Clean & Simple One Layer Challenge

The Paper Players have a Clean-and-Simple Challenge from Jaydee.  

Concord & 9th stencil for the background, and a Unity foil transfer for the hot pink sentiment.  I added some water drops as accents.  

Here Comes Santa Claus...

I try to make holiday cards all year.  I appreciate the Jingle Belles for their regular challenges for keeping me on track!  This week's challenge is to include Santa:

Echo Park papers and tag.  Love the non-traditional colors in the line of paper!

Primary Colors

 Just Us Girls (JUGS!) has a red, yellow, and blue challenge. 

The yellow layer is stenciled in VersaMark with one by Lawn Fawn, stamped and die cut with Elle's Studio Sincere Sentiments set.  Love the bold colors!

I added in a tiny bit of green and purple to complete the rainbow.  

You Are So Loved

I subscribe to the Scrapbook and Cards Today monthly Sampler.  For $15 a month, I get a new die, a stencil or small stamp set, a variety of 6x6 paper, and coordinating ephemera.  Great way to expand my collection and try new themes I might otherwise overlook.  

The patterned paper and sentiment are from Crafter's Companion, vellum leaves from my stash, and sketch from the Paper Craft Crew #474:

Talk Nerdy To Me

Try Stampin on Tuesday and Double Trouble have a joint challenge this week, follow the sketch and make a masculine card.  

I cut apart an old Stampabilities stamp so I could create the background and strip with randomly stamped eyeglasses, then added the Unity sentiment.  

 

Really fun challenge!

Lots of Hearts

 Try Stampin on Tuesday has a fun sketch challenge with pattern mixing as an optional theme.  

The patterns I mixed are embossed with an old Sizzix texture plate and a Provo Craft folder.  I bought the stacked heart die cuts second hand, not sure of the maker?  The pearl accents are Paper Studio.  Here is the TSOT sketch:

June 2022: Teen/Tween Cards - Challenge #226

It's the first Saturday of the month, and that means it's time for a new Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge, this month focusing on cards for teens/tweens.  That's a tough age for making cards, especially for the boys.  Karen Titus had a tutorial last month that has a great layout to showcase both sides of patterned paper.  I had a retired teen boy pad from Echo Park that I thought would be perfect, and I made more than 20 cards from this partially used pad!  Here are a few:

Love the different game controllers!

The inside shows off the other side of the patterned paper!

I even used the leftover strips to make a few more cards.  No leftovers/waste!!