Color Hues: TCH #7

Happy holidays on the first of December! I'm delighted to join the Color Hues 7th challenge today as the guest designer. This bi-monthly challenge focuses on a two color palette in your card design. 

The two colors selected this session work well

 for winter themes, don't you agree?

Card #1

My first card sparkles with starry blue holographic paper on one ornament and magenta shimmer paper decorating the second. The blue ball dangles via a scored line from the pine needles. Both ornaments and pine spray were directly glued on a die cut panel which was then adhered to a top-folding white card front. 

Card Menu: Nordic Frames die (The Greetery)

Pine Needle Trio dies (SSS)

What the Doodle: Ornament die (PTI) first time to use this one

December Typed Words (PTI)

Card #2

I hate to discard negative die cuts especially when they serendipitously all line up. After a trim the white rectangle was directly glued to a blue panel to create the blue needles. The winter sentiment will let me use this for Christmas or other occasions.

Card Menu:

Pine Needle Trio dies (SSS)

an old HA monthly kit sentiment

vellum banner (The Greetery)

The Color Hues team have beautiful ideas that you can see on the blog. They would love for you to play along with their new challenge.

My cards are also linked to the SSSW challenge: Anything Goes

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Four Cards from Hero Arts November Card Kit

                                         

It's been a while since a Hero Arts card kit arrived at my house but as soon as the November kit was released it was ordered. I absolutely love its contents and especially the new masking dies. I recently posted two cards on Instagram featuring the tree, bird, and background stamps.  A Blog Named Hero announced their new monthly challenge Glitter and Sparkle which describes cards three and four. I'll show you each in order of their making.

     Card #1                                  

  

Card #2

     

    

Card #3

The circle vine stamp was inked with DI Festive Berries and the watercolor card stock glistens with a light metallic gold watercolor wash (Altenew) around the "ball" ornament. A washi tape hanger with a gold PTI Bells & Bough bow finishes the ornament. Sentiment (PTI)

Card #4

I've seen several rainbow Christmas tree cards this month and decided to die cut the tree using a pad of glitter paper. The trees needed a care taker so the snowman was die cut, stamped, embossed with psychedelic EP, and spiffed up with some coloring. A bit of white snow was added to the tree branch edges. The background was ink blended with DO faded jeans and snow white spatters added to complete the design.

Cards 3 &4 will be added to the ABNH challenge

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25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 5

Peace Joy and Love Tags 

Sharing four tags today that were all inspired by Lindsey Larsen's black and white on kraft tags on Day 5 of 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  Three tags used SSS Village houses and trees, Essentials by Ellen Mondo Amaryllis sentiments, PTI Warmest Wishes snowflakes, and miscellaneous Hero Arts stamps. The fourth tag had the same EBE sentiments, PTI's Warmest Wishes and Make it Market Mini Kit: Holiday Folk images.

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25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 4

Today's tag features a wreath, word die sentiment and traditional red and green colors! In looking at the daily designs on the 25 Days website, I chose a red bookmark design by Tatiana Trafimovich. The wreath was stacked three layers high for reinforcement, "joy" was cut from green glitter paper, and green DI was splattered on the red tag. While Tatiana cut two different green card stocks for her wreathes, mine used different shades of green inks to add more depth. A fun tag that will probably be added to a card front next month. 

Linking also to JUGS Word Die Cuts challenge

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25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 3

 I love poinsettias. I have three different poinsettia stamps but could use a few more! 😉

Today's tag was inspired by the beautiful poinsettia tag by Kim Heggins.

Card Menu: PTI Tag Sale: Quilted, Rustic Wreath (sentiment);                                            Hero Arts Color Layering Poinsettia, Stickles for center

Linking to 25 Days of Christmas Tags

25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 2

Today's sponsor of 25 Days of Christmas Tags is Simon Says Stamp! I was inspired by the darling gnome tag Lin Brandyberry shared! Since I've never used the gnome die that she used, I grabbed it and had fun paper piecing the various parts into my funky little gnome. Here's my tag for day #2!

Card Menu: PTI Basic Bookmark #2, Warmest Wishes (sentiment/snowflakes), Tag Sale #8 die; SSS Li'l Gnome; Recollections pattern paper

Linking this also to SSSMChallenge, NBUS

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25 Days of Christmas Tags: Day 1

For many years I've followed the annual 25 Days of Christmas Tags in November. It is organized by Canadian crafter Tracey McNeely. She is aided by several friends and sponsored by many companies in the paper crafts industry. Each day features a different company's products and the designers share a tag. You choose one that inspires your resulting tag. I don't need very many tags for Christmas but they can easily be repurposed on a card front. I loved Joyce Mehrberg's tags with a cute fox and a pair of llamas.

Card Menu:

PTI: Winter Fox, Ways to Say: Merry Christmas, Tag Sale #10 die

SSS card kit (stump), Altenew alcohol markers, DO inks

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CAS(E) this Sketch #394

I grabbed the latest sketch from CAS(E) #394 and made two almost single 

layer cards this afternoon, one for a birthday and the other for Christmas. 

Birthday Card

Card Menu: PTI card stock, Vicki Boutin Let's Wander pattern paper,

Concord & 9th Simple Serif Alphabet, Dymo tape sentiment

Christmas Card

Card Menu:
Hero Arts Small Surprise Packages stamps (retired), Heidi Swapp washi tape, Dymo tape sentiment, Michaels Cozy Lodge paper pad (old), Tombow markers

Stop by the CAS(E) website and be inspired by the design team entries!

Deck the Halls

One more September post with the excellent sketch provided by Donna Mikasa on the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge which ends in a few hours! Nothing like waiting until the last minute or two. 

Card Menu: Altenew Holiday Bow and PTI Bells & Boughs

PTI Soft Stone card stock, Silver Stickles, Wink 'O Stella

Be sure to stop by CAS(E) for lots of wonderful entries!

Peace & Joy

It's been months since I last made a Christmas card and here it is, August! I better renew my efforts as this year the cards need to be mailed immediately after Thanksgiving due to our January move. I saw the latest CAS(E) this Sketch and knew that it would work well for mass production. Using the Misti I positioned a holly sprig to stamp in one corner and then rotated the card front to stamp the opposite corner per the sketch. A simple sentiment stamped in gold was added on two cards and the other two used cranberry ink. The single berries were die cut from red glitter paper. The design is mostly one layer to keep mailing expenses down.

Card Menu: PTI Mistletoe & Holly, 'Tis the Season Sentiments

MERRY Christmas

How to create a funky holiday card: play with a smooshed ink background by adding splatters and Nuvo Gold Mouse smudges before die cutting the panel. Add a pair of gold bells stacked on aqua to balance the opposite corners' skinny aqua "MERRY".  I wonder who will receive this one?

Card Supplies: Altenew Fine Alphabet dies

PTI Bells & Boughs and Scallop Stackers: Medium dies

Distress Inks, Golden Glitz Delicata

Linked to: Time Out: #150 

Peace on Earth

Isn't Christmas wonderful?

My latest Christmas card combines stamps and dies from several

 companies and is linked to Simon Says: Let's Sparkle

 Supplies List: SS Waves cling stamp

PTI Mix & Mat: Plaid die (center removed with stitched rectangle)

PTI Dash Away All sentiment & die

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