Stamp Happy: Stamp Simply Celebrates Day 5, and Stamp Simply #64

Stamp Simply Celebrates Day 5, and Stamp Simply #64

It's Day #5 of the Stamp Simply Celebrates party! Are you having fun?

There is some awesome blog candy available today from Barb Schram at Explore, Dream, Discover, and from Cathy Tidwell at Cat's Creations.

The Stamp Simply Celebrates Featured Project today is also being brought to you by Cat, and it's a sketch challenge! It'll be super-easy to combine the sketch (see below) with today's Stamp Simply challenge, so why not do both, as I did!

Today’s Stamp Simply challenge is to make a Christmas card, but with a bit of a twist!!! We can NOT use a traditional Christmas stamp or traditional Christmas DP – but aside from that, anything goes. You MAY use:

Any stamp, OTHER THAN a traditional Christmas stamp

Any designer paper, OTHER THAN traditional Christmas designer paper

Any embellishments

Any colors

You MAY USE a Christmas sentiment

If you upload to Papercraft Planet (or Splitcoaststampers, or any online gallery), please tag your photo for this challenge as SSC08, but please also, tag your photo for the Stamp Simply challenge as ssnotime64. So if you play the Stamp Simply Challenge, you will use both tags!

My card for both challenges is a very simple design, and came together in about 15 minutes. However, I had already been thinking about using a sentiment in the oval and did so without thinking about the space for a sentiment at the bottom as the sketch indicates. So my version is slightly altered. I've been assured however, that the Challenge Police are not going to come after me, so it's all good! My non-traditional paper comes from the Basic Grey Boxer collection, and I liked it for it's gorgeous green color, and also because the pattern reminds me of poinsettias.

As always, check out the designs from the other Stamp Simply Team members for further inspiration! Also, with a new month we welcome a new Guest Designer!

LeAnne Pugliese, December Guest Designer
Sharon Johnson
Julie Koerber
Dee Jackson
Jennifer Buck
Janine Orchard
Becky Oehlers
AJ Otto

In addition, several of the Stamp Simply Celebrates team members have posted designs today using the sketch challenge and/or the Stamp Simply challenge! Check them out, too!

Darlene Pavlick
Heather Telford
Susan Roberts
Leslie Miller

OK, that's it for today... in a really BIG nutshell! So, go now... get entered for blog candy and then do some stamping! Happy Friday, and thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: sentiment (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Natural Ivory (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Basic Grey)
Ink: Momento Rhubarb Stalk (Tsukineko)
Accessories: poinsettia and leaf (Creative Impressions), brads (Gary Burlin), Nestabilities (Spellbinders).

Posted at 07:27 AM in Basic Grey, Creative Impressions, Impression Obsession, Nestabilities, Stamp Simply challenges | Permalink

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Gorgeous! I'll go add you to my blog as a link! I would never have remembered that pattern from Boxer--and btw, I got my Urban Prairie yesterday! Yippee!
Here's a new word for you: "uncroppo"!
LeAnne

Posted by: LeAnne | December 05, 2008 at 07:53 AM

I think I lost my comment -- I was saying this card is FABULOUS!!! VERY festive for the holidays -- great DP and love the sentiment in the oval -- LOVE the felt as well!!! A PERFECT Christmas card!!! TFS!!!

Posted by: Sharon (notimetostamp) | December 05, 2008 at 08:05 AM