SANTA BINGO! 39

Hello Ladies! Is ANYONE up for a game of SANTA BINGO? I made this card to simply to add to my Holiday collection :) As some of you know, this month I am the Guest Designer at Pile it On!. As a quick refresher, Pile it On! is a challenge site that would like you, the crafter, to incorporate their challenge with at least one other CURRENT challenge (at the time of posting). Sounds easy right? To make my card I used the following challenges in no particular order: 1. Pile it On! Use 3 flowers & 5 pearls 2. Just Us Girls dry embossing challenge, JUGS7, 3. For sketch inspiration: the lovely Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #106, WSC106, 4. Cards Blog - BIG ol’ ribbon bow. If you would like to gaze upon some really cool creations, please be sure to check out all these sites that I have mentioned! Hopefully you will join me in one or all of these challenges :) I'd love to know if you play BINGO! Be Sweet!



Here is my SANTA BINGO card:
What do you think of that BIG ol' ribbon bow? I am sure it won't squish into an envelope, so I will definitely have to hand deliver this one :)

You can really see the Swiss Dots all over the Poinsettia from this close up view! After cutting the Poinsettias using the Quickutz die, I ran them through The Big Shot Express using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF :) I like the way it adds a lil' more texture & dimension.

To accentuate the 5 bottom squares, I cut them out, then adhered them with an adhesive foam square. I stamped the leave images directly on the Bingo card by inking up the PTI Poinsettia leaf image with SU Garden Green ink.

Ingredients Used: Stamps: SU Perfect Presentation, PTI Peaceful Poinsettia Paper: Bazzill Pomegranate, SU Whisper White, Kraft Ink: SU Garden Green, Ranger Antique Photo Sprinkles: SU tag punches, Offray ribbon, Quickutz Poinsettia die, Martha Stewart pearls, generic brads & cord, Making Memories hardware

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Just Us Girls Challenge..... JUGS7 42

Hi Ladies! Thank you to all of you who played along last week with the JUGS sketch challenge!

Are you ready to do some DRY EMBOSSING with a Twist?
Today is an EXTRA SPECIAL day! Not only is it time for a NEW challenge but it is JUGS team-mate, SWEET Dana's Birthday! The girls & I are celebrating Dana's Birthday today!!! Tracey dear is the lovely Hostess this week & she has challenged us girls to make DANA a Birthday card using the Dry Embossing Technique. You can find ALL the challenge details on the Just Us Girls site & when you are hopping around to see what the other DT girls have created, PLEASE be sure to wish Dana a VERY Happy Birthday! :) I hope to see what you have dry embossed! Be Sweet!

Dana, Sweetie, this one is JUST FOR YOU :)

I broke out my sewing machine the other day & put it to good use! LOL

For color inspiration, I used the colors provided by The Play Date Cafe. This week's colors for The Play Date's Creativity Challenge #4, PDCC04 were selected by the lovely Sandi & her description of the colors reads, "blue/green, chocolate brown, tan and cream. There is a peace and tranquility to these colors." PERFECT color scheme for a SWEET young ladies birthday card :) I would like to send a BIG Thank You to ALL the girls at The Play Date Cafe for selecting my Christmas card to make their Fab 4 last week! :) Yipee Skipee Please hop on over to see what this talented group of women have created!

After making the butterflies with the Cuttlebug Butterfly die & the Martha Stewart butterfly punch, I sent them on their way to fluttering about through the Sizzix Big Shot Express to appear on the other side with embossed with Swiss Dots! :) I layered ALL the butterflies up x 2. I sewed on a lil fleurette that was crocheted by my dearest sis Tina :) The biggest butterfly of them all, looked a bit odd just sitting on the cs, so I stamped a SU flourish image, then sewer her on down :) I just love how you can see all the layers to these butterflies from this angle :) I am sure Dana will need to fluff them a bit when her card arrives!
Ingredients Used: Stamps: SU Oval All, Carte Postale Paper: K&Company DP, SU Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Creamy Caramel, PTI Aqua Mist Ink: SU Chocolate Chip, Ranger Antique Photo, Sprinkles: EK Success Oval & border punches, Fiskars Scalloped Oval punch, Spellbinders Scalloped Oval die, Martha Stewart punch, Cuttlebug butterfly die, generic cream buttons, brads & cord, Offray ribbon, PTI Aqua Mist button

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Best Wishes 15

Hi Girls! So glad it is Friday & the weekend is almost here! I made this card for my "Chemo Buddy". She has received her last round of treatment & is cancer free! :) Yeah!!! If you think you are interested & would like to become a "Chemo Buddy", here is the link : http://chemoangels.net/

For my sketch inspiration, I used this week's awesome Splitcoast Stamper's Sketch from challenge #254, SC254. If you would like to see many BEAUTIFUL creations, I recommend you visit the SCS gallery! Thanks for stopping by & don't forget to join me tomorrow for an ALL NEW challenge with Just Us Girls as well as the SPECIAL challenge for Henry! Be Sweet!

Here is my Best Wishes card:

Using Color Box white ink, I stamped the Kraft cs with a PTI Giga Guidelines image to create the "custom dp" :). Warning: you should either heat set this ink or wait a really long time for it to dry! After heat setting the ink, I used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF to add a whole lot of texture!

To create the BIG blossom, I used the Spellbinders Blossom die to cut all 3 layers, embossed all layers with the Cuttlebug Textile EF then using a sponge dauber, I rubbed on Ranger's Antique Photo ink around the edges to give it a Vintagey look.

Ingredients Used: Stamps: SU All Ovals Paper: Basic Grey DP, SU Whisper White, Mellow Moss, Blush Blossom, Kraft Ink: SU Basic Black, Ranger Antique Photo Sprinkles: EK Success punch, Spellbinders Blossom dies, hardware & button from stash, Offray ribbon

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Snow Angel 29

Hi Girls! This is a VERY SPECIAL post. A fellow stamper, Sarah Anderson, (a DT member of the Pink Cat Studio), & her family are experiencing the loss of their 3 year old son Henry. Little Henry was unable to overcome a virus that made him ill last week. Henry loved his local zoo and visited it almost every day in the summer. As a memorial, trees will be planted there in his honor.

Just Us Girls is conducting a special challenge to all of you out there who would like to help with this cause. Basically to play along, all you need to do is purchase the special stamp called Henry, The Snow Angel Fairy digital stamp (it's only $3.00) designed by Paper Makeup Stamps, as a tribute to Henry, make a card & post it to the Mr. Linky on the "Just Us Girls" blog. Please visit the Just Us Girls site for ALL the details as well as, ALL the JUGS DT girls blogs for complete instructions on how they created their cards! Thank You for your visit today, I hope you can join along for this GREAT cause! I hope you can keep Henry & his family in your thoughts & prayers :) Be Sweet!

For sketch inspiration, I used this week's Mercy's fun sketch #47, MTSC47. I did break out my sewing machine yesterday but I did the few cross-stitches on this card by hand :)

From this close-up view, you can really get a great view of ALL the detail in this cute Henry Snow Angel digital stamp! :)

This is a peek at all the Copic markers I used to color Henry. I personally like the Copic Sketch style of marker, as I find it easy to color between those itty bitty lines with the fine brush tip :)

As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, Sarah is a DT member for The Pink Cat Studio. The Pink Cat Studio has also created a digital stamp set to help raise money for Henry's family. If you would like to contribute more to this cause, please visit the PCS for complete details.

Ingredients Used: Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps digital stamp: Henry, The Snow Angel Fairy, SU So Many Scallops, PTI Winter Swirls Paper: K&Company DP, PTI Aqua Mist, SU Whisper White, Certainly Celery Ink: SU Chocolate Chip, Copic Markers E00 Skin White, B00 Frost Blue, BG45 Nile Blue, C1 Cool Gray, O Colorless Blender, E27 Africano, E55 Light Camel, G21 Lime Green, Y000 Pale Lemon, R20 Blush Sprinkles: American Crafts ribbon, button from stash, Making Memories crystal brad & eyelet, SU punches & cord, Spellbinders Rectangle Scalloped Nesties, Cuttlebug Snowflake EF,

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