Stencil Fun December 2024

 Hello Friends, can you believe we are into
December of 2024 already?  It brings us to another challenge
at Stencil Fun where we have an optional theme of
Winter / Christmas
Or
you can create anything as long as a STENCIL was used .

Over the last few years my love for the use of stencils
has grown, almost out of control,
but how can you not love all the new stencils created just for
our card making pleasure?

For my Winter/Christmas I used this awesome
stencil for all my 2023 Christmas cards
and with the use of the 'platform' I was able to create 21 cards
in no time at all, an oddity for me!!
The stencil is Spellbinders Layered Joy Tree,
6 stencils in all.  All Distress inks were used except for I used 
a gold Brilliance for the star and a few of the other 'bits'
you see.

I created 10 cards using a green card base, 10 using a red card
base and one using a pink card base (that one was my sample
and I decided I didn't want pink)!

Card #2

Card #3

For my anything goes card, I used The Waffle Flower
Wildflower stencil, it is a three layer stencil and
super easy to line up on the postage die.  The little sentiments
are part of the postage collection from Waffle Flower!
I used all Altenew inks for my stencil colors!

Come on over to Stencil Fun and have some stenciling fun with us,

there is a fun stencil prize up for grabs to one lucky random drawn winner!

Entering the following fun challenges:
Just Us Girls #755 .... Stencil Week
Christmas Kickstart .... Christmassy

Triple B December 2024

Hello friends, it is our last challenge for the year at
Triple B
where we feature birds~blooms~Butterflies!
You can use one, two or all three!
As always we have a mood board for inspiration! 

For my card I grabbed a stamp set I received when I designed for
Sparkle N Sprinkle Callelya Friendship.
It felt good to pull it out and ink it up again once more!
It was die cut with a Cottage Cutz oval eyelet die then placed
on a die cut from my already die cut stash with a 
Frantic Stamper Tumbling Blocks die.
The sentiment is from The Greetery!

Come on over to Triple B and show us your birds~blooms~butterflies!

Two Old Bats December 2024

Hello Two Old Bats Halloween fans 
it's time once again for a creepy fun challenge with our
year round Halloween challenge.
We have a creepy fun, seasonal inspiration board for you,
but it is 'optional'!!

I let the creepiness of the mood board inspire me
and used my Cricut to create a spooky goblet of wine.
I layered it on a background paper from LDRS Haunted Halloween paper pack.
The little bat is from Prickley Pear and the spider from 
Cheery Lynn Designs, both were just waiting on my desk to be used.
The sentiment is computer generated!

Hope to see you at Two Old Bats for some December Halloween fun!!

Colorful Options December 2024

 Hello friends, Colorful Options has a traditional color theme this month
of RED~GREEN~GOLD
and a fun 'postage' inspiration board!

The vintage postage stamps 'spoke' to me and since I had the
Waffle Flower postage die and Christmas Stencil  to go with,
I figured it
would be a perfect match to this inspiration board.
I tried to stick mostly to the red, green and gold traditional colors
but because of stenciling one color over another a few got a little 'muddy'.
For the gold I used Dew Drop Brilliance Galaxy Gold,
IRL, you can see the shimmer of the gold.
The other color inks
were a mix of Dew Drop and Altenew..  The stamps are part of the
Waffle Flower postage collection.

Come on over to Colorful Options and have some 'colorful' fun with us!!

Four Seasons December Winter 2024

We are into our first month of WINTER at 
The Four Seasons and have a mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything as long as it is winter themed
and you have until the 28th to do it!! 

I let the cardinals inspire me and started with a winter gray card base,
it is actually much lighter in color then shown.
I pulled out an oldie for my frame using a NBUS Sizzix Bigz frame die
cut from white scrap card stock.  The branch is Cheapo Dies and the
cardinal is a Spellbinders (NBUS) also die cut from scraps and colored in with  a mix
of Olo's and Copic's!  The sentiment die and stamp are Lawn fawn!

Won't you come and have some WINTER fun with us at
The Four Seasons,
the design team has lots of beautiful inspiration!!

Entering the following fun challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... ATG
613 Avenue Create ...ATG Optional Any Winter Holiday
Festive Friday .... Must include 3 items from list
I have Red~Green~ Sentiment

Peace On Earth Challenge #77

We are twenty five days away from Christmas, do you have your cards done?
If not, then it is a good time to get busy and join our year round
challenge at Peace On Earth
where we are an anything goes Christmas challenge but always
have an inspiring mood board for inspiration like the one below! 

This is one of my favorite mood boards and I could of gone several ways
with it, but in the end decided to keep it rather simple!!
The stag in the upper left corner 'spoke' to me and I knew
I had several different options of stamps and/or dies to use and 
I finally settled on the stamp Spirit Animals (never been used before) from
Fun Stampers Journey at Spellbinders which I picked up
very reasonable at one of the great warehouse sales!

The die he is stamped on is from Cottage Cutz,
The sentiment from Hero Arts and the paper is
Memory Place Dear Santa.

It's a simple card but I kind of like it and it will be a one stamp card for sure,
better yet, right?
Come and join our Christmas fun at Peace On Earth!!

Season's Greetings

 Hello friends, today is the last Wednesday of the month and
that means that Amy is having her FUN Woodblock Wednesday
where you can get those much neglected woodblock stamps out
and let them have their glory!!

For my woodblock stamp I used an oldie I picked up at a 
garage sale several year ago.  I was a little leery as you could tell
it was very much loved and used!
It is a 2003 Penny Black Winter Glow stamp and it stamped like a charm!
I colored the image in a bit with a couple of Altenews Alcohol markers
and used a bit of green ink to tone down the white Spellbinders 
Labels 17 I had die cut from white card stock.

The designer paper so happens to be Penny Black as well from their 
Wintertime (2015) collection .  The sentiment is Hero Arts.

It's a pretty simple card but all I had time for with the upcoming holiday on us!
 

I'm sure Amy would love to see YOUR woodblock cards over
on the challenge, I know I would!!

Also entering the following fun challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge ....ATG or Optional Make A Scene 
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge .... ATG