Cup of joy

I'm stopping in with my last card for the Warm and Cozy Challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's. A huge thank  you to our sponsors Bugaboo and One Happy Cut!

I printed my image and colored it in with some distress markers. I then took a circle die to cut out a focal point. I adhered the colored panel without the circle to my card base. I added the die cut circle with some foam adhesive to give a little dimension to card. 

You can see it a little better in this picture...

Thank you for stopping by and have a Happy New Year!

Monica

Supplies:

Bugaboo- Christmas Teddy Cocoa

SimonSaysStamp- stitched circle dies (You could use any circle die or other shape you may have)

Ranger- Distress Markers

Misc- Cardstock and cardbase

Jingle gift card holders

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas with family and friends!!! I know everyone is probably tired of seeing Christmas projects and cards but I have one more to share. I had a couple of gifts cards to give to some friends, so I made these little gift card holders.

I started with a treat bag, a doily and die cut circle with my sentiment stamped on it.I folded the bag (#1) and adhered it to the front (#2) and to cover the seam it made I then wrapped a peice of cardstock around it (#3). I did add a little adhesive behind the red band to help it stay in place.

Once the bag was done I adhered my circle and doily to the front. Used a glue dot to attach the bow with the bells tied on. Cut a panel to size for the insert. The gift card fits just behind the sentiment panel.

I love how these turned out. I think they are cute and were fun and easy to make. Guess I have a new favorite way to give a gift card! 

If you are in need of any new Christmas release items from the a2z Scrapbooking store  you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are onTwitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Supplies:

Hero Arts- Merry Christmas Messages (CL722),  charcoal gray ink

Misc- treat bags, doily, cardstock, twine and bells

Joy of Christmas...

Hello everybody! I can't believe we are just 4 days away from Christmas!!! I'm sure the rest of you are all ready with all the gifts wrapped and cards done, right! I know I'm not there yet... with packing and preparing the house to be put on the market, I've fallen a little behind, but I won't let squash my spirit! I think I'm annoying some of my coworkers since most of them are on the count down for the season to be over and the store to go some what back to normal. I call the scrooges when the scowl at me signing along with the Christmas songs! ;-) 

On to my card which of course is what you came by to see!

I stamped the image and sentiment on some watercolor paper. Then using some distress markers and a (re used) wink of stella, I colored it in. (If you are wondering what I mean by reused wink of stella... I filled the barrel with water once the original liquid ran dry.) It does double duty as it leaves tons of shimmer while I watercolor the image! Which you can see better in the image below.

I ran a white panel through my cuttlebug and adhered it to the card base, before adding the colored panel. I felt it needed just a bit more sparkle so I added a few die cut glitter snowflakes.

Be sure to stop by and play along with our challenge over at Die Cut Diva's! We would love to see what you make and you then have a chance to win one of two prizes this month!!!

Thanks for stopping by and I wish everyone a very happy and safe holiday season!!!

Monica

Linking to:
Twofers Challenge #10- Holiday
Supplies:
Impression Obsession- Small snowflake set
Art Impressions- Joy Penguins

Thinking of you at Christmas...

I dropping by with a card I made to add to Julie's sketch challenge. It's one of the 10 sketches she has prepared in her pocket sketch book. I love a good sketch for inspiration when I seem to misplace my crafty mojo! 

Here is the sketch she used with measurements!!! 

You should visit her blog here for a better look and to play along. She is giving away a free sketch book to one participant.

For my card I picked some papers from an older Stampin' Up paper pad I've had in my stash. I stamped my scene on the banner and added some glitter for snow. I used a stamped and punched snowflake with a half pearl instead of a button.

I hope she likes it! I will also add this to Simon Says stamps Holly Jolly stamping challenge

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Stampin' Up- White Christmas and Flurry of Wishes, pattern paper

Misc- cardstock, distress stickles

Christmas wreath

Stopping in with a quick little peak of my card, things have been a little busy here trying to prep the house for selling. 

Want to see more and get details check out the a2z scrapboooking blog here! I hope you will join us in our challenge this month! Can't wait to see what you make.

If you are in need of any new Christmas release items from the a2z Scrapbooking store  you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are onTwitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Warm Christmas Wishes

 Today I'm sharing a card for the December warm and cozy challenge over a the Die Cut Diva's. Hop over the the blog to play along for a chance to win one of two prizes. One Happy Cut is giving a $15 gift certificate and Bugaboo is offering 7 free digi images ( winners choice).

My card...

I printed and colored the image using copics. Die cut the word wishes using a Sizzix/Tim Holtz thinlet die. Stamped my sentiment on the die cut panel and adhered wishes. After I adhered the panels to the cardbase, I added glossy accents to the ornaments, berries and candy cane. To add an extra touch to the card I tucked a few snowflakes under the colored panel. 

Here is a closer look at the glossy accents

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica 

Supplies:

Bugaboo- Winter Goodies

Impression Obsession- snowflakes

Spellbinders- Long Classic Scalloped regtangles

Nativity Silhouette

Today's post is a quick one. I made it the other day and keep forgetting to get it posted and I want to link to a couple of challenges.

I started by added blending distress inks on the cardstock for my background, which is one my favorite things to do! Once that was done I die cut the nativity and ground out of black cardstock. To turn my star white I used my Picket Fence distress marker to color it. I added all my die cuts to the base of the card and then stamped my sentiment in white. I also added some stickles to the star to give some sparkle.

You can see the stickles a little better in the close up...

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!
Monica

Card Concept

Happy Little Stampers Christmas- Star and Favorite Technique (ink blending)

Supplies:

Distress inks- Black Soot, Chipped Saphire, Faded Jeans, Broken China, and Tumbled Glass

Lawn Fawn- Stitched Hillside borders
Hero Arts- sentiment

Impression Obsession- nativity dies

Warm Wishes

Here is my last post for Die Cut Diva's November warm and Cozy Challenge. 

I started off by stamping and coloring my images then die cut them. I adhered them to a strip of brown cardstock that was attached to my card base. Added a stripe of washi tape were the two colors meet. I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment on a die cut piece of pattern paper, adding a border with some smaller images from the stamp set. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!!!
Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Love you a Latte stamps and dies
Misc- Copics, embossing powder and cardstock

Peace

Today I have a quick card to share with you today for the a2z challenge blog.

I started by stamping my image on cardstock then trimmed it down. I added some gold foiled vellum to layer it with on top of the panel. Before adhering my labels I stamped the sentiment in gold ink, when I noticed it wasn't very noticeable I added some gold perfect pearls over it. I also added some perfect pearl to the deer and wink of stella to the snowy areas in the image. It is a Christmas card and should have some sparkle after all!

Here is a closer look at the sparkle...

I hope you will get a chance to join our Challenge this month.  Remember: (Hero Arts Products Required)  This challenge runs though the end the month.   You have a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the a2z Scrapbooking Store.

If you are in need of any new Christmas release items from the a2z Scrapbooking store  you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are onTwitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Supplies:

CL621- lower case greetings

K5524- Winter Scene

Misc.- Wink of Stella, Perfect pearls, cardstock,  and vellum

Keep Cozy

Today's card is for our challenge over at Die Cut Diva's and it uses an argyle patter on it. What's more warm and cozy than a warm sweater?!  I love the stamp set I used to day it's great for backgounds any time of the year. I am also linking this to the Lawnscaping Challenge. 

I started off by stamping the stitched diamonds in dark gray and then the diamond patterns in two shades of blue. I added the die cut stitching above, below and in the middle of my stamping. Heat embossed my sentiment and a wood veneer snowflake in silver, then decided I wanted my stitching to be silver too. I layered my panel onto navy card stock. I finished it off by adhering a stitched snowflake with the embossed snowflake to the card.

Here is a closer look...  

Thanks for stopping by, we can't wait to see all your warm and cozy creations!

Monica 

Lawnscaping Challenge: 

Supplies:
Lawn Fawn- Argyle Backdrops, Stitched snowflakes and Stitched borders
Memento- Teal Zeal, Nautical Blue and Tuxedo Black
Versa Mark
Recollections- cardstock and silver embossing powder

Christmas Greetings

I'm stopping by blog land today to share a card that I made to play with The Challenge, for my first time! I really liked the color combination they used for the inspiration image. I've wanted to play along with one of their challenges before, but would run out of time.

It just so happened that I had all the pieces from other projects still laying on my desk that would work together perfectly for this challenge. I just played a little with my layout and had to find the perfect sentiment to fit.

Once I got my layout figured out I heat embossed my sentiment and then adhered my layers. I added a silver embossed wood veneer snowflake to the center of the die cut snowflake to add more silver.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Stitched snowflakes

Penny Black- Season's Wishes

Misc- Neena desert storm, red cardstock, white cardstock and silver embossing powder

Fall Birthday...

Today's card is for the a2z scrapbooking Challenge blog. Our challenge this month is one layer holidays. We hope to see you play along for your chance to win a $25 certificate to the store. Here is a peek at my card. Head on over to the a2z blog to see all the details.

Hop on over to the a2z blog to see the details and join in the fun!

I hope you will get a chance to join our Challenge this month.  Remember: (Hero Arts Products Required)  This challenge runs though the end the month.   You have a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the a2z Scrapbooking Store.

If you are in need of any new Christmas release items from the a2z Scrapbooking store  you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are onTwitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Supplies:

Hero Arts- CL886 and CL582

Memento- Rich Cocoa, Lady Bug, Tangelo, and Cantaloupe

Misc- Autumn Flower Soft, glitter tape and pattern paper

Warm Wishes

I'm here today with a card for the Die Cut Divas blog. This month our challenge theme is warm and cozy. Our wonderful sponsor this month is DiesRus!

For my card I thought how fun would it be to have a sandcastle made of snow. 

I stamped my images on a die cut oval and then colored them, adding a little yellow in the windows for warmth. Stamped some snowflakes in the background. To give it more of a snowy look I used dry distress stickles. 

Here are some closer looks at the snowy glitter.

I think the sandcastle warms up the snowy scene!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!
Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Life is Good, Small stitched Ovals, Argyle backdrops (sentiment) Critters in the Snow (snowflakes) and Toboggan Together (snowflakes)

Memento- Sky Blue and Gray Flannel

Misc- Copics and Distress glitter

One Layer Christmas

Hello everyone! It's the first of the month and the means it's time for a new challenge over at a2z scrapbooking! For the month of November our challenge is One Layer Holiday. Here is my card for the challenge...

I started by stamping in a white pigment ink. Then using the same stamps I stamped them in color using dye inks, just slightly off set from the white images. I added a little sparkle by going over the sentiment using a white Wink of Stella.

I tried to take a closer picture, hoping to show the shimmer. 

I hope you will get a chance to join our Challenge this month.  Remember: (Hero Arts Products Required)  This challenge runs though the end the month.   You have a chance to win a $25.00 gift card to the a2z Scrapbooking Store.

If you are in need of any new Christmas release items from the a2z Scrapbooking store  you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are onTwitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

I will also add the card to the Addicted to Stamps holiday challenge

Supplies:

Hero Arts- Lower Case Greetings and Holiday Pine Branches

Inks- memento and color box

Mini Jar Card

Hello everyone, I'm here today with the last post for the Die Cut Divas Shape challenge. Wanted to thank our great sponsors...

One Happy Cut

and

Morgans Art World

My last shaped card for the month..

I started out by stamping the jar and the pumpkins. I then die cut both jar shapes before I colored the images. The sentiment was stamped on vellum and fussy cut before being adhered onto the jar. It doesn't make for a big card, but a great mini card perfect to be added to a little thank you gift!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

One Happy Cut- Summertime Charm Stamp. Summertime Charm Dies, and So Thankful stamps ( Lawn Fawn)

Misc- Copics, cardstock and vellum

Girl and her kitty...

A little mousey told me about a challenge over at Twofers. So I'm stopping in quickly with my card, before time is up! ;-) The challenge is a color challenge.

Here is the card I'm going to enter the challenge with...

I colored my digi image with copics and then picked the papers and accessories to coordinate. I added the brads to the panel before adhering the panel to the cardbase.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Monica

CASeing Kelly blog hop!

If you are hopping along with us you should have came form Michelle Williams. 

These are the cards I chose to CASE...

I love the large flower in the first card...

and the colors...

and the fading of color from one side over the stencil, love it!

Here is my card, I felt the sentiment was appropriate since Kelly is someone I admire in the card making community!

What is a blog hop without some fun prizes?! Leave a comment by 11:59 pm EDT on Thursday, October 29th along each stop in the hop to increase your chances of winning a prize from one of our sponsors: 

a2z Scrapbooking
Altnew

Create a Smile Stamps
Dee's Artsy Impressions
djkardkreations

Hero Arts

Ink Road

Lia Stampz

Simon Says Stamp
Winners will be notified by email after October 29th.

This fabulous line-up of talented girls is absolutely amazing, and here is the hop list…

a2z Scrapbooking 

Amy Tsuruta 
Ardyth Percy Robb

Brandi Hall 

Char Kochensparger 

Cindy Chiu 

Darnell Knauss 

Dawn Turley 

Debra James

Deepti Malik 

Donna Idlet 

Elizabeth Campau 

Ellen Haxelmans 

Heather Ruwe 

Jennifer Loftfield 

Joan Bardee

Kara Vrabel 

Kara-Lynne
Kathy Wade

Katie Gehring 

Kristie Goulet

Kristina Beagle 

Kymona Tracey

Laura Jane

Leigh Penner 

Lin Brandyberry 

Linda Trace 

Lindsay Amrhein

Lydia Evans

Maria Sabina Raita

Marika Rahtu

Martha Lucia Gomez

Michele Cunningham

Michele Ferguson

Michelle Lupton

Michelle Williams 

Monica Maier

Niki G. 

Nina-Marie Trapani 

Rubeena Naz

Shelly Kurth 

Taunya Butler

Thordis Dogg 

Vera Yates

Thanks for stopping by on your hop adventure! You should head to Niki G. blog next to how she's been inspired be Kelly!

Have a great day!!!

Monica