Kitty Exercise

 

 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

 

Happy New Year

 I am in a swap group that does themed swaps. One of the January swaps focuses on symbols of the new year, and the swap organizer listed birches as one of the symbols. Apparently birches are very resilient so they are considered a sign of rebirth and the new year. 

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 

Rocking a Christmas theme

 I'm just tying up the loose ends and finishing up a few last-minute Christmas cards. One of the things I've had fun with this year is rocker cards, which are so quick and easy yo make. They are also super versatile. For this one, I went with a Christmas goodies theme, including gingerbread and hot chocolate. Yum!

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

Christmas Kickstart # 105 -- Christmas

 

Creative Inspiration -- Tis the Season 

Shimmer and glittter

 Another Christmas card. I'm really happy with how it came out.

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 

 

Christmas tags!

 I love making Christmas tags. Here are a couple I made in pairs.

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 

Lots of Gingerbread

 The Peace on Earth Challenge has a fun mood board chock full of gingerbread, inspiring me to dig out some gingerbread-themed supplies. Here's what I came up with. The central image is a Tim Holtz stamp, which I colored with pencils and circle die-cut.  To add a little homemade "flavor" I created a stitched edge by piercing around the edge with a piercing tool, then taking a red pen and connecting the dots, creating a wonky stitch (which is exactly what I would have gotten had I tried actually sewing it). I used three coordinating pieces of card stock, and add a bit of striped washi tape for a little hint of candy cane there.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Peace on Earth #100 -- gingerbread

ABC Christmas -- stitching

Paper Funday #82 -- merry and bright 

Word Art Wednesday #726 -- anything goes

CRAFT #768  -- Christmas

The Paper Shelter #660 -- anything goes 

Pattie's Creations #236 -- anything goes

 

 

Autumn Wreath

 Created the wreath by using two nesting circle dies to create a circular frame in brown card stock. Placed the wreath form on paper with a splatter design. Decorated the wreath with stickers showing vines, berries and flowers. The sentiment is white-embossed on same colored paper as the wreath form was made from.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double D -- autumn wreath

Simon Say Stamp Monday -- thinking of you

Word Art Wednesday #724 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2545  -- anything goes

Paper Funday #82-- anything goes

We love to Create -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge -- anything goes

PolkaDoodles -- anything goes