Christmas Card Challenges - #18 Anything Goes

Hello!

It's a week of Anything Goes fun over at Christmas Card Challenges! If you haven't yet started working ahead on this year's Christmas cards -- now's the perfect time. You can make any type of Christmas Card this week, play along, and join in the fun. :D No time like the present!

 

 

 

 

I combined several products and companies on this card and love how it turned out. :)

 

 

 

My Kraft cardstock and red twine is Recollections. The red cardstock is Pure Poppy from PTI, the sentiment from WPlus9 Merry & Bright set, the poinsettia is Tim Holtz Christmas Blueprints, and finally the stencil and Double Stitched Rectangle die cut are My Favorite Things. I colored the stamped image in with Prismacolor Pencils. The plaid patterned paper is from Basic Grey's Juniper Berry pad and it was die cut using MFT's Mini Scalloped Stitched Rectangle die cut.

 

It's such a basic layout and design, but I love how the combination of layers and textures and colors work together! Great for an Anything Goes kind of week. :)

 

Thanks SO much for stopping by to visit! Please come back again soon and please head on over to Christmas Card Challenges to check out the fun with the other gals. Fun inspiration every week!

 

God Bless,

Mandy

 

 

I Corinthians 10:13 (New King James Version)

       "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."

 

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ABC Christmas Challenge - G for Green or Gold

Eeks!

I'm pulling up the rear with this challenge! :) I'm behind but still here! hee hee. Yesterday was a whirlwind of activities at our house with people in and out most of the day. It all went well, but it makes for one frazzled Mandy, who is used to being in a house all alone every day. :| Loners of the world unite! (Not really - just in thought).

Kinda funny story: we had contractors here doing some work yesterday, and bless their hearts, they were almost finished doing the last thing that was up in our attic, and one of them stepped through the ceiling. Bless. They were ok thankfully - but here longer than expected and I get to see their smiling, winking faces again this morning, when they come back to finish up that repair. LOL. Then the kids had a couple of friends over, and that meant socializing with their sweet Mom at drop-off and pick up time. It was a lot for me. :D My Hubby just laughs and shakes his head at me. (But deep down, he gets it. ;) )

Now on to the fun part! The ABC Christmas Challenge - so much fun. Systematically going through the alphabet for a challenge associated with each letter. What better way to entertain some crafty A-type personalities, right?

G for Green or Gold this week --- I went with Green, since I have virtually nothing gold in my crafty space.

 

 

While I have been so busy these last few weeks, I have much appreciated the plethora of colored images that I've had stashed in my desk because I color them, lose interest in what I'm doing - walk away - but can't throw them away. 8-) Claaaaasic Mandy.

 

So my cute little girl (From MFT Jingle All the Way) was colored in green and cut and in my desk drawer. I plucked her out and made a couple of mats in green (plaid paper from MFT pad and Blueprints 27 die cut, Tim Holtz Watercolor paper sponged in Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and decorated with a few not-so-strategically-placed water droplets.) She is popped up on foam tape and I added a few iridescent sequins and a twine bow to make it feel "complete". The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

 

While I wanted the card base to be rather simple and plain, I thought the white background was too plain and I added a Typewriter Text background (MFT) stamped in PTI Soft Stone ink. Barely there, but cuts down on that stark white. I love the subtle backgrounds in a really light grey or khaki on my white card bases.

 

 

Well that is it for me this morning! I'm off to find some more things to pack. (UGH!) The Piglets are on Spring Break and the poor things have had to entertain themselves while I've worked on jobs around the house for the upcoming move. I've promised them a field trip to a big book store and a movie at the end of the week. With big storms coming today, who knows if we can accomplish a trip or not. Yikes!

 

 

Thanks SO much for stopping by to visit! Please come back again (esp this summer, when I get back into the crafty swing of things!) 8-)

 

Don't forget to check out the Christmas crafty fun over at the ABC Christmas Challenge!

 

 

God Bless,

Mandy

 

 

Matthew 6:34   NKJV  (New King James Version)

    "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

 



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Addicted To Stamps & More #187 - Make Your Mark

Hello!

I'm back with a fun post for Addicted To Stamps and More current challenge - Make Your Mark. Anything coloring related or inky will do!

 

And our sponsor this time is:

 

Eureka Stampede 

QKR Stampede and Eureka Stamps was purchased by Stamp On It in 2013 from the state of Colorado and moved to its new home in Michigan! We(Stamp On It) had its humble beginnings over 25 years ago and is now a mobile(on-the-road) family owned and operated business. We travel coast to coast and attend as a vendor over 25 retail stamping and scrapping shows each year. 

Blog: http://eurekastamps.blogspot.ca

 

Now for my card:

 

 

 

 

I used a fun image I had already colored up and cut using my Silhouette Pix Scan mat (love! It's super really great for digi images). This little bird is from Bugaboo and I colored it using PrismaColor Pencils. I inked my background panel (Cut with MFT Blueprints 13) using MFT Pineapple Die ink. I then die cut the oval scallop from also from MFT and PTI Simply Chartreuse cardstock. I die cut some Bazzil scrap cardstock using the Blueprints 25 for the sentiment strip and stamped it from the LJD You're The Sweetest stamp set. My card base is MFT Ripe Raspberry cardstock. It was really fast to put together since I had already cut and colored my image! I have to remember to keep more ready to go and on hand like this in the future. Maybe I can color a bunch one day, cut another, and then have them to make a card when inspiration strikes! (I'm all about changing my life to better suit my moods.) :D That was a quote in there, if anyone can identify it, I'd be most impressed!

 

 

Thanks SO much for stopping by to visit! Please do so again! And don't forget to join in the Make Your Mark fun over at Addicted to Stamps and More. :)

 

God Bless,

Mandy

 

 

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Christmas Card Challenges - #17 Color Challenge

For my Addicted To Stamps Challenge - Buttons & Bows post, click here.


Hello crafty friends,

It's time for another Christmas Card Challenge! We have a color challenge this week - to inspire your Christmas mojo and keep you on pace for your holiday cards for the upcoming year. A great way to make a few all year long and save on time and stress in December. 8-)


Here is this week's color inspiration:

 

 

 

I used my WPlus9 Merry & Bright stamp and die set to create my rustic card. The background panel is embossing using PTI's Canvas & Linen Impression plate and the circle is the MFT die Stitched Mini Scallops Circle STAX Die-namics. I also used MFT Die-namics for the sentiment banner using the Stitched Fishtail Flag STAX. I inked the edges of my main panel using WPlus9 Coconut Husk ink and added the red twine (Michael's) and red glitter enamel dots to spruce it up just a bit. I thought it too plain and not in the good way before any embellishments were added. :D

 

 

That's it for me today. We are visiting family for the holiday weekend and have a (not so) fun little drive ahead of us this afternoon! :)

 

Thanks SO much for stopping by to visit. I hope you will come back again soon!

 

God Bless,

Mandy

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Addicted To Stamps Challenge - #123 Buttons & Bows

Hello crafty friends,

I am back with a fun challenge over at Addicted To Stamps -- this one is all about Buttons & Bows. Use them both on your project (and don't forget the stamps) and play along with us.

 

 

I was feeling inspired by spring time temps, the sunshine, and the new Pure Innocence stamp set I ordered with my Valentine's Day gift card. (So fun!)

 

 

 

 

I used the large stitched scallop die from Blueprint 27  (I am addicted to this one!) and the Double Stitched Rectangle STAX dies for the main accent panel. After stamping and coloring the cute little girl, I sponged Broken China Distress Ink on the background and die cut the sun (also MFT) and added a button and bow in the center. It's really a simple card - it just packs some punch with the fun colors. :D

 

 

Well thanks so much for stopping by! I'm off to enjoy our 3 hour car ride home from visiting my family in the other side of our great state. :) Hope everyone has had a lovely Easter and beginning of Spring! :)

 

God Bless,

Mandy



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Christmas Card Challenges - #16 Photo Inspiration

Hello crafty friends!

I'm back with another Christmas card for the 2016 stash and Christmas Card Challenges. Just making away each week and hiding them in my crafty closet! :) I'm about to need a new space because I've never had this many Christmas cards made up this early in the year before. :)

Here is this week's challenge:

 

 

 

I used the fun little poinsettias from my MFT Winter Warmth set. I die cut a Kraft panel using Blueprint 13 and then embossed it with my PTI Woodgrain Impression Plate. The sentiment is from MFT Jingle All the Way and the little strip is die cut from the same Blueprint set. Super easy and quick! I cranked this one out in a hurry. Things are getting so harried around here. :) Too many things going on at once - I'm sure everyone can relate! :)

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit! I hope you will come back soon! Especially this summer when I hope to get back to my "normal" crafting pace. :)

 

God bless,

Mandy

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ABC Christmas Challenge - F for Frills .... or NO Frills~

Hello!

I'm back with another great challenge over at the ABC Christmas Challenge blog. It's just the most fun. I think, anyway. I love Christmas cards and the challenges presented every two weeks going systematically through the alphabet just speaks to the organized, A-type personality, nerd in me. I love it. Please do check it out and play along if you haven't already. I'm sure you will get into the spirit of things rather quickly. :D

 

Our lovely sponsor this challenge is:

 

 

Sponsor - Sweet Stamp Store

Prize - a $10.00 Gift Certificate for Sweet Stamp Store

SweetStamps.com manufactures artistic rubber stamps on cling cushion for use with acrylic blocks. We carry a variety of stamping and paper crafting goodies like our own Shades dye inks, metal embossing plates, embossing folders, cutting & embossing dies (Our very own Sweet Cuts Dies, Cheery Lynn, Marianne, Joy! and Nellie's), fine detail embossing powders, specialty cardstock and vellum along with supplies for parchment crafting. 

Now on to my card.... I choose the "NO frills" option ...as much out of necessity as anything. I was happily ready to go along with a challenge, as frills are not my thing - but I'm all about trying something new, when I realized my supplies I wanted to use for "frills" were all packed up for our upcoming move. ! ha! Sounds just like my typical M.O.

So, I went super CAS for a No Frills kind of card....

 

 

If you are following my blog and seeing most of my posts, you are probably going to get tired of this large scalloped panel. I just lurve it. It's from MFT Blueprints 27 and I'm not gonna lie, I mostly wanted this Blueprint for that one die. I will happily use the others...at some point, but I cut this one off and used it almost immediately. It's just fabulous. The background is PTI Simply Chartreuse ink over the MFT Geometric Print stencil and I stamped the sentiment from MFT Grand Holiday Greetings. Super simple and No frills, right? :)

 

 

Thanks SO much for stopping by to visit! Please come back again soon!

 

 

God Bless,

Mandy

 

 

Matthew 19:29   NKJV  (New King James Version)

     "And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life."

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