Holiday Cards

It's time for another challenge at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog where challenges are always Anything Goes and prizes are awarded from one or more sponsors.  Stop by the blog to check it out!
For this challenge, my DT card features a wonderful wheelbarrow image from Fred She Said. Although the digi features flowers, I envisioned using it on a Christmas card and got to work. Decorative chalks, a makeup sponge, and templates cut from paper scraps helped me create a cloudy sky and snowdrifts and behind the wheelbarrow. Then markers, gel pens, and an ultra-fine point brown marker added life to the wheelbarrow (I especially like how the alcohol markers and blender pen helped “age” the wheelbarrow’s tray and an ultra-fine point brown marker provided the wood grain texture to the handles. After punching a pile of pine boughs, I cut a slit along the top of the wheelbarrow tray and a few across the flowers, then tucked the pine boughs into these slits, taping them on the underside. Additional pine boughs were attached with dabs of glue, as needed, to fill in any noticeable gaps. Patterned papers, black photo corners, a few bows, and sentiments finish off the card. When finished, I felt that my attempt to use the digi for a Christmas card was a success!  

Supplies: 
·   Digi- Fred She Said Designs (Wheelbarrow)
·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers, Sharpie Ultra Fine point brown marker, Sakura Gelly Roll white & silver gel pens
·   Cloud template cut from scrap paper, decorative chalks, and a makeup sponge
·   Cardstock, plaid background paper and strips of red ribbon from my stash
·   Paper Studio Watercolor Tree Scrapbook paper- Hobby Lobby
·   Black photo corners available from several web sources (WXJ13 13 Sheets 13 Colors Photo Mounting Corners)
·   Sentiments- Simply Cards & Papercrafts Magazine (Register for access to hundreds of free digis, sentiments, and more!)
·   Martha Stewart Pine Branch Punch
Entered into: 

Double D’s Challenge- Nov- Pine Trees/Pine Cones 

CCC Digi Creations- #120 Christmas is on the Way

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays 

Spectrum Noir Community Group (FB)- Nov- Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Studios- Christmas/Winter 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #515 Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #145 Anything Goes

Jan’s Digi Stamps- November 2020 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #464-465 Anything Goes                    

This card was created for a  wonderful annual event at Beccy’s Place named the Month of Holiday Cards Challenge (not just Christmas cards, you can make cards for ANY holiday.) This is my third year of participating, and I’m honored to now be a member of Beccy’s DT (called a Contributor!) and am blessed to have a large collection of Beccy’s amazing artwork!
The 8th annual Challenge goes on all month, with drawings for daily challenges, for posting comments, and even random entry numbers!  Stop in HERE to learn more.  Most of the challenges follow an A-Z theme… with a few other topics thrown in to cover all 31 days of November. My entry for Day 4 (the letter “c”) is for “Delicious”!  I love coffee, and during the holidays I enjoy pairing Lattes with spicy gingerbread. SO nummy!! A card on Pinterest was the inspiration for my card and a coffee cup from a Beccy’s Place back-to-school digi set worked perfectly as the “O” in Joy! Assorted items from my stamping and scrapping stash finished things off. (I had fun creating a little “charm/tag” for the inside from a scrap of the gingerbread paper used for the letter “J.”)

Supplies: 
·   Coffee Cup Digi- Beccy’s Place digi set (First Day Jitters)
·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
·   Front Sentiment- “Sweet Thoughts” Cuddly Buddly Crafts (Sweet Kitchen Sentiments)
·   Inside Sentiment- TLC Creations Freebie (Beginning to Look a Latte Like Christmas)
·   Alphabet templates, cardstock, assorted background papers and ribbon from my stash
·   Red photo corners available from several web sources (WXJ13 13 Sheets 13 Colors Photo Mounting Corners)
Entered into:  

Beccy’s Place- 8^th Annual Month of Holiday Cards Challenge 

        Since I’m a DT for Beccy’s Place (sponsor), I’m entering just for fun!

Coffee Loving Cardmakers- 2020 Fall & Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Simon Says Monday Challenge- Remembrance/Thinking of You 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- November 

Ching-Chou Kuik's Digital Stamps Inspiration & Challenge- Thinking Of You

Createful Heart Designs- Oct Challenge #25

Dragonfly Dreams- Christmas/Winter

Lemon Shortbread Challenge- Anything Goes #132

Polkadoodles Challenge-Week #45 Anything Goes

Pattie's Creations Challenge- #176 Anything Goes

I’m busy making packets of all occasion cards to use as holiday gifts for friends at my office and church so I’m not yet finished making Halloween cards. This one was really fun to make as it features an adorable penguin from Scribbles Design. I love that his name is Brrr- and both front and back images are available. (I did replace the clock that he holds with a pumpkin that is a freebie at Scribbles. So fun!) The wonderful eerie forest background and sentiments are also all freebies. So… this card holds lots of treats with nary a trick in sight!

I’m entering this card into several challenges including Incy Wincy Designs Color Challenge (My card includes two of the colors-Navy and Gold), plus the Day of the Month Challenge named “Make Your Own Head Day.” The blog notes, “The day is celebrated on November 28th each year and is very popular in elementary schools and art classes… Just use your brain and make anything you want!! But it has to be a card or other papercraft item.” I decided that I wanted to make a window card so that we can see the front and back of dapper Brrr. I also created a Halloween card by replacing the clock he’s holding with a pumpkin. I’ve heard that called “extending” an image. I call it being creative!) 

Supplies: 
·   Penguin Digi Front & Back- Scribbles Designs (Brrr Clock) and  (Brrr Clock Back)
·   Pumpkin Digi- Scribbles Designs Freebie (Pumpkin)
·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen
·   Background Scene- DDDoodles Freebie (Eerie Forest)
·   Circle sentiments are freebies from skogstokiga.blogspot.com (options change occasionally so they may no longer be available)
·   Inside Sentiment- TLC Creations Freebie (FaBOOlous Halloween)
·   Window die-cut A2 card, cardstock, acetate, and misc. supplies from my stash
Entered into: 

Incy Wincy Designs- Color Challenge (Use 2 or More Colors-Navy, Gold, Burgundy, Pine)

Scribbles Designs Challenge- #93 Feature a Creature

2craftycrittercrazies Challenge- Nov 2020 #44

Day of the Month Challenge- #21 Make Your Own Head Day

Crafty Catz Challenge- Anything Goes #526

Let’s Craft and Create- Ch #165-Anything Goes

Outlawz Challenge- Twisted Thursday Anything Goes 

Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge