A Jolly Hello–C4C #258

Hey, everyone, and welcome to this week’s Crazy 4 Challenges! Jessie is our host this month and she has a great sketch for us today.




This card started with a Black Licorice card stock base. Know how I used to hate to do square cards? Well, since I had an epiphany and realized they don’t have to be 5 x 5 I don’t mind so much, LOL! I just always looked at the wasted paper when I made one that size, plus, it’s often hard to find envelopes for them. Now I just trim down an A2, it ends up at 4 1/4” x 4 1/4” and still fits in an A2 envelope :) I’d still rather do an A2 size but I don’t dread square like I used to.

OK, on with the card ;-) Next, on a piece of Sweet Tooth card stock I spread some embossing paste using Herringbone Bricks stencil and a piece of patterned paper I stamped using Plaid Builder Background and Sour Apple ink, Wild Cherry ink, Cotton Candy ink, and Berrylicious ink. Then I created my little scene with a Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics cut from Berrylicious card stock. I added some Stitched Snow Drifts Die-namics, a MSTN Christmas Cuteness snowman stamped on X-Press It Blending Card with Black Licorice hybrid ink and colored with Copic markers. I popped it up on foam, added some sequins, and, following the sketch, three other elements. The first is the sentiment, stamped on a Circle STAX Die-namics cut from Black Licorice card stock, stamped with Sweet Tooth pigment ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The other two elements were done with a couple of Let It Snowflake Die-namics.

Another sentiment from the set was stamped on the inside.




And that's it! Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has for you, including our October Guest Designer, Roxie Glaza!

• Anja de Regt
• Barbara Anders (<-- that's me!)
• Danielle Lounds
• Donna Wright
• Frances Byrne
• Heather Pulvirenti
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Karen Aicken
• Kelli Hull
• Kristine Reynolds
• Peggy McCurry
• Roxie Glaza – October Guest Designer

THEN, you know what to do--we'd love to have you come along and play with us. Just do your thing with the challenge and link it to Mr. Linky on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Please link directly to your project. And, if you upload to a public gallery, please use the key word C4C258.

Thanks so much for stopping by today—see you soon!

MSTN Christmas Cuteness	DC Plaid Background Builder	Wild Cherry Ink	Premium Dye Ink Pad Sour Apple
Ink Pad Berrylicious	Pigment Ink Pad Sweet Tooth	Premium Dye Ink Pad Cotton Candy	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice
Sweet Tooth Card Stock	Black Licorice Card Stock	Berrylicious Card Stock	Blending Card by X-Press It, 25 Pack
Die-namics Let It Snowflake	Die-namics Circle STAX Set 2	Die-namics Stitched Circle STAX	Die-namics MSTN Christmas Cuteness
Die-namics Stitched Snow Drifts	Herringbone Bricks

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~Supplies~
Stamps: MSTN Christmas Cuteness, Plaid Builder Background (MFT)
Ink: Black Licorice hybrid ink, Sour Apple ink, Wild Cherry ink, Cotton Candy ink, Berrylicious ink, Sweet Tooth pigment ink (MFT)
Paper: Black Licorice card stock, Sweet Tooth card stock, Berrylicious card stock, X-Press It Blending Card (MFT)
Accessories/tools: Vagabond; Stitched Snow Drifts Die-namics, MSTN Christmas Cuteness Die-namics, Stitched Circle STAX Die-namics, Circle STAX Die-namics, Let It Snowflake Die-namics, Herringbone Bricks stencil (MFT); foam tape, embossing powder, embossing paste, Copic markers, sequins