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.

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

PIP Challenge 2348

 

  Sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs

Gerda Steiner FB

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

 

 

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

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Wk 5

 

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 5 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 candy cane or gingerbread.  

 

For my card, I pulled out an old rubber stamp set from The Cat's Pajamas  called Baked With Love (retired) and stamped it onto a scrap of vanilla cardstock in memento tuxedo black ink then colored it using prismacolor and copic markers.  Once my coloring was finished, I layered it and added brads before setting aside.  My card base is stamped in Adirondack espresso ink using the gingerbread border from the retired Holiday Borders set from Impression Obsession.  I then added some Martha Stewart gingerbread ribbon I've had for years and hadn't used up yet.  After adhering my layered image, I added "icing" and "candies" using 3D glaze/souffle pens before gluing googlie eyes to finish it off.  

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (gingerbread ribbon, stamp set)

Crafty Catz #656 - Anything Goes 

Krafty Chicks #687 - All Occasions (Christmas)

Gem of a Craft Wk 22 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 619 to 620 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: The Cat's Pajamas; Impression Obsession

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Adirondack Espresso

Cardstock: Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Googlie Eyes, 3D Glaze Pens, Brads, Ribbon, Pop Up Glue Dots, Blending Brushes

Challenge 2342

 Sponsored by SheepSki Designs

SheepSki Designs FB

SheepSki Designs FB Sharing

 

 

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 sponsoring our challenge and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card features the image Twiggy.

After printing the image on Neenah white card stock, I colored it using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils before stamping my "ground cover" using my Watercolor Minis (retired) from Stampin Up as well as several Stampin Up dye inks.  Once the ground cover was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink around it before layering and adding copper brads.  I then pulled out a long retired Stampin Up Leaves Awash and rolled it across my rust colored card base.  After adhering my image panel using glue dots, I then over-stamped the saying vertically.  The final touch was adding a bit of copper bling.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #55 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (leaves wheel)

A Place To Start Oct 2023 - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff #495 - Autumn Mood Board (inspired by the leaves, colors) 

The Four Seasons Oct 2023 - Anything Goes Fall 

Use Your Stuff

The Four Seasons

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

Stamps: Sheepski Designs; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky; Stampin Up Summer Sun, Tangerine Tango, Soft Suede, Always Artichoke, Garden Green; Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Bling, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Computer, Printer

Run Up To Christmas 2023 Week 3

 

 

Hello Friends and welcome to 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 "Christmas Wreath" and a good thing too.  That meant I would finally finish coloring this wreath card I started 5yrs ago (thanks to a variety of health/migraine issues) from Verve Stamps I received as a RAK from a friend.  

 

The wreath is stamped in Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink and colored using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I blended stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks around it before layering and adding brads.  Taking my Tonic distresser tool I ran it along the edges of the image panel before setting aside.  My card base is stamped using a retired Stampin Up holly jumbo wheel and garden green ink.  I then added the image panel using pop up glue dots before adding a few dots of crystal ice stickles to highlight parts of the image and a clear 3D glaze pen to highlight the berries.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #55 - Use Your NBUS (wreath set)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (wreath set)

Most Magical Time of the Year #13 - Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas (Christmas)

Ally's Angels #75 - Anything Goes 

Peace On Earth #50 - See Mood Board (inspired by wreaths on trucks)

Happy Little Stampers Christmas October - Anything Goes Optional Stencil 

 

Peace On Earth

 

Happy Little Stampers Christmas
 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Verve Christmas Wreath; Stampin Up Holly Jumbo Wheel

Ink: Stampin Up Garden Green; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Pine Needles, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Distressing Tool, Pop Up Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, 3D Glaze Pen

Woodblock Wednesday September Edition

 

 

Hello and welcome to another edition of  Woodblock Wednesday where we're showing some love for all of our woodblock stamps.  Remember those stamps we all just had to have and just collected?  We've all done that.  For my card this month, I created another Christmas card using an old, retired, Stampin Up set called The Gift Of Love.  I've had this set for years and haven't used much, if at all.

I started out by stamping the image and saying in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz chipped sapphire and brushed corduroy distress inks before layering and adding brads.  I then adhered the image panel to an espresso card base before adding small, retired, Gin and Tonic star sequins from Picket Fence Studios then highlighted the Christmas Star using a Castle Arts gold glitter gel pen. I'm please with how this turned out since I'm still stamping with a migraine.

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday Sept 2023 - Anything Goes Using Woodblock Stamps 

Jingle Belles Rock Sept 2023 - Inspired By A Story/Movie (I went with the Christmas Story the greatest story ever told) 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 615 to 616 - Anything Goes Uplifting (saying)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #148 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Krafty Chicks #683 - All Occasions (Christmas)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Brushed Corduroy

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Glue, Brads, Gel Pen, Star Sequins

Falling For Wednesdays Week 6

 

 

 

 Hi friends! Welcome to week 6 of Falling For Wednesdays hosted by @kellysantidesigns If you are interested in joining the Winter Hop starting in November, please send Kelly a PM! This week’s fall theme is: Farmer’s Market!  For this week's card, I allowed myself to be inspired by the pumpkin patch we used to take the kids to when they were little and the weekend farmers market here in town.  

 

So I pulled out my Happy Pumpkin Season stamp set (NBUS) from MFT Stamps, and a slimline card from my scrap pile, and stamped all of the images in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using my Castle Arts pencils.  Once my coloring was finished, I stenciled the background hills using a retired MFT mountain/snow mound stencil and the clouds using my PFS slimline cloud coverage stencil using PFS blending brushes.  After adding some clear Gin and Tonic sequins, my card is finished.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff #54 - Use Your NBUS (stamps)

Shopping Our Stash #506 - Color Me Beautiful (pencils, ink)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 615 and 616 - Anything Goes Uplifting

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps)

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

Stamps: My Favorite Things

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Stormy Sky, Brushed Corduroy

Card Stock: Neenah White Scrap

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, MFT Stencil, PFS Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Glue, Sequins

Challenge 2338

  Sponsored by Newton's Nook

Newton's Nook Challenge

Newton's Nook FB Design and Share

Hello and welcome.  Today starts a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Newton's Nook.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of this week's challenge.  For my card this week, I used my own cats as inspiration and pulled out my Newton Caroling set that I bought end of last year and hadn't used yet (NBUS).  These cute little cats make me think of my own cats, and fosters, "singing the song of their peoples" whenever they feel like it.

After stamping the images in memento tuxedo black on Copic X-press It white, I colored everything using both prismacolor and copic markers before layering and stippling some Stampin Up soft sky  ink using my blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios.  I then fussy cut the mice out and added those using micro pop dots.  After adding some music note brads, I adhered the image panel using pop up glue dots on a green card dry embossed using a Cuttlebug allegro embossing folder.  The final touch was adding some poinsettia dew drops from my stash and some crystal/waterfall ice stickles to highlight the snowfall.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #54 - Use Your NBUS (images)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #148 - Anything Goes Christmas (images)

Most Magical Time of the Year #12 - Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas (images)

Crazy For Cats #11 - Anything Goes Cats 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #214 - Anything Goes 

 

 

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

Stamps:  Newton's Nook

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up Soft Sky, Garden Green

Card Stock: Copic X-Press It; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, PFS Blending Brushes, Dew Drops, Glue Dots, Pop Up Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Ice Stickles, Brads

PIP 2336

 

  Sponsored by Polkadoodles

Polkadoodles FB 1

Polkadoodles FB 2 

 

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Polkadoodles.  I would like to thank them for sponsoring this week's challenge.  For my card this week, I decided to use the Hollybobs Choir digital image.

Once I had printed it out at 3.5x5, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers then layered and added some white dove brads.  I then adhered it to a navy blue card before adhering a small white bow using glue dots then highlighted the colored image using ice stickles.  Inside my card, I used an old Hero Arts Christmas saying.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (image, dove brads)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #147 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 611 to 612 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Digi Chooseday Wk 35 - Anything Goes 

A Place To Start Sept 2023 - Anything Goes Optional All That Glitters (ice stickles)

CD Sunday Plus #118 - Anything Goes Digital (image)

 

 

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

Stamps: Polkadoodles

Ink: Stampin Up Pacific Pointe; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brushes, Black Gel Pen

Falling For Wednesdays Week 3

 

 

 

Hello and welcome to week 3 of Falling For Wednesdays hosted by @kellysantidesigns Hop along with #ffwcardgroup2023 where each week holds beautiful fall splendor. This week’s fall theme is: LEAF PEEPING!  Leaf peeping is defined as driving/taking a tour to see all of the fall colors.  When I'm physically able to do this, I love seeing all of the fall leaf colors not far from here in Yosemite National Park.

 

My card this week is featuring a few retired Stampin Up sets using a technique created by Kittie Caracciolo.  It's called watercolor landscaping and she created a tutorial for it that's uploaded to Splitcoaststampers.  It's an amazing technique and is really easy to do.

I started out by stamping the background trees (Lovely As A Tree) in PTI dark chocolate ink on white card stock before taking the fern from the Watercolor Minis set and inked it in various Stampin Up dye inks to create my tree leaves and the leaves on the ground.  I then stamped the truck from (Loads of Love) and car/plane from (Travel Time) in memento tuxedo black ink on scratch card stock before coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers.  After fussy cutting all of them out, I set them aside to stencil the cloud background using Picket Fence Studios slimline cloud stencil and Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink and a blending brush from Picket Fence Studios.  Taking the Watercolor Mini fern again, I stamped the road using memento tuxedo black ink and then blended in a bit of PTI dark chocolate using a blending brush.  Once that was finished, I adhered both cars and the truck using glue dots before adding another truck using pop dots for added dimension.  The final touch was adding some "birds" to the background using a black gel pen.

Challenges entered:

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (all stamps used)

Inspiration Station #53 September 2023 - See Mood Board Below (inspired by the fall colors)

The Four Seasons Sept 2023 - See Mood Board Below (inspired by the fall colors)

Get Creative Challenge #125 - Pumpkin Spice Please (pumpkin in the truck bed)

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Stamp It 

Double D Challenges - Fall Plaids (inspired by colors)

Inspiration Station

The Four Seasons

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up (Lovely As A Tree, Watercolor Minis, Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories, Travel Time)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; PTI Dark Chocolate; Stampin Up Soft Suede, Ruby Red, Tangerine Tango, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery; Tim Holtz Pine Needles, Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Black Gel Pen, Pop Dots, Glue Dots, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes