CHRISTMAS JOY Snow Globe....

Almost done...it's like I have a second wind...this might be my second last card for 2018..still on a Christmas kick..Used Fab Friday's sketch challenge for inspiration and will enter this card into Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Card Challenge also.. Die cut a folded piece of acetate with the stitched circle die for the *globe*. Used the Lots of Labels for the *snowglobe base*... Coloured the diecut Snowman image and accented with dazzling diamonds glitter. Cut the background snowflake and the snow in the globe from shimmer cardstock. Layered the embossed *CHRISTMAS JOY* sentiment with white embossing powder on chocolate chip cardstock..Voila!

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Happy New Year! :)

MERRY & BRIGHT...

Winding down 2018...still in the Christmas card mode..a hat trick challenge..another Merry & Bright..worked with 1) CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge for inspiration , 2) Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Card Challenge and 3) Crafty Hazelnuts Pattern Paper Challenge. Red glimmer paper is a must to showcase the pattern papers...and one of my fave Snowman images..with a sentiment banner...Voila!!

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Happy New Year. :)

MERRY & BRIGHT Trio...

Finishing up 2018, another sketch challenge...this time around...Freshly Made Sketches Narelle's inspiration. Red glimmer layers to showcase some of my fave Christmas pattern papers..and the frame for the oval shaker. Inked, coloured and die cut the Snowmen trio...stamped Soft Sky snowflakes and filled the shaker with mini red and silver stars plus silver seed beads. Wet embossed  the MERRY & BRIGHT sentiment with white embossing powder on real red cardstock banner diecut...Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for pattern papers, snowmen image and scalloped oval frame

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Season's Greetings. :)

christmas....***Top Three Winner***

Finishing up 2018 with a couple posts..first challenge... is Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Inked, coloured and fussy cut the snowman wagon train with Copics and accented with Dazzling Diamonds glitter..Embossed the white layer with my fave Snowflake background embossing folder. Added a stitched edge layer to showcase the   red glimmer paper *christmas* sentiment..Die cut a scalloped border frame and cut to finish the edges of the centre panel. Layered the fussy cut image with foam tape..Voila! 

Deets: Al Stampin Up except for pattern paper, stamped image and scalloped frame die.

EDIT: great way to start a Wednesday morning...The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Design Team chose my card as one of the top three winners for their recent sketch challenge. THANK YOU for making my day.  Love their sketch challenges and their Design team as they do take the time to leave blog love on the participants' entries. 

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Countdown to the New Year is on....2 1/2 days..

Cheers, Sheri

Retro Merry Christmas...**TOP CUP Winner**

Working on last minute Christmas cards...a double challenge..combined Just Add Ink's colour challenge with Sunday Stamps' sketch challenge. Wasn't sure about the colour combination...but the two pattern papers worked together and decided to go with stamping the snowflakes on a simple stitched circle..layered on scalloped silver glimmer paper circle... Inked and coloured with Copics, the snowman image and accented with dazzling diamonds glitter.. Tied some silver twine around the layered lovely lipstick pattern paper.. Finished the card with the layered sentiment on the silver..Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for pattern papers and stamps..

EDIT: Dec 29th..Great news to start the evening...Melissa chose my card as one of the Sunday Stamps' TOP CUP Winners..how exciting and a great way to finish 2018. Thank you Melissa and looking forward to the next Sunday Stamps challenge. :)

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Seasons' Greetings.

Gingerbread in the Pocket....

Inspiration for this card was from this week's CAS{E} this Sketch challenge and the internet universe...Needed some last minute Christmas cards. Had these gingerbread men diecuts from a visit to my bestie's and never got a chance to use them so finally an opportunity. 

Decided to make faux pockets to hold the gingerbread ...card on the left has red glimmer paper mat and the red glimmer paper *merry* die cut. The card on the right I used a piece of the plaid pattern paper with the believe banner. Dry embossed the back white piece with the Quilt Top embossing folder. Finished with a few sprigs of greenery and some red gems for berries. Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for pattern papers and the Memory Box *merry* die.

Entering this card into the additional challenges:
- Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge ~ optional: use some gems
- Crafty Hazelnuts Pattern Paper Challenge

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Merry Christmas.

CONGRATS....

Card Front

Twist n Pop Inside Card

Needed a card for a co-worker...and thought I would use the Paper Craft Crew sketch challenge for inspiration...great for a manly card! Decided which pattern papers to use and scoured my stamp sets for the right sentiment...sprinkled the card with gold glimmer stars...and than the inside...the pop n twist mechanism for a WOW factor..I've been on a roll lately with the pop n twist cards... Voila!

Deets: All Stampin UP except for pattern papers..

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Seasons' Greetings.

Twas the Night Before Christmas......

Up next a hat trick challenge...1. the FUSION Challenge ~ Christmas Eve Ride ~ went with the picture for inspiration 2. the Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge ~ Anything Christmas and 3. Inkspirational Challenge's theme ~ Anything Christmas Goes. Over at my bestie’s and she was showing me her Christmas cards that she was working on... I fell in love with the fancy fold one and decided to make one with the Christmas Eve scene. Sadly I didn’t take a picture of her beautiful card. So some DSPs...red glimmer paper and ribbon from the stash..some stamping..some diecutting.
.. Voila! 

Deets: All Stampin Up except ribbon from craft stash

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Season’s Greetings. :)

Vintage Top Hat Snowman....*** Top 3 Winner*** and ***Spotlight Winner***

A few more Christmas cards...Used the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (flipped the sketch sideways) for inspiration..inked and coloured one of the Snowman stamps from the collection...Opted for a non traditional Christmas colour combination ~ pinks, browns and silver..Used some vintage pattern papers accented with silver glimmer paper...Finished with an irridescent snowflake & a silver foiled wooden snowflake.. Voila!

Deets: Making Memories and K&Company pattern papers..ribbon & wooden snowflake from stash..TH snowflake die 

Also entering this card into the following challenges:
- Cardz 4 Galz' challenge ~ non-traditional Christmas colours
- Creative Knockouts ~ Christmas Delight
- Just Add Ink's challenge ~ Just add "I" ..ink to stamp the image and colour the image and the irridescent snowflake underneath the silver foiled wooden snowflake

EDIT: The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge chose my card as one of the top three winners for their sketch challenge. Happy Dance! :)

EDIT*: Spotlight winner for the Cards 4 Galz Challenge - non traditional colours...so excited and a great way to end my evening. Thank you. :)

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Seasons' greetings. :)

Best Wishes......

Card Front

Card Inside

Card Close Up ~ Highlight Details

So started with Fab Friday's sketch challenge to kick start the inspiration for a wedding card request... tried out the new stamp and die set and cut a coveted peice of pattern paper. from the stash....
Oh and my bestie would be so proud of me...I finally used the Stamparatus and I LOVED it!!
The individual pearls were painstakingly lined side by side one another...must have changed the card stock for the cake holder with stand, several times before finally deciding on the silver foil... And because I wanted to add a WOW factor...added the twist n pop surprise inside...Scrummaged through multiple stamp sets to find the perfect sentiments... more pattern paper...stamping...Voila!!

Also going to enter this card into the Watercooler Wednesday's Tristan's Feminine Anything Goes Challenge..and Crafty Hazelnut's Pattern Paper Challenge...

Deets: All Stampin Up except for pattern papers...

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Seasons' Greetings. :)

My most fave.....

Been kinda busy lately...a quadruple challenge..Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge combined with the Watercooler Wednesday ~ Gail's All About Holidays theme challenge, Creative Knockouts' Favourite Colour Combination Challenge...and the Paper Player's Jaydee's theme challenge ~ It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...

Nearing the end of this year for working on Christmas cards....a few more and than I'm going to take a break and enjoy the holidays by spending time with family and friends...
Started with the Atlantic Hearts sketch for inspiration..(flipped the sketch sideways)... inked up a vintage Snowman stamp and used my most fave colour combination..Pink, White, Silver and Chocolate Chip..to bring this card together for one of my most fave holidays ~ Christmas...Added dazzling diamonds glitter to the snow and the snowman. Finished the card with the silver embellishments ~ sequins and a snowflake...Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for pattern papers, Snowman image, snowflake grosgrain ribbon and silver foiled wooden snowflake

Drats...for some reason..I missed the deadline for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge...oh well... ;)

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Season's Greetings. :)

Merry & Bright Basket of Goodness....***Top 3 Winner***

On the radar....a collection of challenges: 1) Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge, 2) Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge, 3) Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge and 4) Crafty Hazelnuts Pattern Paper Challenge...Inked up an unloved brand new stamp from the collection..Coloured with Copics and added some dazzling diamonds for the sparkle factor. Than I dove into the paper stash and pulled some papers together..layered on red glimmer paper on a Crumb Cake cardstock base...and hauled out an edge die that I haven't used in awhile...embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder on red cardstock.. Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for pattern papers and stamped snowman & gingerbread image

EDIT: The AHSC Deisgn Team picked my card as one of the Top Three Winners for their sketch challenge...very exciting. THANK YOU for the inspiration. :)

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Smiles. :)

Merry Christmas Penguin....**Honourable Mention**

A double challenge with Watercooler Wednesday's Heidi's All About Occasions' theme combined with Brian King's sketch challenge from CAS{E} this Sketch...inked up an unloved penguin stamp that I seriously will need to ink up a few more at least...coloured with Copics..added glitter to the hat brim and pompom..Stamped tiny snowflakes on the white cardstock oval with the Pool Party Ink. Embossed the Pool Party layer with my fave snowflake background embossing folder. Layered the coloured penguin and the sentiment..Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for penguin image, sentiment, scalloped oval dies and the snowflake embossing background.

EDIT: My card was chosen as one of the Honourable Mentions from the CAS{E} this Sketch Challenge. Thank you for making my Saturday. :)

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Smiles.

Snowman in a Wagon..

A duo challenge ~ Paper Craft Crew's sketch challenge this week added to Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge ~ Anything Goes.. Haven't made a shaker box for awhile so decided to whip up one for this card..Inked and coloured in another Snowman stamp from the collection..opted for the traditional Christmas colour combination of red and green. Embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder on red cardstock. Finished the card with  sprinkle of sequins. Voila! 

Deets: All Stampin Up except for pattern paper, silver foiled wood snowflake and Snowman image

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Smiles. :)

Merry & Bright Santa...***Top Three Winner***

Loving the *new to me* Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog... helping me build my Christmas card stash as it's all about Christmas... Pulled some Basic Grey *vintage* pattern paper from the stash and coloured up another Santa image with my Copics.  Added some red bling for the berries and some red glimmer paper to showcase the pattern paper. Figured out the banner placements..layered the Santa on the snowflake stamped Soft Sky Lots of Label and layered the *Merry&Bright* banner..Voila!

Deets: All Stampin UP except for Snowman image and pattern paper

Also, entering this card into:
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge ~ Anything Goes

EDIT: Sweet news...my card was chosen as one of the top three for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge...that's Happy Wednesday vibes. Thanks to the AHSC Team for choosing my card and congrats to the other two winners. :)

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Smiles. :)

*Christmas Joy Santa

Another sketch challenge for inspiration from FUSION Card Challenge... while they have the photo inspiration and the sketch challenge...I opted for the sketch challenge...Plus Crafty Hazlenut's Christmas Challenge ~ Add Glitter.

A tradtional Christmas colour combination ~red and green. Loving this shade of green...Gumball or Garden and Christmas cards need glitz...so add the red glimmer paper, dazzling diamonds glitter on the brim and pom-pom. Finish with the teeny red rhinestones for the holly berries..Used a couple embossing folders on the beard and the Soft Sky background layer. Embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder on red cardstock and die cut. Hhhhhmmmmm....me thinks I need to make a few more of these... Voila!

Deets: All Stampin Up except for Snowman image and the *Braided* embossing folder.

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*Merry Christmas Santa

Inspiration for this card was from the MFT Card Challenges' Sketch Challenge and CAS Christmas Card Challenge ~ Santa theme. Coloured the Santa with Copics, dry embossed Santa's beard and added dazzling diamond glitter on the hat brim and the pom-pom. Dry embossed the Soft Sky cardstock with my fave snowflakes' embossing folder..Used some vintage pattern paper for the bottom piece. Stamped and embossed the *Merry Christmas* with white embossing powder on a strip of red cardstock...a simple card to showcase the Santa.

Deets: All Stampin Up except for Santa image, pattern paper and embossing folder.

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Smiles. :)