Shopping Our Stash Challenge #241 ~~ White Out (no white cardstock)

Wow it's March, February just seemed to fly by, we sure had some weird weather in February cold, snow, rain, double digit temperatures now back to cold, we have made it so far and Spring is peeking around the corner.

Shopping Our Stash has done it again, a super interesting challenge White Out we don't want you to use any white cardstock. I don't think I've made many cards without white, first you stamp your image on it...hmm well what can I stamp on coloured cardstock? flowers, trees, a sentiment, all sounded good but I decided to die cut something. Here it is.......

This is a gatefold card with a belly band. I used a die from Impression Obsession to cut the panels in the Night of Navy cardstock, This die can be used two ways, as I have used it and to cut a total panel that you can adhere to the front of a card. The belly band is navy and I used a punch to make the blue section on the front, the punch is also dual use, it can also be used as a border punch by flipping a switch, A butterfly  was attached to the front, to open the card you slide the belly band off.

Belly band is off to open the card.

The inside light blue panel is 4 1/8 X 11 scored at 5 1/2 and folds down to hide the sentiment,

Thanks for visiting today and I hope you will join us in the White Out Challenge this week.

Jingle All the Way ~~ Part 2

Hello friends, family and followers, it's Saturday the start of another great weekend!!

On Thursday I posted a card for Merry Monday Christmas challenge I had coloured two images but only finished one so yesterday when the Jingle Belles challenge popped into my in-box I knew I needed to finish it and then I have another 2-fer. Gotta love it.  Sooooo here it is!!

The super cute stamp is from House Mouse Designs "Jingle Buds" featuring Maxwell and Monica, the image was cut with my Elizabeth Craft Designs stitched rectangles and Jingle all the Way stamp I saw and knew I needed it for this image there is no maker on the stamp, I saw a doily in my scrap pile and thought I need to use that it's one more layer, then of course some rhinestone sparkle and stickles glitter above the bells not sure if it shows in the picture.

Inside Sentiment from Stampendous "Christmas Wishes" stamped on a Top Note die cut.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Merry Monday Christmas challenge #193 "Bells"

Jingle Belles Rock ~~ All Bundled Up use layers at least three I think I qualify for this one!!

Thanks for joining me here today and Merry Monday's challenge will be over soon but the Jingle Belles Rock challenge is open until Thursday March 10th.  I am so happy to be playing both these challenges and wow am I getting a great supply of Holiday cards,.

Jingle All The Way with Merry Monday

I love to get reminders that there is still time to enter a challenge, Merry Monday Christmas Challenge jogged my memory that I was working on an idea for their challenge, I picked my image and found Tuesday Morning Sketches was perfect for the image I had chosen. Have a look and see what I've done.

Fluffles again making lots of noise, I just love these cute kittens no longer on the Stampendous site.

close up of the image.

Finished the inside with a lovely sentiment

Challenges I would like to enter:

Merry Monday Christmas challenge #193 Bells

Tuesday Morning sketches Sketch #340

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I've been crafting,

Shopping Our Stash Challenge # 240 ~~ One is a Lonely Number ~~ One Layer Card

Looking for my Clear it Out post scroll down or click HERE.

Shopping Our Stash  has done a fabulous job of creating "my nemesis" One Layer Cards, I think I do one or two every year and always for a challenge for the design team. I'm totally lost when I can "add" more and more but I bit the bullet, took one for the team and made a One Layer Card!!!

For my card I used Very Vanilla cardstock, Tim Holtz distress markers and Inspired by Nature set from Stampin'up to create a watercolour look (I hope) 

The sentiment is from the same set but the butterfly is from a different Stampin'up set called Nature Walk (retired) and coloured with the distress markers. 

I made a few errors along the way to the finished product but I am pleased with it. Thanks for stopping by today and the SOS team would love to see how you create One Layer Card.

Welcome Back to a New Challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday!!!

Clear it Out Tuesday's Challenge #105's theme is use food related digis and the stash item is plaids (gingham ribbon, plaid patterned paper) The sponsors for the challenge are Robyns Fetish Digital Stamps and Star Stampz. I used a cute digi from Robyns Fetish.

This is a real fun image and the sentiment was computer generated, the candy dots are my home made ones and I remembered what the stash item was before the card was totally finished.

Close up of the image and I even got the sewing machine out did some stitching.

Finished the inside for an Anniversary card and added more plaid.

I would like to enter this in:

Robyn's Fetish ~~ #304 Real or Faux stitching

Thanks for stopping by today I hope you will get out your food related digis and join the challenge at Clear it Out Tuesday.

Jingle Belles Rock!!! and They are Still Having Fun with "TEXT"

Wow I had time to make another Christmas card for the Jingle Belles Rock challenge "TEXT", I had this in my mind all week and this morning while "looking" for something I came across some crocheted mats that Jessi makes and sells, I won them in a TMS challenge.

Seasons Greetings is from Impression Obsession of course the crocheted oval mat from Jessi and the embossing folder is Gently Falling from Stampin'up

Finished the inside with a sentiment on the top note die cut.

I'm entering this in:

Jingle Belles Rock Text challenge

Thanks for checking in today, and see I'm working on my Christmas/Holiday cards early this year.

Bunches of Birthday Wishes

Hello my friends, family and followers thanks for stopping by today to see what I have been creating, and that is a Birthday card for my stash and for the Allsorts challenge week 351 ~~ Birthday Wishes.
I found this image in my pile of stamped images someone gave me so I'm not sure on who it belongs to. (Kitty do you know this one?)

Every once in a while I step out of my Pink/Purple haze and make a yellow card and this is it.

close up of the flowers.

Finished inside of the card.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts Challenge Blog Week 351 ~~ Birthday Wishes

Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge 176 ~~ Anything Goes

Both these challenges are fun to follow, they start on a Saturday and I gives me the weekend to make a card, It's great to find cool challenges that help your card stash grow.

Thanks for looking.