Blogger's Challenge, 411 ala Latenightstampers style

Playing catch up again. Combining both the Blogger's Challenge Sketch from Friday and the 411 sketch from Saturday with the Latenightstamper's Challenge to make Christmas cards with nontraditional colors.

This first card is for the Blogger's Challenge. What a fun sketch....


Stamps: Holy Triptych, Many Merry Messages
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Bella Blue dp
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Markers, ribbon

This next card uses the 411 sketch for this week.




Stamps: Holy Triptych, Scenic Season, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Taken With Teal, River Rock, Whisper White, Holiday Lounge DP
Ink: Basic Black
Other: water color pen, circle punches, markers,Tag corner punch

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check back later for today's recap of sketch 100 and the new sketch too!
Mary Jo

Three Clover's Thursday Challenge and More!

Welcome to another Three Clovers Thursday challenge on Wednesday Night. I am so lucky to be on the Design Team for Kerry and her challenges, I get to see them before you do. I hope you will join us this week we are making ornaments. I am just loving the way mine turned out. I hate some copper sheets laying around for (dare I admit it) about 5 years or more, lol, so I thought I should use them for something. Isn't this just beautiful. This is my absolute favorite SU Christmas set -- simple, elegant and to the point--that is what Christmas is all about!


Don't forget to head over to Kerry's blog and see what everyone else has done with this challenge.

Stamps: Christ is Born
Paper: Brushed Silver and Whisper White
Ink: VersaMark
Other: embossing powder, glitter, embossing plate, copper sheets, circle scissors plus, ribbon


This next share was actually a last minute little gift idea for the people who came to our Advent Pot Luck dinner at church tonight. I made up 40 of these today and they were a big hit. I have to thank Sandi MacIver and Janet Wakeland for my inspiration. Janet actually has a pdf of the poem on her site!




Stamps: Holy Triptych
Paper: Always Artichoke, Brushed Gold, Whisper White
Ink: Always Artichoke craft
Other: computer for poem, clear embossing powder, hand held punch, ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today--Hope you are having a fabulous week!

Mary Jo

More non Tradition Christmas colors

Good Morning to all of you! I am back this morning with a few more non-traditional colored Christmas cards. Remember that is the Latenightstamper's challenge for the week. This first card is one of my favorites. I just think these little reindeer are too cute. I love the look all the "regular" deer are giving Rudolf and his silly smile!

Stamps: Holiday Lineup
Paper: Taken with Teal, River Rock, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and Holiday Lounge DP
Ink: Basic Black
Other: markers, rub ons, ribbon, ticket corner punch

This next cared is not a favorite of mine. I really struggled with this sketch, I thought it was not balanced well? Not sure what my issue is. But I really wanted to play along with the 411 challenge team again this week so I persevered! Of course I had to make the whole challenge harder by adding the non traditional color thing, lol!

411 sketch 129

Here is the sketch...
Details:
Stamps: Serene Snowflakes, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Season of Joy
Paper: Taken with Teal, River Rock, Ruby Red, Whisper White and Holiday Lounge DP
Ink: River Rock, Taken with Teal
Other: markers, circle punch, scallop circle punch, snowflake punch, scallop oval punch, large oval punch, word window punch

Come on over and play along with one of these fun challenges!

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 100!

Holy cow batman! Can you believe it is my 100th challenge already. How the heck did I come up with that many sketches, lol! I have to admit some of them were --let's just say--not so great, lol. But for the most part it has been so fun. I am going to pick a random winner from the participants this week and send you a goodie package for the big 100th sketch.

Here is the sketch for this week.



As usual I am combining the sketch with this week's Latenightstampers challenge. The challenge this week is to make Christmas cards with non-traditional colors. I think I did that! Not sure about the Cameo Coral one but what the heck--I am posting it anyway, lol.


Stamps: Christ is Born, Snow Swirled
Paper: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Melon Mambo DP
Ink: Melon Mambo, Basic Black
Other: ribbon, circle scissors plus



Stamps Sparkly and Bright, Season of Joy
Paper: Cameo Coral, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, YoYo Yellow
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Cameo Coral
Other: glitter pen, markers


I would love to have you play along this week. I know we are all busy with the holidays and all but stamping is a great stress reliever. I hope that your Christmas Season has been enjoyable so far and that you are staying focused on the cross and Jesus and not all the other "stuff".

Please add you link to Mister Linky below so I can add you to next week's re-cap. And of course put you in for the random drawing for the prize package.

Have a great week!
Mary Jo

Re cap of Sketch Challenge 99!

Wow, looks like lots of you were as busy as me this week. Only a few players but the cards are well worth the look. Great samples ladies. Thanks so much for playing along.

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