Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 11

 

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 11 of the #runuptochristmashop2023 hosted by @love_smile_and_craft and @kellys.craft. We are going to make a card each week for 12 weeks until Christmas. This week we're being inspired to create something vintage so I decided to pull out one of my very favorite stamps Thomas Kincade Village Christmas by Cornish Heritage Farms.  I absolutely LOVE the Thomas Kincade stamp line and so wish that CHF hadn't gone out of business.  I thought I read somewhere that another company had bought the license to the line from CHF however, I can't find the info anywhere.  The images are very detailed and definitely take some time, and practice, to color.  Which is maybe why I don't use them much, especially when my migraines are acting up.  I definitely will not be getting rid of any of my Thomas Kincade stamps, except maybe the duplicates at some point. 

I started off by stamping the image in memento tuxedo black ink on Neenah white card stock before coloring using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and blended using a Prismacolor blender pencil.  Once my coloring was finished, I layered the image before adding some old gold photo corners I still had in my stash before adhering everything to a turquoise card (albeit slightly crooked).  The only embellishments added was some gold cord to the top of the card and then crystal ice stickles to highlight the icy parts of the snow.  As an afterthought, I stippled some Tim Holtz old paper distress ink using one of my paper pouncers to "age" it a bit.   Here's a close-up of the colored image:

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamp, photo corners)

Peace On Earth #53 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by snow, villages in background, colors)

The Four Seasons December 2023 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by cabin, snow, trees)

Retro Rubber #221 - Merry Christmas (stamp used is at least 8yrs old, inspired by greenery, glitter, colors)

Inspiration Station Dec 2023 - See Pic Below (inspired by colors, season) 

Park Hopping My Happy Place Dec 2023 - Anything Goes Theme Parks (inspired by Main Street USA at Disneyland)

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Dec 2023 - Anything Goes

Peace On Earth

The Four Seasons

Retro Rubber

 

Inspiration Station
 

Park Hopping My Happy Place
 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Photo Corners, Gold Cord, Ice Stickles, Paper Pouncer

PIP Challenge 2346

 

 Sponsored by StarStampz

https://www.etsy.com/shop/StarStampz

StarStampz FB

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're sponsored by  StarStampz.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  Since I'm still working on my Christmas cards, my card today is featuring their Christmas Star image.  

 

After printing the image on Neenah white card stock, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks around my colored image before layering and adding brads.  Setting the layered image panel aside, I dug out the retired Impression Obsession Holiday Borders I received from a friend and stamped the card base using the tree border repeatedly in Tim Holtz pine needles distress inks.  After running my paper distresser along the edge of the layered image panel, I adhered it to my card base using pop up glue dots.  The final touches were silver/white twine along one edge and crystal ice stickles to highlight the falling snow.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #56 - Use Your NBUS (digital image, tree border)

Peace On Earth Christmas #52 - See Mood Board (inspired by trees, snow)

Jingle Belles Rock - Banner Inspired Holiday (inspired by the trees)

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Nov 2023 - Anything Goes Christmas

Use Your Stuff #479 - Winter/Snow 

 

Peace On Earth

 

Jingle Belles Rock
 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter the challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: StarStampz; Impression Obsession

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass, Pine Needles Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Pop Up Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes, Ice Stickles, Brads, Twine

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 3

 

 

Hello Friends and welcome to the #runuptochristmashop2023 hosted by @love_smile_and_craft and @kellys.craft. We are going to make a card each week for 12 weeks until Christmas. This week's theme is "Christmas Wreath" and a good thing too.  That meant I would finally finish coloring this wreath card I started 5yrs ago (thanks to a variety of health/migraine issues) from Verve Stamps I received as a RAK from a friend.  

 

The wreath is stamped in Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink and colored using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I blended stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks around it before layering and adding brads.  Taking my Tonic distresser tool I ran it along the edges of the image panel before setting aside.  My card base is stamped using a retired Stampin Up holly jumbo wheel and garden green ink.  I then added the image panel using pop up glue dots before adding a few dots of crystal ice stickles to highlight parts of the image and a clear 3D glaze pen to highlight the berries.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #55 - Use Your NBUS (wreath set)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (wreath set)

Most Magical Time of the Year #13 - Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas (Christmas)

Ally's Angels #75 - Anything Goes 

Peace On Earth #50 - See Mood Board (inspired by wreaths on trucks)

Happy Little Stampers Christmas October - Anything Goes Optional Stencil 

 

Peace On Earth

 

Happy Little Stampers Christmas
 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Verve Christmas Wreath; Stampin Up Holly Jumbo Wheel

Ink: Stampin Up Garden Green; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Pine Needles, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Distressing Tool, Pop Up Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pen

PIP Challenge 2328

  Sponsored by

 PIP CHALLENGES

The prize will be a $10 Gift Certificate from

My Favorite Things

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  This week we our prize is a $10 gift certificate to My Favorite Things.  My card today is using a retired MFT stamp set I had bought last year and hadn't ink yet.  It's designed by Rachel Ann Miller called Away In A Manger.

 

I started out by stamping my manger scene in memento tuxedo black ink on some scrap Hammermill card stock before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers, along with Lyra flesh tone pencils, before fussy cutting the scene and star out before setting aside.  I then pulled a 12x12 sheet of Recollections designer paper to use as the background of my scene before adhering it to a navy card base.  Once I added my manger I was able to stamp the saying onto scrap white card stock then layered.  The final touch was color spritzing some Stampin Up night of navy marker.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #52 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set, designer paper)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamp set/designer paper) 

Park Hopping My Happy Place July 2023 - Anything Goes Related To Theme Parks (I went with Christmas at Disneyland)

The Most Magical Time Of The Year July 2023 - Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas (I went with Christmas)

Happy Little Stampers July - Christmas 

The Holly And Ivy Christmas #143 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 603 to 604 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us this week at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: MFT

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Recollections

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, SU Night of Navy Marker, Color Spritzer