Christmas Card - No Stamping

Last year after the holidays, I bought some "Heartwarming Vintage Creative Scraps" cardstock images by Crafty Secrets  and decided to use a few this year for christmas cards. I love this one of the winter birds! Click on the blue link to go to their website where you can view all their beautiful cardstock images, stickers, fabric scraps, Clear Art stamps, etc.

In the pic, the red half circles look different shades of red, but they are the same cardstock. It's just the way the sun was shining in the window on the card.

This morning on my blog dashboard, I was reading a post by Linda of Studio L3 where she entered a card into a "no stamp challenge" on Drunken Stampers challenge blog. What a funny name for a blog  - it made me chuckle out loud!  Well, I think I will enter my card too. 

Sharon
Nov.22/10

Drunken Stampers Challenge #43 - No Stamping

Lollipop Crafts Challenge Nov. 22nd- Christmas

Really Reasonable Ribbon Ramblings -Challenge #12 Christmas plus ribbon & lace

Obsessed with Scrapbooking Contest

Joy, at Obsessed with Scrapbooking announced today 7 new Cricut Lite carts. She is having a contest with a giveaway of the new Winter Frolic cartridge, Glue Rider gun, and SEI paper pad. Click on the title of this post to go direct to her blog.

Sharon
Nov.19/10

Studio L3 - Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #21

My friend Marilyn regularly participates in Studio L3 challenges and she does the most amazing work using the instructions in Tim Holtz Compendium of Curiosities. I've had my book for a while now and decided I should try out some of the techniques.

The challenge this week is "Perfectly Distressing"!  You'll find the instructions on page 38 of the book. I used it on the truck image which is my favourite TH stamp for masculine cards. Although it's hard to see the pearl shine in the pic, a bit of it shows on the back end of the truck.

For the card, I used:
-Bazill cardstock, Basic Grey graph paper, Karen Foster Collage paper
-Tim Holtz Alterations Embossing Folder "Patchwork"
-TH Distress Inks - Tea Dye, Brushed Corduroy, & Forest Moss
-Perfect Pearls Gold
-Truck stamp & verse from the TH "Journey" Visual Artistry collection
-Oval and Scallop Spellbinders Nesties
-Metal corner & lock are embellies from my stash.



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Sharon
Nov.10/10

Challenges:

Studio L3 - Compendium of Curiosities Challenge #21 - Perfect Distressing

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #43 - Make it Vintage

Simon Says Challenge Nov. 10 - Favourite Tim Holtz Stamp

Woo Hoo! Card Published in Penny Black Gallery

I had an email this morning from Pat at pbstamps.com that they are publishing another of my Penny Black cards in their gallery. It is a christmas one using the stamp "Xmas from Head to Toe, #3744K". Click here to see it at the bottom of the gallery page on the left, or if you want to look at other cards in the gallery.  As well, I'm attaching the pic to this post.

The card is quite basic as far as the layout, however, Pat said that she loved how I decorated the girl with bling on her earrings, bracelet,  hanging star, and dog collar; Also the "fur" (white flocking) on her dress, hat, boots, purse and dog hat.

Sharon
Nov.2/10

Snowflake Angel

 I think my muse is back......finally!  It must be the pressure of knowing that the weeks will fly by until Christmas, and those holiday cards must be made. I decided to try out my new SU Sizzix snowflake embossing folder.

Seeing the pic of my card now on the blog, it looks warped. Really it is normal. I just have to remind myself not to get so close up with the zoom from time to time. I would have taken another one, but by the time I was done yesterday afternoon, it had gotten dark out.

-Papers Stampin'Up Shimmery White, and Silver Mirror
-Stampin'Up Sizzix "Northern Flurry" Embossing Folder
-Angel Stamp from set -Inkadinkadoo "Christmas Silhouette" clear stamps, embossed in silver detail EP
-Cuttlebug Snowflake die
-Spellbinders Ribbon Tag; Peace verse stamp from Inkadinkadoo "Holiday Wishes" embossed in silver detail  EP
-Rhinestones & Ribbon

I also used my ScorPal board to emboss a line 1/8" in from the edge all around the main layer.

Sharon
Nov 02/10

Challenges 


Kitchen Sink #29 - Monochromatic

Stamper With Fun #83 - All that can Fly

Tip Top Tuesday #8 - Christmas

Gingersnap Creations Challenge -  Holiday  Happenings, Things with Wings

Another Ornament Card - Cricut "Christmas Noel" Cartridge

This is another ornament I made last night from the Cricut "Christmas Noel" cartridge using Metallic Red for the detailed main ornament, SU Gold for second background layer, and SU Cream for third shadow layer, Gold Stickles, fancy gold brad, SU Gold cord, and Gold Rhinestone.

Also used on the card is the Cuttlebug Damask Folder on the SU Gold layer, EK Success border punch.
Red Damask Paper is from Kaisercraft  6"x6" pad "Tis the Season"

SU circle punch, and Scalloped circle punch.
Verse is by Just Rite Stamps.

Sharon
Oct. 30/10

Challenges:

All Sorts Weekly Challenge #76 - Gold and Cream with Red

Bee Crafty Christmas Challenge #41  Christmas

Speedy Cat Challenge - Holiday

Moxie FabWorld - Diggin on Damask

Papertake Weekly - Anything Sparkly and Bright

ABC Challenge - Glitter

Ornament -Cricut "Christmas Noel" Cartridge

I played with the Cricut "Christmas Noel" cartridge the other day and made a few ornaments (keypad item -row 3 down, and #3 across). I cut them on Design Studio at 4" long and 2-1/4" wide using the main image, layer and shadow functions in different metallic and Bazzill papers. Then I spread Stickles all around the edge.  I also used the multi-cut function set at #2 to cut the images as they are so detailed (the first one I couldn't lift from the mat).

Here is a card I finished tonight using one of the ornaments.

-The white background layer is embossed with the Cuttlebug Damask Folder
-The printed border layer was cut with the SU Sizzix Topnote die

-Silver edging is Flower Soft Peel-off Stickers #457 Silver
-SU Ribbon

Sharon
Oct.29/10

Challenge: 

Moxie Fab World Oct. 28 - Diggin on Damask

Papertake Weekly - Oct. 26 Anything Sparkly and Bright

ABC Challenge - G is for Glitter

Paper Garden - Christmas/Holidays

Butterfly Thank you

My husband asked me to make a Thank you card for a lady who helped him with the Open House of the local curling club (he is President this year). So, I also incorporated a few challenges in this card.

-On the swirl paper I used blue chalk ink and sponged over the pattern. Also Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress ink on the edges.  On the brown paper, I used a script stamp, Martha Stewart clear butterfly, and also TH Tea Dye Distress ink on the edges.
-Cream organza ribbon overlaid with brown stitched ribbon binds the two patterned papers. 

- The oval was cut with Nesties and sponged around the edge with TH Tea Dye, popped up with foam tape. The thank you verse and oval is by Inkadinkadoo "Expressions & Frames" clear set. I then added Copper Stickles, and brown & cream pearls to highlite.
-Copper Stickles and pearls also highlite the butterflies

-EK Success embossed border punch on the bottom echoes the stamped pattern on the oval.

Sharon
Oct.17/10

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge #74 - Bingo  Line Right Down - Pearls/Mist, Stickles/Ribbon

Little Red Wagon #50 - Use Something New, Something Old.    Something new for me is the clear stamp set by Inkadinkadoo - "Expressions & Frames".  Something old is the ribbon and copper stickles.

Cute Card Thursday #134 - What's Bugging You? - insect stamps.

Another HM "Carrot Mouse" card

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A few weeks ago, I coloured six of these House Mouse images to have on hand. I put together this one on Monday but didn't upload right away as I wanted it to be a surprise to the person who received it. That's the bad thing about blogs - it's like a sneak peek for friends to see what you've been up to. LOL!

I haven't been feeling well lately and my cardmaking certainly shows it. You wouldn't believe how many have ended up in the "round filing bin" the last two weeks.....layers not straight, ink smudged, things just not working out!!! Probably you've noticed the layers aren't straight on this one either, but I didn't want to re-do for a third time. C'est la vie!

-Paper is from the Basic Grey "Eerie" 6x6 pad.
-layers and tag are Spellbinders
-The trick or treat stamp is by Studio G mini pack
-Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder
-Tim Holtz distressing ink- Marmalade & Black Soot
-EK Success curved embossing punch

Sharon
Oct.7/10

Challenge
Paper Playtime # 19 -"Buttons & Ribbons"
Pollycraft Monday Challenge #64 - "Anything Goes"

Woo Hoo! I've been Published in SNR!

Woo Hoo! I just found out by email this morning that my House Mouse Pumpkin card will be published in the October 31st edition of Scrapbook News and Review, an on-line scrapbooking magazine. However, SNR also has sections for stamping and cardmaking, sketches, altered art, galleries, and community Forum.

I get regular email newsletters from SNR Card Universe Blog and lately they have been doing the daily Fall Tags. A week and a half ago, when I was checking out the first tag, I noticed a call for submissions for October. I have never done this before, so on a whim I decided to send them my pumpkin card. I figured I would never hear anything back because they would get so many entries......Boy, was I surprised when I got the email this morning!!!!

Now, I'm off to go and try to find all the places where my card might be seen and remove it as required by being published..........

Sharon
Oct. 6/2010