Let it Snow

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This is my card for this weeks freshly made sketches card challenge #368.

The patterned paper came from my Christmas combo matstack.

Then I used my snowflakes embossing folders on white paper. After that, I sponged them with marina mist ink to give them a little color.

The snowman globe is from some Christmas stickers that I recently purchased at the dollar store. I added the silver gems to a few of the snowflakes to bring them out a little more.

For my sentiment, I used a clear stamp with red ink on white paper. I used a stitched circle framelit die on top of a scalloped circle die cut out with olive green card stock. 

I hope you enjoyed your visit to my blog. Please come again!

JOY

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Happy Birthday

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I have an older sister who was born on New Year's day, so I made this card for her.
I used a damask embossing folder on white cardstock paper for my background image and then I sponged on some purple eggplant ink on the edges to give it a little bit of a border.
For my main image, I used a flourish die with Hunter green cardstock paper for the leaf design. The flowers are from the Stampin Up Fabulous Florets stamp set. First I sponged on some Spring Pansy chalk ink from versa magic to color them and then used a little Eggplant ink to highlight them. After adhering everything to a white blank card, I added the pearls to my flowers.
The sentiment is from a Ribbon Messages Stamp & Cut set. I used Hunter green ink for the stamp before using it's matching die cut. Then I used a little bit of eggplant chalk ink from versa magic around the edges to highlight it. I adhered it to my card using double sided dots. And this completes my card.
I hope you've enjoyed your visit and will visit again. Thanks for stopping by.

Christ is Born

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I received a new nativity die cut in the mail today and I was experimenting with it. This is what I came up with for it. This card is 3 1/2 by 5 1/2 inches.
For the background, I used my "border" embossing folder, which I sponged on some ink onto the outer edges before using a light blue water color paint on the border design.
I used a scalloped circle, which is embossed with white embossing powder to give it a little shine behind my nativity scene, which is cut out on navy blue cardstock paper. The sentiment is stamped on with black ink. I used 3 very tiny silver gems on the nativity.
I hope you've enjoyed your visit to Fort Chestnut Designs. Please feel free to follow my blog so you can see more of my cards as I make and post them. You can also visit me on my Facebook page. Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Holidays

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Congratulations

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The layout design for this card is for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches #366 card sketch challenge.
I used a damask embossing folder for the background image, which I highlighted with red ink to give it a border against the white blank card.
I used a green ink for the leaf from the fabulous florets stamp set. The flowers are from fabulous florets stamp set as well. First I used a pink watercolor paint to paint them and then I sponged on a little red ink to highlight them.
My sentiment is from the ribbon messages stamp & Cut clear stamp set. I highlighted the ribbon with red ink. Then I added a pearl to both flowers and to the sentiment ribbon.
The butterfly is from a sticker set I bought at the Dollar store.
I hope you've enjoyed your visit to my blog. Thanks for stopping by.

Best wishes

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Here's another card showing this weeks FMS364 card challenge layout design. The sentiment is from my Ribbon Messages stamp and cut set. I also used my new Fabulous Florets stamp set that I found and purchased on eBay. The butterfly was cut out using a monarch butterfly hand punch.

For my fabulous florets flowers, I used black ink to stamp them onto white paper. Then I used watercolor paints to color them. Then I sponged on a little bit of white ink onto them to soften the blue down a little bit.

 For my final step, I sponged on a little Always Artichoke ink around the outer edges of my card to give it an antique look. I did the same to my ribbon message banner. I hope you like my card and I thank you for visiting my blog.

Peace, Love, Joy

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At first, I had a different idea for how I was going to make this card. However, after having it layed out in front of myself, it didn't quite look as good as I had pictured it in my head. So, after doing some more thinking, I came up with this...

My first thought was that I was going to use some pink glitter paper that has an adhesive backing on it. But it looked too flashy for my taste. So, I still used my Christmas embossing folder and I ran it through my BigKick machine. Then I took the adhesive off of the glitter paper, which is what you see here on my card. I decided to give it a dark plum purple border.

I decided to use my Stampin Up Flourish thinlits die with a medium green paper. The main part of the flower is from my Poinsettia Nesting Dies. The lighter purple on my poinsettia was actually cut out on white paper and then I sponged on a little bit of purple to make it look kind of antique-ish. The top of my poinsettia is a flower thinlit die from the Flourish thinlits die set.

The sentiment (Peace Love Joy) is from my Essential Sayings clear stamp set. The banner that this is stamped on is a thinlit die from Hero Arts Kelly's Flags Stamp & Cut Set.

Thank you for visiting my blog to see my card for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches FMS364 challenge.

Thank you so much for choosing my card as one of your winners in this weeks FMS card challenge!! I am excited about getting to be a princess for a week!!

You're the Best

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Merry Christmas

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Warm Winter Wishes

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I just love using my new Flourish thinlet die, along with the flower die that came with it.
I was at the Dollar store today and I saw these really cute snowman globe stickers and I thought, "Hey, those would look really cute on a card!!" So, I bought it and I started working on this card right away after I got home.
I just love everything about how this card turned out!! The snowflake embossing folder, the dies, and the itty bitty gems make everything just pop and catch the attention it deserves!! It's definitely an eye catcher! Or at least I think it is..
Thanks for stopping by.

Just a note...

#569-2018-11.
It didn't quite turn out the way I had it pictured in my head.

Thinking of you

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I thought I would make another card for this weeks FMS362 challenge.
The little green leaves that I used with the flourish thinlet die is from my new multi leaves thinlet dies that I received in the mail.
I chose red for a border. Then I used a scalloped circle die on the woodgrain background to give the white circle die a background. I used black ink for the sentiment, which is from my So Sorry stamp & Cut clear stamp set.
I hope you like my card. Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

Hey there

# 567-2018-11.
I found this thinlet die set online, so I ordered it. I thought it would look good on some cards.
I used a woodgrain neutral on top of a burgundy border for my cardstock paper. I used Always Artichoke ink to outline the stitched oval for the sentiment.
I really love the way this card turned out and I love this new thinlet die. I'm looking forward to using it on other cards in the future that I'll be making. I hope you've enjoyed seeing my card. I enjoyed making it for this weeks FMS challenge.

Dear Santa

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Merry Christmas

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The poinsettia patterned paper I used as my background is from the papercraft inspirations website. I enjoy visiting their website to get printable patterned paper that I use on some of my cards. I used a burgundy cardstock as a border, which is on a white blank card. 

I printed and cut out the Christmas tree from google images, which is adhered to a bigz top note die cut that I cut in half so there was more of the patterned image showing. I sponged on some cherry cobbler ink on the edges to make it stand out.

I decided I would use a Christmas ribbon for a bow with a gold gem. I also used a couple of silver gems around the Christmas tree. 

For the sentiment, I used black chalk ink to stamp the Merry Christmas onto a labels framelit. I added two green gems with the sentiment to give it an added touch.

I hope you have enjoyed my card for this weeks FMS challenge. Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog page. Any and all comments are appreciated!

Jingle Bells

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Wishing you a Merry Christmas

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Supplies used are :
*** Cardstock :
White, green, burgundy, Hunter green.
*** Ink :
Handsome Hunter.
*** Framelits :
Poinsettia Nesting dies, Merry stamp & cut, Stitched Ovals, Ribbon Messages.
*** Sentiment :
Merry stamp & cut...
I chose a Christmas theme for my card because I've started early to get my Christmas cards finished. I added a few gems to make it stand out a little better. I'm usually not very creative when it comes to knowing what to say when I'm writing on my blog, so I'll just leave this one short and sweet. I hope you like my card and I appreciate any comments you leave me. Thanks for stopping by Fort Chestnut Designs.

Happy Mother's Day

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Happy Birthday

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Materials used are :
Off-white blank card, light mauve corrugated cardstock, Fabulous Florets stamp set, Butterfly stickers, Dotted Scallop ribbon border punch, Butterfly Pair stamp & cut (sentiment), silver gems, and pink dye ink from Studio G.
Thanks for stopping by Fort Chestnut  Designs.

All that glitters

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I used a designer card blank from an embossing folder & foils kit by Festive Flourishes. I added the snowflakes from a bling snowflakes holiday stickers by Jolee's Boutique. Then I added a bow from my Christmas ribbon collection. The sentiment is from Fiskars Many Thanks Christmas clear stamps. I used Marina Mist stampin up ink for the sentiment.
Thanks for stopping by Fort Chestnut Designs.

Happy Birthday

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Made for my hubby for his birthday..

Harvest

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Merry & Bright

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Happy Halloween

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I love you

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***Cardstock used : White, Burgundy, Marbled Burgundy.

***Ink used : Black, Cherry Cobbler, Pink dye ink.

***Framelits : Scalloped Circles, Circles, Hearts (So Sorry stamp & cut), Kelly's Flags stamp & cut.

***Stamp Sets : Essential Sayings clear stamps, Brush stroke greetings rubber cling stamps, Hearts clear stamps.

***Other : Pink craft ribbon, red heart gem.

For the scalloped circle, I used marbled burgundy craft paper with a white circle on top. The heart on it is from the hearts clear stamps. The XOXO in the center is from brush stroke greetings rubber cling stamp set. I used pink dye ink for the 3 pink hearts and then I used the heart framelits from my So Sorry stamp & cut set. The banner for the sentiment is a framelit from my Kelly's Flags stamp & cut set. The sentiment is from my Essential Sayings clear stamp set. Then I added a pink ribbon for the bow and a red heart gem. 

I haven't posted my cards in FMS for quite a while because I always think my cards are never good enough, which I need to quit thinking. I decided to give it another try, so I hope you've enjoyed seeing it. Thanks for stopping by Fort Chestnut Designs.

I am here for you.

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