Sketch Saturday – #398

Welcome back my crafty friends … it’s Sketch Saturday this week our Sponsor is AMB Illustrations.

For my design I downloaded one of the Christmas Bird images onto X-Press It paper and Copic colored the image with various colors. After coloring the image I die cut it with a MFT Cross Stitch Oval Stax. I blended Antique Linen, Gathered Twig Distress ink around the edges of the art piece to give it a vintage look. 

To finish off my card I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Nuvo Crystal Drops.

You should head on over and check out the rest of the DT.

Crafty Supplies:
Paper: X-press It Blending paper, Always Artichoke (SU), Simple Stories Classic Christmas 12×12 Kit
Ink: Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs (Distress Inks) Various Copics (G40,43,46 – R24, 27,29)
Accessories: MFT Oval Stax Die, Sakura White Jelly Roll Pen, Gold and Clear Wink of Stella,
Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the berries, Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss Red Berry.

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“Inky Hugs”

TTTC017-Merry Christmas

Hello my crafty friends it’s Tic Tac Toe Thursday! I’m super excited to share my design with you this week….. This one was pretty easy peasy to pull together. I decided to pull elements from the bottom left diagonal row up: ink blending, circle, green.

I stamped the Avery Elle Festive Wreath image onto X-Press-It blending paper and colored with various Copic markers. I pulled out last year’s Authentique Retro Christmas 6×6 paper pad and used one of the patterns that had bulbs to accent the berries in the wreath. To finish my card I adhered the pattern paper and art piece onto a Top-Fold (SU) Garden Green card base added a few Nuvo Crystal Drops in Red Berry, Nuvo Crystal Glaze onto the berries to give them dimension along with white accents on the leaves and berries. The sentiment was stamped with SSS Clear Ink and heat embossed with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

Crafty Supplies
Paper: X-Press It Blending paper, Authentique Retro Christmas 6×6 paper, (SU) Garden Green cardstock
Stamp: Avery Elle Festive Wreath
Ink: Memento Tuxedo, Various Copic Markers (R24/27/46 G24/28/29), SSS Clear Ink
Accessories: Sakura White Gelly Pen (08), Ranger Liquid Platinum (EP), Nuvo Crystal Drops Berry Red, Nuvo Crystal Glaze.
Please head over and check out the rest of the DT at Tic Tac Toe Challenge.
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“Inky Hugs”

“Jingle Bell Rock” – Merry Monday

Dashing through the snow….. Hum! oops wrong song Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock. I just love that song can’t you hear those cute little penguins singing and rocking out.

This weeks challenge over at Merry Monday Colleen’s challenge is for us to add a penguin to our card.

For my design this week I created a winter scene with the Lawn Fawn Here We Go A Waddling stamp set. I die cut the LF Stitched Portrait Hillside Backdrop on Neenah cardstock. The extra piece from the die cut I blended Faded Jeans and Blueprint Sketch to give me a night sky. I stamped the LF Snowy Backdrop onto the panel with SSS Clear Ink and heat embossed with Hero Arts White Puff (EP). I stamped several of the penguins onto X-Press It Blending paper and Copic colored.

To finish off my card I adhered the Hillside panel onto a A2 Top Fold Card Base.

Please head over to Merry Monday blog and check out the rest of the Design Team lovely creations.

Crafty Supplies
Paper: X-Press It Blending , Neenah Solar White, (SU) Real Red, Garden Green
Stamp: Lawn Fan Here We Go A Waddling, Snowy Backdrop
Ink: Memento, VersaFine, Blueprint Sketch, Faded Jeans (Distress Inks) Clear Ink (SSS), Various Copics
Accessories: LF Stitched Hillside Backdrop Portrait, LF Chunky Glitter, Hero Arts White Puff (EP)

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“Inky Hugs”

Merry Christmas Merry Monday

Hello! Welcome back to another Merry Monday challenge this week Sue’s theme is for us to add a decorated tag to your card using texture, bling and die cuts.  I’ll say this one was a bit of a challenge for me. I think my creative flow went out the door and was struggling to come back. 

For my design this week I went deep into the crafty stash and pulled out an old MMH Card kit. I stamped the poinsetta and leaves images onto Neenah Solar white card and die cut them out with the dies included in the kit.  The tag was die cut with a stitched tag die. To finish off my card I added Nuvo Crystal drops in mustard to the center of the flowers and Ranger Glitter Glue for texture onto the leaves. A few crystal elements in Ruby was placed randomly onto the tag.  The sentiment was  stamped and heat embossed with Ranger Lime Green EP. I then adhered the panel onto an Neenah Solar White card base.

Please don’t forget to head over to the Merry Monday challenge to check out the rest of the Design Team.

Crafty Supplies
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Simple Stories Christmas , Real Red (SU)
Stamp: My Monthly Hero October 2015 Card Kit
Ink:Various Hero Arts (from the kit), SSS Clear ink, 
Accessories: Mark Richards Crystal Elements (Ruby), Ranger Lime Green EP, SU Real Red Ribbon, Ranger Glitter Glue, Queen & Co. Green Donut, Lil Inker Dotted Stitched Tag

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Winter Flamingos – Sketch Saturday

Good morning my crafty friends it’s Sketch Saturday!  I have a super cute card for you this morning. Our Sponsor this week is Sasayaki Glitter. I choose the Winter Flamingos image for my card.

I downloaded and printed my image onto Copic X-Press It paper and colored the image with various Copic markers. I wanted my card to look as though I’m sending a Christmas postcard to a dear friend. I used my Avery Elle-ments Poatage die to create the look I wanted. The sentiment was cut out from a strip of Lawn Fawn Snow Day papers.

As a final touch, I wanted the flamingos  to look “cooky”  since it’s winter…  so I added a few googlies too two of the flamingos,  Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the falling snowflakes and a few sequins  randomly placed on the card.   The panel and the Lawn Fawn Snow Day paper were adhered onto a Neenah Solar White card base. 

Please head  over to the Sketch Saturday blog and see what the rest of the Design Team created. Have a great weekend! 


Crafty Supplies
Paper: Neenah Solar White (80), Copic X-Press It
Specialty Paper: Lawn Fawn Snow Day 6×6
Ink: Copic Markers – Flamingo RV21,23,34 100) Hats(R35,37,39) Shoes(T3,5,7) Scarf(BG11,13,18) Snow(0, B0000)
Accessories: Avery Elle-ments Postage Die, Nuvo Crystal Glaze, Sakura Gelly Roll Pens (White, Black 08), Lucy’s Mixed Sequins (Mixed Rainbow), SU Googlies, SSS All Eyes on You Sprinkles.

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