Greeting Farm and Marker Pop Challenge card

I love the Greeting Farm stamps and the challenge that I am completing is a card created that was inspired by a holiday memory. I chose to use one the Miss Anya Scarves since every Christmas time we are visiting an area that is very chilly and you need to bundle up warm. The Marker Pop blog is having a challenge to use dark, bold colors so I chose to colr the image with reds, blacks and dark browns. I used patterned paper from Echo Park called "For the Record 2" on the background of the card and I also punched out a strip using my Fiskars Scalloped Sentiment border punch. I used a strip of burgundy velvet ribbon trim that I bought from my local thrift shop. The button in the corner of the card came from an Etsy shop called "Buttons and Badges". The sentiment that I added to my card was created using my SP & Company stamp set called "Handmade Holiday Gift Tags". Thanks for looking.

Greeting Farm Red,Teal & Green Challenge

I have always admired Greeting Farm stamps but just recently took the plunge and ordered some of them. They are adorable and so fun to paper piece. Their blog has many wonderful challenges and lots of inspiration. It was Double Take Tuesday yesterday and the challenge was to make a card using Red, Teal and Green. I chose to use one of my adorable Miss Anya Scarves stamps. I paper pieced her scarf with some Winter Wishes Echo Park patterned paper and colored the rest of the image in with my Copic markers. I also used some Enamel accents in the black to give a little dimension to the buttons on her coat and boots. The patterned paper that I used behind the girl image is from DCWV and the other patterned papers are also from the Winter Wishes Echo Park paper pad. I used my heart Martha Stewart punch to punch out a border strip in red cardstock to add across the bottom of the card. I used my SP&Company stamp set called "Handmade Holiday Gift Tags" to create the sentiment. I glued a strip of velvet teal ribbon in between the two patterned papers on the top of the card. Thanks for looking.

Digi Darla weekly Challenge

I love using DigiDarla's adorable images and they always have a fun challenge here each week. This week's challenge is "Holiday Cheer with embossing". I have a lot of Cuttlebug folders but a lot of time I forget or don't take the time to use them so I was glad to be reminded that embossing really gives your card some dimension and looks nice. I chose to use the snowflake embossing folder and then I wanted the snowflakes to stand out so I used my Versamagic Chalk ink in the Oasis Green color to rub across the embossed surface. I colored the adorable DigiDarla winter image with my Copic and Flex Letraset markers. I wanted to give my card some extra bling so I added some rhinestone snowflake stickers that I got from the Target $1 spot. I used my SP & Company stamp set called "Ultimate Sentiments II" for the card sentiment. Thanks for looking.

Greeting Farm Challenge

I have always admired the Greeting Farm Stamps but just recently started to purchase some for my own collection. They are so cute and very fun to paper piece. I love coffee so I had to have the Latte stamps. They have challenges quite often on their blog which you can find here. The challenge that I am entering is Non-Traditional Colors to make a Christmas card and you need to use a stamp that is at least 6 months old because it is supposed to be a Retro Christmas. I chose to use the adorable Cafe Ian. The patterned papers that I used were from the Echo Park This & that Christmas pack. I used some very fun mesh wire ribbon that I won from a RAK on Youtube. I add an October Afternoon flag that I also received in some Happy Mail recently along with a button that I received from JcPenneys on Black Friday because I thought it went perfectly with the card since it had a cup of cocoa on it!! This was a very fun card to create. I loved paper piecing his outfit with the same Echo Park patterned papers and it was GREAT to actually finish off the paper pad. Thanks for looking.

Digi Darla Challenge

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I so LOVE DigiDarla images to use and color. The challenge for this week is "Snow Fun with Bling". You can find the challenges here. I first took this adorable snowman image and colored it in. I decided that I wanted to make a shaker box so I created the window with some acetate and my Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A and B. I used some fun hats and heart confetti that I had in my stash. It is actually supposed to be for weddings but I figured it was cute since the snowman always wears a hat. I then cut out a sheet of Echo Park This and That Christmas patterned paper with my Resplendent Rectangle Spellbinders. I then cut the center of it out and used it to frame the window. I added some red flowers from my stash along with some Doodlebug bling to one flower. I added some sequin trim that I received in a RAK around the edge of the frame. I used some white standard cardstock for the base and then I glued on a piece of script print from the Echo Park This and That Christmas paper pad. I then glued the shaker box on top of that. Thanks for looking

Saturated Canary Challenge

I love the Saturated Canary stamps and the digital images they offer. They also have challenges on their blog which you can find here. The challenge going on now is #32 and is "hot cocoa and marshmallows". I used the adorable "Latte" image that Krista drew. I colored her in with my Copic and Flex Letraset markers. I added some stickles to her scarf. My card base is a 5 X 8 card. I added 2 layers of cardstock and the top layer is patterned paper from the DCWV photo stack. I added part of a felt glitter snowflake and also a rectanular shaped paper doily that I cut in half. I added a crochet doily that I cut and recycled from a skirt. I add some purple and white arycllic flowers to the center and around the doily. I added a beautiful teal spray of flower underneath the doily. I popped the Latte image up with foam dots. Thanks for looking.

DigiDarla's weekly challenge

I love the digital images that you find at DigiDarla's store and there is a challenge each week here. I have missed a few weeks of completing them with having a bad back and the holidays but so glad I got to do this week's which is "A Child's Christmas". I loved this image of the painted pony and snowman and I figured it would be perfect because what child especially a girl doesn't love ponies. I colored the image in with my Copic and Flex Letraset markers. I added a piece of patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye "Stella and Rose" Gertie papers. I inked around the image with some Colorbok chalk ink. I added some white opal colored Liquid Pearls for the snow on the ground. I stamped the sentiment from an Imaginenise stamp set. Thanks for looking.

Sketch Challenge

I have been following along with this blog's 25 days of Christmas. Damaris made a great sketch and wanted us to create a card using it and we were supposed to color in our image with Copics. I love using the Copic markers that I do have. I think they are the best and have tried to keep adding to my collection. This was such a fun sketch to follow. I used the Echo Park Winter Wishes patterned papers. The arrow that I created I stamped with a Close to my Heart stamp set. The image was one that I got as a freebie with the CardMaker magazine and I colored it in with my Copics and other markers. I added a rosette flower from the Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue collection and some felt glittery snowflakes that I got from the dollar store. The cardbase is one of those corrugated cardboard cards from Michaels. They are really fun to use and something just a little different. I created my own banner shape and stamped the sentiment using the SP&Company Handmade Holiday gift tags set.