Color Hues Challenge #144 - Red & Green - Celebrate the Season Poinsettias (Chloe's Creative)

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November 1st: time to welcome you to Colour Hues Challenge #144, where our hostess, Bonnie, invites us to play with hues of Red and Green for the next two weeks. Traditional Christmas colours, right? Or perhaps this combination speaks to you in other ways. Whatever the case, plenty of fun to be had with this duo.

We're delighted to have Vikki H. joining us as our Guest Designer.

My Chloe's Creative Cards Poinsettias collection is on display today. I've used red and green vellum for the poinsettias, with the top layer heat embossed in silver. The background, in the aperture, is embossed with the coordinating folder from the collection. Sparkly rhinestones and a Spellbinders glimmered sentiment are the finishing touches for this very Christmassy card.

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from our guest and my talented teammates.
Looking forward to a gallery filled with beautiful reds and greens.

The challenge will be open until November 14th at 9:00am EST.

The winners will be posted an hour before our next challenge and the overall

 winner will have the opportunity to be a future Guest Designer.

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Birthday Challenge #91 - Small and Dainty - Delicate Frames Florals and Greenery Happy Birthday

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Welcome to AAA Birthday Challenge #91. Last month, our theme was Big and Bold; this month...yes, you guessed it...we're going with SMALL and DAINTY.  Let's celebrate birthdays with things that are tiny, delicate and...delightful.

I brought out some older Pinkfresh Studio products to create my card. The die cut frames are wonderfully dainty; perfect tuck-spots for small stamped + die-cut florals and bits of greenery.

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from our Guest Designer and the rest of my talented teammates.

Looking forward to seeing how Small and Dainty speaks to you.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #847 - CASE a Design Team Member - Happy Haunting and Halloween Ghost Frame (Halloween Wishes - SCT)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #847 where - because October has 5 weeks - we're inviting you to participate in our CASE a Design Team Member Challenge. We create what we want; you draw inspiration from one of our cards and create a new - or copied, which is totally fine - version of your own. 
Please share in your description who you CASE-d and what spins you've made in your take.

Yep..another card featuring the cute ghost from Scrapbook and Cards Today's Halloween Wishes collection; clearly I'm taking full advantage that we still have two days to Halloween! 

A simple recipe:
a. colour blocked background embossed with a Taylored Expressions ghosts folder
b. witchy ghost with a boo banner
c. Halloween sentiment.

Halloween images, colours, layout...plenty to inspire if you should decide to CASE my card - and I'll be very much honoured if you do!

Please visit the main blog where you'll see plenty of inspiring delights from my talented teammates.
Excited to see who you'll be CASE-ing. 

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Christmas Card Challenges - Game 1 - Traditional Christmas - Season's Greetings Poinsettia (Chloe's Creative)

Hello,

Today is the launch of a brand new challenge - AAA Christmas Card Challenges - and I'm excited to announce that I'm on the design team! Such an honour to be invited to feature all things Christmas, year-round, with a group of talented card-makers. 

The details are simple: new prompt begins the 25th of each month (of course, right!) and runs until the 24th of the following month. You can draw inspiration from the wording of the prompt badge, the image on the badge or a combination of both. Cards, tags, journal pages...any form of paper crafting is welcome.

We start things off with Game 1: Traditional Christmas. Colours (red and green, most notably), iconic Christmas images...whatever speaks "traditional' to you works for us.

New challenge = new products. Making a debut are my BIG poinsettias, embossing folder and sentiment from Chloe's Creative Cards. This UK company has the most amazing collections and I tell you, they certainly make an impact on a card front. Simple to make: emboss the images, die cut, arrange. I'm smitten!

Please visit the main blog to meet my incredibly talented teammates, then join us for Game 1 with a make of your own. 

Excited to see what you'll be sharing in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!

AAA Cards Challenge #326 - Sketch Challenge - All is Calm; All is Bright (Deer Rub On)

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Welcome to AAA Cards Challenge #326 - Sketch Challenge. For the next two weeks, we invite you to draw inspiration from the sketch featured below. Do feel free to flip the card or move the sketch to the left or bottom right/left. As long as we can identify the sketch components, you are good to go! 

This elegant deer rub-on was my choice for the sketch; isn't he ever so handsome! And how wonderful that the image came with wonderful background components that imitate those in the photo. A Better Press sentiment finishes off my card. Another Christmas card for the stash.

Please visit the main blog to see my teammates' fabulous takes on the sketch.
Looking forward to seeing how it inspires you.

A reminder that we're looking for Clean and Simple designs; you can find the description of what that means here. 

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Inkspirational Challenge #379 - Visual Prompt - Fall Photo - Pumpkin Kisses and Autumn Wishes (LDRS)

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Welcome to Inkspirational Challenge #379, where we invite you to draw inspiration from the autumn mood board below. Rich pumpkin, caramel, rust and golden hues. Water-colour pumpkins. Delicate pressed leaves. Elegant lettering. A fall 'vibe.' Whether your style is simple and sophisticated or cozy and charming - or somewhere in between - hopefully something here will capture your imagination and spark your creativity.

Sometimes, elements found in a card kit come together in the most delightful ways - and I'm lucky to have such a collection in my stash.  I’ve used an LDRS printed card base for the gorgeous leafy background and a tiny pumpkin rub on to dress up the pre-made tag. A trio of ephemera pumpkins along the bottom completes the look.  So wonderful when a company makes mixing-and-matching easy; I'm smitten with the results.

Please visit the main blog to see my talented teammates' take on this mood board, then join us in the gallery with your interpretations. Excited to see what you'll be sharing.

Thank you for dropping by!

Just Us Girls Challenge #846 - Stencil Week - Boo To You Haunted Mansion (Better Press Society plate)

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Welcome to Just Us Girls Challenge #846 - Stencil Week where Bobby is our hostess. You know the routine: share your stencils with us.

Thank you to Carrie Sheridan our guest designer for October.  Carrie, you've been an inspiration both to us and to our players. So grateful for you sharing your talents with us.

I'm not quite ready to leave Halloween behind, so I'm keeping things delightfully spooky for this challenge. I'm featuring my Spellbinders BetterPress Society Haunted Mansion plate, with a little help from the coordinating stencil. The stencil casts the wonderfully eerie glow of the moon and the  mansion. A little mystery, a little moonlight, a little Halloween magic!

Please visit the main blog to see fabulous inspiration from Carrie and my talented teammates.

Looking forward to seeing your stencil sensations in the gallery.

Thank you for dropping by!