Silhouette Stamping Bauble

Hello, everyone!  Happy December!  Before I get started, I would like to welcome two new followers - Alyson Mayo and Linda S - thank you for joining me!

Today I am sharing a card that was inspired by Sam at Mixed Up Craft - here is her video tutorial.  I was also inspired by Alyson's card here.

First I die-cut a circle (Nellie's Multiframe Circles) from masking paper and applied the mask to my card.  I inked around the inside of the circle with Broken China Distress Oxide.  I hand-cut a snowy hill mask and did some inking there as well.  Keeping the masks in place, I stamped the tree (free with magazine) using second-generation stamping and then stamped the bunnies and birds (Newton's Nook Serene Silhouettes).  I removed the mask and applied glitter around the circle, the snowy hill, and under the bunnies.  I die-cut an ornament top (Elizabeth Craft) from a scrap of silver glitter cardstock (Dollarama) and stamped the sentiment (Penny Black).  Using a black fineliner and a ruler, I drew the ornament string.  Lastly I die-cut the white panel with a stitched rectangle (Gina Marie Designs) and adhered to a black panel and then to a white card base.

This card was fun to make and I love how it turned out!  The hardest part was finding silhouette stamps tiny enough to fit inside the bauble.  I want to make more of these!  I'm going to keep looking through my stash for tiny silhouette stamps!

One final card in the last minutes of the Month of Holiday Cards challenge over at Beccy's Place. I've had so much fun all month and was able to make a lot of cards - thank you, Beccy, for the awesome inspiration! For the final day, the challenge is to do what we love! I love animals, and I love winter scenes!

I would also like to support the following challenges:  2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG w Animals 1/5; A Perfect Time to Craft AG UE; Aud Sentiments Christmas or Winter Sentiment 1/5; CAS on Friday 169 Black, White and One Other Colour 1E; Crafts Galore Encore AG 1/3; Crafty Catz AG Optional Clean and Simple 1/3; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas AG Optional Things with Wings UE; Creatalicious 176 AG Optional Winter 1/3; Creative Fingers 176 AG 1/3; Die Cut Divas Get Ready for Winter/Christmas 1/4; DL.ART December Linky UE 1/d; Love to Scrap Christmas Bingo (I went with the N Column (die cut, blue, silver) 1/5; STAMPlorations CAS Card December AG CAS Optional Christmas Colours 1/3; STAMPlorations Theme and Photo Prompt Stamps and Holidays (I went with theme) 1/6; Sweet Stampin' Blue and White 1/3; The House That Stamps Built Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge ~ N2719; The Outlawz Festive Friday Christmas UE



Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Comfort and Joy

Hello, everybody!  The Month of Holiday Cards challenge over at Beccy's Place is nearing the end.  I've had so much fun all month and was able to make a lot of cards - thank you, Beccy, for the awesome inspiration!  For the final day, the challenge is to do what we love!  I love animals, and I love winter scenes, so here's my card!

I die-cut the deer (Poppystamps Whittle Deer) and trees (Impression Obsession Evergreen Trees) and adhered them to a torn white scrap.  I added white dots to the deer (Posca paint marker) and Stickles for snow.  The patterned paper, sentiment, and plaid tree are all from EnoGreeting Christmas Collection, and I adhered white and green snowflake sequins to finish off the card.

I would like to support the following challenges: 52 Weeks to Christmas Animals 1E; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper November UE; DL.ART November Linky UE 1/d; Penny's Paper-Crafty AG 3/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 4/5; The Outlawz Twisted Thursday AG Twist AG 1/2; Word Art Wednesday 414-415 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 4/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Jolly Snowmen

Hi, everyone! I have another holiday card to share with you! All month I've been devoted to the Month of Holiday Cards challenge over at Beccy's Place and I continue to be inspired! Although I've finished all the letters of the alphabet, today I'm revisiting "J" for jolly!

This fun snowman image is from Beccy's Place - Snowfolk set. I fussy-cut the precoloured image and adhered with foam tape. For the background, I used an embossing folder (Taylored Expressions Snowfall) and then sanded it to expose the embossed areas in white (I also used this technique on yesterday's card here). I hand-cut a snowy landscape from white glitter cardstock to ground the image. I added two kinds of washi tape along the bottom and then finished off the card by adhering three red star-shaped gems.

Double Trouble Paper Crafting has a challenge to Bring on the Glitz with a Snowman, and I've done two of the three prompts: Thing 1 - bling, glitz and/or glitter; and Thing 3 - Include a Snowman (I've already maxed out for Thing 2).

I would like to support the following challenges: Penny's Paper-Crafty AG 2/3; Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 3/5; Simon Says Stamp Monday Tape it Up 1/5; Word Art Wednesday 414-415 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 3/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Yuletide Greetings

Hello, everybody!  I continue to play along over at Beccy's Place in her Month of Holiday Cards!  It's an alphabet challenge, and there are only a couple days left.  For Day 28 - "Y", I chose Yuletide Greetings!

This sweet snowman is from Beccy's Place Snowman set.  I fussy-cut the precoloured image and adhered with foam tape.  For the background, I used an embossing folder (free with magazine) and then sanded it to expose the embossed areas in white.  I hand-cut a snowy landscape from white glitter cardstock to give the snowman a place to stand.  I adhered a number of red snowflake sequins and some green tree sequins.  I stamped the sentiment (Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Christmas) on a white scrap and adhered with foam tape.

Double Trouble Paper Crafting has a challenge to Bring on the Glitz with a Snowman, and I've done two of the three prompts: Thing 1 - bling, glitz and/or glitter; and Thing 3 - Include a Snowman (I've already maxed out for Thing 2).

I would also like to support the following challenges: Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas AG Optional "R" (red) UE; DL.ART November Linky UE 1/d; Gem of a Challenge AG 3/3; Hobby Shop de Egel Christmas and 3 Trees 1/3; Jan's Digi Stamps AG 5/5; Penny's Paper-Crafty AG 1/3; Simon Says Stamp AG 2/5; The Outlawz Festive Friday Christmas UE; Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Winter Blues UE; Word Art Wednesday 414-415 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 2/5

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Enjoy the Sweet Season Z-fold Card

Hello, everyone! Today I'm sharing a Z-fold card!  I followed a tutorial over at Beccy's Place!  You can check out all of Beccy's tutorials here!  All month I have been participating in Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards and today I'm on the letter "Z" so I went with Z-fold.  (I'm almost finished the alphabet - I just have "Y" remaining!)  My card is tall and thin, measuring 3.5" x 8.5" and it fits easily into a No. 10 envelope.

I recently won some gorgeous images from Jan's Digi Stamps (thank you!) and today I'm using Holiday Candy Deluxe Set!  I chose the precoloured images - there are three different colourways so I went with the pastels.  On the front of my card you can see the candy jar and sentiment from the set.  I fussy-cut both and added foam tape behind the candy jar.

I adhered a punched bow (Tim Holz punch) and several gems. The patterned papers are all from Crate Paper Snow and Cocoa.

I took lots of photos!

On the middle panel I added some die-cut candy canes and holly, along with a fussy-cut "sweet" word from one of the sentiments.

On the final panel, I added some white cardstock for a place to handwrite a message.  The two candy corners and the sentiment are from the Holiday Candy Deluxe Set.  I used a wonky oval die for the sentiment and finished off the card with another punched bow.

I would also like to support the following challenges: Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas AG Optional "R" UE; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper November UE; Creative Moments 181 Ribbon and/or Bows 3/3; DL.ART November Linky UE 1/d; Dragonfly Dreams Christmas/ Winter UE; Gem of a Challenge AG 2/3; Jan's Digi Stamps AG 4/5; Simon Says Stamp AG 1/5; The Outlawz Festive Friday Christmas UE; Through the Craft Room Door AG 2/2; Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Winter Blues UE; Word Art Wednesday 414-415 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk2 1/5

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!

Naughty or Nice

Hello, everyone!  I'm back again today with another holiday card!  I'm making lots of cards this month as December draws near!

I stamped Newton's Nook - Newton's Candy Cane and coloured him with my markers (Bic Mark-its and Dollarama Crafts).  I decided to colour him as a ginger tabby (much like the real Newton, who sadly crossed over the Rainbow Bridge in October).  I stamped a fun sentiment from Newton's Nook - Newton's Curious Christmas, die-cut it with a stitched tag (La-La Land Stitched Elements), and adhered a baker's twine bow. The patterned paper is from BoBunny Woodland Winter, and I finished off the card by adding some punched snowflakes with gems in the centers (Recollections punch).

My card design was inspired by the sketch at Newton's Nook Inky Paws Challenge 111.  I hand-cut the banner ends and doodled some faux stitching in white (Posca paint pen).  The white and teal squares and the red banner are all embossed with Die'sire Embossalicious Let it Snow.

I've also been inspired by the alphabet challenge over at Beccy's Place and her Month of Holiday Cards.  I missed making a card for Day 16 - "N" so today I'm going with Naughty or Nice.  I have only "Y" and "Z" left to finish the alphabet!

I would also like to support the following challenges: A Perfect Time to Craft AG UE; ABC Christmas X for fauX (faux stitching) UE; Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas AG Optional "R" (red) UE; Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper November UE; Creative Moments 181 Ribbon and/or Bows 2/3; Cute Card Thursday Winter UE; DL.ART November Linky UE 1/d; Dragonfly Dreams Christmas/ Winter UE; Gem of a Challenge AG 1/3; Show Us Your Pussycats Furrything Goes UE; The Outlawz Festive Friday Christmas UE; The Creative Crafters 22 AG 3/3; The House That Stamps Built Repeat Impressions DCC N619 ~ Frame It 3/3; Through the Craft Room Door AG 1/2; Virginia's "Show and Share" November 1/wk 4/4; Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Winter Blues UE; Word Art Wednesday 414-415 AG w Uplifting Sentiment wk1 5/5

 Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

Holiday Shaker Card with Kitties

Hello, everybody!  Today I'm sharing another shaker card!  I used to make shakers all the time and then stopped for some reason - I just re-discovered how much I love them!  This one is a holiday thank-you card - I like to have a few of these on hand over the holidays!

These adorable kitties are digital clipart from TheDigitalChick on Etsy. I've been making a lot of cards with this set - this is my 6th one! I added a cute sentiment digitally (freebie from Aud Sentiments a few years ago, but I can't find the direct link) and then fussy-cut both so I could adhere them to the front of the shaker.

For the shaker frame I used Simon Says Stamp Stitched Squares (I die-cut two squares together to create the frame).  The scene background behind the shaker is from The Paper Shelter - Yep, I Have my Methods. Inside the shaker, I used several different styles and sizes of snowflake sequins (some from Kat Scrappiness).  I'll add another photo below so you can see them better.  This is a thank-you card so I added a punny "Thank Mew" sentiment using my Dymo label maker that I've had since I was a child.  The teal card panel is embossed with Die'sire Embossalicious Let it Snow, and I finished off the card by adhering snowflake sequins in red and white (Kat Scrappiness).

I would also like to support the following challenges: Allsorts Thank You or New Year 3/3; Beccy's Place - Month of Holiday Cards revisiting "S" for shaker, snowflakes, skating) UE: Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas AG Optional "R" (red, retro) UE; Cute Card Thursday Winter UE; Die Cut Divas Thanksgiving or Thank You 4/4; Kat Scrappiness Let's Give Thanks UE; Mod Squad Thanks or Thankful Shaker Card 3/3; Show Us Your Pussycats Furrything Goes UE; The Paper Funday AG Thanksgiving 4/4; The Paper Shelter 407 Christmas Card 2/3; Tuesday Throwdown Punny Sentiments 2/3

Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!