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

Catching Up

Quiet on the blog, but very busy in real life!

We attended a Stampin' Up card class. Here are some of the projects Sandi R. had for us to put together...

I participated in another online card class.

This is an Impress build a Snowman set, with an Impression Obsession Background stamp, and a Lawn Fawn die cut.

And Secret Santa gifts are still in progress...

 Taylored Expression Sack-It dies.

 Some holiday knitting for Baby Gifts....

And some new DeNami stamps!

Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Hero Arts sentiment, DeNami - Chickie on a Star, Candy Cane Chickie, and Holly Chickie
Cutting/Embossing: Pretty Pink Posh - Stitched Film Strip Die
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, liquid pearls, zig wink of stella clear glitter pen, sequins, Copic Markers