Woodlands

Hello

I hope all is well with you in your part of the world.  

I am presently working on some more holiday cards and this is one I did using a background I made with a stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.

Sometimes when I don't know what the heck I want to make, I pull out some supplies and make backgrounds.  For me, that's the easy part....making them into cards takes way more thought!

It's nice to have some at the ready when I actually need to make some cards.

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

• I began with a background I had made using my Gel Plate, some Distress Oxide ink and this great stencil called Dot Circle from A Colorful Life Designs.  
• I pressed my Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide pad right onto the middle of my Gel Plate, then some Peacock Feathers DOX on the right and then some Dusty Concord on the left hand side. Again as I have mentioned before, leave a bit of space between the colours so you don't contaminate the other pads. Using my brayer, I blended all the colours together on my plate.
• I laid the Dot Circle stencil onto my plate and pressed gently with the end of a paint brush to make sure that the stencil had good adhesion.  
• Next, I removed the stencil carefully, rubbed my white cardstock over the plate and lifted the print. Love the look.
• I splattered with lots of white using my Posca pen.
• I just picked up this Stag stamp by Inkadinkadoo.  I inked it up with some Versafine Clair and stamped it over my background.  
• I stamped the sentiment from Stampin Up and glued it onto a piece of matching cardstock, then onto a white card base.

Here is the stencil I used:

Dot Circle

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door- ANYTHING GOES

Daring Cardmakers- A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

Allsorts- ANYTHING GOES WITH THE OPTION OF NATURE

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Reindeer (Inkadinkadoo); Happy Holidays (SU)

Inks- Distress Oxides; Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Gel Plate; Dot Circle stencil (ACLD); white Posca pen; 

Speedball brayer

Monochromatic Christmas

Welcome

Another holiday card coming your way inspired by one of the challenges over at Splitcoast Stampers.

The challenge was to use only ONE piece of cardstock, any colour.

I went for this navy piece I had in my stash.

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

• Like I mentioned above, I got out one piece of navy cardstock.  I cut and scored one piece to make a A2 size card.  
• Using the other  piece of that cardstock, I embossed it with the Lumber 3D Embossing folder (Tim Holtz). I rubbed over it with my Versamark ink pad and added some clear embossing to add interest.
• Next, I took the embossed panel and die-cut it using the Nordic Winter die and set all the pieces aside.
• I glued the die-cut/embossed piece onto the card base I had made from the navy cardstock and pop dotted a few of the elements I had die cut from the panel back in place.  It gave a lot more interest and added dimension to my card front.
• I stamped the sentiment on a small leftover piece of the navy cardstock with Versamark and then white heat embossed it.  I pop dotted that over the background.  
• This turned out to be a fun challenge....so fun to see how we can challenge ourselves to try something different.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Just Add Ink- STARTS WITH 'N'  (Nordic die)

My Time to Craft Christmas- EMBOSSING

Supplies

Stamps- Warm Wishes (TE)

Inks- Versamark

Paper- navy cardstock 

Accessories and Tools- Nordic Winter die (TH); Lumber eb folder (TH); Lawn Fawn clear eb powder;

pop dots; heat tool

Reindeer Greetings

 

Welcome

I tried something new-to-me today....napkin art.

Simply put, use a napkin to create a card.  

I was off to search for a napkin with a picture on it for my card.

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

• After I found this cute little paper napkin in the drawer, I pulled the backing away from the image side of the napkin.  Using a glue stick, I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock and set aside to dry.  (I did that with 2 separate napkins, as I knew I wanted to cut the pieces out of one of them)
• When they were dry, I coated them with some Vicki Boutin Gel Medium to seal them up and bond them to the cardstock background.  I left them to dry again before going onto the next steps.
• When dry, I trimmed up one of the reindeer panels to fit on the front of a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4" square card base.  
• I placed the panel into my Misti and stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches in the bottom corner.  
• I pop dotted the stamped panel onto the card base, then using the second piece I had added the Gel Medium over, I cut out the reindeer's scarf and pop dotted that back into place.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Holiday Cheer (Paper Smooches)

Inks- Versafine Clair

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

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); napkin (Dollarama); VB Gel Medium; 

paint brush

Christmas Reindeer

Good Morning and Welcome

Meet today's card.

I am so trying to use up some of my backgrounds and pieces that I have used to brayer off when using my Geli Plate.  

For those of you that are not familiar with using the Geli Plate, you add paint but then have to brayer it smooth.  Often that involves removing some paint onto a piece of paper.  I keep those to use as bkgs.

That's how this card started; as a piece that I brayered off blue acrylic paints.

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

• I took this piece of acrylic painted cardstock and ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Cut and Stitch circle die from Penny Black.
• I used the leftover piece to die cut the reindeer from STAMPlorations and set it aside.
• I cut a piece of white cardstock and dry embossed it using a Distressed Stripes folder to give some interest.  I glued that onto my card front panel, then glued the blue die-cut piece over that.
• I added some pop dots to the back of the reindeer and mounted that into the center of the circle.
• I stamped the sentiment from Taylored Expressions and also pop dotted that under the deer. (the strip die is a part of that set)
• I added black gems all around the circle to add more interest and a bit of colour.
• Lastly, I mounted it onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks for looking.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- FUN WITH DIES

We Love to Create Mixed Media- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Sentiments (Taylored Expressions)

Inks- Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook0

Accessories and Tools- acrylic paint; brayer; Cut and Stitch Circle (PB); Cuttlebug;

Distressed Stripes EB Folder (Provo); pop dots; black gems

Nature's Greetings

Good Morning and Welcome

I hope you holiday preparations are going well.

Today's card was a fun card to create.  I played around with stencils and stamps and layering them.

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

• I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock, some Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink and 2 stencils.
• I positioned the Tim Holtz stencil called Countdown over my card panel and rubbed a bit of the ink over that as I wanted it to be faintly visible in the background.
• I removed that stencil and laid on the Circus Harlequin from A Colorful Life Designs over that and stenciled a bit heavier with the same ink.
• I removed the stencil and placed the piece into my Misti to stamp the Deer from Lavinia Stamps with some Verafine Clair ink.
• Next, I stamped the tree with more Versafine Clair, then did a second and third generation stamping behind the first tree.  I splattered with my white Posca pen.
• I stamped the sentiment from the Taylored Expressions in the top corner and added some black gems under that.
• I die cut a square frame and then pop dot mounted it over the card panel.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Discount Code for A Colorful Life Designs

*Just use the code KarenFan10 to get a discount on stencils and masks.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

2 Crafty Critter Crazies- ADD A CRITTER

Sparkles- USE A STENCIL

Sweet Stampers- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Small Reindeer (Lavinia); Christmas Sentiments (Taylored Expressions);

Pine tree (Northwoods)

Inks- Distress Oxide; Versafine Clair

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- Circus Harlequin stencil (ACLD); Countdown stencil (TH);

inking tool; Misti; black gems, Posca pen

Noel

Good Morning

Thanks to so many of you that replied that you weren't getting sick of seeing all my Christmas cards.

If you don't already know, I have a very busy life with 5 little daycare kiddos.  I try and get ahead of the game and with this extra time off, I thought I should take advantage of it so I'm less rushed when holiday time arrives.

This card was inspired by a very talented lady on FB.  Eileen Godwin does some work for Lavinia Stamps and her cards are very clean and simple.  I do enjoy her inking techniques.

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

• I began with a 4 3/4 x 4 3/4" square piece of cardstock.  I was making a 5x5" card when finished.
• I used some ScorTape to mask the edges of my card so I would have a crisp, white border when finished.
• Using some Distress Oxide inks, (Worn Lipstick, Cracked Pistachio, Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, Dried Marigold) and my Stencil Pal (or you could use any flat edge), I rubbed the inks across my card panel with my TH inking Tool, being sure to criss-cross them as I went along.  I also did a circle outline just using a circle die cut, right where I knew I wanted the reindeer to be. 
• Next, I laid the Lavinia Pods stencil over the panel and did some light stenciling in the background just to add some interest.
• I placed the inky panel into my Misti and stamped the Reindeer also from Lavinia Stamps, the sentiment and trees. 
• I added a bit of shading under the reindeer to help ground him with a gray watercolour pencil.
• Using my white and black Posca pens, I added splatters to my bkg.
• I mounted the piece onto a coordinating piece of cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- STAMP IT
Time Out- SEASON
International Art and Soul- INCLUDE AN ANIMAL

Supplies
Stamps- Sentiment (Studio Light); Small Reindeer (Lavinia); Three Pine Trees (Nellie's Choice)
Inks- DOX (TH); Versafine
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Pods stencil (Lavinia); 
Stencil Pal; ScorTape; Inking Tool (TH); Posca pens

Greetings

Good Morning.

Just when you think you have it all under control, you find out that you need a few more cards.

I don't know where the time went!?

Time for a quick and easy one.

I began with a piece of heavy white cardstock, placed it into my Misti and stamped the plaid with some Versafine ink.  Next, I die-cut the deer head, pressed it onto my Versamark ink pad and silver embossed it.  I decided I wanted to add a simple frame and this hemstitch edging worked great for that..  I glued the deer head over the plaid bkg., then added the stamped sentiment with pop dots.  I added that to a heavy white card base.

Pretty simply right?

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES

CAS on Sunday- CHRISTMAS

Cut it Up- ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Plaid (Concord and 9th); Joyful Greetings (Paper Smooches)

Inks- Versamark, Versafine Clair Noir

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Hemstitch die (Spellbinders);

Deer die (STAMPlorations); Cuttlebug; pop dots; silver eb powder