Art Impressions Challenge "Java Love"

Well, I am finally back.  With the holidays and heading to Florida for the winter I'm ready to get going.  My goal this year is to get more cards done.  Today's card is for the "Java Love" challenge over at the Art Impressions blog.   The theme as you can guess is anything to do with coffee, so I pulled the Art Impression stamp "Maude".  Since I didn't have any sentiments related to coffee I went with one I printed on my computer.  The papers are from Prima Marketing called Doodle Deux 6x6 collection.  The opening was done using the My Favorite Things Die-namics Rounded Banner Stax.  

Here is my card for the Java Love Challenge.

 

 It was a cloudy day when I took my pic, so it's a little dark.

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Papertrey Ink November Blog Hop

Today's card was made for the Papertrey Ink November Blog Hop.  The theme for the blog hop this month is SNOW!  So I pulled out my Betsy Veldman's Shaker Dies along with the PTI stamp and dies called City Scene.  The plaid paper is from Paper Studio's There's No Place Like Home For The Holidays that I picked up at Hobby Lobby.  For the snow I used Stampendous Shaved Ice Glitter.  There is a lot of glare from the acetate sheet and shaved ice, so it's hard to see the city scene, but the colors are as bold as the paper.  

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Birthday Card Using Art Impressions "Birdie"

With fall being busy with a wedding and with some us being sick, we are lumping all of our birthdays together and celebrating on Thanksgiving.  So I needed a card for my sister-in-law.  They live on a farm, so "Birdie" from Art Impressions was a perfect fit.  I colored her with Copics and the papers are from Prima Marketing called Doodle Deux.  The sentiment also from AI is called Spring Chicken.  I masked off the bottom of the sentiment stamp just stamping the first two lines for the front of the card and the remainder of the sentiment was used for the inside.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Art Impressions Blog - Zoo / Animal Challenge

Through the Craft Room Door - 11/18 - 11/24 Anything Goes

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Art Impression Zoo or Animal Challenge

Well, I'm back with another card for the Art Impression Blog challenge of Zoo or Animals.  I know you're going to say another "front & back" card, but I can't help myself.  For this card I used one of AI's newer releases called mini front & backs elephant & pig set.  They also have coordinating dies, which make these a breeze to stamp, color & cut.  I just think these are super cute!  The papers are from the Cratepaper Farmhouse collection and the diecut was from MFT's Transformables Die-namics Say Hello set. 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Art Impressions Challenge #148 - Zoo or Animals

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 11/4 - 11/10

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

  

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Art Impressions Humor or Puns Challenge

The challenge at the Art Impressions blog this week is "humor or puns".  So I pulled out one of my newer front & back stamp sets from AI called Chicken & Egg.  The inside & outside sentiments are also from AI called Laying an Egg.  They actually come as one stamp and go perfectly with any of the Bird Brain stamp sets.  The pattern paper is from My Minds Eye Miss Caroline "Dolled Up".  To create the opening I used the circle and large octagon dies from Spellbinders.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Art Impressions Blog - Humor or Puns
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 10/21 - 10/27
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes / Challenge 80

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Art Impressions Fancy Folds Challenge

Today's card is for the Fancy Folds Challenge over at the Art Impressions Blog.  My card is what I consider a "gate fold".  I used the Art Impressions stamp called Madge and the sentiment also from AI called How Old.  Using the Spellbinders Large Oval & Labels Eighteen dies I created the "gate" by folding the die cut and attaching it to the white inside sentiment piece.  I then trimmed the oval image.  The papers are from Echo Park's This & That 6x6 pack.  The inside sentiment is an old hostess set called Happiest Birthday Wishes from Stampin Up.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Art Impressions Blog - Fancy Folds
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes 10/7 - 10/13

 

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Tiddly Inks "Happily Ever After" Card

Well, I have one more wedding in a couple of weeks, so I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets from Tiddly Inks called Happily Ever After.  My color choices might be a little odd for a wedding card, but I'm happy with how it came out.  The papers are from DCWV White Fern 6x6 pack.  As soon as I saw it I thought these would be perfect for wedding cards with the subtle patterns and colors.  The opening was die cut using the MFT Die-namics Rounded Banner Stax and the vine was die cut using Memory Box's Blooming Vine Die.  The sentiment is the All Occasion Banners stamps & the matching die called Tilted Banners.  Both are from Simon Says Stamp.  

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stencils and/or Stamps

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

 

 The inside sentiment is from Stampabilities called Soulmates.

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