All Together Holiday

 

Today is the 15th and these are my two cards this month for our The Creative Crew!  We are a group of 7 and all one team--Jeanette, Carol, Darlene, Lorraine, Terry, Tracie and me. Each month will be a new challenge posed by one of the members sending out a kit.  This month Darlene is the hostess and sent us a sweet kit of fun Taylored Expression images from the All Together Holiday Set.  She also included some pretty marbled paper from Craft Consortium called Ink Drops-Dusk.  She encouraged us to stretch our creativity a bit an create a Christmas card that features colors that are not traditionally used at Christmas.

Hummm--I thought about the papers for about a second and then went right to what do I do with all of the sweet little images Darlene sent. So--off to find my Taylored Expressions Big Circles Cutting Plate! I picked two of the pieces of the Ink Drops paper and decided to use metallic cardstock with the cutting plate.   So, it may not be totally non-traditional as I picked Antique Gold and Silver Metallic Cardstock from The Paper Cut!  I placed the Antique Gold on a piece of the burgundy patterned paper and colored those images with my Copic Sketch Markers, using rich color.  For the Silver Metallic, I picked the gray background and colored those images with bright reds and greens.  I then tucked the images in some of the circles and left the rest empty to highlight the pretty background papers.  I chose two sentiments from my Pinkfresh Studio Foiled Sentiment 4 Holiday set for the cards.  I added metallic stars to the gold card and silver sequins to the silver card. These were such fun cards to make!

Darlene included some trimmed edges of the Ink Drops patterned paper, so I added a strip to the inside of each of my cards.

I hope all of The Creative Crew Gals enjoy my cards this month.  Please be sure to stop in to see what fun crafty cards are posted this month.  All of the blogs can be found on my left sidebar.  Our teammate Lorraine does not have a blog, so please check out her card in her SCS gallery.   I am sure you will enjoy all of the wonderful creations this month!   

We will be back in January with the image I will be sending out. I better start to think of what to ink up!   Be sure to check in with us on the 15th to see what fun I have planned!

Image/Sentiment:   Taylored Expressions All Together Holiday/Pinkfresh Studio Foiled Sentiments 4 Holiday

Cardstock/Patterned Paper:  White; The Paper Cut Antique Gold and Silver Metallic Cardstock; Craft Consortium Ink Drops-Dusk Patterned Paper

Ink:  Hero Arts Intensified Black

Accessories:  Copic Sketch Markers; Taylored Expressions Big Circles Cutting Plate; Metallic Stars and Silver Sequins Bling

Otters Wishing You

It is time for another The Three Musketeers post. We are ready to showcase the card we all created with the fun image from CC Designs called Otter that Jeanette sent out for our June card,  #94! That means we are in the middle of year number 7 with this fun challenge! All three of us sure have enjoyed the challenges every month and we hope that it continues for a long time! 

I think this is the cutest image.  Jeanette sent us some options as she stamped the image on a full panel and also sent us some that she had die cut for us.  There was also this cute sentiment!   I colored one of the sweet image that was die cut with my Copic Sketch Markers.  I cut a circle from a Cool Caribbean panel with a die from The Ton's Double Stitched Circle Dies.  I then embossed the panel with my Stampin' Up Seaside folder.  The little otters were then placed over a piece of patterned paper from The Craft Consortium package of Ink Drops Earth.   I die cut th sentiment with a stitched rectangle from Stampin' Up.  I added some blue enamel dots for the final touch!   I hope Jeanette and Kelly along with you enjoy my card!

Here is the inside of my card, with a strip of the colorful paper:

Please check out the other Musketeer's cards.  Here is the link to Jeanette's blog along with Kelly's blog.  I am sure you will not be disappointed and will see a couple of great cards!  They may post today or tomorrow, so be sure to check out their blogs for their card!   Kelly is up for our July challenge.  Please be sure to join us again.  

Image/Sentiment:  CC Designs Otter

Cardstock/Patterned Paper:  Accent Opaque 120# White; Stampin' Up Cool Caribbean, Night of Navy, Brilliant Blue; Craft Consortium Ink Drops Earth

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Copic Sketch Markers; Navy Enamel Dots; The Ton Double Stitched Circles; Stampin' Up Stitched Rectangles, Seaside Embossing Folder

Best Wishes Fore Your Retirement

This is my June Crafters of Faith card.  This is a great group that my friend Kelly started on SCS.  She hosted for 5 years and now Faith has taken over for year #7. We will continue as we have in the past with each month a new hostess gives us a scripture and challenges us to make a card with that theme. 

Faye is the hostess this month and gave everyone this challenge:

Scripture:  1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Challenge: make a card giving glory to God. (any area of your life)

I needed a retirement card for our Pastor who is leaving the middle of this month.  He is also a golfer so this Impression Obsession stamp set is perfect!  I colored the image with my Copic Sketch Markers and die cut the image along with the sentiment with my Stampin' Up Stitched Rectangles.  I picked some fun green patterned paper from a newer to me 6x6 pack from the Craft Consortium called Ink Drops Earth--looks like sweet alcohol inked papers! I added some green thread behind the image along with Pinkfresh Studio jewels as the final touch!

Here is the inside of my card, with another sentiment from the same set:

I hope you and the others from the Crafters of Faith group like my card this month!  We are to post on the 7th of each month, so if you look on my sidebar, you may see other creations.  I know that there will be many posted in the COF thread on SCS too! 

Image/Sentiment:  Impression Obsession Retirement Stamp Set

Cardstock/Patterned Paper:  The Paper Cut Cougar Opaque 110# White; Stampin' Up Granny Apple Green; Craft Consortium Ink Drops Earth 6x6 Pack

Ink:  Hero Arts Intense Black

Accessories:  Stampin' Up Stitched Rectangle Dies; Green Thread; Pinkfresh Studios Jewels; Copic Sketch Markers