A Polar Christmas

 

 

Hello and welcome.  I have a couple of Christmas cards to share I've made using images from Conjurer of Dreams as inspiration for this month's Conjurer of Dreams challenge. 

First up I have a steampunk version of Christmas using the Festive Steampunk Polar Bear, Skating Penguins and Winter Pines image sets.  I started out by combining one of the cabins from the Skating Penguins with the Winter Pines images before adding one of the steampunk polar bears.   I then found a free silhouette Santa sleigh online and added that over the moon before printing the image out twice (once for a background) onto Neenah white card stock before layering and adding brads.  Taking my paper distresser, I distressed all the layers before adhering the image panel using pop up glue dots.  After adding some white/silver bakers twine, and silver stars, I finished it off by adding crystal ice stickles.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Stuff (NBUS) #68 - Use Your Stash (images)

Jingle Belles Rock - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks/Create Using Animals (polar bear)

CD Sunday Plus #145 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

 

 

Next up is another card using the Skating Penguins, Winter Pines sets.   I combined them with Polar Bear clipart and the Grinch before adding the Santa sleigh silhouette printing it out onto Neenah white card stock.  After distressing the edges, I added some brads before adhering to the card base using pop up glue dots.  The only other embellishments added was some white/silver bakers twine and crystal/star dust stickles glitter glue.  

Challenges entered:

 

Paper Funday #71 - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #241 - Anything Goes 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #171 - Anything Goes Christmas 

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter the challenge over at Conjurer of Dreams. 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Baker's Twine, Stickles, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots

Winter Critters

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is my day to post inspiration for this month's challenge over at the Conjurer of Dreams blog.  This month's theme is Winter Critters.   I had a lot of fun making these cards and I hope you enjoy them as well and since I'm still battling COVID, plus my migraines, I pretty much kept the same layout for all of my cards.

Sets used: Forest SantaChristmas Mice

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #68 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Gem of a Craft Wk21 - Anything Goes 

 

Sets used: Skating Penguins, Christmas Hamsters 

Challenges entered:

 

CD Sunday Plus #145 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams) 

Digi Choosday Wk43 - Anything Goes

 

Sets used: Skating Penguins, Winter Christmas Hamster, Twinkletoes 

Polar Bears

 

Challenges entered:

 

Critter Crazy #92 Nov 2024 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (penguins, mice, hamsters, polar bears)

 

Sets used: Winter Cardinal, Watercolor Bluejays 

Challenges entered:

 

Triple B Nov 2024 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (birds)

 

Sets used: Festive Mushrooms, Frosty, 

Christmas Mice, Cocoa Share 

Challenges entered:

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Hop Nov 2024 - Anything Coffee/Tea/Cocoa/Hot Cider Goes (sharing cocoa around the fire table)

 

 

Sets used: Festive Mushrooms, Christmas Gnomes, Watercolor Bluejays

Twinkletoes, Christmas Cats, Frosty 

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (SnowTex)

 

 

Sets used: Penguin Christmas Decoration, Rudolph Christmas Decoration 

Challenges entered:

 

We Love To Create Mixed Media #10 - Anything Mixed Media/Paper Crafting Goes (ornaments)

 Outlawz Anything Goes In A Card Free Zone Nov 2024 - Anything Goes No Cards (ornaments)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this month's challenge at Conjurer of Dreams.  The theme is Anything Goes or optional Winter Critters.

PIP Challenge 2444

 

  Sponsored by 

Varada Sharma

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Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Varada Sharma.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today showcases Varada's Abundance of Joy digital set.

After printing out the images onto Neenah white card stock, I pulled out my Copic markers and got to coloring before lightly stippling Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink leftover from another project to soften the white around my flowers.  Once I had the image panel layered, I added some white brads and set aside.  Taking a Cuttlebug© Stylized Flowers embossing folder, and my Big Shot© I dry embossed the card base before adhering the layered image panel using glue dots.  The final touches were some sunburst glitter stickles to the flower centers and then some SSS warm tone gems.  I'm pretty happy with how this turned out since I'm still battling COVID and my migraines.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) - #68 - Use Your NBUS (image, gems)

Triple B Challenges Nov 2024 - Anything Goes Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms)

 

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

Stamps: Varada Sharma

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Blending Brush, Gems, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Embossing Folder, Stickles

C'Mon Inner Peace

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Hop using the Coffee Doodle-Doo set from Unity Stamps.  

After stamping the image, and saying, in Memento tuxedo black on to Copic X-Press It©, I colored it using Copic markers before layering and adding brads.  Taking a coffee bean stencil from Impression Obsession, I created the background for my card using espresso ink and a blending brush.  Taking my layered image panel, I adhered it using glue dots before adding a few dots in the upper right/lower left corners using a black Castle Arts gel pen.  Inside I stamped the "caffeinate and hope for the best" saying from the set. I'm pretty happy with how this card turned out.  Although, I'm starting to finally feel a little better from COVID, I still get short of breath/cough easily and a migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop - Coffee/Tea/Cocoa/Hot Cider Related 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #68 - Use Your NBUS (Unity set)

Critter Crazy #92 - Anything Goes With A Critter (owl)

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #256 - C Is For Critters (owl)

Triple B Nov 2024 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (owl)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Unity

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Adirondack Espresso

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Copic Markers, MISTI, Brads, Gel Pen, Stencil, Blending Brush, Glue Dots

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Dia de los Muertos

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card inspired by my mom (step-mom) who recently passed away.  For some reason, this card was hard for me to make.  I'm not sure why.  It wouldn't happen to be the stress, COVID or migraines? *roll eyes* My card is made using the Day of the Dead and Spookytown 2 sets from Conjurer of Dreams.  

After combining the images in Photoshop©, I printed it out onto Neenah white card stock before layering, distressing, then inking, the edges and adding black brads. I then added it to my card using pop up glue dots before adding ribbon from my stash.  Taking some matching card stock scraps and my MS punches, I punched out several ferns & small flowers before running those through my paper crimper.  Once that was finished, I added them to the card using glossy accents before adding a couple of resin flowers I found in my stash.  The final touch was adding a touch of black stickles.  

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #67 - Use Your NBUS (images, background, resin flowers) 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (resin flowers)

CD Sunday Plus #144 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams images/background)

Digi Choosday Wk42 - Anything Goes 

Two Old Bats October 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween 

I Spy With My Little Eye #20 - Colors of the Season 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah, Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ribbon, Paper Distresser, MS Punches, Glossy Accents, Stickles, Resin Flowers, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots

PIP Challenge 2442

Sponsored by SheepSki Designs

 

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Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Sheepski Designs.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card this week uses the Retro Rocket digital stamps since I don't have many cards that are good for any age.

I started out by printing the combined image on Neenah white card stock before coloring using my copic markers and blending black ink to form space.  Once that was finished, I layered it and added some tiny black brads before adhering to my card base (deliberately at an angle) using glue dots.  Taking some Stampendous silver star stickers that I've had for years, I added those to the image panel before adding ice stickles and glossy accents to highlight parts of the image.  The final embellishment was adding some silver dew drops from my stash.  I'm very happy with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #67 - October 2024 (image)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash

Sheepski Designs #91 - Anything Goes 

A Place To Start Oct 2024 - Anything Goes Optional Use Pink (anything goes)

Ally's Angels #87 - Anything Goes 

CD Sunday Plus #144 - Anything Goes Digital (Sheepski Designs image)

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

Stamps: Sheepski Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Copic Markers, Blending Brushes, Star Stickers, Dew Drops, Ice Stickles, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots

Well Hello Fall

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made using the Autumn Witch and Spooky Mansion images from Conjurer of Dreams.  As I type this, Fall appears to finally have arrived here in Central California otherwise we've been still dealing with the triple digit heat.  Ugh!

I started out by combining the images in Photoshop© before adding the saying then printing on to Neenah white card stock.  The finished image sat for a while until it was cool enough to assemble.  Plus, with the way I've been feeling between the migraines and COVID, I just plain didn't have the energy.  Once I had the image layered, I added some black brads before popping it up onto a grey card base using pop dots.  Digging through my stash of ribbon, I pulled out an orange/yellow organdy ribbon, tied it around the edge of the card before adding a key charm that I've had in my stash for decades.  The final touch was adding a few small orange/yellow gems from my stash to finish it off.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #67 - Use Your NBUS (spooky mansion image, key charm) 

The Four Seasons Oct 2024 - Fall (See Theme Board) (inspired by colors, leaves, theme)

Inspiration Station #66 Oct 2024 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by colors, leaves)

The Card Concept #210 - Pumpkin Season (See Board Below) 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Oct 14 - See Inspiration Board Below (inspired by colors, leaves)

 

 

 The Four Seasons

Inspiration Station

 

 

The Card Concept

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Don't forget to enter into the new challenge over at Conjurer of Dreams.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Bling, Glue, Pop Dots, Ribbon, Key Charm