Jingle all the way - SCC #185

 Hello!  It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  Our theme - chosen my yours truly - is "jingle bells"!  Here are my jingle bells...

Supplies: 
*Simons Says Stamp Sleigh Bell
*Poppystamps Orchard Leaves (I don't have any holly leaf die!) 
*Tonic Studios Warm Winter Wishes sentiment
*Cheapo Dies Stiched Scalloped Rectangles
*Darice Big Dot embossing folder
*Twine from my stash

We'd love to have you come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Sunflower birthday - C4G #277

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme for this challenge is "brown and green with twine/ribbon."  I used to put ribbon or twine on ALL of my cards, so this was a good chance to get them out again...  (I know, I also have some yellow.)

My card was inspired by THIS CARD.  

Supplies:
*Carta Bella Fall Fun paper
*Cheapo Dies Stitched Banners
*Sizzix Thinlits Essential Type letters
*Spellbinders Layered Script Sentiments "birthday"
*Ribbon and twine from my stash

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

A day full of joy - C4G #276

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme for this challenge is "circles" so we are looking for circles on your card or maybe a circle shaped card.  

I cut circles of various sizes from Pebbles Birthday Wishes 12x12 pack.  The candles are from Sunny Studios Heartfelt Wishes.  The sentiment is Poppystamps Art Deco Birthday Greetings.  My bow is Poppystamps Grosgrain Bow. 

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!  

Christmas gifts - SCC #184

 Hello!  It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  This month's theme is "gifts"!

Here are my gifts... 

I made my own gifts... I cut rectangles from Hobby Lobby Wintergreen paper and cut the bows in gold paper with Poppystamps Heart and Bow die.  My sentiment is one of the Taylored Expressions All Together - Occasions 3 sentiments and gold heat embossed.  

We'd love to have you come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Happy B...day - C4G #275

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our fun theme is "bees"!  We'd love to have you buzz on over and play along! ;) 

Supplies:

• Pebbles Garden Party paper
• DCWV Spring & Summer Corrugate Stack
• There She Goes Bee Happy bee stamps
• Creative Worship Script Sentiments
• Echo Park Stitched Hexagons
• Sizzix Impresslits Sweet Friend honeycomb die
• Cuttlebug Honeycomb EF
• TH brushed corduroy distress oxide ink
• MS branch punch
  
  

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamps Wed - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #750-751 - Anything goes family friendly
Tic Tac Toe #TTC291 - center column: die cut, embossing, layers

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Happy spring - C4G #274

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme this time is "April showers."  Spring has sprung where I live, and we've had some April showers, so I used this cute little girl and her umbrella on my card...

My image is a digi from Your Next Stamp.  It was colored with Copics and fussy cut.  The polka dot paper is Making Memories Just Chillin' and cut with Poppystamps Raining Frame.  My sentiment is from Creative Worship Stamps Spring Blossoms. I finished it off with some twine, punched branches, and a flower from my stash. 

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

You're in my thoughts - C4G #273

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Spring has been officially here for a couple of weeks, but our weather obviously missed the memo!  We'll have a warm spring day one day, and the temp drops 40 degrees (F) the next! :P 

All that to say that our theme is "spring flowers."  Let's make it look like spring at least! LOL

(This looks so much better IRL!!!)

My flowers are Spellbinders Roses and Thorns.  I inked them ever so lightly.  My sentiment is from Poppystamps Art Deco Birthday Greetings.  It is a little hard to see in the pic, but I scored the bottom of my panel every 1/8" below the flowers.  I was inspired by this card... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se3WkQpe3lw&t=1547s

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Happy Christmas Gnome - SCC #183

 Hello!  It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  This month our theme is "elves or gnomes."  This is a fun theme, but I realized I do not have any elf or gnome stamps or dies. :/  

So I made a gnome... 

I adhered a layer of vellum over my paper to tone down the colors a bit.  And as I said, I made my own gnome.  The beard is made with mulberry paper that I brushed out to look like a beard.  I hand cut his hat and used little circles leftover from a cover plate die for his nose and pompom on the hat.  My sentiment is from my "extras" box...  I think it's an old digi from From the Heart Stamps.  

We'd love to have you come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Thinking of you - C4G #271

 Hi!  It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  I got to choose the theme for this challenge, and as I LOVE all forms of embossing, that's our theme.  Dry embossing or heat embossing, we want to see it all.  I used both on my embossed card...

Spring is coming, so I wanted something fun and bright.  I dry embossed the yellow polka dot panel with Spellbinders Poinsettias 3D embossing folder.  With the bright colors and inking, you might not have noticed that my flowers were poinsettias.  We can use all sorts of our supplies for things other than their intended purpose. :)  I fussy cut one of the extra flowers and popped it up. 
My heat embossed/die cut sentiment is Creative Worship Script Sentiments.  

Challenges:

Die Cut Divas March - must dry emboss and/or die cut with manual machine

Word Art Wednesday #742-743 - AG family friendly

The Paper Shelter #666 - AG w/ opt twist embossing

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Snowman wishes - SCC #182

 Hello!  It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  Our theme is snowman or snowmen or snowpeople if you want to be politically correct. ;)  

Here's my snowman...

This cool guy is a FTHS digi that I found and colored.  I cut him out with Echo Park Stitched Squares. My sentiment is from a set so old that I don't have the name anymore, but I thought the fun font fit well with this fun snowman.  The snowflake is cut from silver paper.  It is the center of an ornament from Echo Park Snowflake Ornament Trio. 

We'd love to have you come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!