This card is entered in these challenges:
Stamplorations -- anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- emboss it.
Inkspirational Challenge # 359 -- winter blues
The Paper Shelter #663-- Winter
Word Art Wednesday #734 --anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2603 -- anything goes
Pattie's Creations #238 -- use an iamge
Polkadoodles -- anything goes
This card is entered in these challenges:
Double D -- birthday
Word Art Wednesday #734 -- anything goes
Pammie's INky Pinkies #2601 -- anything goes
The Paper Funday #83 -- anything goes
Creative Inspiration -- anything goes
Gem of a Craft Challenge -- anything goes
I played with a new image I got from The Paper Shelter called Kitty Acrobatics. How fun is that. I paired it with several pieces of patterned paper that I've had for ages -- so a bit of new and old. I used the orange/green/blue color scheme from the plaid when choosing colors for the image. The main image is cut with a circle die (using the out of the box technique) and mounted on another die-cut circle. I created and printed out the sentiment on my computer, then die-cut it with a stitched rectangle die.
This card is for these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday -- something new
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- something new
Die-cut Divas -- use a new item
Double Trouble #207 -- 3 colors, 2 shapes, 1 sentiment
Word Art Wednesday #734 -- anything goes
The Paper Shelter #662 -- in with the new, in with the old
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2601 -- anything goes
Polkadoodles Digi ChooseDay -- anything goes
Pattie's Creations #238 -- use an image
With that new fact in mind, I decided to use my new, never-been-used birch dies to create a care. I die cut the trees from watercolor paper and watercolored the bark to create the traditional dark gray patches. To create the background panel, I watercolored a blue sky and left the bottom third of the paper white to be snow. After placing the trees on the background, I painted two birds and added some shadows with gray paint, then added a sentiment.
This card is entered in these challenges:
NBUS #82 -- NBUS item is the birch tree dies
Crafts Galore Encore #143 -- anything goes
Colorful Options -- blues, whites and grays
Die-cut Divas -- use a new item
Word Art Wednesday #733 -- anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- add a sentiment
This card is entered in these challenges:
ABC Christmas -- Y is for Yummy (Christmas treats)
Simon Says Stamp Monday -- Christmas
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2550 -- anything goes
CRAFT #770 -- Christmas
Word Art Wednesday # 730 -- anything goes
For the snow scene, I splattered white shimmer white watercolors on navy cardstock and cut it with the IO die. I then took a piece of white shimmer paper, cut a curved edge for the snow pack, cut it with the IO die, and glue it on the blue panel. Added white Stickles to the die-cut pine tree. Before gluing the tree, I marked where the trunk was going to end and stamped the sentiment in navy ink, then placed the tree.
This card is entered in these challenges:
Die Cut Divas -- Christmas/winter
Simon Says Stamp Monday -- dies
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- dies
A Cut Above -- use a die
Christmas Kick Start #105 -- anything Christmas
Word Art Wednesday #728 -- anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies 2548 -- anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore -- anything goes
Creative Inspiration -- Tis the Season
The top ones feature stenciled brick/stones, which I've topped with a strip of cardstock to represent a fireplace surround and mantel. Glittery red stockings are hung from the mantel, and there's a gift beside the mantel in the one on the right, where the stockings are adorned with teeny holly leaves.
For the bottom set of tags, I first sponged ink onto white tags, then used glittery ornament stickers to decorate each. Each tag has a festive sentiment stamped on it.
Each tag also features different ribbon/string combinations, not making the slightest dent in my collection of ribbons and fibers.
These tags are entered in these challenges:
The Paper Shelter # 661 -- Christmas Tags
Simon Says Stamp Monday -- matching set
CRAFT #769 -- Christmas
Word Art Wednesday #726 -- anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- anything goes
Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2547 -- anything goes
The Paper Funday #82 -- Merry and Bright
Digi chooseday -- -- anything goes
This card features stamps from Stamplorations, which is back in business after the owner took a long break due to health issues. The scene i...
