This week's AAA Cards Sketch was perfect for a winter birthday card I needed to get in the mail.
I combined a piece from one of my Cyanotype panels with snowflakes punched from a pearlescent white paper. I finished with the woodblock A Muse Happy Birthday! I had on my table.
With my snowflakes, I'm linking-up at the My Time to Craft Something Snow-Related Challenge.
Another week of blogland fun:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
When I saw the colors from The Color Throwdown, I was immediately transported back to high school in the eighties where I layered my pink and green polo shirts with the collars up. The pink and green color combination were a classic.
Since I was taking a walk back down memory lane, I pulled out a vintage Cuttlebug Happy Birthday Embossing folder and paired it with two woodblock stamps (Savvy & A Muse) and a layout from Paper Craft Crew Challenges.
I went with sparkly glitter paper for the gold and finished with some glittery enamel dots.
Since I still need more holiday cards, and my Pinkfresh Studio Happy Holidays papers were still on my desk, so I used them to make another Magical Holiday Card for their December Challenge.
I used this week's Tuesday Morning Sketch. A card showed-up in my memories where I had used tape & foil over designer paper, so I did that again today with some Decofoil Silver Star Foil.
I used a scrap of paper from yesterday's card, red cardstock & coordinating ephemera to finish the design.
And I incorporated a Christmas Tree, Pine & Holly Branches, Stars and Gifts from the Daring Cardmakers December Elemental Christmas Challenge.
The December Pinkfresh Studio Challenge is Magical Holiday.
I pulled out the Pinkfresh Studio Happy Holidays papers and embellishments using a layout from Atlantic Hearts Sketch. I used the inside of the smallest Pinkfresh Studio Rectangle Frame Die cut from Green Glitter cardstock as the base of my elements.
Next, I die cut the smallest Pinkfresh Studio Curvy Leaves Die from two different colors of green cardstock. I topped it with a wreath embellishment, a cardstock & glitter banner, and a collection ornaments. I finished with a Pinkfresh Studio Wood Accent Sentiment.
I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says: Use Dies (DIEcember) Challenge.
For the December @mini.collage.collective Challenge they have chosen Green as the theme.
I started with a 3 7/8" square of Green Gelliarts Print. Next I added my favorite green from my childhood ... S&H Green Stamps. Then I added some Korn King Stamps as well.
Since I had a red & green theme going, I decided to make it a Christmas theme with a Tim Holtz Stitched Christmas Frame, a sticker frame, a little reindeer stamps from the National Wildlife Federation, some word tiles, and some holly gems. I finished with a fun little Santa Hat.
I really love putting these small collages together.
The December Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero Challenge is Deck the Hall.
I started by die cutting gold glitter paper with the Hero Arts Fancy Die - Bold Graphic Confetti. I left the confetti pieces intact and trimmed it down slightly.
Next, I die cut the holly leaf branch from Hero Arts Holly Berries Stamp & Cut XL from heavy white cardstock. I die cut the bow from the same set from a red glitter paper.
I finished with a red ink stamped sentiment from Hero Arts Christmas Messages before attaching to a red card base.
The colors are from this week's TGIF Challenges.
I'm also linking-up at the It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Challenge at Allsorts Challenges. I'm also joining the Simon Says Make It Sparkle Challenge with all of my gold glittery sparkle.
I had a request this week for a card celebrating a new US Citizen. I remember helping my friend Mary study for her Citizenship test, and I'm not sure I would pass it without a lot of studying.
I chose some patriotic papers, a patriotic medallion, and a few glittery stars using the Sketch from CAS on Friday. Sentiment is from Avery Elle Simple Sentiments (love the typed font).
Another year of Jingle Belles mayhem has come to an end. Our holiday cards are all made and ready to be delivered.
I'm always so happy to look back on how much fun I had filling-up my card box.
We've added a Jingle Belles Linky where you can share the holiday cards you continue to make through the rest of the year.
Another week of skipping through blogland:
Have a Tremendous Thursday!
