Craftin Desert Divas Challenge #19: Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Monday!

Today starts a new fun challenge at Craftin' Desert Divas: Happy Thanksgiving.  The prizes are a $15 credit at KaDoodle Bug Designs and a Royal Prize Pack from The Scrapbooking Queen!  Woo-who!

For my card I used an image from Graphic 45's A Place in Time Paper.  Spellbinders A2 Locking Loops was used to die cut paper from G45's French Country paper.  A banner was also made from French Country and layered under the image.  Be Thankful (Inkadinkado) was stamped and fussy cut then applied in the upper corner.  Burlap paper was placed in between the large Locking Loops die cut and the medium Locking Loops die cut.  Burlap Twine (what a find!) was applied as shown.

I look forward to seeing your creation at Craftin Desert Divas!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Kathy Jo

Merry Christmas card for Crafting Musketeers October challenge

Hello Crafteteers!

It is October 2...and a new challenge at Crafting Musketeers.  The challenge this month is my all time favorite card type: Christmas!

I thought the focus of the card should be the Merry Christmas postcard stamp by Inkadinkado- which is available at Michaels.  I stamped the image with Ranger archival ink and then applied TH antique linen distress ink on the entire image.  Vintage photo and walnut stain was also added along the edges.  The tree scene was colored using TH distress markers.  Stickles in Candy Cane was applied on the Merry Christmas.  I distressed the edges and mounted it on black card stock.  I die cut red paper using the exquisite Spellbinders die Locking Loops.  I added black gems in each of the interlocking loops.   All of that was mounted on green card stock.  To finish the outside I added the dark red bow with a Recollections antique metal flower with a gem in the center.

The inside was easy: white paper stamped with JustRite's Christmas Inner Thoughts.  Distress stains in antique linen, vintage photo and walnut stain were applied as shown.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope to see your Christmas Creation at the Crafting Musketeers this month!

Hugs,

Kathy Jo

This card is entered into the following challenges:

Crafthazelnut Christmas Challenge, Christmas

Gem of a challenge, Use Black

Just B Creative, Linky Party

Loves Rubber Stamps, AG

Fussy and Fancy, Dies

Papertake Weekly, AG

Word Art Wednesday, AG

Sweet Stamps, Borders

Christmas Card Challenge Blogspot, Christmas

Creative Craft Challenges, AG