Cute Card Thursday - Happy New Year

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This week at Cute Card Thursday, our theme is Happy New Year! This worked out well as we will be celebrating Christmas on New Year's Day with my in-laws.

Stamps: New Years Glass, Happy New Year (SU!)

Paper: Tim Holtz Lost and Found

Ink: Memento, Copics, Distress Ink

Accessories: Prima Flowers, McGill punch, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Game Spinners, MS Branch punch

 

I stamped my New Years Glass image onto the Idea-ology clock face and colored it with Copics. I like the translucent look when the glass is stamped right on the designer paper. 

I stamped Happy New Year on a calendar cut from the Idea-ology paper. 

I love the look of sprays of distressed flowers. The great thing is, with punches, you can create a variety of looks with designer paper. 

I am entering this in the TOMIC challenge - Happy New Year

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great day!

Cute Card Thursday - Tree-mendous

Happy Thursday!

Our challenge this week at Cute Card Thursday is Tree-mendous!

Stamps: Skateboard Tilda, Tilda's Mure, Old Oak

Ink: Staz-On, Distress Ink 

Paper: Rockstar (DCWV)

Accessories: Flowers, leaf punch, branch punch.

This card was all about the coloring. I used distress inks to color my scene. I love the way distress inks allow you to mix and combine colors to create a more realistic scene. Due to the size of my picture, I used a minimal number of embellishments which provided a nice balance to the card. 

I free-hand drew the sidewalk and added some cracks to give a little extra realism to the pavement.

I will be entering this card into the Just Magnolia Anything Goes Challenge (with the option of Brown and Creme, which are the colors of my base papers). 

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Cute Card Thursday - It's so Distressing

Happy Thursday!

Time for another Cute Card Thursday Challenge. Our challenge this week is "Distressing." 

Here is my card...

Stamps: Cowboy Tilda

Paper: DCWV

Ink: Staz-On, Distress Ink

Accessories: Cricut Old West Cartridge, Tim Holtz Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Tim Holtz Baroque Die, Nellie Snellen Floral Branch Punch 2, Flowers 

I colored Tilda with distress ink.

I wanted to create a hanging sign. I love the way this worked out. 

I used the Woodgrain embossing folder to create my western sign.

I loosely interpreted the Saturday Sketchers sketch...

 

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Cute Card Thursday #150 - Banish the Blues

Happy Thursday!

The challenge for Cute Card Thursday this week is called "Banish the Blues." With all the stormy weather and chaos going on around the world, this is our way of taking a break and enjoying a little humor. 

So, here is my attempt at humor...

How do you eat an Elephant?

One bite at a time!

This has been my theme for the last month. I really want to start running. I have not been on a running program for some time, so it feels overwhelming to think about it. My friend and coworker (also a runner) said to me..."one bite at a time." Now if it would just stop snowing. Ah, the excuses.

Stamps: Our Craft Lounge

Paper: K&Co, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Memento, Copics

Accessories: Organza Ribbon, Crystal Effects, Quickutz die.

I added crystal effects to my sentiment to make it pop. Unfortunately, it made the ink from the printer bleed a bit.

It took some time to line up the circle with the elephant's head without getting the beaver in the window. 

So, is it humor or perhaps a little demented? Have you seen the demented gallery at Split Coast Stampers?  Too funny.

I am entering this card in the Our Craft Lounge Challenge this week. I used their sketch...

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Cute Card Thursday - #146 Out with the Old!

Happy Thursday!

The challenge this week at Cute Card Thursday is "Out with the Old." As I used to be a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I decided to break out some of my old favs. 

Stamps: Bronc Buster, Wanted (SU!)

Paper: Really Rust, Round Up Scrapbooking Kit

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Copics

Accessories: Bazzill Buttons, Rope, Spellbinders Labels 4

I had a tan button, but wanted more color, so I used my Copics to add color to the button. 

I used the sketch from the Midnight Madness Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today. Check back Saturday when Sugar Creek Hollow resumes their Saturday Challenges with new prizes and more opportunities to play along.