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Smooch Draft

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I’ve been sick most of this week and haven’t stamped. I spent yesterday and today making tags for Christmas presents. Tonight I decided to get some fun stamping in.

I created the following two cards for the Paper Smooches Draft challenge this week.

The first thing I thought when I looked at the sketch was Christmas lights.

kth_xmas_bemerry

I hand-drew the lines and added the lights. To get the halo effect, I used the back side of the bulb image and used a lighter shade of ink. Then I used Copics to color in the bulbs.

I wanted to create a non-Christmas card too, so I came up with this one.

kth_encourage_hangintheresquirrel

I love this little squirrel! I’m really happy with the colors on this one too. I ended up with the dropsies on this card, but man am I lucky – the smudge happened under where the squirrel was going – I didn’t have to re-design or start over, whew!

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Let’s Be Merry
Stamps: All Yule Need, Christmas Sampler (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Pure Poppy, White (PTI); Tuxedo Black (Memento);
Hang in There
Stamps: Hang Ups (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Berry Sorbet, Cream (PTI); Brown (Memento);

Picture Purrrfect

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This card is for the latest Trend Watch at the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge blog (cameras).

I started the card last night but had to ‘sleep on it’ before finishing it. I finally decided to keep the card very simple so the focus stayed on the kitty (love him!). To add some interest I embossed the background with circles – reminiscent of camera flashes.

Oh, while I do love the kitty image, I did pick him on purpose – he had paws just in the right position (i.e., would be covered by the camera). To add the paws back in, I just stamped them again and cut them out and glued them on top (in the right orientation).

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You’re Purrr-fect
Stamps: Chubby Chums, Teen Routine, He Said She Said (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Baja Breeze (SU); White (PTI); Black (Memento);
Other: markers (Copics); Stone DSP, Sunshine circles impression plate (PTI); Square die (Spellbinders);

Joyous Doilies

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I found a new challenge 🙂 It is CAS Colours & Sketches. I made this card for their latest color challenge (challenge #2). The colors to use are: Garden Green, Lucky Limeade, Real Red. I did substitute Riding Hood Red as I prefer that slightly muted shade.

I like making Christmas cards out of non-holiday sets – it makes me feel like I’m getting the most out of them.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Joy at Christmas
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Delicate Doilies, Perfect Punches;
Colors: Riding Hood Red, Garden Green, Lucky Limeade, White;
Other: Scallop Circle punch;

Making a Difference

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My husband requested I make some cards he could give out at the office. They are doing a charity drive and the cards are for the top givers.

This is a government office so I went with a patriotic color scheme. Since the cards could go to either gender, I stayed away from frou-frou.

I did try 3 predominately red stars and I really liked having one white star – now if I just understood why! I think it just feels more dynamic and less predictable.

In addition, he wanted one card that was “more”. I have a hard time with more – especially if I don’t know the gender! I ended up adding a few touches and created this one:

I’m not sure anyone but a crafter would notice the “more” but at least it is different.

This is the inside of all the cards:

For the inside I used the Super Star border die, Seeing Stars die, and an image from Military Stars.

If you are interested, here is the card I did last year.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Making a Difference – First Card
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Star Prints, Think Big Favorites #2, Teach & Inspire;
Colors: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, White;
Other: Seeing Stars die;
Making a Difference – Second Card
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Star Prints, Super Stars, Think Big Favorites #2, Teach & Inspire; Framed Greetings (MFT);
Colors: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, Blueberry Pie, White;
Other: Seeing Stars die, Simple Stripes impression plate; star rhinestone (?-stash); Framed Greetings die (MFT);

Critter Christmas

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I’ve been wanting to make this card ever since I bought this set last year. I originally did this thinking it would be one of the mass-produced I created for my friend, but it was too much trouble for doing more than one!

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Merry Christmas
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: In the Meadow, Peaceful Pinecones;
Colors: Enchanted Evening, Spring Rain, Lemon, Poppy, Kraft, Soft Stone, White;
Other: In the Meadow dies (including hills), Merry & Bright (star) die, Star pattern paper;

Magic of Christmas

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I finally finished the last card for my friend. This is the fourth design and I made 6 of each. That is why this one took so long – I had to color 6 of those bows! I think each one took at least 30 minutes. I love the card though – totally worth it!

The rest of the card is pretty simple – I didn’t even emboss the background, lol.

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Believe in the Magic of Christmas
Stamps: Inspired by Christmas (MFT);
Colors: Real Red, Early Espresso, So Saffron, Very Vanilla (SU);
Other: markers (Copic – R20, R29, R59; Y21, Y26, YR24;)

Sending Holiday Wishes

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I was so excited when Papertrey came out with dies for this Poinsettia flower! I die cut both sizes (from Sweet Blush) and stamped the line art images with Autumn Rose ink. The flowers are layered with dimensionals.

The card base is their new Limeade Ice (I wish I could get the brightness correct for this color). It is a bit untraditional, but those are my favorite!

I used the Simple Stripes impression plate to emboss the top half of my card. To do that, I cut cardboard to be the dimensions I wanted to be embossed (in this case 5 1/2 x 3). Then I positioned the impression plate onto the card base and used my card board as a shim (instead of the full-size rubber mats).

The final touch was a bit of silver glitter pen in the flower center.

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Sending Holiday Wishes
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Year of Flowers: Poinsettia;
Colors: Limeade Ice, Sweet Blush, Autumn Rose, White;
Other: Poinsettia dies, Simple Stripes impression plate; glitter pen (Spica);

Peace on Earth

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Getting some Christmas cards done for a friend.

This card was inspired by Lynn’s card (1st one). I really loved the embossed sentiment panel and the holly accent. I even found a scripty sentiment in my stamps!

I didn’t have an embossed rectangle though, so I ended up stitching – and then I stitched the pattern paper panel…which led me to stitch the holly leaves. I made 6 of these cards (and I really don’t like do more than 1 or 2 of any design). I don’t think I’ll be breaking out the sewing machine again any time soon!

The sentiment panel is white – I may try to take another photo during the day to see if I can get better coloring.

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Peace on Earth
Stamps: Peaceful Season (SU);
Colors: Scarlett Jewel, Pinefeather, White (PTI);
Other: Holiday Flourishes & Swirls DSP, Holly Jolly die (PTI); Petals a Plenty embossing folder (SU); sewing machine;

Christmas Whimsy

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This is my second project for InkUp. My task was to use Stylin’ Snowfolk to make a whimsical style card.

This stamp set certainly makes “whimsy” easy! I went with brighter colors that I felt worked with the whimsy style.

I stamped the snowman body, including face and buttons, onto white paper and cut him out. The arms are stamped onto the Bashful Blue panel.

The hills are hand cut.

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christmas cheer
All supplies Stampin’Up! unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Stylin’ Snowfolk, Sweet Essentials;
Colors: Crumb, Bashful, White, Basic Grey, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red;
Other: Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder;

Christmas Plums

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This weekend I tackled a couple projects for my mom’s upcoming stamp camp. For my first project, my task was to use Perfect Plum and Lovely as a Tree to create a Christmas card.

I started this card by stamping the line of trees image using Perfect Plum ink. I stamped the same image on scrap paper and trimmed it along the landscape edge. I used temporary adhesive to attach my scrap-paper mask and sponged on the ink. I wanted the darkest bits to be in the center so the color fades out at the top and bottom.

I added some Dazzling Details glitter glue to the trees and ground and finished off the card with a panel mat of the Silver Glitter paper.

I do like this card, but I felt the sponging/masking was too time consuming for camp.

So, instead, I CASEd this card by Janet Yates and created my card:

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Merry Christmas
All supplies Stampin’Up unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, More Merry Messages;
Colors: Perfect Plum, Baja Breeze;
Other: Silver Glitter Paper, Dazzling Details (glitter glue);
Christmas Blessings
All supplies Stampin’Up unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, More Merry Messages;
Colors: Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant, Naturals Ivory;
Other: Plum Taffeta ribbon;