Turning the Page December 2018

Tomorrow we turn the page on our calendars to a new month.

I make calendars each year and I've been sporadic about sharing them with you so

I thought I'd set up a regular post on the last day of each month "Turning the Page".

I hope you enjoy these posts.

Here's our December page.

By the way, the calendars are clipped together and can be displayed on an easel

or hung on a push pin or magnetic hook.  We all have a different way to display them.

Happy December and Merry Christmas!

I hope you have enjoyed these calendar pages.

Time to do 2019!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Red Delight (PB)

Ink:   Scattered Straw, Peeled Paint, Festive Berries, Marker Crushed Olive (D)

Paper:   Neena 110 lb.

Other:  Slightly damp water brush

Boughs of Holly

Hello friends. 

I've been putting some watercolor holly on cards.

A super simple and favorite CAS layout.

The first card has an white embossed strip and some peeks of

dark green for contrast.

On the second card, I've embossed some gold foil and added a 

gold embossed sentiment.

I'll take them over to Crafty Mo's Rudolph Challenge.

I believe I've entered this challenge every month this year.

One good reason why I have plenty of Christmas cards in my stash!

Thanks, Mo!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Christmas Blessings (Verve)

Ink:   Handsome Hunter (ret. SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 Series), Handsome Hunter (ret. SU)

Other:  Berry Branch Die (PB), Gansai Tambi Watercolors, Powdered Sugar EF (Szx), WOX

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Many Merry Messages (ret. SU)

Ink:  Encore Gold

Paper:   Vanilla Thick, Gold Foil (SU)

Other:  Berry Branch (PB), Gansai Tambi Watercolors, Powdered Sugar EF (Szx), Gold EP (SU)

Be Merry

Hello friends.  I'm rushing in with a quick card.

The challenge at Penny Black and More is asking to

*Make Someone Smile*

This little guy from Jolly Friends always makes me smile.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Jolly Friends, Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Real Red (SU), Real Red, Cucumber Crush (SU Markers)

Paper:  Cucumber Crush (SU), Neenah

Other:  Mainstreet Pinpoint Tags Die (PS), Snow EF (Darice), Polar White Flower Soft, Baker's Twine, Red Rhinestones 

Blooming Wreath for Twofer

Hello and welcome.

I'm scooting in at the last minute with my Twofer cards.

Twofer #11

 

Not the best photos. I don't think the camera knew quite where to focus!

I used a NBUS stamp and die from Memory Box.

First up is a Thanksgiving card.  Thanksgiving is over, but my thankfulness continues.

And I have a head start on next year!

I've inked the stamp with Distress Markers and pulled the colors with my water brush.

I swiped color on my palette and picked it up with the brush to add color

until I was happy with the look.

I've added the wreath to a piece of embossing.

It's a CASE of this card my friend Trina did.

For this card I've stamped and embossed the wreath and sentiment 

on a piece of Black Textured cardstock.

It seemed a good home for some of my stash of colored stones.

I'll have to hand deliver this card!

Twofer #11

You still have a few hours to join in at

CAS Mix Up

You have to look really hard to see the embossed woodgrain behind the wreath.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Watching the World Bloom (MB)

Ink:   Tea Dye, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, Gathered Twigs, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick (DM)

Paper:  Cajun Craze (SU), Neenah, Solar White, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series)  

Other:  Watching the World Bloom Die (MB), Words of Gratitude Die (PB), Pinewood Planks EF (SU)

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Watching the World Bloom (BM), Season's Wishes (PB)

Ink:   WOW Embossing Pad

Paper:   Basic Black, Black Textured, Gold Foil (SU)

Other:  Gold EP (SU), Colored Stones (stash)

Another Amaryllis

Hello friends.  I'm so glad you stopped by.

I am really enjoying this Technique Tuesday stamp!

(First I used it here.)

This time I colored the flowers in red.  I had just received a 

Candied Apple Distress Marker and it was perfect for getting a good

rich, red color.

I placed the stamp in my MISTI and inked the flower with Distress Markers

and used a damp water brush to move the ink.

After it dried, I layered colors directly with markers and water brush.

The wash was done by pulling colors from the flowers

to the surrounding areas.

I used a sentiment from the same set.

I had some narrow glitter frames left from my last class and

used one to add a little sparkle to this card.

It celebrates a special day for a very special person.

I'll enter at The Flower Challenge #26

I'd also like to enter at

Craft Stamper Magazine Take It Make It Challenge

ANYTHING GOES

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Amaryllis (TT)

Ink:   Festive Berries, Candied Apple, Barn Door, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint (DM), Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Dazzling Diamond Glimmer (SU), Neenah

Other:  White Gel Pen

Give Thanks

Hello Friends.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is a die cut a friend cut for me from watercolor paper.

I used re-inkers and a water brush to color the leaves.

Then I added some splatters.

If  you are celebrating Thanksgiving today, I hope you are enjoying

a plentiful table full of good food and good company.

I am thankful to spend today with those I love and who show me love

in so many ways.

I am thankful for all of you who visit my blog and encourage me.

I am thankful for all of you whose blogs I visit that inspire me.

I am thankful to be a part of this wonderful, warm, caring and creative community.

Most of all I'm thankful to God for his many blessings and grace.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Hand Penned Holidays (ret. SU)

Ink:   Soft Suede (SU)

Paper:   Naturals White (ret. SU), Watercolor

Other:  Re-inkers (Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler, Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede)

Silver Boughs Tag

Hi.  My last tag for
Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

My mixed media are stamping, heat embossing, and die cutting

Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

Linky closes on the 23rd.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Pines (SU), Bauble Set (?)

Ink:   WOW Embossing Pad

Paper:   Pool Party Cordinations (ret. SU)), Silver Foil (SU), Neenah

Other:  Long Island Teal EP (WOW), Silver EP (SU), Heirloom Ornament Die (Splbndrs), Pine Die (SU), Silver cord (SU), Organnza Ribbon (Joann's)

Fun Snowflakes Tag

Hi.  I'm back with another tag for
Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

I had some fun with this one!

My mixed media are stamping, Copic coloring, and stenciling with shimmer paste

This is a borrowed stamp that I enjoyed coloring with Copic Makers. 

The stamp is called Snowflakes.

After I cut it down, I used some shimmer paste through a stencil to make some snow.

It's layered up on green and red cardstock .

I should have used some glaze on the glasses but it's not too late.

Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snowflakes (Rubber Cottage)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah, Real Red, Cucumber Crush (SU)

Other:  Copic Markers (R59, R29, $35, YR18, YG17, YG67, G14, E23, #25, Black, C00, E000), Cosmic Shimmer Paste, Snowfall Stencil (SSS)

Snowman Joy Tag

Another tag for

Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

I think this is my favorite.

This guy always makes me smile!

My mixed media are stamping, watercolor with salt, Faux Enamel technique, tearing,

glitter glue

Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

Challenge closes on the 23rd

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Dapper Denim (SU)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press), Whisper White, Cardboard from frozen pizza box

Other:  Snowman Joy Die (PB), Clear EP (WOW), Glitter, Gansai Tambi Watercolors, Snowflake Button, Iridescent Ribbon, Thick Twine (SU), Dazzling Details (SU) 

Santa's List

Hello.  We're over halfway through our CAS Christmas Challenge.

This month our talented Christine is hosting our challenge...

I've use a Santa from this fun set by Birdie Brown.

I love these Santas and they are such fun to color.

I've used some embossing paste through a stencil to look

like writing on the note paper.

The little presents from the set came in handy to hide an oops

from some wandering sparkle paste.  It looked good on Santa's beard

but not so good on the red card base.

The red card base by the way is my "white space".

The Design Team, along with our Guest Designer, Pam, have some

fun inspirational pieces to share with you.

I hope you'll check them out and join the fun!

While I was at it, I decided to put one of these Santas on a tag for

Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas Event.

My mixed media are Stamping, Copic Coloring, Dry Embossing and Die Cutting.

Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas: (Open until the 23rd)

CAS Christmas Challenge: Santa (Open until the 24th)

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Jingle All the Way (MFT)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Real Red (SU), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Copic Markers (Santa: R35, R37, R39, E000, E00, E13, RV10, R29, YG63, YG67, W5, 100; Tree: YG03, YG93, YG95, YG97, E23, #25, Y15, Y18, R37, R39), Jingle All the Way Dies (MFT), Manuscript Text Stencil (Carabelle Studio), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), Spiral Border Punch (ret. SU), Cosmic Shimmer Sparkle Texture Paste

Tag Recipe

Stamps:  Jingle All the Way (MFT), Hang Your Stocking (SU)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White

Other:  Copics (same as above), Brick EF (TH), Anytime Tag (LI), Christmas Stockings Die (SU)

Amaryllis for CAS Watercolour

Hello friends.  Today I have another card for
CAS Watercolour

Susan is hosting this month's challenge

I had such fun coloring this beautiful flower!

I inked this NBUS Technique Tuesday Amaryllis stamp with markers and

pulled the color into the petals and leaves with a damp water brush.

By using my MISTI, I could stamp again if I needed to to get

lines back.

I did remember to color alternating petals so the color wouldn't

just run together.

After it was all colored, I pulled some color from the image to

make a soft wash around the flower.

I want to do this flower again.

The Design Team along with our Guest Designer, Maura

have some beautiful Christmas Florals and/or Greenery to share with you.

Hope you check them out.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Amaryllis (TT)

Ink:   DM (Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles), DI on palette (Barn Door, Fired Brick)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 Series), Neenah Solar White

Other:  Stitched Rectangles Die (SSS), MISTI, Water Brush

Emboss, Emboss for CAS Mix Up Reminder

We're halfway through the month and it's time for
more inspiration for CAS Mix Up.

I'm hosting the challenge this month and I chose

I've used my NBUS Tim Holtz Tall Pines Embossing Folder.

First I embossed a piece of Mixed Media paper.

I swiped Distress Ink and Markers on my palette and picked up

color with a damp water brush to watercolor the trees using

mainly Iced Spruce and Pine Needles ink.

Then I inked the raised area on the embossing folder, spritzed with water

and used it as a stamp to get some watery pine trees beside

the embossed ones.

When it was all dry, I used wet on wet watercolor to add

some color to the background.

It's hard to see but I used some second and third generation stamping

between the bases of the trees for shubbery.

I tore a snippet of white cardstock for a snow bank and

stamped with the Iced Spruce I used for the trees.

The stately deer was cut from Crumb Cake cardstock and

stamped with a background stamp in the same color.

There's so many ways to use Embossing Folders.

I hope you'll use one and share your card with us at 

CAS Mix Up.

The challenge is open until November 24th.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Holiday Snippets (PB), Tall Pines Embossing Folder (TH), Sanded Background (ret. SU)

Ink:   Iced Spruce, Pine Needles, Brushed Corduroy, Pumice Stone, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet (DI)

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 Series), Neenah Solar White, Crumb Cake (SU)

Other:  Reindeer & 25 Die (TH), Tall Pines EF (TH), Double Pierced Rectangles (Avery Elle)

Tall Pine Trees Tag

Hi, I'm back with another tag for
Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

My mixed media are stamping, heat embossing, alcohol ink and die cuts.

I pulled out a piece I'd done with alcohol inks.  I believe is was greens

and silver mixative.  I didn't make note of it.

I used some snippets of Glimmer paper and die cut these Tall Pine Trees.

The tag die was one of the things I picked up at Catherine Pooler's

recent Trunk Show in Raleigh.  I love the shape and of course had to

have it despite vowing I wouldn't buy much.  Ha!

Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Holiday Sayings (Inky Antics)

Ink:   WOW Embossing Pad

Paper:   Neenah, Photo, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (SU)

Other:  White EP (SU), Alcohol Inks (Ranger), Tall Pine Trees Die (Frantic Stamper), Frame Die (Catherine Pooler), Seam Binding

Enameled Ornament Tag

Hello again.  I'm back with another tag for
Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

Making tags gives me the opportunity to use some of those
bits and pieces that have been adding up all year.

My Mixed Media are faux enamel, die cuts, embossing, stamping and spraying.

(Actually the background is from over spray.)

I apologize for the blur.  My camera does not like shine!

The ornament is one I did using the Faux Enamel technique.

You can read about this technique here and here and here.

Loll's Twelve Tags of Christmas

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Season's Gifts (PB)

Ink:   Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Paper:   Cherry Cobbler, Neenah, cardboard from a frozen pie box

Other:  Clear EP (WOW), Green EP (Zing), Glitter, Wire Cording (Mikes), Pine Bough EF (SU), Classic Ornament Die (MB)