Christmas Card in March!

Deconstructing Jen has a sketch right now that I wanted to try. I'm going to be in a Christmas card swap, so I wanted to see if this sketch would work for it. I'm going to have to go with something else. This just has too many layers. I'm also entering this into the "Name that Tune" challenge at Cas-ual Fridays.

The first Noel the angel did say,

Was to certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay.

In fields where they lay keeping their sheep

On a cold winter's night that was so deep.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel

Born is the King of Israel!

Materials used:
Paper: Bulk Believe B&T, textured white cardstock (don't know the brand)
Stamp: Father Christmas
Ink: Holiday Red
Other: Holiday button assortment, White Baker's Twine, AP Cricut cartridge
The inside says "Merry Christmas!"

O Happy Day

The challenge over at CAS-ual Friday today is "Name that tune." Oh, did I come up with so many ideas! LOL! Here is one of them, maybe watch for a few more in the days following :).

Sometimes when I'm looking through my stamp sets a song pops into my head (and I can't get rid of it for the life of me). I usually try to avoid that, but today I was like "Bring it on!" This is one of those songs:

O Happy Day

When Jesus washed

My sins away.

He taught me how

To watch, fight, and pray
And live rejoicing every day

O Happy Day!

It's the Sister Act version that pops into my head when I see this stamp.

"Praise be to God for His indescribable gift!"

Materials used:

Paper: White Daisy, Chocolate cardstock

Stamps: You and Me

Ink: Chocolate

Other: Blue Ribbon Collection

Animal Birthday Card

Here is a fun card I'm entering into a few challenges. I really liked the challenge from the Play Date Cafe to use black and white and a splash of brown. That was fun. The sketch is from ByLoriDesigns. I'm also entering the Ribbon Carousel and Simon Says' Anything Goes challenge. The stacked animals was inspired by Inspired By... that sounds funny :).

This card is VERY tall. It is 9"x5"! I used Black and Colonial White cardstock, Roxie animal print B&T, Make a Wish and Life's a Jungle Stamp sets, Colonial White and Black Ink, Colonial White ribbon, Canvas Badge Button, and Bitty Sparkles for the eyes. I colored them black with a CTMH marker. The border punch is from MS. Here are my inspirations:

Bicycle Card

Would you put a ribbon on this card above or below the bicycle?

I am entering this card into 2 challenges: Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown.


Materials Used:
Paper: Elemental B&T, Black, Gray Wool, Blush and Colonial White cardstock
Stamps: Enjoy Life and Art Philosophy
Ink: Black Stazon, Black, Blush, Pear

Miracle Wedding Card with Amethyst

I had a very small amount of scraps leftover from my Miracle Kit. I brought it out and made this card with them, adding Amethyst cardstock and Amethyst ink to the Irresistables chipboard die cuts.

I am entering this card into the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge:

Materials used:
Paper: Miracle, Amethyst and Colonial White cardstock
Ink: Olive, Amethyst
Stamp set: Precious Love (retired)
Other: Irresistables chipboard die cuts

Husband's Birthday Layout

I discovered this week that Heart2Heart had a scrapbooking challenge, so I paired it with the color challenge from Cards & Things. I actually made a whole layout, so I combined the past 2 scrapbooking challenges.

Here is the Cards & Things color challenge:

I interpreted this as Sweet Leaf, Barn Red, and Ponderosa Pine.

Here are the sketches from Heart2Heart:

Materials Used:

Paper: Wings and Wings Creative Basics, Ponderosa Pine and Barn Red Cardstock

Ink: Colonial White

Stamps: Art Philosophy

Cricut Cartridges: Art Philosophy

The border punch is from Martha Stewart

2 Easter Cards

Here are 2 Easter cards based on 2 different inspiration photos, but with the same design. The first inspiration is from ColourQ.

Materials used:

Paper: White Daisy, Smoothie, Pear, and Sunny Yellow cardstock, Stella B&T

Stamp Set: With Love

Ink: Lagoon

Cricut Cartridges: Art Philosophy, Designer's Calendar

The 2nd inspiration photo is from Runway Inspired:

Materials Used:

Paper: Black, Sunset, Garden Green, Sky, Lucy B&T

Stamp Set: With Love

Ink: White Daisy

Cricut Cartridges: Art Philosophy, Designer's calendar

Other: Clear Detail Embossing Powder.