Reindeer Times Two

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I'm back to making Christmas cards.  Not only are they my favorite

kind of cards to make, but I do love having a good supply when it's time to mail them.

I've stamped this NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) stamp with Embossing Ink

 on a piece of smooshed background and heat embossed.

(Smoosh done with Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy re-inkers

and Frost White Paint)

The die cut image is popped up on foam and I've tucked some sparkly

snowflakes under the corners. 

While I was at it, I stamped again on a piece of mop up and embossed in black.

(Mop up Peeled Paint Distress Ink)

Two for the Christmas box!

Challenges:

Addicted to CAS - Embossing

CAS Christmas - Silhouette

Christmas Kickstart #46 - Such a Deer

Jingle Belles - Something Old, Something New (New stamp, Old Snowflake Dies)

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act

NBUS #22 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Reindeer Stamp)

 

 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Reindeer (Studio Light Essentials), Bitty Holiday Wishes (MFT-2nd card)

Ink:   Wow Embossing Pad

Paper:   Neenah, Diamond Details Glimmer (SU-1st card), Woodgrain (TH-2nd card)

Other:  White EP, Stitched Arch STAX Die (MFT), Rylynn Snowflake Die (SSS), Black EP, Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS)

Moon Lake Chickadee

Time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS

Kylie chose this challenge

Our Sponsor this time is

£15 E-Gift Certificate to use on the website.

Ellen (In a World of Craft) is our Guest Designer again.
I can't wait for you to see what she did.

And be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's cards.
So much inspiration there.

To do this card, I stamped the image from the Moon Lake set 
on a piece of watercolor paper with Memento Tuxedo Black.

The grass and branch were colored with Distress Markers and
blended with an Aqua Painter.

I used the Aqua Painter to blend the black into the chickadee and
added a little orange for his underside with a distress marker. 
 I blended it again with the Aqua Painter.

Distress ink was carefully sponged around the scene.
Blending with the Aqua Painter smoothed the color out.
I added a little yellow to the washed background
by touching my Aqua Painter to a distress ink pad
then "dropping" the color on the paper.

The birds head was colored with a Black Stampin' Write Marker.

There are so many ways to interpret Distress.
I hope you'll join us.

The CASology challenge is



Carolina Chickadees are mini birds
and this is a mini scene.
I think maybe it's a fit.

Thanks for stopping by.
Love your comments.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Moon Lake

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress inks and markers (Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade)

Paper:  Watercolor (Arches), Basic Black

Other:  Aqua Painter

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Here Comes Santa

Hello and Merry Monday to you.

Super talented Sue is our hostess this week

and she chose.....

The Merry Makers have a wonderful array of Santas.

Be sure to check them out.

Edited to add: Evidently There She Goes Stamps has closed it's doors.

So sorry to see that.

I chose this Santa from the Season's Greetings set from

There She Goes Stamps.  Love these images.

I stamped the Santa image and colored with Copic Markers.

(It was a real challenge to keep the white edges.

A white gel pen finally got the white I wanted instead of pink.)

I cut a mask for the Santa and masked him so I could 

stamp the trees behind him.

Colored the trees, sponged some sky, added some 

Dazzling Details for sparkle,

and put it on a card.

The Addicted to CAS Challenge is

And my Whisper White and Cherry Cobbler snippets will get me in at

Pixies Snippet Playground

Where the prize is a set of Sarntangle Stamps.

Awesome!

I hope you'll check out all these challenges.

Then put a Santa on Christmas card and join us at

Merry Monday.

I'm so glad you came to visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Season's  Greetings (There She Goes-retired)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Sky

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Other:  Copic Markers, Stitched Mats Rectangles (Lil' Inker), Dazzling Details (Clear and Gold)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Masking Butterfly Basics for ATCAS

It's time for another challenge at Addicted to CAS.

Harriet is our hostess this week and this is what she chose....

We have a new Guest Designer for this month, Ellen Parker (In a World of Craft).

I can't wait for you to see what she designed for this challenge!

And as always, the rest of the Design Team has outdone themselves!

Our sponsor this week is

giving a $20 gift voucher to our winner.

To make this card, I inked the flower from the new Butterfly Basics (SU) set 

with Stampin' Write Markers and stamped on a piece of Whisper White.

I huffed on the stamp and stamped again in the background.

(Second generation stamping.)

I stamped the flowers on a sticky note and fussy cut that out 

to use as a mask.

Placing the mask over the stamped flowers, I stamped the fern, 

which had been inked with a Wild Wasabi Stamin' Write marker.

I swiped the markers on a plastic lid and picked up some color

with a Blender Pen and lightly added some color to the inside

of the flowers and around and between the flowers to.

I liked that watercolor look.

Now it's your turn.

I can't wait to see what you create.

Addicted to Stamps Challenge

(our sister challenge)

is 

ANYTHING GOES

Thanks so much for your visit and your lovely comments.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Butterfly Basics

Ink: Wild Wasabi, SU Markers (Strawberry Slush, Wild Wasabi)

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

Other:  Stitched Mats Rectangles (Lil' Inker), Blender Pen

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Around the World for ATCAS

I'm so excited to be on the Design Team for Addicted to CAS!

I'll be working with some awesome designers.

Jaydee chose the challenge this week.

our sponsor this week is

Prize is 12.50 euro (1 stamp set)  to our winner.

The globe (found in my UFO box) was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink, 

die cut and sponged with some Soft Sky ink.

I used a snippet of Textured Chocolate Chip to die cut a frame with one of the 

Lil' Inker Stitched Circles die. Then I put it back together.

I can't wait to see how you interpret this code word.

The rest of the Design Team has some awesome inspiration.

I'll be looking for your cards at

Addicted to CAS.

I'm so glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  The Open Sea

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Textured Chocolate Chip

Other: Circles Collection Framelits, Stitched Circles, Stitched Rectangles dies (both Lil' Inker)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Snowflake Merry Christmas

When Addicted to CAS asked me to continue as Guest Designer, I didn't even have to think about it.  They are such a talented and friendly group of ladies.  Thank you all for including me.  I have so enjoyed being part of this group.

And here's my card....

The challenge this time is perfect for this time of year and brought to us by the lovely Karen...

The snowflakes and embossed background were left over from some projects last month so this was a really quick and easy card.

I added a snippet of ribbon to show off the snowflake properly so I can enter this into the CASology challenge which is

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps: Mixed Medley (retired)
Ink:  Encore Silver
Paper:  Heavy White (PIP), Silver Glimmer, Whisper White
Other:  Not Quite Navy Ribbon, Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Snowflake Punch (retired), Silver EP, Kars Snowflake EF (retired)

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Storybook Friends Little Bunny

I am honored again to be the Guest Designer at Addicted to CAS .

Can you guess what the code word is this time?  Here's my card.  See if you can guess.

It's a bit of a different animal to be a......

DH and I don't have any pets any more.  And I don't have many animal stamps so I puzzled about this challenge.

Then I remembered the Storybook Friends stamp set that has been in my NBUS box for far too long.

And this little bunny kept hopping around in my brain.  We had a bunny when I was a kid and the people we bought our house from had a pet rabbit.  I understand that they make really good pets.

So I've adopted a pet rabbit.

On paper anyway.

I've named her Sparkle and she'll go to my sweet granddaughter on her birthday.

Addicted to CAS is offering this prize to the winner of this contest.

DigiDarla Designs

I see some awesome images at that site.

The Queen for the Day at SCS is Janette (aka blessingsx3).  She is truly blessed with card making talent.  Here is her sweet card that jumped out of her gallery at me.

I've used a sketch from the CAS - Colours and Sketches challenge.  It was last week's challenge, but I loved the sketch and it was perfect for this card.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Storybook Friends
Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), SU Markers (Smokey Slate), Strawberry Slush)
Paper:  Whisper White, Strawberry Slush
Other: Perfect Polka Dots EF, Circles Collection Framelit Dies, Scallop Circle Nesties (Spellbinder), Basic Pearls, Dazzling Details

I hope you'll look through your stash and find a pet to share with us at Addicted to CAS.

And if you want to see some eye candy, go visit Janette's gallery.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Enjoy!

Happy Anniversary

Did you know that Addicted to CAS is celebrating their first anniversary?  Well they are and I'm exited to say that they invited me to be their Guest Designer this month!  It's one of my favorite challenges and it's such an honor to be among these top designers.  What a warm and welcoming group!

Here's this week's challenge.



Happy Anniversary ATCAS

Thanks for inviting me to be a part of your celebration! 

This challenge is sponsored by

Deedee's Digis

Deedee will offer 3 digi sets for our winners.

It just so happens that my sister and brother-in-law will be celebrating their 57th anniversary in a few days.  They are pretty amazing! Guess where this card is going!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Happy Anniversary (Dollar Store)

Ink:  Encore Gold

Paper:  Brushed Gold, Shimmery Champagne (???)

Other:  Gold Embossing Powder, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder, Amira Flourish (Memory Box)

I hope you'll go over to Addicted to CAS and join in the fun.

Enjoy!