Teddy Bear Hugs

Happy Saturday,

I love the way this card came out. Simple but cute. I have sent this to a friend. She has been swamped with work lately I wanted to cheer her up. Hope it works.

The background paper is some that I just got from Stampin up's clearance rack on line. I think it was last years Valentine's papers.

Thanks for stopping by.

Rain, Rain, Rain

Hi Everyone,

Ok, we need some rain to wash away all of the snow. It just isn't melting. Snow was fun at one time when you were younger but not anymore. The thought of falling on my butt is not funny anymore. :-)

This is a magnolia image. I stamped a hero arts dots stamp in white ink over a piece of acetate then layered it over the blue background paper.

Still needed something so I added a little ribbon from box huge box of ribbon.

I decided to be a little different with the nestie and cut out around her umbrella and top of her head. Added a little glossy accents to the water.

Retro

Hi Everyone,

This card reminded me of the 70's. I remember clothes looking like this. I thought the background paper had that feel to it as well. It is from prima.

The ribbon and rhinestones I have had for years. My challenge this year is to try and use something on my cards that I have had for at least a year. You know the "must have" and "just in case" stuff. Admit it we all have at least a little of that.

I am not a big yellow fan but whenever I use it with purple I just sit back and say wow that looks great together. I know it's on the color wheel but even looking at it there you just think nah.... won't look right.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Just a Quick Note

Happy Wednesday,

We got about 3 inches or so of snow last night very pretty but yuck it has to be shoveled now.

This card was made with a Sarah Kay image. It is done in pinks and browns with a little blue added in.

I added a little stickles to the girls hair bows and flowers. The background paper is from Bo Bunny's Crazy Love Collection. It is really some cute paper. The ribbon is from All that Scraps. It is double sided.

The girls are colored using Copic makers. I am still getting use to these markers. I do love the way you can blend with them.

Time for some hot chocolate :-)

Happy New Year Everyone.

Here is a card I did with prisma colored pencils on kraft cardstock. I used gamsol to blend. I like the way it came out. The picture does not due the card justice.

The large rose is from Wild Orchid Crafts out of the UK.

The leaves are punched out of background paper and I used my embossing stylus to make the veins. the small rose are some ribbon roses that I have had for at least 10 years.

Just a close up of the little girl who is by The Greeting Farm. She is called Lottie.

Thanks for stopping by.

To Everyone a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Mo's Digital Pencil Too

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick card I did using one of Mo's Digital Pencil Too images. Isn't she cute?

I am sure everyone is busy with the upcoming holidays. Is everyone ready?

Thanks for stopping by and have a very Merry Christmas.

Punch Wreath

Happy Friday to all,

This is just a very simple card. I punched about 15 or so of the fir from a punch. It's not the Martha Stewart one but one that was out a few years back but I think it is the same design.

I also cut a circle out with two nestibilities dies and then glued the punched pieces on. Before attaching the wreath to the card I sprayed it with homemade glimmer mist. I then took some white pearls and colored with my Copics and attached. Stamped Merry Christmas to the white card attached the wreath and added a double bow made with the Bow Easy.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope everyone is in the holiday spirit.

Happy Holidays,

Snowflake Greetings

Happy Tuesday Everyone,

First off I will say this post is picture heavy.

Here is my Christmas Card for this year that was sent to family and friends. Each card was made with one of two different stamps from the Bildmalarna November stamp club kit from Stampingscrapping.com. The inspiration for this card was from a card project that Kristina Werner of kwernerdesing.com blog. She is also does wonderful You Tube videos for cards. Her You Tube channel is Starofmay . My card inspiration came after I saw one of her 2008 videos and just loved the idea. If you want some great ideas you should check her blog out and subscribe to her You Tube channel. One thing though you will need to purchase a white gel pen after watching all of what she does to embellish her cards using it. J

I used transparency sheets that I got from an office supply store for the base of the card. I stamped the transparency with snowflakes that were from an older Stampin up set using white Staz-on ink. The little girl images are stamped and colored using Copic Markers. The Snowflake Greetings stamp is one that I picked up out of the dollar bin at Michaels. It worked perfect for my card. Rhinestones were added to the small snowflakes in the greeting. This has been one of my favorite cards to make. I normally send different cards to everyone but this year I loved the way this card came out everyone received the same design just in different colors.

These are the three different colors that I did.

Of course with red being my favorite color that was my favorite one.

The punch used for the white trim is a Stampin up punch.

All of the white areas have Sparkle n Sprinkle twinkling clouds flock on them. The flock has a bit of glitter in it. It makes it shine just enough.

Here is the green ones.

And of course the blue ones.

I hope you enjoyed the cards. As I said before I really liked making these cards.

Santa Baby

Happy Monday,

Here is a card that was done with a digi stamp. I'm sorry I don't remember who this was by. Just kind of a funny one. No I did not send this to anyone. Just working on my copic coloring.

I added some rhinestones to her glasses. Shimmer chalks where used over her hair after I colored it.

The background paper was a technique that Gina K showed on her Stamp TV videos.

Happy Holidays,

Holiday Greetings

Happy Sunday,

This is a stamp by DRS Design. Glass glitter by AIG was added to the pinecone. AIG glitter was also used on the circle around the greeting.

This is a slight variation on the other card.

Happy Holidays,

Christmas Candle

Hi Everyone,

This card was done with a DRS Designs stamp and copics. I am still learning but I am liking the effects that I am getting. I added a little black prisma colored pencil and gamsol for added highlights.

The image is cut out with a nestibilities die and layered on another cut out. The patterned paper is something old that I have had in my stash.

Happy Holidays,

Pocket Christmas Card

Hi there everyone,

Here is a cute card to make for a Christmas card or even a gift card holder.

I saw some one on You Tube do this but they used a larger sheet of card stock and I found it to be such a waste so I down sized it a just a bit and you can now make it with just the standard 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of card stock.

With some scraps I cut them with the spellbinders dies and stamped on them. Or you could do one and then put a gift card in the other pocket.

You can adapt this card for just about anything. Christmas, birthday, wedding etc.

Thanks for stopping by.

Glitter Trees

Hi Everyone,

Here are a simple and clean card. The trees are stamped and glitter added. The words are computer generated.

The corner bow was added.

Candyland

Good Evening,

Here is a digi stamp that I used copic markers to color the image. It is by Stamping Boutique. She is really cute. I did a little highlighting with a black prisma colored pencil and gamsol. I like the way it made it pop.

This is a little closer view. I added some rhinestones and glossy accents to make it sparkle and shine.

Thanks for taking a peek.

Snow Fall

Hi Everybody,

I thought I would start to post some Christmas Cards that I have made over the past few weeks.

The first one is made with a Bildmalarna stamp. The stamp is part of the November kit that was available from Bildmalarna.com. I am not sure if there are any left but you can email Cindy at Stampingscrapping.com. The set is really cute and has 11 full size images plus some smaller ones too.

I used white cards stock as the base of the card. It is layered with silver stardreams text weight silver paper. A Cuttlebug folder was used and then the image was cut using nestibilites. She is colored with Copics. The silver snowflakes are cut using cuttlebug die.

Here she is a little closer.

Thanks for taking a look.