Joyous Christmas and Happy New Year

 Good Morning!   

This card will be entered into the following Challenges:  

 

Simon Says Wednesday, Anything Goes.

The Sisterhood Of Crafters, Anything Goes.

Spellbinders Welcome Fall and Greenery dies.

PFS Classic Edgers die.

Gina K Designs Peace and Joy stamp set.

Tuxedo Black and Peeled Paint inks.

Acetate ink smooshing technique.

Clear Embossing Powder.

White Glitter Paper.

Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine.

Rock Candy Glitter.

Foam Sheets.

Inside.

Loving the Holiday Greens in a Basket.

Thanks so much for strolling by!

Enjoy~~

Christmas Joy 1 & 2 Tags

Good Morning!   

This card will be entered into the following Challenges:

 

Simon Says Wednesday, Sparkle and Shine. 

Colorful Options, Red.

Paper Funday, Anything Goes, Optional Twist, Tags.

I love making Tags and I especially

LOVE making Tags for sweet little granddaughters!

Instead of Thing 1 and Thing 2 I used JOY!

Which happens to be Penny's and Evi's middle names.

ALL THE JOY!

PFS Shaker Tag Book dies.

Cheery Lynn Candy Cane dies.

PTI Joy dies.

Die Versions Little Lime Font dies.

Gina K Designs Peace and Joy and Merry Christmas stamp sets.

Echo Park Gingerbread Christmas Designer Paper.

White Embossing Powder.

Red and White Glitter Card Stock.

Acetate.

Glitter.

Sequins.

Foam Strips.

WOS.

Baker's Twine.

So FUN to make!!!

Thanks for dropping by!

Enjoy~~

 

Christmas Joy Skates

 Good Morning!   

This card will be entered into the following Challenges:

 

Simon Says Monday, Emboss It.

Simon Says Wednesday, Sparkle and Shine.

I created my wood grained background by scoring

every 1/2 inch and then swiping Walnut Stain ink direct to paper.

 Reminds me of an old barn.

To Die For Skates die.

Cheery Lynn Foliage dies.

Impression Obsession Small Poinsettia dies.

Spellbinders Label 4 die, cropped.

Gina K Designs Peace and Joy stamp set.

Tuxedo Black ink. 

Black Embossing Powder.

Silver Glitter Paper---sooooo sparkly!

Silver Twine.

Black and White Gingham Ribbon.

White Paint--for snow--you don't need any fancy paste!

PFS Jewel.

Inside.

Loving the Vintage Vibe of this card!

Thanks for skating by!

Enjoy~~

Follow It And More!

 Good Morning!

Happy 4th Of July Weekend!  It's quite soggy here!

I just updated my follow along option by adding the

Follow It Gadget.  Please feel free to re-enter your email 

and follow along with my Blog Posts.

Thanks so much!

Now ready for some cards???

This first card will be entered into the following Challenges:

Simon Says Monday, Red, White And/Or Blue.

Simon Says Wednesday, Anything Goes.

Dies R Us, Anything Goes.

The Sisterhood Of Crafters, Anything Goes.

I made a Happy 4th Shaker card! 

(you know, for my favorite girl!)

Framed it all in using MFT Cross Stitched Rectangles 

and a PTI Scallop Rectangle die.

Happy was cropped from the PTI Phrase Pay #5 die.

Tutti Designs Stitched Stars dies, layered in Red, White and Blue.

MFT Make A Wish candles dies

Gina K Designs Simple Numbers stamp set.

(man that 'th' is wonky lol).

Real Red ink.

Glitter Paper.

Sequins.

Glitter.

Acetate.

I layered the Frames several times to create the 'well' for my Shaker bits.

Inside.

This next card will be entered into the Challenge at

Gina K Designs, Christmas In July.

Gina K Designs products: 

Perfect Poinsettias, Love At All Times and Peace And Joy stamp sets.

MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangles.

I stamped the poinsettias and leaves onto Vellum, 

in corresponding Glitter Embossing Powders, heat set and then fussy cut out.

I then used my regular inks to 'water color' over the back of each image.

White Panel was mounted using Foam Tape.

Amalgam Black and Pink Pirouette inks.

Kind of festive for this very wet Saturday!

Merry Merry!

Enjoy!

Holiday Snow

Good Morning!

A couple of cards to share with you.  

I am happy to say I think I am done making them.  

I even mailed the majority of them last Monday! YAY!

This card will be entered into the following Challenges;

Stamp TV, Black And White Holiday

Dies R Us, Snowflakes

Memory Box, Holiday Sparkle And Shine

I used the Gina K Designs stamp set, Let It Snow.  

Images and sentiment heat embossed in Black Powder.

I made it into a Shaker card to add a bit more interest.  

My background die is the Memory Box, Distress Windham Collage die.

Fun Foam.

Scor Tape.

Adhesive Pearls.

Black and White Glitter and Sequins.

I also painted a bit of sparkly snow using a White Wink Of Stella Pen.

Snowman was also painted with a Clear Wink Of Stella Pen.

There is quite a bit of sparkle IRL.

My next card will be entered into these Challenges:

Simon Says Monday, B Is For....(Buck)

Simon Says Work It Wednesday, Ho Ho Holiday

Scrapy Land, Anything Goes

Crop Stop , #46 (Traditional Christmas Colors Optional)

Corrugated Kraft Strip (I have one of those gizmos).

Tutti Designs, Stitched Nesting Stars die, layered to create frame and Stitched Nesting Tags.

Die Versions, Reindeer die, cropped.

MFT Dotted Scallop Trio Border die.

Cheery Lynn, Holly Leaf 4 die.

PTI Designer Papers.

Gina K Designs, Peace And Joy stamp set.

Cherry Cobbler Ink.

Twine.

Lately I swear Jen McGuire has been on my shoulder 

whispering....make at least 2 cards at a time you dope!  lol

So I have been!  More to come!

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Merry!

Christmas In July

Good evening.  Long work day.  Water coloring to decompress. 

This tag will be entered into the Challenges at; Stamp TV, Christmas In July, Stamp TV, Release Party June 2017, Simon Says Monday, Distress It, and Stamping Sensations, Anything With Flowers.

 

 

I used the Gina K Designs stamp sets; A Year Of Flowers 2 and Peace And Joy.  Stamped in Raven Black ink and then water colored using a water brush with my regular inks in; Real Red and Wild Wasabi.  MFT Stitched Traditional Tags die.

 

 

 

 

 

After it was dried I dropped water drops using my water brush on the entire tag.  Then I splattered some White Craft Paint on it too with an old toothbrush.  Yellow Sakura Glitter Pen for flower centers.  Eyelet, Twine and Button for accents.

 

Quick.  Easy.  Stress Free.

 

Just need night to fall so I can crawl into bed.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

 

Thanks for popping by.

 

Enjoy~~



Pure JOY

Hello again!

Ever make, oh say about 45 hand made Christmas cards and then realize, hmmmm do I have one for my Hubby?  Geesh!

This card is for my wonderful Husband and will be entered into the Challenges at Scrapy Land, Anything Goes and Simon Says Monday, Let There Be Snow.

 

I used the sweet little Red Cardinal bird stamps from Avocado Stamps, Winter Fun.  I say Red Cardinals because they are my most favorite!  Images colored with Copic Markers.  I sponged my background creating a dusky sky.  Kept my snow line and then added some beautiful Birch trees using the Memory Box  Birch Trio die.  I sprayed them with a Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine, kind of love how they came out! 

 

 

Added glittery and falling snow.  The JOY is by Sizzix, Holiday Words Script die.  Button and Gold Twine for accents.  Designer and Glitter Papers from my stash.

 

I also made QUICK and EASY Clean And Simple cards.  Six of them.

 

 

Super easy!  I sprayed my Kraft card stock with Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine and then splattered White Craft Paint all over.  It's a shimmery snowfall.  I hand cut 18 triangles from 3 different Papers/Card Stock and scored down the middle.  Swiss Dots Embossing Folder for texture.

 

Sentiment from Gina K Designs, Peace And Joy stamped in Black Licorice ink.

 

 

Quick. Easy. Complete.  If you look closely at the back left one, you'll notice that there is a blizzard happening!  Someone was a little heavy handed with the snow!  lol

 

Merry Merry!

 

Enjoy~~





Tag Set 2

Back Again!

These tags will be entered into the Challenges at; Stamp TV, Bring On The Bling, Simon Says Monday, Holly Jolly Stamping, Simon Says Wednesday, Tag It, Stamping Sensations, Anything Goes With A Stamp And Ribbon, and Mod Squad, All That Glitters.



I again used the Peace And Joy stamp set from Gina K Designs.  Images colored with Copic Markers.  I fussy cut out the little holly stamped images.

 

MFT Stitched Traditional Tags die, hole punch.  Sakura White Glaze Pen.  Adhesive Rhinestones and Ribbon for accents.  I then doused the whole (white portion) of the tag in sparkly Stickles, which you can actually see, the glitter in it just shines!

 

Thanks for popping in!

 

Merry Merry!



Tag Set 1

Hello!

I'm in a tag making mood.  These will be entered into the following Challenges; Stamp TV, Bring On The Bling, Simon Says Monday, Holly Jolly Stamping, Simon Says Wednesday, Tag It, Stamping Sensation, Anything Goes With A Stamp And Ribbon, and Mod Squad, All That Glitters.

I used the Gina K Designs stamp set, Peace And Joy.  Love that pine cone!  Images colored with Copic Markers.  The Vine punch is by Martha Stewart.  Some Designer Paper and dies by MFT, Stitched Traditional Tags and Notched Border.  I also used a hole punch.

 

Snowy Glitter, Large Adhesive Rhinestone and Ribbon for accents.  Fun little creations to make.  You'll be seeing many more over the weekend.  :)

 

Thanks for coming by, I love it when you do!

 

Merry Merry!



Merry Christmas Pine Cones

Hello Again!

This card will be entered into the Challenges at Simon Says; Monday, Gentlemen, Wednesday, Let It Snow and Work It Wednesday. Holiday Cards.

 

 

I used Gina K Designs stamp sets, Peace And Joy and Season's Greetings.  Images colored with Copic Markers.  White Craft Paint splatters and chunky glitter for snow.  Easy card.....flat card....no extra postage!

 

Here's the card from earlier:

 

 

Same pine cones, different look.  :)

 

Thanks for dropping in!

 

Merry Merry!





Happy Birthday Pine Cones

Happy Friday!

Today's card will be entered into the Challenges at Simon Says Monday, Gentlemen and Wednesday, Let It Snow.

I kind of love how this came out!

 

I used the pretty pine bough and pine cone stamp from Gina K Designs, Peace And Joy, the sentiment is from Follow Your Dreams.  Images colored with Copic Markers.

 

 

3 thin ribbons to match the card colors.  White craft paint splatters and some Aleene's Glitter Snow (thinned with a bit of water) for snow.

 

I have another post this afternoon, using this same image.  Ya know how we are ALWAYS wanting the next new stamp set or products, I think you do......well just out of curiosity's sake I wanted to make another card a Christmas card with it.  Image that....you CAN make different cards using everything you already have.  You're welcome!  lol

 

Thanks so much for popping in.

 

Oh and if you'd like to know what was wrong with my Window Scene Shaker card from yesterday here is the answer:  Why would you have a window box on the inside of your window scene which looks outside to a snowy tree landscape???  DOH!

 

 

Merry Merry!



 

 

Let It Snow, Fa La La And All That Jazz

Hello!  Well it was 54 degrees today, did a little Christmas Shopping.  I love walking in to stores that have the wreaths up and their doors open.  Tis The Season!

Today's card will be entered into the Challenges at Mod Squad, Here Are The Ingredients, You Make The Card; hosted by my BFF, Barb Campbell, Dies R Us, Christmas and Simon Says Wednesday, Let It Snow.

Here's Barb's Recipe Card:

I have added the following ingredients;  Pattern Paper, Ribbon, Rubber Stamp, Flowers, Favorite Color (Red At Christmas Time), Glitter, & Die Cut.  7 out of 9, not bad!

 

I have always admired window scene cards and shaker window scene cards, figured it was high time to make one myself.  I will admit the scene is off......can you figure out why?  ;)  I used stamp sets from Gina K Designs; A Year Of Flowers, Peace & Joy, and Winter Wonderland.  The window is a Cameo cut.  Images colored with Copic Markers and fussy cut out.

 

Sponged the background panel with shades of blue ink and stamped my pine trees, which became the inside of my Shaker.  I first filled this with blue and white sequins and lots of snowy glitter, but the sequins kept getting stuck, so I dumped most of them. Spellbinders Fancy Ribbon die, which is what my sentiment is stamped on.  Added a bit of ribbon and used Sakura Glaze Pens, white on the holly berries and yellow for the poinsettia centers.  I made the icicle strip at the top with glossy Accents and Glitter, super easy and very effective!

 

Thanks so much for popping by. 

 

Did you figure out what is wrong with my scene?  I'll let you know in my next post!  ;)

 

Merry Merry!



Glittery Cardinal

Good Morning!  I thought I was done making Christmas cards, but maybe I am not.  First one of 2015!

This card will be entered into the Challenges at Mod Squad Blog, Animals (including birds) and Simon Says Wednesday, Anything Goes!

 

I used the Gina K Designs stamp set, Peace And Joy.  First time getting any of these stamps inky, whahoo!  I stamped many little holly leaves onto the card stock base.  Then I added a bunch of red rhinestones for the berries all over.  The Cardinal image was stamped on white card stock in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Markers.   I used Heat and Stick Powder and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, both by Stampin' Up!  These products are simply AMAZING!  The glitter that is permanently adhered to the image is outstanding, soooo sparkly!  And it stays where it's put as you reheat it for a second time to seal it all in place.  I then added some green glitter paper using a corner punch to frame the Cardinal.  I also added a little border of Holly Designer Paper on the inside of the card to tie it all together.

 

Hope your day sparkles and shines, you know like the snow that is falling....AGAIN!.....and thanks so much for coming by!

 

Enjoy~~