Quick and Simple

I need a lot of Christmas cards for a Holiday Market at my church where I have a table. Quick and simple, not even any stamping, is a good thing.

Papers by Paper Studio--6x6 pack called Gifts of Gold. I fussy cut 3 ornament. When you have sentiment printed on the paper, no need to stamp one anywhere. A strip of gold foil paper adds more shine.

The inside has a computer made sentiment. I had extra room so fussy cut another ornament for the top.

The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches

Swirling Snow

Last year I found a pack of paper that had the Frozen movie as a theme. I have made lots of little girl cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids. The papers were double sided--love that, it seems you get twice as much paper per pack. Today's card has the very last scrap of snowflake paper and that was perfect for todays Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge.

The background swirl pattern paper is Marble Paper Pad by Ms. Sparkle and Co. found at JoAnn's.

The swirl accents are a die from SU, cut with their blue glitter paper. I also added 3 Martha Stewart punch snowflakes from the blue glitter paper.  The sentiment is from a Newton's Nook set. In case you have trouble reading it, it says "Snow one else like you!"

Looking at this kind of makes me shiver. Although it is beginning to cool off here, I am not ready for that kind of cold weather.

Here is Tuesday Morning Sketch

Here are a bunch more with the Frozen theme papers

Santa Cats

 Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge this month is Celebration Cards.

I upcycled these images of Santa Kittens from a card and envelope from last year's greeting cards. Cut them out and glued to this card. I used some Snow Marker on the fur parts to make them fluffy.

The sentiment is done on the computer. The DP is a pad by The Paper Studio. I added a strip of gold foil paper at the bottom. 

Sunny Sunflower

Fall is finally finding Indiana. Nights and early mornings are cooler. Great time to visit the craft room and create while the temps warm up. Late summer and fall in Indiana means sunflowers in bloom.

All but the ribbon here are Stampin' Up! products. I stamped several of the sunflowers at one time and cut them out with my Scan 'N Cut so they are easy to grab for a quick card.
I am submitting this to Let's Craft and Create Challenge #152 - AG + Option COLORS OF FALL

and to Just Us Girls

I could make tons of cards with the designer papers I have hoarded! 

Secret Garden

Beautiful florals

I have found a new to me challenge. I love to read so this one is right up my alley. The Library Challenge. They suggest a book title for your inspiration. The current one is

This past summer, I found a beautiful pad of floral double sided paper pack at The Papertrix, a nearby craft store. And 1/2 price too. What a great deal. I have made a lot of cards with it.

The background papers are from this pack. The roses are a Stampin" Up! stamped with a light pink and a rose color and fussy cut. The leaves are an old die that lost it's original package. The sentiment is also SU.

Deck The Halls

For Tuesday Morning Sketches

I've finally pulled out the Christmas papers and stamps. I only have a month until my church's Holiday Market so I need to get busy with Holiday cards.

The sentiment and image are digitals by From the Heart. Colored with SU Blender Pens, The papers are also SU.

Penguin Twofer

Nothing like sliding in just under the wire. If you have not played Darnell's Twofer Challenge this month, you only have 1 more day. The prompt is critters.

I love penguins. I could watch them play around all day as long as I am at the warm zoo and they are in their polar ice room. If you have not seen the Disney documentary production about Penguins in 3-D, try to find it in your area. It is one of their Earth Day productions. So cute!

In my first:

Pete the Penguin is having such a wonderful dream, frolicking in the surf on a warm, sunny tropical isle.  

Then whamoo! He wakes up back to reality and cold.

And yes, I know I am mixing my continents. Penguins are at the South Pole where Christmas is in their summer season. Igloos and dark in the winter are at the North Pole. But he is so cute with that igloo.  Oh wait, maybe it wasn't all a dream. Where did that red inner tube come from? And his little pool of water?

I used a bunch of different stamps and dies for these two.

Penguin and palm has lost its label, I think maybe Lawn Fawn.  (MFT, thanks Cat for that info) Igloo from Winnie and Walter. Waves and sun are die cuts from SU. Glitter "snow" paper and stars are from SU

I used bunches of snippets from the scrap box so also submitting to Pixie's Crafty Workshop

Her Mimosa card is so cute. I would love to win the prize she is offering. It would go really great with that tropical theme of my first card.

Gift Card Box

I was so inspired by Julie's treat box I just had to case it.
Here is Julie's box. She has a video and a template on her blog. Very easy to make.

I did a practice one and decided I wanted to put a gift card in mine so had to make another one an inch longer than hers.

So mine is 6 x 6 1/2 and the bottom score line is at 5 1/4. I used a floral double sided paper because it is heavier and holds shape better than the single sided printed papers. I decorated with a white ribbon belly band and attached a gold mini doily and a birthday sentiment.

Piling It On

Tuesday Throwdown challenge is "Pile It On",  adding layers.
I recently purchased an 8x8 paper pack by Papercrafting Paper, Floral Shoppe designs. The double sided papers are all so beautiful.  All these papers are from that paper pack. 4 layers of paper plus sentiment label.

The sentiment and the colored embellishments are from Stampin" Up! The punched label is also SU!.
Inside, I cut 2 coordinating papers to make corners. The sentiment is computer made from my home Hallmark program.

I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches

Batty Halloween

Time to make Halloween cards for Send A Smile 4 Kids
Trying to make cute, non-scary cards can be a challenge.

One pumpkin is happy, the other frightened so mixed reactions to bats. The pumpkins are both fussy cut from a scrap of some DSP by Stampin' Up! Bats are from an old small punch. The jar is from SU Jars of love made into a shaker.  The orange banners are all from the stash box. I tilted the jar lid a bit and glued some of the bats as if in flight.
Also linking to Let's Craft and Create challenge of "Put Some Extra Layers On"