Poppy Stamps Merry Christmas

I got these two Poppy Stamp dies at the end of November and used them for this years Christmas cards. The challenge  at Poppy Stamps Challenge Blog is Christmas so this card fits the rules. 

Double D Twelve Days of Christmas 2

Time for the second half of the Double D Challenge Blog.  I chose 9 ladies dancing.

                                                           

I decided to do a bridge card for nine ladies dancing. I cut eighteen  Poppy Stamp dancing ladies  from 110 pound card stock and layered two of them together so they could stand by themselves.

I like how this came out.

We hope you have some time to play along. Winner of the random draw will get this fun prize. 

Obsession Obsession It's Snow Time

The challenge at Impression Obsession is It's SnowTime.  I love their snow flake background paired with the all in one frame.  I used some blue glitter paper for the background and fir trees. 

Evergreen Trees

Snowflake Background

All in One Frame Rectangle 2

Dies R Us Anything Christmas

Hope most of you have all your Christmas preparations completed and now you are taking time to enjoy the holiday.  I mailed the last of my cards, my decorating is done, and the little bit of baking I still do has been completed.  I love any card that is interactive and Karen Burniston is Queen of interactive. I did several if these cards last year and even more this year for Christmas cards. I made this one in traditional Christmas colors.

Karen Burniston Pop up tree

These cards are time consuming but not hard if you watch Karen's Video,  

Impression Obsession Merry Christmas

Sue Wilson Poinsettia Garland

Double D Twelve Days of Christmas Days 1-6

Time for a fun new challenge at DOUBLE D CHALLENGE BLOG, Twelve Days of Christmas.   If you are anyting like me,  I guarentee you will be singing this song for the rest of the day.
                                                            

Our Team Leaders,Diane and Darlene, at DOUBLE D CHALLENGE BLOG are such amazing women.  They come up with all these fun Mood Boards and post them on our team blog months before we need to have them done.  It gives us time to think about the challenge and an excuse to buy a new stamp or die.  They also send us happy mail each month.  I received this cute partridge in a pear tree from them several months ago so, of course,that was my starting place. 

I added a little color with some Copics and used a Sue Wilson Die that was sitting on my desk from a previous project. A few greens from Poppy Stamps and a snowflake from a previous project completed the card. 

This is the prize for this challenge. 

                               We hope you will join us for this challenge. It is so much fun. 

Dies R Us Winter White

We have a new challenge for you at DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG called Winter White.  I chose this beautiful die by Sue Wilson as my starting point. 

Using the largest die, I cut an apature from a piece of white card stock and then embossed it with a snowflake embossing folder. Then I cut another piece of card stock with using only the  center piece from the die and backed that with white card stock .  I cut the centerpiece of the die and stacked that on top.  The little tree and snow flakes are from Karen Burniston's Evergreen Pivot Panel.

Sue Wilson Filigree Snowflake Frame

Karen Burniston Evergreen Pivot Panel

Impression Obsession All in One Frame

Poppy Stamps Fall Frolic

I watched a video on Splitcoast Stampers with Dave Brethauer at the beginning of the month.  He was using dies to cut napkins and the water coloring them.  I thought I would give this a try on some fall leaves.  The Poppy Stamp challenge this month is called Fall Frolic.  I used the newly released Poppy Stamp Maple leaves 

I used these Poppy Stamp Dies for this card. 

Maple Trio

Perfect Pine Needles


 Small Wispy Pine Needles

Double D Christmas Style

WHAT IS YOUR CHRISTMAS STYLE?

Traditional, Modern, Elegant, All White, Vintage

I like all styles of Christmas Decorations and try to vary my card styles for Christmas. This year, however I noticed that I am using lots of glitter paper and foil. 

I bought this pretty Die from Spellbinders in October and have been using it for different card designs and in different colors for Christmas.  I was trying to keep the outside simple so I could use my time making little surprises inside the cards.

The team has lots of inspiration for you and several Christmas styles. We hope you join us at Double D Challenge Blog.

You could win this fun Christmas die.

Dies R Us Giveing Thanks

Giving Thanks and/or Turkey

We are officially half way through the month of November and it is time for a new challenge at DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG.  I love this IO die.  It is large enough to be the focal image of a card and looks great cut from glitter paper. I cut the oval out a sheet of white card stock and embossed it and layered it on a black card base.  I inlaid the snowflake die cut and centered the sentiment. I always have  flowers that I make on hand so I added one of them to complete the design.  

We hope you will join us at DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG for this fun challenge. 

Memory Box Bativa Oval

Impression Obsession Give Thanks


Elizabeth Craft Shasta Daisy

Double D Neutral Fall

What a fabulous mood board.  I love the neutral colors with little pops of muted orange, like on the truck, the pillow, the flowers in the watering can, and some of the pumpkins so that  was my inspiration. I chose brown instead of grey for a background, but I think I will try it again using shades of grey. 

  

                                                      

The thing I love most about the DD Mood Boards is that there are so many ways to glean inspiration. Colors, patterns, texture, shapes  and objects are just a few ideas from this board. Our DD Team has provided lots of inspiration for you at DD Challenge Blog. We know you will have fun with this challenge. 

Elizabeth Craft Wooden Crate
Elizabeth Craft Shasta Daisy
Impression Obsession Wheat
Memory Box Stitched Pumpkins

Dies R Us Trees or Leaves

                            Trees and/or Leaves

The challenge this time at Dies R Us Challenge Blog is called trees and or leaves.  I thought about doing a fall theme with some leaves, but bottom line is that I need more Christmas cards. This was really simple.  I cut the trees twice one from white and once from gold glitter card stock and glued them together. The pretty frame is from Frantic Stamper. I use this die over and over again. Because the border is thin, I topped it with a frame from Lawn Fawn. I think I will add a sentiment across the trees, but I didn't have the size I wanted. I just ordered some different sizes from the Dies R Us Store so I will choose from them. 

Frantic Stamper Elemental Ovals 12

Frantic Stamper Evergreen Trio


                                                        Lawn Fawn Stitched Frame Rectangle

Head on over to the Dies R Us Challenge Blog and check out the inspiration from the team.  We hope you will join us for the challenge.

Double D Silhouettes

Time for another fun challenge at Double D Challenge Blog.

Link up and one random winner can win this prize.This time it is all about silhouettes.

SILHOUETTES

Use a silhouette as the focus of your project.

                                                        


I don't think there is any question about what inspired me for this challenge.  I used a few layers but for me this is CAS.  I have friends that can make CAS look fabulous... but it is not my talent. I did some sponging and used the IO bird on a branch.

I am looking forward to inspiration from you.... The design team, as usual, has done a fabulous job. Go take a look  at Double D Challenge Blog.

Link up and one random winner can win this prize.

Dies R Us pumpkins or apples

Pumpkins and/or Apples

I live in a small farm community and I am surrounded by roadside stands that sell their homegrown produce. Strawberries, blueberries, peaches, cherries,walnuts,pecans, almonds, prunes and plums, tomatoes, cucumbers to name a few  are available.  I even have a winery and home made candy company seven minutes of my home. I live next door to a walnut orchard so after the harvest, I have permission to glean the orchard and gather enough walnuts to last until next year. We have two major pumpkin festivals in my neighborhood ans we have two fun weekends for the entire county to enjoy.   So this truck full of pumpkins is something I will be seeing from now until Halloween.

I started with a Chepo truck and filled it with some IO pumpkins.  The tree is another IO die that actually comes with a bride and groom and another tree. I just used part of the die cut from kraft card stock.  I added a little orange to the leaves. A few IO clouds and birds and a frame finished my card.


Impression Obsession All in One Frames

Impression Obsession Bride and Groom Frame


Impression Obssession Clouds


Impression Obssession Pumpkins

Impression Obssession Birds

 Chepo Loads of Love

Double D Orange and White

Orange and White..that's it!

This mood board is just full of texture, dimension and sweet patterns. I love the Mood Boards that Dar and Diane provide for us. I always come away with so many ideas and have to chose one for the challenge. 

 I love the stack of pretty material tied with a bow so I used the top piece of material with the orange background and white leaves for my inspiration.  I started with Canyon Clay PTI  card stock and  topped an IO leafy background die. Then I framed it with a Lawn Fawn frame. The Sue Wilson Just a Note die was left over from another project.  An Elizabeth Craft Shasta Daisy and some IO Wheat and a couple of white dies from Sue Wilson's Festive Garland finished off this card. 

If you play along with us at Double D Challenge Blog for our orange challenge, you could win this great Cottage Cutz die.




I bought all these Dies from the Dies R Us Store

Lawn Fawn Reversed Scallop Rectangles

Sue Wilson Festive Garland

Sue Wilson Just a Note


Impression Obsession Ornate Oval


Impression Obsession Leafy Background.

Elizabeth Craft Shasta Daisy



Impression Obsession