Showing posts with label Christmas cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas cards. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Just Buggin’ Santa’s Helper

The challenge this week at Just Buggin’ is Santa’s Helper. Make a Christmas gift for someone special using at least one Cricut die cut.

I chose to alter a chocolate box from last Christmas.

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Here’s what it looked like last year! The truffles were yummy!

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And here’s what it looks like ready to be filled with my dark chocolate fudge (recipe below).

I cut the base of the card with a cut from the Storybook cartridge. The original cut wasn’t in the right dimensions so I used Design Studio to change the proportions to 9.762 x 5.576 and smaller sizes in blue and Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses DP. That worked perfectly to fit on the top of the box. The sentiment and hat are cut with the Winter Woodland cartridge at 3 inches.

I added some lace and pink tiny pom pom fringe and some Basic Grey buttons.

If you’d like to play along with the Just Buggin’ challenge, you have until tonight to link your project up to the Just Buggin’ blog.

Okay, now for the recipe. If you like dark chocolate, you’ll love this one. If not, substitute semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips.

Dark Chocolate Fudge

3 cups Ghirardelli 60% cacao chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk (Eagle Brand type)
3 tbls butter
2 teas vanilla

Melt all ingredients together in double boiler or microwave. If using microwave, check often to be sure it doesn’t burn. Pour into a buttered 9x12 pan and cool for several hours. (I don’t have much patience for the cooling step.)

That’s it! You can add your favorite kind of nuts, candied cherries (or other dried fruit), crushed candy canes or anything else you like. My favorite is pecans and mini marshmallows!

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I haven't left for Utah yet. I was going to go on Sunday but the weather was a little iffy so I didn't go. I'll be going tomorrow morning so I probably won't be around the blog world until Wednesday evening. I've got the next four FBW projects done and the posts scheduled and the next three Just Buggin' projects done and scheduled. It feels good to have all those done so I won't have to worry about them while I'm in Utah. Like I said before, I'll be working on my niece's wedding scrapbook and a gift for a blogger friend while I'm in Utah. Talk to you Wednesday night!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Just Buggin’ Frosty Kisses

Our challenge this week at Just Buggin’ is to Happy Holidays.  Make a Christmas project using at least one Cricut die cut.

15 fosty kisses I decided to make a tag for a gift jar of Hershey’s Kisses.  However, I’ve eaten all the Kisses since I made the tag so I’ll have to get more for the gift!

I cut the tag with the George cartridge and the sentiment and snowman are cut with Winter Woodland cartridge.  This cartridge has so much fun stuff on it.  I’m pretty much finished with winter theme projects for this year but I can’t wait until next year to use some of the other features and cuts.

The cuts themselves are pretty self-explanatory so I’ll get into assembly.  The larger tag is cut in a wine colored cardstock as well as the shadows of the sentiment and snowman.  The DP tag is Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses (in keeping with the Kisses theme – tee-hee).  I used a glue pen to glue the layers together.  Glue pens are very forgiving and a great tool for small die cuts.  When the glue is wet, you can move it around a bit to get it in the correct position and after it has dried, it is tacky and becomes repositionable.  I use glue pens a lot with Cricut die cuts. 

I added a lot of Stickles (on the letters, hat band, scarf and buttons) and little black rhinestones for his eyes.  I then tied a big pink bow to top it all off.  I love these big bows.

My hint for today’s Just Buggin’ challenge:  Think big! I used oversized die cuts and ribbon for huge impact.

If you’d like to join in on the Just Buggin’ challenge, you have until tonight to have your project posted the the blog.

Blessings,

Christine

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Miss Tilly’s Christmas

I’ve found some really fun Christmas digi images out in blogland this year and when I saw this one, I knew I had to have her.

Miss Tilli's Pearls Isn’t she sweet! Miss Tilly is from Digital Doodling and better yet she was free. Your find several freebie images on the blog.

I watercolored her in colors to match the Cosmic Cricket Jolly by Golly DP. I did a blue wash for the sky and put the whole card together using buttons, MS punch, ribbon, flat back pearls and a Studio G sentiment in blue ink. Such a sweet card, I think.

I’m off to work on another one. Who knows I might even be back tonight!

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Simon Says -- Let it Snow
Stamptacular Sunday -- Christmas card with non-traditional colors
Corrosive Challenge -- Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Yada, Yada Holidays

When I saw this image from The Character Cafe, I knew I had to make a card with it for a Seinfeld fan on my list.

Yada Holidays closeupI highlighted the Yada, Yada Holidays sentiment in pink because it kind of got lost between the horns.

Yada HolidaysThe sentiment is computer generated and says “Happy Festivus For the Rest of Us.”

I watercolored the sweet little kitty and added a jewel to her bow and to her color. All the DP is frrom K&Co., the punch is MS and the buttons are S.E,I.

I’ve got a couple more to do today so I’m off to my crafty table again!

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Crafty Creations -- Christmas for a pet
La-La Land -- Pink and green Christmas card
Lili of the Valley -- sketch

The Character Cafe – use their free image

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Snow in Love

I have a few images printed that I wanted to go ahead and get into cards for specific people. This one is the first and I’ll have two more; maybe even tonight! Snow in Love

This image is from Digital-Ink Co. Isn’t it sooo cute!

I watercolored it and used Cosmic Cricket Jolly By Golly paper, Basic Grey buttons and my Martha Stewart punch on a kraft base.

Snow in Love close up I added lots of sparkle. I added “fur” to the snowman’s hat using grated Styrofoam balls and Stickles on the snowlady’s buttons, the hearts, snow, mistletoe berries as well as on the scallops on the nesties.

Challenges:
Cupcake Craft -- favorite Christmas carol (Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland)
Digital Tuesday -- inspired by Christmas song (Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland)
Inspiration Card Sketches -- sketch
My Time to Craft -- Christmas foliage (mistletoe in their hands)
Crazy 4 Challenges -- snowmen
One Stop Craft Challenge – Christmas Love
Secret Crafter – snow

My Trip to Utah

I’ve talked about going to Utah to help my sister out when she has heart surgery. After a few postponements, she is having her surgery on Monday. If the weather holds out, I will be heading to Utah at the end of the week although I refuse to drive all that way on icy roads.

Anyway, I will bring a little cardmaking stash with me but I plan to mostly work on my scrapbook of my nieces wedding in August. The scrapbook is my wedding gift to her.

So, I just wanted to let you know what will be going on for the next several weeks. I’m looking forward to spending some time with my sister during her recovery. Especially when she starts feeling better and we can scrap together. She has some projects that she wants to work on too, so I will be bringing some of my stash for her as well.

Wish me luck on the scrapbooking adventure. I started out scrapbooking in this papercraft world but I’m much more comfortable making cards. If anyone knows of any good scrap layout challenge/sketch blogs, please let me know. I need all the inspiration I can get. My goal is to scrap several of the best photos with a single photo layout. Then maybe a three photo layout for several pages and then just mount several photos with only a few embellies for the rest of the pages. I plan to use the toile and lace from her wedding, ribbon, buttons and Cricut daisies for most of the embellies.

Well, now that I’ve bored you to death, thanks for hanging in there and be sure to enter my giveaway!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Fluttery Angel Tag

This is the 5th post I’ve done today but only two that you can see here.  I have posted on the Just Buggin’ DT gallery and two scheduled posts for JB.  Phew!  ‘Scuse me if I don’t have much to say tonight!

Okay, now onto my Flutterby Wednesday card.

09-12-09The challenge this week is to make a winter themed card and to include a butterfly, fairy or angel.  I made a simple tag for the challenge.  I cut the somewhat egg shaped tag with the Tags, Boxes and More Cricut cartridge. 

I stamped a Hero Arts clear stamp with Versa Mark and heat embossed it silver.  I cut another tag from DCWV silver metalic paper (it kind of looks like duck tape) and added a snowflake shaped eyelet.  I strung some ribbon and string through, tied a bow and then tied the button with the string.  I sponged a little gray chalk to kind of tone down the bright white cardstock.

If you'd like to play along, go check out all of the other lovely DT blogs by clicking on their links on the right sidebar and then go to Danni’s Dreams to link up your card. 

Challenges:
The Pink Elephant -- favorite Christmas color combo
Whimsy Stamps -- die cuts
Papertake Weekly -- no red or green
Gingersnap Creations -- monochromatic

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justbutton3 Today is also a new challenge at Just Buggin’.  The challenge this week is Happy Holidays.  Make winter holiday or Christmas themed project.  You can make anything you'd like as long as it fits with the current challenge.  The creations by the design team are being posted each day of the week so check every day for inspiration.  My day is Tuesday so I’ll be posting my creation on Tuesday.  It just dawned on me as I typed this, I forgot to post so I’m going to go create that post real quick.  Be sure to look at the post just below!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Monday, December 7, 2009

Crimson Trees

I got another silver creation made yesterday but I’m saving it for Flutterby Wednesday.  Now I have a simple tag to share with you.

100_4824 I was working on this late at night last night and wanted to get the picture taken.  I usually mess around with my bows for quite some time to get them the way I want and I just didn’t have the motivation last night!  I think these tags will be beautiful added to a present.  With these hand tied bows, they won’t need much more adornment.

I used a small stamp from Hero Arts stamped multiple times along a line of paper.  I stamped two others to cut out and pop up.  I embossed them with Zing embossing powder and added some rhinestones (colored with a Bic maker).  I cut the tag using Cricut Tags, Boxes and More Cartridges with Design Studio so I could get the sizing just right.  I also cut the S.E.I. DP in the same shape but trimmed the top notch of that piece. 

Now that I see the picture, I think I’ll add a few more rhinestones to the DP before putting the tag on a gift!

Blessings,

Christine

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Silver Santa

Silver Santa Sometimes dreams come true!  I dreamt this card; well part of it anyway.  I thought it would look nice to emboss this Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Santa in silver.  I even went to Joann’s to get the embossing powder.  I also came up with the jingle bells and vintage white buttons in my dreams.  From there, it was trial and error to come up with this design.  But I love how it turned out!!!

I stamped the Santa with Versa Mark ink and embossed him with silver embossing powder.  I then cut him out with my Nesties, distressed the edges and rubbed gray chalk ink on the distressed edges.  I knew I didn’t have any background paper to go with this so my first thought was to Cuttlebug emboss the background but then thought that would be too bright of a white.  So I gathered up some smaller stamps from my Clear Art Stamps Vintage Christmas set and stamped the background with the second impression to make a light background.  I then sponged the same gray chalk ink on some white cardstock for the second background paper.  I used it on the small panel and the base of the easel card. 

Silver Santa close upYou can see if you look really close in this close up but trust me, it looks perfect for this embossed image.

I added my favorite wide organza ribbon with a bow and a vintage button (from my thrift store button bottle) and some jingle bells (from the dollar store).

Silver Santa sentimentI added a sentiment to the easel card base using Versa Mark and silver embossing powder.  The sentiment stamp is a Fiskars clear stamp and snowflakes are from the Clear Art Stamp set.  I added a couple more buttons from the vintage white button bottle to the center of the snowflakes!

I made this card for the Moxie Fab World Christmas in the Old Country challenge.

That’s about it!!!  I’m off to create some more silver cards!!!  I love them!

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Project Tuesday -- easel card
Stamp Something -- glitzy something
One Stop Craft -- Fancy Folds
Stamptacular Sunday -- lots of bling
Winter Wonderland -- ho ho ho
Sunday Sketch & Stamp -- sketch
Gingersnap Creations -- winter wonderland

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Bee Crafty Ornament

I wasn’t feeling well last night so I went to bed early before I got a chance to post my Bee Crafty project. Our challenge this week is Christmas Extras. Make a gift, bag, tag, wrap, decoration, etc, but not a card. I made an ornament using the cute little wish fairies.

snowflake ornament boyI used shaker card pouches from Impression Obsession and put the little wish fairies in the middle to make a snow globe kind of ornament. I added some sugary glitter and beads to the pouches. Tip: Put the lid on your glitter immediately or you might spill the remainder of the bottle on your carpet!

snowflake ornament girl The poor little girl fairy got a bead stuck on her head and I can’t get it loose.

I colored the fairies with my Copics and added a snowflake cut with the Joys of the Season Cricut cartridge.

If you would like to play along with the Bee Crafty challenge, follow the link to see all of the other ladies beautiful projects and then make one of your own. You just need to follow the theme and use a digi image on your project.

Blessings,

Christine

Challenge:

Crafting Pot -- ornament

Friday, December 4, 2009

Olde Time Santa

When I lived in Omaha, I volunteered for the Omaha Community Theater. Every year they performed a beautiful version, written by the Executive Director of the theater, of a Christmas Carol. When I saw this set of Tim Holtz Christmas stamps, they reminded me of the years (and there were several) that I worked back stage. It was one of my favorite Christmas traditions.

Olde Time Santa I have had a devil of a time today! I struggled with my project for the Bee Crafty challenge that I will be posting on Saturday. Too make a long story short, it started with having to redo everything except coloring the image and ended with spilling the remainder of my sugary glittered sweetness on the carpet. With this card, I had to redo the punched panel twice because I glued the DP on upside down. I also had to redo the sentiment panel but I don’t believe it was my fault. The stamp was mounted with Tim Holtz logo on upside down. I’ll just blame it on Tim, how’s that!!!

Speaking of Tim, have you been to his blog to see his 12 days of Christmas tags. I plan to do the tags that I have the supplies for. He did his third day today but I only have the supplies for the first day. Maybe I can get the time for that tomorrow. Oh, I just went to his blog to get the link and his new tag is up already! You’ve got to go see. He has some wonderful techniques that I’ve not seen before! He has so many great techniques each day so far!!!

Ok, quick deets about my card because it’s past my bedtime. You already know the stamps are Tim Holtz and I water colored Santa. The DP is from Hobby Lobby and I colored all of the pearls with a Copic.

Speaking of Hobby Lobby, while I was driving around the other day, I saw that they are building a Hobby Lobby in Boise. I can’t wait!!! We don’t have any stores that carries the variety of products the Hobby Lobby does. Can you believe that there is no place in Boise where I can buy Nesties and Copics just to name a few. I have to go to Utah or order online for a lot of my supplies.

Anyway, it’s after 2:00 am and I have to get to bed!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Cupcake Craft -- red and green
Stamp with Fun -- Christmas
Flourishes -- clean and simple
Creative Card Crew -- Christmas
Paper play -- Christmas card without red or green
Stampin’ for the Weekend -- red, green, gold

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Just Buggin’ for Gingerbread

I forgot to post my Just Buggin’ challenge this morning. Oops!  I guess better late than never, huh?  I was even feeling really bad that I didn’t have something to post for you today.

gingerbread card (2) I made a cute little gingerbread card.  I used cuts from the Stretch your Imagination cartridge.  I use Design Studio when I’m designing my cards so I’m not sure what size my cuts are.  The gingies are about 2-1/2” and I cut a couple at about 1 inch for the card base.  The house is the birdhouse cut in shadow at about 4 inches.  I like to put a non-detailed image behind smaller images to give them a sense of cohesion.   I doodled icing stitches around the gingies and added pearl eyes and ruby buttons.  I added a few cookie buttons to the corners.

That’s about it.  Sorry again that I was so late.  A new Just Buggin’ challenge starts tomorrow!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Watching for Santa

Watching for Santa When I was young, there was an area of Boise where almost every home was decorated with beautiful Christmas lights. Every Christmas Eve, we would all pile in the station wagon and head out to the “highlands” to see the Christmas lights. On the way home, we would stop at a drive-in on Bogus Basin road to get a hot chocolate with a small swirl of ice cream on it.

There was an open field directly in front of our house and as we passed by on the next street, I looked towards our house and saw Santa Claus in the window standing in front of the fireplace. Imagine my disappointment when we arrived home and our stockings had not been filled. I thought that he had left because he knew that I saw him. I was so happy when he came back after we went to sleep. The next morning our stockings were full of wonderful presents and yummy nuts, fruits and candy!

Watching for Santa close up This image is a free digi from Simply Inger and I watercolored it. The DP is Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses. The poinsettias are cut from velvet paper using the Joys of the Season Cricut cartridge and I added some gold glitter to the center. I cut a bunch of these poinsettias so I could use them on future Christmas cards.

I hope you enjoyed my memories and my card!

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Inspirational Card Sketches -- sketch
Papertake Weekly -- Christmas crackers
Charisma Cardz -- anything Christmas
Dare U 2 Digi -- glitter
Crazy 4 Challenges -- punch happy
Stamp Scrap and Doodle -- Christmas

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Just Buggin’ a Bird

This is my first challenge as a member of the Just Buggin’ design team and I tell you what! There are some very talented ladies on our team. They amaze me with each and every creation.

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Our challenge this week was Triple Whammy! You need to use at least three die cuts on your project. I have nine and they are all from the Winter Woodland cartridge.

I love making a kind of scene when I use the Cricut cuts. I think overlapping images gives the card some cohesion.

I used all S.E.I. Winter Song patterned and solid paper. I cut out the window using the blackout feature in the dark red a little larger than the light blue cut. I then cut the three trees in the darker blue to layer under the window.

The cardinal is two cuts: one in the red floral print on the tummy and one in the light red. I hand cut a little off the tummy so the red floral would show through. To bring the cut to life, I scored, using a stylus and ruler, the lines that would make up the feathers on the birds wings. I cut the sentiment twice (once a little larger and in blackout) and added glitter to the top cut. I didn’t have gems to match so I colored some white pearls with my Copics.

I have found that the easiest way to add fine glitter to small areas is to use a glue pen. I have two sizes of tips so it is very simple to choose the right size for the job.

Thanks for stopping by to see my creation today. You still have today to join in the challenge so what are you waiting for? Go create!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Monday, November 23, 2009

Baby Christmas

Another Christmas card! I seem to really be in the groove with these Christmas cards. I think I’ll have most of my cards done without having to mass produce! Yay!!!

baby christmasI think I love this image so much because she reminds me of me!!!! She reminds me of the snow suits that my mother would bundle us up in to go outside to play. We were six kids in a two bedroom trailer house so if she could get us out of the house, she did!!! Besides, there were always tons of kids to play with in the trailer park!

baby christmas side The little Christmas baby is from a wonderful set of vintage Christmas images from Clear Art Stamps. I cut and matted her with my nesties and cut the corner with my Cuttlebug. The DP is Basic Grey Eskimo kisses and the buttons are also Basic Grey.

baby christmas closeYou can kinda’ see the glitter on her fur in this picture.

I think I’ll be doing a non-Christmas card for Flutterby Wednesday tomorrow. I don’t remember when I last did a non-Christmas card.

That’s it for tonight. I’ve got a couple of DT cards to do so I’ll be working on that tomorrow!

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
2 Sketches 4 U -- sketch
Whimsy Stamps -- Christmas
Stamping Vacation Pick 3 -- bows, buttons, glitter
Spoon Full of Sugar -- baby’s first Christmas preschooler
One Stop Crafts -- snowflakes
Bizzy Becs Creatilicious Challenge -- Christmas with snowflakes and sparkle

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Joyful Wishes

I’m really a fan of the clean and simple style of card making but it doesn’t come simple for me so I’ve been practicing it a bit.

joyful wishesI was trying to go with the collage aspect from this post on the Cards blog. I used a Hero Arts wood stamp and heat embossed it then cut it into the shape of an ornament adding a small piece of velvet ribbon to replicate the ornament hanger. I cut a tag with the George cartridge at 2 inches and added an eyelet and some ribbon. I glued a piece of tiny pom-pom trim to a piece of lace. I added that as well as a small piece of DP. (All the DP is Basic Grey Eskimo kisses.)

I laid it out and moved it around and around again and around. Then I finally decided on this layout. It took several pictures of it and as I was editing the picture, I realized it wasn’t balanced. I then added the the pink rhinestones in the upper left corner. I like it! What do you think?

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Saturday Spotlight -- ornament or card with ornament

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Peace on Earth

I’m, once again, guest designer on the Winter Wonderland challenge blog. This weeks challenge is no Christmas stamps or Christmas paper on your creation.

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I bought this Sizzix die last year to use on my Christmas cards but didn’t get around to making Christmas cards last year. That’s really changed this year, huh?

Peace on Earth I chose to go simple with my card since I wasn’t using Christmas paper. I mounted the die cut on a circle and mat cut with my nesties. I embossed the backing paper with a CB snowflake folder and tied a bow around it. I thought about adding some jewels to the embossed snowflakes but I think that would have just detracted from the cute image! But I did add a little doodling to the cut.

You can’t see it in the picture but I rubbed Versa Mark ink on the snowflake and embossed it with iridescent embossing powder.

The Bee Crafty challenge is today and I’ve scheduled a post to go up later so be lookin’ for that!

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Corrosive Challenge -- embossing
Colour Create -- red green white

We’re Gonna’ Bee Wrappin’

Our challenge this week at Bee Crafty is to use sparkle on your card! When I heard about this challenge I new that I would have to use one of her adorable fairies. I put Shimmerz on EVERY fairy wing that I color.

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These cute little fairies are the Wish Fairies – Christmas. Aren’t they adorable trying to wrap their presents. I watercolored them and then added Shimmerz to their wings. I then cut out the little boy so I could have him flying above.

The DP is all DCWV and I did another easel card. These are so easy and fun to make I think I will be making more and more of them. I punched the borders with the MS doily lace punch, added a few jewels and then tied it all up with a ribbon. The sentiment is Studio G.

If you would like to play along with the Bee Crafty challenge, follow the link to see all of the other ladies beautiful cards and then make one of your own. You just need to follow the theme and use a digi image on your card.

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Sophisticat Challenge -- sketch
Tuesday Taggers -- red gold and green

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Snowman Rolling By

snowman rolling by (2) One more Christmas card done! This stamp is from a cute set at Clear Dollar Stamps. The wagon comes with a number of accessories so you can make cards for different occasions – hearts, fireworks, birthday present/balloon, etc. Plus, when I went to find the link on their website, I found another fun accessories set that I will be ordering soon!

I watercolored the image and matted and cut it out with nesties. I added two black buttons for the tires. The DP is Cosmic Cricket Jolly By Golly. The “Rolling By with Some Holiday Cheer” sentiment is from the Clear Dollar Stamps set. The “Merry Christmas is from Studio G.” I added some buttons to hold up the easel card and a pretty bow to top it all off.

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I found out today that my sister, Rose, will be going to the hospital at the beginning of December for heart surgery. She has rheumatic valve disease and this is her 3rd valve replacement surgery. That doesn’t mean that it isn’t, each time, a very serious surgery. That being said, I will be spending most of the month of December in Utah. Rose and her family took care of me after my transplant so I’m honored to be able to return the favor.

But never fear, I will be bringing my Cricut and a good part of my crafty room with me!!! I’m going to try to get as many DT assignments done as I can before I leave, so that I won’t have to worry about bringing some specific things with me.

That means I get to spend Christmas with Rose’s family again this year. I’m really looking forward to that!

Now, off to make my card for the Bee Crafty Challenge this weekend. I’ll be sharing that with you on Saturday!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Clearly Inspired Challenge-- 5 (I chose 5 buttons)
StampARTic -- pink Christmas card

Monday, November 16, 2009

Cozy Christmas Home

Cozy Christmas Home I got this beautiful stamp a couple of months ago from Auntie Amy.  I love these type of images because they are so great to watercolor but the first time out of the gate can sometimes be a little hard to paint.  This was no exception but I think it worked out ok anyway.  I love how this beautiful old Victorian home is framed with the greenery and cardinals, don’t you?  Since the image itself is intricate, I decided to put the card together very simply.  I double matted the image in green and then red and then mounted it on a green card base and added a trio of rubies.

That’s it for tonight!  I finished my card for Winter Wonderland (I’m GT on Sunday again), I’m almost finished with my FBW card and this week is another Bee Crafty week.  I’ve yet to make that card.

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Secret Crafter -- four seasons
Gingersnap Creations -- cozy home

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Snowy Snow Globe

snow globe Isn’t this little guy just the cutest! He is a small Hero Arts stamp that I got at Archivers. I watercolored a little blue on his body and colored his hat blue with red stripes on the band.

I got these little acetate bubble circles at Archivers as well thinking that they would be great for snow globes. They work out great, don’t they. This is the first time I’ve used them and the first time I’ve made an easel card. I would do both of them a little differently next time but, all in all, It worked out okay. I added some sugary glitter to the bubble as well as a few seed beads in colors to match the DP.

The DP is Cosmic Cricket Jolly By Golly (love this paper). I cut some snowflakes with the Doodlebug cartridge on my Cricut and then glued some sugary glitter on them and a rhinestone in the middle.

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenges -- snow much fun
Crafty Creations -- snow
Creative Belli -- Christmas embellishments
Cute Card Thursday -- glitter
Crazy 4 Challenges -- acetate
Sunday Sketch and Stamp -- sketch