Stempel Spass

This is the week of combined challenges.... 52 CCT  has shades of green as a theme and the Jingle Belles challenge is a sketch - see below.   I made my onw banner paper - using Versamark and clear embossed it. The Christmas bauble is from Prickly Pear - which comes with a matching die. I popped it up with foam dots and "hung" it from a silver thread. The dark green almost looks black in the photo - but its green - I swear! And since its a Christmas card I used some Stickles on the ornament. And since it fits the challenge I am also linking this up with the Sparkles Monthly challenge - monochromatic

Oh, those summery, fresh colors!! Who could resist those? Not me.... of course........ The circle stamp is from 100 Proof Press, the sentiment is Papertrey Think Big Favorites #24. I masked the circles and put a clear plastic bubble sticker in the center to add some dimension.  I mounted the card on an orange card from Memory Box.  This was very simple to do, but I like it. CAS - my favorite anyhow... This card goes into  Inkspirational Challenge #23  Addicted to CAS #14 - circles

A geometric pattern is the inspiration photo at the colourQ - that is for me! So I fiddled round with tiny paperstrips to recreate the pattern and I am quite happy with the result - it was worth my time  - what do you think? I left out the black squares - I wanted it to be a bit softer.... The die cut is from Memory Box - Chloe Stem, Hero Arts Essential Messages. Here is a close up: This is my second post today, but I did not wan tot miss the deadline for the challenge... I wish everybody a good night! Yawn....

What happens, when you combine  Freshly Made Sketches with Playdate Cafe ????? Well, that's what happens......... I hope you like it! The stamps are from TAWS - the set is called Sea Mates - I won it with this card in their challenge #27- yeahhh!! I colored it with Copics. The banner's edges  I cut with a Papertrey Rickrack border die. --X-- As promised - I show you some pictures from the Studio Tour, where I displayed and sold some of my cards:  On the left you see one of my tables and on the right you see me bagging a just completed purchase.... My sister and daughter came by to say hello and show support. And here is another photo from the display. I got a lot of positive feedback and people really liked my cards. I had so much fun there!

Schwarzer Hintergrund - black background is the theme at the  KIS challenge #15 I also wanted to play in this weeks CASE this Sketch  #31 and therefore I combined them both. I love my Hero Arts Feathers set - perfect to use for this sketch..... The stripes I made with Perfect Pearls, the sentiment is Papertrey Happy Trails and the hearts I have laying around since Valentine's Day - I squirted Liquid Pearls on them and let it dry Here is a close-up: I wish you all a great weekend and thank you very much for your sweet comments! I so much appreciate them!

Simply Create Too has a new challenge to play in - the theme is  Fathers Day or Male Card.   You have until June 20th to enter. I made two cards for the challenge - both are pretty simple.  I stamped the mustache and the hat using those $1.50 stamps sets from JoAnns. I  mounted the white cardstock on patterned paper and put the googly eyes on. Some Washi tape to finish them off.  By the way - Simply Create Too has and extra youth entry option. Children 12 years and under can play in there and there is a separate youth challenge button to win! My son has started to play in the challenge - he occasionally enjoys making cards. And I like this much better than him spending his free time playing computer games. But I did encourage him to start his own card blog -   Cards with Greg   - and that he enjoys even more than making cards - LOL! You would just make him sooooo happy if you visit his blog and leave a lit...

I took part in an art exhibit on Sunday with all my cards and got a lot of positive feedback. In the end I was offered the opportunity to sell my cards in an event shortly before Christmas. That got me thinking about Christmas cards.... so I scoured blog land for Christmas Challenges and found 52 CCT . This week there is a sketch challenge, that I somewhat loosely interpreted.... The card stock is really pretty - it has little sparkly specks in it - you can see this better on the close-up. The gnome/Santa is from Papersource, the die is from Memory box and the sentiment is from Stampin' up. The set is called "It's snow time" I colored the Santa with Copics and fuzzy cut it.