The Card Concept: Harvest Bounty or Christmas Joy

 

It's time for a new challenge at the Card Concept.  Our theme is: Harvest Bounty or

Christmas Joy. You choose, Autumn theme or Christmas card. With Christmas so near

we thought it would be fun have a dual choice.

I have some Christmas inspiration for you today, and I used the Joy sign on the

top shelf in the picture as the theme of my card.

My card is a shaker, Joy is from Poppystamps, and cut first from silver glitter card

stock and then from white 5 times. Lots of flora from Tim Holtz. 2 sets used here,

Play along with your choice: Harvest Bounty or Christmas Joy 

The Card Concept #182a {Harvest Bounty} or #182b {Christmas Joy}

 

A Jar of Sunshine

 

Hi and hope you're enjoying The Greetery's newest as much as I am.

I had some fun with the Jumbo Jar. It features 3 dies, just perfect for

creating a shaker.

I love how the Container Garden stamps fit perfectly within the Jumbo Jar,

and I paired an older set, Oopsie Daisy with the card.

It's easy to make a card from the jar by positioning the top of the die sandwich so it 

isn't cut. The folded card is then cut twice. You do have to run it through a couple 

of times. The inside dp is from Papertrey, an older linen stripe.

I had the hardest time photographing this set. Couldn't capture the colors, might have

 been the acetate.The matching envelope was first lightly inked with Distress 

Speckled Egg (the background of the card too), and then stamped. 

Betsy includes a color stamping guide, so helpful!

The sweet little bee was cut from yellow cardstock, and filled in with a black 

sharpie. The wings are blue vellum.

Fun card to make, and I hope receive!

The Card Concept: Long Summer Days

 

Card Concept's newest challenge is: Long Summer Days. 

Welcome, and just have a look at the inspiration photo... so many ways to be challenged!

Here's my card, hope it inspires too.

It also has a greeting for you, 'Happy Summer.' The Card Concept Challenge will

be on summer break, so this is the last challenge for a while. 

By the way...

 I was inspired by the beach theme, the colors, and the sea horses for my  

Mixed Media Shaker card.

See you all in the fall!

The Card Concept #158 {Long Summer Days}

Welcome Christmas

 

Good Monday Morning to you! I'm up on the Poppystamps blog today with this 

card made with non traditional dies. Nothing says winter like snowflake sequins!

These sweet beauties are from Pretty Pink Posh, and are irridescent.

Check out the Poppystamp blog to see what I used to create this shaker.

Hope you're enjoying the blessings of the most wonderful time of year.

I know... for some or even most it's a rough one. But we put our hope

in the One who will see us through it all! 

Blessings of peace my friends!

Welcome Christmas by Nancy Penir

Hip, Hip, Hooray!

It's not time for July 4th celebrations, but it is time for The Card Concept's 

new inspiration and challenge.

All the symbols and colors of Independence Day. 

Red White and Blue, starts and stripes and our flag inspired

my layered shaker card.

I had the flag paper in my stash. All the rest is PapertreyInk. Even those

sweet little stars in the star shaker. 

Hope you can play along... our challenge lasts 2 weeks, plenty of time for

a card, or 2! 

Have fun! 

Poppystamps Summer Blog Blitz!

Hi all! I'm so excited to be showcasing one of Poppystamps newest:

Delicate Branch Collage.

It's Blog Blitz time at Poppy, and you could win this die. In fact you could

win one of any of the new dies being released just by commenting on

today's or any of the other designers during Blog Blitz days. 

Head on over to the Poppystamps' blog to see how I made my shaker card,

and don't forget to leave a comment... you might win this die!

Then scroll through to see what's new!

Good Luck, and Have a Super Crafty day!

Blog Blitz: Summer Release! by Nancy Penir