Snowman Hugs

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

I really need to ramp up the Christmas cards now that July is here.

It seems like it comes quicker each year.

I saw a couple of challenges that wanted to see snow and I just happened to have this

stamp in my NBUS box.  So it was the perfect time to get some ink on it.

I stamped with alcohol friendly black ink and colored with my Ohuhu Markers.

I love that they have a brush tip and a bullet tip for those tight spaces!

I used a cloud stencil for the background but then went over it with more ink.

Some chunky Frantage embossing powder helps the feeling of snow falling.

I stamped again with alcohol friendly gray ink.  White it's out, might as well to

get another Christmas card done.

This time I used more green colors than teal and a very light inking in the background.

I embossed some snow on the framing this time.  Sort of a reverse snow globe.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Linda is asking for a snowman (I hope it's okay to have more than one.)

NBUS  #88 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Peace on Earth #115 - I was inspired by the bottom right picture on the moodboard

   

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Christmas Time (Nellie Snellen), Merry Up (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Speckled Egg (DI), Cherry Cobbler

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Ohuhu Alcohol Markers, Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Stately EF (ret Craft Concepts)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Christmas Time (Nellie Snellen), Merry Up (PB)

Ink:   Memento Gray Flannel, Christmas Pine (GKD), Speckled Egg (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Ohuhu Alcohol Markers, Stitched Circle die (SSS), Kars Snowfall EF (ret Cuttlebug), WOS

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CAS Christmas Birds

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

I am so happy to see that my dear friend Loll has brought back the

CAS Christmas Challenge!

I was so excited that I made two cards with this new to me Alex Siberia set.

First up, I also used a NBUS Molded Frame embossing folder.

I die cut the bird and greenery from mixed media paper and used Distress Re-inkers

to color the bird and Twi-markers and my waterbrush for the greenery.  

The berries were punched from a scrap of red cardstock.

This time I die cut the bird from Real Red cardstock and sponged a darker

red on the edges.  The leaves were colored with a sponge dauber and Distress Ink.

I die cut a label and used a pierced cover plate die with a frame to

mount this one.  Kind of the same but different and a good addition

to my Christmas stash.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - J is for Just Enough (CAS)

CAS Christmas - Bird

CAS on Friday - Bird

NBUS #87 - Never Before Used Schtuff - Bird die

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Sparkle & Shine (GKD)

Ink:   Real Red, 

Paper:   Neensh Solar White, Real Red

Other:  Garden Tweets, Winter Foliage (AS),  Molded Frame EF (SB), Distress Re-inkers (Candied Apple, Barn Door, Fired Brick), Arteza Twi-markers (Sage Green, Olive Green, Pine Green, Moss Green)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Sparkle & Shine (GKD)

Ink:   Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler (SU), Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness (DI)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Real Red 

Other:  Garden Tweets, Molded Frame EF (SB), Elegant Rectangle STAX dies (MFT), Spring Leaves Cover Plate (HB)

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Sparkling Snowflakes

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

I have more cards made from projects I did using Vaseline on stamps.

For this technique, we spread a little Vaseline on a lid and picked up some with a piece

of foam to lightly cover the stamp or a stencil.  I used a background snowflake stamp here.

We stamped it down on a piece of Yupo paper then added 91% alcohol or blending

solution on top followed by drops of alcohol ink.  All the alcohol or blending solution

allowed me to use my Tim Holtz puffer to blow the ink around a bit.

When we were happy with the results, we wiped with a soft cloth and it

revealed the stamping.  The Vaseline had acted as a resist.

On this piece the color was so strong that I didn't think the snowflakes showed well.

So I put some alcohol on a paper towel and wiped the surface of the piece thinking

that I could just start over.  The snowflakes resist still showed up and gave me a

perfect background for some sparkly snowflakes.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #638 - CAS

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Hand Drawn Snowflakes Background (HA)

Ink:   Alcohol Ink (Sailboat, Indigo, Amethyst)

Paper:   Yupo, Neenah Solar White, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer (SU), Silver Foil

Other:  91% Alcohol, Greetings Die (PB), Tis the Season Die (Creative Expressions), Stitched Alpine Snowflakes Dies (PS)

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Sparkly Pine Cones

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

I love these botanicuts from The Greetery!

The pine boughs were cut from Neenah and sponged with Distress Oxide ink.

The pinecones were colored with Copics.

I added some Snow-Tex I found on clearance at Michaels to the pine cones

and added some fine glitter.  The pine boughs have glitter too.

Challenges:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown -  Color Challenge - Brown, Green & White

Peace on Earth Christmas #25 - Inspired by bottom left of mood board

Winter Wonderland - Let it Snow

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Season's Wishes (PB)

Ink:   Soft Suede, Rustic Wilderness DOX, Vintage Photo DI

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Botanicuts Pine Bough (Greetery), Copics (E23, E25), Snow-Tex (Deco Art) Crystalina Rainbow Super Fine Glitter (Sweet Poppy), Gold Sparkle Crystals (Studio Katia)

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More Fun with Gesso

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

This Christmas tree came out kind of wonky, but I like it anyway.

I used a stencil to smoosh gesso on kraft cardstock.

When the gesso was dry, I replaced the stencil and used a sponge dauber to

add some Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink over the gesso.

I cleaned the stencil again while the ink dried and replaced it to trace around

the edges with a Heat Active Pen and gold foil.  Obviously I didn't have the stencil

placed exactly right which caused the wonkiness.  To add some sparkle, I winked the tree.

At this point I almost tossed the whole thing.  I decided instead to sponge

some white ink around the tree and add some Chunky White embossing powder.

heating from below for snow.

An added gold mat convinced me that this was a keeper.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Gesso with a Stencil 

CAS Christmas - Sparkle and/or Shine

And a twofer....

Another card using gesso through a stencil.  This time I let the gesso dry then used

Blending Brushes to add ink.  A damp paper towel removed the color from the gesso.

Krafty Chicks - CAS

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Noel (OOB)

Ink:   Whisper White, Rustic Wilderness (DOX), Gathered Twigs (DI)

Paper:   Crumb Cake (SU), Gold Foil (SU)

Other:  Christmas Trees Stencil (Artplorations), Gold Stencil Paste, Heat Active Pen (Crafts & Co), White EP, Chunky White Frantage (Stampendous), Wink of Stella, Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Bitty Birthday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:  Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet (DI), Whisper White

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Neenah Natural, Black

Other:  Gesso, Layering Mini Stencil Set 4 (TH), Flower Stems 1 Die (TH), White EP

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Sparkly Poinsettia

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

There's still time to join in at CAS Mix Up.

Hilary is hosting the challenge and she's asking for us to use Gesso with a stencil

on our CAS cards.

I used a Time Holtz stencil and applied Gesso through it onto a piece of

heavy black cardstock.

It's best to use a light hand with the Gesso and build it up slowly.

Unfortunately I didn't realize that at the time and had some oozing under

the stencil that made for a messy look.

While doing this during a Zoom session, Christine suggested using a

black marker to "clean it up".  It worked really well!

Thanks Christine.

I decided to leave this white instead of coloring over the Gesso and went

for sparkle instead.

I replaced the stencil and sponged some glue over the petals, removed the stencil,

 then sprinkled some white glitter over top.  I replaced the stencil and daubed some glue

over the center, removed the stencil and sprinkled gold glitter.

The sentiment has been stamped and heat embossed.

I'm still finding glitter in the studio!

Check out what the rest of the Design team has done and

I hope you'll join us at CAS Mix Up.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Stencil using Gesso

CAS Christmas - Sparkle and/or Shine

Flower Challenge - Add Sparkle (Flower must be main image)

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff (Stencil)

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Scribbly Christmas (TH)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Black Licorice (MFT)

Other:  Gesso, Glitter

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Pine Bough Joy

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

I was excited to have a reason to pull out this NBUS die set that I got for 

Christmas last year.  It's taken me far too long to put it to use!

I die cut the branches and pinecones from white cardstock and colored

with Copics.

I used the frame die that was in the same Christmas package.

It was it's first outing too.

I'm not going to wait so long to use this set again.

I love the way they go together.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Trina's challenge - Pine

Krafty Chicks #624 - Christmas

NBUS #41 - Never Before Used Schtuff (Pine dies)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  SEason's Gifts (PB)

Ink:   Christmas Pine (GKD)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other:  Botanicuts Pine Bough (Greetery), Nordic Frames (Greetery), Copics (G40, G43, G46, E23, E25, E27)

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Dash Away All

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

This Santa die had been hanging out in my NBUS box since last Christmas.

It's about time I  used it.

I cut a piece of salted watercolor for the background and die cut Santa and his reindeer 

twice from a snippet of black cardstock. I glued the two pieces together for 

some depth.

The houses were cut from another snippet of brushed silver cardstock.  I pressed the

edges of the roofs in VersaMark and sprinkled with a twinkly embossing paste

I found a tiny star stamp and stamped a few stars in the sky and embossed them.

I added a frame from my UFO box and stamped and embossed the sentiment.

Another one for the Christmas stash!

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Santa

NBUS #40 - Santa Die

Jingle Belles - Bring on the Bling (glitter embossing powder)

Double Trouble Paper Crafts - Christmas in July

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bitty Holiday Wishes (MFT), Mini Stars (?)  

Ink: VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Watercolor (Arches Cold Press), Black, Brushed Silver

Other:  Dash Away All die (TH), Holiday Home Dies (ret SU), Metallic Platinum Sparkle EP (WOW)

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Wreaths for CAS Christmas

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

We're already almost halfway through the year and my 

Christmas stash isn't half full.  I need to step it up!

I love wreath stamps, die, embossing folders.

You name it, if it's a wreath, I'm in.  So I was happy to see that my friend

Linda chose wreath for the CAS Mix Up Challenge.

I didn't need anymore wreath dies, but I thought I needed this one

from Tim Holtz anyway.

I may not need it, but I'm enjoying it anyway.

I've die cut from Neenah Solar White and colored with Copic Markers

in an ombre fashion.

After coloring, I stacked two together (made myself dizzy turning it

around and around to get the best placement).

I die cut a sprig of berries and colored that with Copics too.

It all fits on a piece I'd stenciled with embossing paste for some

rustic texture and I added a brass foil noel.

Here's a closeup so you can see the texture and shine....

A twofer....

This time I colored with lighter greens and added some poinsettias with 

glittery stones in the center.

I've embossed the background for a more elegant feel and added the

sentiment on a stitched circle in the center.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Wreath

CAS Mix Up - Stencil paste or gel

Double D - White plus one other color only (card 2)

Jingle Belles - Ombre
NBUS #39 - Never Before Used Schtuff (wreath die)

  

 

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Brass Foil

Other:  Funky Wreaths Die (TH), Holiday Greens Mini Die (TH), Holiday Words Script Die (TH), Copics (G82, G24, YG17, G28, E23, R29, R37), Texture Scraped Paint Stencil (ret MB), Embossing Paste (Wendy Vecchi), 

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Seasons Greetings (OOB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White

Other: Funky Wreaths Die (TH), Copics (G82, G46), Poinsettia Parade Die (SSS), Double Stitched Circles (LI), Gold Sparkle Crystals (Studio Katia), Subtle EF (SU)

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