A Look Back

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Thank you so very much for visiting me, leaving comments and allowing me to share my creations this year. I am grateful and thankful for your support.

I have made several very good blogging friends through this hobby over the years and I look forward to their fabulous creations in the year to come.

I decided to look back at the cards I made this year--175 of them and pick out my favorites.  As I picked some out...I did pretty well mailing out cards this year, all but one of those below was mailed out.

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Winter Door

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Star of Wonder

Merry Christmas

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Happy Wonderful Christmas

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Twelve Days

Greetings

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CAS Mix UP Challenge

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I've been entranced with the colored pencil on dark paper cards I've seen around blog land and most recently here at Betty's blog.  This card is for CAS Mix Up Challenge, a cas card with three elements.

 

My image and sentiment are both stamped and heat embossed, and my third element is the stitching around the main panel.  This was such fun I ended up with 3 cards, the blue and white are my favorites. I used silver ep for the white, gold for the red, and platinum for the blue.

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Tis the Season

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P.S. Thanks to Greta for sending me the die cut for the stamp that I already had.

Happy Birthday

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This goes to my MIL, who loves pink. Since her birthday is in December I decided she needed some sweet flowers on her card.  This set is from AI's watercolor series.

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Rockin Around the Christmas Tree

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Merry and Bright

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Some water color Christmas

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My cards are finished and in the mail.  I am going to take it easy on the card front the rest of the month.  I do have posts prescheduled til Christmas.  I know we are all busy busy busy...so for the remainder of the year...less to read I am just posting the card photos. I'll make it by to comment as much as I can, though I do expect it to be less often that usual.

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At Last...

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My weekend goal is complete. The last cards are done.  I so fell in love with the bubble/ornament wreath in the Ellen Hutson set Homespun Holiday, that it had to come back out again.  The card bases are heavy weight and are embossed with stitched coverplates in either a woodgrain or a quilted pattern. The wreaths were embossed with gold or platinum powders and the were cololored with zigs, and matted with vellum.

The pictures are a bit washed out because it is nighttime and I had to use artificial light and lighten them post photo.

Now I am going to put stamps on all my envelopes and enjoy the Saints v Panthers football game.

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One Card Three Challenges

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This card is for three challenges:

CAS MIX UP - Stamping plus 2 options - I chose heat embossing, die cutting

PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE - Winter or Christmas  (Stamp-Season Wishes and Joy from Joy Banner Die)

COLOR THROW DOWN - Use Black, White, Gray and Gold

It is a masculine card, with just a touch of frippery in the white stitched lines. (lol)

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Muse 224

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I am whittling down that 15 cards I still need...I think it is under 10 now. Definitely do-able and will have them in the Mail Monday!

This one was inspired by  Muse.  Kimberly Weiner gave us this adorable card:

I was inspired by the blue mat and the stack of images.  I loved the silver embossing on an earlier card and went with that again, incorporating stacks of gifts, and a lovely aqua blue with a simple sentiment.

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Red and Green at Less is More

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Its a crafty evening with the college football championships on  in the background. Later on hubs will order Chinese food and we'll do the decorating, so I am getting a few cards done in the mean time.

The challenge at Less is More is Red and Green.

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Inspired by all the Little Things 75

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Its a crafty evening with the college football championships on  in the background. Later on hubs will order Chinese food and we'll do the decorating, so I am getting a few cards done in the mean time.

This one is for Inspired by all the little things, have you seen the adorable image, those skates make me want to find some ice!

I was inspired by the skates, the wood-like paneling and that sweet shade of blue.

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Merry Monday 267

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I have stuffed my addressed envelopes and found I have 14 cards left to make; so I am hitting the challenges for inspiration.

This one is for Merry Monday # 267  .   The prompt is to use Green, Blue, Sliver/White /Vellum.

I got a surprise in my last order from Ellen Hutson, The Homespun Christmas stamp set. I love the wreath image and was glad to use it for this challenge.

How many cards do you have left to make?
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Last CCC of 2017

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The card chain challenge runs January through November, so this is the last exchange card for this year for the CCC.

My card is going to Gail in Norway, she is part of the team that keeps the site together and updated and sends us our reminders to get the cards mailed.

I went with three of the many options, the sketch, the colors and the theme of friends.  I am falled out. I can't even think of making another fall card for a while so I went to my favorite...flowers.

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Happy Thanksgiving

Inspired by All the little things 73

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I am stepping out of my comfort zone on this one.  Its a modern take on bold non-traditional colors inspired by this Challenge Photo: (you can click on the photo to be taken to the challenge page.)

The pinks, blues, aqua, and yellow just look so sweet -- but I am not a pastel kinda girl -- so I made those colors bold.

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Furry Friends at Simons

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It has been a productive weekend so far 15 cards made bringing my total to 65...still have about 35 to go.

This is for Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge Furry Friends.

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A lil fall thanks

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I finally felt so much better after having come home to a cold, that I was able to get out to see the crafty gals without fear of infecting them.  I also had a watercolor day with Peggy.

The crafty girls often put little gifties together  for each other during the holidays.  I came back to a bin full of fall and Halloween surprises, so I needed several thank yous.

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Playing with Addictions

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Today I am playing in two challenges.  Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes, and Addicted to CAS - Leaves.

 

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Fusion - Just Us Girls - Simon Says Flickr

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I finally got a another moment in my crafty space.  The laundry had piled up...after this it is a marathon folding session ahead.

This card is for  Fusion Card Challenge - Autumn Leaves,  Just Us Girls - Thankful, and the Simon Says Flickr group challenge #83 Thankful.

My supplies include :  Distress ink in Salty Ocean, Copper Delicata Ink, clear ep, sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Autumn Greetings,  and Penny Black Die Leaf Edger and some rose gold PPP sequins.

 

Case this Sketch 246

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I am having a lovely crafty afternoon.  This card was inspired by the image at Case this Sketch, and a card by Lin, that can be found here.  I loved that she created her own stencil. 

 

I recently sent some leaf die cuts to Greta, and I kept the paper with all the lovely cuts -- it's bristol paper so it works great for a sponging stencil.

I took a bit of license with the sketch...my background colors are more contained...not loose watercoloring - but I feel sure you can still see the sketch.

Oxide inks,  Lawn Fawns stitched leaves (both sets), clear sequins and some versafine ink were my supplies for this card.

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CIC 429

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We have had some warmer weather for a couple of days, and now the leaves are starting to turn outside my window.  So I had great inspiration between the graphic at Cupcake Inspirations and my view.

I  used one of Simon Says Stamps exclusives featuring Newton's Nook images for my card.

Coloring was done with Zigs on bristol paper; the lines and sentiment were stamped with versa-fine in smokey gray clear and then embossed to make staying in the lines easier. I finished the card with some fall mix sequins by PPP, and a few spatters of the green and orange zigs.  The finished panel was mounted on a midnight green cardbase.

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Card Chain Challenge October 2017

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I did get a card made for the card chain challenge for October. My recipient might think me a bit dim though. She lives in Australia and its spring time there...but I thought I would send her a touch of Autumn for her card.

I went with the sketch option and the theme of Autumn, 2 of the 6 choices - you only need to pick one!

 

Stop by the Card Chain Challenge and sign up for the November or December challenge.

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