Monday, November 18, 2024

PIP Challenge 2446

 
 Sponsored by StarStampz
 

 
Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by StarStampz. For my card, I am using the Polar Bear digital image.

I started out by printing the image onto Neenah white card stock before pulling out my Castle Arts watercolor pencils, colored the image before blending with an alcohol marker.  After edging the image in memento tuxedo black ink, I layered it before adding white brads and distressing the edges then setting aside.  My card is dry embossed using a Sizzix© snowflake embossing folder with Stampin Up bliss blue ink rubbed lightly over the embossed images and sides.  Taking some snowflake felt fusion I've had for years, I added a border of individual snowflakes before adding my layered image using pop up glue dots.  The final embellishments were white/silver bakers twine, snowflake sequins, silver star stickers and ice stickles glitter glue.  As an afterthought, I added just a touch of white gel pen to the little girl's eyes.

Challenges entered:


Peace On Earth

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

Stamps: Star Stampz
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; SU Bliss Blue
Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Sizzix Embossing Folder, White Gel Pen, Stickles, Pop Up Glue Dots, Glue, Brads, Paper Distresser, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Marker, Silver Star Stickers, Bakers Twine

Sunday, November 17, 2024

A Little Stained Glass Winter

 
Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a couple of cards made using Conjurer of Dreams Winter Stained Glass Windows images along with several others.  First, let me just say, I absolutely LOVE Kim's stained glass images!!  For both of these cards, I merged the stained glass with the following: Polar Bears AI Art Digitals, Frosty Quirky Elves, Christmas Gnomes and Christmas Ducks.

I started out by printing a non-merged Winter Stained Glass images twice to use as designer paper before printing the merged church/gnomes/ducks image at 3.5 x 5.  After layering, and adding brads, I adhered it to my card using glue dots before adding crystal stickles to highlight the snow/church windows/frozen creek. 
 
Challenges entered:
 
Peace On Earth #76 - See Inspiration Board (inspired by the reds, snow 
 
Peace On Earth
52 Christmas Card Throwdown
  

Next is a card using a different stained glass church image.  This time I combined it with the Polar Bears AI Art and Frosty before printing it also at 3.5 x 5 then layered and added silver brads before adhering it to the card using glue dots.  After adding some silver cord, I again highlighted the snow/windows/frozen creek using crystal stickles.  I am really happy with how both of these turned out.

Challenges entered:
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Also, you still have time to enter this month's Winter Critters  over at the Conjurer of Dreams blog.  Plus don't forget about our Christmas blog hop starting on the 15th of December.  There will be prizes and free images, so don't forget to join us then.



 

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Feeling All Festive

 
Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  I'd like to share with you a Christmas card made using the Conjurer of Dreams Ugly Sweater Grumpy Seniors digital set.  The image, and matching saying, just reminds me so much of my dad because this was just how he was.  He would put those ugly sweaters on and have fun.  I hear his voice every time I look at the saying since it was the way he'd talk. Oh do I miss him!

After combining the image, and saying, in Photoshop©, I printed it on to Neenah white card stock before layering and adding brads.  I then adhered the layered panel to my card using glue dots before adding crystal stickles as the only embellishment.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out although I'm not sure I'm going to leave it as a card or turn it into a journal page.

Challenges entered:
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to check out the current challenge over at Conjurer of Dreams.  Also don't forget about the blog hop next month.


 
 
Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams
Ink: None
Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Glue Dots, Stickles


What's The Word Bird?

 
Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card I made for my sister-in-law's birthday using an image from Conjurer of Dreams

After combining one of the Old Bird images, with my own saying in Photoshop©, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink around the image to soften the white space a bit before layering and adding brads.  Once the image panel was finished, I added it to a dry embossed card using glue dots.  Taking my blending brush, I lightly stippled more tattered rose around the edges and over the embossed images...  After adding some color spritzed from an old Stampin Up marker, I added some Crafty Meraki Midnight Illusion bling to finish it off.

Challenges entered:
 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Also don't forget about the current Conjurer of Dreams Winter Critters challenge and our upcoming Blog Hop December 15-18.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams
Ink: Tim Holtz Tattered Rose Distress
Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Color Spritzer, SU Rose Romance Marker, Brads, Glue Dots, Cuttlebug Birthday Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Blending Brush, Bling, Glue

Thursday, November 14, 2024

Dancing Penguins

 
 
Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  I'd like to share a card made using a digital image from Whimsy Stamps that I've had printed for some time, I just haven't used it before now.  The image is called Penguin Dance Line and was a freebie from Whimsy back in 2022.  
 
After adding the saying using Photoshop©, I printed the image onto Neenah white card stock before coloring using Copic markers. Once my coloring was finished, I stenciled the cloud background using a slimline cloud stencil (now retired) from Picket Fence Studios before layering and adding some black brads.  Taking a Cuttlebug© snowflake embossing folder, and my Big Shot©, I dry embossed a black card before adding my layered image panel using glue dots.  I then added crystal stickles and some star dust stickles to the snowflake centers to finish my card off.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.
 
Challenges entered:
 
   
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Whimsy
Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky
Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Copic Markers, Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots

One Cup At A Time

 
Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card made using one of the stamps I purchased from Unity Stamp Co during one of their sales. These last few months have been really rough.  Between losing my mom, getting COVID again, bronchitis and a host of other issues, this Coffee is Not Enough perfectly sums everything up.

I started out by stamping everything in memento tuxedo black ink onto Copic X-Press It card stock using my MISTI© before coloring her up using Copic© markers. Once the coloring was finished, I lightly blended some Tim Holtz milled lavender distress ink around her to help lighten the white spaces before layering and adding brads.  As an afterthought, I ran a paper distresser along the edges of the bottom layer before adhering the image panel to a lavender card.  The only embellishments added were some purple sequins, silk flowers,lavender bling and a touch of white gel pen to her eyes. I'm pretty happy with how the card turned out especially with how I've been feeling.

Challenges entered:
 
 
Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Unity
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Milled Lavender Distress Ink
Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up
Accessories: MISTI, Copic Markers, Sequins, Silk Flowers, Bling, Blending Brush, Paper Distresser, Brads, Glue Dots, Glue
 
 

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Awesome!!

 
Hello and welcome.  I just saw that I was either a Top 5 for the following:

 
 
 

 

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

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 BearSkating 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:
 
 
 
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:
 
 
 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