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Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: It’s Snowing Gingerbread!

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This week’s Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World combines both the warmth of gingerbread with the frost of winter:

We’ve had a serious snowfall here in eastern Washington, which has given me lots of wintertime inspiration and indoor crafty time!
I was inspired by the kraft-like combo of the white icing with the gingerbread when I made my card:

Supplies: cardstock and ink (Stampin’ Up!), paper (Jillibean Soup, Imaginisce), sentiment stamp (Imaginisce), white opaque gel pen, die cut shapes and embossing folder (Sizzix), buttons.
I embossed the card base, then added strips of kraft cardstock and patterned paper. Then, I decorated die-cut snowflakes with a white gel pen and some buttons. Finally, I stamped a sentiment, matted it with cardstock, and adhered it to the card.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
There’s lots more Moxie Fab inspiration over at Cath’s blog, and you still have time to post your Tuesday Trigger-inspired creations before Sunday, December 5th! Click HERE for all the trigger-ific details!

PageMaps: My Little Shoebox Card Contest

Becky Fleck’s PageMaps blog is hosting a card sketch contest, and the prize is a box full of My Little Shoebox papercrafting sweetness!

The contest runs until midnight, Sunday, December 12th (MST) and is open to US and Canadian residents only or anyone international with a US shipping address.

Here’s the sketch:

and here’s my card!

Supplies: Patterned paper & cardstock stickers (Echo Park), markers (Copic), digital stamp (The Greeting Farm), sentiment stamp (Technique Tuesday), Stickles, ink (Stampin’ Up & ColorBox)
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
For all the details on this contest, or to sneak a peek at the prize, visit the PageMaps blog!

Curtain Call #57

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The color combo in this week’s Curtain Call Color Challenge over at Stacey’s Stamping Stage would be great for a masculine birthday card!
For my card, I used some cute stamps from The Rubber Cafe’ and some paper from Basic Grey’s Max & Whiskers collection:

Other supplies: Copic markers, Stampin’ Up ink in Chocolate Chip, Stampin’ Up cardstock in Cajun Craze and Tempting Turquoise.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
There are lots more inspiring examples using this week’s set of challenge colors over at Stacey’s Stamping Stage! Check ’em out!

CPS 194

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This week’s CPS sketch challenge (#194) features a simple sketch, which I used for a holiday card:

My card features a cute holiday image by Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps and papers by October Afternoon and Basic Grey!

Other supplies: Copic markers, Chocolate Chip ink (Stampin’ Up!), Cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), corner rounder.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
This week’s CPS challenge is sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps. Visit Card Positioning Systems (CPS) for more creative examples using this week’s sketch!

Unscripted Sketches #82

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Happy Saturday! Welcome back for another Unscripted Sketch!

Every Saturday morning we post a sketch for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it… create a card, a scrapbook page, or anything your imagination comes up with! There’s no right or wrong way, as long as you’re using the Unscripted Sketch as the inspiration and basis of your creation!

Here’s the sketch for this week’s challenge:

I used the sketch for a holiday card, featuring paper by Collage Press and a cute stamped image from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! I tied a bow in place of the rectangle in the lower right hand corner.

Today I’m meeting up with my monthly stamp group to get some holiday cards done! I’m still trying to decide if I should do all my cards in the same design, or send a different one to each person! I only send out about 20 cards each year, so either choice wouldn’t be that bad!
Thanks for stopping by, and I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s Unscripted Sketch!
The rest of the Unscripted Sketches Design Team has more crafty inspiration for you, too! Don’t forget to stop by their blogs, too: Alanna, Angy, April, Arielle, Becky, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, Lelia, Linda, Marcy, Sarah Kaye and Stephanie!

Curtain Call #56

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What a gorgeous set of colors for this week’s Curtain Call Color Challenge over at Stacey’s Stampin’ Stage!
I used the colors for a sweet birthday card:

Supplies: Stamps (Technique Tuesday & Savvy Stamps), Ink (Stampin’ Up!), Markers (Copic), Cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), Border Punch (Martha Stewart Crafts), Paper (October Afternoon), Ribbon.
Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!
Visit Stacey’s Stampin’ Stage to see the design team’s show-stopping creations and to check out the other entries for this week’s challenge!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #19

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Hi there! I’m participating in another of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps challenges! This week’s theme is:

I’m pairing the theme for this challenge with one of SCRS’ new releases, Street Corner Josh:

I love this stamp…especially because it’s coffee themed!
I also used sentiment stamps and a coffee cup image by Elzybells. The background paper is from Basic Grey’s Oliver collection. All of the images are colored with Copic markers.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
Visit Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps for more inspiring ideas!

Get Sketchy #64

I really enjoyed working with this week’s Get Sketchy challenge sketch! I can definitely see using it for lots and lots of cards:
Here’s my entry for this week! I used paper from Basic Grey’s Olivia collection, a digi stamp from The Greeting Farm, and a sentiment sticker from SRM Stickers.

I colored in the image with some of my new Copics! I also used some American Crafts ribbon and SU and Bazzill cardstock to complete my card!
Thanks for visiting! Don’t forget to check out what’s new over at Get Sketchy!

Unscripted Sketches #81

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Happy Saturday and welcome to another installment of Unscripted Sketches! I’m blogging from the road this week as the Creating Keepsakes convention winds down in Bellevue/Seattle this weekend! (I’ll do my best to post some pictures soon!)

Let’s get started with this week’s Unscripted Sketch (#81):

and here’s my card for this week:

I used various holiday papers by Cosmo Cricket and Collage Press for my card. The snow globe stamp is from a set by Recollections, and the metallic snowflake accents and chipboard letters are by American Crafts (Thickers)
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s Unscripted Sketch! In the meantime, don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Design Team for more inspiration: Alanna, Angy, April, Arielle, Becky, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, Lelia, Linda, Marcy, Sarah Kaye and Stephanie!

Bonus Card: Paper Crafts Card Swap

Just wanted to share with y’all the card that I made for the Paper Crafts Card Swap that I’m participating in at CKC-Seattle tonight!

I used papers by Jillibean Soup and some alpha stamps from We R Memory Keepers for my card. I used Stampin’ Up Only Orange for the letters, and Bazzill cardstock. To make the “flash” effect, I cut the sun shape and the circle with the Cricut and layered the shapes.
Thanks for stopping by to visit!
I’ll do my best to post some pictures from CKC-Seattle later this weekend! Hope you’re having a crafty weekend, too!