SOS432 - Hot Drinks For Cold Nights

 Here is my card for the newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash. The challenge is called Hot Drinks for Cold Night and I used my new Stampendous set called Coffee Frame.

I love all the sentiments in this set, some of them are hilarious - so it was hard to choose which one to use. Image is colored with alcohol markers and papers are from retired Stampin Up packs.

Vintage Christmas in July

Our newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is called Christmas in July - and since it's our 400th challenge most of our team mates are offering a blog candy. So make sure you comment to win.

For my card I used a stamp from Stampendous called Snowy Postcard

It's very easy to make lovely cards with this stamp. I just sponged the stamped image with brown distress inks  and then added frantage shabby white embossing powder around the edges. For decoration I just layered several snowflake die cuts and added a vintage brad.

For my blog candy I'm offering this new Darice embossing folder for anyone who will comment on this post. Just tell me where are you from and if you celebrate Christmas.

Challenges:
Winter Wonderland - Christmas / Winter Buildings

Get Creative Challenges - Monochromatic

International Art & Soul - Christmas in July

Crafty Calendar - Christmas in July

Poinsettia Christmas Cards

A while ago I watched Jennifer McGuire's video about using a large stamp to stamp multiple cards at the same time. She calls is 2-for-1 edge stamping trick. I decided to give it a try and use my large Create a Poinsettia stamp from Stampendous.

Images were colored with alcohol markers and the background sponged. Season's Greeting sentiment is also from Stampendous. Kept it pretty simple otherwise.

Challenges:

Merry Little Christmas  Blog  - Anything Christmas Goes

Cute N' Crafty Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

Crafting By Design - Get Ready for Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas

SOS189 - Christmas Cottage in Sepia

This week's challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to be inspired by a movie.

My card was inspired by a movie called Christmas Cottage and it's based on true story of young Thomas Kinkade. So what's not to like on Christmas movie especially if Thomas Kinkade is played by Jared Padalecki :)
The stamp is called Snowy Postcard and it's from Stampendous.
I wanted it to be masculine, so I kept it pretty simple with only a bit of gold (gold shimmery CS and I used the gold pen to highlight the frame) and one snowflake.

I'm entering it into these challenges:
The Glory of Christmas - monochromatic
Holly Jolly Christmas - non traditional Christmas colors
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - anything Goes + use a die (snowflakes)

SOS181 - Seeing Red & Snowy Postcard (again)

This week's challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to use RED as main color. So since I had my Snowy Postcard stamp from Stampendous out - why not use it?

All the red (paper & ink) is Cherry Cobbler from SU. It's pretty simple and mailable, combined only with silver ribbon, embossing powder and mat.

Challenges:
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Christmas
Card Mania - Christmas
Christmas Card Challenge - CAS Christmas
Crafty Catz - last minute Christmas

SOS180 - Snowy Postcard

This week's challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to use your favorite technique.
I love to play with inks and sponges so that's what I did. I used Snowy Postcard stamp from Stampendous.

I used Distress Inks and Pool Party SU ink for sponging and I covered the whole middle oval with Iridescent Ice EP for extra shine. The ribbon started as white seam binding and I sprayed it with brown and gold Shimmer spray.
Sentiment is from Stampin Up.

Challenges:
Love to Create - Non-Traditional Christmas Colors
House of Cards - Inspiration Image - Inspired by colors
Challenge Up Your Life - Turquoise & Brown
Open Minded Crafting - Unusual Christmas