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

 

 

Goofy fall greeting

 

Well, it finally looks and feels like fall where I live, so I made a fall card. The images come from a fall set from The Alley Way Stamps,  and I used the sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday. Since the turkey looks pretty goofy, I went with  some fun colors, which are reflected in the background paper as well.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Double Trouble #203 (3+ circles, two images, 1+ ribbon/twine) plus bird, plus TSOT

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #682

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2543 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #722  -- anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  -- anything goes

Gem of a Challenge  -- anything goes

Polkadoodles Challenges  -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday Challenges  -- anything goes  

A little trick or treat

 I'm sometimes amazed at what I find when I go looking. In this instance it was Halloween crafting supplies. I rarely make Halloween cards, but I knew I had a folder where a few items were stored. "A few items" turned out to include images, patterned paper, and even chipboard embellishments. 

The image was colored with pencils, then fussy-cut. I chose three coordinating patterned papers and two chipboard pieces to finish off the card.

This card is entered in these challenges:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2539 -- Halloween/fall

Double D -- trick or treat

Double Trouble #201 --  3-2-1 from your stash challenge (3 patterned papers, two chipboard embellies, one image)

The Paper Funday #81 -- Cute or creepy (cute, obviously)

Creative Inspiration -- Autumn/spooky

Gem of a Challenge -- anything goes

Polkadoodles challenge  -- anything goes

DigiChooseday -- anything goes 

Word Art Wednesday #718 -- anything goes 

Can't resist fall leaf

"Can't resist" in the title is word play -- I used two different resist techniques on this mini slimline card. To create the background, I used emboss resist -- stamping and white-embossing the hatched design, then sponging color over the panel for a colorful background -- the embossed area resists the sponged ink and stays white. For the leaf, I used waxed paper resist, which involves crumpling wax paper, ironing it on glossy card stock, then sponging on colored inks. The wax resists the color.

Both the tag and leaf were cut with stitched dies. 

This card is entered in these challenges

Double D -- make your own background

Inspiration Station -- Inspired by photo of fall leaves/trees; fall is my favorite season and colorful leaves are a symbol of the beauty of the season

Die-cut Divas -- anything with die cuts

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2537 -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #717 -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday -- anything goes

Polkadoodles -- anything goes