Dashing Through The Snow

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made using a retired Stampabilities stamp, Santa Cruising, for a few challenges.  I've been wanting to use this stamp for some time after getting it at Michael's a few months ago on clearance and apparently Santa needed a faster ride this year. 

After stamping my image in memento black onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Art pencils before stippling my background using a Picket Fence Studio Slimline Cloud Stencil with their blending brushes.  Once all of the stippling was finished, I took a black artist pen and added some faux sewing "stitches" before layering and adding brads.  I then added some ice stickles before adding a red bow and writing SANTA onto the license plate as an afterthought.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #33 - December Use Your NBUS 

Outlawz Festive Friday Dec 24 to Jan 6 - Christmas Theme 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #163 - Christmas 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 50 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and a very Merry Christmas and a safe New Year.

Stamps: Stampabilities

Ink: Memento Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Black Artist Pen, Brads, Glue Dots, Bow, Ice Stickles, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes

 

Joy To The World

Hello and welcome.  I'm playing along with a few challenges this Christmas week, so I thought I would bust out a retired clear set I've never used (NBUS) from The Cat's Pajamas called Joy To The World.  

Onefer

 

For my first project, I stamped the singing penguins, and musical notes, in memento tuxedo black ink and then colored using prismacolor and copic markers before highlighting one of the hats with a white 3D glaze pen.  I then stamped the saying also in memento black before highlighting using glitter gel pens.  I then took a Picket Fence Studio Slimline Cloud Stencil and added the background clouds using Picket Fence Blending Brushes and Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink.  After layering, and adding brads, I added the panel to a card made pacific pointe card stock and scrap gingham designer paper.  I then took a black artist pen and added the faux sewing, snow using a white 3D glaze pen, and some Gin and Tonic sequins using Ranger Glossy Accents.  The final touches were waterfall ice stickles (for snow/ice) and white/silver ribbon.

Challenges entered:

 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #573 - Anything Goes (Optional Use Word Merry) 

Outlawz Festive Friday Dec 10 to 23 - Christmas Theme 

Splitcoaststampers F4A616 - Use Word Joy 

Splitcoaststampers F4A617 - Think Snow 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #57 - If It's Christmassy, Link It Up 

Never Before Used Schtuff #33 - December Use Your NBUS 

 

Twofer

Since I had the Joy set still sitting out on my desk, I decided to stamp the penguins, and musical notes, onto some scrap white Neenah card stock then colored using the same prismacolor/copic markers.  I then dusted off my snowflake corner punch and punched the top corners before creating my clouds background using the Picket Fence Slimline Cloud Stencil and blending brushes along with Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink to create my cloud background.  I then stippled broken china around the edges before layering then punching that with my Stampin Up scalloped tag punch.  After adding some "snowflakes" using a white 3D glaze pen, I added the punched snowflake bits (after stippling broken china on them) by adhering using Ranger glossy accents.  The final touches were waterfall ice stickles for the "ice" and ribbon to finish my tag off.

Challenges entered:

 

The Cat's Pajamas 12 Days Of Crafting Day 2 - Tags 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2021 - Use Your Unloved Stuff 

Clean and Simple on Friday #220 - Christmas 

Crafting Happiness #118 - December Anything Goes 

Dream Valley Challenges #260 - Christmas 

 

I'm please with how both of these turned out especially since I'm dealing with another migraine and it was either cry or try and focus on something else.  Also, my lung issues are flaring back up again I'm afraid.  

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a a great day and a safe Merry Christmas!

Joy To The World card

Stamps: TCP Joy To The World

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Designer Paper Scraps

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Broken China; SU Pacific Pointe

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, PFS Gin and Tonic Sequins, Ranger Glossy Accents, Ribbon, Sakura 3D Glaze Pens, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots

Penguin Tag

 

Stamps: TCP Joy To The World

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China, Stormy Sky, Milled Lavender

Card Stock: Neenah White Scrap; SU

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Snowflake Corner Punch, SU Scalloped Tag Punch, Stipple Brush, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Ice Stickles, Sakura White 3D Glaze Pen, Ribbon

A Snarky Awesome!

 I just found out this card was chosen as a Princess of Snark for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!  Thank you ladies so much!

PIP 2150

 

  Challenge 2150 - Team A, Dec. 13

Sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs
https://gsd-stamps.com/

Gerda Steiner FB

 

 

Hello and welcome.  It's time for a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we are sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs and I would like to thank them for providing the images used by the design team.

I don't know about you but the last six weeks, for me, have been crazy.  Between health issues, and now the car breaking down completely, I don't know whether I'm coming or going.  Know what I mean?  

For my card I decided to go with a clean and simple design.  After printing the cute Owl With Letter image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Art pencils before stippling Tim Holtz stormy sky and brushed corduroy around the edges.  As an afterthought, I also added some stippled Adirondack caramel ink around the bottom edges before layering.  The only embellishments then added were some brads, googlie eyes and red gel pen on the letter.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #33 - Use Your NBUS 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to check out the rest of the design team blogs for more inspiration and I hope you'll also enter this week's challenge.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Brushed Corduroy; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Neenah White, Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Googlie Eyes, Ranger Glossy Accents, Red Gel Pen, Brads, Glue Dots

 

Awesome!

 I've found out that three of my cards have made either TOP 3 or HONORS from a few challenges.    They are as follows:

1) For the Aud Sentiments #288 challenge, my Garfield card.

2) For the Show Us Your Pussycats #73 challenge, my Bearing Gifts card.

 

 

3) For the 613 Ave Create November 2021 challenge, my Lighthouse Thanks card is listed with the November honors.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Bearing Gifts

 

Hello and welcome.  I've been still dealing with health issues, but managed to get this card made using one of my favorite Christmas stamps.  I must have bought this stamp at least a decade ago.  It's a Stampendous stamp and I'm not sure they make it anymore.  The image/saying are perfect together and reminds me so much of my own cats.

After stamping my image panel in memento tuxedo black, I colored everything using Castle Art pencils before stippling Tim Holtz brushed corduroy and Adirondack caramel inks around the panel they layered.  I then edged the panel using a memento black "cat eye" ink pad before layering. Now since I didn't have matching brads, at least I none I could find, I dusted off some Stampendous Class-A-Peel jewel stickers.  My card base is dry embossed using a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder with my big shot before sanding the raised snowflakes to make them stand out better on the black card.  A gold cord and ice stickles finish off the card.  I'm really happy with how this turned out since I used non-traditional Christmas colors.

Challenges entered:

 

Show Us Your Pussycats #72 - Anything Goes With Cats 

Splitcoaststampers WT872 - Let's Get Punny 

Splitcoaststampers DEC21VSNMINI1 - M*A*S*H Laughter Is The Best Medicine 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #571 - Anything Goes Christmas Optional: Things With Wings 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 48 - Anything Goes Coloring 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampendous

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Brushed Corduroy: Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Gold Cord, Stampendous Stickers, Ice Stickles, Sanding Block, Snowflake Embossing Folder, Big Shot

Dear Santa Always Jingle

Hello and welcome.  Today I'm playing along with a few challenges over at Splitcoaststampers, among others, using a couple of my snarky Christmas stamps from Impression Obsession.  

For my first card, I stamped the penguin from  Warm Wishes and colored using prismacolor markers before stippling Tim Holtz fired brick ink around the edges.  The Jingler saying is then stamped also in memento tuxedo black.  After layering, and adding brads, I took a black artist pen and added the faux sewing.  Taking my card, I then dry embossed it using a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder and stippled more ink around the edges.  I then took some scrap card stock and die cut my never before used (NBUS) Santa hat before stippling leftover ink around the edges and adding using glue dots.  The small pom on the end is added using micro pop dots.  The finishing touches were a small bow, white gel pen to the eyes and some diamond ice stickles.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #33 - Use Your NBUS 

Splitcoaststampers DEC21VSNMINI2 - TV Guide Color Challenge 

Splitcoaststampers MMTPT697 - Call Of The Wild 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #199 - Y Is For Yuletide

Splitcoaststampers DEC21VSNMINI1 - M*A*S*H Laughter Is The Best Medicine  

My second card today also uses the Warm Wishes penguin.  This time I paired him with some scrap gingham blue designer paper and the Dear Santa saying also from Impression Obsession.  After my stamping and coloring were finished, I stippled some Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink around the edges before layering and adding some small button brads.  The layered image panel was then added to my card with with the gingham paper.  My final embellishments were a white gel pen to highlight the eyes, white/silver ribbon and some gin and tonic sequins.  

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers MMTPT697 - Call Of The Wild 

Outlawz Monday Greetings Nov 22 to Dec 5 - Make It Blue 

Splitcoaststampers DEC21VSNMINI1 - M*A*S*H Laughter Is The Best Medicine 

 If You Give A Crafter A Cookie - December Inspiration Cookies 

Outlawz Festive Friday Nov 26 to Dec 9 - Christmas/Winter Theme

 

 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and a great rest of your week.

Half Assed Penguin

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Fired Brick

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up!

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, PFS Blending Brushes, Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Black Artist Pen, White Gel Pen, Bow, Glue Dots, Micro Pop Dots

Dear Santa Penguin

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Accessories: Brads, Prismacolor Markers, Ribbon, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes, White Gel Pen, PFS Sequins