Monoprint Christmas

Good Morning.

Meet today's card.  

Simple monoprinted background and one of my favourite snowflakes.

To begin, I wanted to use a stencil to create a Monoprinted background.  I love the way the printed backgrounds look and you can make them in a short amount of time which is great for this busy time of year.  

For those of you that have never done a Monoprinted background before, you ink the back of you stencil with some kind of waterbased ink, spray with water then press onto your paper.  Its a great way to also get a different look to your stencils and give it more of a watercolour look.

When the bkg. was dry, I placed the piece inside my Misti and stamped the sentiment.

I die-cut the snowflake, glued it in place and added a blue gem to the center.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Allsorts- INSPIRED BY A WINTER THEMED SONG

(Let it Snow)

 Crazy 4 Challenges- CHRISTMAS or WINTER

Crafting With Friends- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps-  Christmas Cheer (Technique Tues.)

Inks- Memento black; Salty Ocean, Peeled Paint, Wilted Violet DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Harlequin stencil (TCW); snowflake die (SSS); Cuttlebug;

blue gem; Mister (TH)

Holiday Time

Good Morning and thanks for coming to visit.

Having some fun with my markers and stamps today.

I began by masking the edges of my white card front so I would be left with a crisp white border.  Next, I placed the tree branch inside my Misti, coloured it with my Tombow markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I repeated that process until I was happy with the colour.

When that was dry, I watercoloured in the background using Distress ink then added some extra detail by stenciling with some drywall tape. 

I stamped the sentiment then splattered with white acrylic paint.

The finishing touch was to add the berries with some red Nuvo drops, love how they just gave the branches a great pop of colour.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

 Just Add Ink- #387 COLOUR

Winter Wonderland- GREEN AND RED TRADITIONAL COLOURS

Daring Cardmakers- TRIM THE TREE

CCEE Stampers- HOLIDAY CARD STASH

Craft Rocket- CHRISTMAS IS COMING

Rudolph Days- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Pine Leaf (Darkroom Door); Handlettered Holiday (MFT)

Ink- Tuxedo Black Memento; Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans Distress (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; drywall tape, Painter's Tape; Autumn Red Nuvo Drops; 

paintbrush; Mister (TH); Tombow markers; white acrylic paint

All That Glitters

Good Morning.

Meet today's card. 

This card was inspired by this lovely snowflake from Cheery Lynn.  I love the details it has and wanted to showcase it on my card.

I began by creating the blue top of my card.  I used the Splash Watercolour Technique to apply colour using my Distress Oxide inks, then when that was dry I stamped and embossed with silver to give it some shine and a bit of elegance.

I stamped the sentiment using my Misti on my white card front, then embossed the piece using a snowflake embossing folder from Echo Park. 

Next, I used a stitched scallop die to cut the blue portion and glued it over the white embossing above the sentiment leaving enough room to add my die-cut snowflake.

Lastly, I added a silver Nuvo drop in the center of the snowflake.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More- HOLIDAY

Crafty Hazelnut's- CHRISTMAS

Crafty Catz- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Hand Lettered Holiday (MFT); Grunge (Kaisercraft)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Versamark; Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- EB folder- Echo Park; Laced Pine Snowflake (Cheery Lynn);

Stitched Scallop Edge (MFT); Cuttlebug; Misti; Silver Nuvo Drops; heat tool

Majestic

Happy Saturday!

The other day I picked up this die by Recollections for half price so time to make a card.

I wanted to make a simple masculine card and this is what I came up with.

I began with a piece of acetate again (the kind you get from you stamp pkgs), inked it with Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water and pressed it onto the paper.  The nice thing about the acetate is that you can manipulate and bend it and place the ink exactly where you want it to be.

When the ink was dry, I stamped the sentiment using my Misti and die-cut the deer head and the leaves.

To add extra texture to the deer head, I dry embossed it to give it lots of texture.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Have a great wknd.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS Watercolour- HOLIDAY

 Simon Says- FURRY FRIENDS

CASology- SHARP

Addicted to Stamps and More- HOLIDAY

Supplies

Stamps- 'Tis the Season (PTI)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves, Faded Jeans DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; acetate sheet; eb folder (TH); deer die-Recollections; Cuttlebug;

Mister (TH)

Holly Jolly- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome.

It's time for another card at the 

CAS WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE

Please come and check out all the wonderfully done holiday cards.

The DT's and our special guest and friend Ina, have created such inspiring cards.

My card was a very simple one to create.

Using a heavy piece of acetate, I rubbed some Distress Oxide inks onto it, sprayed with water and touched the acetate to my paper randomly trying to keep most of the ink in the bottom corner.

 When that was dry, I stamped the checkerboard and the circles using the same colour of ink then the sentiment in Memento black ink.

I stamped the heart, heat embossed it with clear powder then fussy cut it out so I could pop dot it over the top of my sentiment.  The embossing made my star shine which was great.

Please come and play along with us.
Great chance to get a few more holiday cards done.

Supplies

Stamps-Everything Jolly (TT); Grunge (PTI); Texture Mini (Art Journey)
Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Worn Lipstick, Fired Brick, Candied Apple DOX (TH)
Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- Misti; acetate sheet; Mister (TH); clear eb powder; heat tool

Full Bloom- The Flower Challenge

Welcome

You still have time to come and play along with us at 

The Flower Challenge.

Our theme this month is CAS, Clean and Simple.

You just have to go and check out the fabulous cards this month...very inspiring.

So onto my card.

I began by placing my card front into my Misti and stamped the flower image from Avery Elle in black Memento ink.  I stamped the image again onto another piece of cardstock, then die-cut it using the Stitched Dome die.  

Next, I loose watercoloured just the flowers on the die-cut using my Tombow markers.  I scribbled them onto my non-stick craft mat and picked up the colour using a wet paintbrush.  When the panel was dry, I pop dotted it over the blackline image to create a highlighted area that draws in the eye.

Using my Misti again, I stamped the sentiment and mounted it all over a piece of pink cardstock.

Hope you get a chance to come and play along with us.
Thanks so much for taking time to visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Just Us Girls- SILHOUETTE
Inspiration Destination- ANYTHING GOES
Pause, Dream, Enjoy- CAS
Word Art Wed.- ANYTHING GOES


Supplies

Stamps- Live Life (High Hopes); Mother's Day (Avery Elle)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Tombow markers

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Stitched Stacked Dome die (MFT); pop dots

Venture into the Woods

Good Morning.

Meet my clean and simple card for the holidays.

I began by pulling out a piece of inky paper that was leftover in my stash.  I like to keep inky leftovers as you never know when they will come in useful.
I had created that by applying a coat of Gesso over a stencil, let it dry then inked it up with Distress inks.  I thought it looked like an abstract form of snow so decided it worked as part of the scene.

I die-cut the Stitched Dome, the deer and the tree and put it all together to create my little scene card.
To help further the feel of winter and snow, I dry embossed the top of my card, stamped the sentiment using my Misti and done.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.


Adding my card to there challenges:
Simon Says Wed.- SNOW WHITE
(she was left in the woods)
Simply Create Too- CAS
Make My Monday- Snow Fun
AAA Cards- CELEBRATE

Supplies
Stamps-'Tis the Season (PTI)
Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers Distress (TH)
Paper- heavy white (local store)
Accessories and Tools- Misti; stencil-Dot Fade (TH); Gesso; palette knife; Deer Trio (Memory Box);
On a Limb Branches (Taylored Expression); Stitched Dome Stax (MFT); 
Snow EB Folder- (TH)