Needs not the holly-berries red

I’m sharing a CAS Christmas card I made today featuring one of the Mixed Media Christmas dies from Tim Holtz.

I used the current colour palette at Christmas Card Throwdown on my card.   I tried a background using Magicals but after tossing a couple decided to switch to one from alcohol inks.  Not sure I have enough contrast between the kraft top layer and the yellow background but they were the challenge colours and I was a bit limited in my actual alcohol inks in yellow.

It seems awfully disloyal to say so but I am not loving the die cut.  I think it needs something more but I don’t know what.  As it is I gave a glow to the die cut with some Distress Ink and added in a few pearls in gold to match the colour palette.

I’ve kept the card deliberately CAS so I could also play along at Less is More.  For their shimmer theme I’ve got Gold Mixative in my alcohol ink background to the die cut and also lovely rich gold embossing powder on the sentiment.

Over at Watercooler Wednesday Gail’s asked for Christmas projects so I am also linking my card up there.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

WOW! Embossing Powder ~ Metallic Gold Rich Pale

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Die ~ 661602 Mixed Media Christmas

Embellishments

Flourish with a Bling Pearls ~ Antique Gold

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Caramel, Gold Mixative & Sunshine Yellow

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Tea Dye

Tsukineko ~ VersaMark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Core’dinations Smooth Cardstock ~ Kraft

Yupo ~ 200gsm White

Stamps

Magnolia ~ Sentiment Stamp from Vintage Box 1

Challenges

Christmas Card Throwdown ~ May Colors

Less is More #330 ~ Shimmer

Watercooler Wednesday #120 ~ Gail’s Christmas Challenge

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…I understand only because I love

I was commissioned to make a wedding card and chose to use the lovely Wedding Bells image from Tiddly Inks on it.

As the gift to accompany the card is money I created this card with a drawer using one of the fab Silhouette patterns from Nicole’s Stamp Addiction.  To make this just that little bit more special I didn’t cut the circle for a finger pull on the drawer but instead used an eyelet and Swarovski crystal as a handle.

I echoed the outside on the inside using the same die cut, Oval Frames from Wild Rose Studio, and stamp, Elegant Roses by Magnolia.  To reduce the bulk on the inside I die cut a piece of paper instead of using real lace but probably should have also skipped the pearl trim.  The lovely sentiment is from the Just a Note set by Stempelglede, which I’ve stamped and embossed with clear embossing powder.

Over at Southern Girls they want to see some sparkle on your projects.  Apart from my sparkly crystal I’ve used Twinkling H2Os on watercoloured image, added a sparkly gem for the ring on the bride’s finger and also made my roses sparkly.  I used Jennifer McGuire’s technique of randomly inking my roses and leaves, which were embossed with white embossing powder, with an ink blending tool then spritzing with Perfect Pearls Mist.  I then cut each individually and layered onto the card front.  I used the same technique inside but with less foam tape for less bulk.

Paper Craft Crew have a fun Tic Tac Toe board and I’ve used the bottom row on my card.  I’ve made a wedding card with flowers and ribbon.

As my card features both an image from Tiddly Inks and flowers I am also entering it in the current challenge on their blog.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Super Fine Detail Clear

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail White

Stampendous! Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Shabby Pink

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

LDRS Creative Die ~ #8004 Dewdrop Border

Wild Rose Studio Die ~ SD005 Oval Frames

Embellishments

Close To My Heart Bitty Gems ~ Clear

Inks & Paints etc

Ranger Perfect Pearl Perfect Mist ~ Perfect Pearl

Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Pad ~ Melon Mambo

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Mowed Lawn, Spun Sugar, Twisted Citron & Worn Lipstick

Tim Holtz Distress Reinkers ~ Various

Twinkling H2Os ~ Bronze, Heavenly & Pearl Red

Tsukineko ~ VersaMark

Papers

Arches Smooth Paper ~ Watercolor 185gsm

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Sweet Pea

House of Paper Romanesque Paper ~ Pearl

Maja Design CreaDiem ~ Fylld av Kärlek (Filled with Love)

Stamps

Magnolia ~ Elegant Roses

Stempelglede ~ Just a Note

Tiddly Inks ~ Wedding Bells

Ribbons & Trims etc

Hug Snug ~ Seam Binding Ribbon dyed with Spun Sugar Distress Ink

Marquisa Pink Lace

Pink & White Pearl Trim

Challenges

Paper Craft Crew #245 ~ Tic Tac Toe Challenge

Southern Girls #160 ~ Add Sparkle with Team Lou

Tiddly Inks #201 ~ Blooming Beautiful...

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…nothing but an enormous drool gland

I’m sharing a fun card featuring a Stamp On It image called Stork.

 No one I know has actually hatched recently, I just made this card so I could play along (again) in Edna’s H is for Hatching, Matching and Dispatching challenge over at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.  I had to do a matching and dispatching card already, which I needed, and couldn’t snark on those so I just had to play again with a hatching card and a snarky one at that.

As often is the case with me the planning took longer than the making but that’s all part of the fun of entering challenges, actually being challenged.  Once I’d decided on my snarky theme I went looking for some images and found this stork that just had the perfect expression.  I’m rather proud of the poop image as I drew that up myself in Photoshop.  I really think snark is often just pointing out the truth to someone, so I’ve gone in and said it here, with babies you get love and happiness but you also get a lot of poopy nappies.

Not content with just doing up the front of the card I’ve added in another image inside, this time Geeky Love New Parents from Make It Crafty.  I mean I couldn’t just correct the sentiment without a bit of snark.

Over at Inky Chicks they are looking for baby cards, hopefully they won’t mind the unconventional nature of mine.  The humorous tone of my card also fit perfectly with the current challenge at Creative Knockouts so I’m entering it there too.

Ingredients:

Copics

Parents & Baby Skin E000, E00, E11, E21

Baby Mouth R00, R01, R02, R05

Parents Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, T5, T7, 100

Parents Clothes BV08, RV000, RV00, RV13, RV14, RV17, RV23, V12, V15, V17

Baby Blanket B21, B23, B24, B28

Baby Bottle BG10, R00, R01, R02, R05

Nappy B0000, B00, B02, B04

Stork & Baby B21, B23, B24, B28, B93, B95, B97, B99, E000, E00, E11, E21, N0, N1, N5, N7, N9, R59, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, YR15, YR18, 0, 100

Poop E34, E35, E57, E79

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Simon Says Stamps Dies ~ SSD111454 Stitched Squares

Inks & Paints etc

PanPastel ~ Permanent Green Tint

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Bazzill Prismatic Cardstock ~ Baby Blue

Mondi Color Copy Paper ~ 200gsm White

X-Press It Paper

Stamps

Make It Crafty ~ Geeky Love New Parents

Stamp On It ~ Stork

Challenges

Creative Knockouts #194 ~ Humorous Card

Inky Chicks #83 ~ Baby Card

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #84 ~ H is for Hatching, Matching and Dispatching

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May the season warm their souls

Made a quick Christmas card today in between loads of washing featuring the beautiful Candlelight die from Tattered Lace.

Over at CASology their current prompt is “warm”.  When I saw that prompt I knew I wanted to use a candle on my card as when I think of candles I think warm glow.  The fact we have Christmas in summer here in Australia and electricity has done away with candles in all but blackouts is irrelevant, I still grew up on traditional Christmas images of wintertime and candles on trees.  With that in mind I went with a grey/blue background for my candle to give the impression of a winter’s evening.

My card follows the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  The split in the top layer was the perfect place for my sentiment and I used my new Oxide ink to stamp it, the Iced Spruce going nicely with my Pion cardstock.  C.R.A.F.T. Challenge are looking for Christmas projects so I am also entering my card there.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Embossing Powder ~ Clear Super Fine Detail

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Tattered Lace Die ~ D467 Candlelight

Embellishments

Flourish with a Bling Pearls ~ Red

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Ink ~ Citrus, Gold Mixative, Lettuce, Pearl Mixative, Red Pepper, Silver Mixative, Sunset Orange & Sunshine

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ~ Iced Bruce

Tsukineko ~ VersaMark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Pion Design Palette ~ Blue VI

Yupo ~ 200gsm White

Stamps

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection ~ CMS249 Scribbly Christmas

Challenges

CASology #249 ~ Warm

CRAFT #416 ~ Christmas

Freshly Made Sketches ~ Sketch #288 by Jen M

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