Thinking of you!

Woot woot, putting some of those Black Friday goodies to use already 😉 I've had my eyes on the "Stacked with Fun" and "Cool Tag Banner Sentiments" stamp sets from Your Next Stamp for some time!

Inspired by this week's MFT sketch challenge and I am lovin' how it turned out. (Also lovin' using up some scraps of the Lawn Fawn Sweater Weather patterned paper.)

I am submitting this to:

YNS Challenge #129 - favourite from 2019 (I think this is my favourite card this year. My husband says this is possibly his "favourite card ever" lol!)
CHNC Patterned Paper December 2019 Challenge

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - sketch #467

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Wishing you comfort and joy

It makes me so happy when a card comes together quickly. Bonus when it uses up scrappy pieces that have been lying around for a while! (Don't tell me I'm the only one who cuts up lots of die cut pieces and then don't know what to do with them 😅)

The "falling snow" on the top and bottom edges - it could also pass for coffee beans! 😄

I am submitting this to:
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September 2019 challenge 
CHNC Challenge #454
SSS Monday Challenge - Something clear (clear gems, wink of Stella, and glossy accent)
MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - sketch #453

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Sending warm fuzzies

My little Lawn Fawn Sweater Weather paper pad is dwindling, but it was good to use up some of the scraps in this card; I even did a bit of paper piecing on the toque and scarf. I like how this one turned out :) As usual, those YNS Christmas chickies crack me up!

I am submitting this to:
YNS Challenge #109 - Patterned paper
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #378-379
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge - March 2019
MFT Card Challenge - sketch #428

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Let it snow...

The idea for this card came from an MFT sketch from a few weeks ago. I finally completed it after getting the YNS snowy mountains edge die (woot woot for sales). I can now make lots of fun winter scenes for those mischievous YNS Christmas chickies, yay!

Based on sketch:

I am submitting this to:
SSS Monday Challenge - Whatever the weather
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Create a scene
YNS Challenge #109 - Patterned paper
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #376-377
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge - March 2019


Thank you as always for stopping by!

Spreading holiday cheer

I am trying to clear up the scraps on my craft desk and this is a cup that I coloured over a year ago. Yay!

These little marshmallows just wanna jump in the big cuppa hot chocolate. (My husband calls this stamp set the "suicide marshmallows" set...)
I am submitting this to:
Word Art Wednesday #324-325
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #375
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
SSS National Craft Month
Little Red Wagon - Thanks a latte
YNS Sketch Challenge #84

 
Thank you as always for stopping by!

Holiday joy!

Wow, where does the time go? Pinch me...

Supplies: YNS' Merry Christmas Chickie, Hero Arts' Color Layering Christmas Tree, MFT 'joy' die and the word 'holiday' is from Lawn Fawn's Winter Penguin.

I am submitting this to:
Word Art Wednesday #308-309
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November 2017 Challenge
CHNC Challenge 360 - AG Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - November
Send A Smile 4 Kids - AG
YNS Sketch Challenge #77

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Happy holidays

Hello! There's (still) 130 days until Christmas 😁

I quite like this Christmas card. I randomly stamped snowflakes to create a background, and used the YNS Christmas Chickies paired with a sentiment from Lawn Fawn Winter Penguin. For some pizazz, I created a tiny wire coil behind the chickie, but it's a bit on the short side to be wobbling much.

Again, I was inspired by an old Mojo Monday sketch and the current YNS colour challenge:


I am submitting this to:
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Add a sentiment
Word Art Wednesday #296-297
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Wonderful Wednesday
YNS Color Challenge #70
CHNC Challenge 346 - AG Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra -August
Send a Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes

Thank you as always for stopping by! 

Warm wishes

 Hello!

The inspiration for this card came from the Coffee Loving Cardmakers' Sunday Sip and Share:

I embossed snowflakes where the large circles are in the sketch, and falling snow where the small circles are, but they appear much more subtle than I would like, and I'm not sure that they even show up in the photo. Ah well. Live and learn!

The chickie is from the ever-adorable Your Next Stamp Christmas Chickie, and I created the sentiment using the Concord and 9th Perfectly Penned set. This letter set is completely amazeballs. It's so forgiving and I want to stamp it literally everywhere. 

This card is for Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts card drive - there's still time!

I am submitting this to:
SSS Wednesday Challenge - For a child (This card is being sent to a card drive for kids)
Word Art Wednesday #294-295
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Wonderful Wednesday 
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper August 2017 Challenge
CHNC Challenge 346 - AG Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra -August
Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Sunday Sip and Share
Send a Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes


Thank you as always for stopping by!

Christmas chickies pull tab card

I had fun making my tea bag (faux-) pull tab card recently. This card is a proper pull tab card where the chickie can happily ski back and forth.

I love those chickies from Your Next Stamp! The Merry Christmas was heat-embossed three times so it stands out.

This card is for Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts card drive.

I am submitting this to:
SSS Monday Challenge - Red White and / or Blue  (Blue and white)
Word Art Wednesday #290-291
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Wonderful Wednesday 
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper July 2017 Challenge
CHNC Challenge 341 - AG Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - July
YNS Sketch Challenge #68

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Christmas chickies

This card is for the last Mojo Monday. I only discovered Mojo Monday this year, and I haven't participated in many challenges, but I always appreciate the sketches because they helped me learn so many variations on balanced layouts. Thank you Julee! I look in the archived sketches often!

Those cute chickies are from Your Next Stamps' Christmas Chickies, and the sentiment is from Hero Arts' Layering Christmas Tree. Layout and colours inspired by:

I am submitting this to:
Mojo Monday #500
YNS Colour Challenge #66
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Emboss it (Clear embossing on the background snowflakes and sentiment)
SSS Monday Challenge - Touchy feely (liquid applique on the toques and tulle for the horizontal strip)
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #286-287 - Anything Goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Wonderful Wednesday
CHNC Challenge 338 - AG Christmas (I didn't finish this card in time for last week's challenge, which was non-traditional Christmas colours...)
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - June
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June (the background is a piece of watercolour designer paper)


Thank you as always for stopping by!

Side step card - cup of happiness

 

This is my first side step card (side-step card? side step-card? My inner grammar police is still thinking about it), idea as inspired by the Coffee Loving Cardmakers' Caseing DT link-up party #13. I've used basically all the stamps in the YNS Cup of Happiness set! 

The white is a shimmery cardstock; my apologies for the brightness of the photos. Some of the marshmallow dudes are on foam dots, and some are layered twice for varying depths. There is some acetate behind the back ladder so that it looks above the fold.

I am submitting this to:
Color throwdown #444 (green, grey, white)
Word Art Wednesday Challenge #284-285 - Anything Goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Wonderful Wednesday (Anything Goes)
Dare 2B Artzy - Girly (it's a girl cup; look at those eyelashes! 😁)
Coffee Loving Cardmakers CASEing DT Link Up Party #13

Thank you as always for stopping by!

What do you call a group of marshmallows?

If you can have a litter of kittens, a gaggle of geese, and a mob of kangaroos, what do you call a group of marshmallows (falling into a cup)?

The stamp set is Your Next Stamp's Cup of Happiness. The sketch is a CASE of Terri Burson's card in the Coffee Loving Cardmakers CASEing DT Link Up Party #9 and the colors are from Your Next Stamp's Color Challenge #56:

From the sketch, I liked the placement of the sentiment in between the droplets falling into the large cup below. However, now that I look at my card again, I'm not sure how all the marshmallows will fit into the cup.

I am submitting this to:
YNS Color Challenge #56
Send a Smile 4 Kids: Anything Goes 4 Kids (I discovered the Canadian branch recently and will make some extra cards to send along!)
SSS Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
Coffee Loving Cardmakers CASEing DT Link Up Party #9

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My Cup To Yours

The crafting community is so very supportive. My last post was the first in two years; now, buoyed by the cheerful and positive comments, this is my second post in one week.

Browsing the 2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, I saw the Verve Stamps' digital stamp set My Cup To Yours. Thanks for making this a freebie download! This is my first card with a digital stamp. The coloured backgrounds are coloured with alcohol markers. I wasn't sure if this would dilute the printer ink, so the cups are actually printed on a transparency and taped over top. (This is why my messy crafting table is reflected...)

The sentiment is from Your Next Stamp's Cup of Happiness because I still had it out from the last card :)

I am submitting this to:

2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

CASEing DT Link Up Party #8

SSS Monday Challenge: Let There Be Snow (There are clear snowflakes embossed on the top panel too!)

SSS Wednesday Challenge: Ice Inspiration (Used 3 of the 4 colours)

Simon Says Stamp Happy National Christmas Card Day

Verve Stamps December Diva Inspirations Challenge (Used a Verve stamp and I think this counts as a colourful winter card?)

Thanks for stopping by!

Cup of Happiness

Saw all the fun happening at the 2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and I felt brave enough to join in:

The stamp and die set is Your Next Stamp's Cup of Happiness. The leaping marshmallows just make my heart melt!

I am submitting this to:

2016 Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

YNS Sketch Challenge #54

Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday

Simon Says Stamp Happy National Christmas Card Day

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