Four Calling Birds

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

I've been working on my Christmas card stash.

I've pulled out an old wood mount stamp that I love.  It gave me another option

for Susan's 12 Days of Christmas challenge.

I did it in blue too.  Looks like there was a blizzard on this one.

I've stamped both with Memento ink and colored with Copics.

The sentiments are computer generated and I used some

heat embossing and dry embossing.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - 12 Days of Christmas 

Christmas Kickstart - Snow is Falling

Krafty Chicks #520 - Christmas 

 

 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Birds (ret. Inkadinkado)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Cherry Cobbler, Brilliant Blue (SU), Neenah

Other:  Kars Snowflake EF (ret. Cuttlebug), Chunky White Frantage EP (Stampendous), Double Pierced Rectangle die (AE), Copics (B23, B24, Y17, E13, R29, R39, W4, W5, Y15, B0000, C0)

Nance's Tag on a Card

Hi there.  I hope you've had a nice weekend.

I had some time today to play.

I didn't think I'd be able to play at Jingle Belles this time...

MAKE A CARD USING WRAPPING PAPER OR GIFT TAGS

I'd already put all my Christmas stuff away in the attic.

But then I remembered the tags.  I had kept some special tags out.

This was the tag that my friend Nance had on my bag of goodies.

I changed the ribbon to one slightly less bulky

and added it to some embossed snowflakes.

Thanks again, Nance.

Nance is on the Design Team for the Krafty Chick's Challenge

They've changed their format this year and the second week of the month

is Christmas.  So I'm going to share this with them.

and don't forget that we're putting tags on our Christmas cards at
CAS Christmas this month.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Christmas Peace

Hello Friends.  I'm so glad you could stop by!

There's still a little over a week to join in Colleen's challenge at

 CAS Christmas

I found a piece of Inka Gold Smoosh in my backgrounds and cut it

with the smallest of the Mat Stack Dies.  It's cut a little narrower to

get the gold spots in strategic places.

I used the larger die to dry emboss a frame around the design piece.

The sentiment is heat embossed with gold and I've dipped the edges of

the design piece in an embossing pad and then into the gold embossing powder

for a subtle gold frame.

To me, the birth of Jesus means peace.

Our fabulous Design team have lots of wonderful inspiration for you and

we're joined by talented Guest Designer, Linda.

I hope we'll see you over at CAS Christmas.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Festive Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Encore Gold, WOW Embossing Pad

Paper:   Neenah, Watercolor

Other:  Manger Die (PB), Mat Stack 3 Die, Layerz Mat Stack Die (PTI), Inka Gold, Gold EP (SU)

Snowflake Shaker for CAS Christmas

Hello friends.

There's still time to join in at CAS Christmas.

Christine is hosting our challenge this month and she chose...

also joining in at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

CLEAN AND SIMPLE

My snowflakes are stamped and heat embossed in white on a piece

of mixed media paper.

I smooshed some Distress Ink that onto my palette, picked up the color

with a water brush and dropped into a wet background.

I die cut the frame from some Neenah and a foam sheet and adhered

them with a piece of window sheet in between.  This made a pocket to hold some silver 

sequins and micro beads.

I adhered the snowflake piece over the shakers and onto a card base.

The sentiment is stamped and embossed with silver.

Now it's your turn to put some blue and silver on a Christmas card

and get that Christmas stash started.  You'll be glad you did come time to

mail your cards!

Our fantastic Design Team and Guest Designer, Kaja have wonderful

inspiration pieces to share with you at the challenge site.

I hope you'll check out CAS Christmas and join the gallery.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snowflakes (various), Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Whisper White (SU), Encore Silver, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet (DI)

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Window Sheet (SU)

Other:  Lots of Labels Framelits (SU), Sequins, Microbeads, Silver Twine, Foam Sheet (stash)

Star of Wonder

Hello friends.

I love this star from Stampin' Up!

I've stamped it in gold on Vanilla cardstock, heat embossed with more gold

and die cut.

A snippet of embossed gold foil to rest on and another quick and simple card is done.

I'm going to join in at Pixie's Snippet Playground with this card.

This is such a fun group of playmates and I rarely get over there.

CAS Christmas challenge closes on December 15th midnight (PST).

CAS Christmas

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Star of Light (SU)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Vanilla Thick, Gold Foil (SU)

Other:  Starlight Thinlits (SU), Kars Snowfall EF (ret. Cuttlebug), Gold EP (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)

Santa for CAS Christmas

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Christmas

I don't want to send you into a panic, but do you realize that
Christmas is right around the corner?

Yikes!

Christine is hosting our challenge this month and she chose.....

I had been wanting this Santa stamp for a long time and found it on sale
in a stamp store a while back and grabbed it!

I stamped the image with Vintage Sepia ink and used
watercolor pencils and a Blending pen to add a bit of color.

I have liberally winked with Stella and added some
Crystal Glaze on his glasses.

The image was matted with Cherry Cobbler and popped up
with some fun foam.

I was able to tuck some sparkly snowflakes under the edges.

I can't wait to see all the Santas in the gallery this month.

The Design Team as well as our wonderful Guest Designer Pam have
 some awesome inspiration for you.

The CAS Christmas Challenge is open until the 24th.


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Santa Collage (Rubber Stampede), Scribbly Christmas (TH)

Ink:   Versafine Vintage Sepia, Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Cherry Cobbler, Dazzling Diamond Glimmer (SU), 

Other:  Clear WOS, Little Snowflakes Dies (IO), Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Watercolor Pencils

Bitty Bird for CAS Christmas

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

I have another card for CAS Christmas

This time it's a little bird but I think he makes a big impact.

A short time ago a friend came over to play with some salt and watercolor.

She'd never tried the technique and it was fun for both of us to watch how 

the salt changed our watercolor as it dried.

I used some pieces for a card for my class.

Here's that card.  Another bird.

I had some extra card sets and I wanted to change them up a bit.

You'll be seeing more salted pieces and this layout in the future.

The CAS Christmas challenge ends Midnight tonight (PDT) on the 24th.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  A Better World (PB)

Ink:   Not Quite Navy (SU)

Paper:   Not Quite Navy, Real Red (SU), Watercolour (Arches 140 lb. cold press), Neenah

Other:  Birches Die (IO), Watercolors  (Gansai Tambi), Salt (Coarse Sea Salt, Pink Himalayan)

A Christmas Cardinal for CAS Christmas

Hello friends.  Welcome to my blog.

This is a reminder that there's still time to join in at
CAS Christmas


Susan is hosting our challenge this month.

We did a similar card in my class last month and I had a leftover set.

I stamped the bird with Archival ink on a snippet of watercolor paper and
colored him up with Zig Markers and a water brush, then fussy cut him.

By masking the edges of the die cut square, I could stamp the pine boughs
and keep a nice frame.  The branches were traced with a watercolor pencil.

The background got some subtle texture and stamped sentiment.

The Design Team and our Guest Designer, Sue have some
awesome inspiration cards.  And the gallery hold a bevy of beautiful birds.

I hope you'll check us out and add your Christmas bird at
CAS Christmas

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Post (HA)

Ink:   Jet Black Archival (Ranger), Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz (SU)

Paper:   Classic Crest Natural (Neenah), Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler (SU), Watercolor

Other:  Zig CCRBM (#24 Wine Red, #70 Orange), Linen Texture Plate (PTI)

New Day Bird for CAS Christmas

Hello and welcome to my blog!

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Christmas

This month's challenge host is Susan and she chose one of my favorite subjects....

This sweet bird has been waiting in my NBUS box for ??? years!

I don't know what took me so long to ink him up because he was lots of fun

to watercolor.

I stamped him with Versafine ink and colored him with Zig markers

and my water brushes.

Our Design Team as well as our Guest Designer Sue, have some awesome inspiration

for you as always.

I hope you'll check out the gallery at CAS Watercolour and maybe add a Christmas bird there.

Christmas is getting really close!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  A New Day (Wplus9), Festive Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Onyx Black (Versafine)

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Neenah Solar White, Basic Black (SU)

Other:  Zig CCRBM (Black, #90 Gray, #64 Oatmeal, #65 Mid Brown, #43 Olive Green, #44 Deep Green, #62 Dk. Brown, #24 Wine Red, #21 Lt. Carmine, #70 Orange, #61 Lt. Brown, #302 Haze Blue), Stitched Arch STAX (MFT)

From Calendar to Card

Hello friends.

I have been posting the pages from my handmade calendars.

This card comes from last December's page.

I thought it would be good to get the page out of my UFO box.

The design image was stamped and the ornament was

die cut from red Glimmer Paper.

I added a frame that was embossed with a Texture Plate from PTI.

I also added some Nuvo Crystal drops over the stamped berries for added

dimension and texture.

I'll join in at Rudolph Days where as long as it's Christmas, anything goes.

Thanks so much to Scrappy Mo for holding this challenge every month.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Pines (SU), Christmas Sentiments (Kaisercraft)

Ink:   Emerald Envy, Real Red (SU)

Paper:   Neena, Red Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Classic Ornament Die (MB), Linen/Canvas Texture Plate (PTI), Stitched Squares Did (SSS), Nuvo Autumn Red Crystal Drops

Rustic Wreaths for CAS Christmas

Hi there.  Welcome to my blog.

I have two cards today done with this beautiful Penny Black wreath stamp.

They're a reminder that there's still time to play at CAS Mix Up.

Simply stamped with brown ink and adorned with Nuvo Crystal Drops

Here's the square version.

The background piece has been embossed with the 

Pinewood Plans Embossing Folder.

The bow has been die cut from Cherry Cobbler cardstock, smacked

with WOW Embossing Pad and clear embossed.

The bow has a little wood sequin from Serendipity in the center.

This is pretty loosely following the sketch at 

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

ANYTHING GOES or OPTIONAL SKETCH

 

The CAS Christmas Challenge

Challenge is open until the 24th.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Adornment (PB), 

Ink:   Baked Brown Sugar (SU), WOW Embossing Pad

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Naturals White (SU)

Other:  Pinewood Planks EF (SU), Clear EP, Whirl Wreath bow die (PB), Infinity Circles (HA), Autumn Red Nuvo Crystal Drops, Wood Sequin (Serendipity) 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Adornment (PB), Festive Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Paper:   Naturals White, Cherry Cobbler (SU)

Other:  Pinewood Planks EF (SU), Clear EP, Whirl Wreath bow die (PB), Stitched Square Die (Lil Inker), Autumn Red Nuvo Crystal Drops, Wood Sequin (Serendipity) 

Watercolor Wreath for CAS Christmas

Hello friends.  Welcome!

I'm here today to remind you that there is a little over a week
to join in at CAS Christmas.

When my friend Nance (Soul Stampin') came a week or so ago, she brought

her Catherine Pooler wreath die for me to use.

I die cut some from watercolor paper and had such fun coloring it

with Zigs and a water brush.

I had three cut and decided to stack them all together for added dimension.

The joy is from the same die set.  I wanted it red so I smacked it with VersaMark

and used some red embossing powder I'd bought for doing 

the Encrusted Jewel technique.

I thought it turned out quite festive and is still flat enough to mail

without extra postage.

Nance is our host at

CAS Christmas this month.

The Design Team along with our fabulous Guest Designer, Birgit

have wonderful inspirational wreaths to show you.  And there's a gallery 

full of beautiful wreaths!

Hope you'll join us!

Challenge is open until the 24th.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Christmas Greetings (Amy R)

Ink:   Gumball Green (SU), VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah, Strathmore (140 lb. cold press)

Other:  Winterhaven Die (CP SOA), ZIG CCRBM (#40 Green, #44 Deep Green, #43 Olive Green, #24 Wine Red, #65 Med. Brown), Primary Apple Red EP (WOW)