Seize the Birthday

Happy Thursday my friends.  It is time for a new challenge over at Seize the Birthday.  This week it is "anything goes" as long as it is birthday.


Here is my card:

I used SU Lost Lagoon (my new favorite color) CS and DSP, and white for my card.  The flower is made with Lost Lagoon CS and the SU Mosaic punch.  I inked the petal edges with Lost Lagoon ink and shaped them.   I added a pearl brad to the center.  The leaves were punched from Mossy Meadow, inked and shaped.  The sentiment is from a Happy Birthday set by TPC Studio, stamped in Lost Lagoon ink, and cut with MFT Pierced Fishtail Flags and Fishtail Flags Layers dies.  I added 3 pearls in the upper right corner.

Now check out all the fabulous creations by my teammates over at Seize the Birthday and play along with us this time.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend.
Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Christmas Card Challenges #8 - Anything Goes

Happy Sunday friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Christmas Card Challenges and this week it is "anything goes" as long as it is Christmas.

This is a digital image by From The Heart.  I printed the image on X-Press It Blending Card and colored it with Copics, cut it out with Spellbinders Label 17, and added white Flower Soft to the snow and the hat.  I also sponged lt. blue ink around the edges before removing the die. I fussy cut the black mat. The black strip is cut with SU Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch.  The DSP is from MME Merry Little Christmas 6x6 pad.  The black is Recollections and the base is MFT Smooth White CS.

Now check out all the fabulous cards by my fellow teammates over at Christmas Card Challenges.
I hope you will play along with us this week.

Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Merry Monday #142 Challenge - Houses

This is my card for this week's Merry Monday Challenge - Use a house(s) on your card.

ETA:  My card was chosen as an Honorable Mention at Merry Monday.

I was looking through my papers and found this DSP with houses on it.  It is from American  Crafts Peppermint Express 12x12 pad.  I thought the houses would be perfect for my card.  I fussy cut them out and used the background paper to add snow from Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow Stencil using embossing paste and SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  The snow banks are made with MFT Stitched Snow Drifts die.  The houses are mounted with foam tape, as well as the bottom snow drift.  The sentiment from Verve's Poinsettia Christmas is stamped in SU Cherry Cobbler ink. The mat is SU Not Quite Navy and the card base and snow drifts are MFT Smooth White CS.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Happy Birthday for MFTWSC211

I was able to get my card done for this week's My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge 211 after having been sick with a virus the past several days.

I used the MFT PI Happy Banner image, stamped her on X-Press It Blending Card, colored her with Copics and paper-pieced her dress and bow with Recollections Bold Basics DSP.  I stamped the banner a 2nd time, colored it in yellow to match the dots on the dotted paper, and fussy cut it out to add to the image.   The DSP is from the same pad, except the one behind the PI image, it is from an American Crafts 6x6 Paper Pad.   I used Spellbinders Ovals and Scalloped Ovals dies.  The "Birthday" sentiment is part of a greeting from MFT LJD On The Line set (discontinued).  It is cut with a die from MFT Blueprints 2 set and mounted with foam tape.  The girl is also mounted with foam tape.  The card base is MFT Smooth White and the mats are Recollections Black.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn

Christmas Card Challenges - Santa's Hats

Good Sunday Morning my friends.  It is time for a new challenge at Christmas Card Challenges and this week we have an Inspiration Photo (Santa's Hats) to challenge you.

I used this vintage Santa image from a discontinued MFT's set.  I stamped him on X-Press It Blending Card and colored him with Copics.  I cut him out with MFT Pierced Circle dies and sponged light ink around the image before removing the die.  I matted him with MFT Electric Red CS cut with MFT Circle 2 die.  I used the same red for the large mat and the Spellbinders Grommet Tag die.  I stamped the sentiment from Inspired By Stamping Festive Frames.  I added gold twine to the tag and mounted it with foam tape.  The Santa image is also mounted with foam tape.  The DSP is from Graphic 45 Twas the Night Before Christmas and the card base is MFT Natural CS.  I added 2 MME green enamel dots in the top two corners.

I hope you will check out all the fabulous cards by my teammates over at Christmas Card Challenges and play along with us this week.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.
Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Seize the Birthday - A Sketch Challenge

Happy Thursday everyone.  It's time for a new challenge over at Seize the Birthday and  this week we have the "toppings" option to follow a sketch.

I turned the sketch sideways and made a masculine birthday card.  My card base and the white circle are MFT Smooth White CS.  The brown is SU Soft Suede.  The blue stars are punched from SU Baha Breeze.  The DSP is from Recollections Bold Basics.  I used SU Decorative Dots EF on the Soft Suede cross piece.  I used MFT Pierced Circle die and Circle Stax 2 die for the circle panels.  The sentiment from Verve's Birthday to You is stamped in SU Soft Suede. This panel and the punched stars are mounted with foam tape.

I am also linking my card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - It's A Guy Thing.



Now check out all the fabulous cards by my teammates over at Seize the Birthday.  Hope you join us this week.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.
Happy Stamping,
JoAnn

Just Us Girls #275 - Stencil

Happy Wednesday friends.  My card today is for the JUGS challenge to use a stencil on your card.

Here is my card:

I used The Crafter's Workshop Mini Chicken Wire stencil and sponged Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon and Blue Bayou inks through it.  The card base and Spellbinders tag die are SU Lost Lagoon and the white is MFT Smooth White.  I added Lost Lagoon ribbon to the die.  The sentiment from CTMH Lifting Spirits is stamped in Lost Lagoon ink.  The MFT Upsy Daisy die is cut from SU Soft Sky, mounted with foam tape, and the leaves and fern are punched from Certainly Celery.  I added a gold rhinestone to the center of the flower and 3 smaller ones in the corner.

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Happy Stamping,

JoAnn