Christmas Card Challenges #13

Hello crafty friends! I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday :) 

Today marks the beginning of another challenge at
Christmas Card Challenges!!

Here is a look at my wreath card:

I used some stamps from Concord and 9th to create my wreath and then I fussy cut it out. I popped it up onto my card with some foam tape for a little added dimension. I added some red stickles to the berries for some sparkle. Can never have too much sparkle on a Christmas card right?? lol! I added my die cut word to the center and added some glossy accents for more shine. I finished off my wreath with a little red satin bow. 

 Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog to see the amazing cards my design team sisters created. I hope you are inspired and decide to join us and play along with the challenge. I would love to see what you create :) 

 Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it :) 

 I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Wild Cherry (MFT), White (Georgia Pacific)

--Patterned paper: Gifts of Gold (Paper Studio), Welcome Christmas (Pebbles)

--Stamp: Love it. Mean it. (Concord & 9th)

--Ink: Cranberry & Evergreen (colorbox), Baked Brown Sugar (SU!)

--Dies: Boughs Of Holly (MCT)

--Misc.: Foam Tape, Ribbon, Xmas Red Stickles, Glossy Accents, White Gel Pen

Christmas Card Challenges #12

Hello crafty friends! I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday :) 

Today marks the beginning of another challenge at
Christmas Card Challenges!!

Here is a look at the card that I created based on the above photo:

I was inspired by all of the red and the sparkle in the photo so I decided to focus my card on a red sprakly ornament :) I made my A2 card base out of some black cardstock and layered a piece of red plaid paper that I cut out with a scalloped rectangle on top. I used a stitch die to cut out my white panel and stamped my greeting with some black ink. I die cut some tree branches and an ornament and placed those on my card. I finished it off with a gold bow made with some gold elastic cording.  

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog to see the amazing cards my design team sisters created. I hope you are inspired and decide to join us and play along with the challenge. I would love to see what you create :) 

 Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it :) 

 I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Black (Neenah), White (Georgia Pacific), Red Glitter (AC), Green (SU!)

--Patterned paper:  AC

--Stamps: Warm Holiday Fun (MCT)

--Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento

--Dies: Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More, Fun Stitched ornaments & More (MCT), Blueprints 27 (My favorite Things)

--Misc.: Gold Cording, Foam Tape, Gold Gel Pen

Christmas Card Challenges #11

Hello crafty friends! I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday :) 

Today marks the beginning of another challenge at
Christmas Card Challenges!!

Here is a look at the card that I created based on the above colors:

I created a card base out of some dark blue cardstock and layered some striped patterned paper on top. I used a rectangle die to cut out my white panel and then I matted that onto some more dark blue cardstock. I die cut the ornament from some patterned paper making sure the snowflake was in the center of my ornament die. I added a little bit of bling to the ornament and attached it to my card. I stamped my greeting onto some dark blue cardstock and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder. I finished off the card with a little bling in each corner. 

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog to see the amazing cards my design team sisters created. I hope you are inspired and decide to join us and play along with the challenge. I would love to see what you create :) 

 Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it :) 

 I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

Cardstock: Nightshift Blue (MFT), White (Georgia Pacific)

Patterned Paper: Winter Frost (Recollections)

Stamp: Wonderland (SU!)

Dies: Stitched Rectangular Frame Dies & More (MCT), Fun Stitched Ornaments & More (MCT)

Ink: Versamark

Misc.: Silver Embossing Powder (SU!), Bling, Wink Of Stella

Christmas Card Challenges #10

Hey crafty friends!

I hope that your Sunday is off to a great start!

Today starts the beginning of a new challenge over at

Christmas Card Challenges.

The challenge is a photo challenge:

What a pretty gingerbread house! None that I have ever made with my kids turned out looking that pretty, that's for sure lol! Here is a look at the paper one that I made for the challenge ;) 

I started off with a kraft cardbase and added some fun polka dot patterned paper on top. I cut out my gingerbread house with my Cricut and an SVG file from KaDoodle Bug. I layered all the pieces together (really quite easy) and added it to a vellum circle. I popped it up onto the front of my card with some foam dots strategically hidden behind the house. I added a fun little paper bow to the top and my greeting, also popped up, underneath the house. I added a bit of Frosted Lace stickles to my gumdrops to hopefully look like sugar and some white enamel accents for the frosting.  Super easy and simple! 

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog to see the amazing cards my design team sisters created. I hope you are inspired and decide to join us and play along with the challenge. I would love to see what you create :)

 Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation!
 I really appreciate it :)
 I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock; Vellum and Recollections

--Patterned paper: Merry Little Christmas (MME)

--SVG: Oh Ginger Snaps (KaDoodle Bug Designs)

--Stamp: Christmas Greeting Words (PKS)

--Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento Luxe)

--Dies: Bunch Of Fun Circles, Small Stitched Scalloped Bow, Trio Stitched Banners (MCT)

--Misc.: White Enamel Accents, Frosted Lace Stickles, Foam Tape

Christmas Card Challenges #9

Hello crafty friends! I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday :) 

Today marks the beginning of another challenge at
Christmas Card Challenges!!

Here is a look at the card I created:

I started out with a red card base and layered it with a piece of white cardstock and some green patterned paper. I stamped my greeting in the upper corner with some black ink. I used a mitten die to cut out my mittens. I cut them out in some patterned paper and then again in some white. I cut the top off of the white so that I could create my mitten cuffs. I added some crochet thread to tie my mittens together. I finished off my card by adding some white faux stitching around the perimeter of my card. 

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog to see the amazing cards my design team sisters created. I hope you are inspired and decide to join us and play along with the challenge. I would love to see what you create :) 

 Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it :) 

 I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Wild Cherry (MFT), White (Georgia pacific)

--Patterned Paper: American Crafts & The Paper Studio

--Dies: Cross Stitch Rectangle Stax (MFT), Mitten (Paper Sweeties)

--Stamp: Mixed Holiday Sentiments (MCT)

--Misc.: Crochet Thread, Onyx Black Versafine, White Gel Pen

Christmas Card Challenges #8

Hey crafty friends!

I hope that your Sunday is off to a great start!

Today starts the beginning of a new challenge over at

Christmas Card Challenges.

The challenge is a photo challenge:

I love all things foiled and shiny so this was right up my ally lol!

Here is a look at the card that I created based on what inspired me from the photo:

Like I said, I love all things shiny and I love wrapping presents in the foiled wrapping paper. My kids don't like it too much, says it hard to tear open lol! Oh well, mom likes the way it looks under the tree. I win! :) I'm getting off topic lol! Anywho, I I covered my card base with some gold foil striped patterned paper. I cut out a piece of gold glitzy paper and notched the end to give it a banner look. I cut out a circle from some striped vellum and adhered a tree that I cut out with my Cricut Explore on top. I was able to pop up my vellum circle layer by hiding the foam tape behind the tree. I finished off my card with a satin white bow. Believe me, this picture does not do any justice to the shimmer of this card in real life. It sparkles and shines like crazy and I love it! haha!

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog to see the amazing cards my design team sisters created. I hope you are inspired and decide to join us and play along with the challenge. I would love to see what you create :)

 Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation!
 I really appreciate it :)
 I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Georgia Pacific, Glitter (DCWV), Vellum

--Patterned Paper: Gifts of Gold (The Paper Studio)

--Cricut: Christmas Cards

--Misc.: Bunch Of Fun Circles (MCT)

Christmas Card Challenges #7

Hello crafty friends! I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday :)

 Today marks the beginning of another challenge at Christmas Card Challenges!! 

 The challenge is:

Such pretty colors! I was inspired by the gray and the mauve-ish colors and decided to make a little scene with a snowglobe set that I received as a gift this past Christmas.

I stamped out my snowglobe with some versamark ink and used some silver embossing powder. After I had it heat embossed, I used to coordinating die to cut it out and again for the card base. I used some stitched hills to create my snowbanks and a tree die for my trees. Before I built my scene though, I used some glossy texture paste and a snow fall stencil to create some texture in my globe. I added some glitter to my trees and started building my scene once the paste was dry. I stamped out my snowman and fussy cut him out and popped him up with some foam adhesive. I placed some iridescent sequins on my card to finish it off.

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog to see the amazing cards my design team sisters created. I hope you are inspired and decide to join us and play along with the challenge.
 I would love to see what you create :)
 Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation!
 I really appreciate it :)
 I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Georgia Pacific

--Stamps: You're So Cool & Warm Holiday Fun (My Creative Time), Snowglobe (Prima), Happy Lashes (Peachy Keen Stamps)

--Dies: Snowglobe (Prima), Seasonal Greetings (MCT), Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn)

--Ink: Studio G, VersaMark

--Misc.: Snowfall Stencil (MFT), Glossy Paste (Recollections), Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (SU!), Sequins, Silver Embossing Powder 

Christmas Card Challenges #6

Hello crafty friends!

I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday :) 

Today marks the beginning of another challenge at 

Christmas Card Challenges!!

The challenge is:

Isn't that a pretty scene? The horses look so festive!

I was struggling with what to make for this challenge. I kept trying to get an idea and it just seemed like I had lost my mojo. Well, the other day I was looking through some Cricut Cartridges and found this pretty horse frame and BAM! Idea born lol!

I cut out my frame shadow in red cardstock and then the horse layer with some gold glitter cardstock. I added some striped paper to the front of my square card base, adhered some ribbon and then placed my horse to the front of my card. I added my greeting, some pearls and a little holly for the horse's neck. The finishing touch was a pretty bow. So super simple to make but I have to say, I adore how it turned out! It is so sparkly and pretty! Gotta love that!!

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog to see the amazing cards my design team sisters created. I hope you are inspired and decide to join us and play along with the challenge. I would love to see what you create :) 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it :)

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Wild Cherry (MFT), Gold Glitzy (DCWV), White (Georgia Pacific)

--Patterned Paper: Welcome Christmas (Pebbles)

--Stamp: Christmas Greeting Words (Peachy Keen Stamps)

--Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento

--Cricut: Horse from Winter Woodland Cartridge

--Misc.: Pearls, Ribbon, Foam Tape

Christmas Card Challenge Week 5

Hello crafty friends!

I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday :) 

Today marks the beginning of another challenge at 

Christmas Card Challenges!!

The challenge is:

Snow! I love all things snow, including the cold it brings, as long as I can stay warm inside ;) lol! I decided to make a card that had a snowy scene.

I adore these Polar Bears and couldn't wait to stamp out an entire Polar Bear family! To create my snow background layer, I used some texture paste with a little glitter added in over a snow falling stencil. I put that piece off to the side and stamped out my Polar Bears. I colored them in with my Copics and then fussy cut each one out. I cut some snowy hills out using a die and stamped my greeting along the bottom of one of the hills. I trimmed my snow background panel once it was dry, added some ribbon and attached to my card front. I added the back snow hill and the Papa Bear and then popped up the front snowy hill with the Mama Bear and Kiddos. The Santa hat that Papa Bear is wearing actually came from a completely different stamp set. I love when I can get more use out of my stamps by mixing and matching :)

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog to see the amazing cards my design team sisters created. I hope you are inspired and decide to join us and play along with the challenge. I would love to see what you create :) 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it :)

I hope you have a great crafty day!

--Cardstock: White (Copics & Georgia Pacific), Blue (Recollections)

--Stamps: Polar Bear Pals (MFT), Tobaggan Together (Lawn Fawn)

--Dies: Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn)

--Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

--Copics: BG45, BG49, C8, R11, R27, R89, W0, W1

--Misc.: Snowfal Stencil (MFT), Texture Paste, Ribbon (SU!), White Gel Pen, Foam Tape

Christmas Card Challenges Week 4

Hello crafty friends!

I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday :) 

Today marks the beginning of another challenge at 

Christmas Card Challenges!!

The challenge is:

When I saw this photo I was inspired by the gifts wrapped so neat and pretty.

Here is the card that I created with that in mind:

I love this little Elf! I stamped him up and then did a little masking so that the gifts could be situated slightly behind him. I colored in everything with my copics and paper pieced the silver presents with the glitter paper. I sat it aside and then started building my card. One of my goals this year is to actually use/do some of the items that I pin on pinterest so I went to my card sketches folder and picked a sketch to use. The sketch I picked is an older one from My Favorite Things: 

I built all my layers according to the sketch and then added my colored image panel to the front of the card. For the three silver dots, I simply used a standard hole punch (for school notebook paper) and punched them out of the same glitter paper. I thought that was a neat way to add a little more shimmer. Can't have too much shimmer when it comes to Christmas cards right? lol!

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog to see the amazing cards my design team sisters created. I hope you are inspired and decide to join us and play along with the challenge. I would love to see what you create :) 

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and take a look at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it :)

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific & Copic), Silver Glitzy (DCWV)

--Patterned Paper: Welcome Christmas (Pebbles)

--Stamp: Santa's Elves (My Favorite Things)

--Ink: Memento tuxedo black

--Copics: C1, C2 C3, C4, C6, E21, E37, E50, E51, G16, G19, R27, R29, R89

--Misc.: Glossy accents, Foam Tape, White Gel Pen, Hole Punch

Christmas Card Challenges: Week 3

Hello crafty friends!

Happy New Year!!!!

Today marks the beginning of another challenge at 

Christmas Card Challenges!!

The challenge is:

I love the colors in this inspiration photo! You can create a card based on the above colors or if they just aren't to your liking, you can create a Christmas card. 

The color challenge above is purely optional. 

Here is the card that I created based on the above colors:

I thought those colors would be perfect to create a Christmas card for my hubby for next year. I stamped that sweet little owl and colored him in with my Copic markers. I added some white dots to his little scarf with a white gel pen and some shimmer with my wink of stella pen. I fussy cut him out and then adhered him to my tag with some foam tape. I finished off my card with some sequins and some shimmery twine. Now I have at least 1 card ready for Christmas 2017 lol! 

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog and take a look at what my design team sisters created! I hope you will decide to join us and create a card for the challenge! :) 

I would love to see what you create!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today and take a peek at my latest creation!
I really appreciate it!!

I hope you have a great crafty day and a wonderful 2017!!!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: Natural & Whip Chream (MFT), Copic

--Patterned Paper: Luke 2 (Photoplay)

--Stamp: Winter Owl (Lawn Fawn)

--Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

--Dies: Etched Die Luke 2 (Photo Play)

--Copics: C6, C8, E31, E43, E51, E70. E74

--Misc.: Twine, Sequins, White Gel Pen, Clear Wink Of Stella, Foam Tape

Christmas Card Challenges: Week 2

Hello crafty friends!

I hope your Sunday is off to a glorious start!

Today marks the beginning of another challenge at 

Christmas Card Challenges!!

The challenge is:

You can create a project based on the carolers, the colors, music, etc. If the photo does not inspire you, feel free to skip it and just create a Christmas card. These additional "challenges" are always optional. The only real rule is that it needs to be a Christmas/Holiday card.

Easy right?? 

Here is the card that I created based on the above photo:

I love this little elf stamp from Peachy Keen. I have had it in my stash for awhile now and hardly ever use it. This stamp was screaming to be used for this challenge though :) I stamped her onto some Copic cardstock and colored her in. I used a postage frame die to cut her out and then stamped my greeting at the top. I wrapped some thread around my patterned paper, adhered it to the card base and tied a bow with some jingle bells on it. I popped up my image piece with some foam adhesive and added some glossy accents and some little details with my white gel pen. So super simple but I love it!! I almost added some sequins and enamel dots but they just didn't look right to me so clean and simple I left it lol! 

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog and take a look at what my design team sisters created! I hope you will decide to join us and create a card for the challenge! :) 

I would love to see what you create!

I will also be entering my card into the following challenges:

• Craftyhazelnuts #312: cute or anything goes as long as its Christmas
• Christmas at Sweet Stampin': December, Inspired by a song or a singing image
• Sunny Day Crafting: Always Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a peek at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: White (Copic) & Core'nations White cardstock for the base

--Patterned Paper: Peppermint Express (AC)

--Stamp: PKSC 31 July 2014 (Peachy Keen Stamp)

--Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento

--Copics: C4, E23, E21, E50, E51, E57, G16, G19, R27, R89, Y08, YG09

--Dies: Stitched Postage Frame Dies (MCT)

--Misc.: White Gel Pen, Foam Tape, Crochet Thread, Bells, Glossy Accents

Christmas Card Challenges:Candy Cane

Hello crafty friends!

I hope your Sunday is off to a glorious start!

Today is my first post for 

Christmas Card Challenges!!

Yay!!

The challenge is:

Fun right? So many possibilities came to my mind for this challenge.

 I finally settled on this:

I was looking at some of the images in my silhouette library and came across this cutie. I have no idea when I purchased him, but I'm pretty sure I have never cut him out so this challenge was the perfect time! After I had my cute little Rudolf cut out, I added some liquid applique to his hat and fluffed it up with my heat tool. I added some cheeks and a glossy accent nose. I decided to add some faux white stitching to my card using a white gel pen and I finished off my card with an enamel dot in each corner. 

Be sure to head over to the Christmas Card Challenges blog and take a look at what my design team sisters created! I hope you will decide to join us and create a card for the challenge! :) 

I would love to see what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today and taking a peek at my latest creation!

I really appreciate it!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific), Red, Kraft, Lt. Brown, Black (Recollections)

--Patterned Paper: Welcome Christmas (Pebbles)

--Stamp: Christmas Greeting Words (Peachy Keen)

--Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

--Dies: Scallop Stitched Nested Rectangles (Gina Marie Designs)

--SVG: Reindeer Holding Candy Cane Christmas Deisgn ID #49562 (Stinkin Cute Paper Piecings)

--Misc.: White Gel Pen, Foam Tape, Enamel Dots, Chalk, Glossy Accents

A Sweet Christmas

Hi crafty friends!

I hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday!

Today I am here to share a sweet little Christmas card that uses some of those awesome

 Pink & Main stamps and dies!

To create my card, I used the Cocoa Kisses stamp and coordinating dies for those sweet little gingerbread. I colored them in with my Copics and added a bit of chalk to their cheeks, as well as some cute little freckles. I added them both to a white rectangle that was cut using the Stitched Rounded Rectangle and popped up the sitting gingerbread with some foam tape. The white scallop was cut using the Scallop Borders die set. 

Inspiration for this card came from a couple of places that currently have challenges going on. 

They are:

--Mojo Monday: Sketch 468--

and

--Christmas Card Challenges--

(Week 43:Photo Challenge)

You can see the Pink & Main Blog HERE ,

the Pink & Main Store HERE

and the Pink & Main Creations Gallery on Facebook HERE

Thanks so much for stopping by!

I appreciate it so much!

I hope you have a great crafty day!

Supply List:

--Cardstock: White (Georgia Pacific)

--Patterned Paper: Merry Little Christmas (MME)

--Stamp: Cocoa Kisses (Pink & Main)

--Dies: Cocoa Kisses, Scallop Borders & Stitched Rounded Rectangles (Pink & Main)

--Copics: E33, E35, R27, R89

--Misc: Ribbon, Chalk, White Gel Pen, Foam Tape, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink