Hello friends & followers! I hope you all have had a relaxing and enjoyable weekend! Tonight I have a card I created for SCS's Looking in on You HYCCT Challenge to make a window card and Lee's Mix It Up Monday Challenge over at Stamp TV to make a card with at least one snowflake on it. Here is what I came up with:
(Note: Holiday card count: 47) Since this was Lee's challenge I had to use a lot of sparkly bling because Lee loves bling. The red cardstock is embossed with the CB's Snowflakes embossing folder, but I am not sure it shows up much. I kept it sentimentless on the inside so the recipient can write whatever they wish. This card also fulfills the following additional challenges as well:
Thank you all for stopping by, I hope to have LOT of cards for you to see this week as I get caught up on my HYCCT challenges! Have a great week!
~Crafty Math Chick
Hello friends, followers and hoppers! Welcome to your next stop on Taylored Expressions' October Blog Hop! If you arrived here from Rebecca's blog you are in the correct spot, if not, please visit Taylor's Blog, the first stop on the hop (she has the complete list). Our theme today: Trick or Sweet! I decided to make some cute little Pixie Stix holders to go in some Boo! boxes for our neighbors (I was inspired when Jami Sibley did this a few years ago in this post.) using Taylored Expressions' Frightful Night set and some papers from a past TE Key Ingredients kit:
I just love the silhouette of that black cat! These are really easy and so much fun to make - don't they make those sugary Pixie Stix look extra festive?
In addition to the theme of the TE Blog Hop, these goodies also fulfill the requirements of the following additional challenges as well:
- Simon Says Stamp and Show - Some Stripes,
- The Poodles Parlour - Happy Halloween,
- Repeat Impressions' Designer's Choice Challenge 1012 - Fall or Halloween,
- ABC Card Challenge - B is for Boo!,
- The Pixie Cottage Challenge 92 - Sweet as Candy (you can't get much sweeter than the pure sugar of Pixie Stix right?)
- Inky Impressions Challenge 29 - Trick or Treat, Halloween, Spooky,
- Creative Card Crew - Spooky Fun,
- Color Throwdown 164 - Purple, orange, green & black,
- One Stop Craft Challenge Week 153 - Halloween,
- Paper Sundaes Challenge 91 - Halloween or Fall, and
- Paper Creations Ink - Halloween Theme.
The next stop on the hop is Chris' Blog, I am sure she has something lovely for you to see. Thanks for hopping by!
~Crafty Math Chick
Hello friends, followers and waltzers! I am so sorry my post for the 'thankful/Thanksgiving' waltz was not available for you bright and early the morning of the 17th - without further delay, here is my card:
That beautifully illustrated image is from Waltzingmouse Stamps' 'Peace & Plenty' set - some really gorgeous fruits in that set! The paper id from DCWV's happy Harvest mat stack. I added some pre-glittered foamy leaves that seemed to match the colors in the patterned paper well, along with its pre-glittered sparkle, and tied the ends of a thick Offray evergreen ribbon with linen thread and orange buttons (not exactly the final result I had in my mind, but relatively close). In addition to the blog Waltz, this card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
Thank you for waltzing by to see my card. I do apologize it was not posted sooner. I hope you liked it anyway and have a wonderful afternoon and evening.
~Crafty Math Chick
Good evening again friends & followers! I have two more creations for your viewing pleasure this evening - both are distressed creations for the Hope You Can Cling To card drive over at Splitcoaststampers. We do not get the newspaper regularly, so I tend to go through those freebies thrown in our driveway each week and cut out the sections that have text (vs. ads) and every now and then when I am in the mood I distress them up (since my hands get very messy when I do this I try to do them in batches, then when I need one - TA DA! Nice and handy...). The first card uses Week 3 Viva la Verve!'s sketch, designed by Maureen, and Verve's Sip & Savor and Better with You sets:
Good evening friends & followers! I hope your weekend is off to a good start! I plan on crafting well into the evening hours so I figured I would take a break and post what I have so far. Two more cards for the Hope You Can Cling To card drive. The first I made for HYCCT1104 - H.O.P.E., which stands for 'having only paper embellishments' using my favorite color combination: sky blue and chocolate brown (A requirement for this week's Paper Sundaes Challenge 90) and a sketch from Deconstructing Sketches.
My second card was for HYCCT1112 - Brave Heart to make a card with at least one heart on it. I decided to use the Repeat Impressions' What If Wednesday Sketch 0511 to make this card:
When I was making it I had Stamp TV's Free-for-All Friday challenge to make an anniversary card in mind, but it seems that challenge has been changed, but that is the reason for the masculine feel to this card - I thought it would be a good masculine anniversary card for a man to give his wife for their anniversary. This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
Thanks for stopping by! I will have more for your viewing pleasure tomorrow. Cheers!
~Crafty Math Chick
Hello again friends & followers! I had a fun and crafty day, and have three more cards for your viewing pleasure, all with a Christmas/winter theme. The first I created using this week's Sweet Stop Sketch SSS129 from Sweet n Sassy Stamps using their Christmas Joy stamp set and some yummy papered from Echo Park's Season's Greetings collection (both new items):
I had so much fun coloring this BEAUTIFULLY illustrated cardinal with Copic markers. I added some platinum Stickles (LOVE this color!0 to the edges of the paper poinsettia's and, although it does not show up well in the photo, I went over the pine cone with a Copic Spice pen to give it a subtle sparkle as well. In addition to SNSS's sketch challenge, this card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
Wild Rose Studio Festive Frolic Blog Hop - Make a Christmas card,
ABC Christmas Challenge - U for Unused Stash (the stamp set and the paper pack were brand new, gifts from hubby - Thank You Sweetie!!),
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Things with Wings,
Ribbon Carousel Challenge 24 - Make a card with sparkle & ribbon or twine.
My second card was created with two challenges in mind: (1) Stamp TV's Free-for-Friday Challenge by Suzanne Dean to use red & kraft cardstock, and (2) Bridget's 'Things are Looking Up' HYCCT09 challenge on Splitcoaststampers - you are supposed to incorporate something you can see when 'looking up'; I used snowflakes, which can be seen falling from the sky on a snowy day. :) Here is my card:
I went with a CAS approach and stamped the snowflakes from Gina K. Designs' 'Warm & Wonderful' set in white and sponged the edges in white as well, inspired by the way snow collects on the edges of your windows when it is falling. The sweater and hat are embossed with white EP onto Real REd cardstock and I added a pom pom to the hat for additional dimension. In addition to these two challenges, this card also fulfills the requirements of Creative Inspirations Challenge 133 - to make a one layer card.
I stuck to the CAS style with my last card as well, based on Skipping Stones Design Sketch Challenge SSD97 and Wanda's Hope You Can Cling To Challenge HYCCT1108 - Hang in There! - to incorporate something that 'hangs' into your card - I selected an ornament, which hangs from the bough on your Christmas tree:
The ornament & sentiment are from SSD's 'Christmas Swirls' set and the ribbons are both from a recent score at the Offray Ribbon Outlet in Hagerstown, MD (if you live within driving distance, totally worth checking out!). In addition, this card fulfills the requirements of the following challenges:
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge 139 - make a card with an Ornament,
Creative Inspirations Challenge 133 - create a single layer card, and
ABC Christmas Challenge - U for Unused Stash (both ribbons were recently purchased but this was the first time I had used them).
(Holiday Card Count - 45, still shy of where I like to be by this time of year)
Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! I will have more creations for you to see tomorrow. have a good night!
~Crafty Math Chick
Hello friends and followers! I hope you are all well. It is raining raining raining here today which is perfect weather for crafting right? Today I have two cards for your viewing pleasure, the first was created for Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge 76 - no patterned papers:
I used the sentiment 'You Did It!' sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers' 'Here Comes the Grad' set to create a sort of 'Congratulations for beating cancer!" kind of card for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges over at Splitcoaststampers, more specifically, Lori Craig's HYCCT1101B - to add bling to your card, kinda resourceful huh? ;) In addition to these two challenges, this card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:
My second card I created using Sketch TESC147 sponsored by Taylored Expressions using TE's cute new Autumn Wreath set and season wreath die and the new Fall Harvest mat stack from DCWV. Here it is:
I just adore that sweet little squirrel and had so much fun coloring him with Copic markers. (For the record, I know oak leaves turn brown, not all these different colors, but I was going for colorful whimsy here, not accuracy). In addition to the sketch challenge, this card also fulfills the following additional challenges as well:
- The Pink Elephant Challenge 120 (TPE120) - Inspiration challenge (there is a wreath of leaves at the bottom leaning against the barrel),
- Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge 1012 - Halloween/Fall (I chose fall),
- Sundays with Crissy Challenge 22 - Thanks/Thankful,
- Cute Card Thursday Challenge 186 - Tree-mendous (create a card with images of trees or leaves - I have leaves in the wreath and with the acorns in the corner),
- Pals Paper Arts 115 - Fall or Thanksgiving (there is a lovely leaf garland similar to my wreath in their inspiration picture),
- Stamps R Us Challenge - Autumn or fall,
- Fab N Funky Challenge 94 - Autumn Colors,
- Fussy and Fancy Challenge - Fall or Halloween (I obviously chose 'fall'),
- Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge 18 - The Colors of Fall,
- Delightful Challenges - The Colors of Fall,
- Totally Stampalicious - Happy Thanksgiving, and
- ABC Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Well, that is all I have for you now, but please check back later, I have lots of the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges to catch up on and plan on stamping my little heart out today, so there should be more for you to see later! Have a great day!
~Crafty Math Chick
