Vintage Stickers

My stash of Christmas paper, stamps, and stickers is overwhelming.  As long as I am making Christmas cards to send to people in nursing homes, I decided to use up some vintage stickers.  Maybe they will take a trip down memory lane.
Using the sketch  at Tuesday Morning Sketch, I put together this quick and easy card.

Love the BG paper from my stash.  I added a few drops of Stickles for interest. 

Challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketch

Crop Stop - anything

Stamploration CAS

Dogs and Slobbery Kisses

When I saw the challenge at Words 2 Craft By - Happiness is a Warm Puppy- , I knew immediately which images I wanted to use for some of the Christmas cards I am making for SAS4Kids.
This one I am showing today is one of the first digi stamps I ever downloaded - so many years ago.
 I printed off three images, colored them with Copics, then didn't know what to do with them until I saw the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

Sketch:

I decided not to back the image with a solid color.  I love the stitched edge (Die-namics die) and popping the image up with dimension tape gave it the little bit of interest I thought it needed.

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Words 2 Craft By - Happiness is a warm puppy.
Tuesday Morning Sketch
Double D Challenge - plaid

Big Number Birthday

Turning 10 is a big deal.  After all, you are now in double digits!
 I try to make the 10th birthday special for each of my grandkids.
Here is a card I made for the next one turning 10.

and the inside made with stamps:

The #1 is made by printing an outline of that number onto designer paper.   The "0" was made by cutting out the pic and bordering frame with Spellbinder dies - circles and scallops.
Stars are cut with a Verve die.

Challenges:
Send A Smile 4 Kids - celebration
Scrapyland - anything
 Sweet Stampin' - spots or stripes
Crop Stop - anything
Word Art Wednesday - anything

Circles and Stripes

Apparently my favorite shape is a circle because for the last eight out of 10 cards I have made, I  have cut circles.  I am pretty dependent on sketches and it just so happen that some of the challenge blogs have circles in their sketches.  I rest my case.
So here is a card made with another circle sketch found at MFT.

The sketch:

I really like how this card turned out.  Stamploration offered a free digital coloring page which I printed then fussy cut a grouping of the flowers.  I wanted to go with the photo inspiration for one of their challenges so I picked up on the stripes and some of the colors.  Copics were used to add color to the blossoms.

Circles frame was cut with two sizes of the MFT Di-namics.

Challenges:
MFT - sketch
Stamploration Cutplorations Challenge - use a Stamploration product

Stamploration Never Ending Challenge - use a Stamploration product
Simon Says Work It Wednesday - red, orange, yellow
Word Art Wednesday - anything
Scrapyland - anything with die cuts

Another Christmas Card

Using the same sketch at Die Cuttin Divas, I made another Christmas card to send off to Caring Hearts.

Again I used a digital tag and Doodle Pantry images for the trees.
Circle is cut with a Circle Di-namics.  The embellies are melted Perler beads.

Sketch:

Challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas - sketch

Pumpkin Time

Yes, I love pumpkins and Autumn leaves so why not use both?

The sketch - MFT, flipping it  to landscape.

The pumpkins are a GKD stamp.  Image colored with Copics.
Leaves are cut out with Impression Obsession leaf dies.
Circles are made with MFT Circle Di-namics.
After cutting everything out and gluing all the pieces, I didn't like the finished product so I added some piercing.   Better but still not crazy about it.

Challenges:
Tuesday Throwdown - leaves
MFT - sketch
Scrapyland - anything with die cuts
Dies R Us - leaves
Double D Challenge - pumpkins
Simon Says Work It Wednesday - red, orange, yellow, and/or brown
Word Art Wednesday - anything

First Christmas Card

The number of cards that I send out at Christmas time is shrinking each year but I do love the season and there are soooo many wonderful Christmas stamps so I decided to make cards for Send a Smile 4 Kids and for the Caring Hearts card drive.  Here is my first:

I used the sketch at Die Cuttin Divas

The images in the center are Doodle Pantry, the tag is a digial tag.
The circles are cut with MFT Circle Di-namics

Challenges:
Die Cuttin Divas - use sketch
SAS4Kids - winter holidays
Word Art Wednesday - anything