Cheers to 2017!

Happy New Year!  I finished my New Year's cards today so thought I'd post one of them for the latest Casology Challenge:

I had bought this stamp set from Ellen Hutson before Christmas.  It's called "Advent" and designed by Julie.  I loved the blocked, shadowy (is that a word? :) sentiments and knew it would be perfect for a Happy New Year's card.  The champagne glasses were colored with Copics and dotted with a blender pen for bubbles in the glass.  The floating bubbles were stamped in a light blue ink, filled in with Glossy Accents, then sprinkled with Fairy Dust glitter.  The sentiment was stamped in Versamark on a black scrap and heat embossed with white detail EP.

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ Cheers and Happiest of New Years!

Cards in Envy: Celebrate the Season!

Happy Holidays, CIE friends!  It's the last challenge in 2016 for Cards in Envy and we'd like you to "Celebrate the Season!"  Create a card, any size, but flat enough to fit in an envy that celebrates any holiday this season.  This challenge will close on Sunday, January 1st, 2017.

For my simple, traditional DT card, I first brushed the white card base background with Distress inks for an ombre effect, then stamped the pine bough (Hero Arts) with Memento Bamboo Leaves and Cottage Ivy.  I added some sparkle to random pine needles with a Gelly Clear Star pen.  The holly ornament toppers were fussy cut and added to the popped up vintage ornaments (K & Co.), along with some May Arts twine.  The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

We hope you'll play along and share your holiday cards with us.  It's been a fun-filled 2016 and we're looking forward to 2017 with even more creative challenges.  Have a wonderful holiday filled with peace, love & joy! 

Merry Christmas!

Annie A.

W2CB #36: Winter is the Time for Comfort

Welcome back!  It's Wednesday and time for another quote-inspired challenge over at Words 2 Craft By!  This challenge is based on the following quote by Edith Sitwell:

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth,

for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire:

it is the time for home.

There are so many possibilities for your projects with this one!  I went for warmth and created this quilt card with Christmas colors.  It reminds me so much of a quilt that my great-grandmother made and was passed on to me.  It's a little worn but still very warm with memories of home.

Please play along ~ we can't wait to see what you create!  And don't forget to visit the other I-Teamers' blogs for some awesome inspiration.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  

Cupid's Bow

Happy Tuesday!  It's a good day...no rain and a new CASology Challenge:

A quick card today using the cue "Bow":

I mailed all my Christmas cards today, so rather than go with a ribbon bow, I decided to get a head start on my Valentine cards.  The only problem I had with this card is I have had this song bouncing around in my head all day ever since I made it - "Cupid, draw back your bow..."

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

Beary Good Christmas

Hello again!  Here's another Christmas card to play along with the theme challenge over at Paper Players:

I decided to shake it up a little bit and use pink for a Christmas card...not something I usually do but I like it!  The snowflake die cut (Darice) was layered over the pink card base. I had stamped some small snowflakes with VersaMark Dazzle in the background (hard to see in pic though :(.  The polar bear and sentiment are from MFT.  The inside sentiment reads "Have a Beary Good Christmas."

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you're having a good week!

JOY

Good morning and Brrrrrr!  They said it doesn't freeze at the beach, but everything covered in white outside tells me something different!

Anyway, I have a few cards to post today.  This one is for the latest CASology challenge:

LOL, I could tell you that the snowflake is falling out of "space," but I was really thinking white space, white space, white space when I made it.  I hope it qualifies for the Cue!

This little snowman is one of my absolute faves.  I masked off the heart he is catching on the stamp (Printworks) so I could add the shiny metal snowflake instead.  The letters (Little B) were die cut once in black and again in white so I could offset for a shadow.  I added a little Copic shadow and Wink of Stella to his body to finish him off. 

Hope you're warmer where you are!  Thanks so much for stopping by :) 

Cards in Envy: Wouldn't That Be SWEET!

Happy Monday and welcome back for another fun challenge over at Cards in Envy!  This time we are looking for cards that feature something SWEET such as candy, cookies, cupcakes or maybe a sweet teddy bear, animal, child etc. In your blog post tell us what is SWEET on your card.

Here's my DT card for a little sweet inspiration:

We hope you'll play along and feature something sweet on your card!  Thanks for stopping by and here's the products I used:

Cardstock - Classic Crest Sand, Gina K. Red Velvet

Ink - Gina K. Dark Chocolate

Stamps - The Stamps of Life (gingerbread kids & matching dies); Catherine Pooler's Stamp of Approval (Candy Cane Background)

Dies:  My Favorite Things (frame)

Other - DSP & cardstock scraps, Stickles, Wink of Stella, Mambi candy cane sticker

See you in the Linky!