Rudolph Days May Challenge

I'm not sure where this last month has gone, but tomorrow is the last day of May and the last day of the May Rudolph's Days Challenge.  So just quick card today before the challenge closed.

I saw this preloved Stampin' Up 'Snowflakes Card Thinlits Die' for sale online recently for about the cost of a cup of coffee..... how could I not buy it? I have no willpower!  I used the main die with navy blue card.  I used the same die again with a large snippet of patterned paper from The Works and trimmed around the edges so it left a border on the navy blue card.  The snowflakes were dies from the same set.  A sentiment finished off my card.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Rudolph Days May Challenge

NBUS Challenge #74 ~ Never-Before-Used-Schtuff ( new die set)

52 Christmas Card Throwdown ~ use Die Cuts or Punches

Baaa!

Out of my comfort zone using a sketch today. Jules has lots of sketch templates on her blog which she generously shares with anyone who would like to use one.  For my card I used square sketch #2.  The image isn't quite square, but I thought it looked okay with the rest of the layout.

A friend of mine loves anything sheep related, so I looked through my printed digi stamps and found this one which I thought would be perfect for her birthday card. The image is a pre-coloured digi stamp from Beccy's Place from the 'Warm and Woolly' set. (For those of you who use digi stamps, Beccy is closing down the digi stamp part of her shop at the end of June, so just a few more weeks to pick up a bargain.)  The patterned paper was snippets from a paper pad from The Range, so I'll be sharing my card over in the Playground.  I wasn't sure where to put the sentiment, but found a Sizzix stamp the right size to fit in the image rectangle.

I am joining in the following challenge:

Love Those Pretty Patterned Papers May Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #617 ~ Add a sentiment

Creations in Pink Challenge # 81 ~ Anything Goes in MAINLY PINK

Snippets Playground Challenge #507 ~ Use Snippets

Allsorts Challenge ~ 16th Birthday

A special Allsorts Challenge begins today for our 16th Birthday, with a simple theme of  'Anything Goes'.  As it's a special challenge, there are also prizes to be won by our US entrants.

I used an AALL & Create #928 'Flower Press' stamp, stamped with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured with Promarkers.  The image was die cut with a Sizzix 'Stitched Rectangles' die and I used a border die from the same set to die cut two pink strips.   The sentiment is a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Best Year' set, stamped with Versafine Clair 'Nocturne'.  I added a few tiny pink pearls to finish off my card.

There are four prizes of products from AALL and Create.

 

and three prizes just for our US based entrants:

A $25 store voucher from Lawn Fawn

Three stamps from Colorado Craft Company

A $25 store voucher from Gina K Designs (Worldwide)

I am joining in the following challenges:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #617 ~ Add a sentiment

The Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge ~ Flowers

Passion For Markers Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #29 ~ Anything Florals Goes 

The Flower Challenge #102 ~ Add Spots or Stripes

AAA Birthday Challenge - Game #73 ~ Anything Birthday Goes

Lupin

While we were on holiday with friends last week, we had two hares visit us every morning and we enjoyed watching them playing in the field outside our accommodation while we were eating our breakfast.  I wanted to send a thank you card to the couple who found the amazing house we stayed in and this image was the perfect one to use.

I stamped a Lavina Stamps 'Lupin' hare on a square of white card with Memento 'Rich Cocoa'.  I stamped a second image on a scrap of card to use as a mask.  After covering the original hare with the mask, I positioned a Card-io MajeMask 'Leaf', stencil over to top and lightly fill in the leaf aperture with 'Peeled Paint' Distress Ink.  Keeping the stencil in place I put a second stencil over the top, Lavinia Stamps 'Glory', and stencilled the pattern using the same ink pad.  The image was coloured with Promarkers and I added a little shadow to ground the hare.  The sentiment was a stamp from Stampin' Up 'Humming Along', stamped with Versafine Clair 'Acorn'. The stamp and the leaf stencil were used for the first time, so I'll be sharing my card over in the NBUS Challenge.

I am joining in the following challenges:

NBUS Challenge #74 ~ Use Never-Before-Used-Schtuff 

We Love Stamping May Challenge ~ Four Legged Friends

Stamping Sensations May Challenge ~ Anything Goes

May Stencil Fun Challenge ~ Anything with a Stencil Goes

Passion for Markers Week 789 ~ Special Anniversary Challenge - ATG