Hello everyone.. I hope you are all having a great week so far! Have you played along with Challenge #112 yet? This week it’s all about the Moon and Stars. You can find all the details on the Challenge in this post here. The challenge is open until Friday January 27th at 11pm est.

I created a cute card today using the Challenge theme and the Lucky set from My Favorite Things.

I started with a piece of Neenah Solar White card stock and I die cut a panel with the MFT Blueprints #15 die-namics set. Then I die cut the center Star area using the MFT Starry Circle Die-namic. I die cut the stars a second time from a piece of the MFT Watercolor Wash 6×6 paper Pack. I added a piece of scarp paper to the back of the panel and then I adhered the blue star panel with some glue. I stamped the sentiment in some Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink using the Mini Misti and set it aside.

I stamped the images from the Lucky set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White using the same Jet Black ink and colored them in with Copics in the following colors:

Moon: Y0000, Y000 & Y00 Stars: B0000, B000 & B00 Clouds: C00, C1 & C3 Cheeks: R20 I also used some 0 on each image.

Once the images were cut out I die cut them with the coordinating dies and adhered them to card front with some glue and foam tape. I added some additional foam tape to the back of the panel and adhered that to a top folding A2 size card base. For a touch of Shimmer I added some Clear Wink of Stella to the Stars and the Moon image. I also added some of the Mixed Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins.

Be sure to join us for our  Bi-Weekly Challenge.. There’s a Mystery Box full of Goodies for one lucky participant each week. We have some great new products coming into the sore with CHA around the corner check out the Coming Soon Section and Sign up for our Newsletter so you don’t miss any info.

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Lucky Stamp Set (My Favorite Things)	Lucky Die Set (My Favorite Things)	Watercolor Wash 6×6 Paper Pad (My Favorite Things)	Copic Sketch Marker	Fawndamentals Ink Pad – Jet Black (Lawn Fawn)
Blueprints 15 Die-namics (My Favorite Things)	Pretty Pink Posh Mixed Cupped Sequins – Sparkling Clear Mix	Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 8.5	Scotch Foam Mounting Tape .5″	Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Marker (Zig)

Happy Monday everyone.. The Design team is taking a break to enjoy the Holidays with their families so this will be the last post you see for the rest of the year. We wanted to remind you that our Current Challenge will end this Friday December 30th @ 11pm EST. The theme this week is Winter and I’ve created a card that’s perfect for all those Winter Thank You cards or you can change up the sentiment for any occasion.

For more details on how I created these cards you can check out the video at the end of the post.

I started with the Simple Stories Winter Wonderland 6×6 pad and pulled the colors form the papers. I decided to use Neenah Solar White, Kraft, Soft Sky and Lawn Fawn’s Guava. I die cut the Mug images from the Hot Cocoa Cups die-namics from My Favorite Things. Once the images were all die cut I added some shading with Distress Inks and a Mini ink Blending tool . I used Weathered Wood, Worn Lipstick, Vintage Photo and on the Kraft Mugs I used Gathered Twigs. On the Whipped Cream and Marshmallows I added some Copic Markers in C00, C1 & 0 to create some dimension.

I wanted a little texture to the Whipped Cream and Marshmallows but I didn’t want any shimmer like Glitter. So I added some Clear Rock Candy Stickles and let the pieces dry. I die cut the patter papers with the Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die-namics from MFT and then I created the card on a top Folding A2 size base from some Neenah Solar White card stock. I stamped the sentiment from the MFT Hug in a Mug set onto some White card stock with Lawn Fawn’s Walnut ink and used one of the MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips to die cut the banner.

I added the banner to the center panel and then the cups. For an extra pop of color I used some of the Coordinating Enamel Dots from the Winter Wonderland collection as well. This card was so fun to make… I still have a few more to make and send out.

Have a great rest of the Holiday and We Wish you all the best in the New Year!

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Hot Cocoa Cups Die-Namics (My Favorite Things)	Hug in a Mug Stamp Set (My Favorite Things)	Stitched Sentiments Strips Die-namics (My Favorite Things)	My Favorite Things Die-namic Set – Wonky Stitched Rectangle STAX	Weathered Wood Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)
Worn Lipstick Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)	Vintage Photo Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)	Gathered Twigs Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Walnut (Lawn Fawn)	Copic Sketch Marker
Ink Blending Tool 1″ Round (Ranger)	Round Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam (Ranger)	Advanced Tape Glider and Tape – Pink (Scotch)	Neenah Solar White 80lb Cardstock	Neenah Paper Premium Cover Cardstock – Heavyweight 8.5” x 11” 100lb Kraft
Guava cardstock 10pk (Lawn Fawn)	Bazzil Card Shoppe Paper- Candy Pearls	Scotch Foam Mounting Tape .5″

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Happy Friday everyone!! It’s Holly here today with a fun Christmas card using the adorable WPlus9 All Year Cheer set and coordinating Dies.

This is a great set for creating cards for many seasons or occasions. I decided to create a Winter card by using the little snowflakes in the set. I stamped the snowflakes onto a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper and heat embossed them in White. Then I die cut the panel with the Lawn Fawn Large Cross Stitched Rectangle Stax set. Then I smooshed some Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink onto the background. Once it was dry I spritzed some water droplets onto the background and dabbed them off with a paper towel to create a distressed look. Then I adhered the panel to a card base.

Then I die cut the bird shape and stamped the pieces using some Lawn Fawn inks in Butter, Sunflower, Black Licorice and Hippo. This set works best if you die cut the shape first them do your stamping since it has multiple pieces to create the image. I added a little pink to the cheeks with a R20 Copic Marker. I stamped the tree branch in Walnut in from Lawn Fawn and use the coordinating die to cut it out as well. The santa hat is from the WPlus9 set Santa’s Reindeer. I colored that in with Copics R24, R27 & R29.

I added some snow to the branch and a few White dots to the bird image with a White Gel pen. The sentiment is stamped in VersaFine Black ink and I used the Mini Misti to ensure I had even coverage on the textured paper. I adhered the bird image with some Foam Tape and the branch directly onto the card with some liquid glue. For some sparkle I added some Sparkling Clear Sequins from Pretty Pink Posh. This is a great card to recreate with different color combos for the bird or background colors, changing them up for the seasons.

Have a Great Weekend!!! We’ll be back tomorrow with our Winners from Challenge #108.

All Year Cheer Stamp Set (WPlus9)	All Year Cheer Die Set (WPlus9)	Santa’s Reindeer Stamp Set (WPlus9)	Santa’s Reindeer Die Set (WPlus9)	Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock 8.5
Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 8.5	Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)	Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)	VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad – Onyx Black (Tsukineko)	Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder (WOW!)
Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Butter (Lawn Fawn)	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Sunflower (Lawn Fawn)	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Black Licorice (Lawn Fawn)	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Hippo (Lawn Fawn)	Fawndamentals Dye Ink Pad – Walnut (Lawn Fawn)
Copic Sketch Marker	STAX Large Cross-Stitched Rectangle (Lawn Fawn)	Sparkling Clear Mix (Pretty Pink Posh)	Impact Bold Point White Gel Pen (Uni-Ball)

Happy Monday everyone.. It’s Holly here today and I’m running a little behind but after all it is Monday right! Today I have a cute card using some products from My Favorite Things.

I started out by creating a standard A2 size card base and then I added a piece of the Trail Mix Patter Paper from MFT that I die cut with the MFT Blueprints #29.Then I trimmed another piece of the same pattern paper from the strip on the front and matted it in a similar color card stock and adhered that to the front.

I stamped all the images onto some Watercolor paper using archival Black ink from Ranger. I colored the images in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers in the following colors:

44 Deep Green, 50 Yellow, 72 Beige, 41 Light Green, 60 Brown & 62 Dark Brown.

I colored the images from the Fall Friends set from MFT on one side and then pulled the color out with a damp paintbrush. Once the images were dry I used the coordinating Die Cuts to cut the images out.

For a ground area I die cut the Stitched Valley Die from MFT using some more of the same Trail Mix pattern paper and adhered them to the lower part of the blue panel. Then I adhered the sunflower images using an adhesive tape runner. I die cut the Farm Fence from MFT using the same paper I created the card base with. I adhered the scarecrow over the images with some foam tape.

I stamped the sentiment from the Fall Friends set onto a piece of Yellow card stock and I die cut it with the small banner in the MFT Blueprints 27 set. Then I ran it through the big shot again a second time partially die cutting just the end with the banner. This is a great way to customize your banners. I adhered it with some additional Foam Tape.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Fall Friends Die-Namic (My Favorite Things)	Trail Mix 6×6 Paper Pad (My favorite Things)	Fall Friends Stamp Set (my Favorite Things)	Farm Fence Die-Namic (My Favorite Things)	Blueprints 29 Dienamics (My Favorite Things)
Ranger Artist Brushes	Blueprints 27 Die-namics (My Favorite Things)	ZIG Clean Color Real Brush	Advanced Tape Glider and Tape – Pink (Scotch)	Scotch Foam Mounting Tape .5″