Holiday Poinsettia

Good Morning and Welcome

Another card for the holidays featuring some stenciling and fussy cutting.

Some great new releases for October from A Colorful Life Designs.

I used the Beautiful Poinsettia stencil as the focal point of my card.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I placed a piece of white cardstock onto my Make Art Station and put the Beautiful Poinsettia stencil over that.  
• Starting in the center of the poinsettia, I inked it up with some Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink.  I moved outwards from the middle and inked with some Crackling Campfire DOX ink going right to the edges of the flower.
• The center of the flower looked lost, so to give it a pop of colour, I inked over just the middle with some Villainous Potion DOX ink.  It really helped to make it more defined.
• Next, I fussy cut the flower out, splattered it with my white Posca pen and set aside to dry.
• I got out another piece of white cardstock and placed the Houndstooth stencil (an older release) over that and inked it up with some more of the red DOX inks.
• I glued the Houndstooth panel onto a white A2 sized card base, then using some foam tape, popped the poinsettia over that.
• Finally, I used more foam tape to pop the sentiment over the flower.

Here are the stencils I used:

Beautiful Poinsettia

Houndstooth

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- STENCIL 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas- ANYTHING GOES

Peace on Earth- ANYTHING GOES OR INSPIRATION BOARD

The Flower Challenge- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- Distress Oxides

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- stencils (A Colorful Life Designs); TE Blending Brushes;

white Posca pen; Christmas Pre-printed sentiment (TE); Make Art Station (Ranger)

Remembering Dad

Welcome

Today's card is in honour of my Dad.

I miss my parents so much and especially at this time of year as my Dad was Santa to many.

Personal Story

So, my Dad was Santa...in every way.  He talked to everyone, was such a jolly man and had the belly to match!  He was Santa at our local Mall, for many private parties, family homes and schools.

My earliest memories of him as Santa was when he came to our school which he did every year.  I, of course, had no idea that it was my Dad until I was in Grade 4, I think.  My Dad had very distinctive, large hands.  He always wore white gloves as Santa, but for some reason that day, he took his glove off and I saw his hand.  Well it got me thinking.  

That afternoon when I went home from school, my Mom said I asked her,

"Was that Santa at my school my Dad?"

She looked at me with a bit of a sad look in her eyes and said, "yes".  I have to say that after that, I so appreciated all the happy, excited smiles my Dad gave to so many!  Kids and adults alike.

When I got older. I would go with him and help him get ready in his professional Santa suit.  I would add the rosy cheeks that would show under the white beard and mustache he would wear.

I still have his Santa suit....it was just something I couldn't part with.

Well is you are still with me after reading that, thank-you.

So, here's what I did to create my card.

• I cut a piece of red cardstock and embossed it using a Houndstooth Embossing folder.  I thought it gave such great texture.
• Next, I tore a strip of white cardstock on each side to add texture and glued that onto the embossed red.
• I cut a strip of black cardstock, die cut the belt buckle with some gold and threaded the belt through the buckle.  I glued that over the red.
• I die cut the buttons next and glued them into place.
• I glued the finished panel onto an A2 card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- none

Paper- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Houndstooth eb folder (Cuttlebug); Santa's Suit die (TE)

Snowy Days

Welcome
I have 2 cards for you today.
I've been playing along with the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges at Splitcoast Stampers.  Every year they have a huge challenge with many great prizes to be won.  I'm also trying to get ahead of the game with making Christmas cards so it all works.

So onto my card details.

• I began by creating the main popped up panel.  I cut down an inked piece I had in my stash that was inked using my Distress Oxide inks. (I think I used some Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio but I'm not totally sure as it was done a long time ago)
• While that dried, I die-cut the little village from Your Next Stamp, placed it into my Misti and stamped the sentiment with some black Versafine Clair and clear heat embossed it. 
• Before I glued the die cut over the inked bkg., I splattered the blue sky with some white and black using my Posca pens.
• I wanted the little panel to have some kind of border, so I die cut a piece of white using the Diagonal Stitched die from MFT and glued it all together.  
• Using another sheet of white cardstock, I placed it into my Misti and stamped the Houndstooth from Hero Arts using some Peacock Feathers Distress ink.  I thought it made for a nice matching background.
• I glued the stamped panel onto a heavy white card base, then pop dotted the small panel over that.

 

Supplies
Stamps- Houndstooth (HA); Peace, Love, Joy (Right at Home)
Inks- Distress Oxides (TH); Versafine Clair Noir
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Posca pens; Diagonal die (MFT); village die (YNS);
Inking Tool (TH); Cuttlebug; clear eb powder; heat tool; pop dots; Misti

Here's what I did to create this card.

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock, my Gel Plate, brayer and acrylic paint.
• I brayered some purple and blue acrylic paints over my Gel Plate in a loose application so there would be some white areas.  I laid my cardstock panel on top of the paint and rubbed firmly, getting a good print.  I lifted it off the plate and set aside to dry. *I just used some acrylic paints that I picked up at the Dollar Tree.  They are more watery and help give the more distressed look to the background.
• When dry, I placed the snowflake die from Simon Says over the painted panel and cut it out in my Cuttlebug.  I also cut 3 more of the snowflakes on some more plain white cardstock and glued them all together, making a thick snowflake.
• I placed the painted piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment from MFT with Versafine Clair Noir ink and clear heat embossed it.
• Next, I glued the painted panel that had the snowflake cut out of it onto a piece of purple cardstock and glued the snowflake back into the die cut area, fitting it in perfectly.  
• I added a purple gem to the center of the snowflake and then glued it all onto a heavy white card base.

Supplies
Stamps- Hand Lettered Holiday (MFT)
Inks- Versafine Clair Noir; acrylic paint
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); purple cs
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Gel Plate; Speedball Brayer; purple gem; 
clear eb powder


Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.
So sorry for the messed up spacing in this post....Blogger was just not cooperating at all this morning!!