stick powder with dazzling diamonds is worse!  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Mixed Bunch, Teeny Tiny Wishes & Build a Blossom

Card Stock:  Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse,

Gumball Green & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Raspberry Ripple, Midnight Muse

 & Gumball Green

Punches: Modern Label,  Word Window, Blossom

& Blossom Petals Builder 

Ribbon:  3/8" Satin in Raspberry Ripple

Buttons:  Vintage Faceted Designer

Heat & Stick Powder

Dazzling Diamonds

Elegant Bojo Blossoms

Today's card for the Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge is pretty clean and simple.  I wanted to follow the sketch pretty closely and decided to use the Bojo Blossoms punch using the smallest flower to create this week's card.  Don't forget to check out the other cards using this sketch over at the Red Hot Stampers blog. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Elegant Eggplant

Embossing Folder:  Designer Frames

Punches:  Bojo Blossoms & Extra-large Oval

Jewels:  Basic Pearl

Shimmper Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

Happy Hello

Today I have a couple of cards to show you that I earned as freebies from Sale-a-bration.  I added just a bit to them and had the ladies put them together at this month's stamp a stack.  I think they turned out pretty cute. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Happy Hello - Simply Sent Card Kit

Stamp Set:  Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Basic Gray & So Saffron

Classic Stamin' Pads:  Baja Breeze & Daffodil Delight

Punches:  Scallop Oval & Large Oval

Sponges