Today I have a card I made to send one of my nieces and her family. They purchased a pretty parakeet a few months ago and so I thought I'd send him a Valentine!
Sunday, January 31, 2021
A Valentine for Rocky
Saturday, January 23, 2021
A Bucket of Hearts
It's time to start working on the Valentines for the 4 grand nieces and nephews. I pulled out some older Papertrey Ink stamp and die sets that I purchased on sale but have only used once - and made these cute little buckets of hearts.
ETA: They now have these dies and stamps over on the new company - Ink to Paper.
Stamps: Tag Creations: Delightful Bunch, Tag Creations: Delightful Hearts - Papertrey Ink
Friday, January 15, 2021
Mid-month reminder - CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Silhouettes
I'm here today with my reminder card for the January CAS Christmas Card Challenge - of which I am the host! My challenge is to use a silhouette - either a solid stamp or a solid die cut!
Stamps: Stained Glass - Papertrey Ink
Paper: white, True Black - PTI, DP North Wind - Craft and You.
Ink: True Black - PTI
Accessories: Tree Line Hill Die - Poppy Stamps, Stitched Square Circles - Penny Black, Noted: Scalloped A2 Die, Noted: Scalloped Square Die - PapertreyInk, foam dots, tiny silver stars - HoneyBee Stamps.
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Blessed are the Curious
Yesterday, I had a crafty Zoom meeting with several friends and one of the techniques we learned about was Geometric Sponging. Eileen Godwin did a wonderful YouTube video on it here.
Here is one of the cards I made using her technique. I chose the colors from the Paper Players Challenge - Ranger Distress Mustard Seed, Faded Jeans and Seedless Preserves.
Monday, January 11, 2021
January Inspiration Team - Using Eileen Hull's Sizzix dies on Card Designs
This month Eileen Hull's Inspiration and Educator Teams are creating cards using her Sizzix Dies. You'll find them gathered every Wednesday on Eileen's blog.
I made two cards for my post today.
A Valentine using Eileen's Mitten Box Die.
(See the mitten box I made on my previous post here.)
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Happy Anniversary, Deer
I made this card for my son and daughter-in-law for their anniversary. They live in a log home on a mountain in the woods and they have a herd of deer behind their house that visit them daily, so I use deer on many of the cards I make for them!
I cut a panel of water color paper and stenciled over it using Falling Trees Embossing Folder from Sizzix using Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink. Next, I smooshed the panel into Carved Pumpkin Distress Ink on my craft mat that I had spritzed with water. Then I smooshed just the top half of the panel into Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink on my craft mat, also spritzed with water.
The trees are die cut from green card using Woodlands Thinlit dies from Sizzix. I adhered them to the dried inked panel. The deer are die cut from brown Kraft Core Coredinations paper using Reindeer Flight Bigz Sizzix die. I also sponged them with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and added black enamel dot eyes. I adhered the darker deer to the panel and then adhered the lighter deer on foam dots.
I'm linking my card to:
Stamps: Hero Arts
Thursday, January 7, 2021
A Conductor of Light
A friend asked me to make a birthday card for her grown son who is an electrician and while I was trying to think of what I could use to personalize this card, I remembered I had purchased a light bulb set from Ellen Hutson probably a year ago - and never used it yet - so after I found the set in my craft room (!?) I created this card.
The sentiment and light bulbs are from a set called Conductor of Light - Essentials by Ellen. The vagabond gentlemen was cut out of a a newly purchased DP - Sir Vagabond by Stamperia. The solar system is a piece of DP from Cosmos by Stamperia that I purchased last year. The birthday is in January so I turned the solar system so that January was showing (just above the light bulbs) on the background piece.
I colored the lightbulbs and sentiment smooshing the pieces into Distress Inks spritzed with water on my craft mat. I fussy cut the vagabond and layered him and the light bulbs onto the card with foam dots. I added some Clear Glitter Wink of Stella around the filaments of the bulbs but it doesn't show up in the photo.
This card is 5 1/2" x 5 1/4"
I'm linking my card to The Paper Players Challenge
I used new paper and stamps purchased a while ago but never used.
Stamps: Conductor of Light - Essentials by Ellen/Ellen Hutson, Big Earth - Altenew, Stop Drop Party - Simon Says Stamp.
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
CAS Mix Up Jan 2021 Splatter
I've resolved to play more often in the CAS Mix Up Challenges in 2021. So I'm starting right off in January!
Sunday, January 3, 2021
January CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Silhouette
Happy 2021 everyone! This just HAS to be a better year for all of us right?!!
I hope you, your loved ones and friends have stayed safe and healthy during the holidays!
Welcome back to the CAS Christmas Card Challenge.
The DT had a lovely break for December and we're ready to get back to making our Christmas cards, are you?!!
I'm the hostess this month and I would like everyone to use a silhouette (stamp or die cut) on your CAS Christmas card design!
I recently purchased this lovely tree line stamp from Rubbernecker called Winters Night. It comes with 2 stamps; the curved tree line I used here, as well as a snowy sky with a star that I didn't use here to keep it CAS with open white space.
I hope you'll join in my challenge this month at CAS Christmas! You'll find lots of inspiration from the Design Team as well as our wonderful January Guest Designer Pat at the CAS Christmas Card Challenge Blog!
You have until Jan 24 to link up!
Hilary pointed out to me that my card design works for the Jan CAS Mix Up challenge as well!
I used stamping, splatter and a clay star!
Friday, January 1, 2021
December Card Chain Challenge Reveal
Last month I signed up to participate in the Card Chain Challenge. You sign up to join in and you are given the name of someone to send a card to using the given monthly challenge. Participants are from all over the world.
I sent the card I made to Jutta in Canada. And I will receive a card from Dee in Kenya!
Check out this fun monthly challenge here.
The challenge for December was a tic tac toe board and I chose 3 across - YELLOW - BIRDS -EMBOSS IT.
I embossed the background with a holly embossing folder and die cut it with Crimped Frames from the Greetery. I die cut the bird from Ink to Paper out of several colors of cardstock and adhered them together. I layered the bird over the embossed holly panel with foam dots and added some enamel dots. I stamped the sentiment on a strip of cardstock and adhered it to the corner of the panel.
Stamps: Tiny Text - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous
Paper: Weather Vane, Harvest Gold, Smokey Shadow, Cocoa Bean - Papertrey Ink
Ink: Obsidian - Altenew
Accessories: Feathered Friends 5 die - Ink to Paper, Crimped Frame die - The Greetery, Holy Embossing Folder - Provo Craft, enamel dots - Altenew, foam dots.