Holiday 2016 - Trees

Hello crafty friends,

Quick overdue post today, because this cold I'm currently fighting is brutal.  I have no energy and haven't been in my craft room since my last post.  Thankfully I had several cards already done that I can use until my next creative session.

I used the cute trees from the Hero Arts Family and Friends stamp set.  There's a name for these trees, but I can't remember now.

I used the most of my pattern paper on this card... by just adding three trees and a thin strip of gold card stock.

On this card, I used three trees again, but added a die cut Holly from a Tim Holtz die set and a die cut Merry Christmas from the Die-Versions Complements Holiday 1 die.

Well, my couch and blanket are calling me, so until next time... take care.




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Holiday 2016 - Dogs and Cats

Hello Crafty Friends,

My sister-in-law mentioned the lack of dogs in my Halloween series, so I figured I better include some cards with dogs in this series.  Here's the first of several dog cards... and a cat card.

I used the same technique on both cards.   stamped the image onto watercolor paper, water colored around the stamped image with my Zig Watercolor Brush Pens using the same two colors.  The stamps are both by Inkadinkado.

These were super easy fun cards to make.



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!

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.

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It's beginning to look...

Hello crafty friends,

Yes, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in my craft room.  I'm been making my list and checking it twice to make sure I use all my lovely Holidays stamps, dies and papers.  Here's a peek at just a few of the goodies I'm be working playing with:

I had so my fun making different (not all the same) cards for Halloween, that I've decided to do the same for Christmas.  My Christmas Holiday Card Series will start after Thanksgiving on Saturday, Nov 26th.

Once again I'll have a prize for the person who comments on all my posts and follows me.  More details coming soon.