New Year Blessings

Coming Your Way

Happiest of Blessings to you and yours in 2017.

This cards is coming to you by

Color My Heart

and

 Atlantic Hearts

Be sure to check them out all year for some fun and challenging inspiration.

Merry Christmas

From All the Holiday Expressions Paper Packs

Sorry I've been MIA lately. Been so busy with getting ready for Christmas

and trying to prepare for the new upcoming Seasonal Expressions.

Anyway, Merry Christmas to all my blogging friends and 

Blessing to all in the New Year. The following Christmas cards are

just to you from all the Holiday paper packs.

Happiest Holidays from Oh Deer

Play along with Oh Deer Challenges at H2H and Color My Heart.

Merry and Bright from Jeepers Creepers

Joy to you from City Sidewalks

Merry Christmas from Swan Lake

Each paper pack will retire on December 31 so be sure to get yours 

before they are going, going, gone.

I'm looking forward to being able to post regularly in the New Year.

I will be back then sharing at all my favorite places. See you then.

City Sidewalks Color Challenge

At Color My Heart

Colors of City Sidewalks: Black, Cranberry, Lagoon, 

Peacock, and Willow with White Daisy

A fun Z-fold box card. 

Closed card for mailing.

Share your City Sidewalk colors with us at Color My Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: City Sidewalks, Swan Lake

Cardstock: White Daisy

Stamps: Cozy Christmas

Ink: Cranberry, Black, Willow, Peacock, Lagoon, Sorbet

Embellishments: Sparkles

Color Dare 218

It's a Ruby, New England Ivy, & Whisper Christmas

Bringing out the Yuletide Carol paper pack to make a vintage

stair step card. This paper pack is retired but one of the greats.

Woodland Wishes trees and snowflakes with the greeting from

Christmas Post completes the card.

Be sure to check Color My Heart for your color challenge each week.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Yuletide Carol (retired)

Cardstock: Colonial White

Stamps: Woodland Wishes, Christmas Post

Ink: Ruby, New England Ivy, Whisper

Embellishments: Silver Sequins, Sparkles

Happy Happy Christmas

Scrapin' With the Scraps

Close to my Heart's November Special is the Happy Happy Christmas

collection of Christmas projects. They are perfect projects for Christmas

 scrapbooking, gifts, and those special Christmas Home decor items.

After making my projects I used the left over scraps to make a

Christmas card. I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts for my pattern.

If you need some fun patterns for your cards be sure to check out

Atlantic Hearts every Monday for a new sketch. 

CTMH Supplies:

Papers: My Crush Happy Happy Christmas

PML Cards: Happy Happy Christmas

Stamps: Happy Holidays

Ink: Fern

Embellishments: Fern Twine, Gold Sequins, Opaques

Color Dare 216

Seasons of Magic with Colors of Swan Lake

Glacier, Whisper, Slate, Peacock, Poppy, Goldrush, Fern, Canary

Using the Stamp set Season Of Magic and colors of Swan Lake

featured at Color My Heart cards of all seasons can be made all year round.

Winter Card: Peacock, Glacier, Whisper, Slate

Spring Card: Fern, Canary, Poppy

Summer Card: Canary, Goldrush, Poppy, Fern

Autumn Card of Thanks: Peacock, Glacier, Goldrush, Poppy, Fern

Don't miss out on this versatile stamp set and colors. Another color

challenge coming tomorrow at Color My Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Swan Lake

Cardstock: White Daisy, Canary, Fern

Glitter Paper: Silver

Stamps: Season of Magic

Ink: Whisper, Slate, Glacier, Fern, Canary, Poppy, Peacock, Goldrush

Embellishments: Thicker Twine, Opagues

A Special Wreath

From a Season of Magic

The Season of Magic stamp set can be used for magic

 in all seasons and for all occasions. 

 This Happy Day card can be used for a birthday, anniversary,

 or a happy greeting to cheer someone up. Between The Folds Challenge

of the Swan Lake colors are very versatile as well. Using the blues and

 grays give it a magical look for any occasion.

Need a sketch? Try Freshly Made Sketches each

week for a fun and easy card pattern. Be sure to share your 

creations at Freshly Made Sketches when you do.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Swan Lake

Cardstock: White Daisy

Stamps: Season Of Magic

Ink: Glacier, Peacock, Slate, Whisper

Embellishments: Opaques

Wood Grains With....

Rustic Home Fundamentals

The Rustic Home Fundamentals wood grains and the sketch

from Atlantic Hearts bring this cards to you at Heart 2 Heart.

Love the old fashioned vintage look of these papers with a

Christmas tree from Cozy Christmas and a touch of a burlap bow.

Using this sketch from Atlantic Hearts I switched the square

sentiment block for an oval to give it a more vintage look with

the rustic papers. Be sure to check out the Rustic Home Fundamentals

for that rustic nature look to your projects. Be sure to share at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

Fundamentals: Rustic Home

Cardstock: Colonial White

Stamps: Cozy Christmas, Season of Magic

Ink: Ruby, Desert Sand, Cocoa, Fern

Embellishments: Burlap string

Paper Piecing

With Jeepers Creepers Cheerful Colors

And Between the Fold stamping techniques challenge.

Sending you a Hello card with paper pieced letters and the

Color My Heart Color Challenge: Jeepers Creepers Colors

Pansy, Raspberry, Tangerine, Lagoon, Lemon, and Willow

 One of my favorite stamping techniques is paper piecing.

Step 1. Stamp your image on your project.

Step 2. Stamp your image on your desired B&T paper or cardstock.

Step 3. Cut out your image and adhere to your original stamped image.

If you have a favorite stamping technique please share at Between The Fold.

Need some cheerful colors? Check out Jeepers Creepers at Color My Heart. 

CTMH Supplies:

Fundamentals: Adventure

Cardstock: White Daisy

Stamps:Finding the Words, With You, Framework Alphabet

Ink: Black, Willow, Lagoon

Purple, Purple, Purple

A Purple Christmas

With Thistle, Pansy, and Eggplant at Color My Heart

Using scraps for candles makes easy cards for Christmas.

If you missed the color challenge this week at Color My Heart

a new challenge will be posted on Friday. Come play.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Thistle, Pansy, Eggplant. White Daisy

Stamps: Season of Magic

Ink: Eggplant

Embellishments: Gold Glitter paper, Ribbon from stash, punched twigs