There's a DT Call at Christmas Card Challenges!

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We are having a DT call over at Christmas Card Challenges!!

It's a weekly challenge with Christmas as theme, a perfect occasion to create Christmas cards the whole year long to be ready for Christmas.

 

It's more than one year that I'm in the Group and I'm still enjoying it very much.

I LOVE to make my weekly Christmas card and to look back at the ones I created at the beginning of the year! And the Group is GREAT!

 

These are the details:

• Must create a new Christmas Card each week
• Must post card on your blog every Sunday
• Must comment on participant entries
• Term will run November 16th - May 31, 2015

 

You can find all details here on the Challenge blog.

 

There's time until Nov. 10 to enter!!!

 

We look forward to seeing your entries!

 

 

 

 

 

Let's Chat!

As promised, here I am with another card for the Paper Smooches Designer Drafts Challenge.

 

I already made a card (check the post here) but, while planning that one, I decided to make another one with a totally different feel.

 

This time I went for pink, hearts and a girly girl look:

 

 

This is made with another stamp from the Perpetual Bliss set (available in Paper Smooches shop) with a couple of my favourite papers from Doodlebug.

 

This is the sketch to follow:

 

Well, I'm a bit in a hurry this morning, just a few more minutes to link my card to the following challenges:

A Creative Romance Challenge: Pink

Crafty Creations Challenge # 275: Brads, Buttons or Bows (Buttons and Bows)

Creative Card Crew Challenge # 73: Bows

Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge # 59: Anything Goes with a Twist: Monochrome

 

and, last but not least:

 

Paper Smooches Designer Drafts Challenge: Sketch

 

 

 

 



Trick or Treat... again!

 

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Tomorros is Halloween and I have a new card to show you:

 

This is probably one of my favourite Halloween cards for this year, I enjoyed myself very much adding the pop-up squares.

 

This stamp is Trick or Treat Boxes from Eat Cake Graphics. As usual, I used my Copics and an old Halloween paper I found in my stash.

 

Eat Cake Graphics has a new Christmas version of this stamp called Christmas Row: I received it yesterday and believe me it is a-do-ra-ble! You can find it here in the shop.

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Crafting by Designs Challenge: Halloween

Crafty Sentiment Designs Challenge: Trick or Treat OR Something Sweet

Di's Digi Designs Challenge: Halloween

Dream Valley Challenge # 93: Halloween

Hanna and friends Challenge # 208: Halloween

Nutcrafters Challenge # 80: Halloween

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge # 283 - Fantasy.

Good morning!

Welcome to a new C.R.A.F.T. Challenge!

 

This week the theme is Fantasy: let your imagination roll and create something new to show us!

 

This is my card:

 

 

She is Rainy Cynthia from The Stamping Boutique colored with Copics and mounted on a tall slim card.

 

We have plenty of inspiration for you this week so don't forget to have a look at our Challenge blog!You'll find the list of sponsors too and The Stamping Boutique is one of them!

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Creative Moments Challenge # 54: Anything Goes/Halloween/SpellBound/Fairytales

Digi Chooseday Challenge # 43: Lace

Inspiration Destination Challenge # 5: Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door Oct. 27 - Nov. 03: Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge # 219: Dressed Up

 



Let the Good Times Roll!

I had a lot of fun these past weeks to create something for Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenges and probably the best part was to do it with just a couple of stamp sheets so I decided I had to create something for the new challenge.

 

This is a Designer Drafts Challenge and we have to make a card following this sketch:

 

And this is my card:

 

 

This radio is from the Perpetual Bliss set of clear stamps available in Paper Smooches shop and I regret the new stamp set I ordered last week hasn't arrived yet because it would have given a special touch.

I went for a 50's retro style with EP Sunshine papers: the radio paper inspired the whole card!

 

I have another idea with the same sketch, I hope to have time to finish my card and to blog about it too!

 

I'd like to enter:

Paper Smooches Oct. 26 Nov. 01 Designer Draft Challenge: Sketch

 

 

 

 

2 Cute Ink Challenge # 118 - Halloween Treats.

Halloween will be here in just a few days and the theme of our new challenge at 2 Cute Ink is Halloween Treats!

 

We have a brand new stamp to feature this week which I found delicious even if I've never had one...

 

 

It is called Carmel Apple and is available here in 2 Cute Ink shop.

 

These apples are not in our tradition but it is too cute and yummy to not fall in love with it and I enjoyed making my card for this challenge!

 

I've already checked my teamies cards and well... if you need some inspiration you will find it in their cards!

 

 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge # 10: Trick or Treat Something Scary or Something Sweet

CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper October Challenge: Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts Challenge # 60: Halloween

Cute Card Thursday Challenge # 344: Trick or Treat

Dream Valley Challenge # 93: Halloween



Christmas Card Challenges # 48 - Anything Goes.

It's Anything Goes here at Christmas Card Challenges!

 

In a couple of months Christmas will already be over so it's time to start making those necessary Christmas Cards or projects, just in case you haven't started yet!

 

Today I have something different to show you:

 

 

I haven't made a card but I've made a cute shopping list notepad with a sweet girl .

She is Shopping Spree from Di's Digistamps: I love her coat and, of course, her little dog!

 

The Challenge is already live, I'm a bit late this morning since Summer Time ended last night and I enjoyed an additional hour in bed!

I checked my teamies projects and they are all wonderful and inspiring.

Check them here or on their personal blogs:

Alanna

Donna

Heather

Karen

Lisa

Margo

Marsha

Wendi

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge # 282: Christmas

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round October Challenge: Embellish It!

CraftyHazelnut's Christmas Challenge # 200: If You Want to Get Ahead Get a Hat!

Hiding in my Craftroom Challenge # 171: Any Holiday

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Anything but a Card

 

Yellow for Valentine's Day.

Good morning!

Here I am today with a totally unexpected post to show you a card I made yesterday.

It was so healthy to change my focus, to use yellow and to think about something different from Christmas!

 

I was inspired by the challenge over at Paper Smooches: it's a very simple Anything Goes challenge but I wanted to enter a card and, having only a couple of their stamps, it was a real mission.

 

I actually had an idea in mind using one of their digis but it didn't work so I decided to use one of the stamps from the Falling for You set trying something new.

 

This is my card:

 

 

I wanted to monsters to look at each other but, while this is possible with digi stamps, it's not with clear stamps.

I decided to try and stamp one monster on the back of my paper, trace the outline on the right side of the paper and then color it and cut it.

And now I have a monster boy and a monster girl!

And a Valentine card!

I know yellow it's not a typical color for Valentines but it's not the first time I use it, maybe I love the happiness of yellow and the happiness of love.

 

Before turning back to my Christmas cards, I'd like to enter the following challenges:

 

Paper Smooches Challenge Oct. 19-25: Anything Goes

 

 

Aud Sentiments Challenge # 118: 2 or 3 Word Sentiment

Loves Rubber Stamps Challenge # 123: Warm Colors

Party Time Tuesday Challenge # 186: Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge: Anything Goes



Watching from the Window.

Good morning!

 

Today I have a new Christmas card to show you:

 

 

When I chose this stamp from Eat Cake Graphics I started imaging what the little girl could be watching from the window at Christmas.

I then found this paper from My Little Shoebox and... that's what she was looking at!

 

She is Mary and Mr. Meow at Window (and there's is also a version with Billy and Sparky at Window in case you prefer boys and dogs) and you can find her here in Eat Cake Graphics shop, both mounted and unmounted.

 

I love this stamp very much and I'm working on more samples so stay tuned!

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge # 118: Holiday

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' October Challenge: Snowflakes

Inspiration Destination Challenge # 4: Anything Goes

Nutcrafters Challenge # 79: Winter Weather

Polkadoodles Challenge # 42: Christmas Fun

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge # 282 - Autumn/Halloween/Thanksgiving

We have plenty of inspiration for your cardmaking at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge this week!

The theme is wide and popular in this time of the year: you can make a card for Halloween, for Thanksgiving or just for fall!

 

I chose Halloween and made this:

 

 

I chose a digi from QKR called Happy Halloween, colored with Copics and mounted on a striped card decorated with some glittery bats. I then added the eyes on them to make them more friendly!

 

I've had some sneak peeks from my fellow DT members and they are great so don't forget to have a look at our Challenge Blog to see them!

 

We also have great sponsors as usual and QKR is one of them! They have a huge collection of digis so you won't miss the oppurtunity to win a prize!

 

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Cardz 4 Guys Challenge # 41: It's Spooky Halloween

Dream Valley Challenge # 93: Halloween

Sentimental Sundays Challenge # 229: Too Cute To Spook

Shopping our Stash Challenge # 174: Halloween (card, bats and eyes on bats)

Try It on Tuesday Challenge: Spooky