Happy New Year!!

Wishing you much health, happiness and peace this New Year!

Christmas Card Wrap-Up

Morning.

Meet today's cards.

Today, I am doing something a little bit different.  I want to post the rest of my Christmas cards then hopefully it will get me out of  'Christmas card making mode'!!

 I have so enjoyed cardmaking this Christmas season and now it's time to move on to hopefully, making some cards for the New Year.

The above card was done by stenciling using Distress inks and adding a die cut snowflake.

I hope you have enjoyed a wonderful Christmas. 

Thanks so very much for taking time out of your schedule and coming by to take a look.

So, here is the final line-up of some of my Christmas card this year.

For details about any cards or questions, please email me and I will be most happy to answer.

Festive

Morning.  

Hope you are still enjoying some relaxing and fun Christmas festivities.

Needed a last minute card for a friend who is coming to visit.  This was an quick and easy one and you could change the sentiment and it could easily be for another occasion.

I have a circle stencil that I cut from a heavy piece of acetate that I used to randomly stencil the circles on my card front using Mowed Lawn and Barn Door Distress inks.  I splattered just the red circles with white acrylic paint for interest.

Stamped the sentiment from MFT and done.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Happy Little Stamper- FAV TECHNIQUE

(one of my favs is stenciling)

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas- CHRISTMAS ANYTHING GOES

My Time to Craft- LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS

Brown Sugar- ANYTHING GOES

Cute Card Thursday- ANYTHING GOES

I hope you continue to enjoy this wonderful holiday season and thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies:  stamp- MFT/ Distress and Memento ink/ sponge applicator/ stencil/ wh acrylic paint/ paint brush

Holly Jolly

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank-you so much my friends, for your continued support and all the wonderful comments you have left for me.  You will never know how much that means to me.

I love creating and I love that you come along and share with me.  

I hope that your holiday is filled with joyful moments, happy memories and peace.  

warm wishes and hugs,

Karen 

Here's hoping that you...........

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is here.

Soon, we will be seeing shadows of Santa's sleigh in the sky!  

Posting a few last cards that I made.  This one has a shadow-looking background.

 I began by masking my white cardstock then inked the Hero Arts stamp with Grey Memento ink, stamped off and then onto my cardstock.  It gave me a faint, pretty background that I could stamp over top of.  Next, I got out my Misti and stamped the sentiment.  Using my Misti again, I coloured the snowflake with Memento markers, stamped then coloured with the dark blue onto the stamp, sprayed with water to blend the colours and stamped again over the light blue.

The finishing touch was a shiny blue jewel added to the center of the snowflake.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says:  MAKE IT SPARKLE

Little Red Wagon- SPARKLE AND SHINE

Shopping Our Stash- MY PRECIOUS

(the blue jewel that I have had for years in my stash)

The Male Room- CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Supplies:  stamps- Hero Arts, MFT, Recollections/ MISTI/ Memento markers and ink/ blue jewel

Joyful Greetings

Well, the big day is almost here.

I have been super busy as I'm sure most of you are as well.  

Meet today's card.  I picked up a few new stamps and wanted to play with them.

I began by masking my white cardstock and grabbed my MISTI.  I inked the red berries first by coloring on them using Memento markers, sprayed with water and stamped.  I then inked the evergreens the same way and stamped them randomly around the edges to blend in with the berries. I also added some white details to the berries using a white gel pen.

When that was dry, I stamped the sentiment from MFT and sponged the edges with Peeled Paint Distress ink.  Lastly, to add more depth and interest, I inked the script stamp from Penny Black with Grey Memento ink, stamped off onto a piece of scrap paper and then onto my card front. 

 I then removed the masks and mounted onto a piece of red cardstock.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Color Throwdown- ANY CHRISTMAS CREATION, ANY COLOR

Crafting By Designs- HERE COME THE HOLIDAYS

Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES

Inspiration Destination- ANYTHING GOES 

Card Mania- CHRISTMAS

Thanks for taking time out of you busy schedule to come by and take a look.

Hope you are almost ready for the big day!

Supplies:  stamps- MFT, Darkroom Door, Memory Box, Penny Black/ Distress ink/ Memento ink/ MISTI/ Memento markers/ TH white gel pen/ inking tool

Nordic Red and White

What's better then a cozy, warm sweater on a cold winter day?

We got snow last night!

Meet today's card.  The pattern reminds me of a sweater.  The stamp is from Simon Says and I just love seeing it done in red and white....so classic looking.

 Today, I am being inspired by the challenge at Splitcoast and a Pinterest board of vintage buttons.

Here are the buttons that inspired me:

I began by stamping the middle panel with Versamark and heat embossed it with white.  I masked that area off and rubbed on Fired Brick Distress ink.  I removed the masked and stamped the panel 2 more times using the same Fired Brick DI.  I then scored the top and bottom to define and add  interest to the stamped area then stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches across the top.

I die-cut the snowflake from Spellbinders and added it to my card front with a red pearl.

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Less is More- HOMESPUN

Simon Says- DIE CRAZY

Shopping Our Stash- LET IT SNOW

Christmas Cards All Year Long- CAS

 As You Like It- FAV CHRISTMAS COLOURS 

(the red reminds me of my Dad as he was Santa)

Hope you are staying cozy and warm.

Supplies:  stamps- Paper Smooches, SSS/ Distress ink/ Memento bl ink/ Spellbinder die/ pearl/ MISTI/ wh Embossing powder/ heat tool/ ScorPal