Put a bird on it

Hey all! I'm just popping in with a quick post

to share a card I made for the almost over

Christmas Kickstart challenge #36.

I got out my cardinal die and went to work making this card:

This is the inside:

 

I love it when the patterned paper does all the work. LOL!

A couple branch dies, (which I went over with a white pen

to make it look like there was snow on them), and a simple

sentiment was all I needed to finish this card.

That's it for now. I'm off to enter this one.

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts - Color Layering Christmas Trees, Merry Christmas Message

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP: Creative Imaginations - Winter Woodland

CS: Thunderbolt; scraps

Accessories: GC; Poppystamps - Shasta Twigs dies; Taylored Expressions - Layer It Cardinal die; MISTI; Sakura - white Gelly Roll pen; WOS pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares, adhesive sheets; Ranger - MMM

Ahh, a sketch challenge with lots of layers!

Hey all, I'm popping in with a card I've made based on the

newly resurrected Mojo Monday #502! I'm so

happy that Julee brought it back, because

sketches with lots of layers are my thing,

and there doesn't seem to be many left out there in blogland.

I may have basically cased her card, (thank you for the inspiration Julee!),

 but I've put my own spin on it. Check it:

and the inside:

 

Lots of stash shopping with this one. And can you believe that

poinsettia stamp was just inked for the first time? (since 2012!)

Really, the only thing newish on this card is the twig dies, which I 

purchased at the beginning of the year. (or the end of last year).

That's it for now. I'm going to go get my jammies on

and relax with my hubby and fur baby now.

Have a good evening!

I'd like to enter this card at:

Mojo Monday #502

The Flower challenge #26 - special occasion

Jingle Belles - Mele Kalikimaka

Retro Rubber challenge #99 - ATG

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Unity Stamps - poinsettia from the August 2012 KOM; Hero Arts  - Merry Christmas Message; Stampendous - music score

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Grey Flannel

DP: Creative Imaginations - Winter Woodland

CS: Thunderbolt; Bazzill

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Poppstamps - Shasta Twigs dies; SB - standard circles lg & sm Nesties; MISTI; Wink of Stella pen; Martha Stewart - Arch Lattice border punch

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - Multi Medium Matte

SHOPPING OUR STASH #180 - Favorite Technique!

Hello and welcome back to another fun challenge at SHOPPING OUR STASH! This go around, we want you to create something using your favorite technique! (Don't forget to tell us what it is!) It probably won't be a surprise to know that I went with the chalkboard effect on my card. I can't help it - I LOVE the look of it, and it's so fun to do!

 and the inside:

Now that Thanksgiving is done, I'm in full Christmas-card-making-mode! (You'll be seeing a lot of them for a while! I'm sure I'm not the only one out there! HA!) 

Ready to play along? Sure you are! Link up your card or project at Shopping Our Stash so we can see it. And if you have the time, please check out the fabulous creations my teammates made to inspire you! Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a fantastic day!

Chris

Supplies

Stamps: Paper Smooches - Freezy Fellas, Joyful Greetings

Ink: VersaMark; Clear Snap - Frost White; Memento - Rich Cocoa; Ranger DI - Walnut Stain

DP: Creative Imaginations - Winter Woodland

CS: Darice

Accessories: Prismacolor pencil; GC; Labels One Nesties; Stampendous - White EP; heat gun; Colorbok - rhinestones; VersaMark pen

Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares

2.6.14 - Believe in the Magic

Hi there! I finished the card I started last night so I felt compelled to share! LOL!

Here's the inside:

Hey look at that. It's a Christmas card. With stockings. Hmm, looks like I'll be able to enter this for Merry Monday #94 - use a stocking or stockings.

And that design looks familiar. Yep. It's the sketch from Mojo Monday #331:

I'm very happy with how this came out. Mostly because I found stockings in abundance in one of the Christmas collections I have. I used the stickers that came with the paper. I stuck them on scrap paper then fussy cut around them to make them sturdier. Of course, I thought it needed something more, (because there isn't nearly enough layers on this bad boy), so I added a few rhinestones in the corner. Yep. That's much better.

There's still time to play along with both of these challenges, so if you haven't already done so, what are you waiting for? (wink)

I hope that you have a great evening! Thanks for stopping by!

Chris
Supplies
Stamps: Paper Smooches - Joyful Greetings
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Ranger DI - Walnut Stain
DP & stickers: Creative Imaginations - Winter Woodland
CS: Recollections
Accessories: American Crafts - ribbon; Recollections - wood snowflake; Tattered Angels Granite Glimmer Mist; rhinestones from my stash
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik permanent, 3D foam squares; Recollections red tape; Glue Dots; Helmar 450 adhesive

Season's Greetings Cardinal...

Hello my friends! I hope you all have survived the bad weather we have been receiving the last couple of days. We got at least 3" of snow yesterday, but the thermometer made it up to 37F today, so a lot of it melted. Good thing too. The so called weather experts are calling for another 3" to 5" of snow. Oh joy and rapture!

I have a card to share that I made using the Sweet Sunday Sketch #199: I tried the chalkboard technique again, and I love it! Check it out:

Here's the inside:

and the sketch:

What a fantastic sketch! I'd be lost without sketches. On rare occasions I'll make a card without any help (sketch, colors, photo inspiration), but I usually don't like how they turn out. Thus I use all the help I can get! LOL! I've had this stamp set for at least a year or more, but this particular image never saw ink until today. It just screamed at me to make it a chalkboard image. So I did! I followed the sketch very closely this time. (Well, as usual) For the main panel, after stamping and blasting it with a heat gun to set the ink, I lightly colored over random holly leaves and the berries with Prisma Color pencils. Added some tiny red rhinestones to one of the corners, added the border and black rhinestones, finished the inside and boom! Done! It sounds like I made this in minutes, but truthfully, it probably took two hours to do, mostly from trying to decide what papers to use. (too much stash - gotta start using it! LOL!)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you all have a good evening! Stay crafty my friends!

Chris
Supplies:
Stamps: Inkadinkado - Holiday Words; MFT - Seasonal Sentiments
Ink: Clear Snap - Frost White; Memento - Tuxedo Black
DP: Creative Imaginations - Winter Woodland
CS: Recollections
Accessories: Prisma Color pencils; Recollections - red rhinestones; Colorbok - black rhinestones; heat gun
Adhesives: SA by 3L - MyStik Permanent, 3D foam squares