CAS(E) This Sketch 300 Meets Fusion

Well hello there and welcome to my Christmas channel! Don't be shocked but today I've got a Christmas card to show you which is combination of the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch and the inspiration photo at Fusion.

I really wanted to do a Santa flying his sleigh across the sky on my card but I didn't have one stamp or die in my stash that fit the bill.  Etsy to the rescue!  I bought a cut file then cut it with my Scan N Cut and layered it on a sponged night sky.  Santa is coming my friends! 

There are a lot of Christmas themed challenges out there so I'm playing along with the Anything Christmas challenge at Inkspirational as well as the Holiday Free For All at Muse Christmas Visions.

Thanks for stopping by!  We've got some great challenges going on at CAS(E) This Sketch and Fusion and our design teams will really knock your socks off with their fantastic cards!  I hope you can join us!

Supplies
Stamps:  Fa La La (Simon Says Stamp)
Paper:  Solar White (Neenah); Bristol Smooth (Strathmore)
Ink:  Broken China, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire (Distress Oxide); Onyx Black (Versafine)
Accessories:  Christmas Sleigh cut file (MagicSVGArt)

Just Saying Hello

No one was more surprised than me that I had some extra time this weekend to make a card for a few challenges.  I'm trying to be organized and get most of my cards done for the week before the Patriots vs. Steelers game tonight and so far so good.

This card uses the colors from Color Throwdown, the sketch at As You See It (back after a little an unplanned hiatus!) and my butterfly is a nod to the flutter challenge at Inkspirational.

That's it for me.  I'm simultaneously super excited and super scared for the football game tonight.  It's going to be a good one!  Go Pats!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps:  Painted Butterflies (Altenew)
Paper:  Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Going Gray, Urban Garden DSP, Crumb Cake DSP (Stampin' Up!); White (Spectrum Noir)
Ink:  Grapevine, Ruby Red (Altenew); Basic Gray (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Painted Butterflies die (Altenew); Labels Two die (Spellbinders); Sentimental Strips 2 die (My Favorite Things); enamel dots (Freckled Fawn)

Thank You for Inkspirational 9 and CTD31

I meant to post this card the other day and I totally forgot!  I still feel like I'm trying to catch up after going almost four days without Internet access earlier this week, so I've been somewhat discombobulated.  Anyway I wanted to share this card that I made for the Inkspirational sketch challenge with the colors from Color Throwdown.

I broke out the pretty flowers from Summer Silhouettes to do these colors justice.  I stamped the leaves from that set thinking that I had a die to match.  Well, I don't so I fussy cut them with a lot of patience.  It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be and I didn't even rip some of the delicate stems!

Well that's it for me today.  I'm off to run some errands than it's back to creating in the old craft cave!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Summer Silhouettes, Made for You (SU)

Something New for CASology 25 and Inkspirational 1

It's a new year so CASology is celebrating with a NEW cue card this week.  I spent some time thinking about what I could do for the challenge when I stumbled upon a NEW challenge site called Inkspirational.  Since their inaugural challenge was some very cool colors I decided that it qualified as NEW for CASology, but decided to make my card out of NEW-to-me stamps that I got for Christmas.

I chose Basic Black, which I heat embossed, Melon Mambo and Lucky Limeade for my card.  The black splatter is from Extreme Elements which, although retired, I managed to pick up on eBay as a little Christmas present to myself!  I think the butterfly is too big, but it's growing on me.

Well that's it for me.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  And if you're so inclined stop by my For Sale page to see what I'm cleaning out of my stamp room.  It's long past time to clean house and make room for future goodies!