Art Nudge 225C

I wanted to try out some new stencils I just ordered from A Colorful Life, and tried to use colors that were close to these for the February 225C at Art Nudge. The rose stamp is a very old one from my old Stampin' Up collection. The sentiment is from Stampdendous. I used distress oxide inks for the blending for the stencil work, and I used Versamark Clair Black in for stamping the sentiment and images. I used alcohol markers for the coloring of the roses. 

 

Festive Friday - #178

https://festivefridaychallenge.com/festive-friday-card-making-and-paper-crafting-challenge-ff-13/

What a fun challenge here on Festive Friday this week! I chose pink, t shirt, and arms for my card!! I just recently purchased this Stampendous stamp set that includes these arms and the flower and leaves I used on this card as well as the sentiment. The t shirt die is from Hero Arts. The glitter pink paper was a left over from another project. Thank you, Festive Friday team for making me more aware of these special days. This was one I was unaware of.

 

Little Red Wagon - Winter Blue

This was a fun card to make. I started by finding a piece of design paper from my stash with blues on it. Then I punt it through my big shot using a 3_D embossing folder from Sizzix. I sanded over it to get the underlayer of white paper to come up. It did not pop like I thought it would so I rubbed some blue distressed oxide ink over the embossing. I liked the look and that it added more blue to my paper. I die cute 3 other snowflakes out using a different design paper. I found a gold glittered snowflake in my stash and added it under a smaller die cut snowflake. I added some clear crystal gems to the centers. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz sentiment strip. 

You can fnd the details for this challenge here:

https://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/2025/02/little-red-wagon-challenge-795-winter.html

Also,Assorts Challenge #817 has a theme of blue as well. So entering this card in that challenge as well. 

You can find the details here:

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-817.html

 

Art Impressions #397

The theme of the challenge over at Art Impressions is Drink Up!! I love this guy enjoying his favorite beverage and I tried to make it look like a beer. And then I added the free handed sentiment -

"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.....Drink Up!" 

This is some fun design paper from Paper Studio that I pieced together to get this cool design.  I used versafine clair black ink for the image and used copic markers to do the coloring. I used an orange cardstock for the card base.

You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2025/02/drink-up-challenge-397-week-1.html

 

HMFMC#434

Here is my card for this week's House Mouse Challenge #434. These two seem to be having fun with some dandelions and just enjoying life. I used some old design papers from my stash that seen to pick up on the colors I colored the image with.  You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/hmfmc-434-anything-goes-with-option-of.html

 

Jingle Belle challenge - It came upon a midnight clear

There is no stamping on this card. I used a die cut nativity and glued it to some Paper Studio design paper behind a clear acrylic tag and then tied the tag onto this card with a Paper Studio designed paper background mounted on a light blue cardstock base. I used a pretty piece of rribbonto tie it onto the card. The recipient can untie it from the card and use it as an ornament for their tree or use as a gift tag. On the top of the tag and over the manger I attached a little gold star jewel.  You can find the details for this challenge here as well as the linky:

https://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2025/02/it-came-upon-midnight-clear.html

 

As You See it - Pastel Celebration

I made this card for the upcoming celebration of Easter for the As You See it celebration called Pastel Celebration. I used this pretty page of pastel printed design paper and stamped these little adorable girls from an image from Unity Stamps directly onto the design paper. I colored the image with copic markers. I added this ribbon bow and a wet embossed sentiment. The sentiment (from Spellbinder) is inked with Versamark and I used white Ranger embossing powder For the  punched butterflies I used was a little mini butterfly punch from Creative Memories, which is an old and a favorite in my punch collection. This makes me so ready for spring to come. 

https://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/2025/02/341.html

 

Tic Tac Toe #264

  

I used a love sentiment, an embossing folder that had a frame design, and used both dry and heat embossing on this card. The embossing folder is from Sizzix, the stamp is from Unity, and the love die is from Impression Obsessions I think. The wet embossing was done with white embossing powder on kraft paper. 

The link for this challenge can be found here:

https://tictactoechallenge.com/tttc264-featured-designer-design-team/

 

Just Us Girls #782

I love making cards for friends so I loved the theme this week over at Just Us Girls.  

https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/just-us-girls-challenge-762-word-week.html

I used one of my newest stamp sets from Stampendous, and some of my newest stencils from A Colorful Life. I use TH distressed oxide inks for my blending with stenciling, I stamped the images with Versafine Clair Black ink. I used alcohol markers and colored pencils for the images. I mounted with on yellow cardstock as my base. 

 

Can You Handle the Pressure - things with F

This was a great week to build up some stashes for friend cards, the ones I send out the most for no reason at all. Things that start with F was the theme for the challenge over on Can You Handle the Pressure. I used an embossing folder with a fleur de lei pattern (Sizzix)

and a background stamp was called flannel plaid from Stampin' Up. I used a floral designed card base from Paper Studio as my base and also cut some of the flowers from one of the similar card bases I had on hand.  All these fabulous "F" things helped make this fabulous friend card to put in my stash.

You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2025/02/anything-goes-with-twist-of-something.html

 

Addicted to CAS 276 Friends

I made this 5 minute card for the Addicted to CAS card challenge. The theme is friends and this is one of my newest stamp purchases. As a child I always loved buttons. They were kind of my play friends when I was by myself. LOL So, I just had to have this stamp. This card really came together easily. Everything but the largest daisy was stamped to the card base. I stamped it on another piece of paper, cut it out and added it with a dimensional.  You can find the details to this challenge here:

https://addictedtocas.blogspot.com/2025/02/challenge-276.html

This cute stamp set is from Stampendous. I stamped with versafine clair black ink and added the colors with Copic markers.
 

Double Trouble challenge

I did the triple challenge on Double Trouble this week by using the Try a sketch on Tuesday layout, for the "Love is in the air" theme I used a bird, bees, and butterflies. And I used at least one heart on this card. You can find the details for all the challenges this card was entered in:

https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/Challenge-184.html

https://trystampinontuesday.blogspot.com/2025/02/Challenge-663.html

The stamped image is from Unity. The butterflies are a Creative Memories punch, and the bees are free-handed. 

 

HMFMC #433

It's always fun to do a House Mouse card, and it's always fun to use up some paper scraps. I am entering this week's House Mouse challenge this week #433. The sentiment stamp is from Stampendous and just seems to go with this cute little letter writer.  You can find the details for HMFMC here:

https://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/hmfmc-433-february-3-february-16-use.html

 

 

Alphabet Challenge - V is for Vintage

V is for Vintage Valentine. I used a lacey stamp old retired set from Flourishes, Lld.I also stamped the sentiment with a Hampton Arts stamp. I used versafine clair black ink for the stamping. I added a red ribbon bow and a red sticker heart. I mounted it on a black card base. It turned out to be a beautiful CAS card as well. I am entering i in the Alphabet challenge this week. You can find the details for the challenge here :

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/v-is-for-vintage.html

 

My Time to craft - hearts

 

This was a quick card to make. I started with a plaid cardbase. I stamped the arms with a Stampendous stamp set, and added a die cut glittered heart to the hands. The sentiment is from Impression obsessions.  I made this for the My Time to Craft challenge this week. You can find the details here:

https://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/02/mttc-553-theme-of-hearts-starts-7.html

Festive Friday challenge #177

For this challenge I chose red, sequins, and hearts. I used A Colorful Life stencil and red distressed oxide ink for the blending. I added red sequins and a little red bow. I added a simple sentiment stamp to may this CAS card. 

You can find the link for this challenge here:

https://festivefridaychallenge.com/festive-friday-card-making-and-paper-crafting-challenge-ff0177/

 

Love Those Pretty Papers challenge - RED

I made this card using some pretty design paper strips and then I added white stencil paste to texture over it. I added these diecut glittered hearts and a Tim Holtz sentiment strip. I used black for the card base. I am entering this card in the Love Those Pretty Papers challenge that can be found here:

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/2025/02/love-those-pretty-papers-february-2025.htm

The stencil is from Gina K designs.