Playing Along with THREE Challenges!

I thought I'd play along with a couple of challenges today.  The card I've made today actually works for three current challenges! Yay me!  This is not something that I manage to do very often!  The three challenges are:  Merry Monday Christmas, 52 (Christmas) Card Throwdown, and Addicted to Stamps. 

Red and Green

Use Markers

Addicted to Stamps

CLEAN AND SIMPLE

So....here's my card for these three challenges:

I cut the white panel using a stitched rectangle die from SSS and mounted it with a piece of fun foam to a piece of red card stock which is adhered directed to the card base.  The big bow (with ribbon) is an image from Flourishes (sadly, I think they are out of business now!).  The tag and sentiment is also from Flourishes.  All I did was color the bow and tag with Copics, cut them out, and popped them with foam tape on the white card base.  Super quick and easy!

That's another Christmas card for my stash!  Maybe if I keep playing along with these challenges, I'll have all my Christmas cards done by November!  Wouldn't that be great?

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Two New...For Me...Merry Monday & 52 Christmas Card Throwdown

Thought I'd play along with a couple of new challenges.  I don't think I've played in either of these before.  The first is Merry Monday challenge where the theme is "Star(s)". The host this week is my friend Bonnie Klass.  Bonnie always makes awesome cards...so check out her blog!

Here's my take on this challenge:

Super simple CAS card.  I die cut the navy panel with a SSS stitched edge die.  The star is the Star of Wonder from Memory Box.  I cut the star in the navy panel, then cut it again in a silver glitter paper and inset it into the navy.  The sentiment is from PTI and is embossed in silver.  It's difficult to see on here, but I backed the navy paper with another piece of the silver glitter paper like I used for the star. Very sparkly card IRL.  Sorry the navy color looks so washed out...it's really a deep navy, but I'm taking the photo indoors .... rain, rain, and more rain...all day today!

This next card is for the 52 (Christmas) Card Throwdown the theme challenge for February.

The snow border across the top of the card is from Memory Box.  I cut it from white card stock, then ran it through my Xyron and sprinkled it with glitter dust.  It's really sparkly!  The sentiment "peace" is a die from Papertrey Ink, and the "be still" is from the coordinating stamp set.  I stamped the "be still" in Versamark (twice) using my MISTI, and heat embossed it with silver pearl embossing powder.  The word peace was covered with Versamark (3 times) and heat embossed between each inking with silver pearl embossing powder.  I added three pearls and a scattering of pearly sequins. Super quick and easy card!

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A Card with Punches - 52 (Christmas) Card Throwdown

When I saw the challenge over at 50 {Christmas} Card Throwdown, I knew just what I wanted to do to play along.  Come and take a look at what I've made.  

Using a piece of white card stock measuring 5.25 x 4 inches, I scored some lines to make a "door" with panels.  To make the wreath on the door, I punched multiple (30+) branches with a Martha Stewart punch in to shades of green.  I punched a large circle (a ring really) with a 2 inch and a 2.25 inch circle punch to be used to adhere my branches in a circle.  After scoring my door panels, I used a Copic marker C02, to add a bit of shadow to the panels.  To my leafy wreath, I added a bow stamped on red paper (PTI).  I cut the bow out and adhered it to the top of the wreath with a pop dot. The sentiment is also from PTI and was stamped on white and punched out with the long oval window slot punch...which made it fit nicely behind the wreath.  I also punched some red "berries", but they didn't pop enough so I added a piece of red bling on each red circle.  Finished off my door by adding a gold doorknob (gold brad), then popped the door panel on a white card base.  It's difficult to see on here, but I used the clear star pen from Sakura to add a little sparkle to the bow.

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