Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #250

Happy Monday all, we have a new Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge for you today. Deanne is our hostess this week and the challenge is to Create a Christmas card with a rustic feel.

I could not decide which of these papers I wanted to use most so I used them all :). I distressed the edges of the DP before added a layer of brown cardstock, I also added some dark ink to the edges to give it a more aged look as well.

The sentiment and antlers are popped up with foam tape as are a couple of the buttons.

Supplies: Kraft and brown card stock, Designer Paper- Bazzill Basics, Woodware - FRCL220, Memory box and Poppy die cuts, twine.

Be sure to play along with us for the Merry Monday challenge, the design team has some fabulous inspiration on the challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nina

Congrats

Good Morning, it is another sunny beautiful day out my window so I wanted to get this posted early and head out to enjoy it.

I used lots of layers on this card, I printed the boots and salute from Word. I embossed the flag and added a button brad. I finished with a popped up sentiment and some small pearls.

Supplies: Kraft and brown cardstock, Designer Paper - , Clearly Besotted - Many Mini Messages, brad, pearls.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #249

Happy Monday all, we have a new Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge for you today. Colleen is our hostess this week and her challenge is to Create a Christmas card using mistletoe.

I used a snowy embossing folder for background texture on the whole front panel of the card base. I used stitched die cuts to create a frame. I stamped and fussy out the mistletoe then used distress markers and a water pen to colour it. I finished with some silver twine and gems

Supplies: White card stock, Hero Arts -Under the Mistletoe, SSS die cuts, gems, twine

Be sure to play along with us for the Merry Monday challenge, the design team has some fantastic inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nina

Remembered

Happy Friday Everyone, I am looking forward to the May long weekend. The sun should shine and I am looking forward to lots of outside time.
 

 

I stamped and water coloured these pretty poppies then used my SSS stitched die cuts to create a frame that is popped up. I masked the flowers then stamped the script background, the sentiment is also popped up. I finished by adding in some dots and sequins.

Supplies: White and black card stock, Simon Says Stamps - Paw Prints, Penny Black-script, Inkylicious - Water Colour Poppies, drops and sequins, SSS die cuts.

Have a great long weekend, get crafty :),
Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #248

Good Morning, we have a new Merry Monday Challenge for you this morning. Marcia is our hostess and her challenge is the Create a Christmas card using turquoise blue, green and purple.

It is really hard to see in this photo but mixed in the variations of the different shades of turquoise there is one that has a very green highlight to it. I matted this pretty strip of paper with some gold then did the same for the sentiment and popped it up with foam tape. I finished with some sequins and crystals.

Supplies: White and gold card stock, Designer Paper - Unknown, Hero Arts - Jolly Holiday, sequins and crystals.

Stop by the Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge blog to play along and the Design Team has lots of wonderful cards to show.

Thanks for visiting,
Nina

Good Day to Smile

Another note card today, this is another for the organizers of the crafty adventure.

I love the phrases in this stamp set, the little sun is adorable.

I used both sides of this double-sided page and added a matt in yellow, I stamped sentiment, layeed it and popped it up with foam tape. I finished with the little sun who is also sporting foam tape and a little Wink of Stella and some sequins and dots.

Supplies: White and yellow cardstock, Designer Paper - Echo Park, Simon Says Stamps - Uplifting Thoughts, sequins and dots.

Today is a good day to smile :),

Nina

Kindness and fun

Good Day crafty peeps, I have a cute little note card to share today. I had a grand adventure yesterday, there is a group of gals that headed over to the mainland to visit a few craft stores. Now when I say group, what I actually mean is a bus of 22 :) and it was a hoot.

The ladies who organized did a fabulous job, the Wilson's bus driver Larry was a character and a half and had us in stitched more than a few times. The stores were outstanding in their hospitality.

As a very small gesture I made up some notecards for the organizers.

The card is small, 2.5 by 3.5, I cut the panel of DP with a stitched die cut and added a border in blue. I stamped the sentiment, added the matt and popped it up with foam tape. I finished with sequins and clear dots.

Supplies: White and blue cardstock, Designer Paper - Echo Park, Simon Says Stamps - Uplifting Thoughts and Stitched Rectangles.

Thank you ladies for such a wonderful day. Thank you to Clipper Street, Precious Memories and Country Lane for taking us on :).

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #247

Good Morning we have a new challenge this morning over at the Merry Monday Christmas card Challenge blog. Sue is our Hostess this week and her challenge is to Create a Christmas card with a non-black silhouette.

 

I have so many wonderful die cuts I picked up this past Christmas, they make a card so easy some times. I added a simple sentiment to the panel and I finished with some twine and a very cool button I found in my stash.. not at all what I was looking at but turned out perfectly. I used my stitched squares to added a little extra details around the edges.

  

Supplies: White and black card stock, Designer Paper - Carta Bella, Clearly Besotted - Most Wonderful, Memory Box- Country Side Circle, button, twine.

Stop by the Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge blog to play along and the Design Team has tons of inspiration.

Thanks for visiting,
Nina

Mothers Day

A quick post today, I put this quick card together. I used simple layers and added the happy die cut. The rest of the sentiment is stamped and popped up with foam tape.

I finished with some small blue gems.

Supplies: Cream and brown card stock, Designer Paper - Anna Griffin, Sizzix -Celebrate Thinlets, Technique Tuesday - Say It Happy, gems.

Cheers,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #246

We have a new Merry Monday for you today, I am the hostess this week. My challenge is to Create a card using the Night Before Christmas theme.

I was stumped by my own challenge.. we plan months in advance and at the time I was pretty excited about it :). In the end Pinterest was my friend and I found a vintage image that worked well for me.

I used stitched rectangles for the panels, the center panel is popped up with foam tape. I finished with some cream twine and some unique gems.

 

Be sure to visit the Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge blog to see all the fabulous inspiration by our Design Team and challenge participants.

Supplies: Cream cardstock, Designer Paper - Carta Bella, gems, twine.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina