3 Cards and a Template Winner!

First - I'm happy to announce the winning comment on my Creations by AR blog post - Old McBarn

The winner of the template for either Old McBarn or Old McBarn Card is: Jill Norwood!

Jill Norwood said...

Incredible barn box and card! Wonderful templates and I love the distressing and the rooster! :)

Jill -  please e-mail Adela at  creationsbyar at sbcblobal dot net with your choice!

I have a rather sad weekend in store -  I will be attending 3 funerals of people from my church - with one bright spot - we are also having a baby shower for our minister and his wife in the midst of this!    I won't be getting much stamping done.  So I'm posting 3 cards today from challenges over on Split Coast last week.

I made this card for the My Favorite Things Sketch #86. I used stamps from 2 Pure Innocence sets - the girl with her wagon and the sentiment are from A Cart Full of Friends and the dog is from Tree Swing.

I paper pieced her dress and masked the wagon so the dog was sitting inside it.  My papers are from the Stella Rose Paper Pad by My Minds Eye. I used the MFT Die-namics Fresh Cut Grass die for the border along the bottom.  You'll find this MFT sketch challenge here in the SCS forums.

Here's my card for Judy's Technique Lovers challenge - No Stamps!

I saw this design in my 'just arrived' Oriental Trading Company catalog - they sell a kit to make 25 cards - theirs are 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 but I made mine 4 1/4" x 4 1/4".

The white 'fur' is a glittery white paper by DCWV.  I made the gold buckle out of a piece of gold cardboard that was on the bottom of the box of a little gourmet cake from Finales (A dessert restaurant in Boston). I cut a square and punched out the middle with a square punch.  The cute tag by Making Memories says 'Santa Claus is Coming' - I added a sticky gold pearl to the hole at the top and adhered it to the card with foam tape.

Here's my card for last week's Queen for the Day challenge - Mary Alice (ladybug91743) was our queen.

Pine trees are one of my favorite trees for winter woods scenes - so I was immediately inspired by her A Winter's Night card.  I used greens instead of blues, different trees and I added rhinestone ornaments to one tree instead of masking a moon.  The trees and sentiment are from Rubbernecker.

And now I have two more Christmas cards to add to my pile!

Well -  I hope you are doing something more fun than I am this weekend!

I'm Pulling for You!

Stamps: MFT - A Cart Full of Friends, Tree Swing

Paper: white, true black - PTI, tempting turquoise - SU, DP Stella Rose/My Minds Eye

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Copics: E00, E33, E37, E53, W6, RV29, R02, rhinestones - Kaiser, foam tape, Die-namics Fresh Cut Grass - MFT, flower die - PTI, circle punches. 

Santa's Coat

Stamps: none!

Paper: Pure Poppy, True Black - PTI, Solid Glitter White - DCWV, gold cardboard (recycled packaging)

Ink: none

Accessories: foam tape, ScorTape, Tag - Sweets, St. Nick - Making Memories, square punch - Creative Memories

Christmas Pines

Stamps: Rubbernecker - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, 3 tree Group Stamp Oasis,

Paper: White, Pinefeather - PTI

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy, New Sprout & Bamboo Leaves, Ranger Distress Iced Spruce, Bundled Sage

Accessories: rhinestones - Kaiser