JOY - Winnie & Walter

Hi, Friends.....

Here I am with one more card for the the Winnie & Walter Rerun Challenge for this month. I have Christmas Community Bell and Choir Concerts this week, so I don't know if I'll be able to squeeze another project in this challenge before the gate closes. But I want to get this one in before I have to get dressed up for tonight. :)

This time I drew inspiration from Lydia's card with its fabulously festive stamped background. I hardly ever stamp my own backgrounds....(except for W&W challenges!)....so it is a fun change from my usual layers upon layers. Well, as you see, I did still managed to do sooooooooome layering. :) I even added a sprinkle of stars this time, too!

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set (scalloped background)
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set (straight-edge rectangle panel)
Winnie & Walter - In Bloom: Hollie's Festive Florals stamp set
Distress Inks
Winnie & Walter - In a Word: Joy Cutaway die
DCWV Glittered Cardstock
Tiny Gold Star confetti from my stash
Ribbon from stash

Thank you so much for stopping by. Your visits and comments make my day!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter - Rerun Challenge #25 Merry and Bright
2. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Star Light, Star Bright
3. The Ribbon Girls - November Any Image Challenge
4. All Sorts Challenge Week 443 - Inspired by Winter or Christmas Song - My card is inspired by "Joy to the World"
5. Cardz-TV Anything Goes Challenge #23
6. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
7. Word Art Wednesday Week 310-311 - Anything Goes Family Friendly
8. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #361 - AG Christmas, optional twist: Doily
9. Uniko Challenge #44 - Christmas 

Happy Holidays - Gold, Black, Vellum

Hi, Friends......

Here again with another entry into the Winnie & Walter Rerun Challenge for this month. I again drew inspiration from Vanessa's lovely gold and black wreath card. I have really enjoyed using these rich and elegant colors!

Do you like that DCWV Mercury Glass background???? I totally LOVE it!! This is the stack that I had to buy THREE of before I would let myself cut into the first one! Ha. I heat embossed my sentiment on vellum to make an overlay, but the underneath pattern of the Mercury Glass paper doesn't show up too well in the photo.

Supplies used include:
Winnie & Walter - In a Word: Happy stamp set
Versafine Ink in Onyx Black
Clear embossing powder
Winnie & Walter - In Bloom: Hollie's Festive Florals stamp set
Versamark Ink Pad
Gold embossing powder
M&C Boutique - Large Circle Frame die set
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
DCWV Mercury Glass Stack
Vellum
Various adhesive rhinestones from stash

Hope you enjoyed this card. I have one more that I will enter into the Winnie & Walter Rerun Challenge. It closes tomorrow, but that still gives you time to join in, too!! Hope to see you there.

<3
Janis
Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter - Rerun Challenge #25 Merry and Bright
2. Mod Squad Challenge - Use a Wreath as Focal Point
3. Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper November Challenge - Use patterned paper
4. DL.ART November Linky Challenge
5. The Male Room Challenge #64 Use Vellum
6. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
7. HeARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + a stamp
8. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #361 - AG Christmas, optional twist: Doily
9. Word Art Wednesday Week 310-311 - Anything Goes Family Friendly
10. Cardz-TV Anything Goes Challenge #23
11.  Uniko Challenge #44 - Christmas 

Red, Gray, and White Christmas Card

Hi, Friends.....

I made several different variations of this Christmas card using the Stamper's Anonymous - TH Christmas Miracle and the Viva la Verve November Sketch.

I also drew inspiration for this card from a couple of lovely cards by Heather over at the Winnie & Walter Rerun Challenge for this month.  I adore the wonderful layering and the pretty doilies she used.

Supplies used include:
Stamper's Anonymous - TH Christmas Miracle
Versafine Ink in Satin Red
Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder
Winnie & Walter - Big Bang Confetti Cutaways die set (for stars)
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set
DCWV Glitter and Solid Cardstock scraps
Doily from my stash

Which one of these variations do you like better this red/gray/white one? Or the black/gold HERE. I might put one more variation up here on my blog and then put a few others over on Flickr. :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter - Rerun Challenge #25 Merry and Bright
2. Viva la Verve - November Sketch Challenge
3. Double D Challenge - Here Come Santa Claus
4. Cardz-TV Anything Goes Challenge #22
5. Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper November Challenge - Use patterned paper
6. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Star Light, Star Bright
7. HeARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + a stamp 
8. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #361 - AG Christmas, optional twist: Doily
9. The Ribbon Girls - November Any Image Challenge

Black and Gold Christmas Card

Hi, Friends.....

I'm here with a festive gold and black Christmas card I made for Scrappy Mo's November Rudolph Days Challenge. I was inspired to use these colors by the dazzling black and gold card by Vanessa over at the Winnie & Walter Rerun Challenge for this month. Hers featured a chalkboard style card with that wonderful translucent half-erased look. I tried to imitate that look using vellum on my card.

 

I used the Viva la Verve November Sketch.

Products used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set (for black background panel)
Stamper's Anonymous - TH Christmas Miracle
Gold embossing powder
DCWV Foiled Vellum Stack
Holographic Washi tape
Core'dinations - Black Cat Cardstock
Shimmery ribbon from stash

Thank you for stopping by today. I appreciate your visits and kind words so much!! Have a lovely week.

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. November Rudolph Days at Scrappy Mo's - Anything Goes Christmas 
2. Viva la Verve - November Sketch Challenge
3. Winnie & Walter - Rerun Challenge #25 Merry and Bright
4. Cardz-TV Anything Goes Challenge #22
5. Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper November Challenge - Use patterned paper
6. The Male Room Challenge #64 Use Vellum 
7. The House That Stamps Built - N2217 Anything Goes
8. All Sorts Challenge Week 443 - Inspired by Winter or Christmas Song - My card is inspired by "Jolly Old St. Nicholas"
9. The Ribbon Girls - November Any Image Challenge
10. Get Creative Challenges #64 - Holidays

Guest Designer - Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge

Kind of my same reaction when I saw the Challenge theme for this Guest Design spot!!  lol...

Hi, Friends.....

I am delighted to be a Guest Designer for Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge this fortnight. The theme this time around is Butterfly/ies plus H is for Handwritten and/or the Color Lemon. Mrs. A would like us to HANDWRITE our sentiment this time. EEEEK!!!  (You can just choose the color option to go with your butterfly, but where's the fun in that???)

As I suggested in the caption of the above cat funny, my tail puffed out a little bit when I saw the theme. One of the main reasons I rubber stamp is so I won't HAVE to hand-write OR draw!! lol.... But this is what makes challenges so much fun, right? So be a sport and join in, won't you? My goodness....I'm sure your handwriting is much nicer than mine, so I promise you it will all be lovely.

I decided to team the Lemon color portion of this challenge with some bright turquoise to make a bright and happy combo. After trying to get away with a simple Hello to handwrite, I realized my card really wanted me to include sunshine to go with this pretty lemon color. 

I practiced several times with wording and then made some faint (erasable) pencil lines to guide me as I tried to make my sentiment panel. Arrghh...rubbish, rubbish, rubbish!! Finally...I got tired of trying to stay in my own lines and just scrawled it out. That's what you see above. It's just my very real and very own uninspiring handwriting. lol.... I know YOU can do much better than this!!! :)

Supplies used include:
Dollar store butterfly
Doodlebug - Mini Doilies
Scraps of cardstock from stash
Lace seam binding from stash
Ultra-fine Sharpie for sentiment

Thank you, Mrs. A, for inviting me to Guest Design.  I hope all of you readers enjoyed my card today. Please join the rest of us over at Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge. I would love to admire your handwriting!!! :)

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Cardz-TV Anything Goes Challenge #22
2. 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #8 - Any critter as main feature
3. Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper November Challenge - Use patterned paper
4. DL.ART November Linky Challenge 
5. The House That Stamps Built - N2217 Anything Goes
6. Word Art Wednesday Challenge #310 - #311- Anything Goes

Purple Card and Tag Set with Butterflies

Hi, Friends.....

Are my American friends all busy getting ready for Thanksgiving? I have my menu made and all the things listed out that I need to cook or prepare each day to get it all done by Thursday. We don't have a big extended family, so we invite a couple of neighbors over and celebrate the day. I'm the only lady, so after the meal I retreat to my craft room while the men talk guy stuff. :)

Today, I am sharing a quick and simple little tag/card duo that I made sometime back while playing around with some scraps. Just realized that it fits the color portion of Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge this fortnight: Butterfly + the color Purple so I decided to enter it at the last minute. (The other and/or portion of her challenge is C is for Chevrons, but I don't have any of those in this project.)

I made this tag quite big so I can use it to decorate a larger-sized gift bag. 

Supplies used include:
Fiskars - XXXL Circle Punch (3" diameter)
Core'dinations Purple Cardstock
Scraps of cardstock from my stash
Butterfly sequins
Adhesive Rhinestones
Ribbon from my stash

Hope you enjoyed my little tag and card set. I am Guest Designing for Mrs. A tomorrow for her next Butterfly Challenge, so be sure to stop in. Have a lovely day!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge #89 - Butterfly/ies + C is for Chevrons &/or the Color Purple
2. Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper November Challenge - Use patterned paper
3. DL.ART November Linky Challenge 
4. Deep Ocean Challenge #168 - Things with Wings
5. Allsorts Challenge #442 - Glitter

Fall Colors

Hi, Friends.....

It's Thanksgiving card time of the year again! I find it helpful to choose a sketch to use for mass producing my Thanksgiving cards. In the past it has usually been one of Julee's at Viva la Verve Sketch challenge....and so it is again this year! :)

I was immediately attracted to this sketch because of all the delicious scraps I could use LAYERS in the design. I have an entire tub completely full of scraps that are in fall prints!!! Seriously....one of those 12x12 clear cases that is 3 inches deep...you know the ones I mean, right? Plus other miscellaneous bags of them!!! So when I see a fabulous layered sketch around Thanksgiving...I am sooooooooooo IN!!!

I use this So Grateful stamp nearly every year for many of my Thanksgiving cards.  Inside the card I stamp a scripture and Happy Thanksgiving. 

Supplies used include:
A Creative Journey with Melissa - Fall and Winter Holiday Sentiments stamp set
Versafine ink in Onyx Black
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Audrey Cutaways die set (scalloped edge panel)
DCWV scraps from stash
Core'dinations kraft cardstock
Lacy ribbon from stash
Thrift store bag of leaves :)

Hope you like my card. This was the first of my cards using this sketch, but I have made several batches of Thanksgiving cards with this sketch so far. Can somebody please explain how I have MORE autumn scraps now than when I started??!!! Eeek!! This defies all known laws of physics and mathematics. Scraps are scary!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Viva la Verve Sketches November Challenge
2. House That Stamps Built - DCC111 Falling For You
3. Allsorts - Colors of Autumn
4. Pixie's Snippets Playground Weeks 307-308 - Use Snippets
5. Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper November Challenge - Use patterned paper
6. DL.ART November Linky Challenge
7. Get Creative Challenges #64 - Holidays
8. HeARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + a Stamp
9. The Ribbon Girls November Challenge - Card + Ribbon
10. Crafty Calendar Challenges November - Autumn colors
11. Dare2BArtzy November Challenge - Gratitude
12. DL.ART Thankful Thursday #216- Patriotic OR any Thank You
13. Die Cut Divas November Challenge - Thankful