TTTC98 Silver Deer

Hi stampers!  Here with another post today---a Tic Tac Toe challenge!  Here's our board: 

This board leaves a lot of room for interpretation, and since I saw that Christmas Card Throwdown had a metallic paper challenge, 

I thought I'd do another Christmas card!  My Detailed Deer dies have not seen the light of day for months, so I thought I'd feature this beautiful leaping deer from the set:

I actually used all the squares in the grid, how about that!  This was really a simple card to create; I diecut the deer from Silver foil and mounted it on some red plaid DSP.  I did add a mat of Silver foil as well (if you cut out the inside portion of the mat, which doesn't show under the plaid paper, you can save that piece for another use!) and mounted it on a square card base.

The peace sentiment was heat embossed in silver and diecut with a Stitched Rectangle die, through which I added some narrow silver ribbon:

And I stamped some additional silver snowflakes among my Real Red sentiment on the inside!  

I love how this turned out and I'll put it in my stash of Christmas cards for December!  Now, what will you create with our Tic-Tac-Toe grid?  Share it at the challenge blog, can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Peace Joy Love (Lawn Fawn), Sentiments Traditional Christmas (Kaiser)
Card stock & Papers	Whisper White, Silver Foil, Mad 4 Plaid DSP (Photoplay)
Ink	Silver Encore (ret), Real Red
Accessories	Narrow Silver Ribbon (ret), Silver Embossing Powder
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Dashing Deer Dies (ret), Heat Tool

PP520 Christmas is in the Air

Happy Sunday, peeps!  Time for a new Paper Players challenge with the clever and talented Joanne as our hostess! Here we go:

Are you finished creating your cards yet?  This prompt has several ideas to give you a little boost!  I chose the upper right hand corner...I love the look of the lit tree against the blue background.  It was a little more challenging than I had anticipated, but in the end, I was happy with it:

I started with some Night of Navy cardstock and stamped and embossed a fir tree and snowflakes in white.  I added a scrolly sentiment: 

It looked a little odd just sort of floating groundless, so I created some sponged hills:

and stamped some bare trees behind them.  Then I added shading with some Night of Navy ink.  I don't do "scenes" very well, so this was a bit of a stretch for me!  In hindsight, I would have liked to have added some more tiny snowflakes in the sky, but I didn't want to mess it up, LOL!

Finally, on the inside, a pretty sentiment from the For Unto Us set:

I hope you'll play along with us....I know time is getting tight and people are busy, but we'd love to see your creations!  You can see the DT's cards at the Paper Players blog....stop by and get some more inspiration!

We did shopping AND wrapping yesterday:

She wrapped the dogs' gifts in Troll wrapping paper!

And we hand-stamped our tags because, well, it's just more fun....and Grammy couldn't find the store-bought ones until AFTER we finished wrapping!

Thanks for popping in today---enjoy your day and be blessed!

 

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	For Unto Us, Trees (Flourishes), Frosted Christmas (Kaiser)
Card stock & Papers	Night of Navy, Whisper White
Ink	Craft White, Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Tool, Sponges

CAS Snowflake

Happy Monday, peeps!  Hope you had a good weekend.  We spent some time with our family, which was really, really nice!  That meant I didn't get any time in my craft room, but I was up at 3:30 this morning, not able to sleep, so I started a couple of cards and finally finished one of them up.  Why is it that CAS cards are not so simple?!  Anyone else have that issue?  I just want to add more stuff! 

Anyway, the Addicted to CAS challenge this week is one layer; Christmas Card Throwdown wants snowflakes, and Krafty Chicks wants clean and simple!

 

          

  So here we go:

I began with a Thick Whisper White card base and stamped the large snowflake corner stamp in Misty Moonlight ink on both corners.  I added a few extra snowflakes in Balmy Blue, then stamped a sentiment from the retired Merry Christmas To All in Night of Navy.  I used my Stamparatus to get a good, dark image, then stamped over it with Versamark ink and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder:

It really made the sentiment stand out!  I stamped another snowflake and sentiment from two past Paper Pumpkin kits on the inside, and it was finished!  I didn't add any sparkle, gems or ribbon!  CAS it is!

Cassidy and her cousins spent a LOT of time in the pool yesterday....they were moving so fast, I barely got a chance to take a picture:

I would venture to say she slept very well last night!  Thanks for popping in today---enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Merry Christmas to All (ret), Paper Pumpkin kits (ret), Frosted (Kaiser)
Card stock & Papers	Thick Whisper White
Ink	Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Versamark, Balmy Blue
Accessories	Clear Embossing Powder
Tools	Heat Gun

TSOT434 Be Merry

Happy Tuesday, all!  Over the weekend I went to a stamping event and was blessed to win a Close to My Heart Christmas stamp set called Whimsical Holiday!  I couldn't wait to ink up the fun little Santa face in it and the Try Stampin on Tuesday sketch was perfect for it (although I didn't get the circle quite in the right spot, sorry!):

This card is really an amalgamation of lots of products, LOL!  I stamped the Santa and sentiment on a piece of Naturals White cardstock and colored him with Blends; the papers are from SU and an unknown maker (I bought some paper off Etsy!!), and I'll list all the sets below!

You can't see it here, but his hat pompom and trim are nice are sparkly:

And I added some SU sparkly dots in red and green for fun!

There was a pretty holly image in the set as well, but I couldn't really make it work on the front, so after coloring and fussy-cutting it, I adhered it to the inside:

Thanks for popping in today!

At our chili cookoff on Saturday, the "overflow" area was the kids' Sunday School room...they made themselves at home eating dessert and not much chili!

Plenty of goofy fun as well:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Whimsical Holiday (CTMH), Peace Joy Love (Be Merry Sentiment, Lawn Fawn), Traditional Sentiments Christmas (Kaiser)
Card stock & Papers	Naturals White, Call Me Clover, Sending Love DSP (ret SU), unknown plaid
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Glitter Enamel Dots, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Layering Circles Dies, Polka Dot EF, Stitched Rectangle Dies, Blends

Deer Silhouette Christmas

Happy Saturday, all!  I have a very quick card to share today, as I have a stamp party and am looking forward to seeing my crafty friends!  This card uses Amy's sketch from FMS:

and the color palette from a new-to-me (thanks to Vicky) challenge, Rainbow Card Challenge:

I've been pushing these diecut deer around my desk for weeks, trying to decide what to do with them, and when I saw the challenges, I knew I could combine them!  The deer are cut from Early Espresso; I mounted them on a diecut oval DSP, then I adhered them to a piece of Kraft cardstock and a Very Vanilla card base:

It's hard to see, but I stamped a few pine boughs at the top left and bottom right and sponged the edges for a rustic look.  I stamped a sentiment in Soft Suede and it was done!  I love how the porous fibers in the Kraft cardstock give it a rustic look!

And in honor of my friend Vicky, who is a guest designer today at Addicted to CAS, I am playing along there as well, as their challenge is "Creature":

Thanks for popping in today--be sure to come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players challenge, too!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Wishes (ret), Traditional Christmas Sentiments (Kaiser)
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Kraft (ret), Autumn Days DSP (Photo Play)
Ink	Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand
Accessories	Sponge Dauber
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Shapes Dies, Winter Wonderland Deer Die (Cottage Cutz)

AYSI194 When I Think Simple

Happy Friday, everyone!  Woohoo, the weekend is upon us!  It's also time for another As You See It challenge, one that's near and dear to my heart....fill in this blank:

My fill-in is:  stamp, ink and one layer of paper!  That's sometimes a challenge, as I love layers and DSP!  But I have been neglecting my Christmas cards this year, so I thought I would make a simple one-layer card for the holidays, and here we go:

I chose one of SU's notecards on which to stamp my little birds from Flora and Fauna, because it is heavy, thick cardstock and I knew my watercoloring would not bleed through!  I used Stazon black and simple watercolored each little bird with some ink and an aquapainter:  

The sentiment is stamped in Real Red, inside and out.  It's really hard to resist adding some doodads, but I didn't succumb!  

And since my sentiment is "peace", I am entering this in the CAS Christmas Card Challenge, where their challenge is Peace!

So what is your fill-in-the-blank when you think "simple"?  Check out the As You See It blog to see what the others created, and share your simple creation with us too!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Winter Aviary (Flora and Fauna), Peace Joy Love (Lawn Fawn), Sentiments Traditional Christmas (Kaiser)
Card stock & Papers	SU Notecard
Ink	Stazon Black, Pacific Point, Real Red, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Gray Granite
Accessories
Tools	Stamparatus, Aquapainter

FF137 and MM290 I Heard the Bells

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I have a Christmas card for you today, using the Fab Friday sketch and the Merry Monday prompt of "bells":

        

This is one of those cards that seemed more attractive in my head; once I started to make it, it didn't quite match up to the image in my brain, LOL!  But I'd already started, so I pushed through:

My upper panel used a piece of sheet music I printed from an Olde Design Shop digital image; I  "aged" it a little, trimmimg it to fit my Crumb Cake mat.  I added diecuts of a gold bell (Lil'Inkers) and some greenery (Tim Holtz), and adhered them to the music:

The main portion of the card was stamped with a little cabin image from Altenew and the tree from Kaiser's Frosted Christmas Tree set...don't they go together nicely?

After sponging the edges, I mounted it on a piece of the new Merry Merlot....a nice maroon color....and finally, added a few of the little stars from the bell diecut around the greenery and a Cherry Cobbler baker's twine bow!  Another card for the stash!  Thanks for popping in today!  

Miss Cookie Face:

Enjoy your day and be blessed!  Come back tomorrow for a new Paper Players' challenge too!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Christmas Cabin (Altenew), Frosted Christmas Tree (Kaiser)
Card stock & Papers	Merry Merlot, Crumb Cake, Tranquil Tide, Brushed Gold (ret), Computer paper
Ink	Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake
Accessories	Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine (ret), Dimensionals
Tools	Computer, Big Shot, Holiday Greens Dies (Tim Holtz), Bell Dies (Lil'Inker), Sponge Daubers