Friday, November 29, 2013

Little Village Christmas Shoppes

Used my newest Tiddly Ink purchase to create a little snowy village scene.  This is not the scene from Black Friday!!  The shoppes were all hustle and bustle today!  This depicts a snowy evening, when the shoppes are closed for the night, peaceful and quiet.  Drew some inspiration from Jan R's card.
Printed one of the digital stamps from the Harmony at Home pack on some mixed media paper.  Used distress markers and my water brush to color most of the image. I then fussy cut out the image along the roof tops and layered it onto my background.  The background was created with gelatos and water, added some white gel pen for the falling snow.  The snow on the ground and roof tops was created with my Versamark pen and white tinsel EP.  Layered the scene onto some black card stock and adhered it to my card base.  Added a little sentiment to the corner.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013

TMS #226

Hi Everyone!  It's time for another fun sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo!  If your not familiar with Bugaboo, check out their awesome digital stamps here.
Now onto this weeks sketch!

 

I had fun with this sketch!  Used some candy striped paper I picked up at Hobby Lobby and the rest of the supplies came from my stash.  The image is Reindeer Dive from Bugaboo.  I colored him up with my Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.  Added a couple sparkly Dazzle star stickers and some Glossy Accents on his red nose.  Some ribbon and a candy brad and Voila!  Another Christmas card ready for the mail!
For more inspiration check out the other Design Teams creations.
Angela
Bonnie
Debbie
Jenee
Jessi
Melissa

Now it's your turn to play! Just follow the sketch and link up your creation and you could win some Bugaboo images!
Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed and happy Thanksgiving!


Friday, November 22, 2013

Butterflies and Poppies

Used the poppy stamp from Unity's KOM 2/13 Let Love Grow and the sketch from Viva la Verve's Nov., Week 3 to create a birthday card for a long time friend.
    

Cut, distressed and inked the edges on the three panels.  Used Versamark and black EP on the poppy image.  Die cut some butterflies, inked up the edges and added some gems.  A little heart button and some twine to finish off the card.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Snowflake Greetings

Quick post to squeeze in another Christmas card using this weeks CAS(e) sketch.
 

The snowflake pattern paper made this card easy peasy!  Die cut the sizzix label out of red glimmer paper.  Die cut two sizzix snowflakes.  Added glitter glue to one layer and Gelly Roll pen to the small center piece.  A strip of silver glitter paper and some silver ribbon and call it done.  The papers and dies I used are all from my stash.  The only new item on this card is the silver ribbon.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

My First TMS Design Team Post! TMS #225

I am super excited to announce I am part of the Tuesday Morning Sketches Design Team!  TMS was one of the very first challenges I entered when I started back into card making about a year or so ago.  I always enjoy their sketches and was thrilled when Melissa asked me to join the team! I am so happy to be part of such a talented group!  So without further ado here is my first post as a TMS Design Team Member.

This week TMS #225 is sponsored by Paper Pretties.
For my card I used the extremely cute digital stamp Hialeah.  This adorable image also comes with three sentiments.  I colored the image using Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.  I added some faux stitching to the scalloped square die cut layer.  Dyed my own seam binding with Dried Marigold Distress Ink.  Punched the sentiment out with a SU label punch. Added a couple gem flowers and a butterfly charm.  
Be sure to stop by the other TMS Designers blogs and see their wonderful projects!

Now it's your turn!  We can't wait to see what you create! I hope you join in the fun at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

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Friday, November 15, 2013

Happy Thanksgiving

Used the Sketch from Viva la Verve Nov 2013 Week 2 and my Sept. LOL kit to create this Thanksgiving card.
Got a little inky creating this card.  All the panels were created by sponging on Distressed inks and then stamping on the panel or flicking water onto the panel to create a great splatter effect.  Stamped the leaves on colored paper and fussy cut them out, then popped them up using foam tape.  Added a few brads I received in a grab bag from Flourishes and a piece of twill ribbon I've had in my stash for years.  
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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Merry Little Christmas Tree

Created this little CAS card tonight.  Drew my inspiration from the current challenges at Seize the Sketch and CAS-ology.
A little embossing and some paper scraps and this little card came right together! Made the tree from 3 triangles cut from scrap paper.  Stamped the sentiment with Versafine and embossed some lines on the red panel using my Scor-Pal.
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Thanks A Bunch!

Used Sketch Saturday's sketch #284 to create this cheerful thank you note.  The flowers are from the digital stamp set, Celebrate Joyfully - Emma, from Tiddly Inks.  I copied and flipped and maneuvered the image until I had a cute flower garden.
 The image is colored with Tombow markers.  The sentiment is from an old set I purchased from Paper Wishes.  I colored the flower button with a Copic marker before attaching it to the card.  Added a little paper piercing around the blue mat and popped up the image panel with foam tape.
Thanks for stopping by my blog! Have a blessed week.

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Sunday, November 10, 2013

Elephants Never Forget

When I saw this cute Elephant from Hambo Stamps I just had to get him!  CAS(E) this Sketch #53 gave me the inspiration to use it.

   
Since I am usually late on mailing birthday cards, I thought this cute elephant from Hambo Stamps would make a fun belated birthday card. Used some patterned paper from SU.  The elephant is colored with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.  The sentiment (inside and out) were created in MS Word.  Quick and easy CAS card.
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Friday, November 8, 2013

Believe

Just had to play with this new digi from Sassy Cheryl's, Santa's Winking Star.  Such a cute Santa!
When I say Retro Sketch #88, I knew I had to use it with this digital stamp.
The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.  Added glossy accent to the holly on Santa's hat.  Covered the star with homemade glitter glue.  Stamped the sentiment in Versamark and heat embossed with gold EP.
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FWF and Unity Be Inspired Challenge

I used on of my favorite Itty Bitty's, Hung by the Chimney, and the sketch from Unity's Be Inspired Challenge to create another Christmas card.

This is one of my favorite Itty Bitty's!  All the Itty Bitty's are 50% off this weekend, so be sure to stop by Unity and grab some!  Colored the stockings with Prismacolor pencils and highlighted with some Shimmer Smooch! See the glimmer?
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Violet in the Snow

"So many years ago,
in Bethlehem,
a baby came,
like a violet in the snow"

This weeks challenge from Our Daily Bread Designs was to create a card inspired by a song.  I really wanted to use a non-Christmas stamp to make a Christmas card and one of my favorite Christmas songs is Violet in the Snow.  So here is what I came up with using the song Violet in the Snow as my inspiration.
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The snow banks were cut with MFT snow drift die.  The violet image is from Our Daily Bread Designs and colored with Distressed markers and Prismacolor pencils. The "snow" on the violets is white gel pen and Smooch Shimmer ink.  Die cut an oval opening and then embossed the top panel.  The snowflakes are Dazzle stickers.
Thanks for stopping by my blog!  God bless!
Click here if you've never heard Violet in the Snow, beautiful Christmas song!
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Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #245 - Use the negative from a die
The House that Stamps Built Designers Choice Challenge #116 - Snow Fun

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Snowy Meadow

As I was following some of my favorite bloggers this past week, I stumbled upon The House That Stamps Built Blog, and their What if? Wednesday Sketch Challenge.  I really like the sketch so I thought I'd play along and finish another Christmas card in the process.
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I just purchased this Technique Tuesday stamp set, Growing Wild, and thought it would make a pretty snowy evening scene.  I created the evening sky with Distressed inks.  The snow mound I created with Prismacolor pencils, Gelatos, and a little Smooth Pearlized ink.  The snow on the grass and flowers was created with a white gel pen. Used Spellbinders ovals to die cute the image and a white mat.  The papers are from a kit I purchased from Paper Wishes a couple years ago.  Added a little iridescent ribbon and a little sentiment tag and wallah!  I was happy with the finished card!
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2 Sisters Challenge Blog - Christmas with no red or green

Friday, November 1, 2013

Birthday Basket

Created a birthday card for my wonderful sister-in-law!  Used the sketch from MFT Wednesday Stamp Club and stamps from Unity's KOTM Feb. 2013.
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Stamped and masked the basket before adding the flowers.  Colored the image with TH Distressed markers.  Used a circle die to cut out the image, then sponged on some Scattered Straw Distressed ink before removing the image from the die.  The sentiment was stamped using Versamark and a sentiment set I purchased at HL years ago.  The sentiment tag and the center flowers are popped up with foam tape.  Added some Pearlized Smooch ink to the flower centers.  
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