Peace, love & joy

Hello. The sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches had my creative juices flowing and here is what I did with it.  I will tell you it was challenging for me, too.

I took creative liberties with the sentiment placement and used the house and church as my circles. 

Dies are from Honey Bee stamps. I used a few Copic markers to color the house, window frames, etc.  To get the glow for the church windows, I used a yellow Copic marker on vellum.

Snowfall grit paste used through a stencil to create the snowy scene. The hills are done using dies and foam tape to get a bit of dimension. The sentiment is from Impress cards and crafts. 

I'm not good at putting together small die cuts, so this was a labor of love for me. I had an idea in my head and I stuck with it to the bitter end. LOL. 

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Santa and his sleigh

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

 

Tree line stamp is from Memory Box. Moon mask is from Tim Holtz and the Santa in his sleigh is from Victorine Originals.  I used a snowflake stencil with Gina K glitx glitter gel on the card base.  

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration and the optional theme is snowy days.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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Rudolf gift tag

Hello. Here is another tag inspired by Ellen Hutson's 12 tags of Christmas challenge. This one is for the carol - Grandma got run over by a reindeer, which is day #9. 

The Rudolf stamp is from the former Angel Company. I colored him using Copic markers. The pine branch is from Great Impressions and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

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Christmas gift tag

Hello. Ellen Hutson is having a 12 tags of Christmas challenge over on their blog and I decided to play along with the 12/6 tag challenge. They are all based off Christmas carol and today's is: Let it Snow.

I used uncharted mariner distress ink to create the background.  The snowflakes and sentiment are from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamptember 2022 release. I also used the snowflake stencil and sterling foundry wax on this. 

Snowflakes are heat embossed with white detail embossing powder.  I also used the uncharted mariner embossing glaze on the sentiment.

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Ho Ho Ho

Hello. Playing in The Paper Players Santa challenge today.

Santa image is from Victorine Originals (no longer in business) and the background is a slimline stencil from Say it with Stamps/Photoplay.  I heat-embossed it in white on red cardstock and thought it looked fun with this Santa image. The Santa is stamped in versafine and then heat embossed in clear.

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Holiday greetings in non-traditional colors

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

 

The sentiment is from Impress cards & crafts and the large snowflake is from My Favorite Things. I used Simon Says stamp pawistively saturated ink in sesafoam, surf and ocean to blend with.  Blue cardstock is from Gina K Designs. 

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration and the secondary theme is non-traditional holiday colors. 

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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Textured Poinsettia

Hello. Playing in the #563 Freshly Made Sketch Challenge today. 

I used a red/pink background from my stash to cut the poinsettia out. Added some fir branches around it and stuck a circle frame in gold per the sketch. 

I purposely left the strings (and added a few more) to the broadcloth panel. I just liked the texture and rustic look of it.

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'Tis the season

Hello and Welcome to another Fusion Card Challenge, where you can use the sketch or the photo or both. Here is what I did with it.

Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. I used a circle die for the snowman head, added two buttons for the eyes, and cut a carrot for his nose.  I dusted on some white pigment ink to mimic a chalkboard as a final touch to this card. 

Please check out the Design Team’s creations for this challenge, where there’s a lot of really awesome inspiration!

Fusion Card Challenge

Sadly, this will be the last Fusion Card Challenge. The number of folks actually playing has dwindled down quite a bit and it just makes sense to end on a high note. Thank to all those who continued to play each month. See you out in blogland and on Instagram.

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Some days you're the dog

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Less Is More.

Stamps are from My Favorite Things and colored with Copic's. 

Here is the cue card.

 

Please visit the Simply Less is More BLOG to see what wonderful creations the design team has come up with.

 

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I love you a VENTI

Hi all - last card for the coffee lovers fall and winter 2022 blog hop.

The Sentiment stamp is from My Favorite Things and is paired with a wonderful digital image from png. I used some linen cardstock for this as well.  The striped red and white designer paper is from Papertrey, Ink. 

Thanks for popping by!

Holiday blues

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays.  Secondary theme to the sketch is Holiday Blues. 

 

Snowflake embossing folder used in the background to create the embossed and debossed panels. A snowflake die was cut and glittered to used a the focal point.  

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

Thanks for stopping in.

Happiness is....

Hi there. Here is another card for the Fall/Winter coffee lovers blog hop.

Stamps and dies are from My Favorite Things. I colored the ladies with Copic markers.

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Sending a cup of cheer!

Hi there. Here is another coffee related card for the coffee lovers fall/winter blog hop.

The coffee related cup and sentiment are from Hero Arts. Pawsitively ink used on the cup and the background polka dots.

More to come later. Have a great weekend.

You are

Hello. Playing in the 2022 fall/winter coffee lovers blog hop.

Stamps are from My Favorite Things. Fussy cut the cup out and popped it up with foam squares. Gingham designer paper is from A*Muse Studio.

More to come later. 

Gnome for the holidays

Hello and Welcome to another Fusion Card Challenge, where you can use the sketch or the photo or both. Here is what I did with it.

The gnome is from Paper Smooches, which sadly, is no longer in business. Colored with Copics. The sentiment is created via my computer. 

Please check out the Design Team’s creations for this challenge, where there’s a lot of really awesome inspiration!

Fusion Card Challenge

 

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Thinking of you

Hello - playing in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of "thinking of you" - I had this one colored up already in my unused card bit bin just waiting for me to make it into a card.

The stamp and sentiment are from Altenew. I watercolored it with Tombow markers. Splattered it with white and black paint.

The silver plaid panel is from Sizzix Tim Holtz, I just used one of the plaid panels. Ironically, this has been sitting on my island since I got the dies, just waiting for me to put it to use.

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Watercolored birthday card

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Less Is More.

 

Here is the cue card.

Choose two or more colors from the wheel

 

Please visit the Simply Less is More BLOG to see what wonderful creations the design team has come up with.

 

Thanks for stopping by.