The Challenge #52 {Create a Christmas Card}

Hello and welcome to The Challenge! Each week we have a fun challenge for you to try! This week we have Theme Challenge! We are looking for Christmas cards!!! It's that time of year and we want to see what you are creating!

You are welcome to use the Inspiration photo for direction or create a Christmas card with an entirely different colour palette! You decide! For my card, I decided to CHEAT! I created two cards the same but with different colours! 


My blue inspired card is from the Merry Monday Challenge and I used Red & Green on my 2nd card to match this challenge! Both cards work for our Christmas theme! So share away! I am not sure what one I like better but the design makes me happy because it is thin for mailing abroad!

We are thrilled to have Geri Greening as our Featured Designer for the month and Kim Lackenbach as our Guest this week! Welcome, ladies! I just love your gorgeous cards!


Geri Greening
Featured Designer

Guest Designer - Kim Lackenbach of Kim Creates!

The design team have created some inspiration to get you in the crafting mood! Come and join us! Our weekly winner will be our next Guest Designer! So come and join the fun!

Kim Heggins	Anita Madden	Kimberly Wiener
Lee Ann Barrett	Claire Broadwater	Nance Salkeld
Lori Tecler	Diane Jaquay	Michele Ferguson

An InLinkz Link-up

Merry Monday #179 {Pink, White & Green}

The time has come for another challenge at Merry Monday! This week we are using Pink, Green and White for our cards. I created a simple "poinsettia" card using some punches and a sticker sentiment from SRM Press.

Viva la Verve {Let Every Heart} & Merry Monday

The weekend was a lovely chance to craft and I wanted to share a card I made for the current and final Viva la Verve for November 2015. I LOVE the stamp set from Verve called "Every Heart".  I love choral music and I love Christmas music. This stamp set was a must for me! I will hide this card away for a dear friend who also shares a love of Christmas and music. I also wanted to play along with the current Merry Monday Challenge again! I love the colours!

 

Merry Monday #178 {Red & Gold}

If you are looking for my SugarPea Designs stamp release post, please CLICK HERE.

The time has come for another challenge at Merry Monday! This week we are using Red & Gold on our cards. I kept my design very simple!

Come and play along with us!

Merry Monday {Noel} & Art Impressions

The time has come for another challenge at Merry Monday!!! I love this challenge of using Christmas lights and glitter! I found a stamp in my stash from my Design Team days for Art Impressions and it was SO much fun to colour!!! 

I used watercolour paper (140lb) and my copic markers to colour this. I find that it is much easier to use my Copics on this paper! I kept the design simple and used some glitter washi tape at the bottom to tie it all in! Come and play along at Merry Monday!

Merry Monday #176 {Frame It}

This week at Merry Monday we have an awesome challenge from Sue asking us to use a FRAME on our Christmas card!!! I decided to use a die from Taylored Expressions I picked up last year!

Merry Monday #175 {It Moose be Christmas!}

This week at Merry Monday we have an awesome challenge from Nina asking us to use a MOOSE on our Christmas card!!! Hehehe! I love it! I have one moose stamp that I really LOVE and I wanted to try something else with it, rather than just colouring it!

The set I have is from SugarPea Designs and it is SO cute! I have made a few cards with it, colouring it with my Copic markers. I decided to stamp it onto Kraft paper in black ink...making for a thin, mail-able card! Perfect for Christmas!! Last year I was dinged on stamps and over-sized cards! Yikes! I have to admit, these took minutes to make!

Merry Monday & Paper Smooches {Making Spirits Bright-One Cup at a Time}

Today we have a brand new challenge over at Merry Monday. We have a "hot beverage" theme and I was excited to ink up a Paper Smooches set called Warm Hearts.

I am also playing along with Paper Smooches "Anything Goes" Sparks Challenge.

Merry Monday #173 {Rainbow Christmas}

Hello stampy friends!!! Today we have a brand new challenge over at Merry Monday and I was SO excited about the theme! Kristie has asked us to use Rainbow Colours on our Christmas cards!!!

I dug out this cute snowflake set from Stampin' Up. They are not delicate flakes...they are chunky and I thought that suited the whimsy of the rainbow theme! I stamped them in Real Read, Tangelo Twist, Honey, Tempting Turquoise and Concord Crush. The Turquoise got mixed with the red and it turned purple on the snowflake but I liked the look, so I left it! A happy mistake! Love when that happens. The sentiment is from an Avery Elle set. 

Come and play along with us this week! Christmas card giving time is coming soon!