Holly Berries

I've been meaning to do a card for the 

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

DIES OR PUNCHES

I finally took the time to get another play with my 

Penny Black Holly Berries Die.

I die cut the holly from watercolor paper

and painted it with my Koi watercolors.

It fit perfectly atop a piece embossed with Christmas sentiments

after I shaped the leaves with a stylus.

The berries have been coated with Crystal Effects.

I'm also entering in

Addicted to CAS

It's their 3rd anniversary.

Happy Anniversary!

and

Addicted to Stamps #173

HOLIDAY

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press)

Other:  Holly Berries Die (PB), Koi Watercolors, Holiday Words EF (retired Quickutz),White Gel Pen, Crystal Effects, Satin Ribbon

Winter Birds for Merry Monday

It's the last Merry Monday of November.

The lovely Kathy has chosen our challenge this week.

You know I loved this challenge!

My dear friend Mary (Carolina Cards by Mary H.)

gifted me with this awesome stamp when we met in real life last Spring.

I've actually had this done for quite a while just waiting for the perfect challenge.

I stamped the image on Whisper White with Memento Tuxedo Black

and colored with Copic Markers.

After fussy cutting it out, I adhered it over a lightly stamped background

with dimensionals.

A little Dazzling Details on the snow covered branches

and Flower Soft on the pom poms finish it off.

Rudolph Days

is in it's final week for this year.  I'll just make the deadline.

Thanks Sarn for doing this challenge each month.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

is ANYTHING GOES.

Christmas Card Challenges

is ANYTHING GOES

Be sure to go over to Merry Monday and check out

all those fantastic Design Team cards

and the gorgeous gallery additions.

We'd love for you to add to the gallery too.

I'm glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Winter Birds, Christmas Background (Stampendous)

Ink:  Antique Linen (Distress), Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Real Red, Whisper White (SU)

Other: Copic Markers, Dazzling Details (SU), Polar White Flower Soft

Poppy Trio

I love these poppies and inked them with Distress Stain and Markers.

Then I used a damp Aqua Painter to move the color around. 

I finished off by dotting the centers with a black marker.

The aperture was cut with my Circle Collection Framelits

and embossed with my favorite embossing folder.

Heather Telford has a fantastic tutorial on this technique.

Thanks, Heather, for sharing your technique.

This month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is

DIES AND/OR PUNCHES

Cuttlebug Mania is looking for

EMBOSSING

(I used my Big Shot to do the embossing)

Pixies Snippet Playground

because I used a snippet of black for that sentiment.

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Poppy Trio (Penny Black), Embellished Events (SU)

Ink:  Distress Stain (Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door, Peeled Paint), Distress Marker (Peeled Paint, Black), Whisper White (SU), 

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Watercolor (Arches Hot Press),Whisper White, Basic Black (SU)

Other:  Aqua Painter (SU), Circle Collection Framelits (SU), White EP (SU), Square Lattice EF (retired SU)

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends.

And may the rest of you enjoy a day of counting your blessings.

Enjoy!

Calm Christmas for Merry Monday

Good Merry Monday morning.

This beautiful Christmas dove was roosting in my UFO box.

It's now winging it's way to the

Caring Hearts Card Drive


and it fit with our lovely Lesley's Merry Monday Challenge

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

CHRISTMAS

and

City Crafter Challenge #288

Photo Inspiration

and

Addicted to CAS

I hope you'll put some blue and white and some texture on a Christmas card

and join us at Merry Monday.

Be sure to check out the awesome Design Team inspriration cards over there.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Calm Christmas, Four the Holidays (both retired SU)

Ink:  Whisper White, Island Indigo (SU)

Paper:  Island Indigo, Whisper White (SU)

Other:  White EP (SU), Northern Flurry EF (retired SU)