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

Online Card Class - Holiday Card Class 2014

Days 5 and 6... moving along!!!

Day 5: Tags (I always need more tags!). I also combined it with a coloring technique from Day 6. And I decided to place this tag on a card.

Materials
Paper: Kraft, Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, vellum, Lawn Fawn - Peace, Love, Joy DP
Stamps/Inks: Versmark, Memory Box - Poinsettia Bloom, Mama Elephant - Season's Greetings, Versafine - Onyx Black
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Zing - Opaque white embossing powder, PTI - tag sale #3 die, ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Prismacolor pencils, Zig wink of stella clear glitter brush, stickles, Wendy Vecchi white embossing paste, Tim Holtz tinsel, Neat and Tangled sequins, dimensional adhesive


Day 6 (Bonus Day): Coloring!

I was so excited to see a video by Sandy Allnock - she does outstanding copic coloring, and I was fired up to try her new background technique.

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz - Stamper's Annonymous - Christmas Blueprint 4
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil:
Misc.: Perfect Pearls - Gold, copic colorless blender, copics, dimensional adhesive, glossy accents

Online Card Class - Holiday Card Workshop 2014

It's been quiet on the blog, but I have been busy! I have been taking Holiday Card Workshop 2014, and slowly plugging away on my Christmas cards. A little of knitting, but we'll save that for another post.

The classes have been wonderful. I've been focusing on making multiples of each card, so it's taking me a bit longer. I'm going to combine the first two days into one post...


Day 1: Easy to Duplicate Cards

Materials:
Paper: Kraft, Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Rhubarb Stalk, TH Distress Ink - Black Soot, Hero Arts - Holiday Sayings, Mama Elephant - Arctic Penguins
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Corresponding Mama Elephant dies, SSS - Falling Snow stencil, Lawn Fawn - Stitched Hillside Borders, Wendy Vecchi white opaque embossing paste
Misc.: Twine from The Twinery, dimensional adhesive, copic markers

 Day 2: Interactive Cards                                                           

Materials
Paper: Gold Foil paper, Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock, vellum
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, Versamark, Mama Elephant - Season's Greetings, PTI - 2008 Holiday Tag Collection
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, Judikins Opaque white embossing powder, Lawn Fawn - Stitched Snowflakes, PTI - Tinsel and Tags Tag Die/Ribbon die
Misc.: Twine from The Twinery

Online Card Class

Some final cards. Love coloring. Wish I had more time! :)
Copic Hacks - Adding Distress Ink

Materials
Paper: Neenah - solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Ink - Faded Jeans, Paper Smooches - Vegtastic
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Circles, Martha Stewart Grass punch
Misc.: Copic markers, dimensional adhesive, Zig wink of stella green glitter pen, colorless blender

And just another fun card...

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Inks, Onyx Black versafine, PTI - Leaf Prints, Technique Tuesday - Autumn Afternoons by Ali Edwards
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, Gold Tinsel Ranger embossing powder
Misc.: Twine from the Twinery

Stretch Your Stamps 2: Days 9/10 - Floral and Floral Builder Stamp Sets

Floral and Floral Builder Stamp Sets

Sketched Outlines and Color Embossing

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, PTI - Turning a New Leaf, Rosie Posie, and Frilly Flowers, Verve - Trasured Words
Cutting/Embossing: Zing Embossing Powder - Opaque Leaf, Opaque Aqua, and Opaque Grapefruit; Judikins - Opaque white embossing powder

Sketched Outlines - liked this technique so much that I made a couple cards - I feel a card set coming on.

Materials
Paper: TH Glossy alcohol ink paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Clear and Simple Stamps - Flower Buds. HA Shadow Ink - Grape Juice, Butter Bar, and Corn Flower; SSS - Green Leaf
Cutting/Embossing: Lawn Fawn - Scripty Thanks die
Misc.: Superfine sharpie marker, copic blending solution

Materials
Paper: TH Glossy alcohol ink paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, SSS - Green Leaf ink, Altenew - Label Love, HA Shadow Inks - Raspberry Jam, Butter Bar, Field Greens, Pool, and Green Hills; DeNami - Solid Flower Accents
Misc.: Superfine sharpie marker, copic blending solution, dimensional adhesive

Stretch Your Stamps 2: Day 7/8 - Graphic Stamps

On to week 2 (belatedly...work has been hectic).

Graphic Stamps - Ombre Repeat Stamping

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar  white, misc. Bazzil cardstock
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Ink - Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey; SSS - Green Leaf, HA Shadow Ink - Butter Bar, PTI - Rosie Posie, Lawn Fawn - Hello Sunshine and Chit Chat
Misc.: Glossy Accents, stardust stickles, copic markers, dimensional adhesive

Stretch Your Stamps 2: Day 9/10 - Floral and Floral Builder Stamp Sets

Floral and Floral Builder Stamp Sets

Stamping on Dark Cardstock

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Stampin up - Whisper white, Amuse Studio - Evergreen and Burano, Fresh Ink - Mango, Lawn Fawn - Many Thanks, PTI - Turning a New Leaf, Versamark
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinders - Labels One, Judikins - Opaque White embossing powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, neat and tangled sequins

Stretch Your Stamps: Days 3/4

Days 3 and 4.... Alphabet and Sentiment Stamps

Here is mine:

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, DP: Recital Swirl
Stamps/Inks: PTI: Wonderful Words: Birthday, HA: Raspberry shadow ink
Cutting/Embossing: PTI: Wonderful Words Birthday Die, unknown Butterfly die
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Neat and Tangled silver sequins, Zig Wink of Stella clear glitter pen

More Stenciled!

Just had to get in one more card... (feeling much better today)...

Here it is (from Day 1 - Sponging):

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, vellum
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, TH Distress Ink - Salty Ocean, Just Rite - Large Fancy Clear Sentiments
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Ranger superfine silver embossing powder, MFT MPD Scallops, PTI - Tag Sale #3 Die
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Verve seam binding, enamel dots, sequins

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Materials

Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Lawn Fawn - Peace, Joy, Love petite paper

Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, PTI - 2010 Holiday Tags Set

Cutting/Embossing: Poppy Stamps - Blooming Poinsettia die, PTI - Tremendous Tags die

Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, twine from The Twinery, glitter tape, Zig Wink of Stella clear

And some knitting...

Yarn: Spud and Chloe - Outer (rocket)

Needles: 11

Pattern: Serendipity

Yarn: Spud and Chloe - Outer (giggle)
Needles: 15
Pattern: Really Warm Hat

Happy Root Beer!

Ta da!

All credit to Kristina over at KWerner Design - fantastic video, printable PDF's, the works! Quick and easy project. I picked a variety of root beer from Fizzy Waters.

So, as you can tell, I'm now into the final stretch of Christmas cards/Christmas gifts...

Here's a card that was just commissioned this morning for a gift that needs to be given tomorrow...

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: HA Shadow Inks - Red Royal and Cup O'Joe, Memento - Paris Dusk, PTI - In the Meadow stamp set, HA - Holiday Saysings CL343
Cutting/Embossing: Taylored Expressions - Birch Tree cutting plate, MFT - snowbank die, PTI - corresponding In the Meadow Dies
Misc.: Copic markers, Stardust stickles, dimensional adhesive, red jewel embellishment

And here's the final card/card gift set for my final Secret Santa gift tomorrow... 

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy, and Bamboo, Stampin' Up - Whisper White; TH Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Broken China, Lawn Fawn - Let it Snow and Winter Fox
Misc.: Copic markers, Zig Wink of Stella clear glitter pen, dimensional adhesive

A couple of Christmas cards

My goal is to do a few cards a day until Christmas (or when they all have to be mailed out), starting with stamp sets/dies that I either have used rarely or never used (unless it's for a challenge or specific stamp company)! I've found that I've become a bit of a stamp hoarder... We'll see if I get all the cards done in time for Christmas! As of right now, I have some finished... but I'm mostly happy that I've got our Christmas photo picked out and ready to be tucked in the envelopes.

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Impression Obsession - My Little Chickadees, SSS - Small Folded Banners Holiday
Cutting/Embossing: Judikins Opaque white embossing powder, SSS - Folded Banner Die, Taylored Expressions - Birch Tree Cutting Plate
Misc.: Copic markers, diamond stickles, dimensional adhesive, Mister Huey's mists - Blizzard and Opaque White

(Card from Holiday Card Class 2013 techniques)

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, PTI - Winter Hills
Cutting/Embossing: TH Sizzix Winter Wonder die, Wendy Vecchi silver embossing powder, Judikins - Opaque white embossing powder, Wendy Vecchi stencil - Layered Trees
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Rock candy stickles, Mister Huey's mists - Blizzard and Opaque white, Stampin' Up diamond Embellishment, Sookwang adhesive paper and microfine glitter ritz


And some knitting...

Needles: 10
Yarn: Spud and Chloe - Outer (Ballerina)
Pattern: Chouette
Size: 1-3 years

Holiday Card Workshop 2013 - Day 1 continued...Creative Insides for Holiday Cards

Day 1 actually had a few different techniques, all focusing on interesting things to do with the inside of a card. Yesterday was one of the four, so I decided to try a couple of the others today...


Unique Fold

Honestly, I tried using a pretty HA background stamp on two other attempts, and it was too messy, and I was too impatient, so I decided to just stamp a bunch of snowflakes to create my own background. Much cleaner. Much easier. The snowman card used the Colorbox white - goopy. I actually liked the Fresh Ink a lot better (and it's hard to tell that it's gray on the green background)!


Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Colorbox - Frost White, Fresh Ink - Provincial Gray, Versamark, HA - Designer Snowflakes, Waltzingmouse Stamps - 2011 Holiday Ornaments , Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments, Paper Smooches - Swanky Snowdudes and Joyful Greetings
Cutting/Embossing: Paper Smooches - Coordinating die for Swanky Snowdudes, Ranger Superfine Silver embossing powder, Judikins Opaque white embossing powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Lawn Fawn sequins, Copic markers

Positive and Negative

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Waltzingmouse Stamps - Alpine Christmas, Avery Elle - Holiday Fill in the Blank clear stsamps
Cutting/Embossing: PTI - Wonderful Words: Holiday Dies, Waltzingmouse coordinating dies, Judikins Opaque White Embossing Powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive

A long weekend and some catch up for the finale of Summer Card Camp!

A photo of the highlight of our trip, first...

Dan is a pretty good sport. I should have gotten a photo of him at the other fantastic place we visited (Creations Galore in Green Bay)... in his words, "That was my favorite crafting store, ever." They had a TV and a chair set up in a special area in their store... just for him.

So, now the catch up from the final days of Summer Card Camp 2...

Week 3, Day 4: Shabby Chic (layers)?

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy and Dusty Concord, Fresh Ink - French Lavender, HA Shadow Ink - Grape Juice, PTI - Delightful Dahlia Additions
Misc.: Seam binding from Verve, twine from May Arts, enamel dots



Week 3, Day 5: Subtle Misting and a New Color Combination (Browns and Green)

Is it too early for Christmas cards? This is featuring my little find from the Door County Rubber Stamps and Scrapbooking store. 

Materials
Paper: Kraft, Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Rich Cocoa, Summer Sky, and Cottage Ivy, TH Distress Ink - Antique Linen Door County Rubber Stamps - Surprise!, PTI - Winter Hills
Misc.: Copic markers, Mister Huey's Mist - Blizzard, twine from The Twinery, stardust stickles, prismacolor pencils and gamsol

Summer Card Camp 2: Week 2/Day 2

I really enjoyed today's examples with heat embossing (and this week's color combination)...

Materials
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Archivers watercolor paper, kraft cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue and Pool, HA Shadow Ink - Soft Pool and Field Greens, Versafine - Vintage Sepia, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Sentiments, PTI - Sweet Life and Turning a New Leaf
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder
Misc.: Twine from The Twinery, dimensional adhesive, bundled sage distress marker, prismacolor pencils

Make it Monday #120 - Overlapping Ombre

Make it Monday over at Papertrey was fun last week, so I decided to play again. This week's topic --- ombre stamping!

"If you are joining along this week, here are the details concerning the Make It Monday Challenge.
--A new Make It Monday Challenge will go up every Monday morning at 9am EST.
--Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and some form of overlapping ombre stamping.
--Post your project on your blog, in your gallery or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
--Add your project to our InLinkz list. --You will have until 7am, Monday, June 17th, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.
--We will be tweeting and posting on our Facebook page every night (between 5-9pm EST) highlighting a Featured Project. These tweets/Facebook postings will just be a shout-out regarding projects that caught our eye.
--One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday,  June 17th, after 7am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post, on Twitter and Facebook. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!"

Here's my version:

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Hero Arts Shadow Ink Midtones - Green Hills, Pool, Tide Pool, and Stone Wash; Memento - Tuxedo Black; PTI - Background Basics: Striped Sweater and Fillable Frames #7 Stamp Set
Cutting/Embossing: Corner Rounder
Misc.: Embellishments, dimensional adhesive

Just for fun

It was so dreary this past Sunday, that I made quite a few cards. This was just an extra one from the bunch that wasn't made with a specific challenge in mind...

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Ink - Antique Linen, Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Pool, WhipperSnapper Designs - Bird in Flowers, Hero Arts - Sentiment Sampler
Cutting/Embossing: PTI - Tremendous Tags Die
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, copic markers, wink of stella clear glitter pen, liquid pearls, seam binding from Verve Stamps

Make it Monday #119

I had so much fun playing with Papertrey's blog hop last week that I decided to try a Make it Monday over at Papertrey.

'If you are joining along this week, here are the details concerning the Make It Monday Challenge.
--A new Make It Monday Challenge will go up every Monday morning at 9am EST.
--Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and a flagged border.'

Here's mine:

This was a technique that was new to me, and I really enjoyed it. I was actually tempted to get the sewing machine out for this one, but managed to stave off that mad thought with some lovely seam binding!

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White,  misc. Bazzill cardstock, Lily Bee Design - Victoria Park, Teresa Collins - Spring Fling
Stamps/Inks: Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Tide Pool (mid-tone), PTI - Beautiful Butterflies
Cutting/Embossing: EK Success border punch
Misc.: Verve Spring Fling seam binding

Papertrey Blog Hop

Happy Memorial Day weekend! Had a little extra time this morning, so I thought I'd join in on Papertrey's May Blog Hop.

"I think it is safe to say that just about every stamper enjoys playing with floral sets the most.  This month we are giving you an entire rainbow of "bouquet builder" color schemes to incorporate into a new floral project.  Just pick your favorite floral set at the moment, pull out the ink colors for one of the gorgeous inspiration pieces above and create!  Have fun experimenting with which colors are more dominant, and which ones serve just as a tiny accent.  You do not need to use all of the colors listed in any particular scheme above & feel free to use substitutions.  Just have fun with the challenge and perhaps try something a little bit out of your normal creative comfort zone!"

Here's mine:

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: PTI - Turning a New Leaf, Rosie Posie, and Beautiful Butterflies; Hero Arts Shadow Inks - Green Hills (mid-tone), Field Greens (mid-tone), Butter Bar (mid-tone), Raspberry Jam (mid-tone), Soft Cantaloupe; Memento - Lilac Posies
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Circles

Lawnscaping Challenge #57

Here's this week's challenge over at The Lawnscaping Challenge Blog...

I do love a little sparkle on a card! Tried to make it gender neutral --- hard to do with lots of sparkle, so it had to be subtle.

Here's mine:

Materials
Paper: Watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock, kraft
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress ink - Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, and Antique Linen, Memento - Rich Cocoa, Lawn Fawn - Many Thanks, PTI - Leaf Prints, Delicata Gold Ink
Misc.: Zig Wink of Stella Gold brush, dimensional adhesive