Bugaboo Reindeer Card

I was browsing through some blogs and ended up at Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge blog. I was happy to have found another challenge blog. More than anything, these challenge me to think a bit more with my cars.

This week's challenge #1845  was "Anything Goes".

I created a quick holiday card using this Bugaboo Reindeer stamp. Sentiment is from Taylored Expressions Wings of Joy Stamp set.

I kept it simple with a few patterned papers. I thought of adding some embellishments, but the patterned paper was bold enough and did not need any extra embellishments.

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Supplies:
Stamps: Bugaboo Reindeer Digital Stamp, Taylored Expressions Wings of Joy
Paper: Coredinations folded kraft Card, PTI Patterned paper, PTI Cardstock
Ink: Memento Black, Copics
Other: Circle Punches

Joy Holiday Card

Hello Friends,

I created this simple JOY Holiday Card for YNS Sketch Challenge. I love the offset panels in this sketch. This JOY Sentiment is from Taylored Expressions Wings of Joy stamp set. I colored it with copics and used a few patterned papers and snowflake stickers on my card. 

Here is the YNS Sketch for youre reference.

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Supplies:
Stamp: Taylored Expressions - Wings of Joy
Paper: Coredinations prefolded kraft card, PTI Card stock, PTI Patterned Paper
Ink: Memento Black and Copic Markers
Other: Plastic Snowflake stickers

Happy Holidays Poinsettia Card

I am enjoying card making so much. I did this Holiday Greetings Poinsettia card for two challenges.

1. Clean and Simple Cards Challenge - Sketch #298

2. Allsorts Challenge Blog - Week 493 - Poppies and/or the colour red

I did not find a poppies stamp in collection readily. So I went with the color red instead. I used this Poinsettias from PTI's "Year of Flowers: Poinsettias" Stamp set. I stamped them on a text printed paper and then colored over it with Copics. I love how elegant this CAS card looks.

The sentiment is also from the same stamp set. Overall, this card turned out great and I would reuse this sketch to create a few bulk holiday cards. The scalloped border adds very good detail.

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Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Year of Flowers: Poinsettia
Paper: Coredinations Prefolded Kraft Cardstock, PTI Printed Cardstock, PTI Pure Poppy Card Stock
Ink: Memento Black, Copics
Other: Hobby Lobby Red Gemstone, SU Scallop Border Punch

PP418 - A Color Challenge

I am not really sure how long my creative streak will last. I am hoping at least till end of this Month for sure, so that I have bunch of Christmas cards to mail to my family, friends and business partners.

Here is another Christmas card that I created using Lawn Fawn's Ornate Ornaments stamp set using The Paper Players - PP418 - A Color Challenge.

The colors were as following. But since I do not buy Stampin Up products, I used the closest colors that I had in my stash.

I used some Grey striped paper from Simple Stories paper collection. I colored the ornament in The Orange red combination that I hope resembles Poppy Parade color. A sentiment completed the card. I I popped up the cut out ornament to give it a bit more 3D effect. I love how this card turned out.

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Supplies:

Stamp: Lawn Fawn Ornate Ornaments

Paper - Coredinations Pre Folded Kraft Cardstock, PTI Cardstock, Simple Stories patterned Paper

Ink - Memento Black, Hero Arts Grass, Copic Markers

Holiday Happiness Card for MFT Sketch 411

Hello Friends,

Hope you have been busy creating handmade cards and paper crafts. I have been away from this blog for a long time and somehow had lost the creativity mojo. But with Kathy's The daily marker challenge, I have felt revitalized. I have pulled out stamps that I have not literally used since I bought them and have been coloring them and creating cards. So, quite happy and excited. I absolutely love this hobby of mine and glad to be back at it.


Today, I created a card using Taylored Expressions Wings of Joy stamp for MFT Sketch Challenge 411. Sadly, while I do own quite a few MFT stamps, not any Christmas or Holiday stamps. I will rectify this situation soon.

I took some liberties with the sketch and used the hanging socks and mitten stamp from this set as the horizontal line that appears in the sketch. This is a very CAS card, but I just love how it turned out and this is the first time I have colored over a patterned paper and it was fun.

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Supplies
Paper - Coredinations Pre Folded Kraft A2 card base, Simple Stories Patterned Paper
Stamp - Taylored Expressions Wings of Joy
Ink - Memento Black, Copics

Christmas Owl

Hi Friends, How are you doing? I have been a bit late with my Project Life Posts. Life has happened LOL..I will be back tomorrow with a couple of spreads of PL.

Meanwhile, I did a few Christmas cards over the weekend. It is never too early to get started on your Christmas cards.

I did this card for,

A) July Christmas Cards Challenge on SplitCoastStampers - To create a card with Red, Blue and White Color Scheme and to use something sparkly on the card.
B) Challenge #27 on A Blog Named Hero - To create a card or project using your fav Hero Arts Stamp. I used this Holiday Owl set from Hero Arts.
C)Merry Monday Merry Monday Month Long - Anything Goes Christmas Card challenge.

I kept the card simple with red card base and some old Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Paper. I stamped and colored the hat of the Owl with Blue Copic Marker and then add the sentiment to a white punched out paper. Overall, just a simple card, but loved how it turned out. I also added some red gem embellishment on the corner of the card to add something sparkly.

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Supplies
Stamp - Hero Arts Holiday Owl
Paper - PTI Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening and White CS, Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Collection Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black and Blue
Other - EK Success Border Punch, Circle Punches, PTI Pure Poppy Saddle Stitched ribbon.

Merry Monday Challenge on Saturday

Hello Friends, I am back with some cards that I created. The first one I want to share today is the card that I did for Lesley's Merry Monday Challenge 44. Yup, she is back with all new set of challenges. This time it was a color challenge. I tried to match the colors best I could.

Here is my card,

I used the Catching Flakes digi from D2D. I just love this Snowman. Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn Stamps.

Here is the color combination for the challenge,

I did not have the SU Colors listed here, so i tried to match the best I could with others that I had.

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Supplies:
Stamp - Catching Flakes Digi by D2D
Ink - Memento Blue, Copics
Paper - PTI White, Pure Poppy, Hawaiaan Shores CS, Patterned paper from Stash
Other - Gem Stone Embellisment

Mama Elephant Challenge #1

I love Mama Elephant blogs, but still do not have any in my stash. So, when I saw their very first challenge and a freebie that I could use, I had to play along with it. I kept my card very simple.

I loved using the white glitter strip along with Aqua patterned paper. Nice combo and something that I will use again. I mounted them all on a white CS with the image printed on it and then to a red card base. I colored the birds hat in red as well.

You can check out the challenge details here along with the freebie info.

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Supplies:
Stamp - Mama Elephant Digi
Paper - PTI Pure Poppy, White and PTI Aqua Mist Pattern Paper, Hobby Lobby Glitter Paper
Ink - Copics
Other - SC Enamel Dots

Pink and Green Holidays Card

Hello Friends, Happy Wednesday. Hope your week is going well. I am done mailing my Christmas Cards. But I am still in Holiday mood and creating more holiday cards. I am back with this Pink and Green Holiday card that I did for two Challenges,

I used the TAWS Digi Freebie - Trim the tree for this card. I added the image to card base and a sentiment and then printed it out.

1) I am entering this card for the TAWS  Be Inspired Challenge #17. I used one of TAWS freebie digital images - of the trees. The sentiment is something that I did in Computer using Pacifico Free Font.

2) I am also entering this card into the The Play Date Cafe PDCC161. Loved the colors..

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Supplies:
Stamp - TAWS Digital Stamp - Trimming the Tree
Paper - PTI White and New Leaf Card stock, PTI Raspberry Fizz Patterned paper
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - PTI Sweet Blush Ribbon, Twinery Twine, Green button from Stash

Last Minute card for November SFYTT

Hello Friends, Hope you have been having a good November. I have had a busy one...good busy. I am back with a card that I made for the November SFYTT Sketch Challenge. This month, I am cutting it quite close to the deadline. Time just got away from me this time.

So here is my car for this month's challenge. I am also entering this card for The Play Date Cafe Challenge #159 -- Which is black and white with a color splash of Maroon.

The beautiful Maroon paper is from AC Merry Mint Collection of patterned paper. I used this awesome sentiment stamp set from Deadbeat Designs and some punched snowflakes using MS punches completed the card.

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Supplies:
Stamp - Deadbeat Designs
Paper  - PTI White and True Black Cardstock, PTI Bitty Dots black pattern paper, AC Merry Mint pattern paper
Ink - Memento Black, PTI Chai Inking Cube
Other - Martha Stewart Snow flake punch, KI Memories Black Gem Embellishment

Merry Monday #42

Another Fabulous sketch for Merry Monday #42 and I had to play with it. I kept my card kind of Red in Color. The pattern papers are all left over scraps. Another great reason to love this sketch - you can use the scraps.

The pattern papers are a mix of Basic Grey and EP This and That. The Sentiment is from PTI Holiday Wishes. I used a green brad from my stash.

Love love this sketch and for sure will be using it again.

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Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Holiday Wishes
Paper - PTI White and Pure Poppy CS, Basic Grey and Echo Park This and that patterned papers
Ink - Memento Black
Other - Studio G Brad, 1" Circle Punch

October 2012 PTI Blog Hop

The Challenge this time for PTI Blog hop is to create Holiday project with non traditional holiday colors. I am on a roll with my Christmas cards so this was perfect and it is always fun to experiment with Non Traditional colors. So be warned of this photo heavy post as I created three cards for today's blog hop.

1) First up is this Aqua Mist and Raspberry Fizz Combination,

I stamped the wreath image from PTI Wreath for all seasons in Raspberry Fizz and added the berries in Blue (I do not have PTI Hawaiian shores ink - so used a memento ink here). The sentiment from Signature Christmas was also stamped in blue. Here is the combo from Nichole Heady's Blog,

2) Second is the card I did with Pine Feather, Ocean Tides and Pure Poppy. I just loved how this card turned out,

I used Rustic Snowflakes and Dearest Jane Patterned Papers along with Ocean Tides, pine Feather, Vintage Cream card stock. Sentiment is from PTI Fillable Frames #8. I added a few snow flakes brads as well. Here is the combo from Nichole Heady's blog,

3) Last but not the least, I used Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet and Harvest gold combination. I also used Retro Sketches #34 for this card.

I used the PTI 2008 Holiday tags stamp set for this card and this was a truly unusual color combination for me to use for a holiday card. It was nice to work out of my comfort zone. I also used the doily details dies from PTI.
Here are the retro sketch and combo from Nichole Heady's blog,

You can stop by at Nichole Heady's blog to see more details and to see all the participants of the blog hop.

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Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Fillable Frame #8, PTI 2008 Holiday Tag Collection, PTI Wreath for All Seasons, PTI Signature Christmas
Ink - Memento Black, PTI Ocean Tides, PTI Pure Poppy, Memento Blue
Paper - PTI Vintage Cream, Rustic Cream, Ocean Tides, Pine Feather, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian shores, Raspberry Fizz and White CS., PTI Rustic Snow flakes, dearest Jane Patterned Paper
Other - PTI Spiral Notebook page die, PTI Scallop Border Die, PTI Doily Details Die, PTI Ric Rac Border Die

Framed Christmas Card

2nd Post for the day. Please scroll down or click here to see the Cas-ual Friday Challenge Post.

I loved PTI's Fabulous frames dies and I had so many ideas with it, but some how I never created anything with them until now. As soon as I saw the Paper Players Challenge #118 - CAS Framed Challenge, I wanted to create a Christmas card with the fabulous frames Die.

I cut the Polaroid frame from Basic Grey Blitzen paper collection. I punched out the Christmas tree using the EK Success punch and then layered the frame over it with some foam dots so it looked like the tree was visible through the window. The Snowflakes patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket collection. I like how this card turned out and will probably do a few more.

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Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Peaceful Poinsettia
Ink - PTI New Leaf
Paper - PTI White, Fine Linen and Ripe Avocado Cardstock, BG Blitzen and Cosmo Cricket Patterned paper
Other - PTI Fabulous Frames Die, EK Success Christmas Tree Punch, Gem Embellishments

Merry Monday 38

I am back with another Merry Monday Card :) for Sketch #38. And Surprise surprise...another Snowman image :) This time this is the image from Design2Delight. I loved this snow man image from Faith and this card is also for D2D October Free stamp of the month contest.

You can read all the D2D challenge rules here. Please respect Faith's Angel Policy and do not share the free image even if it is free. Instead, please redirect them to the store where they can get this free image.

Here is my card,

Patterned papers are from Echo Park and Cosmo Cricket. Love these papers. I colored the snow man with copics and added some liquid applique to his hat and some stickles for snow. I colored the snow flakes with copic spica pens.

Here is the Merry Monday #38 sketch,

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Supplies:
Stamp - D2D Catching Snowflakes Digital Stamp
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Paper - PTI Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist card stock, Neenah Solar White CS, Echo Park and Cosmo Cricket Patterned Papers
Other - Nestabilities

Merry Monday #37 - Warm Winter Wishes

I am back with a card that I made for the Merry Monday #37 Sketch. Again another beautiful sketch. I used my Stampin Up - More the Merrier stamp set for this card.

What can I say - I happen to love Snow men!!!!!!! :)))) I kept the coloring in this image to minimal, just colored the scarves and hats.

Patterned paper is from stash. The scalloped border paper is actually kind of navy blue, but looks black in my picture as I took the picture late at night.

Here is the sketch,

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Supplies:
Stamp - SU More the Merrier stamp set
Paper - PTI Hawaiian Shores, White and Enchanted Evening CS
Ink - Memento Black and Copics
Other - PTI Double ended banner die, Nestabilites, SU Scallop border punch

Merry Monday #36

Hello Friends, Hope you had a good Tuesday. I had a very productive Tuesday - at home front as well as on crafting front. I am back with a card that I made for Merry Monday Challenge #36. I am just in love with her Sketches. They are just perfect for mass producing cards and you can keep them CAS or embellish them. As you can see I kept them CAS.

I used this awesome Charlie Brown and Snoopy stamp from Stampabilities and then colored it with Copics. I kept the whole layout simple and added a golden glitter snowflake as an accent. This is totally my kind of cards to make, a nice image with copic coloring and simple layout.

I added some liquid applique to the hats of Charlie brown and snoopy :))

Here is the Merry Monday #36 sketch,

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Supplies:
Stamp - Stampabilities Charlie Brown Stamp set
Paper - PTI White and Pure Poppy Card stock, All the Trimmings Patterned paper from MME, Glitter Paper from Stash.
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - TE Snowflakes Die, Liquid Applique

Merry Monday Challenge

Through blog surfing, I happened to come across the Merry Monday Challenge. I just loved this blog and the sketch #35 this time and had to play along. The wide panel was calling out for this snow men image from Torico...

I printed the image and colored it with copics. I then added some holiday pattern papers from my stash. A glittery snowflake and brad completed the card. Sentiment is from PTI Holiday Wishes stamp Set.

Here is the merry monday sketch,

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Supplies:
Stamp - Digital Snowmen Family from Torico
Ink - Memento Black and Copics
Paper - PTI White and GKD Green Cardstock, Basic Grey Pattern Papers, AC POW Glitter Paper
Other - MS Snowflake punch, Paper Source Snow flake brad

ICRC21 - Christmas Card

Here is a Christmas card that I did for the Indian Craft Room Challenge - ICRC21 : SKETCH + METAL - 'URGE' Y!!!.

I used Sketch #2 for this card. The sentiment is from PTI Christmas Friends. For the metal part I used the Holly and Mistletoe brad and some red brads as well.

Here is the challenge pad.

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Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Christmas Friends
Ink - SU Old Olive
Paper - PTI Turning a New Leaf Patterned Paper, PTI Simply Charteruse CS
Other - Making Memories Holly and Mistletoe brad, Paper Studio Red Brad, Nestabilities, Paper Studio gemstone embellishment

Retro Sketches #30

2nd Post of the day!! I know :)) Always playing catch up with the challenge deadlines. That is me :)  You can either scroll down or click here to see my post on D2D Challenge.

I just loved this sketch #30 from Retro Sketches. It is so adaptable. Keep it simple using some gorgeous patterned paper that you can show case or make it elaborate.

I used this sketch to create a holiday card. You can never have too many of those.  I used the Lawn Fawn Ornate Ornaments set for this card.

I heat embossed the Ornaments on colored card stock using gold embossing powder and then cut it out. I used some twine for hanging the ornaments. The background white - I dry embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder just to give it some more texture. The sentiment was stamped with Impress Fresh Inks. Just love these inks. Such beautiful colors.

Here is the Retro Sketch #30,

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Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Ornate Ornaments
Paper - GKD Green and Red CS, PTI Simply Charteruse Card stock
Ink - Fresh ink Tomato Red
Other - Cuttlebug Snowdots embossing folder, Twinery Twine

Christmas in July

Say it with Christmas is the theme of Annabelle's stamps challenge. Their challenge do not require for us to use their stamps, but I wanted to. But I only have one of their stamp sets - Love Birds. I picked a few images from that set and combined it with a Holiday sentiment from PTI's Mailbox greetings and I love how this card turned out.

I used the bird house and bird from the Annabelle Love Birds stamp set and I also used the tiny branch from that stamp set next to the sentiments and I think they are just way too cute. I know this is probably bit away from main stream holiday cards, but I am doing more of these kind of holiday cards lately. I also like when I use a Non Holiday stamp set for a holiday cards.

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Supplies:
Stamp - Annabelle Love Birds, PTI Mail box greetings.
Ink - memento Black, Memento Teal Zeal, PTI Pure Poppy, Memento Bamboo Leaves
Paper- PTI Aqua Mist, White, Pure Poppy and Rustic White Cardstock
Other - PTI Little Bitty Bird Additions Die