Hi Friends! I wanted to let you know that with the New Year, I have moved my cardmaking blog to a new site if you'd like to continue to follow along.  I will keep this blog as an archive with over 800+ projects.  The new blog is called A Paper Hug.  Hope to see you there!

Hello friends! It feels like forever since I've been able to play and post so today was a great day! I'm playing along over at The Paper Players with a fun theme challenge Laurie:


I made this card using an older stamp set and dies from The Stamps of Life.  I've always loved "building" this snowman and the size is great for an A2 card!

She's actually a snow-woman with her pink scarf, gloves and hat. The 'accessories' are covered with sparkly Nuvo Glitter Gloss and the nose super shiny with Glossy Accents.  The heat embossed sentiment is from MFT and the background DSP from DCWV.  

Thanks for stopping by and your kind comments!

Hugs,
Annie

Hi Friends! It's my last challenge as the Surprise Party Guest over at Seize the Birthday.  I have so enjoyed partying with the Design Team. They are a talented and kind group of card makers and they host one of the best challenges around. Thank you, ladies, for letting me hang out with you! I had a blast!

Seize the Birthday takes the month of December off so folks can spend time with their families during the holidays. The last challenge for 2019 is birthday-themed, as usual, with an added Topping of 'A Bit of Red,' if you'd like.

Hi Friends! Today I'm playing along over at The Paper Players where it is a great Theme Challenge called "Into the Woods."

I must share my inspiration for this one!  Down on the coast, November is the month of the "Rut." That's when the boys (Bucks) seriously look for their girlfriends (Does) so we can have adorable little fawns running and playing around in the Spring.  As I was looking out my window, a beautiful 5-point Buck chased an unwilling Doe into the woods...thus this card:

It ended up being quite the mash-up of products. The trees were stenciled using TCW's 'Aspen Trees' and Hickory Smoke Distress Ink.  The studly Buck is a die cut from Savvy Stamps (Deer Head) and the scarf was die cut from Catherine Pooler's 'Build a Snowman' dies and colored with Copics.  The sentiment (which I thought was perfect because of what's happening in the woods :) is from Ellen Hutson.  The stitched ovals are Gina K. and the stitched rectangles are MFT.  Whew! See what I mean...a total mash-up!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a great week - I know the Bucks are!

Hugs,
Annie

Hi Friends!  Happy November and welcome to another fun challenge from Seize the Birthday!  I'm so happy to be staying at the party this month as the Surprise Party Guest.  

Anytime is 'Anything Goes' as long as it's a birthday theme. But, if you're a toppings kind of person (like me) you can add a little extra.  This time around the topping is 'Off the Edge.'

Hello Friends! I played a bit in the craft room this morning before the football game. Before I put away Halloween, I just had to give a home to a few images I had already colored.  I used the latest Freshly Made Sketches challenge to kick start the cardmaking:

I'd also like to enter this card over at Shopping our Stash #407 where the theme is Halloween.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Halloween!

Hugs,

Annie

Hello friends! Today I'm playing along with The Paper Players #464 Challenge:

I die cut and inked up the Merry Christmas Blend stamps from MFT with two different Catherine Pooler inks.  I was a little disappointed with the coverage (need to reink :( )  so my 'fix' was to stamp the sentiment again with VersaMark and heat emboss the letters with Wow's Wanderlust embossing powder.  It's clear and very glittery and covered up the boo boo's perfectly!  I popped the sentiment up over a confetti stenciled background (MFT) and layered on a Memory Box Lagoon notecard. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Annie