I found a new challenge blog to play along with...a Christmas one at that!! ABC Christmas!! How exciting!! This challenge along with a sketch challenge from Sketch~N~Scrap are the inspiration for today's card.
Sketch~N~Scrap Challenge // #SNS244 ...A sketch challenge!! Since this sketch had lot of layers it worked perfectly for pairing up with the ABC challenge.
3 challenges inspired today's card...
Sketch~N~Scrap // #232 ...A sketch challenge!! This sketch had a Christmas tree on it and while I am sure another shape would have been fine I decided to keep the tree and start my Christmas stash for next Christmas!
Papercraft Challenges // #89 ...A theme challenge!! DECK THE HALLS!! Perfect!! I even have a sentiment stamp from Stampin Up's retired Happy Scenes stamp set that says "deck the halls"!! I love it!!
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Today's project was inspired by 1 challenge...
4 challenges inspired today's card...
Try Stampin On Tuesday // #TSOT585 ...A sketch challenge!! For this challenge there was also the option of creating a non-traditional Christmas card. I think my southern palm Christmas tree qualifies as non-traditional, don't you think?!?
Time Out Challenge // #TOC228 ...A theme challenge!! Winter/Holiday Season is the theme for this challenge. Who needs snowflakes when you can have seashells...right?!? Florida's winter/holiday season looks a bit different but it is a fun time of year, all the same!!
Jingle Belles // 12.2.22 ...A Christmas wrap up challenge!! The challenge...as we wrap up our Christmas cards for the year what we have been making!! I think I have one or two more Christmas cards this week and then I too am calling it a wrap!!
Make the Cards Challenge // #68 ...A theme challenge!! Winter!! Nothing says winter more than snowflakes!! Stay warm out there!!
Global Design Project // #GDP370 ...A sketch challenge!! A clean and simple sketch!! I love a simple sketch, especially this time of year when we are all so very busy!!
The Paper Players // #PP618 ...A theme challenge!! Christmas!! Oh and this week it is a CAS challenge!!
Just Us Girls // #JUG656 ...A wild card challenge!! The wild card for this week...Holiday Gift Tags!! Every year we need a bunch of these and I end up buying them instead of making them because of leaving it to the last minute...not this year!! Thanks for the challenge and for getting me started!!
TGIF Challenges // #tgifc392 ...A question challenge!! What would you do without black ink?? My answer...use patterned papers and a sentiment embellishment!! Black ink is a staple most of the time but some really great things can be made without it. Thanks for helping us work outside the box.
Two challenges inspired today's card...
Sunday Stamps #245...A color/photo challenge! We were challenged to use at least three of the colors from the 5 that were given. I used the burgundy, green, and brown.
#bethegift challenge: Leave a card and/or sweet treat in your mailbox for the mail carrier...thanking them for their hard work during this busy season!
Painted Pine Cones was the title of this Inspired By challenge. In the photo the pine cones are painted blue so I went with a Night of Navy//Smokey Gray color combo for my card. I kept my card very simple and displayed my blue pinecones on a branch from Stampin Up's Seasonal Layers die set. I hate that you can't see the dazzling diamonds glitter in this photo...It really makes it special!!
Since BRANCH was the cue card for the CASology challenge this card works for that as well. Also, without realizing it...this card fits the sketch challenge from Fab Friday. Wow...three challenges in this one simple card!! 
I created this wintery card for the Library Challenge. The current Library Challenge is Rupert...an British comic strip character that has been in the newspapers since 1920. For this card I use Stampin Up's Winter Woods, Wild About You, and Beautiful Blizzard stamp sets to create my winter wonderland. I embossed the snowflakes first with clear embossing powder and then stamped my trees and sponged in the rest of my landscape....this technique left the snowflakes without ink color letting them shine through. Next I layered my little "Rupert" over the wintery scene I had created. I am very tickled with how it turned out.
3 Gifts Challenge: (using Ann Voskamp's 1000 gifts daily prompts) 3 gifts manger small...It is the small things! Making the most out of a less then perfect surroundings!! No room in the inn...complain or make it work?? The manager became the perfect bed in less then perfect surroundings...oh that we could to that!?!
2 challenges rolled into one card....the sketch challenge from CAS(E) this Sketch and the inspiration photo from Inspired By. I love the red and white only of this card!! 
