Figuring out Challenge rules.

   I can't use the same link twice for posting more than one card.  I'm not sure how this all works.  So, I'll just add the picture of my Pink Snowflake card here and hopefully it will create another link, since it is a different blog post.  

 I actually used the negative from making this card and made another snowflake card.  

It is always good to get two cards for one!  

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge December 3

 I have such a hard time getting through all of my emails lately.  I didn't see the Wednesday Challenge until a day or two ago.  Trying to get all of my Christmas cards out, but I keep getting sidetracked making more cards.  So for this challenge we are to use Dies - DieCember - you get it.  

I used the Simon Says Stamp set called Gift of Christmas to get my little snowman. I colored him with Copic Markers and I used some dies purchased from Simon Says Stamp, but they are Poppy Stamp dies.  These are Wintertide Border Set and Nordic Rings.  I just love all the patterns in these.  

Then I took the Grand Pixie Snowflake Die and made another quick card.  It's plain and somewhat simple but really give a big WOW statement with the BIG snowflake! Next time I might use a piercing plate before I cut the snowflake.  With a border layer of the same color as the snowflake and a die cut sentiment in a purple glitter CS the card is finished. One of these two cards could land in your mailbox soon.  That is if I quit making cards and get the rest of them sent.  Better get at it!

So, if I don't get back before Christmas, for anyone reading this my wish is for a very                     Merry Christmas to each of you.  Share the joy with family and friends.

AnotherHouse Mouse Post

 I guess I have to post each picture separately in order to enter them both.  So I'll just put the picture her again.  

This image was a gift from a friend, Lisa, I think.  So, I don't know the name of the set, but I'm calling the card making Merry.  

I Found a New challenge - For Me at Least

 I can't believe I had not heard of the house Mouse and Friends Challenges.  I have always loved House Mouse Stamps, and I have been making a few cards today with some of mine and one that a friend had sent an image from.  One of my Alpha sisters, Shelly let me know about the House Mouse Monday Challenge.  

So, I am entering these two cards in it.  I have a couple of others but they don't fit the challenge, so I'll post those later.  

This has been one of my favorite Christmas images since I got the Stamp. I'm calling the card Deck the Halls and that is the name of the stamp also.  This stamp just goes to show you can make a Christmas tree out of anything, and it will still mean as much, if you're with your people. 

 I remember one Christmas, my husband was away for work, so my children and I loaded up the car with all the Christmas presents and a Christmas tree we had cut from green paper. and we went to spend Christmas in a hotel room with my husband.  We taped the tree on the wall in the corner of the hotel room; we had a wonderful Christmas. The only problem was that there were no restaurants open is the small town we were in.  We finally found a Mexican restaurant open many miles away and we had the best Enchiladas for Christmas dinner.  My children still talk about that Christmas when they have forgotten details about many other, supposedly better Christmas days.  

You don't need much if you are with your family.  That is what really counts.  

This card is the one I don't know the name of the stamp set, so I'm calling it Making Merry.  I gave it that name mostly because of the sentiment I added to the card.  I watercolored both of the images for these cards and then added a little of the darker shading with touches of color from a few markers.  I had foiled the sentiments at a friend's house last Christmas.  I think it is from a Pink Fresh set. 

Simon Says Stamp Challenge and more

 Hello again just in time for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge

It seems that this is the only challenge other than a few on Splitcoast Stampers that I can seem to find the time to do.  I always enjoy them.  

The challenge is for using Studio Light products, but I unfortunately have none.  So, I used a Simon Says Stamp stencil for my card and an old die and embossing folder from Cuttlebug for the pumpkin.  

Here is the card I am entering in the challenge that ends November 5.  

I hadn't planned to add more thanksgiving cards to my stash, but I couldn't

 resist using this fun Stencil for a card. 

I also wanted to show off the pretty card I received from Greta for the 

Card Chain Challenge for October

Her background is so pretty and one of my favorite methods for making them.  

It's got great colors and a bold black shiny sentiment and die cut flowers!  The flower 

centers are sparkly, afraid I didn't get a great picture of all the shine and sparkle. 

And this is the card for the October Chain that I sent to Hillary

   

         It's from a fun digi stamp I've had for ages and ages.  I used a die-cut frame to

 look like this tenny-wearing fairy is in a woodland setting. 

I've been doing a couple of challenges on Splitcoast Stampers the last couple of weeks.  

Here is a watercolor I painted for the Wednesday Watercolor Challenge.

This was for the challenge last week; I didn't get to paint this week.  

There are just never enough hours in the day or the night (maybe because I'm trying to 

squeeze one more hour out of the day before I go to sleep).
 

Card Chain Challenge September

Thanks to a reminder by Gail, I was able to remember to sign up for the Card Chain Challenge this month and last month - September.  This is the card I sent out to Gundi in Germany.  I used the colors from the challenge, plus a couple more.  I had just received the stencils and wanted to use them.  Aren't all of these Waffle Flowers stencils so much fun, there are so many that fit the Postage Collage dies.  

Jeanne in Mn was next in the chain, so she sent me this pretty flowery card.  I always forget to use stamps to make a background, but Jeanne pulled it off perfectly.  I love the blue, yellow, green combination.  Not sure if I had ever told her that was a favorite combination of mine. But I'm so glad she used it to make my card.  The ribbon at the side has such a cool texture to it, too.

 October chain is up next.  I've got to put my thinking cap on for that card.  

In the meantime, here are a couple of cards I have made for challenges.

 Two cards for the Alphabet challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  

I'm behind on this round (like every other lately), I hope to get caught up.  

This is for the letter I - Inkwell is our prompt.  

I traced the outline of an online image, watercolored it and added ink work to add the details.  I die-cut the panel and mounted it on a white card base. The sentiment seemed to complete the card with the gold foil matching the trim of the inkwell.  

 

For the letter L Lamp was our prompt, preferably oil lamp.  

 I love the little House Mouse stamp that has a candle lamp, but I did have an oil lamp digital stamp.

 So, I made both cards for the challenge.  House Mouse is colored with Copic markers, 

and the digital image is watercolored.

Had my second cataract surgery today, and my eye is getting tired.  Giving up the computer stuff for a while and go shut my eyes.  In another week I should be good to go without glasses.  Yay!  

 

My How Time Flies

 I don't know where the time has gone since I posted last.  Oh, wait, yes I do.  We have had so many doctor's appointments in the last 6 months its crazy.  Most of them are not really even for me.  I go with my hubby to his so we both know what's going on.  He forgets to tell me things.  

Thought I would play along with the Simon Says Wednesday challenge before the week is over.  

For my card I used Gina's Woodland Friends stamp set and a stencil set called Ruffled flowers.

But you see no flowers because I used only the leaf parts of the stencils.  I love the critters in this stamp set.  And as I usually do, I just stamped the entire set on a half sheet of card stock. Then I can die cut the critters I will use and have all the other pieces left for other cards.  

I also used this card for the Featured stamper challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers.