*Addicted to CAS #189*

It's time for another clean and simple challenge with the design team at Addicted to CAS!  Ceal has chosen the prompt for challenge #189.... and for the next two weeks, we want to see your cards using the prompt of SNOW...  

I couldn't decide if I wanted to go with snowflake or snowman so I honestly made two cards and am posting my favourite of the two today... the other will show up later in the month.

I decided to go *super* clean and simple with this card....  I'm not sure how I feel about it being a birthday card.  I might change out the sentiment and save it to send out next year as a Christmas card.

Items Used:
*Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb; silver glitter paper

*Images:  My Favorite Things Essential Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Impression Obsession; My Favorite Things Stitched Rectangles; Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiments Banners

*Tools:  Big Shot

*Etc:  foam adhesive

*Embellishments:  Stampin' Up! snowflake bling

Be sure to link up your Clean and Simple SNOW card for your chance to be chosen to be a guest designer in an upcoming challenge!  And take some time to see what the rest of the design team has come up with...  we all have different ideas and styles!

*Two Snowmen*

 I was inspired by a card I saw on Instagram by @icardink....  I made the one on the left first and both Bruce (my hubby) and my good friend Bonnie said I needed to have something behind the snowflakes.  They both prefer the card on the right, but I still prefer the card on the left!

Items Used:
*Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110; Stampin' Up! Basic Black, Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler; Pumpkin Pie; Holographic cardstock

*Dies:  Impression Obsession snowflakes; My Favorite Things Filled With Joy

*Tools:  Gemini Jr

*Etc:  white Gelly Roll pen

*Sparkle Christmas Light*

Do you want to know what I hate most about blogging?  It's coming up with titles for the posts.  I used to just number my Christmas cards as post names over the years but this year I've been naming them all.  I hate naming my posts.  Maybe in the New Year I'll just make the title the date of the post.  

Anyway...  it's been exciting to me over the last few years that the different companies have come out with some wonderful Christmas light dies, punches and images.  Christmas lights are one of my favourite parts of Christmas.

Items Used:

*Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb; Stampin' Up! Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, glitter paper

*Patterned Paper:  Stampin' Up!

*Images:  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Christmas

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips & Simple Strips Backer; Impression Obsession Traditional Lights

*Tools:  Gemini Jr; Perfect Layers

*Etc:  foam adhesive

*AAACards #180*

Happy Sunday all!!  Here we are, just a few weeks before Christmas.  I still have a lot of Christmas cards to share with you... I hope you don't mind!  For the first time ever, all the Christmas cards I am sending out this year are individual designs.  I'm pretty excited by that!

For the month of December, there is only this one challenge with the team from AAACards.  We know that December is a busy time for so many of us so we are doing just one challenge.  For the next few weeks, we encourage you to share your clean and simple cards that are "made in minutes" with the optional theme of Christmas.  We know that the first design of a card never takes just minutes... we want a card that once it's designed would only take you minutes to recreate it.

Our sponsor for this challenge is STAMPlorations and our guest designer is Dena.

Be sure to link up your creation for your chance to win a prize from STAMPlorations and to be a guest designer in an upcoming challenge.

I absolutely fell in love with this card when I was finished it.  If I was going to make multiples of a card, this would be the one.  The hardest part would be the die cutting but since I used three different snowflakes, I could cut all three at once, cutting my die cut time in half.

Items Used:

*Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb; silver and blue glitter

*Images:  Poppy Stamps Art Deco Christmas

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Rectangles; Impression Obsession Snowflakes

*Tools:  Gemini Jr; Misti

*Embellishments:  ribbon from my stash

*Etc:  foam adhesive

*Peace to You*

 Oh how I wish I had better photography and editing skills.  This photo does *not* do this card justice.  It is so very clean and crisp and wonderful.  I am in love with this card...

 Isn't it pretty?!

*Be Merry*

Hi! In case you haven't realized it, I am at the stage where it will probably be all Christmas cards until sometime in December or January.  Christmas is truly my most favourite reason to make cards... and every year I say I won't buy anything new and every year I buy a lot of the new stuff.  It's all just so freakin' awesome!

For the card today, I CASEd a card I saw on Instagram... please go check out Hanh's cards as she has a great style!!  I saw her card, loved it and knew I wanted to make one like it.  I changed out the stamp but that's about it...  I think that this is one of my most favourite Christmas cards of 2020... I love the light blue and silver and if you've been here for a while, you know how much I LOVE snowmen!

Items Used:

*Cardstock:  Hammermill Premium Color Copy Cover 100lb; Stampin' Up! Balmy Blue; silver mirror

*Images:  MFT Festive Friends

*Ink:  Gina K Amalgam; Copics; white Gelly Roll

*Dies:  MFT Festive Friends; Waffle Flower A2 Rectangles; Stampin' Up! layering oval; Impression Obsessions Snowflakes

*Tools:  Gemini Jr

*Etc:  foam tape

*AAACards #178*

I am back with another challenge with the design team at AAA Cards!  I love the clean and simple inspiration from the design team and everyone who plays along with us!  For the current challenge we have a credit to Funky Fossil Designs up for grab... for your chance to win, please share your Clean and Simple Card following the challenge!

As you can see from the graphics above, Challenge #178 is a sketch challenge with the optional twist of Primary Colours.  I strayed away from the optional twist for my card... and I made my card a rectangle instead of a square.  Check out how the rest of the Design Team interpreted the sketch... I love how everyone does it a little differently!

Items Used:

*Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb; silver mirror cardstock

*Paper:  assorted glitter paper from my stash

*Images:  Hero Arts Off Beat Holiday Greetings

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Impression Obesssion

*Tools:  Gemini Jr

*Faceted Rainbow*

I love a good rainbow... in the sky or on a card!  Although I feel I do a rainbow theme far too often.  I hope you aren't sick of them!

Items Used

*Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White 110lb; Stampin' Up! Gorgeous Grape; Vellum

*Images:  Impression Obsession Cover-A-Card Faceted; Gina K Wreath Builder

*Ink:  Catherine Pooler It's A Girl, Bellini, Limoncello, Mint to Be, It's a Boy, Pixie Dust; Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Spellbinders Circle die, Beaded Circle die

*Tools:  Heat Tool; Perfect Layers; Gemini Jr; Life Changing Blender Brushes

*Etc:  white embossing powder