Fresh Prints DSP Sneak Peek Card

The last day of the year is almost over! I hope you had a wonderful 2013 and I wish you the best for 2014. This Thinking of You Card was made with almost all new supplies by Stampin' Up!. I really love the colors in the new Fresh Prints DSP (132996) it will be available starting January 3rd and although the Serene Silhouettes stamp set (127324) has been around for awhile, it is new to me. The sentiment stamp is from the Sassy Salutations set (132070) and the butterfly is from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set (132058). Other supplies used include: Bitty Butterfly punch (129406), corner rounder, 1/4" stitched Real Red Grosgrain ribbon (126875), Classic Stampin' Pads in Real Red (126949), Crumb Cake (126975) and Coastal Cabana (131175). Thanks for stopping by and have a terrific evening and pleasant tomorrow!

My Fresh Prints DSP Sneak Peek Card is entered into the following challneges:

• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• The Squirrel and The Fox: Anything Goes
• Scrap-Creations: Something New
• Cuttin' and Stampin': Anything Goes using Something New
• Creative Craft Challenge 2: Anything Goes

Handmade New Year's Card

Hello! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend! My crafting buddy was sunning himself in my craft room, so I couldn't resist hanging out with him and making a card. This Handmade New Year's Card was inspired by the photo challenge at Just Us Girls. I kept the design casual to play along with CAS-ual Fridays Happy New Year challenge.  I went with a monochrome brown color scheme. You can't really tell from the picture but the light tan is a glitter card stock by DCWV, which adds some sparkle. The clock patterned paper is by Karen Foster and the text print paper is from Stampin' Up!. The New Year sentiment is from a clear mini stamp set by KaiserCraft (CS926). There are only a couple of days left in 2013 and I hope you enjoy them. Thanks for stopping by!

My Handmade New Year's Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Just Us Girls: Photo Inspiration
• CAS-ual Fridays: Happy New Year
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards: New Beginnings
• C.R.A.F.T.: New Year, New Beginnings, New Baby
• Speedy Fox and Friends: Happy New Year

Layered Snowflakes Thank You Card

It's time to write my thank you cards for all the lovely presents I received at Christmas. This Layered Snowflakes Thank You Card was made for my brother and sister-in-law. They bought me several punches for Christmas and I used one of them to create the small Island Indigo snowflakes in the center of the layers. I used my Big Shot to die-cut the larger snowflakes. The base snowflake is a die-cut by Sizzix (656731) and the silver glitter center portion is a retired die-cut from Stampin' Up! All the papers and thank you sentiment stamp are by Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.


My Layered Snowflakes Thank You Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge: Whatever You Wish
• Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes
• Stuck on U Sketches: Snowflake Die-Cuts
• Your Next Stamp: Photo Inspiration
• D-R-S Designs: Frosted Flakes

Greetings of the Season Card

Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy time with your family today. Our family gatherings are all done and it's just the hubby and I at home today. We are having a very quite day and that gave me some time to make this Greetings of the Season Card. I used the new Petite Petals stamp set and punch from the upcoming Celebrate the Everyday catalog from Stampin' Up! The stamp set and punch will be available beginning January 3rd. I used the Top Note die and colors in Garden Green and Real Red. The sentiment is from the retired Greetings of the Season stamp set and the final touch was the addition of Rhinestone Basic Jewels. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

My Greetings of the Season Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas: Last Minute Cards
• Just Add Ink: Just Add your Christmas Project
• Stampin for the Weekend: Anything Goes

Wrapping Paper Christmas Card

What do you do with all the small scraps of paper from wrapping presents? Well, I decided to use them to make a Christmas card. When I was younger I used to make collages out of the wrapping paper my presents came in. My family used to get tired of me going slow so I could "save my paper." It's fun to make a card like this and could be a wonderful craft project for kids. All you need is scraps of wrapping paper, scissors, and glue sticks. Thanks for stopping by and wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

My Wrapping Paper Christmas Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafting from the Heart: Anything Goes
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• UnstampaBelles: Christmas
• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes
• Just Inspirational: Wrapping Paper

Reindeer Games Challenge

Welcome back to another challenge. This time we have a theme challenge and we are calling all reindeer to play along. It doesn't have to be a Christmas card but a reindeer is required. We are sponsored again by Bugaboo Digi Stamps and they are offering the winner a gift certificate worth $21.00 to their store. We look forward to seeing your handmade cards.

Inspirational Designs:

Erin's Card using Plush Reindeer - Ornament

Andrea's Card using Reindeer - Christmas Goodies



Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a New card using the challenge theme, no linking to old posts. 
2. Only one entry per blog address.
3. This is a card only challenge.
4. You must use a stamp, either rubber or digital.
5. You can combine this challenge with other challenges.
6. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to this challenge. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
7. All brands of stamping products are welcome.
8. HAVE FUN!!!

Entries not meeting the challenge guidelines will be removed. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.

The challenge will run for 12 days, 12/20/2013 - 12/31/2013.

Snowman Photo Inspiration Winner

Thank you to each of the challenge entries for participating in our Snowman Photo Inspiration Challenge. It was fun to check out all the different Snowman images and visit each of your blogs. The winner for the challenge is:

Fit Kitty from KT Designs

The sparkly green panel and charm accent really won me over! Thanks for playing along Fit Kitty and I will send you an email to request your mailing address for the challenge prize.

Come back tomorrow for a fun theme challenge with our amazing sponsor Bugaboo Digi Stamps. Have a wonderful day!

Pink Snowflakes Snowman Card

Most of my Christmas cards are made with traditional colors but I made this Pink Snowflakes Snowman Card for my teenage niece. The pink glitter snowflakes paper is from a Recollections paper pack I bought a couple years ago. I've used the Snowman Star image by Bugaboo and colored it with my Copic markers. The layout is from a previous challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches from August 2013. Here is a link to my original birthday card I made using this sketch. I really liked this sketch the first time and I like it equally as well the second time. The sentiment stamp is by Stampabilities and I've used the Label Bracket Punch layered with a 1 3/4" Scallop Punch both by Stampin' Up!. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

My Pink Snowflakes Snowman Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Allsorts: Snowflakes
• Catch the Bug: Favorite Christmas Song
• Paper Playtime: Winter Fun
• Totally Papercrafts: Christmas Non-Traditional Colors
• Milk Coffee: Christmas Non-Traditional Colors
• Sweet Stampin' Christmas: Let it Snow! 

Christmas Kitten Card

Our family includes two furry feline children and they each enjoy Christmas. The lights on the tree and fighting over who gets to lay under the tree are a big deal to them. I found this Christmas Kitten stamp by Stampendous! last year on clearance and immediately knew it had to be mine. As you can image, I really enjoyed creating this Christmas Kitten Card. The holly paper is from Graphic 45 and I paired it with a Cherry Cobbler polka dot dsp by Stampin' Up!. I added some dazzling details to the hat for some sparkle and there are three basic jewels hiding in the upper corner. I colored the kitten with my Copic markers using shades of Warm Gray. This will make a great card for my hubby and that's one more card to check off my list. Thanks for stopping by and have a great night and pleasant tomorrow!

My Christmas Kitten Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Creative Card Crew: Holly or Poinsettia
• My Time to Craft: Cute and Cuddly Christmas Animals
• Craftin Desert Diva's: Christmas
• Crafty Boots: Christmas
• Papertake Weekly: Christmas Creatures

Precious Nativity Christmas Card

Sometimes cards don't turn out the way I originally envisioned them and that's definitely the case with this Precious Nativity Christmas Card. I'm not totally happy with my choice of patterned paper and it seems I got a little carried away with my gold Stickles. I should have gone with the less is more approach and stopped after I did the polka dots. Oh well, we live and learn, right? On a positive note, I really love the stamp by Stampendous! and it coordinates nicely with the inside sentiment by Print Works Collection. The star was cut with my Cricut machine and I used the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set by Stampin' Up! for the Merry Christmas sentiment. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

My Precious Nativity Christmas Card is entered into the following challenges:

•  All that Stickles: Holiday project using Stickles
• Creative Corner: Traditional Christmas
• Stampin' for the Weekend: Use Some Red
• Paper Pretties: It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas
• Bloggers: Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa

Inside Sentiment

Snowman Photo Inspiration Challenge

Hello! It's time for another photo inspiration challenge at Savvy Handmade Cards. Here in the United States many are experiencing a snow storm and that got me thinking about a Snowman. There is no need to go outside for this challenge just take a trip to your craft room and use the Snowman Photo Inspiration to create a handmade card. We look forward to seeing your creation.

 

Inspirational Designs:

 

Erin's Card

 

 

Andrea's Card

 

 

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a New card using the challenge theme, no linking to old posts. 
2. Only one entry per blog address.
3. This is a card only challenge.
4. You must use a stamp, either rubber or digital.
5. You can combine this challenge with other challenges.
6. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to this challenge. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
7. All brands of stamping products are welcome.
8. HAVE FUN!!!

Entries not meeting the challenge guidelines will be removed. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.

 

The challenge will run for 12 days, 12/6/2013 - 12/17/2013.

 

Challenge Prize



Owl with Tree Christmas Card

I hope everyone is staying warm today! We've been getting sleet today and we are expecting snow to start this evening. That gives me an excellent excuse to stay in my craft room. This afternoon I created this Owl with Tree Christmas Card. The layout for this card is from the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I tried to clear out some of my old Christmas patterned paper from the Eskimo Kisses collection by Basic Grey. It's been in my stash for awhile and keeps getting pushed to the bottom. I really like the colors in this collection and thought the owl stamp by Stampendous! would coordinate well. I dug deep into my sticker stash and found the two star stickers by K & Company. It seems I always buy stickers but rarely use them. The image was colored with my Copic markers (BG45, E15, E23, E25, E27, E31, E55, R35, R59, R83, G99, YG17, YR27, and Y28). Well, that's about it. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful night and pleasant tomorrow!

My Owl with Tree Christmas Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Copic Marker Europe: Everything about Christmas
• Flutter By Wednesday: Any Winged Creature
• There She Goes: Christmas Critters
• Clear it Out: Anything Goes

Give Thanks Challenge Winner

Good morning! A big thanks to each of the entries in the Give Thanks Challenge. Our winner for this challenge is:

Lucy from Lucy Loves Scrapping

The colors in Lucy's card are just fantastic and I love the beautiful floral and pearl details. I will send you an email with your prize code to Bugaboo Digi Stamps. Thanks to Bugaboo for sponsoring the Give Thanks challenge.

 

Come back tomorrow for a new photo challenge! Have a wonderful day!!!

Heaven Hears Card

When I first saw the digital image used on this Heaven Hears Card, I knew I needed it. There are times I want to send an encouragement card to my nieces and the sentiment and Angel Birdie image by Doodle Panrty are just perfect. My sister passed away a couple of years ago and there is not a day that goes by that we don't miss her. Over the Thanksgiving holiday I could see my nieces missing their mother. I figured now was a good time to remind my nieces that Heaven hears their every prayer. The layout for this card is from the sketch at My Time To Craft and the papers are from The Paper Studio and Stampin' Up!. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

My Heaven Hears Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Doodle Pantry: Use Digital Image
• My Time To Craft: Sketch
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Hiding in My Craft Room: Freestyle
• Wags 'n Wiskers: Things with Wings

Pilgrim Girl Thanksgiving Card

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have a fabulous day filled with food and family. May you enjoy the calm before the shopping frenzy that ensues on Black Friday. I find it very sad that the majority of stores are opening at 8 pm tonight. I always make a pledge not to support the corporations who take holiday time away from their employees. As long as people go shopping they will keep opening earlier and earlier. The only thing I can do is refuse to spend my money during the time people should have off with their families.  I'm thankful my job allows me to have the whole day off.

I was in the mood to make one more Thanksgiving card, so I made this Pilgrim Girl Thanksgiving Card. I used the Bobblehead Thanksgiving Pilgrim Girl image by Bugaboo and colored it with my Copic markers. The layout for this card comes from the sketch at the Digi Sketch Challenge. I really love the balance to this layout. The papers are a mix from DCWV and Stampin' Up! and I added some Doodlebug Design Doodle Twine. Well, I better get some sleep. Thanks for stopping by and have a great night and pleasant tomorrow!

My Pilgrim Girl Thanksgiving Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Digi Sketch Challenge: Sketch or Paper Piecing
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion: Thanksgiving/Give Thanks
• Parade Your Crafts: Thanksgiving
• The Pink Elephant: Be Thankful

Give Thanks Challenge

Next week we will be celebrating Thanksgiving here in the United States, so it just made sense to have a Give Thanks Challenge. Your card doesn't have to be Thanksgiving related as long as you use a thankful sentiment. Example: Thanks, Truly Grateful, Give Thanks, etc.

We are happy to be sponsored again by Bugaboo Digi Stamps and they are generously offering the winner of the challenge a $21.00 gift certificate to their store.

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This challenge we are excited to have Jackie Cornfield as our guest designer. She was the winner of our Halloween Photo Challenge. Jackie made this wonderful Thanks a Bunch card for our challenge and we thank her for providing her inspirational design.

Jackie's Card using Make it Snappy - Thanks a Bunch

Erin's Card using Bobblehead Thanksgiving Pilgrim Girl

 

Andrea's Card using Bobblehead Thanksgiving Crow

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a New card using the challenge theme, no linking to old posts. 
2. Only one entry per blog address.
3. This is a card only challenge.
4. You must use a stamp, either rubber or digital.
5. You can combine this challenge with other challenges.
6. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to this challenge. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
7. All brands of stamping products are welcome.
8. HAVE FUN!!!

Entries not meeting the challenge theme and guidelines will be removed. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.

 

The challenge will run for 12 days, 11/22/2013 - 12/3/2013.

 

Pumpkin Photo Challenge Winner

Wow! I have to say that even though there wasn't many entries in the last challenge, those who did enter made it extremely difficult to choose. I love all the different styles and interpretations of the Pumpkin Photo. The one card I kept going back to and the winner of the challenge is.....

Janny from Janny's Cards Creations

 

Janny's card is vibrant and bold! Her flower is simply stunning. Thanks for playing along Janny and I will send you an email to request your mailing address for the challenge prize.

Come back tomorrow for a fun theme challenge with our amazing sponsor Bugaboo Digi Stamps. Have a wonderful day!

Indigo Bird Card

Today was cloudy and windy here in Oklahoma. There is a cold front moving in that will drop our temperatures for the next week.  It's fine by me! The cooler weather makes it feel more like the holidays. Plus it's always a good excuse to spend more time in my craft room!

This afternoon I decided to play along with the Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge and I made this Indigo Bird Card. I had a hard time deciding what to use for my focal point and the little bird from the Polka Dot Pieces stamp set was the winner by elimination. The patterned paper is from last years Orchard Harvest dsp by Stampin' Up! The only thing I changed on the sketch is I flipped the three embellishments to the opposite top side. The patterned paper at the bottom of the card was too busy and the dots really didn't show up. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful night and pleasant tomorrow!

My Indigo Bird Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Crafting for all Seasons: Stitching Real/Faux
• Ooh La La Creations: Stitching
• Sweet Stamps: Anything Goes
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes

Truly Grateful Card with Leaves

Sometimes I think coming up with the blog post title is harder than actually creating a handmade card. This title is simply descriptive, Truly Grateful Card with Leaves. To create this card I used a couple of my favorite things, which include the Stampin' Up! Woodgrain embossing folder and the Gently Falling stamp set. I embossed the Early Espresso sandable cardstock with the woodgrain folder and attached it to a kraft card base. The accent colors are Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, and Very Vanilla cardstock with the Burlap ribbon detail. I used the rock-n-roll technique to stamp the leaves and then fussy-cut them and adhered them directly to the Very Vanilla cardstock. It took a little time to fray all the edges of the burlap ribbon and then I zig zag stitched it at the top to the card.  The last piece was the Truly Grateful sentiment which I punched with an oval punch and layered it with the scallop oval punch and adhered with dimensionals. Even though this card is casual in it's design, I hope you feel it's warm with texture and color. Well, until next time, thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

My Truly Grateful Card with Leaves is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: CAS with Leaves
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Sentimental Sundays: Giving Thanks

Give Thanks Faux Patina Card

**For the Pumpkin Photo Inspiration Challenge click here. Thanks!**

 

This evening I used the Pumpkin Photo as color inspiration for this Give Thanks Faux Patina Card. I embossed a Whisper White piece of cardstock with the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder by Stampin' Up!. Before embossing I inked the embossing folder with Crumb Cake to give the background a little color. Then I sponged on the following colors:

• Cajun Craze
• Marina Mist
• Perfect Plum
• Pumpkin Pie

The final step was heat embossing the gold to give it the Faux Patina look. Here is a link to a tutorial if you like step by step instructions. The sentiment strip was made with white cardstock and then I sponged on a light layer of Crumb Cake ink before I heat embossed the sentiment in gold. The final touch was two antique brads and I used dimensionals between the Cajun Craze and Perfect Plum layers behind the sentiment. I'm really happy with the way this card turned out and it's definitely prettier in person. The photo doesn't show the detail of the gold. Well, it's getting late and I have a long day tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by and have a terrific night and pleasant tomorrow.

 

My Give Thanks Faux Patina Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp: Thanks/Thanksgiving 
• Brown Sugar: Thanksgiving
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes
• Simply Create Too: Give Thanks
• The Sisterhood of Crafters: Embossing

Gold Thanks Card

The holidays will be here before we know it and then I will need a few holiday thank you cards. So, today I took the opportunity and made this Gold Thanks Card using the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. To play along with the Shopping Our Stash challenge I needed to use supplies on my desk. As luck would have it, I had my gold embossing powder and some scrap patterned paper that coordinated nicely together. I heat embossed the sentiment by Close to my Heart using the gold embossing powder on Very Vanilla cardstock. Using an ivory glitter cardstock I punched two small stars with a Creative Memories punch and the larger star was cut with my Cricut machine. The final result is a pretty simple gold monochrome card. Thanks for stopping by!

My Gold Thanks Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Shopping Our Stash: Use Something Already On Your Desk
• Tuesday Throwdown: Gratitude
• Sweet Stamps: Thank You
• Artistic Inspirations: Use a Sentiment/Anything Goes
• Use Your Stuff: Limited Supplies

Thanks for Your Support Card

Well, another weekend bites the dust! It was beautiful here in Oklahoma, the temperature was perfect and the skies were clear. This evening when the sun went down I made my way into my craft room to make this Thanks for Your Support Card. The Paper Players have a color challenge this week to use Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip, and Tangerine Tango. The Sweater Weather dsp was the perfect paper choice for this challenge and I used the For the Birds stamp set for the image both by Stampin' Up!. I used a Spellbinders scalloped oval die and yellow doodle twine. The birds were colored using a blender pen and classic stampin' pads in Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango. I used the Houndstooth embossing folder by Stampin' Up! and the final touch was three Chocolate Chip Candy Dots. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week.

My Thanks for Your Support Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: A Trio of Fall Colors 
• Catered Crop: Thank You Kindly
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes

Birdie Thankful Card

This evening I searched through my digital stamps and found this Pumpkin Birdie image by Doodle Pantry. I love the rich colors in this pre-colored image. I printed the image and sentiment on Very Vanilla cardstock and then decided a woodgrain background would give it a nice rustic feel. To add texture to the card I added some burlap with a brown twine accent. The final touch were the punched leaves and this Birdie Thankful Card was done. Thanks for stopping by!

My Birdie Thankful Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Doodle Pantry: Use Digital Image
• Alphabet Challenge: T for Twine
• Digi Haven: Fall
• QKR Stampede: Anything Goes/Harvest
• Card Makin' Mamas: Thankful Tidings
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Things with Wings 

Pumpkin Photo Inspiration Challenge

Welcome back to another photo inspiration challenge. I took this photo at a local garden center called Under the Sun. The pumpkins, mums, and pansies are arranged on a few bales of straw. The sky was nice and blue the day I took the photo.  You can use this photo for color or object inspiration and we hope you will play along in the challenge. We can't wait to see your creations.

 

We have a guest designer, Dora, providing you with some extra inspiration for this challenge. Her blog is called Especially For You Cards and she was the winner of our Monkey Business theme challenge last month.

Inspirational Card Designs:

 

Dora's Card

 

Erin's Card

 

Andrea's Card

 

 

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a New card using the challenge theme, no linking to old posts. 
2. Only one entry per blog address.
3. This is a card only challenge.
4. You must use a stamp, either rubber or digital.
5. You can combine this challenge with other challenges.
6. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to this challenge. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
7. All brands of stamping products are welcome.
8. HAVE FUN!!!

Entries not meeting the challenge theme and guidelines will be removed. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.

 

Challenge Prize, Reason to Smile stamp set and 6 x 6 papers.

 

 The challenge will run for 12 days, 11/8/2013 - 11/19/2013.



Gone Batty Challenge Winner

Good morning! It was so much fun to see all the different entries for the Gone Batty challenge. There was a lot of variety to choose from which made picking a winner really hard. A big congratulations to....

MommyScraps from the According to Jane Austen Blog

 

 

 

The Batgirl and Cat Woman digi is fantastic and was a creative approach to the challenge theme. I will send you an email with your prize code to Bugaboo Digi Stamps. Thanks to Bugaboo for sponsoring the Gone Batty challenge.

 

Come back tomorrow for a new photo challenge! Have a wonderful day!!!

4 x 7 Thanksgiving Card

This afternoon I decided to shake things up and make a different sized card. It's been awhile since a made a 4 x 7 card, so that's what I did. This 4 x 7 Thanksgiving Card is a casual design. I used the Truly Grateful stamp set by Stampin' Up! and a scallop die by Spellbinders. The twine is from American Crafts and I added a few Candy Dots by Stampin' Up! The colours are full of Autumn tones using Soft Suede, Natural, Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze and a small amount of Daffodil Delight ink for the wheat. I decided to stamp the inside of the card with the sentiment instead of the front, just to be different. One of my favorite things about 4 x 7 cards is I always have envelopes for this size. Well, that's about it. Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

My 4 x 7 Thanksgiving Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Lady Anne's: Last Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations: Autumn Colours
• Twisted Tuesday: Free For All!
• Crafty Boots: Autumn

Thanksgiving Card with Deer

When making cards for my family I try to use images and colors I know they will like. This Thanksgiving Card with Deer was made with my cousin and his family in mind. He is an avid deer hunter and good ol' country boy. I tried to keep this card as manly as possible. All supplies for this card are from Stampin' Up! The image is from the retired Noble Deer stamp set and I heat embossed it using Early Espresso emboss powder. I used a blender pen and stampin' pads to color in the image. The paper and ink colors used are Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Sky and Whisper White. The patterned paper is from the Sweater Weather dsp and I used the woodgrain embossing folder and burlap ribbon to add texture to the card. My big regret is adding stitching to the side of the card. I should have just stitched across the top of the burlap and quit. Oh, well... I'll try not to obsess about it. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful night and pleasant tomorrow.

My Thanksgiving Card with Deer is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Wildlife
• Robyn's Fetish: Thanksgiving
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes    

Thoughts of You Card

**For the Gone Batty Challenge please click here or scroll down.** Thanks!

 

Good morning! This last week was really busy for me and I had no time to even step foot in my craft room. So last night I did some late night crafting and created this Thoughts of You Card. It was nice to start the weekend off with some creative therapy. There were several challenges that inspired this card and one sad goodbye to Cath Edvalson who is leaving Moxie Fab World and Paper Crafts Magazine. There is a Cards for Cath link up going on right now in honor of her last day. I'll really miss the Tuesday Triggers and daily inspiration that Cath has provided over the years and she will definitely be missed. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

My Thoughts of You Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Flutter By Wednesday: Any Winged Creature
• Shopping Our Stash: Stitching
• Crafting for all Seasons: Autumn Colours
• Perfect Sentiment: Fall or Halloween
• Flourishes, Timeless Tuesday: Plaid or Houndstooth
• Brown Sugar: Things with Wings

Thoughts of You Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, and Very Vanilla Cardstock, Sweater Weather designer series paper.
• Stamps: Polka Dot Pieces
• Inks: Classic Stampin' pads in Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango, Stampin' Write marker in Old Olive.
• Other Stuff: Bird Builder punch, 1 1/4" scallop circle punch, itty bitty shapes circle punch, sewing machine, brown thread, and stampin' dimensionals.

*All paper crafting products by Stampin' Up!

Magnificent Maple Grateful Card

This evening I was reminded by my friend Jessi's card post that the deadline for the Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World is midnight tonight. It worked out nicely because I really like the sketch at The Paper Players and I used it to make this Magnificent Maple Grateful Card. I've used a mixture of different patterned papers and they're all from different companies, My Mind's Eye (big woodgrain), American Crafts (light woodgrain), and K & Company (plaid). The Truly Grateful sentiment stamp and the Magnificent Maple stamp are both by Stampin' Up! Before I stamped the maple leaf, I sponged Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, and Cherry Cobbler ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock. I inked the maple stamp with Cajun Craze and stamped onto the sponged cardstock. Then I fussy cut the maple leaf and adhered it to a 2.5" circle. The accent banners are made from Cherry Cobbler cardstock and the final touch were three Old Olive Candy Dots. I'm also linking this card to the Anything Goes challenge at Make It Monday. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Trigger Photo

 

Gone Batty Challenge

Gone Batty Theme Challenge (use Bats or Birds)

Welcome back to another challenge here at Savvy Handmade Cards. Our sponsor for this challenge is Bugaboo Digi Stamps and they are providing the winner of the challenge a very generous $21.00 gift certificate to their store.  We can't wait to see what you create!

If you're needing an image to play along check out Bugaboo's selection of terrific digis. There are many pages to choose from.

 

This week I have a couple of ladies joining me to provide you with more inspiration. My guest designer is Jessi from OneCraftyMama, she always comes up with fun and creative ideas and I enjoy her work. I'm also excited to announce that Erin at Erin's Owl Nest has agreed to be part of the design team for my challenges. Thanks to both of these ladies for helping me out!!!

 

Inspirational designs:

 

Erin's Card using Silhouette - Pumpkin

 

Andrea's Card using Owl

 

 

Jessi's Card using Little Penguin Winter - Reindeer

 

 

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a New card using the challenge theme, no linking to old posts. 
2. Only one entry per blog address.
3. This is a card only challenge.
4. You must use a stamp, either rubber or digital.
5. You can combine this challenge with other challenges.
6. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to this challenge. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
7. All brands of stamping products are welcome.
8. HAVE FUN!!!

Entries not meeting the challenge theme and guidelines will be removed. Thanks for your cooperation and understanding.

 

The challenge will run for 12 days, 10/25/2013 - 11/5/2013.