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Christmas Collage Card

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I liked the idea of a simple collage card posted as the challenge on the Cards Blog last week. In an effort to continue to add to my stash of Christmas cards, here's my take on the challenge:

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White textured cardstock:  unknown; tag: maythird; red embossed cardstock circle: Bazzil; dark green patterned paper from Christmas scraps (unknown); holly leaves: May Arts; button: Pure Poppy by Papertrey Ink, dark green ribbon from stash; glitter letters: Making Memories; and red gems: Amuse.

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Our good friends are celebrating an anniversary this week. I love the Autumn Abundance stamps and messages. The pitcher with leaves is so perfect for this time of year.

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All elements by Papertrey Ink.

I took advantage of a sale at Ellen Huston during World Card Making Day to pick up two Lockhart stamps that I'd been admiring. This is one of them. It's a simple card, but I love the yellows and greens with the black Bitty Box paper from Papertrey.

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Christmas Cards for a Cause

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I've been busy making Christmas cards to send off for a good cause. You can read about it here. I've always felt incredibly blessed that both of my kids were healthy and had no illnesses that could not be treated. Whenever I read about a child who has not been so lucky, my heart goes out to them and their parents. I'm hoping to have a dozen cards in the mail by the middle of the week. I'm thinking some will be duplicates of these.

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Stamp: Rubber Moon; cardstock: Kraft and Pure Black by Papertrey, Patterned paper: 7 Gypsies, Prisma colored pencils. I found this cute stamp last weekend at Stampassion in Latham, NY. It had been several years since I'd been there, and I picked up a couple of stamps and a few embellishments.

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Another version: Pure Poppy cardstock by Papertrey and patterned paper by Graphic 45, ribbon from Paper Source.

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Embossing folder by Quickutz, ribbon by Papertrey, tree "decorations" Smooch, cardstock Papertrey

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This was also done for a Hero Arts challenge. Quickutz embossing folder, Smoky Shadow cardstock by Papertrey, Hero Arts stamps, tree toppers Accents, Too by Mrs. Grossman, silver twine from Paper Source.

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My first attempt at stamping on sticky back canvas. That went fine, but the distressing is a bit overdone. Stamps: Winter Swirl and Signature Christmas by Papertrey; patterned paper Eskimo Kisses by Basic Grey; twill Papertrey; Stickyback Canvas Claudine Hellmuth.

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Stamp: 2008 Christmas Tag Collection by Papertrey, embossing folder by Cuttlebug, gold ribbon from stash.

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I love how all the Papertrey stamp sets seem to work together. This card uses stamps from three different sets: 2008 Holiday Tags, Winter Swirls, and Signature Christmas. Ribbon and cardstock are unknown and  from my stash, the gem is from Michaels and the tag is embellished with some Silver Fox Smooch.

Embellish Circle Card/Color Challenge

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Embellish's most recent challenge was to make a circle card with blues and greens. I made the card a while ago, but am just getting it posted under the wire! I don't often made shaped cards, but I enjoyed making this one.

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World Card Making Day-the last one

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This is the last of the World Card Making Day challenges. It's for the color challenge at Ellen Huston's The Classroom. Here's the challenge:

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Here's my take on it:

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Stamps: Hero Arts; Ribbon: Michaels; Button: La-di-Da; Cardstock: Rustic Cream  & Dark Chocolate Papertrey and Paper Source; Patterned Paper: Bitty Dots Papertrey; Quickutz embossing folder



 

Mojo Monday and Putting on the Glitz

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I've never participated in the Mojo Monday Sketch challenge, but when I saw it this morning I thought it would work well with the World Card Making Day challenge at The Classroom that specifies using sparkle and glitz. Here's what I came up with:

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The main image is a stamp from PSX that I bought early on in my stamping career. It's stamped with silver and embossed with sparkle embossing powder. I added some gems by Kaisercraft to the star and to the embossed (Cuttlebug) card. The patterned paper was in my Christmas scraps bag and the ribbon is from Michaels. The cardstock is Memory Box from Impress Stamps.

The Classroom: Two WCMD Challenges

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I may get another card or two done after dinner for Ellen's challenges, but I've finished two. The first one was an inchie challenge. I haven't used my inchies in a long time, and I loved this technique. I colored two of the inchies with Papertrey tea dies: Chai and Chamomile. Then I stamped the Magnenta branch with Dark Chocolate Ink, mounted the inchies on Dark Chocolate cardstock on a cream colored card from my stash. The ribbon is from May Arts. I will definitely use this technique again.

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The second challenge was to make a holiday card. I just got some new Making Memory tape and chipboard buttons that I wanted to use. The tree was stamped with Papertrey's Winter Swirls and some red Copic Spica glitter was added. The sentiment is one of Papertrey's Signature Christmas stamps which I just love. Patterned paper is Black & White Basics and Bitty Dots by Papertrey and the ribbon is from my stash again.

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Papertrey WCMD Challenge #4: Australia

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I made this card yesterday, but wasn't really happy with it so I took it apart today and put it back together. I'm much more satisfied. One of Nicole's challenges was to use outlines of white dots around an image. I pulled out two old stamps I haven't used in years for this challenge. I think it will make a good birthday card for a guy.

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Cardstock: Papertrey Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream; Patterned Paper: Papertrey Chocolate Remix, Bitty Dots; Stamps: Papertrey Faux Ribbon, Judikins, lizard (unknown); twine from Papertrey, button from stash.

Papertrey WCMD Challenge #3: India

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The third stop on the Papertrey tour is India. I recently found a box of charms I had collected years ago. It's been sitting on the floor of my study because I'm not quite sure what to do with them. I'm certainly glad I didn't throw them out! These elephant charms really spoke to me of India as did the beautiful paper from my stash.

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Cardstock: Papertrey, Stamp: Papertrey 2009 Autumn Tags; patterned paper, charms, and ribbon from my stash.

Papertrey WCMD Challenge #2: Mexico

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The next stop on the Papertrey "tour" is Mexico. When I think of Mexico, I think of bright colors, sunshine, and beach resorts–where "life is good"–at least for the tourists.

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Cardstock: Papertrey New Leaf & Orange Zest; Patterned Paper: Scenic Route, Stamps: Papertrey A Day at the Beach; brads from stash.

Papertrey WCMD Challenge #1: Japan

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Papertrey Ink is hosting a series of four challenges to celebrate World Card Making Day. The first stop is Japan. I've had this Japanese handmade paper for years, and this was the perfect time to pull it out. The elegant branch from Life also reminds me of the Japanese watercolor flowers. There's a tiny dragonfly charm on the bow.

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Cardstock:  Pure Poppy and Ripe Avacado; Stamp: Life; ribbon, handmade paper and charm from my stash.

World Card Making Day

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Today is World Card Making Day. I'm home alone so it's a perfect day to make a few cards for all the terrific challenges that are out there. The first card is for two challenges: Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #17:

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and the sketch challenge at 2 Sketches 4 You:

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I love the color combination Dawn chose and had a good time with the sketch as well.

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Cardstock: Papertrey Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist, Kraft, & Vintage Cream; Patterned paper: Jillibean; Stamps: Papertrey Star Basics & Wishing You; Punches: Fiskars border punch & Marvy circle punches; Button: Papertrey; Twine: Paper Source.

The next card is for the CPS Challenge #135:

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I've been wanting to play with the Cosmos Cricket Earth Love papers for a long time and this was a perfect opportunity.

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The last card (for now) is for the Card-a-licious challenge to use red, yellow, and blue on a birthday card. This uses Cosmos Cricket again, but the Early Bird line.

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Sweet Sunday Sketch #37

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It's been awhile since I've had a chance to participate in this challenge. Yesterday, however, I got a package from 2Peas with a new embossing folder from Quickutz. This seemed like a perfect sketch for it.

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Here's my take on it–another Christmas card:

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Cardstock: Papertrey Ripe Avacado; Card: Paper Source; Ribbon and patterned paper: unknown from stash; Krylon gold leafing pen, Quickutz embossing folder.

Adirondack Weekend

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Tracy and Bob have gone to the Adirondacks every September for years. This year Cathy and I decided to go along–not to backpack, but for a girls' weekend. We picked a great year to go. We dropped the guys off at the trailhead on Friday, and they took off for Mt. Marshall. Here they are, already to take off for their two day hike.

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Cathy and I, however, did not rough it. We checked into the Ledge Rock Motel in Wilmington, just north of Lake Placid. We had a great view of Whiteface Mountain from our room where we enjoyed wine and cheese and crackers, talked, and read.

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Friday night we drove into Lake Placid, ate at the Lake Placid Brewery and did some shopping. There was a great breakfast at the Lake Placid Diner on Saturday followed by more shopping in Lake Placid and Saranac Lake. We did get a little exercise walking  2.7 miles around Mirror Lake.

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The weather was fabulous and the foliage very near peak.

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Saturday night we had a great meal at the pub at the Hungry Trout in Wilmington. Sunday turned out to be gray and rainy. Here's the view from our room on Sunday.

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The hikers were wet and very tired when we picked them up.

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But grateful for the cold beers we brought with us. All of us had a great time. I think this could be a new tradition!

Sketchfest Thursday

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It's the last day I can play along with Sketchfest at Caardvarks. We're picking up our friends at 6 am tomorrow to head up to Lake Placid for the weekend. I'm looking forward to it, but I've also enjoyed the challenges this week. I think I'll finish up when I come back even though it will be too late to post them on their blog. Here's today's sketch:

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And my take on it.

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Archivers square card; patterned paper: Papertrey Black & White Basics and Bitty Dots, Jillibean Soup; border sticker: Mrs. Grossman; brads: SEI; rub-0n: Making Memories, punches.