Christmas Joy Snowman

New to me ~ CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge...their sketch challenge.. combined with the Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge ~ Anything Goes... Inked up and coloured a snowman from the collection. Used my cardmaking bestie's dies to diecut the snowman and the layer.. Dry embossed the soft sky background..added a touch of red glimmer..wet embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder on real red cardstock ..Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for snowman image and background embossing folder

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Smiles. :)

Santa Hat Snowman...***Top Three Winner**

Tried another Atlantic Hearts' Sketch Challenge....combined with the Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge ~ Anything Goes, Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge and The Merry Christmas Challenge ~ Anything Christmas. Inked up another stamp from the vintage snowman collection. Skipped the traditional Christmas colour combo..and went with the real red and soft sky ..  layered and added some red glimmer to pizzazz the card.. Voila! 

Deets: All Stampin Up except for snowman, embossing folder & pattern paper

EDIT: My card was chosen as one of the top three winners by the Atlantic Hearts' Design team...So excited! THANK YOU to the AHSC. :)

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Smiles.

Merry Christmas Deer

Another duo challenge..Watercooler Wednesday's "All About Holidays" Challenge and Happy Little Stampers ~ Anything Goes with Dies Challenge.. I've been going abit crazy with my vintage Christmas colour combo..pink white and normally it's silver but I opted for gold this time around. Die cut the white card stock oval, the white scallop oval and the Gold foil deer. Cut my coveted pink houndstooth pattern paper and love the gold foil. Finished the card with a tiny gold metallic cord bow... Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for the Scallop Oval die, Merry Christmas sentiment and the houndstooth pattern paper from the craft stash.

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Smiles.

merry....

Another CAS challenge*gasp*...this time from CAS(E) this Sketch..love the Design team's ideas and inspiration ..which inspired me to try the sketch..my take..die cut the *merry* from the red glimmer and layered on red cardstock.. stamped the snowflake cluster on the top panel and dry embossed the snowflake background on the bottom.. Coloured the snowman with Copics..Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for the stamps, embossing folder and the *merry* die.

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Smiles. :)

*Flying by on a Snowflake...**Outstanding Design** Winner

Apologize for the poor photo...gloomy day so the lighting wasn't very good. :( 

Up next...a hat trick challenge..CAS Christmas Card Challenge's bird theme, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge ~ Animal Antics and the Fusion sketch challenge... I really struggle with CAS...so this was a definite challenge for me..Dusted off the unloved penguin stamp and coloured the flying penguin with Copics..stamped the snowflake cluster a few times. Embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder..die cut out the banner and than layered at the top with foam tape...Definitely lots of white space on the card and minimal embellishments...

Deets: All Stampin Up except for Penguin and Snowflake images

EDIT: Great news...my card was chosen as one of the Outstanding Designs from the CAS Christmas Card Challenge. Happy dance!! Thank you to the Design Team for choosing my card. :) Made my day. :)

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Smiles.

Snow Guy's Christmas Joy...

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Hello..trying to get my mojo back...thought I would try the *new to me* Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge coupled with the Watercooler Wednesdays' ~ Marsha's Masculine Card Challenge.. being on a Christmas card roll...Inked up a *new to me* Snowman image with his Tall Top Hat and coloured with Copics and Blends...accented with some dazzling diamonds glitter.. Love the look for the white embossing powder sentiment on the kraft card stock. Embossed the Soft Sky layer with my most fave Snowflake embossing folder..sprinkled some red sequins..Voila! 

Deets: All Stampin Up except for Snowman image and Snowflake background embossing folder.

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Smiles.

Merry & Bright Christmas...

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Another Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge...this time, Anything Goes...so I wanted some more shaker cards... one of my fave Christmas colour combos: Crumb Cake, White & Pink Glimmer... Coloured the Snowman image with Copics and accented with a stardust gel pen...Used up more of my sequins stash..I added double sided adhesive to the Pink Glimmer paper before die cutting the Merry & Bright frame... Voila!

Also entering this card at Christmas at Sweet Stampin ~ Anything Goes..

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Smiles. :)

*CHRISTMAS JOY...

Close Up to show more detail.. fun foam for the shaker box

Another duo challenge...this time Fab Friday's sketch challenge and Simon says Stamps *Let's Get ready for Christmas* challenge ~ ...inked up a brand new snowman trio stamp..coloured with Copics..stamped some pretty in pink snowflakes..Decided a shaker box was in order and used a new Stitched Oval Scallop frame...Added a vellum banner and completed with a couple silver foiled wooden snowflakes..
Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for pattern paper, stamped snowmen image, stitched oval scallop frame die and silver foiled wooden snowflakes

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ps. Happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadian peeps.

Smiles.

*Christmas Luminary

Luminary with tea light inside to showcase vellum window

A duo challenge: Just Add Ink's challenge ~ Add Vellum, and Happy Little Stampers' October Christmas Challenge. Way back, when I bought the snowflake collage die...I thought it was larger for some reason and was disappointed with how small it was. Fast forward to after a year  of collecting dust...I love the die..it's perfect for shaker boxes and it's perfect for the vellum window in this card... just pop a tealight inside and voila..an instant luminary for your desk..mantel..whereever.... Used some of the coveted Making Memories pattern paper with the red glimmer paper for a border...Die cut the Snowflake collage from shimmery white paper and than attached to the vellum paper..Voila!

Deets: Assorted supplies from craft stash..

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Happy Belated Cardmaking Day! ;)

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WWC190- Gail's Feminine "Anything Goes" Challenge

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Card folds flat to mail

Welcome back everyone to the 4th week and last week of my Guest Designer opportunity for the Watercooler Wednedays Challenges...So this week's challenge is Gail's Feminine "Anything Goes" and I need a WOW card for a friend's upcoming milestone birthday. I thought I would give this Window Box thinlet pop up card a go. The great thing is the card mails flat and displays three dimensional. Since it's a bit gloomy here with the lovely rainy Fall here..I decided I wanted a card with some colour...pool party and calypso coral are one of my fave colour combos and thought I would add a touch of lemon lime twist. Embossed the decorative squares and the background with the Tin Tile Embossing folder and lightly sponged with Crumb Cake to highlight the pattern for a more vintage feel. Voila! 

Deets: All Stampin Up

The How to Make details for the Window Box Thinlet - Pop Up card is on You Tube ~ mitosustampin. Thank you for the inspiration.

Please check out the Design Team's inspiration and make sure to leave some blog love. Looking forward to seeing your projects.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Just Add Ink colour combination challenge: Calypso Coral, Pool Party and Lemon Lime Twist.

Cardz 4 Galz challenge ~ What's New?  New to me is the window box thinlet pop up card technique. Alittle daunting but I'm so glad I tried it...need to make a few more of these special movement cards!
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Smiles,
Sheri :)