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

Falling For Wednesdays Week 5

 

 

 

Hi friends! Welcome to week 5 of Falling For Wednesdays hosted by @kellysantidesigns   This week’s fall theme is: Fall Critters!  I immediately thought of Yosemite National Park again and all of the forest animals getting ready for winter.  Putting on pounds, storing food in their dens, etc. before beginning hibernation.  

 

I started out by stamping my images from MFP Stamp Shop (now closed) in memento tuxedo black ink on Copic X-press it white card stock before coloring them using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Taking a small Marvy circle punch I've had for years, and rarely use, I punched out my critters peeking out of their tree "burrows" before adhering using pop dots.  After adhering the panel to an espresso card, I decided to add some "grasses" and dug out my Stampscapes large reeds (068D) and stamped the reeds using Tim Holtz mowed lawn, scattered straw and walnut stain distress inks.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Retro Rubber #215 - Fall Scenes (MFP stamps are 2011, Stampscapes are 1993)

Crafty Calendar Sept 2023 - Anything Goes 

The Four Seasons Sept 2023 - See Inspiration Board (inspired by leaves)

Just Us Girls #697 - See Mood Board (inspired by the leaves)

 

 

The Four Seasons

Retro Rubber

 

Just Us Girls

 

 

My second card I made was inspired by Bear Country in Disneland and seeing all of the squirrels running around to snatch up the scrap droppings.  Taking out some MFP Stamp Shop (now closed) sets as well as the Stampscapes reeds/bush stamps, I got to work.  After stamping the squirrel on a log image in memento tuxedo black ink, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers.  I then stamped the pine branches in Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink before stamping the overhanging branches in walnut stain before stamping the reeds/bush using Tim Holtz scattered straw, mowed lawn and walnut stain to create my "grasses".  I then stamped the rocks on scrap card stock, colored them and adhered to the image panel which sits on an espresso card.  I then took a green glittered gel pen and highlighted some of the images.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day. 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Jan's Digital Stamps Sept 2023 - Anything Goes 

Critter Crazy #78 - Anything Goes With Featured Critter (squirrel)

Park Hopping My Happy Place Sept 2023 - Anything Goes Inspired By Theme Parks (Bear Country Disneyland, California)

2 Sisters On The Blog #78 - Autumn (colors, falling leaves)

Challenge Up Your Life #162 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Peeking Critters

Stamps: MFP Stamp Shop (closed); Stampscapes

Ink:  Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain; Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Small Hole Punch, Pop Dots, MISTI

 

Fat Tail?

Stamps: MFP Stamp Shop (closed); Stampscapes

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles, Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain, Tea Dye Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers , Pop Dots, Gel Pens, MISTI
 

 

 

Psalm 121

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card made using stamps from Stampamania (closed now) I bought at a stamp convention 20+ years ago and haven't used (NBUS).  To see my first one, please scroll down one post.  

I started out by stamping both the Horizon Crosses and Psalm 121:1,2 in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring by blending several different colors of Tim Holtz distress inks (list below) using my blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios.  Once I was satisfied with the ink blending, I layered the panel then added some brads.  I'm please with how this turned out since it's another one of my migraine creations (and I did this with very little light).  It was either be creative a bit or cry.  I'm glad I got creative.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #53 - Use Your NBUS (image/Psalm)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 609 to 610 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Retro Rubber #213 - Rainbow Connection

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stuff 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampamania (closed)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Mowed Lawn, Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender, Wild Honey, Frayed Burlap Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Brads, Glue Dots

 

A Little Retro Beachfront Lighthouse

 

Hello and welcome.  I am thrilled to be guest designing for the Retro Rubber Challenge Blog for this week's challenge which is a tic-tac-toe challenge. (see below graphic)  For my project, I went with the pens/pencils, beach (mine has a lighthouse) and stencil (background clouds).

For my project, I did a late Father's Day/Birthday gift to my husband and used a Lighthouse Scene stamp from Hero Arts that I bought back in 1996 or 1998 (copyright info too small for my migraine) when I first started stamping.  My husband has been asking for me to make another project using this stamp for years now and I finally got it done.  It's amazing to see how my coloring skills have improved from way back when.  I had given him a framed lighthouse as a birthday present years ago and colored it using Crayola pencils.  This new one is colored using Castle Arts pencils and I'm amazed at the difference in my shading from then to now.  Behind my lighthouse I used a slimline cloud stencil from Picket Fence Studios along with Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink using blending brushes also from Picket Fence.  Below is the side by side view.

And then with the stamp:

I'd also like to enter this into the following challenges.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamp set)

The Four Seasons July 2023 - See Mood Board (went with beach/ocean theme)

613 Ave Create July 2023 - Anything Goes Optional: Nautical (went with beach/lighthouse)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #210 - Anything Goes 

A Place To Start July 2023 - Anything Goes Optional Life's A Beach (went with beach)

Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero July 2023 - Here Comes The Sun

 

The Four Seasons

 

613 Ave Create

 

A Place To Start

 

Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us over at Retro Rubber for this week's challenge.

Stamps: Hero Arts

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress

Card Stock: Hammermill White

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, PFS Slimline Cloud Stencil, PFS Blending Brushes, Frame

Trees and Jello

Hello and welcome.  Today I have another card to share made for this month's Woodblock Wednesday challenge.  While looking for the saying I used in yesterday's project, I came across this wood block stamp from Whipper Snapper that I totally forgot I had.  I must have bought it either online, or at a stamp convention, 20 years ago.  

 I started out by stamping the saying in memento tuxedo black ink onto a top note die cut I received from a secret sister a while back before stippling Tim Holtz spiced marmalade and tumbled glass distress inks around it.  My card is stamped in using a retired Stampin Up Fresh Fillers wood block set (I haven't used in years) in tangerine tango ink before adhering my die cut saying panel.  Once that was finished, I pulled out some dusty prima flowers and adhered them to the card before pulling out my Martha Stewart fern punch and punching scrap green card stock with Tim Holtz mowed lawn distress ink stippled over them.  I then adhered the "ferns" to my card and added some bling to finish it off.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out since I was making it with another migraine.  

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday June 2023 - Use Your Unloved Wood Block Stamps (saying, background stamps)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #51 - Use Your NBUS (saying, die cut)

Retro Rubber #208 - Sweet Summer ( saying, background stamp)

Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero June 2023 - Sentimental Journey (sentiment prominent)

Inspiration Station June 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by the colors)

Splitcoaststampers June Fan Club Challenge - Orange You Glad (must be Fan Club member to participate)

Colorful Options June 2023 - Peach or Rainbow Inspired (I went with rainbow inspired)

 

 

Inspiration Station

 

 

Colorful Options Challenge

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Designs; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Spiced Marmalade, Mowed Lawn; Stampin Up Tangerine Tango

Card Stock: Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Primas, Glue Dots, MS Fern Punch, Glue, Bling, Top Note Die Cut

 

Awesome!!!

 Hello and welcome.  I just saw that two of my cards were top pick at the Retro Rubber #207 challenge!!!  Here's the cards:

 

 

I was also a Top Pick for Jan's Digital Stamps May 2023 challenge with this card.

We The People

Hello and welcome.  I have another card to share that I made for my friend's #inlovingmemory card drive for veterans.  Since I'm still dealing with this migraine, I decided to use the same colors that I used on my last post only this time, I decided to use a couple of old (and I mean OLD) Rubber Monger stamps sets.  I bought both of these at a stamp convention at least a decade ago and have used sparingly.  I'm thinking the store has closed down since I can't find it online anywhere.

I started out by stamping the Declaration of Independence background on corn husk card stock in Tim Holtz chipped sapphire distress ink before over-stamping the fife and drum corps using the same chipped sapphire ink.  I then stippled chipped sapphire, fired brick, walnut stain and old paper distress inks using my blending brushes from Picket Fence Studios before layering and adding star brads from my stash.  I then popped the layered panel up using pop up glue dots before adding some brown fibers from my stash (USEIT2023).  The final touch was some retired Not Too Shabby copper sequins.  I then stamped the saying inside from Stampin Up's Service and Sacrafice (retired) in the chipped sapphire ink.

Challenges entered:

 

Retro Rubber #207 - Anything Goes Using Stamp Over 1 Year (mine are at least 10yrs old)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamps, fibers)

Stamps and Fun #433 - Vintage 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #206 - Anything Goes 

 

Retro Rubber

 

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

Stamps: Rubber Monger

Ink: Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Walnut Stain, Fired Brick, Old Paper

Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk; PTI Enchanted Evening, Scarlett Jewell

Accessories: PFS Blending Brushes, Brads, Bling, Glue, Pop Up Glue Dots, Fibers

Courage

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made for a card drive for veterans a friend is doing.  It's take me quite a few days to photograph and upload thanks to the migraine I've been dealing with.  My part of California was in the 90's last week and now we're in the high 60's to low 70's.  Quite a difference in temperatures and a known migraine trigger for me, however, I'll deal with the migraine to avoid the heat any day.

 

My card uses an old, long retired Stampin Up set called Courage that I received as a RAK from a friend (NBUS) and is great for mass producing cards.  I started out by stamping the image, and saying, in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using Castle Arts pencils and a Prismacolor blender pencil.  Once my coloring was finished, I stippled/blended Tim Holtz chipped sapphire, walnut stain, fired brick and old paper distress inks using my Picket Fence blending brushes to "age" the image a bit before layering and adding some red star brads from my stash.  I then distressed the edges using an old Stampin Up distressing tool before adding it to my card using pop up glue dots.  The final touch was adding the flag stars using a white gel pen.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #50 May 2023 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set) 

Word Art Wednesday #597 to 597 - Anything Goes Uplifting (saying outside/inside) 

Jan's Digital Stamps May 2023 - Anything Goes 

Make My Monday 22 May 2023 - Masculine 

Use Your Stuff #485 - Anything Goes 

Retro Rubber #207 - Anything Goes Using Rubber Stamp (received stamp set 2yrs ago)

 

 

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

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Old Paper, Fired Brick, Walnut Stain

Card Stock: PTI Enchanted Evening, Scarlett Jewell; MFP Corn Husk

Accessories: Castle Arts Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, PFS Blending Brushes, White Gel Pen, Distressing Tool

 

Woodblock Wednesday On A Thursday May Edition

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I have another card to share for the Woodblock Wednesday challenge.  For this one, I used the same Stampin Up background as yesterday's card but a different Hero Arts stamp called Garden Flowers Sketch.  I also received this stamp as a RAK from a friend and hadn't used yet (NBUS).  Thank you Amy so much for starting these challenges.  So many of my woodblock stamps are seeing love again.

I started out by stamping the Hero Arts flowers in memento tuxedo ink on to scrap Hammermill white before coloring using my prismacolor watercolor pencils with alcohol blender again.  Once the coloring was finished, I blended some Tim Holtz tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress inks before layering and adding some white brads.  For my card, I again stamped the dots and posies background in mowed lawn before adhering my layered image using glue dots.  I then added some green/white baker's twine from my stash before adding a wooden wheelbarrow I picked up from the dollar store using mini glue dots.  The finishing touches were some Meraki Sparkle Green Illusion bling I won earlier this year (NBUS) and my saying stamped in memento tuxedo black directly on to the wheelbarrow from a long retired Stampin Up Fancy Flexible Sayings wood stamp.  The inside again uses the retired Helen Keller saying from A Stamp In The Hand.

 

inside

 

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday May 2023 - Use Those Wood Block Stamps 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #50 May 2023 - Use Your NBUS (hero arts stamp, wheelbarrow, bling)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2023 - Use Your Unloved Stash  (wheelbarrow saying)

Stay Crafty With A Blog Named Hero May 2023 - Dance Of The Flowers (main image, background)

The Four Seasons Spring May 2023 - See Mood Board (inspired by the flowers)

Triple B Challenge May 2023 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (I used the blooms, colors of mood board) 

Retro Rubber #207 - Anything Goes Using Stamp Over 1 Year Old (floral 1yr, background 1.5, saying in wheelbarrow 10yrs old, inside saying also 10 yrs old)

The Four Seasons

Hero Arts

Triple B Challenge

Retro Rubber

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

Stamps: Hero Arts; Stampin Up; A Stamp In The Hand

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holt Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass Distress 

Card Stock: Hammermill White Scrap; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Alcohol Blender Marker, Bling, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Baker's Twine, Wooden Wheelbarrow, PFS Blending Brushes

 

 

Candy Bars And Birthday's

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card made for one of the challenges for Splitcoaststampers Virtual Stamp Night (VSN).  Now I've had this stamp for at least 7 or 8 years but I don't seem to use it as much as I should since it's easy to color.  The entire image on my card is the entire stamp - no masking, fussy cutting, etc required.  So let's get to it.

After stamping my image on some scrap Neenah white card stock, I colored it using my prismacolor and copic markers before stippling some Tim Holtz tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress ink around the edges then layering.  Once that was finished, I took my card base and dry embossed only half of the card using an old Tim Holtz tree bark embossing folder with my Big Shot© before adding a scrap of designer paper to create my border.  The final touches were adding brads to the layered image, and adhering using some pop up glue dots, I highlighted the Happy Birthday using a black gel pen before taking a fingernail and distressing the edges of the panel.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out since I made it while dealing with a migraine and sinus infection/bronchitis.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers MAR23VSNB Mixed Greens - Use 3 Different Green (used wasabi, kiwi kiss, gable green, mowed lawn on image for good measure)

Retro Rubber #203 - Happy Birthday (stamp is 7 or 8 yrs old)

Arty Divas March 2023 - Anything Goes 

DL.ART April 2023 - Anything Goes 

Happy Little Stampser April 2023 - Anything Goes Birthday 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie April #179 - Use Mostly Green 

 

 

Retro Rubber #203

 

Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge

 

 

 

 If You Give A Crafter A Cookie

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Stampabilities

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn Distress Ink

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

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Big Shot, Tim Holtz Embossing Folder, PFS Blending Brushes, Fingernail