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

Final Stretch Your Stamps (2) Class Card

I wanted to give one more technique a try - Jennifer's ink layering and gilding.... here we go!

My card:

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Versamark, Memento - Tuxedo Black, HA Shadow Ink - Raspberry, Bubble Gum, Green Hills, and Field Greens. WPlus9 - Fresh Cut florals
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine gold embossing powder, SSS - large hearts
Misc.: Zig - Wink of Stella

And, probably my most favorite technique from class... again...

Baby Announcements

I couldn't make them all -- just too many and life with new baby is way too busy. So, I made a few for families and friends who didn't necessary need multiple photos.

Here is the simple design: 

Materials: 
Paper: Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, HA Shadow Ink - Raspberry, Wplus9 - Onesie Twosie, Amuse Studio - Little Peanuts
Cutting/Embossing: Onesie Twosie Die
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive

More knitting and Thank You's

Just some little projects that I've finally gotten around to posting...

1. Another Sweet Dreams...

Pattern:
Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light - Steam Age
Needles: 7/8
Size: S

2. Thank you note cards...

Materials:
Paper: Neenah Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: HA Shadow Ink - Red Royal, Technique Tuesday - Say it with Circles
Cutting/Embossing: Wplus9 Clear cut Stackers - Pinking Squares
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, silver sequins from Neat and Tangled

Materials: Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white, unknown DP
Stamps/Inks: Memento Black and Cottage Ivy, Lawn Fawn - Many Thanks and Tons of Love
Cutting/Embossing: Wplus9 clear cut stackers - Pinking Squares, Stampin' Up heart punch, Lawn Cuts tons of love coordinating die
Misc.: Zig wink of stella clear glitter pen, dimensional adhesive, copic markers

Addicted to CAS Challenge

I heard about this challenge over at Addicted to CAS, and it seemed perfect for all the thank you's and announcement ideas I've been thinking about over the last couple of weeks.

So, here it is!

Materials
Paper: DP, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar white
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, HA - CL662 New Baby, Lawn Fawn - Claire's ABCs
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: HA - Baby Motifs, Wplus 9 - Clear Cut Stackers - Pinking Squares
Misc.: Glossy accents, copic markers, dimensional adhesive

Wplus9 Birthday Extravaganza

Still celebrating with WPlus9!

Create a card, tag or layout with a focus on a current trend. Use at least one Wplus9 product and upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up using the InLinkz widget below by 11:59 PM EST, Sunday, February 23, 2014. Winner will be posted by 12:00 PM EST on Monday, February 24, 2014.

Here are mine (2 each of 3 designs):

Trend: I've noticed a lot more layered stamping and stamps - my favorite is WPlus9's Fresh Cut Florals.

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: WPlus9 - Fresh Cut Florals, Verve - Treasured Words, HA Shadow Inks - Butter Bar, Soft Cantaloupe, Soft Blossom, Pool, Corn Flower, Grape Juice, Green Hills, Cup O' Joe, Field Greens,; SSS ink - green leaf; Memento - Tuxedo Black, Fresh Ink - French Lavendar
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Martha Stewart Score Board

Card Sets --- A Series...

Card Set #1... which happens to work really well with WPlus9's birthday celebration and challenge for this week!

PLAY ALONG: Create a card, tag or layout with a focus on adding dimension. 

Here's mine:

 Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Best Creation Inc. - GP043
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Lilac Posies, Wplus9 - Onesie Twosie
Cutting/Embossing/Stencil: Fiskars scallop punch
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive

Wplus9 Monday Mood Board #24

Loved the photo for this week's Monday Mood Board over at Wplus9....

PLAY ALONG

If you'd like to play along, use the mood board as a starting point for a card, tag, layout or any project...where ever the inspiration takes you! Pull patterns, colors, elements or mood from the image. Use at least one Wplus9 product and upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up using the InLinkz widget below to share it and keep the inspiration flowing! Remember, you'll have 2 weeks to play along.

Here's my take on it:

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Heidi Swapp 6 x 6 paper pad
Stamps/Inks: HA Shadow Inks - Green Hills and Red Royal, Stampin' Up - white ink, Wplus9 - Heartfelt Holidays, Merry & Bright, and Spring Tags
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard and Scalloped Circles, WPlus9 - Seasonal Sentiments Die
Misc.: Sookwang adhesive paper, dimensional adhesive, jewel embellishment

And a little knitting...

Needles: 5
Pattern:  Cowl - Summer Wind
Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Sock - Violas

Unblocked

Needles: 7
Pattern: Super Quick Baby Socks
Size: Newborn
Yarn: Cascade 220 Superwash

Day 4: Holiday Card Class

Technique: Stretch your Holiday Stamps

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, Doodlebug Designs - North Pole 6x6 Paper Pad
Stamps/Inks: HA Shadow Inks - Pale Tomato, Red Royal, Red Raspberry; Versafine - Onyx Black, Wplus9 - Heartfelt Holiday
Cutting/Embossing: Corner Rounder, Ranger Superfine Clear Embossing Powder
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, Lawn Fawn twine, Neat and Tangled silver sequins

Wplus9 Monday Mood Board #14

Here's this week's Monday Mood Board over at Wplus9...

PLAY ALONG

If you'd like to play along, use the mood board as a starting point for a card, tag, layout or any project...where ever the inspiration takes you! Pull patterns, colors, elements or mood from the image. Use at least one Wplus9 product. Upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up  to share it and keep the inspiration flowing! Remember, you'll have 2 weeks to play along.


Here's mine!

I have been a little obsessed with TH Distress Paint Backgrounds -- today is no different!

Materials:
Paper: Watercolor paper, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: WPlus9 - Fresh Cut Florals, Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Bubble Gum, Butter Bar, Field Greens, Green Hills, Raspberry Jam (stamped off first), and Soft Cantaloupe, Memento - Rosie Posie
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Labels One
Misc.: TH Distress Paints - Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed; Lace trim, pearl embellishments, dimensional adhesive

Cloud 9 Blog Hop

I decided to play along for the last Cloud 9 Blog Hop. The latest release at Wplus9 was fantastic!!

This month's hop is different in that we are giving everyone ONE WEEK to play along, and the theme is ANYTHING GOES, as long as you include some Wplus9 goodies on your project.

Here's mine...

Materials:
Paper: Kraft, Bo Bunny Key Lime Collection, Teresa Collins - Spring Fling, vellum
Stamps/Inks: Versafine - Onyx Black, Amuse - Cranberry, Colorbox - White, TH Distress Ink - Tea Dye, Memento - Tuxedo Black and Rhubarb Stalk, WPlus9 -Milk & Cookies, Lawn Fawn - Happy Everything
Cutting/Embossing: Coordinating WPlus9 - die set, Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, corner rounder
Misc.: Copic multiliner, prismacolor pencils, twine from The Twinery

A little Wplus9 and Lawn Fawn Fun

I made a gift set of cards for a coworker who is moving, using WPlus9's new floral set and a fun set from Lawn Fawn.

Here they are!

With my "Congrats" on the big move card...

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Wplus9 - Fresh Cut Florals, Lawn Fawn - Home Sweet Home, Hero Arts - Shadow midtone inks (a variety), Memento - Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa, TH Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass
Misc.: Prismacolor pencils

Bellarific Friday and a new WPlus9 Release

This week's challenge over at Stamping Bella is to create a card based on one of the two sketches below.

Here's mine:

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock, Little Yellow Bicycle Poppy paper pad
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, TH Distress Ink - Tumbled Glass, Stamping Bella - Posie Pixie, Just Rite Large Fancy Sentiments
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Circles and Cookie Cutter Circles, EK Success border punch
Misc.: Copic markers, prismacolor pencils + gamsol, Wink of Stella Glitter Brush - Silver, orange peel stickles, twine from the Twinery, dimensional adhesive

And another card....

This card was completely inspired by Dawn's use of two of WPlus9's new sets together. It was the deciding factor for purchasing both sets. And they came SO fast in the mail.


Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Soft Pool, Stone Wash, Soft Cantaloupe, Butter Bar, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Amuse Ink - Evergreen, Fresh Ink - French Lavendar and Mojito, WPlus9 - Fresh Cut Florals and Milk & Cookies
Cutting/Embossing: Coordinating Wplus9 dies for Fresh Cut Florals and Milk & Cookies
Misc.: Dimensional Adhesive

WPlus9 Monday Mood Board #13

Monday Mood Board from WPlus9 (btw -- FANTASTIC release so far for this month)...

PLAY ALONG

If you'd like to play along, use the mood board as a starting point for a card, tag, layout or any project...where ever the inspiration takes you! Use at least one Wplus9 product. Upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up using the InLinkz widget below to share it and keep the inspiration flowing! Remember, you'll have 2 weeks to play along.

This week's mood board was very festive for the past Memorial Day Weekend...

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Hero Arts Shadow Ink midtone- Stonewash, Delicata - Gold, Memento - Tuxedo Black and Rhubarb Stalk, WPlus9 - A Pocketful
Cutting/Embossing: Coordinating pocket die from Wplus9
Misc.: Copic markers, dimensional adhesive, twine from The Twinery, wink of stella clear glitter brush, perfect pearls

Monday Mood Board #12

Loved the festive color scheme for WPlus9's Monday Mood Board, so decided to play along...

PLAY ALONG

If you'd like to play along, use the mood board as a starting point for a card, tag, layout or any project...where ever the inspiration takes you! Use at least one Wplus9 product. Upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up to share it and keep the inspiration flowing! Remember, you'll have 2 weeks to play along.

Here's mine:

Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Fresh Ink - Mojito, HA Shadow Ink - Pale Cantaloupe, Red Royal, Cornflower Blue, HA - CG522 Edgy Background, WPlus9 - Fresh Picked and Spring Tags
Cutting/Embossing: Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Standard Circles
Misc.: Sequins from Neat and Tangled, dimensional adhesive

Monday Mood Board #7

WPlus9, Monday Mood Board #7...

PLAY ALONG

If you'd like to play along, use the mood board as a starting point for a card, tag, layout or any project...where ever the inspiration takes you! Use at least one Wplus9 product. Upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up to share it and keep the inspiration flowing!

Here's my take on the WPlus9 Mood Board...

I was inspired by the color combination and the buttons in the photo.

Materials
Paper: Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Soft Cantaloupe and Pool; WPlus9 - Onesie Twosie
Cutting/Embossing: Companion Cut die for Onesie Twosie
Misc.: Diamond Stickles, dimensional adhesive, twine from The Twinery

WPlus9 - Monday Mood Board

I just ran across a fun little link-up over at WPlus9's blog, and I decided to give it a go...

Monday Mood Board

WP9 Monday Mood Board 2: Peach, Navy, and Kraft

PLAY ALONG

If you'd like to play along, use the mood board as a starting point for a card, tag, layout or any project...where ever the inspiration takes you! Use at least one Wplus9 product. Then link it up using the InLinkz widget below to share it and keep the inspiration flowing!

Here's my take on the colors: 

 I had to add a little green.

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, kraft, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Paris Dusk and Desert Sand, Impress Fresh Ink, Hero Arts Shadow Ink Midtone - Stone Wash, Lawn Fawn - Many Thanks, WPlus 9 - Folk Art Florals and Defining Words
Cutting/Embossing: WPlus9 - Folk Art Florals die
Misc.: Dimensional Adhesive, jewel embellishments, twine from The Twinery

And a little knitting...

Pattern: Chickadee Cowl
Yarn: Misti Alpaca Chunky Handpainted
Needle: Size 11 circular
In retrospect, I'd use a larger size needle to show off the yarn a bit more, but it will make a nice gaiter for next winter!

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist/Lawnscaping Challenge

I've really been enjoying the 12 Tags of Christmas (with a Feminine Twist) featured on Ellen Hutson's the CLASSroom. And I love Lawn Fawn and Lawnscaping Challenges, so I decided to combine the two...

Here's my tag ---

I was inspired by Julia Stainton's tag with the die cut sentiment, embossing, and use of distress stains. I also liked Jennifer McGuire's tag with the branch and bird!

Materials:
Paper: Kraft, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa, Lawn Fawn - Winter Owl, MSS - Woodgrain background stamp
Cutting/Embossing: Wplus9 - Seasonal Sentiments die, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Memory Box Die
Misc.: Copic markers, stardust stickles, dimensional adhesive, button, May Arts twine, EH ribbon, liquid pearls, TH Distress Stain - Picket Fence,

Advent Calendar

A little hiatus --- work has been crazy. It's always too bad when it gets in the way of fun little projects like this...

This was inspired by Jennifer McGuire.

Basic elements: WPlus9 Tree and Heart Die, Memory box - Small paper bag die and number dies

Hero Arts 90 Minute Scramble

Here's this week's 90 minute card scramble challenge....

Create a card in under 90 minutes using a Hero Arts stamp, a background stamp, and a border punch!
(And get it or them tagged and posted in the Hero Arts Flickr group within the 90 minutes).

Materials:Stamps: HA - Snow Dots, Holiday Clear Sentiments, and Greatest Gift, Memento - Paris Dusk, Versamark, Colorbox - Frost White
Cutting/Embossing: PTI - tiny tag, EK success border punch
Misc: Twine from The Twinery, Perfect Pearls mist
Paper: Kraft, Neenah - Solar White, misc. Bazzill cardstock 

Two views of this one -- trying to capture all the sparkle.

Materials:
Stamps/Inks - HA: Snow Dots and Clear Holiday greetings, Versamark, Memento - Love Letter
Punches/Cutting/Embossing: Holographic embossing powder, warm glitter ritz, ek success snowflake punch, Wplus9 - snowflake and heart dies
Misc: Dimensional adhesive and American Crafts glitter tape
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White