Deck the Halls

Here is the card I made to play along with the Featured Stamper challenge at Splitcoast today.  This cute Santa is a digi image from Birdie Brown that I have had such fun playing with.  

I printed out Santa, cut him out then coloured him with Copic markers.  He is popped into and behind a little frame then mounted onto an embossed piece with pop dots.  The sentiment is a digi also, love the font.  The finishing touch was to add a sparkle pom-pom to his hat for a fun and happy card.

I am adding this to the challenge at Curtain Call.

Thanks so much for popping in for a peek.

Supplies:  stamps; Digital, Pink Petticoat, Birdie Brown/ Copic markers/ eb folder

Snowy Days

Good morning....are you busy creating Christmas cards as the big day gets closer?  In the past, I ran out of time but this year I was determined to start earlier.  So, here is today's card.  I was inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast from a Pinterest board featured there (pic below).  

I sponged Distress inks (what else eh?) over the snowflake mask and added faux stitching around the edges to create my main panel.  I have really enjoyed playing with this great mask from Simon Says Stamps.  I stamped my sentiment then added the snowflake and the half pearls.

Thanks for coming by.

Supplies:  stamps; Paper Smooches/ mask and snowflake die-SSS/ Distress inks/ bl gel pen

Merry Little Christmas

I am in full swing now with making Christmas cards.  Today's card was inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast; Have a Heart.  This sweet little image is a digital from Jellypark that I printed, cut out then coloured with Copics.  I wanted to add her to the card front near the sentiment but the card needed something more so I added some paint splatters for interest.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.  Have a great wknd.

Supplies:  stamps; digital from Jellypark and Pink Petticoat/ Copic markers/ pop dots/ acrylic paint

Snowflake Resist

Red and white have such an visual impact together.  Today at Splitcoast, the challenge is to choose a resist technique to use on our card.  My card features a basic resist by first stamping my snowflakes using Versamark and embossing with white.  I then rubbed Distress inks in various shades of red onto my piece.  Then using a dry cloth, I rubbed over the piece to remove excess ink and reveal the snowflakes underneath.  Finally, I speckled some white acrylic paint over the top and mounted my piece onto an embossed bkg.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a peek.  

Supplies:  stamps; Old Island Stamp/ Distress inks/ eb folder/ bl Memento/ embossing powder/ acrylic paint

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