Merry Monday Christmas Challenge

 This week at http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.ca/  we are to use a "Snow" theme on our cards. I decided to make a Shaker card using the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge. I cut all the Snowflakes on Explore and misted them with Pearl Ex for some shine, added gems to some of the snowflake centers. The sentiment is computer-generated and I triple matted it with chipboard and used 3-D squares to pop it, and blue snow flake pattern paper I downloaded. The 3" shaker containers I bought online and filled it with some "Icelets" by Fairfied,  some sequins, pearl beads, silver glitter, small metallic silver stars and 2 larger blue confetti pieces. 

 

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Cardz4Guyz

Great sketch at http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/ this week. The challenge is to include "Wood"  on the cards. Nice and simple design great for a male card. The Lil' Buckaroo is a digi stamp from Dearie Dolls (isn't he so cute?). Matted the circle with chipboard for depth and inked the edges with Stazon  red ink. I wanted some plaid pattern paper  but didn't have any, I downloaded this black & red pattern for the center panel, all the other "wood" pattern papers are from my Scrap Box. I printed out the sentiment on the computer.  Made a little lasso from Jute cord and cut up some brown embroidery thread for the tail and mane. I used a Gel Writer pen in Metallic Bronze to highlight the scroll design on the boots and the nails on the wooden sawhorse.

 

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Tuesday Morning Sketches

Jessi Fogan at http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/ has provided a very nice sketch this week. It lends itself to a variety of ideas and themes, I combined it to also to post at the Merry Monday challenge for this week. 
I decided to make a Shaker card with the sketch. I cut all the Snowflakes on Explore and misted them with Pearl Ex for some shine, added gems to some of the snowflake centers.  The sentiment is computer-generated and I triple matted it with chipboard and used 3-D squares to pop it, and blue snow flake pattern paper is a sheet I download. The 3" shaker containers I bought online and filled it with some "Icelets" by Fairfied,  some sequins, pearl beads, silver glitter, small metallic silver stars and 2 larger blue confetti pieces. 

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The Paper Players

Great sketch at  at http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/ this week.  Nice and simple design great for a male card. The Lil' Buckaroo is a digi stamp from Dearie Dolls (isn't he so cute?). Matted the circle with chipboard for depth and inked the edges with Stazon  red ink. I wanted some plaid pattern paper  but didn't have any, I downloaded this black & red pattern for the center panel, all the other papers are from my Scrap Box. I printed out the sentiment on the computer.  Made a little lasso from Jute cord and cut up some brown embroidery thread for the tail and mane. I used a Gel Writer pen in Metallic Bronze to highlight the scroll design on the boots and the nails on the wooden horse.

 

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Viva La Verve

Card sketch  #2 for April at http://vlvsketches.blogspot.com/  was a fun and simple sketch to create. I made a male card and decided to make it on the "flip" side. I wrote the sentiment using my Explore on  Design Space. After I posted the card  I'm not too happy the way the"Birthday" letters are so spaced out. I will definitely go back and redo it.
Pattern Paper -  6x6 " Designer Paper pad "Natural Expressions" by Colorbok
Embossing - Cuttlebug "Cane Back Chair" folder by Provo Craft
Black and white papers - From my Scrap Box
I added a metal brad in silver.

 

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cardz4guyz

This week at http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/ the challenge is to make a card using "Books and/or Book Pages". We are almost at the end of the school year around the country, but I wanted to be prepared for the Fall's coming school year. I decided to make a "Back to School" card and started with black cardstock and rubbed yellow chalk on it for a "blackboard" effect. Next, I downloaded the "Happy 1st Day" and books (I fussy cut the books), added pop dots to the books. The apple is a rub-on (not very visible) and added a flag sticker. The ruler paper is from Recollections "All Seasons" stack.

 

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Merry Monday

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 Purple, Silver and White