Time to get it started

 Hello and welcome!

I'm sharing the second Christmas card

I've made so far this year.

Gulp. Better get going on those now. LOL!

I went riffling through my Christmas stash and rediscovered

this cute, quirky reindeer. I colored him up with Copic markers

then blended Vintage Photo DI around the edge of 

the oval, the back panel and sentiment strip.

Another simple sentiment finishes the inside.

Jingle Belles has a sketch challenge that's just about

ended, so I'm squeaking in at the last minute to enter that.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Cosmo Cricket - Jolly Days; Honey Bee - Inside Holiday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo

DP: Carta Bella - A very Merry Christmas

CS: Spectrum Noir; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Copic markers; Sunny Studio - Rounded Rectangle Mat & Stitched Oval dies; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner, foam squares

'Tis the season

 Hello and welcome!

In my last post, I used this

adorable sweater wearing moose.

I had so much fun with it that

I made a couple more cards using it:

This time, I grunged it up some. Once I blended the stenciled

backgrounds, I added some Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges

then splattered both black and white paint on them.

Here's the inside:

Both cards are very similar. I just flipped the colors and

used two different die cut sentiments.

There's a few challenges out there that I'd like to enter:

Jingle Belles - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - animals

Just Us Girls #750 - stencil week

Just Add Ink #725 - stencils

That's all I have for now. I'm still in Christmas card

making mode, so you'll probably be seeing more of

those here. LOL!

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas

Ink: Altenew - Hunter Green, Crimson; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo; Memento - Toffee Crunch, Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Poppy Stamps - Nordic Moose die and Nordic Motif stencil; My Favorite Things - scalloped rectangle die; Spellbinders - Make It Merry dies; DecoArt Americana acrylic paint - white & black; MISTI

Adhesives: Bearly Arts glue; SA - tape runner, foam squares

Merry Christmoose

 Happy Tuesday, friends, and welcome!

I'm playing with some new to me

goodies, and here's a card I created with them:

The moment I saw this sweater wearing moose die,

I knew I needed to have it! LOL!

OMG, the cuteness!!!

I die cut everything from white cardstock, then used

various inks to blend the different pieces. The same pink

ink on the sweater was used to stencil the background.

I still had the be merry die out on my desk, so I used

it again. A simple sentiment finishes the inside:

One of my Snarky Sistahs, Jules, was in town visiting family.

She discovered a paper crafting store not too far away, so

 we got together and made a road trip up there.

We were like two kids in a candy store! LOL!

What an adorable shop! It's only about 1-1/2 hours

away from where I live, so I will definitely be

visiting again!

I'm entering this card at Jingle Belles, where the challenge

is Pink Christmas (for the cure). It's Breast Cancer Awareness

Month, and each year at this time, these awesome ladies, Lauren

and Stephanie, each donate $2 for each predominantly pink Christmas 

card entered! 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great rest of your day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Inside Holiday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Toffee Crunch, Rich Cocoa, Angel Pink, Tuxedo Black

CS: Neenah; Recollections

Accessories: Poppy Stamps - Nordic Moose die, Be Merry die, & Nordic Motif stencil; BG9 Spectrum Noir marker; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner, foam squares; Bearly Arts glue

Joy to you

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

It's a foggy, rainy day here so I thought

it was a good day to craft away the day. LOL!

Here's a card I'd like to share:

This is a mix of old and new items. My 'new stuff' is the

Joy stamp and die set. I filled it in with Prismacolor pencils.

Pretty much everything else I've used is at least 5 years or more old.

That paper and the holly sticker are both from 2010!

Here's the inside:

Yay, another Christmas card in the books!

(only a gazillion more to go!)

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have better weather than I do!

Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Jingle Belles - Something Old/Something New

Atlantic Hearts #561

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Peace Love Joy, Home for the Holidays

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Webster's Pages - Waiting for Santa

CS: Thunderbolt; Recollections

Accessories: Sunny Studio - Stitched Circle dies; Anna Griffin - Calisto Christmas stickers; Prismacolor Pencils; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner; Ranger - MMM

Wrapping it up

 Hello friends and welcome!

I have another card to share that

incorporates left over wrapping paper!

The penguin images on the wrapping paper are fairly large, 

so I made my card a 5" x 7" to fit it.

I love that it basically does all the work. All I had to

do was give it a white mat and add a stamped sentiment!

Here's the finished inside:

I was hoping that Jingle Belles were going to have a

wrapping paper challenge, so I saved this bit

from when I was gift wrapping in December. 😊

Thanks for visiting! I hope that you have a wonderful day!

I'm entering this (at the last minute!) at Jingle Belles - Wrap It Up challenge

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Penguin Pals, Pretty Poinsettias

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah

Accessories: Christmas wrapping paper scrap; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; ScorTape

woodland winter

 Hello crafty friends and welcome!

I'm sharing a card I created using nothing

but cardstock:

It's really hard to see, because of my crack

photography skills, but I added gray smudges on

the trees to give them even more of a birch tree vibe.

I also stamped the deer die cut with a linen stamp for

more texture.

And of course, I finished the inside:

Now I have one less Christmas card to make in December. LOL!

Thanks for visiting! I hope you have a great day!

I am entering this at Jingle Belles - Cardstock Christmas

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips Christmas, Handlettered Holidays 2, Linen Background

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark; Gina K. - Kraft

CS: Taylored Expressions; Neenah; Thunderbolt

Accessories: GC; Taylored Expressions - Birch Tree cover plate, Birch Tree Accessories, Simple Strips dies; MISTI; Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; Faber Castell - black PITT Artist pen; Spectrum Noir markers - IG1 & blender

Adhesives: Bearly Art glue; SA by 3L - tape runner; Taylored Expressions - foam sticky strips

Christmas in...June?

 Hey all, I'm back with my second post today.

I'll make this quick since one of the challenges I want to

join in on is about to end. ;)

Here's a guy card using a new to me technique:

Here's the inside:

The technique is called Triple Time Stamping. First time I've tried this,

and I plan to make more cards using it. I've followed the tutorial 

from this video, just making slight adjustments to the layer dimensions to 

fit my card. I also made it much easier by using one big stamp. Another

bonus was that I already had the sentiment strip embossed and

ready to use. Yay me! 

Got to go enter this now before time's up.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!

I'm entering this card at:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown May Technique Challenge

Jingle Belles - Masculine Christmas

Supplies:

Stamps: Impression Obsession - Winter Scene 2; Taylored Expression - Simple Strips Christmas; Sunny Studio - Petite Poinsettias

Ink: Memento - Northern Pine; Versamark

CS: Thunderbolt; Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: MISTI; Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; GC; TE- simple strips die

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, 3D & thin 3D foam squares; Scor Tape

SHOPPING OUR STASH #451 - Let's Get Sketchy

 

Good morning and welcome crafty friends!

Happy August to you, (can you believe it's August already?!).

We have a fun new challenge starting over at 

SHOPPING OUR STASH! 

Donna is your Hostess this fortnight, and she's found a

link to some free sketches from Craft With Sarah. There are four

sketches to choose from, so have fun and I hope you play along!

I've chosen to use the first sketch for my card:

I tweaked the measurements some to fit an A2 sized card,

but I followed the sketch pretty closely otherwise:

Here's the inside:

Boy did I shop my paper stash for this. Most of the papers used are 

15 plus years old! The paper flowers were a score last

year at Tuesday Morning, (before they sadly went out

of business). so you know they are even older than a year.

I hope you can join us this fortnight at Shopping Our Stash,

and create a card using one of the four sketches.

Thanks for visiting. Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Jingle Belles - Red and Green all over

Supplies:

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios - Inside Quotes Christmas (July 2020)

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: HOTP; Ki Memories; Echo Park

CS: Thunderbolt; Nicole

Accessories: GC; SB - Standard Lg & Sm Circle Nesties; MISTI; Little Birdie - Poinsettia flowers; Love Nicole - rhinestones; DR7 Spectrum Noir marker

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner; Glue Dots

Joy slimline card

 Hello there and welcome.

Got a card to share that I was able to combine

some challenges for:

...and here is the inside:

I used a couple of patterned papers from an older Webster's Pages collection. The 

red one has this gorgeous script that is lyrics from the song, "Do you hear what I hear?"

I matted it with black card stock, then adhered it to a scalloped gold glitter panel.

The 'JOY' was die cut three times, twice in black card stock, and once in 

the music score paper. Those were stacked and glued to the card. 

I gold heat embossed the smaller sentiment and used the coordinating

die to cut it out. Last year I found this package of tiny poinsettia

flowers at Tuesday Morning, and finally opened the package

for this card! Another stamped sentiment finishes the inside.

That's all for now. I hope that you are staying safe during

the pandemic, and also in this string of nasty weather too!

Thanks for visiting!

I'd like to enter this at:

Christmas Kickstart #47 - slimline cards

Jingle Belles - Text Me Christmas 

Just Us Girls #571

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - slimline cards 

Supplies:

Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips Christmas; Sunny Studio - Season's Greetings

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Webster's Pages - Waiting for Santa

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Nicole

Accessories: GC; Penny Black - Mirthful (Joy) die; Sunny Studio - Slimline Scalloped frames; Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips dies; Stampendous - detail gold EP; heat gun; Little Birdie - paper flowers; MISTI

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