Santa's Sleigh

 I combined several different stamp sets to make this card, including one that is years old. The icicles are from a set by Mark's Finest Papers (no longer in business), and the sleigh, gifts, and list are by Ellen Hutson. The sleigh was stamped and heat embossed in white on red card stock, which saved my having to color it. I used a stitched hills die by MFT, and the sentiment ans snowflakes are by Clearly Besotted. Handcutting those icicles mean this will not be a mass-produced card this Christmas!

ABC Christmas challenge, I is for icicles

Christmas Kickstart Challenge 49, You Sleigh Me

 SSS Monday challenge, bright cheerful colors

D.L. ARt April linky 

Cardz TV challenge 139

CHNC challenge 539 

Sweet Celebration

This birthday cake die by Pretty Pink Posh is great for making an all-in-one card, but I didn't anticipate how many tiny pieces there were to glue down. I've been trying different glue pens, and finally ended up just using my bottle of Aleene's gel glue, and doing the best I could. Not sure if there's a better way to glue it down but I may just go ahead and use sticky backed adhesive the next time. Since I only filled in parts of the image with a contrasting paper, I'll waste quite a bit, but all that gluing was not my favorite way to spend the afternoon. I heat embossed the sentiment, by MFT, and then edged the sentiment strip with gold paint pen. 

Stay Crafty with Hero Arts challenge 22, birthday 

DL.Art April linky
SSS Monday challenge, bright cheerful colors 
Cardz TV challenge 139 

Butterfly Birthday

Once I started making butterfly cards to celebrate spring, I couldn't stop! Here is another card, using my favorite combo of purple and green. The butterfly die is by BoBunny, and the sentiment is by Mark's Finest Papers. I used seam binding ribbon and a few rhinestones as well.  The butterfly is a filigree design, so I traced around it and handcut a backing shape to make it sturdier.

   Butterfly Challenge 155. I used the color Lilac, along with a lace/filigree butterfly

 Stay Crafty with Hero Arts challenge 22, birthday

Stamplorations Things with Wings challenge 

 DL.Art April linky

 Crafty Calendar April challenge, spring

PIP challenge 2116, AG 

Asian Garden

 I recently got this die set by Spellbinders, called Zen Garden, and had to pull it out to make a card for my sister's birthday. It also fit the Butterfly Spot challenge 155, which calls for a lattice and lilac, plus a butterfly. The butterfly is by Firefly Designs, and the stamped bamboo is from my stash. I used a sentiment by Simon Says Stamp.

Snippets Challenge 401. I used lots of snippets to die cut the lantern and butterfly for this design. Even the stamped background is a snippet, as I recycled an old envelope

Butterfly challenge 155. I used a lattice and the color lilac, along with my butterfly

Die Cut Divas April challenge, use a die and window or aperture

Stay Crafty with Hero Arts challenge 22, birthday cards 

Stamplorations Things with Wings challenge
 

DL.Art's April linky

Crafty Calendar April challenge, spring or Easter 

Pip challenge 2116, AG

Butterfly Birthday

Thank goodness the Butterfly Spot challenge was extended by a week because I hadn't gotten a chance to sneak into my craft room to make my card yet. I was eager to use a Spellbinders die that I have for the lattice element, and to work with one of my favorite color combos of lilac and green. I cut the lattice design directly into the card, without the outside frame die, for a peek-a-boo effect. The plant fronds are also by Spellbinders, and the sentiment is by Simon Says Stamp. I added a butterfly die by Firefly, and some rhinestones and bakers twine.

Butterfly challenge 155. I used the color lilac, and the lattice theme
Stamplorations Things with Wings challenge  

Crafty Calendar, spring or Easter

Die Cut Divas April challenge, window or aperture. I used a lattice aperture

DL.Art April linky 

Stay Crafty with Hero Arts challenge 22, birthday cards

 PIP challenge 2116, AG

Happy Anniversary

 My sister and I were both married in April, in the same year. So I never forget her anniversary! I made this card with the Brocade background by Hero Arts, as well as a word die cut and sentiment from the Happy Stamp and Cut set (also by Hero Arts). I heat embossed the sentiment in gold, and edged the brocade panel with gold embossing as well.

 A Blog Named Hero April challenge, anniversary

 DL.Art April linky

Word Art Wednesday 485-486

Cardz TV challenge 138

Here For the Cake

My son's birthday is this month and I have been stuck for card ideas. He likes funny or quirky cards from me, and I just couldn't come up with a design that I liked. Then I saw this stamp set by Fun Stampers Journey (Sophisticated Animals)  and I knew it was perfect! The set comes with four different animal heads that can be mixed and matched with three different masculine bodies. I went with a CAS look, and used a sentiment from another FSJ set, which I stamped and then cut with stitched banner flags by LDRS. A few enamel dots by Your Next Stamp, and a masked, ink blending border along the bottom, completes it. My husband thinks it's a little too weird, but I know my son will get a kick out of it.

SSS Wednesday challenge, birthday
Cardz TV challenge 138    

DL.Art's April linky

PIP challenge 2114  

Hero Arts Stay Crafty challenge 22, birthday

 

Dreamer

This is a great way to use up bits of scrap paper from your stash. I cut a half circle from the patterned purple card stock (with foiled detail), and adhered it in a fan shape. Then I die cut a circular piece from gold patterned card stock, and punched a hole through the center. Stamped chinese coins also have punched centers, which allowed me to thread some black textured yarn through it all. I added a vellum quote to finish it off, and stamped additional coins and a faint dragon pattern on the background.

SSS Monday challenge, layers
 DL.Art's April linky

MFT Sketch challenge 536. I played around with the sketch and turned it horizontally.  

Word Art Wednesday 485-486

Cardz TV challenge 138 

PIP challenge 2114, AG

Bass Fishing Birthday Card

 I have quite a few outdoor themed stamps but don't use them as often as I should. My brother in law loves to fish, so I made this for him. I also made several others to have on hand, and to donate. The image is an old wood mounted stamp by Inkadinkado that must be over 15 years old. I looked up the proper coloration of the bass online, and approximated it with alcohol markers. My first attempt was a throw away, as I tried to water color the background and made a mess of it.  The circle dies are by Nellie's Choice and the banner flag dies are LDRS. This card was a great way to use up all those little bits and scraps of kraft card stock that I had piling up on my desk.

Pixie's Snippets challenge 400. I used several different snippets of kraft card stock, and stamped my fish image on a scrap of white card that was left over from another card. I use snippets so often that I don't even know how to use a whole sheet of paper anymore! 

MFT Sketch challenge 536. I flipped the sketch on its side for a different look.

SSS Wednesday challenge, birthday 

DL.Art's April linky

SSS Monday challenge, layers 

Word Art Wednesday 485-486

Lake Jansen

I don't know where Lake Jansen is, but I wouldn't mind spending some time there! This is a stamp by Sum More Stamps, and the little fawn die is by Impression Obsession. I tried blending brushes for the first time, for the sky and still not sure what I think about them. I added subtle colors to the trees and greenery with markers, and stamped the sentiment on kraft.  I made a batch of these and donated them to a church member to give  for masculine birthdays.

SSS Wednesday challenge, birthday

Word Art Wednesday 485-486, AG  

DL.Art's April linky

PIP challenge 2114