Christmas in Pinks and Blues

This adorable digi stamp is by Paper Shelter and I thought it would be a great image for a card I created for Julie’s challenge this week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges, pinks and blues.

Little girls are so cute dressed in pink. I added my colors with my Copic Markers, then layered a couple of die cuts and an embossed background.  To complete my card and give the card some sparkle I added some ribbon, bow, glitter and bling.  

Come join us this week at Holly Jolly and have a creative day.

Judy

Challenges I am entrying in:

Elke Kaart Een Feestje - #143 Non Traditional Christmas Colours

 Tuesday Alchemy - #42 Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps - 1E, C10, SIO - #93 Cold & Snowy

It is a Gatefold Easel Card

Come and Get It Challenges this week has a "card with more than one fold" challenge. Bugaboo Stamps is the sponsor of this challenge so everyone who enters their card has a chance of winning 7 digi stamps from Bugaboo. 

I chose two of Bugaboo stamps for this Gate Fold Easel card; make it snappy - happy birthday and Dottie cake. I thought they were a good combination for the card and also went well this my birthday cupcake paper.  

The idea for the gatefold easel card came from a card I viewed on Pinterest and I found a tutorial on Impressions by Day's Blog with directions to make the card.

I coloured the images with my glitter pens and Copics, added ribbon and a Stampin Up sentiment. 

Come join is at Come and Get it Challenges this week.  Stuck for an inspiration for your card, check out the cards made by the other design team members.  Need an idea for a card with more than one fold, check out the at Split Coast Stampers website. 

Have a creative day.   

Judy

I would like to entry my card in the following challenges

Challenge for Everyone - Anything Goes
Fun with Shapes and More Challenge - #122 Anything but Christmas
Crazy 4 Challenges - #164 Put a Bow on It
One Stitch At A Time - SIO - Fabric, Ribbon or Lace 

The Crafty Pad - SIO - Add some Glitter

Here Comes the North Pole Express

Meighan, one of the Christmas elves at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges chose a R’s challenge this week. Your card must contain at least three things that start with the letter "R" such as red, reindeer and ribbon.

I had just the right digi image by Just Inklined Digital Stamps called North Pole Express for this challenge. I actual have 4 "R" word on my card: red, railway tracks, reindeer and ribbon. This was a fun card to do. I colored the image with my Copic Markers and added Diamond Glaze on the headlights to give the card some depth. The "Merry & Bright" is a rubber stamp by Stampendous.

I think this is a very colorful card, just right for my youngest grandson for Christmas. He is in love with trains. Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you will join us this week at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges and have a creative day.

　

Judy

Time for a Card Sketch

This week at Come and Get  It  is a fun card sketch.

Here is my card that was inspired by the sketch.

I decided to do a Christmas card for this challenge. This was a very simple card. I used a Tim Holtz’s die cut for the rosette flowers and a Sizzix border die cut for the bottom border, then I added a sentiment and some bling.

I hope you will come and join us at Come and Get It this week. Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.

Judy

Inspired by a Christmas Carol

Inspired by a Christmas carol is the theme of this weeks challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenges and the challenge is sponsored by one of my favorites digital stamp company, Bugaboo Stamps . The hostess, Cindy will pick the winner of the challenge, and the winner of the challenge will also win the prize of  7 free Bugaboo digi stamps.  If you have never taken a look at their wonderful images I suggest that you cruise over to their site and take a look, there is something for everybody and if you prefer rubber Bugaboo has that to. 

Here is my song inspired card.

“Joy to the World” is one of my favorite Christmas carols and I found this Joy digi stamp that I used to create my card at Bugaboo.  I colored this image with my glitter pen and then created a Christmas ornament style card that was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest.  To create my card I used several die cuts, ribbon, an embossing folder and a string of pearls. It was an interesting card to make and I thought it suited the Bugaboo image. 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you will join us at Holly Jolly this week.

Judy

Flourishes and Swirls

Come and Get it Challenges this week has a flourishes and swirl challenge.

It was the digital image by Arty Pants Digital stamps that I used for the background that inspired my card. I love the music pattern with it’s swirls and flourishes. I colored the image with a couple of colors of Distress Inks to bring out the pattern. Next I added a couple of flourishes, a bird, and bird cage all cut from Tim Holtz die cutters. The bird cage was embossed with several layers of metallic embossing powder to give it a metallic look.  

The flower I added was not quite the right color so I coloured it with Distress Inks and added a center bling to tie in the color. A few black pieces of bling completed the card.

Thank you for stopping by to take a look at my card. I hope you will join us at Come and Get it the week . If you need some inspiration check out the beautiful creations of the other members of the design team.

Judy

3,2,1 Challenge Christmas Challenge

Paige picked the theme for the challenge for Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge this week and it is a 3,2,1 challenge, three embellishments, two pattern papers and one image. This challenge also is sponsored by Fred, She Said Designs and they are providing the  prize this week.      

Fred, She Said Designs offers a wide variety of digital products with a floral flair and cute characters too - digi’s, pre-colored images, papers, sets, Fred’s flower kits, and even digital cutting files.  Have some fun with Fred!


Here is my card.

For my card I used Fred’s Emma the Caroler.  For the 3,2,1 challenge I used three pearl embellishments, two pattern papers and a digi stamp (Emma).  The hardest part of making the card was choosing which one of Fred’s great images I was going to use for the card. 

Come join us at Holly Jolly.  If you need some inspiration for your card just hop over to Holly Jolly and take a look at the great cards of the other Holly Jolly elves.  Hope you have a creative day.  

Judy

A Monochromatic Color Challenge

Monochromatic color is the theme of this week’s Come and Get it Challenges. Fred She Said Designs is the sponsor of this challenge and that means there is a prize to win. Fred, She Said Designs offers a wide variety of digital products with a floral flair and cute characters too - digi’s, pre-colored images, papers, sets, Fred’s flower kits, and even digital cutting files.  Have some fun with Fred!

I chose to use one of Fred She Said’s flower sets called Daisies Outline. This is a wonderful set which contains 4 different borders along with several different flowers and leaves already to print in different sizes for layering.

For the butterfly I used  a die cut which I colored with the same blue glitter pen that I outlined the flowers and background with.  I used a border punch was by Martha Stewart to add some layering interest.

Come join the fun at Come and Get It this week.  If you need some inspiration check out the blogs of the rest of the creative design team.

Judy

Stampin for the Weekend Challenge -  Anything Goes
Love to Create Challenge - Lots of Layers
Dilly Bean Challenge – Anything Girl
Lady Bug Crafts Monthly Challenge -  Monochrome