A Year in Review- Some of my Favourite Cards

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Much thanks for all your most kind and generous comments this year, all so greatly appreciated!!

I hope you have enjoyed some of the techniques and ideas that I have shared here.

Looking forward to a new year of crafting and inky fun.

xx  Karen

Merry Christmas Wishes!!

Wishing you a wonderful

Merry Christmas.

 Thanks so much for the many blessings you have bought to my life.

 

Prancing Reindeer

Good Morning.

The big day is almost here and I'm thinking about prancing Reindeer and Santa's arrival.

Meet today's card.  Pretty simple with a bit of whimsy.

I began by using my acetate inking technique again with blue Distress Oxide inks.

When it was dry, I stamped some graffiti randomly in the bkg. to add some depth and interest.

I die-cut the fun reindeer then stamped it with the check for fun.

I added some black gems to the neckline then stamped the sentiment.

I pop-dotted the reindeer over the inked bkg.

 

Have a wonderful Christmas Eve.

A Gem of a Challenge- ANYTHING CHRISTMAS GOES 

Crafty Calendar- IT'S CHRISTMAS

Sweet Stampin'- LAST MINUTE CAS

Supplies

Stamps- Graffiti (Kaisercraft); T'is the Season (PTI); Texture Mini (Carabelle)

Inks- Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Broken China DOX (TH); 

Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; die-Memory Box; acetate sheet; Mister (TH); black gems

Holiday Cheer

Good Morning.

I had some time to play and make a few extra cards to have on hand so of course, I dragged out my Distress Oxide inks and got down to inking.

For those of you that may have missed my little pictorial about how I did what I called 'Acetate inking' then go here!  It is very easy to do and you can place the ink wherever you want it to go.

I began by inking up my acetate sheet with DOX 's in blues, sprayed with water and pressed onto my card front.  I dried it using my heat tool then laid a piece of drywall tape across the front and stenciled through that.  

I stamped the circles to the side to add interest to the overall design, then I die-cut the deer head in black.  I doodled in some lines around the area where I wanted to put the deer then pop-dot mounted it over the doodles.  I added some black gems then stamped the sentiment from Paper Smooches.

The big day is almost here....are you ready??

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS Mix Up- STAMPING PLUS TWO

(watercolouring, stenciling)

Winter Wonderland- ANYTHING GOES

CRAFT- ANYTHING GOES

Stamps and Stencils- IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Grunge (PTI); Joyful Greetings (Paper Smooches)

Inks- Iced Spruce, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean Distress Oxides (TH); 

Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store); black cs

Accessories and Tools- heat tool, acetate sheet; fine line marker; black gems;

drywall tape, sponge applicator (TH)

Non-Traditional Christmas

Meet today's card.

Playing around with inking an embossing folder again to create a quick and easy card.

You can see some of the other cards I made using this technique here and here.

I just love the look of this EB folder from Carabelle and decided to make a card using it.

I inked the inside of the folder with Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water and pressed onto my paper.  Be sure and let the inks dry or use you heat tool as they take a bit longer to dry and will smear.

When dry, I placed the piece inside my Misti and stamped the sentiment with black ink.

Next I punched out a circle then stamped the snowflake onto it using the same DOX ink.

I added a Nuvo drop to the center of the snowflake then pop dot mounted it to the side of my card front.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges- FAVORITE SKETCH (373)
Time Out- INSPIRATION HOME SWEET HOME
Dragonfly Dreams- Non-Traditional

Supplies

Stamps- Snowflakes (Recollections); Joyful Greetings (Paper Smooches)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Candied Apple DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Autumn Red Nuvo drops; pop dots; EB folder-Texte Grunge (Carabelle);

Mister (TH)

Snowy Fun

Good Morning and Welcome.

Another quick card I made using this new Embossing Folder I just picked up.

As you have seen in some of my past posts, creating a background using an embossing folder is a simple way to have an instant card. 

Here is a video to show how to do this.

So I inked the EB folder with Peacock Feathers DOX, sprayed with water then pressed my paper into the wet ink.  After it was dry, I added the die-cut snowflake and stamped the sentiment.

The finishing touch was to add the blue buttons to the snowflake centers.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look especially at such a busy time of year.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- STITCH IT

(snowflake)

The Male Room- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

The Rubber Buggy- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Paper Creator- CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR

Supplies

Stamp- Season's Greeting (Studio G)

Inks- Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Tiles eb folder (Kaisercraft); Mister (TH); blue buttons (YNS); 

Stitched Snowflake (Lawn Fawn); Snowflakes (SSS)

Winter Cheer

Good Morning.

Happy that I had time to play with this wonderful stamp called Red Delight by Penny Black.

I began by masking my card front then placed the stamp into my Misti, coloured directly on the stamp with my Tombow markers, sprayed with water and pressed onto the paper.  I repeated that process until I was happy with the colours and shading. 

 I clear heat embossed the image next as I wanted to watercolour in the background.  

I stamped the sentiment from the PB sentiment set called Yuletide Wishes and also clear heat embossed that.

I used some Peeled Paint Distress ink to watercolour in the background by pressing the pad directly onto my non-stick craft sheet and picking up the ink with a wet paintbrush.

To finish off my card, I splattered some of the green ink left on my mat and some diluted white acrylic paint all over my card front.

I removed the masking tape and mounted the piece onto a dark red cardstock.

Thanks so very much for coming by to take a look.

I truly appreciate you for visiting.

Adding my card to these challenges:

CAS Mix Up- STAMPING and 2 CHOICES

(watercolouring, heat embossing)

Addicted to Stamps and More- MAKE YOUR MARK 

Penny Black Saturday- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Crafty Calendar- CHRISTMAS

Supplies

Stamps- Red Delight (PB); Yuletide Wishes (PB)

Ink- Peeled Paint Distress (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento 

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; paintbrush; white acrylic paint; clear eb powder; Painter's tape;

Mister (TH); heat tool