Elf and Reindeer

Isn't this Christmas fabric just too cute. I love the little elf on his reindeer. The Twisted Thursday challenge this week was "Anything Goes"

Addicted to CAS: Spooky

Happy Halloween! 

Addicted to CAS provided a code work that you needed to create your card around. The keyword was "Spooky". I brayered the background and then stamped the haunted houses from Outlines Rubber Stamps in black ink. I used a yellow Spica Pen to fill in the windows. The cat, moon, and bats are stickers that were in my stash.

CAS on Sunday #70

CAS on Sunday provided a sketch for this week's challenge. I used washi tape and then stamped and fussy cut the snowman. The words are perfect for this image.

CASology Challenge 170: Heart

CASology provides a cue card to jump start your CAS cardmaking.  The word this week was Heart. The heart stamp is from Magenta and the words from Hero Arts.

Christmas Owl

This beautiful owl is a napkin. I found this at Tuesday Morning. They have the most beautiful napkins.

Flying Witch

The Paper A La Mode Challenge at The Outlawz this past Saturday was to make a Halloween card. I used the brayered background from Stamp Club and added this fabric witch, stars and bats.

Watching the snow fall.....

Another beautiful napkin turned into a card.

Purple Flowers

The Coloring challenge at The Outlawz this past Friday was a color challenge. There were 5 potential colors to use and you needed to use 3. I chose to use the various shades of purple. The image is from Inkadinkado.

Santa

Another cool Christmas napkin. This one was in my stash. He is one good looking Santa. 

Happy Happy Happy

The Monday Greetings challenge at The Outlawz this week was "Anything Goes". I just love my house mouse and am still on a quest to make birthday cards.

Harvest Canvas

I do a monthly mixed media challenge every month at a local stamp store. The theme this monthy was Harvest.  I used a variety of products on this card including Silks paints, acrylic paints,  and Viva 3D stamp paint. The pumpkins and fence post/wagon wheel were watercolored. There was washi tape in the kit, so I used that for the "Thanks"

With Sympathy

We learned a brayering technique at stamp club this month to do backgrounds. It is a really cool look. I think it makes a pretty sympathy card.

Happy Birthday

Wednesday Sketch at The Outlawz. Again, fulfilling my need for birthday cards. The image is from LaLa Land.  I love the little Candi embellishments since I can color them to match my card.

Christmas Tree

Another great napkin that says it all and I don't need to add anything to it.

Christmas Tree

This is another card using the brayering of ink onto the embossing folder. I add liquid pearls for the ornaments and used Wink of Stella on the star.

flower pot

The Tuesday color challenge at The Outlawz was an inspirational picture that was of a garden of flowers. You could choose anything from the photo as your inspiration. I went easy with the flowers.  The image is from Heartfelt Creations.

Noel

This was such an elegant napkin and it made a beautiful card.

Old Fashion Transportation

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz was Transportation. I had found these plates of different vehicles at a yard sale. They make very simple, but elegant cards.

Birthday greetings

The Monday Greetings Challenge at The Outlawz was to add flowers or brads to your card. I added both. Since I am in need of birthday cards, that is where I went. The image is from LaLa Land Stamps.

More snowman

These snowman were made using an embossing folder that I brayered ink onto and them embossed the card. So easy and a cool effect.

Snowman - It's coming

This cute snowman is made from a napkin. I just love finding cool napkins to make cards with.

Count Your Buttons

In honor of Count Your Buttons day, the Friday coloring challenge at The Outlawz was to use buttons on your card. The image is from Prima.

Balloons!

Who doesn't love balloons? The Sunday CAS challenge at The Outlawz this week was to include balloons on your card. The balloons are a napkin. The Happy Birthday is a sticker.

Non-traditional Christmas

The Saturday Paper A La Mode Challenge at The Outlawz was to make a non-traditional Christmas card. I chose to use all yellow papers for my card. The corners are stickers that I colored with black.

5 challenge

A cardmaking group I am in put out a challenge to place 5 of something on your card. I chose to put 5 buttons on my card. The image is from Prima.

Good Witch

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz was a Tic-Tac-Toe Board. I chose the row that included Add layers, stamped image, and ribbon. I love this stamp from Unity Stamp Company.

More fall foilage

The Sunday CAS challenge was to use fall foliage on your card. I used several different stamps from the JustRite stamp collection and 3 different Kaleidecolor inkpads.

Birds

This was the card I did for the October Birthdays in my Stamp Club. The stamps are from Heartfelt Creations. I have been using Heartfelt creations stamps all year for these cards.

Fall Foilage

Sketch challenge for The Outlawz. The stamps are from JustRite. I used my Kalidecolor inks on them. It has been a long time since I have used them. I then added an embossed background of leaves.

Crazy Bird

The Tuesday Color Challenge at The Outlawz was a Tic-Tac-Toe board. I chose the row of yellow, yellow green and green with the addition of a ribbon.

Fall Bliss

The Monday Greeting challenge at The Outlawz was to use fall colors and Twine. I used an image from Serendipity Stamps. I watercolored the image. The embossed background just adds so much to the final project. I used 3 different fall color twines.

Girl Power

The Saturday Paper Ala Mode challenge at The Outlawz was "Girl Power". I used this image from LaLa Land Crafts for my girl. I layered a lot of coordinating papers t create my background. I am really liking this card.

It's My Party

In celebration of It's My Party Day, the Friday coloring challenge at The Outlawz was to make a Party Card. The image is from Prima. I used a die from My Favorite Things for the left border and circles dies for the right.

Red Ladies

I have these ladies in all different colors and activities. Here are just a couple of the red ladies that I have recently made.

Chefs

More fabric cards. I love these chefs. Again, fussy cut and added to embossed backgrounds. Perfect for Thank You for Dinner Cards.

Happy Birthday

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz last week was to make a birthday card. The image of from Lili of the Valley. They have the cutest images. I colored him with copics and cut him out in a circle. I made the circle in my border paper and then embossed it with a birthday embossing folder.

My Besties

I love My Besties images. Not only do I have stamps and digi stamps of them, I now have fabric. Aren't they just soooooo cute? They were fussy cut and added to embossed backgrounds.

Another mouse trick or treat

Wednesday sketch challenge at The Outlawz. This cute mouse is again a House Mouse image. I used ribbon for the sentiments.

Mustasche Dogs

Aren't these dogs with mustaches so cute? They are made with fabric and fussy cut. I just embossed a background layer and cut a spot for them to sit. Fabric is one of my favorite mediums to work with.

Happy Halloween

The Monday Greetings challenge at The Outlawz last week was to make a Halloween card or invitation. I used this adorable House Mouse image for my card. Soon, those trick or treaters will be on your doorstep. Are you ready?

Halloween Greetings

Today was the first challenge I hosted at The Outlawz's CAS challenge. My theme was Halloween. This is the card I made for it. The image is from Outlines Rubber Stamps. It has been in my stash for a very long time. I colored it with copics and Wink of Stella pens.

Peace on Earth

This napkin says it all for itself. Nothing additional needed to be added to make this a perfect card. I used a border die from My Favorite Things.

Merry Christmas

The Tuesday color challenge at The Outlawz was to use red and two colors of your choice. This is a sticker that I placed on dark red paper and then colored the poinsettia with pink Wink of Stella. The grids around the poinsettia I painted with black Wink of Stella. I used a yellow pearl pen in the center.

Halloween Cupcake

I celebrate my friend's cupcake days. A cupcake day is your half birthday. This is my October cupcake card. The Die is from MFT. The cupcake is a digi

Happy Halloween

This is a Halloween ATC that I did for a swap. The Twisted Thursday and Saturday Paper A La Mode challenges at The Outlawz last week had ATCs as their challenge. I shared this with both of those challenges. The background was done with Dylusions paints. The bats were added using a Hero Arts background stamp. All the pieces were from a die set from My Favorite Things. The ghosts were made with fun foam and stickles were used for their eyes.

Football

I have this fabric that identifies good traits that come from playing sports. There are several different concepts with different football players.