Monday, August 01, 2011

Christmas Cards all year Round monthly challenge

Christmas cards all year Round monthly challenge begins today. So that trumps Manly Monday and will be featured tomorrow.
This months challenge is to use 4 or more of the listed items.


Chipboard
Hand stitching
Ribbon
Inking
Stamping
Textured paper (embossed is good!)
Metal embellishments
Alphabet stickers or rub-ons for the sentiment
Stripes


Below each card, I have the four that I used. Remember you need to make five cards either all the same or five different ones to be eligible for the monthly prize.

For this one I did hand stitching, a rub on sentiment, inked edges and ribbon.
Flower by IM; die cut by SB; die cut PP by DCWV; ribbon by OF; rubon by Fancy Pants; sticker by 
MMBI.
I'm entering this card into the stitching challenge at:

For this card I did stamping, textured paper, metal (brad) and inking the edges.
Ink by Colorbox; sentiment by EP; stickers by Sticko; die cut by SB (both the label and the snowflake); brad by OTCo; embossing powder by SP; stamp by HA; ink by VM
I'm entering this card into the following challenges:
Stamps Fun- Creativity(M#58)-Christmas
Sweet Stampin(SU)-Christmas in July
Alphabet challenge(F)-M is for Metal (snowflake brad)
Crafty Catz Weekly challenge(F#93)-Christmas in July
Fun with shapes and more(F#88)-Christmas in July
Fussy and Fancy Challenge(F#42)-Christmas in July
Sassy Studios(M#5)-Let it Snow
Phindy's Challenge(F#66)-Diecuts (snowflake and the label are both by Spell binders)


I used stripes, a rub on sentiment, metal/brad and ribbon
PP by Best Creations; ribbon by OF; die cuts by SB; stickers by MMBI; rub on by KCo; card base by RE.

Lastly I used ribbon, metal/brad, a rub on sentiment and inking the edges on this card.
Brads by TPS; rub ons by K and Co; ribbon by OF; ink by RI; glitter glob by RE.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the new challenge examples. See HERE  for the challenge specifics. See you tomorrow with Manly Monday.