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