House of Cards Sketch - O Holy Night

Happy Day After Halloween!

This day marks the official start of the holidays for me...already have plans in motion for Thanksgiving, Christmas plans being finalized and brain storming New Year's! Thankful for the sugar rush! lol

When it comes to making a few more Christmas cards in October, I can use all the help I can find! Well, this month's House of Cards Challenge is a sketch. Works for me!

Here's my take on the sketch:

At first glance this may look like a CAS card (...and to some of you it may be! lol), but this card has layers and lots of embossing - the hot kind!

- The basic notes:

- black panel is punched

- kraft layer is clear embossed and so is a section of the white base. It was super hard to photograph, but you can see how the light catches the shiny areas. It's so pretty in person!

- sentiment is gold embossed.

This card is also a gatefold card! (with a nekked inside...will finish that this weekend.)

Now it's YOUR turn! You can make it CAS (clean and simple), Classic, Cute or Vintage...whatever your style is! Link up your card HERE.

You'll find all of the Design Team cards linked up on the main challenge blog with HOC DT after their names. Be sure to visit them for lots of inspiration!

Inky hugs,
Angi

House of Cards Sketch - Fairy Wish

I love a good sketch...you?

This month the challenge at House of Cards is this sketch:

I love the lines and how you can make this sketch CAS (Clean and Simple) or ramp it up and add lots of layers.

I decided on both...lots of little layers and simple lines. Using Lucky Wishes from A Day for Daisies (one of my most favorite digi stamp stores!) and a lacy punch and, of course, some gorgeous glitter this is my card...

Love the lacy layers and subtle texture! If this card wasn't already reserved for a special niece, I think it would be sitting on a shelf near my workbench; this fairy brings smiles.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you'll find time to stop by the House of Cards blog and see the other styles for this sketch.

Inky hugs,
Angi

Also playing along with these challenges:
Marker POP! #49 - Anything Goes (08/18)
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Make It Sparkle (08/13)
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards #71 - Fairies (08/22)

Great Impressions DT - Sing, Oh Sing!

ETA: This card was chosen as the winner of The Pink Elephant Challenge #153!

Hello! This summer I've enjoyed birds hanging out in our trees: robins, sparrows and doves, to name a few, and, in case you haven't noticed, I love nature themed stamps! Lucky me, Great Impressions Stamps has quite a few and I just love this BIRD IN ROSES stamp, such an elegant image!

Distress Marker and Copic colored. Highlighted with Spicas.

Decided to use another Retro Sketch - and this one I'll use again - great way to use up those bits and pieces you just couldn't throw away! (C'mon...I know I'm not the only one who does this...right?!)

and this color challenge:

Love using black and white patterned papers - so easy to add a color or two. I used paper from Bo Bunny's Enchanted. The 6x6 pads are fabulous - the patterns are sized just right for cards!

Found those little wooden letters in my stash!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you've found a little inspiration and time this week to make a little something yourself...and if you do...
considering entering the Great Impressions Stamps monthly challenge! 

Inky hugs,

Angi

Challenges I joined this week:

Retro Sketches

Clear It Out - Anything Goes, Use 2 or more Ribbons

The Pink Elephant

Papertake Weekly - Bingo (Ribbon, Free, Blooms)

Great Impressions DT - Birthday Bling

Happy Thursday my crafty friends!

Time for another Great Impressions Stamps project  - this week is BLING! I think I had it covered...

You be the judge...

 Okay, you'll have to brace yourselves...I just had to sneak in a butterfly on this card...do you see it?

I used another Retro Sketch for the layout. Having a plan to start with makes card making a breeze...

Click the picture to see this sketch & more! Love their sketch images...

So back to the bling thing...the lovely thing about having a young 'girly' girl in the house is that I get to make LOTS of sparkly birthday cards: the more shimmer and shine the better!

The dimensional pearls on the hemline of Princess Molly's dress (that's really the name of this stamp - cute, right?!) and the handle of her wand were made using a Viva Decor Pen. All of the sparkly coloring was done in Spicas (the Princess was colored with Copics first, then shimmerized!) 

Yes, shimmerized is a real word...it is the result of adding light catching bits, pieces or mediums to a project. lol

Love the texture and the iridescent shine the Shaved Ice adds.

Even the sentiment was embossed in a metallic purple!

Finally found a little bit of time to start working on my Inlinkz and discovered that Inlinkz is having a giveaway for using their tools! So...use their tools to list your supplies for any project and then link up for a chance to win!

Click the link for the giveaway details.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Inky hugs,

Angi 

Playing along with these challenges:

Retro Sketches #15

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Note: Still working on Inlinkz. Most of the supplies are shown. If you have any questions, leave me a comment or email me. Thanks!

InLinkz.com

Great Impressions DT - Dropping In

Ahhhh! Can you believe it's already Thursday?! Time for another Great Impressions Stamps project. I know I've been making a lot of cards with butterflies, but today - this time it does NOT have a butterfly! 

This week I decided to try a sketch challenge with Retro Sketches:

Click the picture to see their past sketches!

I like the simplicity of this sketch - perfect for the set of Great Impressions Stamps I wanted to use!

Isn't this little chick just adorable?!

See how he's 'dropping in' - right into those pots!

This particular set of stamps would be perfect for a spinner card, too, don't you think? Thinking that will be the next project since I've got a nephew birthday coming up soon...

Your turn! Make a project using dies or punches and link up to our June Challenge!

Inky hugs,

Angi

Great Impressions Stamps for this project:

Springy Chicken (A119)

Dropping In (B139)

Empty Garden Pots (H116)

Operation Write Home Memorial Day Bloghop

How do you observe Memorial Day? Do you honor those that gave the ultimate sacrifice for our nation?

In May 2000 a "National Moment of Remembrance" resolution was passed that asks:

"...[on Memorial Day] at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans "To voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to 'Taps." (Memorial Day History)

This Memorial Day I not only wanted to honor the fallen, but the men & women and their families who are currently serving our great country. Operation Write Home is dedicated to "Helping heroes keep in touch with home."

(Please visit the OWH site to see how you can help!)

I know there is a lot of inspiration to be seen today, so I won't keep you much longer! I chose to use Sketch #62. (click the link to see more projects using sketch #62.) I love how it resembles a polaroid. Remember those 'instant' pictures?

I wanted to make a 'thank you' card using this adorable Great Impressions Stamp. We all have so much and so many to be thankful for, don't we?

God Bless America!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to leave a comment, so I can visit you, too.

Click the badge below to get back to the link list for the OWH Memorial Day Sketch Bloghop!

Inky red white & blue hugs!

Angi