Snowflakes merrily along the way...

Need to make my 240 goal and I'm 4 cards away... Jen B's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches is up for inspiration and here is my rendition... Just one card this around as I'm pressed for time. Embossed the white layer with one of my fave snowflake embossing folders. Stamped and coloured the teeny snowman..die cutted some snowflakes from my balmy blue glimmer paper and Voila! Card # 237/240. I'll be making a few more of these to add to the stash.

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Season's greetings to everyone.

Merry acetate tags...

Close up of the embellished acetate tags..


Back into the swing of things....and closer to the card goal.. Freshly Made Sketches' weekly sketch challenge from Kim. A great pattern paper scrap buster... used an embossed snowflake layer and snowwflake pattern paper for the other. My latest obsession...clear acetate tags finished with sparkly ribbon and some twine. Layered the embellished tags with strategically placed foam tape on the backs.. Voila..2 more cards and now I'm at 236/240..4 cards left to go..
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Have a great Sunday evening and Happy Holidays everyone.

Vintage Merry

Close up of the acetate tag.

It's been forever and a day...looking for my cardmaking mojo so I can complete my 2024 goal.. My rendition of the latest sketch challenge over at the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Wanted to showcase this one little piece of vintage pattern paper with the snowmen and trees... Opted to layer altenately the paper strips with foam tape for added dimension. Die cut a stitched tag out of acetate..finished with some ribbon and twine..the glittery "merry" with some snowflake stickers.. Voila two cards to add to my goal..for a total of 234 cards...6 more cards to go..
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Happy Sunday and Season's Greetings everyone.

In the Forest ...WINNER

Back into the swing of things...Linda's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. My rendition of the sketch...The birch trees sponged with crumbcake.. and staggered at their trunks. The blue background dry embossed with the snowflake embossing folder.. Snowhills at the bottom with glittery tops..die cut elk from Chocolate Chip cardstock.. Finished with the sentiment. One more card for my 2024 goal and now I'm at 232/240.
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EDIT: Fabulous news to start the evening as I discovered that Judy from the Freshly Made Sketches' Design team chose my card as her pick of the week: Sheri’s forest card has such a majestic look and was a clever way to use the sketch. A beautiful winner design! Congratulations! Thank you so much Judy for making my day by choosing my card and CONGRATS to all the other winners.

Christmas Homes

So I wasn't sure I was going to be able to tackle this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge..as it was a bit chaotic here...Managed to start and finish 4 cards..mixing and matching the vintage pattern papers...finishing with the stamped and embossed with white gingerbread houses on the chocolate chip cardstock and punched. Loving these peppermint embellies that my bestie gifted me. I am loving the ribbon nows as I have a ton of ribbon that's been collecting dust for forever and a day.. Voila! 4 cards completed and now I'm at 229/240 card goal...and ahead of plan..even better. Which is your fave?
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Have a great Friday everyone.

Vintage Merry Christmas

A chance to try out the Paper Player's latest sketch challenge from Ann....Christmas mode happening here... Using up the end of this vintage Gingerbread dsp in the stash of mine. Stamped and embossed with white the gingerbread house, finished with the cutest peppermint swirls embellies ~ that my bestie gifted me. Card # 225 of my 240 goal....OMGee..I'm 15 away from meeting my goal.
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Happy Friday to all! ..

~ Gnomes & Snowflakes

Up next is Amy's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches... my take on her sketch. Snowflakes and gnomes for a perfect combination...tried different arrangements and used one of my fave vintage Sizzix snowflake embossing folders for the white layers. Inked and stamped a few gnomes - coloured with Copics and Blends, finished with a glitter pen on the gnome's beard and the jingle bell. Layered with foam tape, the snowflakes embellished with gems, so that they would pop. Voila 4 more cards for the Christmas card stash and now I'm at 224/240...OMGee.... I'm 16 cards away from reaching my goal...
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Happy Sunday everyone.

Snowflake Collection II...

Congratulations to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog on their 600th sketch milestone!! KUDOS on a fabulous accomplishment. My rendition of their flashback sketch challenge ~ I'm still on Christmas mode so...a gazillion diecut snowflakes...vintage Snowflake embossing folder... some vintage ribbon and we have a few cards...220/240 of my card goal.
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Happy Saturday!

~ Snowflake collection...

Up next, Narelle's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches...Had to think about this for abit and decided I wanted to use up those darn pattern paper scraps for my cards...Went with the traditional green and red colour scheme..die cutted lots of snowflakes and different holiday sentiments...mixed and matched and Voila! I think my fave is the white shimmer vellum ornament with the sparkly red snowflake. Which one is yours? 217/240 card goal tally..
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Happy Monday everyone. :)

Snowflake Elegance

Hectic week and just couldn't get my act together to create some cards...pulled myself out of the slump and decided to tackle the latest Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge..was thinking wreath and opted for snowflake wreaths. Diecutted a gazillon snowflakes and embossed the white layers with one of the snowflake embossing folders in the stash. The last one I stamped a scene with the stamp set and layered on a red glimmer circle mat..tucked the very delicate vellum snowflakes underneath ...which are kinda difficult to see. :( Voila 4 more cards for the Christmas Card stash and I'm now at 214/240 personal card goal...
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Happy Sunday and hopefully you're safe from the lovely atmospheric river conditions.

Ridiculously Amazing...

Up next, Karren's sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.. Created the bases and wrapped cellophane to make some flat shakers. Attached the tags finished with ribbon and twine with foam tape on top of the shakers. Only a couple of cards this time around; however I have hit 210/ 240 card goal. Definitely dug into the vintage stash for everything and found the vintage birthday confetti which was the inspiration for the card.
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Happy Monday and Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Christmas Joy...

One of my fave sketch challenge blogs ~ Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge... Christmas on the brain...with different pattern papers and colour combinations. Pink and chocolate chip vintage card to finish the lot. Not sure which is my fave? The traditional red and green or the pink and brown. Four more cards to make the grand total 208/240 of my card goal.
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Happy Sunday and and Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone!

Holiday House Snow Globes

Cecile's sketch for inspiration from Freshly Made Sketches... Embossed the white gingerbread houses on chocolate chip cardstock.. for a different look from the crumbcake houses and added the peppermint candy embelishments. Decided to make faux snow globes for the gingerbread houses..added a sentiment here and there. Finished with these vintage (2008) glittery snowflakes on acetate. Using pattern papers from the vintage pattern paper stash. Which one is your fave? Getting closer to meeting my goal as I am now at 204/240 cards...36 more cards and I've achieved my goal for 2024.
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Happy Monday everyone!

Peppermint Christmas - *** WINNER***

On a roll with the Christmas cards and up for inspiration, the weekly sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge..decided to use the vintage gingerbread pattern paper in the stash..and my bestie gifted me these teeny peppermint embellishments and had to try them on the white embossed gingerbread houses on kraft cardstock. Pattern papers..foam tape. Used some red bakers twine and ribbon (gasp) on the ornament card. Had to try the balmy blue/pool party combination with crumb cake. With that folks... 199 cards/240 card goal. So excited! Voila!
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Happy Sunday everyone.

EDIT: Well fabulous news for a Wednesday....The AHSC Design Team chose my card as one of the top three winners for their sketch challenge. SO excited and grateful for the win! THANK YOU and congrats to the other 2 winners. Namaste.

~ Vintage Snow Tiles

Jen B's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for the inspiration kickstarter... Stamped and coloured the images from this very vintage red rubber wooden stamp (2004 - gasp)that had never been loved! The sketch is perfect for these *inchies* matted on cardstock. Stamped, coloured and layered the inches along the bottom of the card. Dry embossed snowflakes on the white cardstock layer to give the card alittle more oomph. Started with the traditional red and white colour combination and switched to the Highland Heather and Balmy Blue combo. I had the red ones completed last night but had to try the highland heather colour combo with the silver mat. Voila 4 more cards completed.. 194/240. Nothing like leaving it to the last few minutes on the wire...
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Happy Monday.

Season's Greetings...***WINNER***

So the latest sketch from the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was a bit daunting when I first looked at it...but I made myself figure it out and I am really happy. The sketch for me was another major scrap pattern paper buster...hands down. Once I sorted out the plan ~ it was a matter of mixing and matching pattern papers. Finished the red matted cards with red and white bakers' twine and tiny red bells and some fir branches on the layered sentiments with foam tape for dimension. The blue colour combinations were simpler with snowflakes and a star topped Christmas tree. My fave is the blue Christmas tree with the snowflake flocked vintage pattern paper. Entering this card for ABC Christmas Challenge with T for the traditional red and green colour cards and Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge with the assortment of different paper lines and pattern papers. And now with these 6 cards...I'm at 190/240 card goal.
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Happy Sunday everyone.

EDIT: Well this is awesome news as the AHSC's Design Team chose my cards as one of their top 3 for the sketch challenge. THANK YOU so much for the pick and CONGRATULATIONS to the other 2 winners. THANK YOU for making my day!! Happy Dance happening over here. :)

Merry Wishes...

Thought I would give Joanne's sketch from The Paper Players a try...my rendition...a glimmer layer and *merry* sentiment and a mix of pattern papers from the vintage stash. Voila! Card 184/240 goal. Check out everyone's beautiful cards for some great inspiration.
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Happy Friday!

Snowmen Tags....*WINNER*

I've had this Snowman stamp in my vintage collection (2005) forever and a day that has never seen the light of day or any ink...so I finally inked the stamp up for the Sunday Stamps challenge..perfect. Practicing my colouring and using up the vintage pattern papers in the coveted stash...Can't decide which set I prefer...the blues (which I made first) of the other reds and pinks with the swirling ribbons that finished the tags. Gasp...haven't used ribbon in awhile..All are unique and one of a kind as unfortunately I get bored with identical multiples. Which ones are your fave? Now I'm at 5 + 178 = 183 / 240 personal goal for the year.
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Happy Tuesday.
EDIT: Heather from the Sunday Stamps design team chose my card as her top cup winner "Sheri had me at "vintage snowmen!" Totally adorable!". THANK YOU so much ~ What a wonderful surprise! Congrats to the other winners. Looking forward to the next Sunday Stamps challenge. :)

~ Retro Christmas Trees...

Jen M's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches for inspiration and Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge's inspiration board for the beautiful bright colours...So I've had this Crate pattern paper with it's retro colour vibes in my craft stash for forever and a day. Found the Christmas tree dies and glimmer cardstock..pattern papers..mixing and matching. Layered the trees and sentiment with foam tape for some dimension. First for me to use up an entire 12x12 sheet of DSP in one sitting. Entering these cards into the monthly Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge , as there were lots of pattern papers happening here. Voila 6 Christmas cards added to the stash and now it's 178/240 personal card challenge.
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Happy Monday everyone.