A Frosty Christmas with Crafty Ribbons

It's another week, another challenge at Crafty Ribbons, and our challenge theme this week is "Frosty Christmas"!  And what does that theme remind me of?  Well, snowflakes of course, and all the fun different and dainty shapes you see in the frost on your windows.  That's probably my favorite part of winter, well, that and the hot chocolate and warm fuzzy blankets :)

I have used the Coming home for Christmas ribbon from Crafty Ribbons on this project, along with dies from Lawn Fawn and stamps from Stampin Up.

The weekly 12 weeks of Christmas challenges run right until Christmas, so you have plenty of time to jump in :)

A Male Themed Card with some Vintage Gears and Sweet Stamps

Hello everyone, I am back with some male-themed inspiration for Sweet Stamps.  I created a fun gear and script card for any man. I find I do not make enough male-themed cards, so at least once a month I try and pull one together, although I do struggle with it, lol.

I created this card by stamping and heat embossing with clear embossing powder the French Script Artsy Fartsy Stamp. The background is distressed with Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo, and Ground Espresso Distress Inks from Tim Holtz. Then I chose the Vintage Gears Piccolos set and heat embossed the frame with Medieval Metals Detail Embossing Powder.  The gears and pieces are embossed with black embossing powder and Medieval Metals and glued on top of the frame.  The sentiment is stamped on vellum with Stazon, and glued to the back of the frame.

This was a fun project to do especially if you feel like getting down and dirty (grungy).  You can find most of these products in the Sweet Stamps online shop, plus many more products that I promise you won't be able to live without :)

Merry and Bright Christmas with Crafty Ribbons

Hello everyone, I have a fun new card for some Christmas inspiration today for Crafty Ribbons :)

I created this zig zag folded card and used some of the Retro Christmas - Be Merry 16mm Grosgrain Ribbon as the closure.    The ribbon you find at Crafty Ribbons is just so versatile.  You can use it for just about anything, it is very well made and a lot of the ribbon they carry is exclusive to them, so Crafty Ribbons is the only place you will find it!  If you love to work with gorgeous ribbon, Crafty Ribbons is the place to go :)

Sweet Summer Blooms with Sweet Stamps

Hello everyone, it is definitely chilly here and I am not ready to give up summer just yet, lol.  I will continue to play with flower images (while of course making Christmas cards too!) all through the winter, in the hopes that I can stay warm and cozy all winter long :P

This is a card I created for Sweet Stamps, using their Summer Blooms rubber stamp.

Created this card by stamping and heat embossing the image on hot press watercolor paper, using the Summer Blooms rubber stamp and Detail White embossing powder.  Then I water-colored the image using the Sweet Stamps Shades dye ink in Valentine, Royal, and Envy.  I added some die cuts from the Fancy Leaf die along with a paper rose from my stash.  You can find all of these products in the Sweet Stamps online shop, and much more as well!

I really enjoy using this medium to watercolor.  I find by putting some of the ink on an acrylic block, you have more control over the amount of ink you have on your brush.  I also find that for this technique in particular, a water brush (I like the Prima one ) also helps to control the amount of water, because this technique requires a fair bit of water to create, and the brush pen saves from having to dip your brush in water every time you move to a different part of the image.

I am really enjoying my Sweet Stamp stamps. (? lol)  There are so many floral image stamps (my favorite to play with) and I will get to water color so many of them!

Don't forget to come and join the TWO monthly challenges over at the Sweet Stamps blog; the Anything Goes challenge starts on every first Sunday of the month, and the Anything but a Card challenge starts on every third Sunday of the month :)

Grateful Curiosity with Quick Creations

I had the pleasure of creating with a Mirabelle stamp this week for Noelle over at Quick Creations.  This is Santoro/Trimcraft's Mirabelle "Curiosity".

To complete this project I used paper from the Mirabelle 2 collection and Kaisercraft mini Paper Blooms in Coconut.  I also used a Cheery Lynn die and a sentiment stamp from My Creative Time.

I colored this image using my Copics, Prismacolor markers and Prismacolor Premiere pencils in the following colors:

Skin:  E000, PC927, 939, 1029
Hair:  PB89, PC1052, 1054, 1058, 935
Clothes:  E70, R12, PC1092, 1031, 1081, 1072, 1074, 1076
Flower:  G12, R12, E70, PC1092, 1031, 1081, 1096, 988

Noelle has quite a few Santoro/Trimcraft Mirabelle stamps in her shop at Quick Creations, as well as Gorjuss!  Come and join us also for the monthly challenge, this month's theme is anything goes!  Hope to see you there soon!

Merry & Bright Christmas with The Paper Nest Dolls

Here's hoping your Christmas is Merry & Bright!  It's getting closer and closer!  And I am in full Christmas card mode lol.  For my inspiration post this week I chose to use a newer Christmas image from The Paper Nest Dolls called Mrs. Claus.  You can also find her in digi form here.  She is so cute and fun to color, and I've colored her up in traditional bright Christmas colors to get myself more into the spirit ;)

She is so cheery looking :)  I finished this project with paper from the Lawn Fawn "Snow Day" collection and used the holly and sentiment stamps from my Stamp of Approval box.  Then I added some sequins and VOILA!

Don't forget to come and join us on the first Monday of every month for a new challenge start, the theme is always anything goes :)  And the 10th of every month is new release day!  Christine always has a few sweet new stamps to tempt you with.  PND also has a new digi shop!  Don't forget to come and check that out too!

A Holiday Card Kit from Quick Creations, Get it Now!

Noelle Martin over at Quick Creations has created a Holiday Card Kit!  The kit includes Kaisercraft paper, a Gorjuss stamp, cardstock,  flowers, cut-outs and enamel dots!  All matching perfectly in fun pastel Christmas colors.  This is the first sample I have made with the kit :)

This Holiday card kit is available starting today in Noelle's online shop at Quick Creations!  And there's only a limited amount, so head on over there and get yours soon!

Stay tuned for another sample soon!