Happy Fall

Hi all!  Today I have a card made for a few challenges:

I used the Spring Groves set from Paper Smooches,  an alpha set from Just Rite for the sentiment and a sketch from Mojo Monday. 

This is also for  the Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge – Woodland Creatures and Loves Rubberstamps – All About Autumn.  I hope you like it and TFL!

Penguin Buds

Today is my day to post on the YNS Paper Craft Planet group and here's what I came up with:


I used the super cute Penguin Buds stamp and FTL#118 from Clean & Simple Stamping.

The buds were colored with Copics and colored pencils, cut out and popped up on foam boosters. For the sentiment, I diecut the COOL letters out of the same snowflake paper as the background and covered them with glitter. The rest of the letters were stamped with a JustRite alpha set and cut out freehand.

This card is also for Top Tip Tuesday - Anything goes. I hope you like it and that you'll come by the PCP group to see what other eye candy has been posted by the DT! TFL!

Cold Kaylee Tent Card

I have a non-DT card to share today! I used a super cute image called Cold Kaylee from Some Odd Girl:


(Sorry for the poor lighting - I had to position my light funny so all the glitter and snowflakes would show up!)

I made a tent card for the Some Odd Challenge - Window Cards. I used a Just Rite border stamp to make the snowflakes on the scalloped piece (embossed with holographic powder), and then sewed a white seed bead to the center of each. The centers of all the layers were cut out with a circle Nestie and the snowflake hanging in the center is an old Sizzix die. I stamped the JOY with a Just Rite alpha set and cut them each out individually before gluing them to the snowflake.

Here's an angled shot of the card so you can see the tent part and how the snowflake is suspended in the opening:


And here's a close shot of Kaylee:


This is also for Copic Creations - Shading your paper pieced pieces. I do this a lot so it was a fun challenge for me! You can see that I paper pieced her hat, scarf, jacket and shoes and did some shading on all the pieces with my Copics.

To finish her off, I made a tiny felt rosette for her hat, flocked her jacket cuffs and tops of her boots, and added fringe to her scarf with some of the new Olive Green Timeless Twine. You know I already love using Timeless Twine and the owner, Stacy, sent me spools of her gorgeous new holiday colors to make things to share with you! So be on the lookout for lots more twine!

This card is also for Stampin' for the Weekend - Winter, and One Stop - Christmas Cuties. I hope you like it and TFL!

Another Just Rite Christmas Card

Here's my take on Sketch #74 over at Card Positioning Systems -->

I don't think there's much to explain. I used the same set-up on my Just Rite stamper that I used on these cards, just stamped in red ink instead. TFL!

Sheetload of Christmas

Updated to add: This month's Show Us Your Sheetload and Win contest is up!

I downloaded the July issue of Sheetload last night and decided to work on them tonight. I tried to keep them very simple so they would go faster and I was able to make 9 of them! They were so easy and I have so many supplies left, I may make a sheetload more!

I used up a lot of really old Basic Grey Christmas papers and these super old Making Memories metal charms that I bought on clearance years ago. I did a couple variations on the card, but I think this particular layout is my fave.

I followed the sketch pretty closely, just adding the scalloped strip and that's it! You can see from this second picture the different charms I used - present, stocking, and ornament.

BTW - the sentiment was done with the JustRite monogram stamper! I've seen so many cool samples done with the small alphabet that I had to give it a try myself and I love the look! It was easier than I thought it would be to plug all those little letters in, but I still figured I ought to stamp it about a hundred times before cleaning and putting them all away!

Thanks to Sheetload for the inspiration!