In the *PINK* with Jingle Belles, take 2!

I'm here on this fabulous Thursday evening to share my second card for the Jingle Belles *PINK* Christmas challenge for breast cancer:

 

I was so inspired by this card I pinned months ago, but of course promptly forgot about it among all the other inspiration on Pinterest.  Trolling through the other day, I saw it again, and knew I had to get it out of my system!  I practiced once beforehand in Tumbled Glass, which I still may use on a card, but I really wanted to make another *PINK* card for Jingle Belles.  I think I need more practice because I went a little overboard on this one!  I kept swiping with my sponge and distress tool, and occasionally I would go over where I wanted my ending to be, so I just went all the way over, lol!  I still think it looks pretty cool, though.  This would be awesome to see in other colors too...time for more practice maybe?  ;) 

 

Other challenges to check out:

 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra:  Anything goes

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge: Something Round (the circles on the points of the snowflake)

Christmas at Sweet Stampin:  Snowflakes

 

 

Thanks for stopping by to have a look, and take care!

 

~Marie~

Breast Cancer Awareness, Jingle Belles style!

Good Monday evening, everyone!  I hope your days all went well...Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends and relatives, too! 

 

I'm here to share with you my first card for the Jingle Belles *PINK* challenge:

 

 

A couple of firsts in the making of this card:  My first actual Tiddly Inks "physical" stamp, from the set that came with issue #130 of Quick Cards!  Oh, I was SO EXCITED to get my hands on this issue, let me tell ya!  The whole set is too stinkin' cute!  If you don't know this character, her name is Wrynn, and I just think she is so adorable!  My other first for this card is that this is the first time I ever tried water coloring with stamps!  I don't think I did *too* badly, but there is definitely room for improvement!  I used distress inks to do the water coloring, and watched a few YouTube videos beforehand.  The sentiment is computer generated, as I couldn't find anything at all suitable in my vast collection of Christmas stamps...imagine that, lol!  I loved this Papertake sketch that I saw on Dee's blog, so I used it for this card.  It's #68.

 

Other challenges I'm linking to:

 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra:  Always Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's weekly Christmas challenge:  Use something Round

Sparkles Christmas challenge:  For a Child

Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  Snowflakes (snowflake embossing folder)

 

Well, I suppose that's about it for tonight.  It's 11:00pm, and I should get to bed!  Goodnight, and take care!

 

~Marie~

 

It's PINK Christmas time! :)

OK, all my bloggy friends out there, you all know it is October already...and with that comes Breast Cancer Awareness month!  And again, the wonderful ladies that head up the Jingle Belles blog, Stef and Lauren, are joining in the fight!  Here is the info:

 

The "Pink Christmas" prompt will run at JINGLE BELLES from 12am on Friday, October 10th to 6pm on Wednesday, October 22nd; as in previous years, Stephanie and Lauren pledge to donate $4 per linked-up card to The Susan G. Komen Foundation.

The only requirement is that all link-ups be NEW holiday cards with some noticeable pink on them... so in other words, not just Rudolph's NOSE, lol!

Participants may use sketches, combine challenges, and include any other colors in addition to pink; you can showcase however many cards you'd like in one post, don't worry, we'll still count every single one of them towards the total!

Thank you very much for your support!

♥♥♥

 

Now I don't have any cards to share as of this post, but I wanted to bring it to your attention if you weren't already on board!  PLEASE join in for this great cause, AND get some more Christmas cards done for your stash!  It's a win-win!!  :)  I hope to be back tomorrow with a card or two!

 

~Marie~

Merry Monday #127, Christmas Bingo

Happy Sunday afternoon folks!  Wanna get this post done quickly and link it up to the Merry Monday challenge:

 

 

 

Kathy has challenged us to play some BINGO this week, using the above card to play with.  I chose the top row of Sparkle, Pattern Paper, and Emboss.  I have lots of sparkle on my paper bag flowers with my homemade shimmer spray (not that you can see it in this pic!), and the Wink of Stella on my heart, plus some shimmer in the brown ribbon.  The patterned paper is from the K and Company Brenda Walton paper pad, and I embossed the sentiment in sparkle gold powder...not that you can see that either!

 

Other challenges I'm adding this to:
 
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned paper challenge 

 Holly Jolly:  Ribbon or Lace
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra
Completely Christmas #31:  Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Christmas:  Christmas Critters
 

~Marie~

Festive Friday #40

Hello, and happy Tuesday!  I'm here this evening to share my card for Festive Friday challenge #40, for which this lovely picture is provided for inspiration:

 

 

Isn't that a beauty?  What soft yummy colors!  Of course I went with the obvious pink, and the shabby chic-ness of certain items in the photo for my card:

 

 

I cut my tree out of white card stock several times and cut the layers apart to add dimension.  Each layer is glued at the top and attached with dimensionals at the bottom to separate it from the next layer.  The doily is a Bird file found here, which I cut out of more patterned paper from the K and Company Brenda Walton 8.5 x 8.5 pad.  Satin ribbon came from the dollar store, half pearls I just bought at A.C. Moore, and pearl string from my stash.  Frayed Burlap and Spun Sugar distress ink used to ink the edges.  I couldn't find a good place for a sentiment, so I guess I'll just have to use one on the inside.  I really like how this turned out!

 

I'll also add this to:

 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra

Holly Jolly:  Ribbon or Lace

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

~Marie~

 

Merry Monday #126, and 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown

Hello fellow bloggers!  This post is coming really late in the day, so I'm going to try to keep it short.  Here is my card:

 

 

Due to all the sparkle, this was really hard to get a decent pic!  At least to me, it just looks out of focus...  The JOY cutout is a Silhouette file cut in navy blue, layered on silver glitter paper, layered on black, and then on a white card base.  Simple but striking, I think!

 

This is going into the following challenges:

 

Merry Monday:  The Words Have It (focus on the sentiment)

52 {Christmas Card Throwdown}:  Color challenge (red OR blue, black AND white, silver OR gold)

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra: Anything Goes

 

If I find any more challenges later, I will add them then...right now, I'll get these linked up and go to bed!  Thanks for stopping by!  Take care!

 

~Marie~

Christmas, critters, and snowmen!

Happy Sunday evening all!  Well, Rena's party was a success!  I was keeping the design of the cupcakes I had a friend's daughter make for me a surprise...she used the symbols of Rena's current favorite band on top, and Rena loved them!  YEA!!!  She gave me a couple of hugs during the party, so I guess everything went well!  :)  *warm fuzzies*

Now onto my card for this evening:

I am TOTALLY loving making square cards of late...too bad they won't go thru the mail!    :(  I made this one late last night...I've been wanting to use the acetate sheets I purchased for quite some time now and finally took the time to do so!  The snowflake border is from Memory Box cut out of white glitter paper.  I cut the middle section out of the front of the card and replaced it with a piece of acetate.  The snowman piece is from a 3D tag that Stef of Ingenious Inkling sent me a few years ago after I drooled over these 4 cards she had made using tags she got at Michael's.  Needless to say I WANTED those tags, but by the time I got to my nearest Mike's, they were gone.  Stef was generous enough to send me some tags and shamefully I am just now using one...#NBUS ALERT#...*hangs head in embarrassment.*  Anyhow, I ripped carefully peeled off the 3D part of the tag and used it here.  I like that it comes complete with a sentiment!  :)  I added some of the cutout snowflakes from the Memory Box die cuts to the acetate piece, and this card was complete!

I would like to submit this to the following challenges:

Sparkles Christmas challenge:  Snowmen (all month long)

Completely Christmas #29:  Anything Goes (ends in 4 days)

Christmas at Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog:  Christmas Critters (all month)  (see the little birdie?)

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Extra:  Anything Goes (all month)
My buddy Darnell's NBUS challenge; if you don't know Darnell, check out her blog, she's a HOOT!

 

As always, thanks for stopping by my little 'ole blog and take care out there!

~Marie~