CDS CIC3 "Winter Theme"

I made these two cards for Clear Dollar Stamps Clearly Inspired Challenge 3 (found HERE).  The challenge was to make something with a "winter theme".  I used my Philippians 4:6-7 stamp from CDS to make these cards.  While it's not really a "winter" stamp, the papers and embellishments are.  And actually, since many people get so discouraged this time of year, I think these could very well be used as Christmas cards to lift them up!

Enjoy!

 

 

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And here's card #2:

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Life is a Journey

This is my first "Riley" card. You can find lots of Riley images HERE. This Plane Riley was my one "must have" because you can put all kinds of different sentiments on the banner! For this card, I used a sentiment from the Clear Dollar Stamps set called Heaven Bound.

I thought this paper was perfect to go with this image! It's from the Lil' Man & Snorkel Cosmo Cricket Double Deck collection.

Plane Riley was stamped with Brilliance Coffee Bean ink on watercolor paper, embossed with Sparkle powder, and colored with Tombow markers and a waterbrush.


And here's the inside of this card.

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Fishing Riley

Here's another Riley image that I thought would be great for "manly" cards.

I had the perfect paper for this one too, and it's also from Cosmo Cricket.


Here's in the inside of the card.

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Cruisin' Classic

When I saw this paper in my DCWV Stack 6, I knew I had to use it with this stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps!

This is a horizontal gate-fold style card.


I popped the headlights with pop-dots.


And here's the inside.

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Santa

I found this Inkadinkado stamp in the $1 bin at a Joann Fabrics store. It's a fun stamp!

I stamped the image with Brilliance Graphite Black ink, then embossed with Sparkle embossing powder.

I like the snowflakes and rhinestones on the left card, but also like how the ribbon and punched buckle look like Santa's belt on the right card.


Here's the inside of them.


This picture shows the sparkle of the embossing powder and I also added stickles to the chimney top.

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Chocoholic

Through my new blogging friend, Tina, I discovered Gretchen's Inspiration in Action blog. Gretchen has some great sketch challenges, which I LOVE (when I have time, lol!) Here's my card for her IA110 sketch.

Supplies:
stamps - Clear Dollar Stamps Chocoholic
ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
paper - DCWV Stack 6
other - Martha Stewart Drippy Goo border punch, Janome Sew Mini, buttons, Marvy giga scalloped square punch

I got my Drippy Goo border punch in a HUGE blog candy prize I won a while back from Karolyn. I never would have thought of using it for "chocolate" until I looked at the idea gallery for this stamp set at CDS. Then I was like DUH, it should be a no-brainer, LOL! I can't wait to do more with this stamp set and punch together!

Here's the inside.

Stay tuned for more!

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Wiper card

This is my first attempt at a "wiper card". The tutorial I used is found HERE.

And I used yet another new stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps (hey, I've won TWO free sets from them very recently and couldn't help placing an order while I was browsing, LOL!)

Now, before all you owl fans say "she stamped the owls wrong!" Yes, I did. And I didn't realize it until the card was completely put together, LOL! I know they look like they are sitting on their tail feathers. So we'll just pretend (since I added the wings to the big one) that they are just coming in for a landing! ;o)

The patterned paper is from the DCWV Stack 6, which I've been using a lot lately too.


When you pull the sides out, the "wiper" pops up from inside the card.


And one more view.

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Birthday card

I made this card for the Mojo Monday blog sketch challenge #113.

I also used my new Birthday Celebration stamp set from Clear Dollar Stamps. Shawne is on the design team for CDS and she posted a tutorial for glittering up the "icing" part of this stamp set. I just had to try it!

Supplies:
stamps - Clear Dollar Stamps
ink - Colorbox, Versamagic
cardstock - PaperTrey Ink, DCWV
patterned paper - DCWV Stack 6

I made two of these cards. One without stitching (above), and another that I just HAD to sew one, LOL! (below)

I just love the look of zig zag stitching on cards.


And here's a closeup of the glittery icing. :o)

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F.R.O.G.

This card is for the Clearly Inspired Challenge. They posted a sketch/layout for us to use for inspiration and this is what I came up with:

Supplies:
stamps - Clear Dollar Stamps
ink - Versamagic Oasis Green, Hint of Pesto, Pumpkin Spice
cardstock - Papertrey Ink, Bazzill
patterned paper - Cosmo Cricket
other - buttons, scrapper's floss, mega and giga scalloped oval punches, Janome Sew Mini, pop dots

This is the inside of the card.

I have several more cards to show you so they'll be appearing here soon! It was a beautiful day outside yesterday so I took some card pictures outside. They each have a shadow off to the right, but the lighting is MUCH better than when I take them on my stamping desk.

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Happy Holidays

You get two-for-one today because these cards are SO similar and besides that I'm just not real excited about them, lol.

Supplies:
Stamp: Katie & Co. (Happy Holidays)
Ink: Versamark and silver embossing powder
Cardstock: PaperTrey Ink (base and layer), DCWV Shimmer Stack (punched ornaments)
Other: Martha Steward lace border punch, Fiskars 2009 ornament punch, silver cord, PaperTrey Ink ribbon, Scor-bug embossing tool.

This one is the same except I used Spring Moss cardstock under the ornaments instead of Kraft like the first one.


And I left the inside blank. Just didn't want to spend any more time on them. Do you ever do that with your cards? I'll go back later and finish it.


If you've been inspired by something you've seen somewhere on my blog - I LOVE comments! (hint hint, lol!)

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