Sparkling Holiday

Hello! This time of year can be so busy!  Today I have a quick pretty card to share with you.  The theme of the challenge at A Blog Named Hero is:

For this card I used card stock, Christmas Sentiments Stamp Set, a Graphic Snowflake Stencil and Poinsettia and ornament Fancy Die from Hero Arts. For the background Distress Oxide Ink in the shade Shabby Shutters was blended through the snowflake stencil.  I diecut the ornament from red card stock then added a subtle sparkle with a Spectrum Noir glitter pen.  On top of the berries I added small dots of clear Nuvo Drops.  Once the ornament dried I adhered the card together.  For some added sparkle I added the clear sequins.

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Muted Snowflakes

Everyday my five year old asks me what the date is and how many days until Christmas.  It's coming so quickly, but not fast enough for her.  This Christmas card was made for the challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

The products from Hero Arts used in making this card are the Christmas Messages Stamp Set, Graphic Snowflake Stencil, Charcoal Midtone Ink and Paper Layering Snowflake.

Thank you for reading my post, I hope you are inspired to play along with the challenge.

Merry Christmas Tag

Quickly sharing a tag for the challenge held by Tracey McNeely.

My tag was inspired by Joyce's cute Tag on Day 3.  For my tag I used stamps and patterned paper from Lawn Fawn.

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Wishing Joy

Hi!  Here with a card for the challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

I used Hero Arts Reactive Inks in Pool Party and Blue Hawaii for the background.  I smooshed the inks on a craft mat then softened the colors by spritzing them with some white paint spray.

I swiped a piece of watercolor paper through the ink.  I applied the color in layers by drying in between applications with my heat tool.

Once the background was dry I diecut Joy from it (Hero Arts Joy Stamp and Cut).  I also stamped the wishing you sentiment above the negative diecut.  I then diecut joy three more times from white cardstock.  I stacked the Joy's together adhering between the layers with liquid glue.  

For the snowflakes I used the Snowflake Fancy Edge Die.  I embossed a couple layers of the Sparkling Sea Embossing Powder on the Snowflakes.

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you share your work at our current challenge.

Merry and Bright Mice

This new collaboration set from Lawn Fawn, "Merry Mice" is so adorable (find it here, affiliate link used at no extra cost to you)!  I used Copic markers to color the stamped images.  Then I cut out the images with the matching dies.  The patterned paper is also from Lawn Fawn, "Merry and Bright".  The star patterned star was die cut with Lawn Fawn's "Puffy Star Dies".This stamp set works so well with Chibitronics.

I built a simple push tab circuit to light up the star.

I love Lawn Fawn's happy little critter images.  

Create holiday projects that are merry and bright! Lawn Fawn and Chibitronics have teamed up again to bring you this exclusive, limited-edition kit. In this kit, you will find a holiday stamp set, coordinating dies, lights, patterned paper, twine, cardstock, templates, easy-to-follow instructions, and more. Create two complete projects, and learn the skills needed to create even more!

This kit contains:

• “Merry Mice” stamp set
• “Merry Mice Lawn Cuts” custom crafting dies
• Chibitronics “Merry Mice” Light Kit - 6 LED stickers, 15 feet copper tape, and 2 coin cell batteries
• Instructions, templates, and supplies to create two complete projects
• Access to inspirational videos, printable instructions, and printable templates to create even more cards

You can find more cards created with these new stamps at the Chibitronics Blog.  Thank you so much for coming by.

Simple Holiday Card

Hello!  I am here with my first card for the "Nature" challenge at A Blog Named Hero.  

For this card I made an easy to reproduce and easy to mail Christmas card.  I used the Hero Arts stamp sets "Winter Time Fun", "Merry and Bright Messages" and "Winter Forest Animals".

I started by stamping the background.  I colored in the images using Copic Markers.  I went around the edge of this layer with a cold leafing marker.  Then I die cut a circle and heat embossed the sentiment on it.  Adhered it all the layers to a card base and was done.  Very quick.

Thanks for stopping by, head to A Blog Named Hero to play along with the current challenge.

Christmas in July with A Blog Named Hero

Hello!  A quick post today with my second card for the Christmas in July challenge.  For this card I created a alcohol ink background on Yupo Paper.  While the ink was still tacky I pressed a scrap of heat transfer foil onto it and the silver did stick to the background in some places.  I used the fabulous Hero Arts Snowflake Confetti die to die cut the snowflakes.  I kept the cut out snowflakes for other projects, they were too pretty to throw away.  The sentiment was created using the Hero Arts Merry Stamp and Cut.

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you are inspired to create a project to enter in the A Blog Named Hero "Christmas in July" challenge.

Sparkle Deer and Forest

The theme at A Blog Named Hero is :

Growing up in Canada I experienced plenty of winter, I never thought that someday I would sometimes miss the snow.  But living in Texas I do sometimes miss the pretty snowy days.  I loved how fresh snow would sparkle.  I embossed the background using Midas Touch embossing powder from Wow (platinum powder with iridescent sparkle).  I sponged pale blue ink around the edges.  I adhered the diecut snowflake border to the bottom. I diecut the merry sentiment four times and layered them together.  I used a glue bottle with a fine tip made for quilling to adhere the Merry diecuts together.  For some more glitter I coated the Merry with iridescent sparkle Nuvo glitter.

Thanks for coming by.  I hope you share your winter inspired cards at A Blog Named Hero.

Hero Arts Products (affiliate links used at no extra cost to you);

Snowflake Edge Fancy Die

Merry Stamp & Cut

Forest and Deer Bold Prints

Heat Tool

Flamingo Christmas

Hello.  Here to share a card I made for my aunt, she likes Flamingos and when I saw this stamp set I knew I wanted it to make her a card.  The My Favorite Things products I used to make this card are; Basic Stitch Lines Die, Merry Christmas Die and Festive Flamingos Stamp set.  I was inspired by the two challenges being currently put on by My Favorite Things.

The Color Challenge

And the Sketch Challenge.

A close up angled photo to show some of the detail the Stitch Lines die made on the black card stock.

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Holiday Cheer

My card is inspired by the challenges at Papersmooches and the Fusion.

Papersmooches challenges us to use ribbon, I love a challenge that encourages me to use my stash and I haven't used ribbon on a card for awhile.  Fusion has a great sketch that helped me with my card design.

I diecut the windows (Mama Elephant) on a piece of 4.25 x 5.5" (A2) cardstock.  I  placed a piece of kraft cardstock behind the diecut piece and lightly traced the windows with a pencil.  I then stamped the snowmen from Papersmooches and colored with pencil crayons.  I punched the squares from patterned paper (Lawn Fawn) adhered them to fun foam and tied the ribbon around.  I adhered everything together and added a diecut sentiment (Papersmooches).

Warm Hugs

Hello!  Gloomy day here.  Perfect for turning on the Christmas tree lights and having a hot drink.  I'm sharing this card at the Fall and Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop.  

And joining the Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday Challenge.

I diecut the coffee cup (My Favorite Things) from white cardstock, running it through 5 times to make 5 coffee cups.  I colored the coffee cups with copic markers.  I used an embossing plate (from Papertrey Ink) to add texture to  the cardstock that I diccut the cups from.  I adhered everything onto a piece of cardstock than adhered that to a card front.  I placed the coffee cups back into the negative spaces in the embossed cardstock.  For finishing touches I added clear Nuvo drops to the coffee and some sequins and gems.  The sentiment was heat embossed and adhered to the card with fun foam for some dimension.

Challenge Me a Christmas Card with Michelle

I was very happy to accept Michelle's request to participate in her Christmas card challenge.

I know Michelle from being on the A Blog Named Hero Design team with her.  I chose to challenge her with the theme "Sparkle".  You can find her card here.

I used Avery Elle's Retro Ornaments clear stamps and Starry Scene diecuts for this card.  I stamped and embossed the images in white.  I then watercoloured using Zig Real Brush Pens.  For some  glimmer I used a Wink of Stella brush to watercolor the background instead of water.  

I diecut the circle from glitter paper to frame the focal point.  For some more sparkle I added some Distress Rock Candy glitter and Clear Sparkle sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.  I adhered a piece of fun foam between the watercoloured piece and the glitter frame.  

The picture below was taken in darker light to try to capture some of the glitter.  This card is very sparkly.  I really enjoyed being challenged by Michelle.  Check out her blog to inspire your Christmas Card making.

Shimmery Snowflakes

Hello!  I'm here today with a shimmery sparkley Christmas card.  To make this I diecut watercolor card stock then embossed the snow flakes from Casual Fridays Stamps set "Bring On the Snowflakes" using candy cane embossing powder from WOW!.  I then watercolored using "Velveteen Green" Vibeez from Shimmerz.  Once the green was dry I splattered on "Crimson Tide" and "Good as Gold" from Shimmerz.

I stamped on the sentiment (Casual Fridays "Christmas Sparkle")  then added "Sparkling Crystals" from Studio Katia.

I'm sharing this card at Muse Christmas Visions "Anything Goes" and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Anything Goes".

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

Hello.  I'm here today with a card I made with stamps and dies from Mama Elephant.  I made this card for the December Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

I diecut the watercolour paper than stamped it using ink that does not bleed when watercoloured except for the pine needles.  The pine needles I stamped using green Distress Ink then used a damp paint brush to move the ink.  I painted this card using Daniel Smith and Holbein watercolours.  I used a stencil brush to add the blue Distress Oxide Ink to the edges.  Then after adhering the card together I added a little bit of glitter to a couple of the Christmas tree ornaments.  

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you are inspired to play along with Happy Little Stampers December challenge.

Pink Christmas Tag

Hello time for a new challenge at Tag You're It!  The inspiration for challenge #78 is a lovely tag from Jessica Frost Ballas.  

I Love her golden deer.  I was inspired by the shape of her tag and the colours.  I used My Favorite Things dies and stamps for my tag.  I die-cut a tag from pink card-stock and blended pink distress ink on it.  The set of dies I used from My Favorite things are great for making shaker tags.  I embossed the snowflakes on the tag using a sparkle white embossing powder from Wow.  I used sequins from Lucy's Little Things for the shaker.  I watercoloured the deer and adhered it to the front.  The sentiment is die-cut from self adhesive gold paper.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you are inspired to play along with Tag You're It!.

Golden Happy Holidays

At a Blog Named Hero our November challenge is to Copy a Designer and we are using fantastic products from Neat and Tangled and Hero Arts.

For my second card for this challenge I choose to draw inspiration from a lovely card made by Lisa Stein.  You can find Lisa's post here with how she made her card here.

For my card I diecut the sentiment from Neat and Tangled and used Hero Arts gold embossing powder to emboss it three times.  I layered the embossing powder by rubbing the die cut words on a Versamark pad, applied the embossing powder then set the word in a shoe box lid to hold it while heating it.  I then added the next layer in the same way on top of the previous layer.

The background is the Hero Arts background stamp "Forest and Deer" stamped with Hero Arts "Mint Julep ink".  I used a stencil brush to add some ink around the edge.

I adhered the die cut snow flakes (Hero Arts "Paper Layering Snowflakes".  I finished the card off with some Neat and Tangled "Crystal Clear" sequins and a dot of gold Stickles in the center of each sequin.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you are inspired to play along with this months challenge at A Blog Named Hero.

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