Celebrate 2024

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made using the free 2024 Penguin digital image from Gerda Steiner Designs.  I don't know about you, but it seems like the years are flying by.

I started by printing the image on Neenah white card stock before coloring it using Copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some tumbled glass distress ink around the penguins before layering and adding some gold brads.  The card base has the "Celebrate" from Stampin Up's Wonderful Words (retired) set in spruce ink.  Once my background was finished, I added some gold cord and the layered image.  Then taking some crystal ice stickles, I "painted" the 2024 numbers using a Q-Tip before adding ice stickles to the Christmas lights.

Challenges entered:

 

Gerda Steiner Share Your Designs Dec 2023 - Anything Goes Gerda Steiner 

Never Before Used Schtuff #57 - Use Your NBUS (GSD 2024 image)

As You Like It Dec 2023 - Anything Goes 

Creative Inspiration #9 - Anything Goes 

Inkspirational #305 - Word Prompt Celebrate (inspired by New Year's celebrations)

I Spy With My Little Eye #10 - Something Old and/or New (Old - gold cord and Celebrate saying, Something New - GSD image)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass; Stampin Up Shaded Spruce

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Copic Markers, Gold Cord, Brads, Glue Dots, Crystal Ice Stickles, Q-Tip

 

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 12

 

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 12 of the #runuptochristmashop2023.  This week's inspiration challenge is shaker cards.  Normally, shaker cards and I don't get along much, and I rarely make them, however I wanted to use this cute Bless Your Hearth digital stamp from The Cat's Pajamas I picked up on Black Friday along with some shaker garnish I received for free from Picket Fence Studios in my last order.

I started out by combining the saying and hearth image in a watermark program before printing it out on some Neenah white cardstock then colored using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I added a soft layer of tumbled glass distress ink using my paper pouncers before adding fired brick around the edges using my blending brushes.  After layering my colored image, I added it inside a clear glassine envelope I've had for years in my stash and haven't used them all yet.  Once I "wrapped" the envelope around my layered image, I added a bit of the shaker garnish before sealing it using some Scor-Tape.  It was then added to my card using pop up glue dots.  The final embellishments were some green organdy ribbon and dew drops along the bottom.

Never Before Used Schtuff #57 - Use Your NBUS (image, shaker garnish)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (ribbon, dew drops, glassine envelope)

Aloha Friday #5 - Christmas/Winter Animals (penguins)

CD Sunday Plus #125 - Anything Goes Digital (image)

Word Art Wednesday 625 to 626 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and have a very Merry Christmas and blessed, safe New Year as well.

PIP Challenge 2350

 

 Sponsored by Lawn Fawn

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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  Lawn Fawn.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship.  

My card today takes us on a vacation from the cold to tropical beaches, plenty of sunshine, cool island breezes and uses the Lawn Fawn Flamingo Together, and a saying I received from Lawn Fawn in an order, stamped in various memento inks before creating my "beach/ocean" using memento desert sand and blue danube inks direct-to-paper until I was happy with the coverage before layering the image panel then adding some black mini brads.  After adhering the panel to a pink card, I hand drew birds using a black gel pen.  The final touches were some sequins and fruit punch ice stickles.

Challenges entered:

 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #220 - Anything Goes 

Gem of a Craft Wk 25 - Anything Goes 

Shopping Our Stash #511 - Whatever The Weather  (sun, sand, beach, breezes)

Critter Crazy #81 - Anything Goes With A Critter (flamingos)

 

 

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

Stamps: Lawn Fawn

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Desert Sand, Blue Danube, Rosebud, Cottage Ivy, Rich Cocoa

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sequins, Glue, Glue Dots, Brads, Black Gel Pen, Ice Stickles

A Little Frost-Tea

 

 

Hello and welcome.  I've been dealing with a lot of health depression/anxiety issues lately, more so than normal which has made my mojo take a vacation it seems from time to time.  I wanted to do something fun, so I pulled this Frosty digital stamp from Craftin Desert Divas (now closed) and colored it using prismacolor markers before stippling some tumbled glass distress ink around the image using my paper pouncer before adding more distress ink around the edges of the colored image then layered.  After adding some tiny silver brads, I added the layered panel to a turquoise dry embossed card using pop up glue dots.  I then added the ribbon from my stash and the pearl/silver dew drops.  The final touch was highlighting the holly berries and tea tag using glitter gel pens and some crystal ice stickles to act like "snow".

Challenges entered:

 

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #24 - See Inspiration Pic 

Peace On Earth Christmas #54 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by colors, snowflakes, snow)

Paper Funday #60 - Anything Goes; Optional Snowman and/or Birds (snowman)

The Four Seasons Dec 2023 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by holly/berries, snow, cold)

CD Sunday Plus #125 - Anything Goes Digital (image from Craftin Desert Divas/now closed)

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends #220 - Anything Goes

 

Peace On Earth

 

The Four Seasons
 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Craftin Desert Divas

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Cardstock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor Markers, Pop Up Glue Dots, Brads, Ice Stickles, Dew Drops, Glue Dots, Ribbon, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Glitter Gel Pens

 

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

Believe In The Magic

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card using one of my all time favorite things - a SNOW GLOBE!!  I just love snow globes.  They offer glimpses into another world and are just calming I think.  My snowglobe today uses the Bunny Snowglobe digital stamp set from The Cat's Pajamas.

After combining the image, and saying, in a watermark program, I colored it using my Castle Arts watercolor pencils for blending later.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled/pounced some Tim Holtz tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress inks around the colored image using my paper pouncers, and blending brushes, before layering and adding some silver brads.  Taking my card base, I dry embossed it using a Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder I've had for years using my Big Shot.  I then stippled more mowed lawn distress ink over the embossed images and around the edges.  Once that was finished, I adhered my layered image panel using pop up glue dots before highlighting parts of the "falling snow" using a silver 3D glaze pen and then adding crystal ice stickles to highlight the rest of the "snow".  This card was fairly easy to do even with a migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

Shopping Our Stash #511 - Whatever The Weather (snow)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #153 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Aloha Friday Challenge #5 - Christmas/Winter Animals (snow bunny)

Critter Crazy #81 - Anything Goes With Featured Critter (rabbit)

CD Sunday Plus #124 - Anything Goes Digital 

Most Magical Time Of The Year #15 - Anything Goes Christmas or Halloween 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn Distress Ink

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Watermark Program, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Ice Stickles, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Snowflake Folder, Paper Pouncers, Blending Brush, Pop Up Glue Dots, 3D Glaze Pen

 

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 10

 

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 10 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 use humor, or be humorous.  Since mine, and my husband's family, have multiple health issues I just had to go with bathroom humor.  I remember more than one family gathering where the discussion topic came around to including bathroom humor; especially if my late mother-in-law started it. 

I decided to use one of my favorite designer lines from Impression Obsession, the Gary Robertson line of digital stamps.  I started out by printing the never before used Seasons Greetings Outhouse on Neenah white card stock before coloring it using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils and a white gel pen.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass and chipped sapphire distress inks using my paper pouncers before layering and adding brads.  My card is stamped in pine needles distress ink using a retired Stampin Up holly jumbo roller wheel before stippling more pine needles around the edges.  Once my layered image was adhered, I went and highlighted parts of the image using a Sakura 3D clear glaze pen.  I then added waterfall and diamond ice stickles to finish the card off.  I'm really happy with how this card turned out because I almost threw it away at one point thinking I had really messed it up.  Fortunately, the card finished well.  

 

Challenges entered: 

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #56 - Use Your NBUS (main image)

Peace On Earth #53 - See Mood Board (inspired by colors) 

The Four Seasons December 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by colors/season)

The Merry Little Christmas #53 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Inspiration Station #56 December - See Photo (inspired by colors)

Peace On Earth

The Four Seasons

 

Inspiration Station
 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Impression Obsession; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Tumbled Glass, Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah White; Recollections Pre-folded Card Stock

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Blender Pencil, Twine, Brads, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pen, White Gel Pen, Paper Pouncers

PIP Challenge 2348

 

  Sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs

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Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today feature's their Owl I Want For Christmas digital stamp.

I started out by printing my owl onto Neenah white card stock before coloring it using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around it before layering and adding brads.  Setting the owl aside, I dug up my retired Stampin Up poinsettia jumbo wheel and stamped the card base using it in retired rose red ink. I then cut a small rose red scrap to use as a border and added that to the card using glue dots.  After adding my layered owl, I over-stamped the Merry Christmas from Colorado Craft Company's Bethlehem's Light stamp set in memento tuxedo black before adding a bling flourish from my stash.  The final touch was two googlie eyes using glue dots.

Challenges entered:

 

Gerda Steiner Designs Share Your Designs - December (owl image)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #57 - Use Your NBUS (owl image, Merry Christmas saying)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (poinsettia wheel)

Triple B Challenge Dec 2023 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (bird is an owl) 

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round Dec - 12 Drummers Drumming/Anything Goes Christmas (went with the anything goes) 

Critter Crazy #81 - Anything Goes Featuring a Critter (I have an owl)

Triple B

 

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

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs; Stampin Up; Colorado Craft Company

Ink: SU Rose Red; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass; Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Bling, Glue Dots, Brads, Googlie Eyes, PFS Blending Brush

 

 

Woodblock Wednesday November 2023 Edition

 

 

Hello and welcome to November's edition of Woodblock Wednesday where we're pulling out, dusting off and showing our woodblock stamps some love.  The stamp I've chosen to use this month is an old factory second stamp I had received from a friend that was manufactured by Embossing Arts Company that unfortunately closed several years ago.  

I started out by stamping the image in memento tuxedo black ink on Neenah white cardstock before coloring it using my Castle Arts watercolor pencils and a blending alcohol marker.  Once I was done coloring, I lightly blended some Tim Holtz chipped sapphire and dusty concord distress inks using the paper pouncers I received as a birthday gift.  I then layered the main image, added brads before distressing the edges just a little.  Once my image was adhered to the card, I added some silver dew drops and ice stickles to highlight the moon and parts of the lake.  Here's a close up of my card:

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday November 2023 - Use Those Woodblock Stamps (Embossing Arts)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #56 - Use Your NBUS (stamp) 

Shopping Our Stash #510 - Splish Splash (Use Water Element) (image with water, watercolor pencils)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 623 to 624 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Trees (birch, pine)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Embossing Arts Company

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord Distress Ink

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Marker, Dew Drops, Glue, Glue Dots, Brads, Distressing Tool, Ice Stickles, Paper Pouncers

Fa La La La La, Fa La Llama

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a cute one layer Christmas card I made using Gerda Steiner Designs digital Fa la la la Llamas.   I've had this digital set for some time and just never made anything yet with it.

I started out by combining the digital image and my hand typed Deck The Halls chorus (altered a tad) before printing the image out onto Neenah white card stock then coloring using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and a Copic alcohol blender marker.  Once my image was colored, I used my paper pouncer to apply a softer background of Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink.  The inside Merry Christmas saying is from Gerda's Happy Snowman clear stamp set I was gifted from a friend.  I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out especially since I'm still dealing with migraines and an infection that doesn't want to go away.

Challenges entered:

 

Gerda Steiner Designs Share Your Designs - November 2023 Anything Goes 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #56 - Use Your NBUS (stamps digital/clear) 

Digi Choosday Wk46 - Anything Goes 

CD Sunday Plus #123 - Anything Goes Digital (llama set) 

Ally's Angel #76 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Paper Pouncer, Alcohol Blender Marker

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 8

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 8 of the #runuptochristmashop2023 and this week we're being inspired to Make A Scene.  Now I love scenic stamping so this challenge is "right up my alley" so to speak and I knew the stamp set I wanted to use.  I just received this Snow Village set by Impression Obsession from a friend that's been on my wish list for some time now.  I decided to use my church in Anchorage, Alaska as inspiration for my scene.

I started out by stamping the village in memento tuxedo black ink on a slimline scrap panel before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once my coloring was finished, I pulled out my Slimline Cloud stencil from Picket Fence Studios and created my cloud background using Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink and blending brushes.  At this point, I decided I needed some more trees and a couple of snowmen, so I stamped those on scrap white card stock, colored using gel pens, then cut out to adhered to my card.  After stamping my saying from Colorado Craft Company's Bethlehem's Light, I then adhered the image panel to a spruce green card before adding the clay snowflakes from  plum pudding sequin mix and diamond ice stickles because snow just had to sparkle.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #56 - Use Your NBUS (stamps)

Cardz 4 Guyz #335 - Winter Scene 

Crafty Catz #659 - Anything Goes Optional: 3 Of Your Favorite Colors  (blue, green, brown)

Most Magical Time of the Year #14 - Anything Halloween or Christmas (Christmas)

Peace On Earth Christmas #52 - See Inspiration Board (used colors, trees, snow as inspiration)

 

 

Peace On Earth

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  For my followers in the United States, have a Happy and safe Thanksgiving.

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession; Colorado Craft Company

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Stormy Sky Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Sequins, Glue, Ice Stickles, Cloud Stencil, Blending Brush, Gel Pens

PIP Challenge 2346

 

 Sponsored by StarStampz

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

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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