Warmest Winter Wishes

Time Out 74 & SSS Wednesday Challenge

Living in Oregon we rarely have snow events in the valley but this winter has been different
for our state.  Eugene had an ice storm in mid-December and Portland activities stopped
today after 12-15 inches of snow arrived last night. Thus today's card of "Winter Wishes".

Linking this to Time Out's Challenge of Winter with an optional twist of white on white
and SSS Wednesday Challenge Winter Birthday.


Created with SSS Stitched Rectangles die & Falling Snow stencil, a Martha Stewart punch, Crystal Stickles, PTI Snowflake Flurries sentiment, Dream Weaver embossing paste, glitter, Silver ink

Wishing you Sunshine

Happy 2017! 

Last year my goal was to post more of my cards and enter more challenges. 

I did that although not like many of my internet crafting friends.

On a cold, rain-turning-to-snow January 1st, the Inspired by Words 

challenge at Time Out grabbed my attention: 

'With each sunrise we are given a chance for a new beginning'

Card Menu:

PTI Stamp/Die/Stencil: Make It Market: Sunshine & Rainbows

SSS Stitched Rectangles Die

Basic Gray pattern paper,  Watercolor paper, Distress Inks, Yellow Stickles

Linking my card  Time Out Challenge #73

                             SSS Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes

Happy birthday

DECEMBER 2016 BLOG HOP

Lots of happy colors in Nichole Heady's inspiration photo this month.

I was inspired by the colors, washi tape, stripes, and stars.

 

The washi tape is bright pink and not as red as the photo appears above.

Card Menu:
Stamps: PTI Botanical Blocks, Hero Arts Background Stripes (ancient wood stamp)
Dies: PTI Feather Finery, Tiny Tags, Linen Impression Plate
Ink: HA Pool & Soft Pool
Misc.: Glitter paper (Michaels), washi tape, twine (colored with copic)

This card is among a host of other cards for the PTI December Blog Hop  Check them out!

Let It Snow

Couldn't resist the SSS Monday Challenge this week as it involves "snow"!

With lots of red & white cards on challenges this month, I made one for my snow card.

Looks like Christmas, doesn't it?

Linked to: SSS Monday Challenge

grammylovesherboys  Instagram

Stamps: PTI Snowflake Flurries & Treetops Glisten

Stencil: SSS Falling Snow

Inks: Ranger Distress Evergreen Bough, Hero Arts Chalkboard Black

Die: PTI Scalloped A2, cut my own snowy hill

Misc: Dream Weaver white texture paste, Crystal Stickles, Lawn Fawn "Snow Day" pattern paper

O Christmas Tree

Time for another Christmas card using techniques from 

Betsy's video for this week's

Make It Monday #269: Embossed & Outlined Backgrounds

Betsy's sparkly snowflake card on the left

and

my silver Christmas trees card below

sunlit photo

"O Christmas Tree" with bright green & red glitter EP

shaded photo 

Linked at PTI's capture the moment

Card Menu:

Stamps: PTI Christmas Faith & Treetops Glisten

Die: PTI Keep It Simple Frames

Ink: Versamark, Silver

Misc: Christmas Spirit EP, Hero Arts silver EP, PTI striped vellum, silver & green card stock, vellum tape, Green Copics

Merry Christmas tags

Make It Monday #268:
Double-Layer Tags

On Monday Dawn McVey shared her tips for layering tags and

embellishments.  I love her set of PTI Cozy Christmas vintage

thermoses and dies that she used for decorating the tags.

Her exuberant use of pattern and color inspired me to

grab an old Christmas paper pad or two, several PTI

stamp & die sets and set up an assembly line as she did.

Lots of pictures to follow but only four tags!

I can't believe that I didn't procrastinate until the weekend to do these!!
BTW, these tags are a bit busy for me but they'll go on plainly wrapped
boxes or gift bags so I can live with them.

I've looked at Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags challenge for a
few years but until now never entered. I was inspired by Lisa Buckeye's tag
on Day 18 to use a bookmark tag as base for my layered tags.

Linking this to: Make It Monday #268 challenge
                25 Days of Christmas Tags

Tag Menu:

Papertrey Stamps/Dies: Basic Bookmark #2, Holiday Greens Borders, Stylized Autumn, Tag Sale #4 & 8, Tinsel & Tags Basics, Tinsel & Tags Sprigs

Inks: Hero Arts- Cup O Joe, Red Royal, Stone Wash, Wet Cement; Momento- Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy; VersaMark

Misc.: Glossy Accents (on berries), white embossing powder, wink of stella, foam tape, Baker's twine

HAPPY birthday...

Papertrey November Blog Hop Challenge

It's a busy time of the year and this hop occurs on Black Friday! 

Nothing black about our inspiration photo though!

Wow! Dawn McVey's colors for Christmas!

Birthday is my theme for this hop because we have several

family and friends with birthdays in December. I'm reaching 

for an old PTI stamp/die set, Confetti Garland for my card.

Hawaiian Shores card stock was stamped with gold dots

from the CG set and topped with two, layered tags using

more elements from the photo. I colored some old glossy

 paper with bright Copics and die cut the CG stars, balls and

snowflakes from them. Two PTI Tag Sale: Quilted tags were 

cut, one from SSS white woodgrain paper and the other from 

PTI starry vellum. The confetti die cuts were placed on the 

woodgrain tag and a greeting from PTI Stylish Sentiments:

Birthday was stamped in Delicata Gold ink on the vellum.

A twist of seam binding with a gold string bow finishes the

  card. There are several confetti shapes left for more birthdays!

Linked to: PTI Blog Hop @capture the moment