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

 

Cheery Snowman Poop And Anniversary Toast

Hello and welcome.  I've not been very active blogging recently because of health issues to the point of it's taken everything just to color images let alone photograph and blog them.  With that in mind, today I'd like to share with you a couple of clean and simple cards I've made over the last week.  

First up is a cheerful cup of snowman poop printed on Hammermill white card stock and colored using Castle Arts pencils and gel pens.  My colored image, A Winter Cheers one of Angie Blom's fabulous digital stamps, is layered onto scrap Stampin Up card stock and is popped up over a scrap border, then adhered to a red card with some scrap glittered red/yellow snowflake designer paper.  I'm happy with how my card turned out and with how hot it's been, I'm going to keep dreaming of snowflakes and cooler temperatures.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #41 August - Use Your NBUS (image)

Crafty Calender Challenge #606 August - Anything Goes 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas Optional Penguin 

CD Sunday Plus #91 - Anything Goes Digital 

Colour Crazy Craft Wk 31 - Anything Goes Coloring 

Outlawz Festive Friday Aug 5th to 18th - Christmas Theme 

 

Stamps: Angie Blom A Winter Cheers

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Designer Paper Scrap

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Pop Up Glue Dots, Castle Arts Pencils and Gel Pens, Brads

Next up is an adorable Anita Jeram one layer (OLO) card made using the Anniversary Mini

set from her collection at Colorado Craft Company or 3C.  I received this cute image from 3C after sending them a decorated envelope with a self addressed stamped envelope inside it for their Mail Art Is Not Dead campaign.  I started out by stamping the images onto a scrap of Hammermill white card stock and then colored using Castle Arts pencils.  Once I was finished coloring, I stamped the same image onto an small envelope for mailing. How cute is this?? I'm normally not a big fan of mice, however, make them part of a stamp set and I love them.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #41 - Use Your NBUS 

AAA Cards: Game #221 - Small and Few Optional: Lady Bugs (went with small mice/words & small scrap card stock) 

Inkspirational Challenge #271 - One Layer Stamping (image on scrap card stock)

 

 

 

 

Stamps: Colorado Craft Company

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Hammermill White Scrap

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Matching Envelope

Thank for stopping by today.  Have a fabulous week!