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

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 7

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 7 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's theme is Ornaments or Tags. Since I've been dealing with migraines again, and just not plain feeling well from an infection, I went with ornaments on a card.  I've had this Enchanted Branches Nativity - Baby Jesus digital set from Power Poppy for awhile and hadn't used yet, I decided to finally use it.

I started out by combining the three ornament image, and a saying, in Photoshop before printing it out onto Neenah white card stock then colored it using Castle Arts pencils. Once the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress inks using blending brushes and the paper pouncers I had received as a gift.  I then highlighted part of Jesus' halo using yellow ice stickles to finish my card off.  I'm really please with how it turned out.  I think keeping my card fairly plain and simple worked well for this theme.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #56 - Use Your NBUS (image, paper pouncers)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 621 to 622 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Christmas)

Jan's Digital Stamps November 2023 - Anything Goes 

Digi Choosday Wk 44 - Anything Goes Digital (image)

CD Sunday Plus #123 - Anything Goes Digital (image from Power Poppy)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Power Poppy

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Computer, Printer, Paper Pouncers, Blending Brushes, Ice Stickles

Fall Mice Thankful For You

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a cute little fall card I made using the Gerda Steiner Designs Fall Mice that I was gifted from a friend. 

I started out by stamping the mice on Copic X-press It card stock before coloring using copic markers.  Setting those aside, I stamped all the individual pieces (fruit, gourds, pie, wheelbarrow) on pieces of scrap X-press It card stock, colored and fussy cut all the pieces out to adhere later.  I then created my leaf ground cover by adding several colors/layers of dots.  Once that was finished, taking my slimline cloud stencil and created my sky background before adhering all of my small cut out pieces.  I did pop up the wheelbarrow on pop dots to add some dimension to my card.  The final touch was adding lots of falling autumn leaf sequins.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Gerda Steiner Designs Share Your Designs Nov 2023 - Anything Goes GSD (stamps)

Inspiration Station #55 - See Mood Board (inspired by colors, leaves, season)

The Four Seasons Nov 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by season, colors)

Cardz 4 Galz #211 - Thankful, Thanksgiving, Thank You 

Snippets Playground #466 - Use Up Those Scraps/Snippets (fruit, gourds, wheelbarrow) 

Critter Crazy #80 - Anything Goes With A Critter (mice)

 

 

Inspiration Station

 

The Four Seasons

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a fabulous weekend.

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Copic X-press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Copic Markers, Brads, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brush, Pop Dots, Glue, Sequins

Gingerbread Latte Anyone?

 

 

Hello and welcome.  I have another card to share for the Coffee Loving Card Makers 2023 Hop and using an image I colored recently but didn't get it on a card before now.  I just love this cute Gingerbread Latte Gnome digital stamp from The Cat's Pajamas since 1) I totally love gnomes and 2) I see many more opportunities to use it.  

Once my image, and saying, were printed on Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Arts watercolor pencils before stippling Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink around the edges then layered and added brads.  For my card, I pulled out another The Cat's Pajamas clear Freshly Brewed Heaven (retired) stamp set and stamped the large coffee cup repeatedly also in pine needles distress ink.  I then took my Castle Arts gel pens and colored the tree lights and gingerbread cookie before adding punched holly leaves after I ran them through my dusty paper crimper with red liquid pearl "berries".  The final touch was some glittered dew drops from my stash.

Challenges entered:

 

Coffee Loving Card Makers 2023 Hop - Anything Goes Coffee/Tea/Cocoa/Hot Apple Cider (coffee)

Caffeinated Christmas Card #23 - Coffee and Holly 

Inspired By Nov 2023 - Gnomes 

Never Before Used Schtuff #56 (NBUS) - Use Your NBUS (gingerbread gnome digital set)

As You Like It Nov 2023 - Favorite Christmas Colours (Traditional or Modern plus why) (traditional red/green plus gnomes - reminds me of my mother and grandfather)

Krafty Chicks #689 - Christmas

Word Art Wednesday Wks 621 and 622 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Caffeinated Christmas Card

 

Inspired By

As You Like It

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Tim Holtz Pine Needles

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Castle Art Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Glue Dots, MS Holly Punch, Gel Pens, Dew Drops, Liquid Pearls, Paper Crimper

 

#fallwinter2023clh

 

Gnome Sweet Pumpkin Spice Latte

  

Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  I've had this image colored for several months now, just never got around to putting it on a card for some reason and dealing with a migraine proved to me why I have colored images just sitting around.  The image is from Gnome Sweet Gnome digital set from Angie Blom Designs.  It's colored using Castle Arts pencils with Tim Holtz stormy sky and mowed lawn distress ink blending around the colored image before layering and adding brads.  The card is stamped using a long retired Stampin Up Leaves Awash jumbo wheel in garden green ink.  I love how my coffee loving gnome turned out.  Now if I could find a magic wand that would get rid of migraines and have Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte's year round. 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Coffee Loving Card Lovers 2023 Hop - Anything Goes Coffee/Tea/Cocoa/Hot Apple Cider 

Double Trouble !152 - DeJa Brew (Thing 2 - coffee themed)

Four Seasons Nov 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by colors, season)

Paper Funday #59 Nov 2023 - Anything Goes Optional Thanks/Grateful 

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

 

Double Trouble

 

The Four Seasons

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Angie Blom Designs; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Mowed Lawn; Stampin Up Garden Green

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Castle Arts Pencils, Glue Dots, Blending Brushes

 

 

Cat-PURR-ccino

 

 

Hello and welcome.  I've got another quick and easy card for this year's Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter 2023 Hop using this cute Newton's Mug stamp set from Newton's Nook.

I stamped it onto scrap Copic X-press white card stock before coloring using prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled some Adirondack espresso and Tim Holtz spiced marmalade distress ink using my blending brushes before layering and adding brads.  I then went and distressed the edges before adhering the image panel to an espresso colored card.  After adding some coffee bean sequins, I pulled out three of the coffee beans and adhered them using glue dots.  I'm so glad this went together easily since, yes, the migraine is still there.  I'm seriously at the point of crying from it but that'll hurt more than trying to focus on something else.

Challenges entered:

 

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Hop - Anything Goes Coffee/Tea/Cocoa 

Crazy For Cats #13 - Anything Goes With A Cat (in a coffee cup)

Critter Crazy #80 - Anything Goes With A Critter (cat)

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Grunge It Up 

Inspiration Station #55 - Nov 2023 (see inspiration pic) (inspired by colors)

 

 

Inspiration Station

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Newton's Nook

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade; Adirondack Espresso

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Copic X-press It

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Sequins, Blending Brushes, Pop Dot, Distresser Tool

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 6

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 6 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's theme is Designer Paper so I pulled out an old Recollections Holiday Traditions pack and selected a page.  

Pulling out a retired Stampin Up set I've had for years and hadn't used yet called Greeting Card Kids, I stamped the Christmas girl in memento tuxedo black ink onto scrap white cardstock before coloring it using both prismacolor and copic markers then layered on more scraps before adding brads.  Pulling out a scrap mini slimline green cardstock, I adhered the designer paper before trimming it and added my layered image panel.  After adding some gold cord and gold enamel dots, my card was finished.  As a final touch, I highlighted my little girls coat/hat using a white gel pen before adding some 3D glaze pens to the little Christmas tree she's pulling.  I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

Challenges entered:

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

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

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #151 - Anything Goes Christmas

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day! 

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Pine Needles

Card Stock: Recollections; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Gold Cord, Enamel Dots, 3D Glaze and Souffle Pens, White Gel Pen, Brads, Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes

Challenge 2344

      Sponsored by 

Varada Sharma

Blog

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we are 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 this week features the Free To Be digital set.

After printing off my image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using Castle Arts pencils before lightly stippling some Tim Holtz milled lavender and tumbled glass distress inks before layering and adding brads.  My card is dry embossed using my Big Shot and a Cuttlebug Floral embossing folder before stippling dusty concord over the raised images, and sides, using my blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios.  The final touches were a small purple bow, purple bling from my stash and yellow ice stickles highlighting the flowers center.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Use Your Stuff #496 - Anything Goes 

Ally's Angel #75 - Anything Goes 

Triple B November 2023 - Anything Goes Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (I used birds, blooms)

Crafter's Cafe #302 - Flowers (flower in image and embossing folder) 

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

Stamps: Varada Sharma

Ink: Tim Holtz Dusty Concord, Tumbled Glass, Milled Lavender

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Bling, Bow, Glue Dots, Brads, Ice Stickles, Embossing Folder, Big Shot

The Most Important Meal Of The Day

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I have a card to share I made for the Coffee Loving Card Makers blog hop.  I'm a little late to the party thanks to another migraine (Mother Nature make up your mind what season we're in) and being just plain sick for the last couple weeks.  I decided to use some stamps I had received from a friend recently.

I started out by stamping my Cathy image, and saying (retired), from Art Impressions in memento tuxedo black ink on vanilla scrap card stock before coloring using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and a blending marker.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added brads.  Setting my layered image aside, I took my Down To The Last Cup background from Picket Fence Studios and stamped it repeatedly in Adirondack espresso ink using a MISTI before stippling more espresso ink using my paper pouncers before adhering it to an espresso card base.  After adding my layered image, I pulled out my Sakura 3D glaze pens and highlighted parts of the image before adding coffee beans sequins.  I'm really happy with how it turned out since I made it while dealing with this migraine.  I needed to try focusing on something besides the pain and this card was fairly easy for me to make.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Hop - Anything Goes Coffee/Tea/Apple/Hot Chocolate 

Crafty Calendar Nov 2023 - Anything Goes 

Polkadoodles Wk44 - Anything Goes 

Aloha Friday #4 - Food and Drink (coffee)

Double Trouble #152 - Deja-Brew Optional Pun (coffee, pun in saying)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Art Impressions; Picket Fence Studios

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Adirondack Espresso

Card Stock: Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Marker, Glue, Sequins, Brads, Glue Dots, Paper Pouncers, Sakura 3D Glaze Pens