Christmas Card with a Bird

Here is a card I made for Atlantic Hearts Sketch and Merry Monday.

Materials used:
Cardstock: Tulip, Colonial White
B&Ts: Roxie
Stamps: To You and Yours
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (not CTMH), New England Ivy
Marker Sets: Ruby, New England Ivy, Honey, Desert Sand
Other: Red Glitz Glitter Gel

Shabby Halloween Just for Fun

I don't celebrate Halloween much, especially the dark and scary aspect of it. My conscience doesn't have a problem with having fun with Halloween, but we don't celebrate it at our house for my husband's sake. I do teach my children that witches and demons do not glorify God, but I do let them dress up in fun costumes and hand out candy to the neighbor kids.

Anyway, I found some challenges, and wanted to play along for fun, so I made this shabby card for these challenges:

Shabby Tea Room: sketch
Rose Blossom Garden: Halloween theme with bonus Artbooking "i" key
Pink Elephant: Purple, black, and orange

I used a Midnight felt shape for the tree. The bats are cut from Smokey Plum cardstock with the Artbooking "v" key. The pumpkin is cut from the "i" key. Both shapes are cut in real dial size at 3/4 inch. I dyed the seam binding with an Autumn Terracotta alcohol marker.

I based my card loosely on this sketch. I rotated it counter-clockwise 90 degrees.  I used the tree for the back stripe, I made the center panel diagonal, I used the ribbon for the front stripe, and the sentiment is the oval (I off-centered it a bit to give it interest).


I also took inspiration from this card and this card.

Materials used:
Cardstock: Black, Smokey Plum, Sunset, Colonial White
B&Ts: Mischief
Stamps: Say it in Style
Ink: Black Distressing ink
Other: Autumn Terracotta Marker, Seam Binding Ribbon, Artbooking Cricut cartridge, Midnight felt shapes

Chalkboard Wedding Card

I'm so excited about this card I just made. I like the way it turned out! The sketch is from Sweet Sketch Wednesday, the inspiration is from Inspired By, and the theme is from the Pink Elephant.

I immediately thought of La Belle Vie and the woodgrain paper from Dakota when I saw the inspiration photo. I was excited about that blank chalkboard, because I could put whatever I wanted on it! I chose the wedding theme and made a sort of Subway Art with my stamps. I rotated the sketch 90 degrees.



Materials used:
Cardstock: Slate, Black
B&Ts: La Belle Vie, Dakota
Stamps: The Happy Couple
Ink: White Daisy, VersaMark
Other: White Embossing Powder, twine (not CTMH), Boutique Assortment

52CCT October Sketch

Danielle has a nice sketch for us this week at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown. I enjoyed using it to make this winter wonderland card:

 

Pleas come join us this week! We'd love to see what you come up with!

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy
B&Ts: Wonderland
Stamps: Snowflakes
Ink: Black, Heavenly Blue
Other: Clear Sparkles

Au Naturale

Here's another 6x6 card that I made for some challenges:

Mojo Monday
By Lori Designs (washi tape)
Simon Says (polka dots)
Word Art Wednesday
Heart 2 Heart (au natural)

Materials used:
Cardstock:White Daisy, Desert Sand
Stamps: WAW Digital word art (not CTMH)
Other: Petals Just Blooms, Mocha Opaques, Slate Polka Dot Washi Tape

Fall Fairy

Since I got my cardmaking supplies out today, I decided to participate in some challenges. This first card is for

Deconstructed Sketch
A Day for Daisies
Pals Paper Arts

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Desert Sand
B&Ts: Olivia
Stamps: ADFD Digital image (not CTMH)
Markers: Autumn Terracotta, Pear, Taffy, Desert Sand
Other: Blue/Green Epoxy Bubbles, Paradise Just Blooms

New Color Dare - ProPlayer

I do not yet have the ProPlayer paper pack, so I just used ink and stamps to achieve the look I was going for. I used the sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch.

Materials used:
Cardstock: Outdoor Denim, White Daisy
Stamps: All the Details
Ink: Outdoor Denim, Pacifica, Slate, Ruby
Other: Trinket Wooden Shapes

Please come play along at Color My Heart this week! We'd love to see what you come up with!