Cat-titude

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

The Inspired By Challenge this week inspired me to get out this

smiling kitty again.

I wouldn't be surprised to see a Tweety Bird in his mouth!

I was inspired by the cat, the hearts, the black and white and the stripes.

I left off the sentiment because I'm not sure what I'll use it for.

I'll wait and see who needs a visit from this kitty and why.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Heart Kitty (IO)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Neenah, Tempting Turquoise 

Other:  Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils, Blender Pen, Subtle EF, Textured EF (SU), Oval Punch, Washi Tape

A Sketch for Jingle Belles

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

I struggle with sketch challenges, but in this case I persevered and came up

with not one but two cards that passed muster.

I found this banner and some snippets of foiled paper in my stash.  I'm not sure where the banner

came from or what the stamp is, but it worked great!

I die cut the ornament from

a piece of the foiled paper and added it to hang from the banner.

I added everything to the foil embossed vellum and added glue behind the pieces

and some of the dots.

The next photo shows the shine. Put on your sunglasses!

I wasn't sure how it would photograph (you know how foil is), so I die another card using 

this sketch.

I pulled out a NBUS mistletoe die and used the print making technique that

added color to a background as I watercolored the die cut.

The berries are embossed with clear thick Utee embossing powder and the sprig

dangles from a sentiment die that's also NBUS.

I added a snippet of embossed cardstock for the vertical strip.  I think I could

have used a piece of plain cardstock as well.

Here's the sketch..

Challenges:

Jingle Belles  - Merry Sketchmas

CAS Mix Up - Print Making with Die-cuts (Must use watercoloring)

Pixies Snippet Playground - Use Snippets

NBUS #24 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah, Foiled Vellum (ret. SU), Foil Design Paper (Anna Griffin)

Other:  Classic Ornament (MB)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   Bundled Sage, Rustic Wilderness, Festive Berries, Candied Apple (DI)

Paper:   Neenah, Watercolor (TH for background, Arches Cold Press for die-cuts)

Other:  Mistletoe Bundle Dies (MB), Merry Frame Die (SSS), Gracious Leaves EF (MB), Clear Utee EP

Snowflakes

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

I've been working on that Christmas stash again.

I used a NBUS snowflake stamp from Hero Arts.

It's a big stamp!

I stamped it on a card front size of Neenah and heat embossed it with silver powder.

I need lots of practice on ink blending backgrounds, so I pulled out a blending brush

and went to work.

When I was finished with the blending, I cut it into two pieces.  One was a little bigger 

to center one of the biggest snowflakes.  I matted the smaller piece on some silver foil,

and used a die to emboss a frame for the larger.  Sorry, the camera didn't seem to pick

up that embossing.

There was shine, but I wanted sparkle, so I die cut some snowflakes from

silver Glimmer paper.

How's that for sparkle and shine?

I used some shiny stickers in the centers.  They're nice and flat so

the cards will be easy to mail.

Challenges:

Christmas Craft Creations - Blue & Silver

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act (Must have stamping)

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Hand Drawn Snowflakes Bold Prints (HA), Christmas Sentiments (PB), Scripty Holidays (GKD)

Ink:   Encore Silver, Speckled Egg, Blueprint Sketch (DI)

Paper:   Neenah, Sliver Glimmer, Silver Foil (SU)

Other:  Silver EP,  Various Snowflake Dies, Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Blending Brush, Stickers (Stampendous)

The Number Thirteen

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

Another of our grandsons is a teenager!

I CASEd this card that my friend Nance did recently.

I used a NBUS balloon die to cut a piece in the background box that had been

covered with glitter film.  After die cutting the numbers from some gold foil,

I placed the balloon on an embossed background.  Easy peasy and I'm happy to say

that he loved it.  (Of course that had nothing to do with what was inside!)

Challenges:

Inspired By - Take a Number

Krafty Chicks - Any occasion

 

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper: Neenah, Gold Foil (SU)  

Other:  Balloons Die (PB), Glitter Film (Stamp on It), Happy Birthday EF (Cuttlebug)

Print Making for CAS Mix Up

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

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up and it's a special month!

I'm hosting this month.

It's a watercolor month and I chose one of my favorite techniques...

Basically I die cut an image from watercolor paper and laid it on another

piece of watercolor paper so the run off watercolor goes on the background.

I also turn the wet colored die cut over and press into the background.

It's an easy way to have all the colors agreeing with each other!

You can see Kathey Racoosin's video tutorial here.

Be sure to check out the awesome inspiration from our talented designers

and we are delighted to have Ros as our Guest Designer this month!

I hope you'll join our 5th Birthday celebration!

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Watercolour Print Making with Die-cuts

NBUS - Stitched Circle Die is from my NBUS box

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Agapanthus (TT)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Abandoned Coral, Candied Apple, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn)

Paper:   Watercolor Paper (Arches Cold Press for die cut), Mixed Media (Strathmore for background), Neenah

Other: Promise Me II Die (PB), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Dk. Carmine, Umber, Olive Gray, White),  Stitched Circles Die (PB)