Hot Cocoa for the Holidays

I am back with another Christmas card inspired by a few challenges.

Pause Dream Enjoy - PDE Ch# 51: December Celebrations
Card Crafter's Circle - Challenge #54: It's Christmas
Sparkle Creations - Christmas Card Challenge Week #4

Thank you for stopping by my blog and Merry Christmas!!

Wow the difference lighting makes! The first picture below was taking during the day in natural light. The second picture at night in parents dining room.

Pals Paper Arts Sketch Challenge - PPA149

Merry Christmas! I was inspired by this week's sketch challenge PPA149 over at the Pals Paper Arts Blog. I am at my parents' house for the holidays and brought limited supplies, but I am happy with how the card turned out. The stamp is from MFT and I used paper scraps from the Recollections Festivus 12x12 paper stack. The wavy black circle behind the stamped image was cut free hand. I hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Cards

Here are a few of the Christmas Cards I created in 2012. I am posting this to play along with the Saturday Share Link Party on Scrapmaster's Paradise blog.

 Supplies are listed below along with a video giving more details. Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: SP& Company, Ali Edwards for Techniques Tuesday, MFT
Paper: Recollections Festivus (patterned Paper), Papertrey Ink Cardstock
Dies: MFT

Roxyfur's Cardspiration Week 7

MFT Wednesday Stamp Club (MFTWSC59)

My entry for this week's MFT Wednesday Stamp Club (#59).

SP & Company Monthly Blog Hop Bright Red Challenge

I created this card for the SP & Company February Bright Red Blog Hop Challenge.

MFT Wednesday Stamp Club (MFTWSC58)

With Valentine's Day just a few days away, I am drawn to all the pink and red goodness in the Martha Stewart Valentine's Mat Stack. They were perfect for the card I created for this weeks MFT Wednesday Stamp Club #58 Challenge (MFTWSC58).  

Did I mention I love these papers? I had to make a second card.

Thanks for stopping by. Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

SP Stamps BLog SWS Challenge #4: All About Coloring

I was finally able to participate in a Stamping With Sami weekly challenge over at the SP & Company Stamps Blog. This week's Challenge was SWS #4: All About Coloring. Do some coloring on your project for this week.  We were able to use whatever coloring technique or medium we wanted to. I used my copics. Entries are due Saturday, January 28th at noon EST. There's still a little time, so stop on by and enter to win a wonderful stamp set!

Stamps: SP & Company (Polka Dot background, sentiment), MFT (girl)

Ink: Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink (Wisteria)

Paper: Stampin' Up (Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz)

Fall Cards, MFT Hauls and a Giveaway!

I wanted to share a few fall cards I made using MFT Pure Innocence stamps and Tim Coffey Autumn papers. I was having fun paper piecing with these cards!

MFT Have Hope Using Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas - Non Holiday Card

As you can already tell from my other blog posts, I cannot get enough of my new MFT stamps. I wanted to show how versatile my Echo Park Holly Jolly Christmas kit is and created a card using papers from this collection. Lots of fun bright patterns in this kit!

MFT Have Hope - Sketch Challenge

Another card using the adorable Have Hope stamp set from My Favorite Things. I used the Wednesday Sketch for this one. I can't get enough of her! I am planning to make a similar version for the Hope You Can Cling To Card Drive over at Split Coast Stampers.

Have Hope

More MFT goodness. I made the following card using the MFT Pure Innocence Have Hope stamp set. She is so adorable. The patterned papers are from the DCWV Mademoiselle paper stack.

Fall is in the air!

I cannot get enough of this stamp from MFT and I love pairing her with the My Minds Eye Stella Rose Mabel papers. It has started to cool down here in Minnesota and the leaves are dropping like crazy.

Paper Pals Arts Challenge - PPA115

I created the following card for the Paper Pals Arts Challenge to create a fall themed card - Thanksgiving, autumn, harvest or Halloween. I used this MFT stamp for the first time and I am IN LOVE. I also finally cut into one of My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pads (Stella Rose - Mabel) that I had been hoarding. Love this paper. I also tried my hand at paper piecing for the firs time on her little turtle neck. This stamp is perfect for that.

SP Color Combo #119 and MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge MFTWSC39

Happy National Cardmaking Day! Two of my freinds each recently had darling baby boys. I wanted to create some special cards to welcome their brand new bundles of joy. The following cards were created with two challenges in mind: Scrapmaster's Paradise Color Combo Challenge and the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge. I have posted both the color combo and the sketch below the pictures of the cards. Please let me know what you think!

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