New Challenge @ Sunday Stamps #SSC375

 

Today begins a new challenge at...

Sunday Stamps // #SSC375 ...A color palette challenge!!  From the six colors on this "Midnight Moves" color palette, choose at least three to use on your card.

                      

Now it is your turn!!  Hop on over to our blog and check out all the details for this new challenge!!  While you are there you will also find great inspiration from the rest of the design team.  We can't wait to see you creations for our "Midnight Move" color palette challenge.

3 other challenges helped to inspire today's card...

Can You Handle The Pressure // 22NOV25 ...An embossing challenge with an optional twist!!  For today's card I didn't use the optional twist but I love that yall keep encouraging us to pull out our embossing folders.

TicTacToe Challenges // #tttc285 ...A game board challenge!!  My winning three in a row on this tic-tac-toe game board: texture (embossing folder), blue (two different blues from Stampin Up), and bow (black sheer ribbon tied in a bow).  

Little Red Wagon // #LRW836 ...A theme challenge!!  Sad Songs (Say So Much)!!  They want to see our sympathy card for this current theme challenge.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Christmas Waves A Magic Wand...

 

5 challenges inspired today's card...

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challeng // #AHSC658 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was the starting point for today's card and it was perfect for combining this 4 other challenges.

Alphabet Challenges // #28NOV25 ...An ABC challenge!!  Q is for QUOTE!!  This quote from Norman Vincent Peale is part of a retired Stampin Up set and worked perfectly as the focal point for today's Christmas card.

Festive Friday // #FF0199 ...An inspo list challenge!!  From the inspo list celebrating National Candy Cane Day, pick 3 out of the 10 elements to use on your card.  My three picks: Christmas sentiment, red, and green.

Hand Stamped Sentiment // #HSS477 ...A "mood board" challenge!!  My inspiration from the mood board: the holly, the plaid, and the Christmas theme.

I Spy With My Little Eye // #32 ...An "I Spy" challenge!!  For this current challenge we are spying...CHRISTMAS!!  And Christmas is waving it's magic wand!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVerison)

2 Card Friday

 

Card #1 inspired by...

Can You Handle The Pressure // 22NOV25 ...An embossing challenge with an optional twist!!  THANKS is the optional twist for this challenge!!  Not only did I use an embossing folder but I picked a Thank You folder!!

               

Card #2 inspire by 2 challenges...

CAS Colours & Sketches // #574 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch with the wave at the bottom had me thinking about this extra little duckie I had cut out from Monday's card.  So here is my clean and simple card using up scraps!!

Just Add Ink // #JAI775 ...A "just add" challenge!!  For this current challenge we are "just adding" CELEBRATION!!  My card is celebrating the arrival of a new little one!!  Let's celebrate with a baby shower...YES!!

                               

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

A Two Card Thursday

 Card #1 inspired by 2 challenges...

Addicted to CAS // #297 ...A "code word" challenge!!  Metallic is the code word for this challenge!! I used gold metallic baker's twine and gold card stock as accents on this white on white card.

Time Out Challenges // #TOC303 ...An inspiration challenge!!  My inspriration from the photo...the gold and the "white lights"...thus my white on white card!!

          

Card #2 inspired by 2 challenges...

Little Red Wagon // #LRW836 ...A theme challenge!!  Sad Songs by Elton John is the theme for this current challenge and they are looking for sympathy cards.

Ellibelle's Garden Party // #9 ...A "garden party" challenge!!  Where do you find flowers and bees??  In the garden!!  At our house that even mean in the vegetable garden...we always add in flower seeds among our veggies.  Card #1 fits this challenge as well...cause we had deer in our garden really bad...eating all of veggies and our young pear & apple trees!!  But...not any more!!  We fenced in our garden and orchard...no more deer!!

         

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Christmas Plaid

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

Addicted to CAS // #297 ...A "code word" challenge!!  METALLIC is the code word for this current challenge!!  I have a metallic sentiment, the center of my flower is metallic, and the staples are metallic...3 types of metallic items packed into this CAS card.

Hand Stamped Sentiments // #HSS477 ...A "mood board" challenge!!  My inspiration from this mood board: green & red color combo and the plaid!!

INKspirational Challenges // #IC355 ...A "mood board" challenge!!  My inspiration from this mood board: the tags and the Christmas theme!!

Colorful Options // DEC2025 ...A monthly color challenge!!  Red & Green are the colors called for in December.  A fun color combo that offers up traditional holiday cheer.  This plaid designer paper from Hobby Lobby didn't have any red in it so I stamped in my red using a brushstroke stamp and some Cherry Cobbler ink...both from Stampin Up. 

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

New Challenge @ Shopping Our Stash #SOS562

 

Today begins a new challenge at...

Shopping Our Stash // #SOS562 ...A "shop your stash" challenge with a theme!!  FOREVER YOUNG is the theme for this current challenge!!  We want to see your kid card creations!!  I shopped my stash and found this designer paper that definitely has a kid feel to it.  I cut out and layered a colored rocket, added some banners and embellishments, and stamped in some extras...there you have it...some little boy is gonna be thrilled!!  I love you, to the moon and back!!

             
Now it is your turn!!  Will you make a card for a little boy or a little girls??  Will there be rockets or fairies??  What do you have in your stash that would make for a great kids card??  We can't wait to see your FOREVER YOUNG cards!!  Hop on over to our blog for all the details on this new challenge, and while you are there check out all the great inspiration from the rest of our design team.

Card #2 was inspired by 3 challenges...

Inspired.Create.Challenge // #ICC206 ...A theme challenge!!  MONOCHROMATIC is the theme for this current challenge!!  Green is my color of choice for this monochromatic challenge.  I used a 6x6 tablet of wintergreen prints from Hobby Lobby.

Inspired By Challenges // #IB364 ...An "inspiration photo" challenge with an optional sketch.  I used both the photo and the sktech as inspiraiton for today's second card.  My inspiraiton from the photo...the Christmas tree & the peppermints as decoration.

Little Red Wagon // #LRW835 ...A theme challenge!!  Pearls, sequins, and gems, oh my!!  I love the added of embellishment to my cards and try to keep lots of pearls, sequins, and gems in my stash.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

2 Card Monday

 

Card #1 inspired by 2 challenges...

Addicted to Stamps & More // #ATS&M506 ...A "make your mark" challenge!!  For this challenge they are wanting to see time of coloring...any type of making a mark...I used Stampin Up chalks and aqua painter to color my embossed flowers.

Can You Handle the Pressure // 22NOV25 ...An embossing challenge with an optional twist!!  The optional twist was...a card of thanks!!  Well this was a card of thanks until my mom stopped by needing a sympathy card.  The thing about a smalled sentiment is that it is easy to change out...you can quickly make a "thank you" into a "sympathy" in no time!!

Card #2 inspired by 2 challenges...

TGIF Challenges // #tgifc553 ...A theme challenge!!  The theme for this current challenge is...a set of cards!!  When a friend calls and asked for a set of 12 shower invitation cards, you go to work!!  I am not a fan of doing the same card 12 times...boring repetition for this creative mind...but there are times when I have to make a set of the same cards and I do it!!

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS714 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was perfect for creating this shower invitation cards.  I may not have used a Christmas theme or bulb but the sketch was my inspiration for these invites.

Both of these cards fit another challenge...

Little Red Wagon // #LRW835 ...A theme challenge!!  Pearls & Sequins & Gems, Oh my...the theme for this current challenge!!  Both of today's cards have black rhinestones on them.  Oh my, how I love a bit of bling!!

Vese of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Celebrate The Season

 4 challenges inspired today's card...

Sketch~N~Scrap // NOV2025 ...A "throwback" sketch challenge!!  My pick from the 4 throwback sketches is the one from 2013.  This sketch made for a great starting point for today's combining of challenges.

FarmQuest Challenge // #FQCB78 ...A farm and country challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this current challenge is "Christmas Tree Farm".  The rustic greens and the plaid paper give my card the farm & country feel and Stampin Up's Christmas tree die makes the perfect focal point.  I am guest designing over at the FQCB blog this month and would love for you to come on over an join the fun.

The Paper Funday Challenge // #82 ...A monthly "anything goes" challenge with an optional theme!!  MERRY & BRIGHT is the theme for this current challenge.  

I Spy With My Little Eye // #32 ...An "I spy" challenge!!  For the current challenge we are spying...something festive for Christmas!!  How about a Christmas Tree!?!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)