January Card Chain Challenge Reveal

Card Chain Challenge

Time for the Big Reveal! 

Here are the options I had available to try.

On this card, I had to stick to Friendship for my option.  

I had just used the Hill die and couldn't get it out of my mind, so I just gave in and did a Friendship card and I'm now very much OK with that.   I got the die set from my family for Xmas and this is the first time I've put it together.  I did put together the die set on the inside first (die set does not include the trees, sun, or sentiments). . I had no idea what to put together for the outside, but as I said, I couldn't get the Wavy Hillside out of my mind, so I started with it, then thought I should put the house on the outside with a nice warm sun and that's when I added the cool sun on the inside.

Front of the card.

Inside of card which is not really hard at all to do.

Supplies:
Karen Burniston House and Fence Pop-up
Brass & Bliss Sun Moon die

Waffle Flower Hello Friend Sentiments stamps & dies
Oxide distress inks for the house and fence 
I can't remember what brand the "thinking of you" sentiment or the trees inside are from 
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:
NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) #71 House and Fence Pop-up (brand new die)

Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes" (3/4)                  

Cardz for Galz   Anything but square (3/3) Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” (7/8) Creative Fingers:  "Anything Goes" (3/3) #993

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes Unlimited submissions #2-2025

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything goes" (monthly (1/3)

February and Morgan's ArtWorld are brimming with Freshness

  "Anything Goes" February 1st to February 26.

You can use any image or project you have posted in February to enter Morgan's ArtWorld challenge. 

For purchasing Morgan's ArtWorld Images, please visit the website at:
Morgan's Fitzsimons Art Studio    

Join Morgan's ArtWorld Facebook 

It's time for Fairies to appear. Puff!
I created this card by finding my base (Tag card bought at Michael's a LONG time ago) and then choosing a background before even selecting colors for my beautiful fairy.  When I saw this background, I knew this was the ONE.  I selected the remaining colors based on what I thought would fit with this elegant background.  I am very pleased with the card, coloring and style.

Supplies:
Morgan's Artworld: Fairy 2
Altenew Enamel Dots Tropical Forest - just opened the package
Paper in stash (at least 5 years ago)
Copic markers
Brother Scan N Cut

I'm entering the following challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations Add a tag (this is a tag)

Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes" (2/4)                  

Cardz for Galz   Anything but square (2/3) Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” (6/8) Creative Fingers:  "Anything Goes" (2/3)

NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) #71 Enamel dots
Fab an Funky Include a Stamped Image (chefs & sentiments)

Hello Hero Arts

Say Hello to Hero Arts and Die Cut Diva's challenge which is to
Make A Shaker Card.

There are several dies in this truck die set and it really is a cute set. I decided to make the truck window the shaker.  It was an idea, but it is rather a small window for a shaker card.  Something never tried by me, but I think I might make the bed of the truck a shaker next time. 
I stamped an owl on top of the moon and took a sentiment from that stamp & die set to make this more cohesive a design.  I used patterned paper rather than make a background from scratch.  I used several different colors of Nuvo Drops to add texture and fun.

Close-up

Supplies: 
Hero Arts Farmers Market Truck dies
Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Class November 2023 Owl & Sentiment (sold out)
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Autumn Red, Ebony Black & Midnight Blue
Nuvo Tropical Oasis Pure Sheen Sequins
Distress Oxides Black Soot, Candied Apple, Frayed Burlap & Twisted Citron
Paper Stash - Starry Sky (6" X 6") Years old
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:
Gem of a Challenge - "Anything Goes" (1/4)     
Cardz for Galz   Anything but square (1/3) 
Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes” (5/8) Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” (5/8) Creative Fingers:  "Anything Goes" (1/3) NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) #71 Enamel dots
Fab an Funky Include a Stamped Image (chefs & sentiments)

 

Last Day of January Already

 Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, if you want to enter the  the Die Cut Divas' January Challenge.  You only have until 9:00 p.m. to enter. 



I've been a lover of Whimsy Stamps for years and couldn't wait to use some of my wonderful Whimsy products.  There are three dies in the die set, one to cut out the bus, one for the window and one for the area between the tires. This is the first time out for this set.

I don't know why I wanted to make a stand-alone bus, but I did.  It is smaller than an A2 size, but there really is plenty of room to write a little note inside.  PLUS, I think it's really cute, too cute to make just one. 

I only used two blue Copic markers (B0 & B02), lightly going over the bus.  I did use a yellow (Y04), but decided  to use Nuvo Drops instead, so the yellow was covered up.  Btw, those are supposed to be cobblestones beneath the truck.

For my second card, I did more detail work on the bus. I die cut the area between the wheels and not the windshield.  I added a sentiment on the inside (NON STOP) of the card.  

Supplies:
Whimsy Stamps Karma Bus clear stamps and matching outline die
Nuvo Drops - Gloss - Dandelion Yellow
Copic markers
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:
NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) #70 (first time out for stamps & dies)
Fab an Funky Include a Stamped Image (chefs & sentiments)

Craft Roulette Visited Again

January 24th brought these "Spin the Wheel" results at Craft Roulette.

Project: Slimline Card (mini-slimline card)
Color: Lumberjack (browns, greens, reds on leaves)
Element: Hat(s) or Cap(s)  (Chef's hats)
Random: Lace or Doily (die cut a circle out of a mandala, aka doily)

Supplies:
Waffle Flower Postage Collage Mini Slimline die
Waffle Flower Essential Sentiments Combo
Elizabeth Craft Designs Maple Leaves
Altenew Enamel Dots - Fall Harvest - just opened package
Kat Scrappiness Mandala Die - (older die)
Distress inks - Fired Brick, Fosslized Amber, Peeled Paint & Pumice Stone
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges:
NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) #70

Fab an Funky Include a Stamped Image (chefs & sentiments)

Fun Card to Make for Craft Roulette

A couple weeks ago, the challenge was:
Project:: Tags - Tag is the Tag card itself.
Colors: Disney - The background is on the them of "Frozen"
Element: January - still snow on the ground & trees in North America
Random: Branch(es)(ing)  - Trees have branches when you can see them or not

I forgot to post this, but wanted to show what I came up with:

I had purchased these tag cards (A2 size) at Michaels YEARS ago and just didn't put them to use.
I love the way this turned out.  This is my first time putting snow on a tree, and not tooooo bad.

I took the Tag card and put a blue speckled with white card stock on top and trimmed off all sides to match the tag base with a quick hole punch on the card stock itself.  I wanted to get more use out of my purchase of the snow banks I ordered and had 5 trees already cut on my desk.  I chose a sentiment already on the strip of paper and ta-da, done.  This would be a great Christmas card with a different sentiment.

Supplies:
Tag card from a Michaels purchase years ago
Birch Press Design Wavy Hillside
Brass and Bliss Evergreen tree die

Eileen's Snow

Sentiment on table, not sure of brand

Vagabond die cut machine

Hole punch

A New Year With The Creative Crafters Challenge

 The Creative  Crafters starts a monthly challenge every 15th of the month and I've made a fun Christmas Card     as inspiration for this month. 

This challenge is always "Anything Goes".  
Be sure to join The Creative  Crafters challenge! 

I guess I'm still in Christmas Card Making Mood.  I've had a digital set for some time, but never printed them out before.  This one is Santa and he's adorable.  A gate card is not in my comfort zone to make so I'm trying to stretch out.  I thought some snow would add more depth and fun, so it snowed enough to lay on the ground.  I used Nuvo drops inside the card so it wasn't just black & white.

Several "minor" things have gotten in the way of making this card.

1. my tree cover card stock was too short, so I cut off about 1/2 inch off of the bottom of an A2 card because it wasn't long enough and I loved it with this image.

2. I put the tree card stock on UPSIDE DOWN.  You can still see the left side.

3. I think I covered enough of the upside down right side panel with what I had left.
4. I cut the "MERRY" die to add more confusion so the upside down panel disappeared.
4. It even looks good.  LOL

Santa card half open

Santa card open
I filled in the berries and leaves with Nuvo Drops and covered up a smudge spot.

Supplies:

Die-Namics Stacked Merry die
Lawn Fawn Magic Holiday Messages & dies
Whimsy Christmas is Coming Digital Stamp Set (includes sentiments & images)
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss - Red Berry & Woodland Green on inside of card
Copic markers
Glossy Accents on Santa's scooter
Scan N Cut used in cutting out the digital stamp

I'm entering the following challenges.

Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes” (4/8)

Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” w/o monochrome opt (1/8)

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes UNLimited

Christmas Cards All Year Long (Goodies on his sleigh - Xmas song) 1/5

Merry Little Christmas Challenge (always Anything Christmas Goes) 1/6

The 12 months of Christmas challenge - "Anything goes" w/opt twist

Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge  "Warm & Cozy - Santa's smile"

FOUR SEASONS CHALLENGE BLOG!  "Anything Winter"

Gift tags

 I made some cute tags using some digital stamps from Whimsy and a cute moose from Brass  and I wanted to show them off;  I loved how these turned out.  They are not small, but definitely not the size of an A2 card, just close-ups.

Cute image from Whimsy on a digital background plus some snow.

Same fun snowman placed on an old Xmas card face

Same snowman on another Xmas card face

Cute Brass and Bliss moose on leftover slimline card stock

Be sure to visit Die Cut Divas for the Challenge.  

December Card Chain Challenge

It's all in for the Card Chain Challenge in December!  I can't wait to see everyone's interpretation of the grids in their diagonal, vertical or horizontal choices. 

Let's start with the my choice of line or diagonal.  I chose:

Slim Line: I made a Slim Line card with Whimsy cardstock
Sleigh: My sleigh is one of Elizabeth Craft Design's (ECD) sleighs
Stencil: A Snow stencil was used with Aleene's True Snow
Sparkle: Nuvo - Glitter Drops - White Blizzard in the windows
Santa: Whimsy digital stamp set - Santa

This really was so much fun to work on, but I had taped the greeting paper to the wrong side and had to pull it up.  That's why there are two pieces of thin paper on the inside pages.  
The packages on the outside were made of a pretty package that held stamping products.  LOL

Inside of card

Supplies:
Whimsy Designer Paper "Frozen"
Whimsy digital stamp set "Christmas is Coming" 
ECD Santa's Sleigh, (there were 2 other Santa's sleighs that I have.  The sleight and presents on the front are from this set while some packages on the inside from from an older sleigh set.  
Stencil:  I don't have the package anymore for the snow
Sentiments: I think they are both ECD.

I'm entering the following challenges.

Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes” (3/8)

Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” w/o monochrome opt (3/8)

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes UNLimited

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything goes" (monthly - (3/3)

January's Morgan's Artworld 2025

   "Anything Goes" January 1st to January 27th

You can use any image or project you have posted in January to enter Morgan's ArtWorld challenge. 

For purchasing Morgan's ArtWorld Images, please visit the website at:
Morgan's Fitzsimons Art Studio    

Join Morgan's ArtWorld Facebook 

It's still time to bundle up in different parts of the world, so I thought I'd spend some time working on this little girl.  

Supplies:
Morgan's Artworld digital "Winter 6"
Scan N Cut the image (then cut off arms)
Vagabond die cut machine (Oval & Rectangle dies)
Elizabeth Craft Designs Rectangle Stitched nesting dies (not avail)
Copics
Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss Simply White

Spellbinders Oval Nesting dies

I'm entering the following challenges.

Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes” (2/8)

Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” w monochrome opt (2/8)

Lost Coast Portal To Creativity (2/2) bright & cheerful look

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes UNLimited

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything goes" (monthly - (2/3)

Inspiration for the New Year 2025

 This is my inspiration card for Die Cut Divas.

The challenge this month is to use something NEW!  

As always, use a die or an embossing folder to create your project.
I was able to use this cute gingerbread set on my card.  I didn't want a white background behind the gingerbread men, so I pieced cuts from other papers.  Nuvo drops never hurt and they must taste good to gingerbread men too.  I used one of these guys last month, but not the sentiment or the other two fun gingerbread men.

Supplies:
Whimsy Stamps Hey, Sugar clear stamps and matching outline dies

Whimsy Stamps Slimline Postage die

Nuvo Drops - Gloss - Simply White
Copic markers
Vagabond die cut machine

I'm entering the following challenges.

Love to Craft Challenge ‘ “Always Anything Goes” (1/8)

Mix It Up Challenge Blog Anything Goes” w monochrome opt (1/8)

Lost Coast Portal To Creativity (1/2) bright & cheerful look

DL. ART "Anything Goes  unlimited, not 2 in 1 day

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes UNLimited

Crafts Galore Encore - "Anything goes" (monthly - (1/3)