MMSC29

This is my card for the challenge for Midnight Madness. All the Stamps are from Rubber Stamp Tapestry. Everything on this card is stamped. I made the background paper using chalks. The stamping around the JOY is done with peg stamps. The cool thing about these is that each little stamp is an individual stamp, so you can get some awsome color and you can place it exactly where you want it. The stitch look came from Technique Junkies and is called drywall stitching. The stones were made from clear stones and alcohol ink. Also glitter was added to JOY and random glitter was added to flowers and holly with stickles.

So many of the cards in the challenges are so embellished. They are absolutely beautiful, but the best I can say is that is just not my style.

Card Patterns Sketch 42

This card is actually for two things. The first is for a color challenge on my Just cards Yahoo group. The colors to be used were eggplant, goldenrod, Bronze, maroon and Chartreuse. I used the Eggplant, goldenrod and bronze. The second is for the Card Patterns Sketch Challenge. The stamps used are all from a Close to My Heart set called Welcome Home. I love this set because all the pieces are individual and it even has a clock for the mantle and other pieces for a scene. Happy Holidays is from Hot Off The Press.

MMSC #28 and SSHP08

This is my entry for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge this week. It was to be a Christmas Card. The stamps I used are from Inkadinkado and Posh Impressions. The flower is colored with copic markers. The punch is from Martha Stewart. The ornament is actually two pieces. The Posh Impressions stamp is a blank ornament. I then stamped the flower and punched it out and applied it to the ornament with a pop dot.

I was looking at all the challenges I watch and Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential wants cards with ornaments on them. This should fit.

Card Patterns Sketch 41

I did this card for several challenges. One was for Card Patterns Sketch 41. The other is a color challenge on my Just Cards Yahoo group. The colors used are Cobalt, Aqua and Champagne. The stamp is from Inkadinkado. I used an embossing plate on the top portion and faux paneling (from Technique Junkies) for the bottom. I colored the pine cone and ribbon with markers and added glitter to the ribbon.

Stamp Something Challenge

I needed a baby card, so I started looking at the sketch challenges. The sketch from Stamp Something is the one that struck my fancy. I colored the bear with colored pencils. The background is a Sizzix embossing plate and the stamps are from a clear set by Paper Studio. The flower punch was from Stampin' Up.

SSHP06

This is my try at the challenge from Satuurday Spotlight with hidden potential. I needed a bag topper for a Christmans present. Merry Merry is from Rubber Stampede and the other stamp is from magenta. The flowers were embossed with gold and then colored with copic markers. The challenge was to use the same stamp numerous times.

MMSC #27

Here is my card for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge. The trees stamp is from PSX. The flourishes is from Hero Arts and the Merry Christmas is from Rubber Stamp Tapestry. The corners and the stripe in the background is faux marbling technique from the Technique Junkies newsletter.