Last Ones.....

Hi there,

Hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas.  I have a few Christmas cards left to post then that's it, although I have to say I really got into it this year.  So here you go........

Supplies:  stamps; Serendipity/ Mr. Huey's spray in black/ pop dots/ twine

Supplies:  stamps; Serendipity/ Provo EB folder/ silver twine/ Copics

I am entering the first two in the Cas-ual Fridays Challenge....the 10 minute dash.

Supplies:  stamps; Stampendous/ Martha Stewart punches/ pop dots/ Copic markers

This is a one layer card I made by stamping the Santa, masking then applying a mask and Distress inks to create the bkg.  Then I pierced around the oval and added puffy paint for his beard.

Supplies:  stamps; Hero Arts, Paper Smooches/ Scorbug/ pop dots/ Hero Arts eb folder

Resolutions Past

Today, I am playing along with the Ways to Use it challenge at Splitcoast.  Before we know it, 2012 will be gone so the challenge was to  put one of our crafting resolutions into a project.  I have to say that one of my resolutions was to simplify my card making and also create more One Layer cards..(that is partly Susan's fault too when she asked me to be a co-hostess for the One Layer challenges). 

This card was simply created by paper piecing the cup and adding scoring lines with my ScorBug.  I am adding it to the CAS-ual Fridays challenge and the Less is More challenge as well.

Looking for the ONE LAYER WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE this week??  You can find it HERE

Supplies:  stamps; Paper Smooches/ Scorbug/ twine/ DP

OLW120 -Cheers

Welcome to another week for the OLW challenge (One Layer Wednesday).  This week the challenge is:

Cheers -create a card with some kind of drink on it

A simple card for a busy time of year that I am sending out as a thank-you for a wonderful coffee themed Christmas basket I received. 

This card was inspired by one created by Alice W. on Flickr and stamps from Paper Smooches.

I stamped the coffee mugs at different angles and filled in around them with different dots, coffee beans etc. using Memento ink in a coffee colour.  Quick and fun card to create.

Sure hope that you get a chance to come and play along.

OLW120 Rules

1. Create a one-layer card.  That is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers allowed!

2. Make a card that depicts a drink in some way.   Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum and NO ADDITIONAL LAYERS of card stock.

3. Post your card online and link it to the InLinkz button underneath.  If you link to your blog, please link to the specific post, not your blog’s main page.

4. HAVE FUN! I am looking forward in seeing what you create!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you and yours.....

Green Christmas

It's Monday....are you ready for the big day??  My desk is a mess but wanted to get a couple of cards in so I made a quick and easy one by inking up my acrylic block with Distress inks, spraying with water then stamping.  I wanted to add some snow so grabbed my Mr. Huey's colour spray in white.  The trees and sentiment set were sitting on my desk so I grabbed them and stamped away.  I am adding this card to the CAS-ual Fridays challenge.   

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamp; Amuse, Paper Smooches/ Distress inks/ pop dots/ Mr. Huey;s spray

Deck the Halls

Happy Sunday.  Here is a quick card I made for the Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoast and for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge....Dashing Thru the Holidays.

I masked the circle, rubbed on some Distress inks, stamped the trees and the sentiment then pierced around the masked area.  Splattered on some white for snow.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamps; Amuse, Paper Smooches/ Distress inks/ piercing tool/ twine

Wrapped Hugs

Today, at the Penny Black blog, we are featuring our gratitude by making thank-you cards.  Perfect timing to have them on hand to send out thanks after Christmas. 

The first card was created by stamping the image onto the cardstock front then stamped again, coloured with Copics and cut out so I could pop dot to add depth. 

The poinsettia card was created by first stamping the flower onto a piece of scrap paper to use as a mask. I cut it out so after stamping the main focal flower, I could mask it and stamp the other two on the corners.  I used my distress inks and a water pen to colour the poinsettias. Then when it was dry, I added some shading with Prisma Pencils, and added the black line to pull it all together.  Here it is:

Hope you are feeling ready for Christmas....I am getting there!

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.