Merry Little Cardinal

It's Merry Monday time again!  Take a peek and see if you can guess what the challenge is this week.

The challenge is

I used a stamp that I found in the dollar bin at Michaels last Christmas season.  I  was so happy to have an excuse to ink it up.

I stamped it on Very Vanilla and colored it with a blender pen dipped in ink.  The paper pilled on me.  I hate it when that happens!  I put the card together anyway but the more I looked at it, the less I liked it.  So, I stamped the bird again on a scrap piece and colored it directly with my Real Red SU marker.  It looked a lot better so I fussy cut him out and put him atop the mangy bird with dimensionals.  I like the added dimension.

I used Martha Stewart Sparkle Texture Effect for the snow on the tree. It sparkles IRL.  I couldn't seem to catch that with the camera.

This works for a few other challenges too.

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas #163 is to use die cut or punched shape. I have the sentiment on a punched oval.  LOL, if you look closely you can see that it's covering up a badly stamped sentiment. I love my punches!

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra for February is anything goes as long as it's Christmas.

Cuttlebug Mania wants A TOUCH OF RED. 

Pixie's Snippet Playground only requires that we use snippets and play nice. 

Ways to Use It challenge at SCS is to color something.  I colored the cardinal.  Twice!

I've just seen all the beauties that the Design Team has come up with.  Be sure to check them out.  Then, I hope you'll add another Christmas card to your stash and join us over at Merry Monday!

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Stamps: Petite Pairs, Cardinal (Michaels)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), SU Markers (Real Red, Garden Green, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Basic Black)

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla

Other: Stylish Stripes EF, Stitched Mats Rectangles (Lil Inkers), Small Oval Punch, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Sparkle Texture Effect (Martha Stewart), Blender Pen

Hot Pink with Heart

When I saw the Scallop Tag Topper Punch in the new Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog, I knew it would be on my next order!  I love this punch! 

This was a layout at last week's Stamp Stack and I switched up the design a bit using the same colors and elements.

To mat the tag, I cut a piece of the Melon Mambo 1/4" wider and a little longer.  By inserting that piece in the punch from the bottom, I could get a rounded top.  I used the little hole punch dies from the Chalk Talk Framelits set to get the hole in the pink tag to match the white tag.  I hope this makes some sense to those of you reading this.

Addicted to Stamps and More is having an ANYTHING GOES week.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge says to Have a Heart . I've got that covered.

CAS-ual Fridays

Just what do we mean by that?
CFC127: Create a Clean And Simple project with some sort of element that extends past the edge.

My ribbon goes over the top edge.

Card Recipe

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Stamps:  Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Paper:  Melon Mambo, Whisper White

Other: Tulip Frame EF, Tea Lace Paper Doilies, Scallop Tag Topper Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Full Heart Punch, Finial Press, EF (retired), Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Chalk Talk Framelits Dies, Gingham Ribbon (retired), Basic Pearls (colored with black Sharpie)

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

For Queen Robin

The Queen for the Day at SCS this week is Robin (aka Stamperrobin).  This is Robin's beautiful card that I CASEd.

And here is my CASE

I used my Serendipity heart die and the matching full heart die.  I love the open design!

I die cut 2 hearts and folded one to add dimension.  Here's a close up.

I used a snippet of Decorative paper to accentuate the separation between the embossing and plain card.  A piece of dollar bin ribbon and a row of basic pearls finish it off.

Addicted to CAS has a perfect challenge for this 2 weeks.  I think this heart says love without the words.

Pixies Snippet Playground gets a visit since I used some snippets on this card. And Di has given us all keys to the Playground.  Now isn't that brave?

Shopping Our Stash #137 is LOVE ME TENDER.  Hope my heart says love to them.

I got to stamp with some special ladies over the weekend and it did my heart and soul good to have conversation with women!  I hope I didn't talk their ears off! They made a similar card to this one.  I think we all love this heart.

I'm so glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Paper:  Blushing Bride, Whisper White, DSP

Other: Square Lattice EF, Heart Scroll Die and Full Heart Die (Serendipity), Ribbon ($ bin at Michaels), Basic Pearls

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted 

Merry Monday The Stockings Were Hung

It's Merry Monday time again.  I really enjoy making a Christmas card each week and love to see that stash of Christmas cards growing!

Did you guess this week's challenge?

Pixie's Snippet Playground is open for some wintertime fun so I'm taking my snippets over for a turn on the swings or a sip of hot chocolate if it's too cold to swing. (Actually I'm hoping for hot mulled wine.) And did I hear some whispers about a hot tub?

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Stitched Stockings (retired)

Ink:  Real Red, SU Markers (Real Red, Garden Green)

Paper:  Garden Green, Whisper White, Snippets of Brushed Gold and Real Red)

Other: Stocking Builder Punch (retired), 1/8" Circle Punch (retired), Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Brick EF (Sizzix), Pine Needle Border Die (MB), Stitched Mats Rectangles (Lil Inker)

I hope you'll have time to put some stockings on a Christmas card and join us at Merry Monday for this challenge.

I'm so glad you stopped by.

Enjoy!

Stenciling Homework

I finally used the NBUS stencil I bought a while back.

I CASED a card by the very talented Debby Hughes using different colors and a flower instead of a sentiment on my vellum tag.

My sequins are iridescent and want to look purple in all the photos, but I assure you they aren't.  I actually colored them with a Copic marker and they're pink IRL.

This was actually my second try with this stencil.  The first try was too dark and I needed to try again with a lighter hand.  I was much happier with this try.

I don't often think about vellum, but I love the dreamy quality it adds.

Maybe I'll find some time to do some more class homework.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge this week is Anything Goes with Twine or String.

I'm so glad you stopped by today.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Secret Garden

Ink:  Whisper White, Strawberry Slush

Paper:  Strawberry Slush, Whisper White, Vellum

Other: Moroccan Lattice Stencil (Kite), White EP, Paper Twine (Tim Holtz), Sequins (Joann Fabric)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted