Holidays 2016 - Series End

Hello crafty friends,

Today is the last day for this Holiday Series.  Even though I got sick during it, it's been so much fun. Thank you for helping me celebrate the season.  Here are the last few cards in my stash:

This card was easy, but took time, because I die cut those small flowers and glued them piece by piece onto my pattern paper card front.

I fell in love with this snowman tossing penguins stamp and ended up ordering it from Europe! Surprising the shipping was not an issue ($5)... lets face it, that's less than some pretty big online crafty store we all know and love.   By the way... I stamped the image and cut it out using my ScanNCut2.

On these last two cards I used another digital stamp from justMEdigitalstamps called Snow Buddies.

Well, that's it.  I will leave the contest open until Sunday night... 8pm CST.   I will draw a winner and announce it on Monday... Good luck crafty friends.


There will be a GIVEAWAY at the end of the series (Dec 16th), I will randomly pick one lucky person to win... here are the rules:

1.   Comment on EVERY posts.
2.   Become a follower of my blog.

Nice, but not required... use the FIND ME links to find and follow me on any of these:  Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Google+.  THANKS!

Holiday 2016 - Bah Humbug

Hello crafty friends,

Today's card is one of my favorites. It doesn't have cute kitties or bears or even a penguin... it has only one big red grumpy bird and I LOVE him, because I can totally relate.  The Holidays isn't always a happy time for everyone.  It can be emotionally, physically and mentally exhausting for many people. This card is for them... my fellow grumpies

The bird is a digital from Gerda Steiner Designs called Upset Bird, I tried to get a link, but couldn't find him.  Well, two more post to finish tonight and I can go to bed.  Thanks for stopping bye, until next time... take care.



There will be a GIVEAWAY at the end of the series (Dec 16th), I will randomly pick one lucky person to win... here are the rules:

1.   Comment on EVERY posts.
2.   Become a follower of my blog.

Nice, but not required... use the FIND ME links to find and follow me on any of these:  Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Google+.  THANKS!

Holiday 2016 - Feliz Navidad

Hello crafty friends,

Today's card features a Spanish sentiment... Merry Christmas in Spanish...

I used a ribbon ornament coloring page image I found on the internet.  I colored the ribbons red and them covered them with red glue glitter.  I outlined them with a thick black pen, because I lost most of the original outline between the coloring and gluing.  I fussy cut the insides of the ornaments and turned the panel into a shaker top.  My finishing touches was to add three Feliz Navidad die cuts from Elizabeth Crafts and a few sequins.

hasta la próxima vez (until next time) ... cuída se (take care).



There will be a GIVEAWAY at the end of the series (Dec 16th), I will randomly pick one lucky person to win... here are the rules:

1.   Comment on EVERY posts.
2.   Become a follower of my blog.

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Holiday 2016 - Ho Ho Ho

Hello crafty friends,

Still not feeling great, but I have to get this house ready for Christmas...or at the very least a somewhat less over-the-top version of Christmas. If only decorating was as easy as posting.

Last night I felt good and actually crafted... made this card in fact and i love it so much I had to bump the previously schedule card for this one :)

Those hearts you see in the background are from Your Next Stamp's Heart Ink Splatter.  I love adding this stamp into projects.  I cut the Hs from red and green glitter card stock on my ScanNCut2.   I also used the ScanNCut2 to cut out my Copic colored Newton's Nook Ornamental Newton.  I placed the middle Newton on a wobble for some extra fun.   Here's a video:

I hope you like this card as much as i do... thanks for stopping bye, until next time... take care.



There will be a GIVEAWAY at the end of the series (Dec 16th), I will randomly pick one lucky person to win... here are the rules:

1.   Comment on EVERY posts.
2.   Become a follower of my blog.

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Holiday 2016 - 12 Days of Christmas

Hello crafty friends,

Today's card was super easy to make, because of this stamp set by Stampabilities called 12 Days of Christmas and the second smallest stitched square die from the Die-Version's Stitched Nesting Square die set:

I alternated between red and green ink for each of my squares.  I also inked the edges of each square and pop them up with foam tape.  I added a stitched die cut piece of vellum between my squares and the card front pattern paper.

I've had this stamp set in my collection for years and never used it.  So it's way overdue for it's 15 minutes in the spot light.   Until next time... take care.



There will be a GIVEAWAY at the end of the series (Dec 16th), I will randomly pick one lucky person to win... here are the rules:

1.   Comment on EVERY posts.
2.   Become a follower of my blog.

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Holiday 2016 - Tall Snowman

Hello crafty friends,

As I sit typing this, we are getting our first snow of the season.  The cats are watching from my craft room window... I wonder what they think about snow (or anything else for that matter).  In honor of the falling snow, I selected this card for today's post.

I fell in love with this tall snowman when I first saw it and just had to have him.  Thankfully for both my wallet and my impatient self he was a digital image from Sassy Cheryl's Decked out for the Holidays.

I printed him out and went to work on him.  I used Copic markers for him and the blue background. Sorry, I didn't keep track of what colors I used.  I used the Falling Snow stencil from Simon Says Stamps for the icy looking snow and a new product I picked up recently called Glitter Paste (Sugar) from BoBunny, which I absolutely love.  Will have to pick up some red for Valentine heart cards :)

My finishing touch for the card was to add a grouping of die cuts at the bottom right of the card w/a fun sentiment.   This card makes me smile.   Don't be surprise if you see this snowman make another appearance soon.   Until next time... take care.





There will be a GIVEAWAY at the end of the series (Dec 16th), I will randomly pick one lucky person to win... here are the rules:

1.   Comment on EVERY posts.
2.   Become a follower of my blog.

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Holiday 2016 - Merry Christmas Candy Canes

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today's card is one I'm also posting on the Die-Versions' blog as my Design Team project.  This die is my most reached for Christmas die... in my opinion, along with the Complements - Everyday die it's one of the best dies in the whole Die-Versions line.   I talking about the Complements - Holiday 1 die, which is actually several words dies in one... and it's currently on SALE!

The Merry Christmas on the card below in just one of the words in this die.  This card is a good example of a card made with very few items.  One die, one image (the candy canes image is a digital stamp form Power Poppy Stamps, so it was extremely inexpensive... $1 actually), 1 6x6 sheet of pattern paper and 1 piece of white card stock (actually i used watercolor paper).  

I'm going to start working on my December daily now... bye.



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2.   Become a follower of my blog.

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Holiday 2016 - Penguin with Snowman Balloon

Happy Holiday Crafty Friends!

Since I LOVE penguins, I thought it would be fitting to start my Holiday Card Series with a penguin.

This cute penguin with snowman balloon is a digital stamp from JustMEdigitalstamps.  I created the tag by die cutting the Scalloped Banners die from Avery Elle and then die cutting the Storybook 1 die from Pretty Pink Posh in the center.  Added some pattern paper on the back panel of the tag, because I made it so it opens like a card by using a folded piece of white card stock and not die cutting the fold when I cut the scalloped shape.

On the card I used the same pattern paper twice... on the card's backgound and on the tags front.  This time I added a tiny circle tag with a "hi" greeting on the penguin's hand (penguins hands/wings are actually called flippers and are used to propel themselves through water.)

I hope you have enjoyed the first post of the series.  I'll be doing a GIVEAWAY at the end of the series, I will randomly pick one lucky person to win... here are the rules:

1.   Comment on EVERY posts.
2.   Become a follower of my blog.

Nice, but not required... use the FIND ME links to find and follow me on any of these:  Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Google+.  THANKS!