Celebrate With Friends

Friends.....what would we do without them?  The holidays are such a wonderful time to remind our friends how much they mean to us and being able to celebrate with them is an extra bonus. Little Mimi and her polar bear friend are so cute together. 

Here is a card I made using stamps from Penny Black for the holidays.  I am playing along with the Colour Challenge at Splitcoast today.  I started making my card by masking off an oval and rubbing Distress inks over a snowflake mask.  When dry, I removed the masked area and stamped the sentiment then added a doodled line.  I stamped Mimi, coloured her and her friend with Copic markers then after cutting them out, pop dotted them on my card front for interest.  I added a sparkle pom-pom to her hat for extra cuteness.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black- Mimi Polar, Let it Snow/ Copics/ Distress ink/ mask Simon Says/ pom pom/ pop dots

                    

Nature's Music

Morning.  Today at Splitcoast, the CAS challenge is to make a card inspired by music.  There is nothing sweeter then the sounds of nature to soothe the soul.  Here is what I came up with.

I love to play with my Distress inks and recently, I purchased this snowflake mask so just had to play with it.  I partially inked the bkg. after I printed out the digital sentiment onto my card front.  I added the bird which I covered in Glossy Accents, mounted with pop dots and added the pearls.

I am also adding my card to the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge and the challenge at Curtain Call.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; digital from Pink Petticoat/ mask from Simon Says/ Distress ink/ Glossy Accents/ pearls/ pop dots

Christmas Time

Today, I was inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast and made another Christmas card.  I love this peaceful winter farm scene from Serendipity as it just lends itself to making a great card easily.  

I stamped the panel and just coloured in parts of the scene leaving the areas that would be snowy white.

The sentiment is so great, a digital from Pink Petticoat.  After the scene panel was mounted on scrap of red, it was pop dotted onto the card for interest.
I am also playing along with the Serendipity Stamp (use your scraps) Challenge.

Thanks for coming by and taking a look today.  I truly appreciate it!

Supplies:  stamps; digi, Serendipity/ Copic markers/ printer/ pop dots

Pretty in Pink

Ombre....it's everywhere.  I am playing along with the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast (pic below from Nunu House miniatures) and wanted to try my hand at the ombre look.  I started by stamping the heart border from Penny Black (linked below) along the bottom , masked off the lower section then sponged on different shades of reds and pinks onto my card front.  After removing the mask, I scored a line and added the twine under that.  I added the sentiment with pop dots for interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black-Friendship and Happiness; Love Blossoms/ Distress inks/ Memento bl/ pop dots/ twine

What a Happy Day!

Glad to be taking a break from making Christmas cards today and playing along with the Happy Birthday challenge at Splitcoast.  This was a quick and easy card made by 'splatting' my Distress stain onto my card front.  The Distress stain comes with a dabber end.  Get it saturated then hit the paper with the dabber...instant ink splatters.  I added some contrast by stamping around the splatters using an old stamp set from Cornish Heritage Farms.  The splatters leave some raised areas on the panel which gives it a very cool texture.  

I am also adding my card to the Seize the Birthday (texture) Challenge.  Sure you have a happy day, after all it is Friday!

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Avery Elle, Cornish Heritage Farms/ Distress stain/ bl Memento/ pop dots

Christmas Morning

Christmas decorations are popping up all over the stores and the city where I live...a bit early for me.  This little girl reminds me of getting ready to go up and sit on Santa's lap thinking about the question, 'Have you been good this year?'

This card was inspired by a CAS challenge at Splitcoast  based on the photo from Pinterest (below).

The images are digis from Birdie Brown on Etsy.  I printed them out and coloured with Copic markers.  I pop dotted some of the presents and the little girl for interest and added a line to balance it all out.

I am adding this to the Simon Says Stamp challenge (keeping it clean and simple)

Thanks for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  digi (Birdie Brown)/ Copic markers/ pop dots

Birthday Girl

Here is a card I made using a free digital image I found on the internet.  I needed a card for my friend's daughter who was turning one and I loved this little girl in her cute hat.  I coloured with Copic markers, cut the image out then pop dotted her onto a piece of gingham glued on the bottom of my cardstock.  I added the sentiment from Penny Black to finish the card off.
I am adding my card to the Simon Says (keeping it clean and simple) Challenge.
thanks for looking

Supplies:  stamps; Penny Black, free digital/ Copic markers/ pop dots