Calendar - post one

This is going to be a long post, so sorry about that. I've been seeing lots of sketch challenges, but I've been meaning to finish this calendar that I started - I am putting it in the My Creations Flip Stand Album. It has 12 page protectors, so when it's opened, there is a page visible on each side. What I made today are the pages that are opposite the calendar pages. They are basically 6"x6" cards. I used White Daisy for the bases, and different paper packs for the colors. In addition to the sketch challenges, these are the challenges I am entering these cards into.

Heart 2 Heart - What's Old is New
Opus Gluei - Out with the Old, In With the New
Simon Says - Something New
Clear it Out - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays - Anything But a Card
Word Art Wednesday - Uplifting Sentiment

The "new" thing is the calendar, the old is the paper packs that I'm using the scraps from!

January -Deconstructed Sketch, Merry Monday

Paper - Frosted

Stamps - Snow Days

Other - White Daisy Brads

Colors - Crystal Blue

February - Nacho Average Challenge Sketch, Shabby Tea Room, Runway Inspired

Paper - Free to Be Me

Stamps - Wonderland WOTG

Colors - Cotton Candy, Desert Sand, Tulip

Other - Opaques Flourishes

March - Mojo Monday, Colour Q

Paper - Ivy Lane

Stamps - Look to the Light

Colors - Olive, Ivy Lane

April - Atlantic Hearts

Paper - Ariana

Other - Art Philosophy

May - Sweet Sunday Sketch

Paper -Balloon Ride 

Stamps - Love Life

Ink - Saddle

Other - Sparkles

June - Sunday Stamps

Paper -Lollydoodle

Stamps - The Little Things

Ink - Juniper, Pear, Cocoa, Cotton Candy, Sorbet

July - Retro Sketches

Paper - Jubilee

Other - Olive Ribbon, Green Epoxy Bubbles

August - Freshly Made Sketches

Paper - Timberline

Stamps - Camper Crazy

Ink - Ponderosa Pine

Markers - Marigold, Turquoise Blue, Sap Green, Mahogany

September - CAS(E) This Sketch

Paper -Chalk it Up

October - Deconstructed Sketch

Paper - Scaredy Cat

November - Operation Write Home

Paper - Pathfinding

Stamps - Always Grateful

Ink - Barn Red

Other - Olive Ribbon

December - Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

Paper - Yuletide Carol

Other - Square Sparkles

Golden Doves at Christmas

Here is a fun new blog called CASE-ing Christmas. I like this inspiration card, and I was inspired by the colors and the dove and the layers. This card also fits the black and gold challenge at Pink Elephant. So here is what I came up with:

And here is the inspiration card:

What do you think?

Pink Elephant inspiration photo:

Materials used:

Cardstock: Colonial White, Black

B&Ts: Yuletide Carol

Stamps: Roxie WOTG, Christmas Love

Ink: Black

Other: Scallop Border, Gold Glitter Paper, pearls and flower punch (not CTMH)

Calendar Cover

They do a lot of mixed media and different kinds of art over at Our Creative Corner. I usually stick to cards and scrapbook pages, but I decided to branch out a little. Their challenge is to reuse something leftover from Christmas. I had a load of Christmas cards, and I wanted to make a calendar for the year, so I decorated the front of a Flip Stand Album that I can use to put calendar pages in (calendar coming later.) I used an image from one of the cards on the front. It was a sweet card from my cousin and I could tell they put some thought into it. So I cut out the little house and added it to my cover. I painted a little over it so it looks like it's in a blizzard!

Some of the materials I used are CTMH, but some are not. The CTMH materials are:
My Creations Flip Stand Album, Florentine Assortment, Colonial White Floret Ribbon, Sarita Assortment, Bronze brads, Chocolate Distress ink, Bronze ShinHan marker

The other products are: Recollections paper, ribbon and jute from my stash, Spare Parts flowers, Folk Art White enamel paint

Snowflakes

I am happy to be able to play along with some Saturday challenges today. My oldest daughter woke me up early. She had thoughtfully made me breakfast this morning (cold toast with a lump of butter on it!), so I decided that instead of going back to bed, I would make a card. The challenges are:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges - Clean and Simple
Just Us Girls - Winter
Less is More - Black, Metallic, + one

For my plus one at Less is More, I used Dutch Blue. It is a retired color, but I have a lot of it. I really like it with this combination. I used a snowflake embossing folder and some shimmer trim for the diagonal line. The two snowflakes are from 2 different Cricut cartridges.



Materials used:
Cardstock: Dutch Blue, White Daisy
Stamps: Say It In Style
Ink: Black
Other: Silver Shimmer Trim, Art Philosophy & Artbooking Cricut Cartridges, embossing folder (Cuttlebug - not CTMH), silver sequins (not CTMH)

Winter, Snow, and Blue

Here's a card I made for the Friday challenges. I like having lazy days where I don't have to do much, and I get to create!

Frosted Designs - White as a Snowflake
Friday Mashup - Winter theme and/or Snowflakes
CAS-ual Fridays - Felt and Sequins
CAS(E) This Sketch

The only felt I had was some blue letters and some pink letters, and I thought blue was more wintry. So I used them to spell out the word "snow" then I used the Card Word Puzzle stamp set to make a silly pun -"thank you snow much." I used the Frosted cardmaking stamp set for the snowflakes and some silver sequins I got at Walmart. The color I used is Pacifica - the letters, ink, and Paper Fundamentals.

  

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy
Paper Fundamentals: Adventure
Stamps: Card Word Puzzle, Frosted Card WOTG
Ink: Pacifica
Other: Urban Felt Alphabet, silver sequins (not CTMH)

Color Dare 124

Hi! Happy New Year! We have an exciting change at Color My Heart this year. We will now be including neutrals with the color combos. I really like this week's colors: Glacier, Kraft, and White Daisy. Since the neutrals are already provided, we won't need to add extras. Black and white are exceptions, unless otherwise stated.

I made a card CASED from one that I saw on Pinterest. It was a Christmas card, but I thought it would make a cute new baby card.

I used Art Philosophy to cut out some stockings, then I cut the top off of them and layered them so they look like baby booties instead of stockings. I scored the paper to look like argyle, and I used a background stamp for the gingham.

Come play along with us this week!

Materials used:
Cardstock: Glacier, White Daisy
Stamps: Little Reminder, Summer Days
Ink: Glacier, Black
Other: Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, white pearls (not CTMH), natural Hemp, Kraft Borders

Some Monday Cards

I made these cards on Monday for some challenges, but then I couldn't find my camera battery charger, and the battery was dead so I couldn't take the picture. I finally found it, so here they are. I'm getting started on my Christmas cards early this year!

The first one was made for Atlantic Hearts, Heart 2 Heart, and the Pink Elephant.

 

Materials used:
Cardstock: Colonial White
Special Paper: Silver Glitter Paper, Adventure Fundamentals
Stamps: Home for the Holidays, Very Merry Christmas
Ink: Lagoon, Black

This second card is for Shabby Tea Room, Mojo Monday, and the Pink Elephant:

 

Materials used:
Cardstock: Colonial White
Special Papers: Silver Glitter Paper, Adventure Fundamentals
Stamps: Home for the Holidays, Very Merry Christmas
Ink: Lagoon, Black
Other: Foundry Pin Clips,