Lots to post!

You'll have to forgive me for not being regular in updating. I've still been creating, but very busy chasing after a toddler. We snuck away for the weekend, without baby, allowing me some time to get caught up on Christmas cards and get some preparations done for my upcoming Holiday Card Class.

Without further ado, here they are!

Not great lighting for this one, but some Hero Arts white opaque embossing, silver foil background, new Creaste a smile die popped up with dimensional adhesive.

Same silver foil, the new layered stamps from the Hero Arts October monthly kit, and a Mama Elephant sentiment embossed in silver...

This one is for a Studio Calico card class that I'm taking right now (it's about finished, in fact). Avery Elle sentiments, Memory Box die cuts, lots of glossy accents and glitter (Mister Huey's blizzard and opaque white mists).

This one is for Justine's challenge - creating a watercolor wash background. A Mama Elephant stamp set, Gansai Tambi watercolors, Lawn Fawn snowflakes, etc.

This one is a design for my upcoming class. Tim Holtz Distress markers and tumbled glass distress inking, Stampin' Up - Ornamental Pine for the stamping, SSS stitched circles and dimensional adhesive, hard to see it, but liquid pearls for some snow accents.

These next three are also for Justine's 12 Days of Christmas challenge and class...

I experimented a little bit with glittered embossing paste in two of the three. Used the Ton - Holiday Bows, a Lawn Fawn set, and did some coloring... Whew... that's enough catching up for today!

Christmas Card Tutorials - Week 17 - Square Cards

This week's card tutorial was a fun one - building a scene on a square card.

Here's mine:

I didn't feel like getting out the light tent today, so you'll have to excuse the background. Maybe when it's not so hot, I'll retake it :).

Materials:

Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, American Crafts - Peppermint Express, Neenah - Solar white

Stamps/Inks: Versafine- Onyx Black, Memento- Tuxedo Black, Stampendous - Reindears and Merry Kissmas, SSS - Oh Christmas Tree, SSS - Grass Green and Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Green Hills, Red Royal, and Butter Bar

Cutting/Embossing: SSS - Oh Christmas Tree and Stitched Squares, LF - Stitched Hillside Borders

Misc: Copic markers, dimensional adhesive, Liquid Pearls - Garnet

Week 16: Christmas Card Tutorials - Glitter

I've never had an easy time with Sticky Stuff, but I really enjoyed giving this week's technique a try.

Here they are:

Materials

Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock

Stamp/Inks: Versamark, Stampin Up - Whisper White

Cutting/Embossing: Judikins Sticky Stuff, TH Distress Rock Candy Glitter, Amuse Die Trio, Martha Stewart Crafts Snowflake Punch, LF Stitched Hillside Borders, Dee's Distinctively - Christmas Tree Stacker Dies, PTI - In thte Meadow, Ranger superfine opaque white embossing powder, Memory Box - Tree Border die (unsure of name)

Misc.: Dimensional adhesive

Christmas Card Tutorials 2015 - Watercolor

This week's card was a lot of fun. I have really enjoyed playing with my new clean color waterbrushes - even more excited to take a class to learn how to use them in a couple of weeks...

Materials:

Paper: Strathmore watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock

Stamps/Inks: Stampin' Up - Ornamental Pine, Hero Arts - Archivers Stamp & Cut Christmas Ornaments, Waltzingmouse 2011 Holiday Ornaments, Verve - Joy to the World, Veresamark, Versafine - Onyx Black

Embossing: Ranger superfine opaque white and clear embossing powders

Misc.: Zig clean color waterbrushes, perfect pearls mist, mister huey's opaque white spray, and kuretake gansai watercolors

Christmas Card Tutorials 2015 - Week 14 - White Space

I made two cards this week, because the first didn't turn out quite right. I masked with rubber cement, watercolored the background, and got impatient. I think that trying to dry the watercoloring affected the rubber cement, so the poinsettia, which was intended to be white, had a whitish green look to it... so I just colored it. I'm still including it, because I'm happy with how it turned out (after a little copic coloring).

Here they are:

Materials:

Paper: TH watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock, vellum

Stamps/Inks: HA Shadow Inks - Field Greens, Memory Box - Blooming Poinsettia, Wplus9- Fair Isle Backgrounds, Hero Arts - CL359 Holiday Cheer, Versafine - Onyx Black ink

Cutting/Embossing - Ranger superfine clear embossing powder

Misc: Gansai watercolors, zig wink of stella clear glitter pen

Materials:

Paper: TH watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock

Stamps/Inks: Unity Stamp Co - Cheer & Joy and Birds of a Feather, Versamark, Ranger Archival Black ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass

Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine opaque white embossing powder

Misc.: Zig Clean Color water brush pens, Penny Black Stencil - Snow Dance

Northern Lights (Christmas Card Tutorials 2015)

This week's was a new technique - Northern Lights type look with ink blending...

Materials:

Paper: Mis. Bazzil cardstock and Neenah - Solar White

Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Ink - Dusty Concord, Faded Jeans, Black Soot, Squeezed Lemonade, Evergreen Bough, Iced Spruce, Scattered Straw. HA Shadow Inks - Red Royal, Wet Cement, Field Greens. Verve - Joy to the World. Waltzingmouse - Alpine Christmas.

Happy Birthday, Annie!

I have been playing with my new zig clean water brush pens, and it's been fun. A little bit of a learning curve for me - but I'm not great at watercoloring, in general. These were made for a friend celebrating a birthday (belatedly) today!

Here they are:

Materials:

Paper: TH Distress watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock

Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, WPlus9 - Doodle Buds, Mama Elephant - Happy Everything, SSS - Handwritten borders, TH Distress Ink - Salty Ocean

Misc.: Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens, moonshine sequins

Christmas Card Tutorials 2015

This week's theme - Subway Art....

I really only have one stamp that works for this theme...

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, Misc Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Fresh Squeezed Stamps - Subways Series - Holiday, HA Shadow Ink - Tide Pool, HA Ombre Ink - Mint to Green, Repeat Impressions
Cutting/Embossing: SSS - Stitched Circles
Misc.: Lawn Fawn Sequins, Copic Markers

And a little knitting...

Cascade 220 Superwash, size 6 needles, Go Pack Go

Christmas Card Class 2015

Week 11 of Christmas Card Tutorials (Justine Hovey's class)... amazing. I love seeing the stash of Christmas cards that I'm tucking away for December grow and grow. Every week, we get a new lesson/challenge. It's been great!

This week's topic: Let it Shimmer

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Waltzingmouse Stamps - Alpine Christmas
Cutting/Embossing/Misc.: Perfect Pearls, Silver Pearl Embossing Powder

A little summer...

I have been enjoying some new stamp sets, so I thought I'd play a little bit today...

Here's the end result:

Materials:

Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock

Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, MFT - Penguins in Paradise and Happy Pandas

Misc: Dimensional adhesive, glossy accents, Zig wink of stella clear glitter pen, copic markers

Hero Arts Tic Tac Toe Challenge

I participated in the Hero Arts Flickr Group's 90 minute challenge, and my card will also work for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge --- watercolor, circles, and background stamp.

Here it is...

Materials
Paper: Tim Holtz watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Memento - Paris Dusk, TH Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers, Hero Arts - Best of the Best, Large Solid Flower, Small Solid Flower, Collage Background Stamp, and Best of the Best
Cutting/Embossing: PTI tag die, ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc: SSS moonshine sequins, dimensional adhesive, seam binding ribbon from Verve

A little bit more watercoloring...

I wanted to try something a little different than my first card, so I thought I'd use a pretty Penny Black stamp in the stash...

For the Pretty Pink Posh watercolor blog hop....

Here's mine:

Materials:

Paper: TH Distress watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock

Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Penny Black - Tiger Lily, Versafine - Onyx Black, Just Rite Clear Large Fancy sentiments

Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, SSS - stitched rectangles

Misc.: Watercolors (Kuretake Gansai), SSS moonshine sequins, dimensional adhesive

Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop

It's been a while - I've still been creating, but, frankly, too lazy to actually create blog posts. So, here we go! I was very inspired by the beautiful work everyone was doing for the Pretty Pink Posh Watercolor Blog Hop, so I decided to give it a whirl!

Here's mine:

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, TH watercolor paper, BoBunny - Midnight Frost Snowfall
Stamps/Inks: Inky Antics - Snowball Penguin, Lawn Fawn - Critters in the Snow and Let it Snow, TH Distress markers and Black Soot Ink, Versamark
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine white Opaque Embossing Powder
Misc.: SSS moonshine sequins, Perfect Pearls Mist, Mister Huey's Opaque white mist, white gel pen