AAA 280 sketch challenge

I made this card for this AAA card challenge and it is so good to be doing something other than winter and Christmas cards. We don't get snow where I live very often so I just don't do that many snow cards although snowmen are adorable and snowflakes are so wonderfully unique. I decided to use flowers for my card. I send a lot of encouragement cards and birthday cards out so florals are always a go to for me. You can check out the details for this challenge and the linky here:

https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2024/12/aaa-card-challenge-280-sketch.html

The background was made with an unidentifiable stencil, the flowers are a die cut set from Spellbinder, and the sentiment is from Rubbernecker. I used IO cherry ink, and versafine clair black inks on this card. Hope everyone has a marvelous 2025!

 

Love those pretty papers - Christmas

With my leftover Christmas papers I cut these 1/2 inch strips to make these quilt patterned backgrounds. I used some Christmas die cuts to put as my focal points. The papers are from Paper Studdio and the tree and carolers dies are from Impression Obsessions. The sentiment strip is from Spellbinders are it say "Happy Holidays." You can find the details for this challenge here:

https://lovethoseprettypapers.blogspot.com/

 

Cut it Up #320

I am always in need of masculine birthday cards, so I used a kraft cardstock base, added some left over scraps of design paper from Impression Obssession for the shapes. I die cut these cat tails and dragonflies from an Impression Obsession die set. The birthday die is from Taylor Expressions. 

I am entering this into the Cut It Up "anything goes" challenge this week. You can find the details here for this challenge:

https://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/12/cut-it-up-challenge-320-anything-goes.html

 

Try it on Tuesday - Santa Claus is coming to Town

 

This is one of my favorite of my Santa stamps that came from Rubber Stampede that I have had for years. Today I used it on a stenciled background blended with distress oxide fired brick ink. I mounted the Santa on two different design papers for a mat. I punched bows with a Martha Stewart punch out of the red design paper print. The gold foil paper I cut using a die cut for the sentiment. (Not sure of the source of tat die.) I used alcohol marker to color Santa. The card base is red cardstock. 

I am entering this card in this week's Try it on Tuesday challenge and you can find the details and link here: https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2024/12/santa-claus-is-coming-to-town.html

AAA challenge 279

https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2024/11/aaa-card-challenge-279-anything-cas.html

This is a simple CAS card made with white papers. The snowbank is torn white paper. The snowman is an old retired Stampin' Up stamp. I blended a little light gray distress oxide into on the the snow bank edge and the snow. I used blue distress oxide ink for the sky. The stamp was stamped with versafine clair black and colored with alcohol markers. The sentiment is from Sweet and Sassy stamps.

 

The Paper Players As the Deer challenge 718

 

I made this card for the Paper Players challenge for the Be a Deer. This dies are from Impression Obsession. The snow is a Impression Obsession stencil. I used torn white paper for the snow bank. 

http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2024/12/pp718-theme-challenge-from-leanne.html

As You Like It - gold

I designed this card for the As You like it challenge this week, because I like gold. I think gold and white have such an elegant look as a color combo. This is a Spellbinder die set mounted on a white with gold dotted paper. The card base is kraft.

The details for the challenge can be found here:

https://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/11/favourite-gold-silver-or-glitter-and-why.html