May Your Holidays be Sweet

Hi, everyone!  Today I'm sharing a coffee-themed holiday card, and of course I had to include my favourite holiday icon, a gingerbread man!  

The coffee go-cup and gingerbread man are both from Pattie's Creations.  The go-cup, called Pumpkin Latte Mug, is a freebie this month (I digitally removed the pumpkin so I could add my gingerbread man; I hope Pattie doesn't mind).  The gingerbread man has retired but there is a similar one called Ginger Bread Cookie.  By the way, I noticed Pattie is having a 30% sale, and the coupon code is BOOP789.  I'm not sure when the sale ends, so if you want something, don't delay!

I coloured the sweet gingerbread man and cup lid with markers, and I paper-pieced the go-cup with patterned paper (Striped Elephants on Etsy).  Behind the cup is a die-cut stitched circle and stitched scalloped circle (both from Gina Marie Designs).  I stamped a sentiment from Cardz TV, embossed the kraft cardstock with Die'sire Embossalicious Let it Snow, and adhered three punched snowflakes (Recollections).  For a festive touch, I adhered a sparkly red bow (Designed by Alason) to the cup.

My card sketch was inspired by Build Your Stash Holiday Cards FB Challenge 26:  

I was also inspired by these 7 challenges, for a total of 8:

ABC Christmas Sept 14 S for Snow UE

Caffeinated Christmas 9 Coffee plus Candy or Cookie UE

Let's Squash It 24 Use Any Embossing Folder and Fill 2/3 of your Card 1/3 C8

Pattie's Creations 198 AG 1/3

Simon Says Stamp Monday Die Cuts 3/5

The Paper Funday AG with Optional Thinking of You 6/6

Word Art Wednesday 561-562 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 2/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a peaceful and carefree day.

Fleece Navidad

Hello, everybody!  Before I get started, I would like to welcome my newest follower - Wendy Jackson - thank you for joining me!  Today I am sharing a winter holiday card featuring stamps and dies from Newton's Nook.   

Products used:

Stamps:  Newton's Nook Fleece Navidad 

Dies:  Newton's Nook Ornament Shaker, Newton's Nook Pines and Holly (bow)

Embossing folder:  Die'sire Embossalicious Let it Snow

Patterned paper:  We R Memory Keepers

Embossing powder:  Ranger White

I stamped the lamb, coloured with markers, and fussy-cut.  I die-cut the shaker ornament but instead of making a shaker, I opted for a scene with the tiny trees from the die set.  On the ornament, I stamped the snowflake repeatedly around the orange frame and adhered a black bow to the cap.  For the sentiment, I stamped and white heat-embossed it on a black scrap and adhered one of the tiny trees.  The cream cardstock was embossed with a snowflake pattern.

My colour choices of Orange, Green, Black, and Cream were inspired by Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge 182: 

My card sketch was inspired by Build Your Holiday Stash Holiday Cards FB Challenge 26:  

I was also inspired by these challenges:

ABC Christmas Sept 14 S for Snow and T for Trees (both) UE

Dare 2B Artzy September Animals 2/3

Double D Sept 7 Baa-Cluck-Moo-Neigh-Oink-Quack 2/3

DL.ART September Linky AG UE
Jan's Digi Stamps AG 3/5

Passion for Markers 658 Use Favourite Tool/Embellishment (favourite tool is Cuttlebug for die-cutting)

Penny's Paper-Crafty 530 AG 1/3

Polkadoodles 38 AG 1/2

QKR Stampede 452 AG 1/3

Sheepski Designs 66 Feature a Creature 2/3
Simon Says Stamp Monday Die Cuts 2/5

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Little Critters 1/5
The Paper Funday AG with Thinking of You 5/6
The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up 92 AG w Fur, Fluff, Feathers, or Fins 2/10

Through the Craft Room Door Sept. 13 AG 1/4
Winter Wonderland Christmas Animals 2/3

Word Art Wednesday 561-562 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 1/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

A Hot Chocolate Kind of Day

Hello, everyone!  Today I'm sharing a winter holiday card!  This adorable kitty is Reece Burmese Christmas Kitty from Digi Doodle Studios.  I coloured the image with markers, die-cut with a pinpoint square (Memory Box), and inked around the edge of the image with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  I also added Diamond Stickles to the fur trim of the hat.

I used patterned paper (Doodlebug Polar Pals), die-cut with a stitched rectangle (Gina Marie Designs) and pinpoint square (Memory Box Pinpoint Square Layers), as well as a ricrac die-cut (Your Next Stamp Ric Rac), and snowflake die-cut (Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflakes) according to the sketch below.  To finish the card, I stamped a sentiment (Newton's Nook Cup of Cocoa) and adhered a few purple gems.

Here's the sketch from The Outlawz Wednesday Sketch Challenge that inspired my card design:

I would also like to join the following challenges:

Caffeinated Christmas 9 Candy or Cookie plus Coffee, Tea, or Hot Cocoa 

Colour Crazy 36 AG 1/2
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper September UE

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas 611 AG optional Use Patterned Paper UE
Creative Fingers 238 AG 3/3
Dare 2B Artzy September Animals 1/3
Dies R Us 200 AG 1/3 (used Memory Box and Lawn Fawn brand)
Digi Choosday 37 AG 1/2
Digi Doodle Studios 53 Add Metal/Sparkle (sparkly die-cuts and Stickles, plus metal-backed gems)

DL.ART September Linky AG UE
Gem of a Challenge 19 AG 2/2
Jan's Digi Stamps AG 2/5
Passion for Markers 658 Use Favourite Tool/Embellishment (favourite tool is Cuttlebug for die-cutting and favourite embellishment is gems)
Polkadoodles 37 AG 2/2
Sheepski Designs 66 Feature a Creature 1/3
Show Us Your Pussycats 81 Furrything Goes UE
Simon Says Stamp Monday Die Cuts 1/5
The Paper Funday AG with Thinking of You 4/6
The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up 92 AG w Fur, Fluff, Feathers, or Fins
Through the Craft Room Door Aug. 30 AG 4/4

Winter Wonderland Christmas Animals 1/3
Word Art Wednesday 559-560 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 4/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

You're FARM-tastic

Hi, everybody!  Before I get started, I would like to welcome my newest follower - Sladjana Perisic - thank you for joining me!  If  you could please leave a comment with a link to your blog, I would be happy to hop over and follow you too!

Today I'm sharing a farm-themed card, and I did some old-school stamping!  I dusted off some of my old wood-mounted stamps that I purchased at Michaels when I first started stamping, way back in the 2000s. Back when my nieces and nephew were young, I used to take these stamps with me so we could stamp together.  I've been cleaning out some old craft supplies, but I can't seem to part with these!  Lots of great memories!  This card was fun to make!

The brand of these wood-mounted stamps is Studio G, and I stamped the animals on punched squares in pastel colours and then added some faux stitching with a black fineliner.  I stamped the sun and barn on a white panel and them embossed with Sizzix Honeycomb, which reminded me of chicken wire.  The sentiment is self-made (Microsoft Word).  I think this card has a juvenile look, but I'm okay with that!  

I would like to join the following challenges:
Crafts Galore Encore September AG 3/3
Crafty Calendar September AG 3/3
Creative Fingers 238 AG 2/3

Dare 2B Artzy September Animals 1/3
DL.ART September Linky AG UE
Double D Sept. 7 Baa-Cluck-Moo-Neigh-Oink-Quack 1/3

Gem of a Challenge 19 AG 1/2
Jan's Digi Stamps AG 1/5
Polkadoodles 37 AG 1/2
QKR Stampede 451 AG 3/3
Simon Says Stamp Monday Stamp It 1/5
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Stamp It 1/5
The Paper Funday AG with Thinking of You 3/6
Through the Craft Room Door Aug. 30 AG 3/4
Word Art Wednesday 559-560 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 3/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a peaceful day!

Anchor Thinking of You

Hi, everyone!  I mentioned the other day that my Mom had requested some thinking-of-you cards to have on hand when needed, and here's another one.  She liked the nautical theme for a man.

The anchor image is part of the Smooth Seas set from Beccy's Place.  I used the pre-coloured version, fussy-cut, and adhered it to cream vellum.  The nautical paper was a scrap, not sure of the maker.  I stamped a sentiment, fussy-cut, and adhered with foam tape.  Lastly I adhered black gems at the four corners of the vellum.  It's a great way to hide the glue! 

I would like to join the following challenges:

Beccy's Place September AG with Beccy's image UE

Crafts Galore Encore September AG 2/3
Crafty Calendar September AG 2/3

Creative Fingers 238 AG 1/3

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 189 AG 3/3

Digi Choosday 36 AG 2/2

DL.ART September Linky AG UE

Penny's Paper-Crafty 529 AG 3/3

Polkadoodles 36 AG 2/2

QKR Stampede 451 AG 2/3

The Paper Funday AG with Thinking of You 2/6

Through the Craft Room Door Aug. 30 AG 2/4

Word Art Wednesday 559-560 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 2/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a peaceful day!

Feathered Nest Thinking of You

Hi, everybody!  My Mom recently requested some thinking-of-you cards for her stash and here's one of the cards I made. 

The image is Feathered Nest from Beccy's Place.  I used the pre-coloured version and fussy-cut two of the images from the set.  The script behind the image was a leftover from my scrap box.  The green cardstock is embossed with Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls, and I stamped a sentiment (Kennedy Grace) at the bottom right.  I finished the card by adhering three black gems.

I would like to join the following challenges:

Beccy's Place September AG with Beccy's image UE

Crafts Galore Encore September AG 1/3
Crafty Calendar September AG 1/3

Creative Fingers 237 AG 2/3

Gem of a Challenge 18 AG 1/2

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 189 AG 2/3

Digi Choosday 36 AG 1/2

DL.ART September Linky AG UE

Penny's Paper-Crafty 529 AG 2/3

Polkadoodles 36 AG 1/2

QKR Stampede 451 AG 1/3

The Paper Funday AG with Thinking of You 1/6

Through the Craft Room Door Aug. 30 AG 1/4

Word Art Wednesday 559-560 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 1/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a peaceful day!

Anniversary Butterflies - Faux Stepper Card

Hello, everyone!  I hope your September is going well so far.  Today I'm sharing an anniversary card.  I was inspired by Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge #172 - Spin the Butterfly Wheel with F for Faux Stepper Card.  I followed Mrs. A's instructions on the Faux Stepper Card, which can be found here.  Any type of fancy fold is a challenge for me so I'm quite pleased that I tried it and I'm happy with the outcome. 

As per Mrs. A's inspiration charts shown below, I also chose F for the colours Fandango, Flirt, and Forest Green, along with the theme of Faux Stitching, plus my butterflies. The faux stitching is on the leaves and the butterflies.  

I used stitched dies from Poppystamps (Hampstead Stem) and Your Next Stamp (Stitched Butterfly) with cardstock scraps.  The patterned paper is from Create with TLC Vintage Facebook Group, which was a freebie awhile back (thank you, Paulette).  The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts Everyday Sayings.  To finish the card I added some gems to the butterfly centers.

I would also like to join the following 9 challenges, for a total of 10:

Creative Fingers 237 AG 1/3

Dies R Us 200 AG 1/3 (used Poppystamps brand)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 189 AG 1/3
DL.ART September Linky AG UE

Penny's Paper-Crafty 529 AG 1/3

Poppystamps PSC#96 AG 1/3

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 1/5

Snippets Playground 436 Use Snippets (cardstock for die-cuts) 1E C10
Word Art Wednesday 559-560 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 1/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!