*Be Merry Gnome*

When I saw these Photoplay Christmas gnome stamps and dies, I just had to have them... and then I promptly ignored them until late in to my card making season.  I love the simplicity of this card....  and that gnome is just so stinkin' cute!

Items Used:
*Cardstock:  Hammermill Premium Color Copy Cover 100lb; Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Patterned Paper:  My Favorite Things Black & White Stripes

*Images:  Photoplay Gnome for the Holidays; My Favorite Things Festive Friends

*Ink:  Gina K Amalgam; Versafine Clair Nocturne; Copics

*Dies:  Photoplay Gnome for the Holidays

*Tools:  Perfect Layers; Gemini Jr

*Embellishments:  Frost Lace Stickles

Entered in to the challenge at Color Hues

*CAS#375*

Good morning all... and welcome to another challenge with the team at CASology!  We are a group of clean and simple card loving people who love to see what other people come up with using our bi-weekly themes.  For this challenge, our sponsor is Your Next Stamp.  Link up your clean and simple creation for your chance to win a prize from Your Next Stamp and to have a chance to be a guest designer on a future challenge!

The theme for the next two weeks is SPICE.  I had a couple of ideas in my head thanks to my sister and my good friend, however I decided to go this way based on what I had in my stash.

Items Used:

• Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Cover Solar White 110lb; Stampin' Up! Basic Black, Cinnamon Cider
• Images:  Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Winter; Simon Says Stamp Clean Line Christmas
• Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
• Dies:  Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Winter
• Tools:  Gemini Jr; coloured pencils
• Embellishments:  Green and Christmas Red Stickles
• Etc:  foam tape

*AAA#175*

 Happy Sunday Everyone!  It's time for another clean and simple challenge with AAACards!  Our guest designer (chosen from all of the entries from a previous challenge is Stephanie!  Up for grabs for challenge #175 is a prize of a credit at your favourite online store as well as a chance to be a guest designer on an upcoming challenge.  Please follow the link to AAACards to share your clean and simple creations with the rest of the design team!

I am not a coffee drinker... I wish I was.  It sounds like such a grown up thing to do.  The same goes for wine.  My tastebuds are still that of an 11 year child, sadly.  But I do like playing along with the optional twist more often than not, so I grabbed some stamps that I hadn't inked up yet and went to play!  This card went together very quickly.... one layer for the AAA Challenge is nothing extra on the card... no die cuts (perhaps an inlaid die), no embellishments.... so you have paper, stamps and ink (with a little Stickles for interest)

I figured I could use this as a winter birthday card.... 

I look forward to seeing what you create!

*CASoloy #374*

 

The team at CASology is back with another clean and simple challenge for you all!  We sure love to see what you create based on the cue word every two weeks!  Link up your card on the CASology site for your chance to win a prize from STAMPlorations as well as to become a guest designer on an upcoming challenge!

I had a bit of a challenge coming up with an idea with the Vacation cue... I'm thankful that we can interpret these cue words any way we want to.  I decided a beachy-theme was a good way to use that Vacation cue.  I'd love to be on the beach, watching the sun set with a wonderful fruity drink in my hand...

I used a circle die to create a template for the ink blended circle on the front of my card.  I used a 1/4 sheet of cardstock to create the mask so that I was sure I wouldn't get ink where I didn't want it.

Items Used:

• Cardstock:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 100lb
• Stamps:  Your Next Stamp Happy Hour
• Ink:  Distress Ink in Salty Ocean, Mustard Seed, Candied Apple; Gina K Amalgam; Copics
• Dies:  Spellbinders circle die; Your Next Stamp Happy Hour
• Tools:  Tim Holtz Blending Tool; Misti
• Embellishments:  Frosted Lace Stickles
• Etc:  foam adhesive

*Scrap 'n Stamp Random Acts of Cardness*

I hope you'e had fun playing with the design team with the Random Acts of Cardness prompts this month.  A little secret you may not know is that each of us chooses the words we want to do on the days we are scheduled to appear on the Scrap 'n Stamp blog.  For today, I chose the word "cheers" thinking it was a great word to go along with our blog hop this month... and then I had no idea of what to do with it!

So I took a page from Chala's book and pulled out my Foil Quill and my Silhouette and had a go at it  You can't tell from this photo very well but the words are done in a great pink foil.  So much shimmer in person!

Items Used:

• Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White; Lawn Fawn Licorice; unknown holographic
• Images:  Tonic Studios
• Ink:  Gina K Amalgam; Copics
• Embellishments:  Crystal Stickles; pink foil
• Tools:  Perfect Layers; Foil Quill; Silhouette

*Lookin' Good*

I love the sentiment on the front of this card... it starts out with a beautiful complement, only to end with some snarkiness LOL!  That's kinda the way I roll...

Items Used:
*Cardstock:  Neenah Solar White 100lb; Stampin' Up! Basic Black
*Images:  MFT Sassy Pants Birthday Greetings 2
*Ink:  VersaFine Clair Nocturne; Picked Raspberry Distress Ink
*Dies:  Unknown coverplate
*Tools:  Perfect Layers; Life Changing Blender Brushes
*Embellishments:  Frosted Lace Stickles