Paper Players CAS challenge#751

 

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2025/08/pp751-clean-and-simple-challenge-from.html

I did a little stenciling for the branch, and stamped this bird and sentiment from Unity Stamps. It was colored with colored pencls. I used distressed oxide ink for the stenciling and versafine clair black ink for the stamping. Used white paper for my card base. 

Retro Challenge tic/tac/toe #261

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2025/08/challenge-261-tic-tac-toe.html

  

This was a fun challenge. My flower image from Pink Fresh which is probably about 2 years old. I used washi tape, stenciling, and colored pencils on my card. The image was colored with colored pencils and then I colored over them with blender pen. I am not sure about the sentiment stamp (age or resource). 
I used distress oxide inks for the stenciling. I usedd a rose red for my card base. 

 

C.R.A.F.T. challenge #761

I did this stenciling for the Sweet Stampin' challenge. I masked with tape some sections for the stenciling.I used two different stencils from A Colorful Life for the sections and used pinks, aquas, and green distress oxide inks for the blending for the stenciled papers. I stamped the flamingo and palm tree and then fussy cut it out. These stamps are from Inkadinkado. The sentiment stamp is from Brass and Bliss.The colored images were colored with alcohol markers.  I mounted the card front onto a pink card base. You can find this challenge here: 

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-761-summer-vacations-anything.html

 

Word Art Challenge weeks #712-713

I made this card for Word Art Wednesday using the featured scripture for the week from                     Deuteronomy 32:4. I made use of some scrap paper I left over from another challenge  and printed out this week's scripture on my computer. I die cut it with an oval cut and made a gold chrome mat for it, I added the die cut flowers and punched leaves as a little color since the colors of the card were mainly gray and white. I used gray for my card base color. 

You can find this scripture and the details of the challenge here:

https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2025/08/anything-goes-weeks-712-713.html 

 

Jingle Belle challenge - Spirit of Christmas Past

Here is my card for the "Spirit of Christmas Past" for the Jingle Belles challenge just getting started today. This is one of my oldest Christmas stamps in my collection. It's from Tin Can Mail and called "Vintage Santa." I used alcohol markers to color it. I used design paper, red, and white cardstocks. I added a band of red gemstones and a little red bow as embellishment. 

The details for this challenge are here:

https://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-spirit-of-christmas-past.html

 

Art Impressions Challenge - Sports and Leisure #410

My husband, a bowler, has a birthday coming up this week. So I decided I would use this challenge as an opportunity to make him a card. I fussy cut the bowler and the pins and colored them with alcohol markers. I used some design papers and a light green card base. Here are the details for the Art Impressions challenge:

https://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2025/08/sports-leisure-challenge-410.html

 

Double D Challenge - Bee Happy

I made this card for Double D challenge this week's theme Bee Happy. The stamp set is from Stampendous. I used distressed oxide yellow ink for the color for the card base. Then I stenciled some grunge dots with a stencil from CWS. I mounted the card front onto black cardstock.  The bees were fussy cut and I used dimensional foam and stuck to the card. I added sparkle gel pen to the wings.

The linky can be found here: https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2025/08/bee-happy-challenge.html

 

C.R.A.F.T. challenge - Summer Vacation

I really did not have a summer vacation this year, but if I had the beach would have been my choice of locations. This pretty paper is from Crafty Stamp Company. The stamps are from various companies that I have in my beach stamp collection. I am entering this card in the C.R.A.F.T. challenge this week with the theme being summer vacation. 

You can find the details for the challenge here and the linky:

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/challenge-761-summer-vacations-anything.html
 

Word Power challenge for August

I did some layering stenciling for this background for this card I did for the Word Power Challenge for August. The flowers were die cut and the oval was a die from Gina Marie. The scripture was from the Word Art Wednesday blog. This was their scripture for last week and I did not get to take part in it before it ended. So I am using it on this challenge:

https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/word-power-august-2025-challenge.html

I used a stencil from A Colorful Life and a stencil from Creative Worship stamps. I punched the leaves with an old Martha Stewart punch. I used distressed oxide inks for the stenciling, 

 

Make my Monday Snow in day

 

I made this card for the Make my Monday Snow in August challenge. The snowman is a stamp from Rubbernecker. The sentiment is from Gina K designs. I colored the image with copic markers, and the image was stamped in versafine clair black ink. I used a foiled design paper and used torn white cardstock for my snow. 

You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/258-snow-in-august-christmas.html

Festive Friday Challenge #190

I chose to use bees, honeycobmb, and ink blending as my elements for my entry to the Festive Friday challenge this week for National Honey Bee Day. I used a Stampendous stamp set, distress oxide inks for the blending, and versafine clair black ink for the stamped images. The bees were colored with alcohol markers. I added sparkling gel pen on the wings. One bee is attached with an dimensional strip. 

 https://festivefridaychallenge.com/festive-friday-card-making-and-paper-crafting-challenge-ff0190/

House Mouse #446 - friends

These two little mice friends are having fun with these dandelions. Thought they were perfect for this challenge. Check our the details for this challenge here:

https://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/

I colored this image with colored pencils and then went over it with a blender pen. I added the diecut flowers and the punched leaves. 

 

Word Power August 2025 challenge

I love this stamp from Gina K designs which is perfect for this background I created with scraps left over from other projects. It's just so fun to play around making designs with all these pretty pieces of paper. I used versafine clair black ink for the stamping. I added some enamel dots as my only embellishments. The card base is Bermuda Bay. I am linking this card to the Word Power August 2025 challenge. You can find the link and details of the challenge here:

https://wordpowerchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/word-power-august-2025-challenge.html

 

Summer fun and activities

I finally learned how to make one of these cards, and since "summer fun" seem to be a popular theme this month for many of the challenges, I made this card using ocean related items on the design paper to make this card to enter some of them (the list will be included at the end of this post.) I used some design paper from Bo Bunny that I found in my stash. The shells and sentiment is from a set from Stampin' Up. I think sea shell collecting is the perfect summer activity for some fun in the sun!

So here are the challenges I am entering this card into:

Love some Pretty papers

A Place to Start

The Paper Players

Try it on Tuesday

 

Jingle Belles sketch challenge

https://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2025/08/twas-sketch-before-christmas.html

Using paper from Paper Studio, I created this card and made use of a very old Christmas stamp from Stampin' Up 2000. The sentiment is from Creative Worship stamps. 

 

{BYSHC} challenge #60

 

I made this card for the new {BYSHC} challenge 60.  used some Paper Studio  papers, a Unity stamp, and some washi tape for the sentiment strip.  To make the dog look a little more festive for Christmas I put a Santa hat sticker on his head.  I used versafine clair black ink for the image stamping and alcohol markers for the coloring. 

My Time to craft #565

 The My Time to Craft Challenge #565 is to use 2 or more design papers. I used 2 different ones for this card I created today:

The skates, greenery and bow and sentiment are all Sizzix dies. I glued my stripes to a white card base. I added a gteen gemstone in the middle off the O off Joy! This was a quick and easy card especially since I had the skates already made and set aside when I needed a quick card. You can find the details of this challenge here:

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/07/mttc-565-theme-is-to-use-2-or-more.html

Paper Funday for July - stenciling #78

https://paperfundaychallenges.blogspot.com/2025/07/july-2025-challenge-78-anything-goes.html

 I used some soft colors of oxide distressed inks for my colors doing the stenciling. This stencil is from A Colorful Life. The flowers were punched using 2 Martha Stewart punches. I stamped happy birthday and added a few sequins as some embellishments. I mounted it on a light apricot cardstock base.  I have a lot of of August birthdays to send out this month, so this will make a great addition to my stash.

Krafty Chicks #779 anything goes

I had to make a birthday card for a friend, so decided to share it here for this challenge. The background I used left over scraps of design paper. The image I used is from Unity Stamps, as is the sentiment. I colored the image with alcohol makers. I fussy cut the birthday girl. You can find the details for this challenge as well as their linky here:

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/07/krafty-chicks-challenge-779-atg.html
 

Time Out #294

https://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/07/challenge-294.html

I used a foiled design paper for the background and using A Colorful Life stencil I traced these rainbows with alcohol markers. The open book is a die from Spellbinders,  The bird is a Martha Stewart punch, anad the sentiment is from Unity stamps. I mounted this on a striped design paper and then attached to an aqua card base. 
 

I used an open book die for the book, I stenciled the rainbow and technically I used 3 things from the list  as I used a striped paper for the framing paper and the rainbow includes stripes. 

Alphabet Challenge H is for home

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/h-is-for-home.html

This is a pad of Paper Studio paper that includes cowgirls and "howdy" on it and so perfect if you are from Texas and have never lived anywhere else. It seem to say "home" to me. Since Houston starts with H and is often referred to as H-town, I decided to make it on my map of Texas. I have lived just outside of Houston for over 20 years now. The boot die I got from Impression Obsessions before they went out of business. I really miss them. The sentiment is computer generated and not sure who to credit the quote but I have heard it used so very often. The  Texas paper punch I bought years ago in Austin. 

 

The Paper Players - things with wheels 747

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2025/07/there-is-still-time-to-play-in_01593202427.html

 

I tore some design paper into two strips. Added it to a white card. I stamped this travel trailer stamp from Unity onto design paper, Fussy cut and glued to the same image stamped onto white paper. Left lots of white!! Sentiment and image are stamped with versafine clair black ink. 

{BYSHC} Christmas in July 2025 - a great success!

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2025/07

I used some pre-cut dies that I had cut months ago so this was a quick and easy card. I sure enjoyed taking part in the Linky Party for 2025 at {BYSHC}. Thanks for making it so enjoyable and thanks for all the hard work that goes into putting it all on. Thanks too for all the nice comments that were left on my entries. 

 

{BYSHC} 2025 Linky Party ice skates

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2025/07

These ice skates are from Spellbinder and are another die I had cut and pieced months ago to make my cardmaking go a little faster for Christmas this year. It's paying off. The background paper is design paper striped paper and I mounted on  a red cardbase.

 

{BYSHC} Linky Party 2025 - Christmas wreath

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2025/07

I used two design papers for this card. I think the die cut for the wreath and bow are Sizzix, and the white poinsettia and leaves is from Momenta. I used a brown card base. Many of these die cuts I had made ahead of time and pieced together, which is a real time saver. Hope you have been able to visit the {BYSHC} blog to see all the lovely cards that have been shared. 

 

{BYSHC} Linky Party 2025 Final day

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2025/07

The challenge was to use cling wrap to add the ink today on the F4A challenge over at Splitcoaststamps. I also am adding this to my collection of cards I have made for the {BYSHC} Linky Party that has been happening all week (see link). Today is the last day!! 

I used distress oxide inks for this and a 3-D Sizzix embossing folder. I applied the ink with cling wrap wadded up. The stamp is from Unity and I fussy cut the ornaments to separate them so I could place them on the tree branches.  I mounted it on lilac cardstock for my cardbase. 

 

{BYSHC} Linky party 2025 - wise men

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2025/07

What an enjoyable week it has been seeing all the fabulous cards shared over on the Linky Party for {BYSHC} Christmas in July event! I plan to get a few more made today and have been pleased with my cards I have added to my Christmas stash this week. This card was made with a Colorful Life stencil and distressed oxide ink. The stamped image is from Creative Worship Stamps as is the sentiment that accompanies that set. I stamped using versafine clair black. I added silver sequins, and silver stars as my embellishments. 

 I used the {BYSHC} sketch #49 as my inspiration for this card.

BYSHC Linky Party 2025 holiday gnome

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2025/07

This is a cute layout of design papers and added a die cut gnome from Momenta for the main focus. The sentiment is from Gina K designs. The card base is kraft cardstock. Hope everyone has been having as much fun as I have this week working on Christmas cards. 

 

BYSHC Linky party 2025 - Getting Comfy

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2025/07 

I used one of my favorite Unity stamps for paper piecing for this card. That big comfortable looking chair seemed like a good way to wish someone a cozy Christmas. I stamped the image in versafine clair black ink onto a piece of plaid design paper. I then fussy cut it and fussy cut the stockings from some other Christmas design paper. The sentiment stamp are from Creative Worship Stamps. I used a foiled piece of design paper for the card background. I mounted it onto a mossy green card base.

 

BYSHC Linky Party - Christmas Cardinal

https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2025/07

I used this wonderful cardinal stamp set from Gina K for this card. This great little sentiment is included in the set. I colored the image with my Faber Castell colored pencils. I hope everyone is having a good time checking out all the fun over at this year's linky Party that{BYSHC} is having this week.