Reverse Confetti December Color Challenge

Trying to keep warm. It's been cold here in Cincinnati. We had LOTS of snow last week, but after a day of rain on Saturday, it's all gone. I was kind of hoping to have some white stuff for the holidays next week. Maybe we'll get lucky and get a little bit more. 
One of my favorite places to get cozy is down in my craft room. We are lucky to have another challenge from Reverse Confetti. It's the December Color Challenge. 

I need a few more Christmas cards, so I got busy with the Bring on the  Merry stamp set. It's so fun to build your own sentiment with these stamps. 

I used some PTI Chartreuse and MFT Cotton Candy and Red Hot to show of the pretty color combo. I added some Lots of Dots in the background. I stamped those in some Amuse ink on Sweet Tooth card stock. I tucked in that stack of  triangles from Tinsel 'n Trim. I love how it resembles a Christmas tree, but it also helps tie in the triangles from the pattern paper strip I used along the bottom. 

I layered the pretty words onto the Sweet Treat Tent Confetti Cut die. I love trimming off the tabs at the score marks to make a fabulous card layer. That cut oval is the perfect place to add some pretty ribbon, like I did here. 

 Here is the fabulous graphic for this month's Challenge. 

Check out all the combos you can create with this ONE stamp set. 

 some details…

• There will be a new Color Challenge posted on the Reverse Confetti blog on the 16th of each month.

• The color link list will be open from the 16th until noon CST on the 29th. The color challenge will be posted in the sidebar and you will be able to click on it to get to that month’s challenge post with the link list during this time.

• Just like the Sketch For You To Try, we are allowing “anything goes” until the end of the year. Note, that we will be adding the Reverse Confetti stamps only in January.

• You may enter as many times as you wish.

• There will be a winner each month and that person will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Reverse Confetti store and claim the title of ‘Fetti Fave. The winner of Color Challenge will be posted on the Reverse Confetti blog on the 30th of each month.

I am looking forward to seeing what you all do with these colors. This link up will be so pretty! Have fun. If you are looking for some inspiration, be sure to hop over to the Reverse Confetti Blog to see what the Design Team did with them.

Mail Day

This is the mail pile I had going last week. I thought it was fun staging for my Christmas card. I mailed out around 63 and then hand delivered about another 12 cards. I love making my cards, but I am also soooo relieved when they are done and out the door! Here is a close up of the card. It was nice and simple to put together. Quite a few steps to put it all together, but it was nothing tedious, like coloring or embossing. I think the top note die is just the right touch! Keep scrolling down and I added a picture of what the inside of the card looks like. I always include a picture of the boys in my card and I do nothing fancy to attach it. I simply cut down the 4x6 picture and adhere it to the inside flap of the card. I do use a repositionable adhesive, so it can be removed from the card if need be. Happy Monday!

Hugs, Lisa

Two for my Class

I've had a few people ask me what cards I will be doing at my Holiday Stamp-a-Stack this year. I'm still working out some details, but here are two that my girls will be doing. I like to keep the stamping fairly simple, but I do like to pretty them up with embellishments. This year we will be making 12 cards (4 each of 3 designs) and each each card has to have a different set and color combo (I don't usually have duplicates on my ink pads or stamp sets). This first card is CASED from my super talented, dear friend , Kristen Moore. This is the card I cased of hers. As you can see I changed up the colors (a little) and used a different stamp set, but it is basically the same idea. I just love the little tag idea. Thanks for the inspiration, girl! Check out a close up of the tag. I love that this set, A Cardinal Christmas has two sentiments included in it. I've told you before, this is the set that I will be using on my own personal cards this year. I need to get started on those. I love this next card, partly because I finally have a snowflake set. Yep, up until now I did not own a set of snowflakes. There have been plenty of cute ones I've wanted, but I just never bought them. This card uses the set that was in last years Holiday mini catalog and thankfully it made it to the big catty this fall. It is called Snow Burst. The inspiration for this card came from the scrapbook page on pg. 34 of the catty. I love that sample and wanted to make it work on a card. I think it comes pretty close. I love to point this out so you can see how I often transform ideas from scrapbook pages into cards (I also do the reverse of this process a lot, too-create scrapbook pages from cards I see). I'm super excited to finally have those adorable felt snowflakes in my hot little hands. I couldn't resist using one on this card. I think my girls will love them! That's all for today. I hope to have my third card designed later today. I'll share that maybe on Monday. Have a great weekend and Happy November!!!! Hugs,