Krafty Chicks - Christmas #776

I appreciate Krafty Chicks always including a Christmas challenge each month on their challenge schedule. I like getting some Christmas cards done during the year to get a stash already ready. This is a fun one that I used scraps from left over Christmas design papers from other project as part of the background for this card. I die cut the mug using design paper as well. The sentiment is from Creative Worship stamps and stamped in versafine clair black ink. The mg die is from Momenta, and the holly die is from Sizzix. I die cut the holly in white paper and colored with alcohol markers.  

You can find the details of the challenge here:

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/07/krafty-chicks-challenge-776-christmas.html

 

Festive Friday Challenge National Ice Cream Day 188

How fun that there is a National Ice Cream Day!! So Festive Friday honors it this week with a challenge. From their list of things that might be included I picked pink, embossing, and an ice cream cone The embossing folder reminded me of the waffle pattern on the cone and the dotted paper reminded me of sprinkles.  The cone die cut is from Spellbinders. You can find the details for the challenge here:

https://festivefridaychallenge.com/festive-friday-card-making-and-paper-crafting-challenge-ff-16/

 

Jingle Belle challenge - Poinsettia Perfection

 

Here is my entry for the Jingle Belle challenge Poinsettia Perfection. I used this border die that had a poinsettia on it. I cut it twice so that I could double up the petals on the poinsettia so it stood out more. I colored the stems, leaves, berries, and pinecones with alcohol markers. The die is from Momenta.  I used a clear, glittery dome for the poinsettia center. I stashed this embossed border in white from recycle pile. I used it for the bottom portion of my card and found some design paper that said Merry Christmas all over it for the top portion background. 

You can find the details of this challenge and its link here:

https://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2025/07/merry-mistletoe.html

Time Out Challenge #292 - Travel

 

I made this card for the travel theme going on over at the Time Out challenge #292. I thought this image and sentiment from Unity was just perfect for this challenge. I found this really cool piece of design paper in my stash with travel words in the background. Love that the paper included some of the words done in turquoise foil. So I added a matching turquoise card base. You can find the details and link for this challenge here:

https://timeoutchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/07/challenge-292.html

Art Nudge challenge 725B

 

I used the colors on the Art Nudge 725B challenge. I used some of my scraps from my scrap pile for the background that matched up to these colors. I stamped this image from Unity and used alcohol markers that matched up well with my background colors. The sentiment strip is from Tim Holtz. Loved my results and thought they made a lovely card from my scraps. 

Shopping our Stash - 551

Going with the red, white, and blue theme of the Shopping our Stash challenge this week. I decided to go with a nautical feel for this with these design papers and an old crab stamp by Tim Holtz in my stash. The sentiment is by Brass & Bliss. I added a few red sequins just for a little sparkle. 

https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2025/07/sos551-red-white-blue.html
 

Make My Monday #255 - Summer Fun

I made this card notonly using strips of paper as stripes, but also used a blue and white striped design paper as part of the design. The sentiment is from Brass & Bliss and I think the die is from Impression Obsessions This was a fun and easy summer card to make. This is my idea of summer fun, so I am entering my card in the Make My Monday challenge.  You can find tthe details for the challenge here:

https://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/255-summer-fun.html