Reflections with Winking Owl

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

Before we get to the card I'm sharing with you today, please permit me a moment of reflection... last week's closure of The Rainbow Card Challenge marks the end of a years long chapter for me.  Having joined the 613 Avenue Create DT in February 2015, I've continually been on various teams since then, most of them involving the creator of TRCC, Mynn Kitchen... House of Cards, MHK Designs and The Rainbow Card Challenge. 

Each and every one of the teams, including Chanah and the 613 team who took the plunge on someone with no DT experience, has been a joy to work with... and it has been an absolute honor to lead the TRCC team for Mynn for the last couple years.  Sue T, Nandini, Katy, Izzy, Sue N and Elena... thank you... you really are the BEST!  

Will there be other teams in future or a newly created challenge?  Maybe.  As they say, never say never.  But the time is right for me to take a break.  Sure, the absence of a post on January 1st will take some getting used to, but I am NOT going away.  Indeed, you'll see more of me in 2022 as I'll return to regular Wednesday posts.

While this is my last post of 2021, for those of you who follow TRCC, the last Winner's post for the challenge will be live on Christmas Eve... and it will also begin with something special for the current team and indeed prior members.  

Now, to today's card featuring Linda's November NDC club plate, which I demoed in my Facebook group last Saturday...

Card: Unbranded and Clarity's Shenandoah designer parchment

Groovi Plates: NDC club plate (everything except the frame) and Nested Scallop Squares

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

AG at 613 Avenue Create

#33 at NBUS (the Club plate is NBUS)

AG at TTCRD

I'll be back on January 5th with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then... but in the meantime, I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Christmas Bell Quad

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The cards I'm sharing with you today were all created with the same feature plate... Linda Williams' Folded Bells from her It's a Wrap range...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear and Designer Parchment, and Designer Card (under parchment on 1st)

Groovi Plates: Linda's Folded Bells (all), Linda's Butterflies (Circular frame 2nd), Nested Scallop Squares (3rd) and Picot Rectangles (4th)

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Picot Circles dies (1st), Picot Rectangles dies (4th), Perga liner pencils (1st), Perga color pens (2nd, 3rd and 4th) and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges (all 1st card)... 

AG at Crafty Sentiments

#160 AG at Lemon Shortbread

Any Holiday at 613 Avenue Create

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

Delicate Angel

Hi everyone, 

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know! 

The card I'm sharing with you today is the one I'd planned for last month's craft along in my Facebook group.  Thanks to the unsocial network screwing with the private group privacy settings and posting publicly, the live was aborted... grrr!  Thankfully, the issue was sorted before my next broadcast last weekend and I'll show you that card after the turn of the year.

The design of this one is super simple and I've kept the beautiful angel in her purest form by not adding any color, just a hint of sparkle...

Card: Unbranded white and Clarity's Indian Summer designer parchment

Groovi Plates: Linda's Butterflies (frame) and October's NDC baby plate

Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing tools, nested picot circle dies, gold Posca paint pen, Nuvo shimmer pen and rhinestones from my stash

Challenges... 

Any Holiday at 613 Avenue Create

Fur or feathers at Ike's World

#160 AG at Lemon Shortbread

I promise I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then,

#36 Festive Rainbow at Rainbow Card Challenge ~ A Fitting Finale

Hi everyone,

Thanks for stopping by and for all your wonderful comments. I'm honored to have you here and I truly appreciate each of you more than you know!

Can you believe that it's not only the first of the month, but that it's also December???  As such, every six months, we change things up a bit at Rainbow Card Challenge, and our theme this month is Festive Rainbow, so, please use as many colors as you can... even more so this month as we've made the difficult decision to close the challenge!

It's been an absolute honor to work with the Design Team for 3 years and to lead them for the last 2!

And here's my card...

Card: Unbranded white, Clarity's clear parchment and designer paper
Groovi plates: Linda's Layered Christmas Tree
Tools and embellishments: Groovi and Pergamano embossing, perforating and cutting tools, Perga color pens and Pergamano brads

Challenges...

AG at 613 Avenue Create

AG at TTCRD
AG at ABMTTC

I'll be back soon with another creation, so I hope you'll join me then.