Good evening, dear friends! What an irresistible feline I stumbled upon at Twist Toon’s today. I simply couldn’t resist bringing her home. This kitty is the epitome of generosity; her affectionate nature is heartwarming. She even came bearing a Christmas present for her little companion.
Here’s the process I used for this slightly twisted Christmas card. First, I downloaded the charming image from Twist Toon and transferred it to Cricut. With the help of a Copic fine liner in the machine, I had it beautifully sketch the image on Copic paper. Once the drawing was complete, I lovingly colored it with Copics and carefully cut it out using the Scan and Cut tool. As for the background, it’s a coloring image I acquired from an Etsy store some time ago, though regrettably, the name escapes my memory. To achieve a touch of realistic messiness that complements the scruffy appearance of our main kitty, I employed Paint 3D for coloring. Lastly, I adorned the creation with layered frames, crafting it into a splendid Christmas card. I hope you enjoy this heartfelt creation!
Hello everyone, and happy Saturday! I wanted to share my entry for this week’s Craft Roulette Challenge. The challenge required us to use 3 tags, incorporate masking techniques, use rose garden colors, and include a May element. I decided to use Miss Ink Stamps’ Alice in Wonderland series and colored the sky with distress oxide inks. For the rest of the design, I used Copics and Ink on 3 ink to create a hand-drawn look. To complete the project, I mounted the three tags on a mini-slimline, accordion-folded base. I hope you like it!
Happy Saturday, everyone! I have another fun-fold card for you today. Can’t you just picture this little blue bird in the middle of a flowering field? This was actually not hard to make once I decided on a layout.
Supplies used:
Simple Stories Farmhouse Summer paper pack
Tim Holtz Ideology Christmas 2021 (pink woodgrain)
Stampersanonymous/Sizzix Crazy Birds & Crazy Things stamps/dies.
Cut your paper to 12″x6″, score, and cut the bottom border with the edge die. Stitch the bottom of the card with a zig-zag stitch and white thread. Stamp and color your bird and flowers. Use sentiments from the paper pack to create a “floor” for the bird to stand on. Add a small strip of pink wood grain paper below the sentiment strip. Add the bird & flowers. And…. you are ALL done. Enjoy!
Happy weekend, crafters! I was playing along last night with Craft Roulette and here is my card following the four parameters: matchbook, flowering field, bird, wood grain. This was actually a fast & easy card to make. I used Tim Holtz collage paper and adhered it to some white card stock using Distress collage medium. I added some strips of washi tape for interest. I embossed a matching red paper frame with a wood embossing folder and mounted everything to a pink card frame scored to allow the small matchbook “lip” on the bottom. Stay creative!
Happy Tuesday, everyone. My first duch door card. Woah! Yes, it was one of the parameters from Craft Roulette last Friday. The background paper is from Tim Holtz’s Abandoned 8×8 pad. The inky background was down with watercolor paper 120lb Arteza with Distress Oxide Spray in Crackling Campfire, Black Soot, and Mustard Seed. The background was embellished with numbers using Ranger’s transparent matte texture paste, a stencil, and a spider web from Stampersanonymous’ Halloween cutouts (CMS139). The witch, cauldron, and webs were cut using black cardstock, and Tim Holtz Sizzix dies (Frightful Things, Mini Halloween Things, Toil and Trouble). Gold paint was added to the witch to make her glow. My sentiment came from the book The Science Behind Harry Potter. Enjoy!
Happy Tuesday, Everyone! I do like to play online games a bit every week. This creation is a take on Randy Jade from the game Dialtown. The pattern is my own & I used thread from my stash. Randy’s head is an old Nokia cell phone; all the characters in the game have phones for heads. Randy has had bad luck, was evicted from his apartment, and now lives in the dumpster.
As it is the beginning of May, there is a new challenge at the Colorful Options Challenge. A Little Gaming, Anyone serves as my color of the moth contribution.
Visit the Colorful Options Challenge and check out the amazing creations from the talented Design Team. You have until Sunday, May 28th, 11:59pm US CST time…5:59am(Monday May 29th) UK time…6:59am(Monday May 29th) CET to join in with the chance to win aLawn Fawn Stamp & Die Set.
Why don’t you pop over to the Colorful Options Challengeand check out the amazing creations from my very talented Design Team-mates. As always, you have until Sunday, May 28th, 11:59pm US CST time…5:59am(Monday May 29th) UK time…6:59am(Monday May 29th) CET to join in with the chance to win aLawn Fawn Stamp & Die Set.
Happy Monday, Everyone! I created a new card inspired by Cinderella’s Castle. Although you don’t see unicorns outside her castle, you do see horses routinely in front of the castle. All the dies are from lawn fawn. Everything was cut with white card stock and inked with Distress Oxide inks. Enjoy!
As it is the beginning of May, there is a new challenge at Park Hopping My Happy Place. “Unicorns, Clouds, & Castes” is my Designer Spotlight contribution.
Plan a visit to Park Hopping My Happy Placeand check out the amazing creations from the talented Designer Spotlight. As always, you have until Wednesday, May 30th, 11:59pm US CST time…5:59am(Tuesday, May 2nd) UK time…6:59am(Tuesday, May 2nd) CET to join in with the chance to win a pin and a pad. This month it is Hello Kitty and “Floral Impressions” by Whimsy Stamps.
Hi everyone! Welcome to another month on the Park Hopping My Happy Place Challenge. Thank you for joining us for last month’s challenge, and we hope you can join us this month, too.
This card was inspired by the Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s Owl Post. You can visit the Owl Post at Islands of Adventure, Orlando, FL, USA.
This card was a fast and easy card to make. Lawn Fawn’s Special Delivery and two heart stamps from other Lawn Fawn products (I’m afraid I don’t remember them) paired with Gina K’s wreath builder. Get out some black & red ink and stamp away. This is a great card when you need something in a pinch and don’t have much time.
Park Hopping is hopping over to a new land for inspiration this month, Epcot in Orlando, FL, USA. Park Hopping pictures are for inspiration only. Any entry inspired by any theme park anywhere in the world is welcome.
Plan a visit to Park Hopping My Happy Placeand check out the amazing creations from the talented Designer Spotlight. As always, you have until Wednesday, May 30th, 11:59pm US CST time…5:59am(Tuesday, May 2nd) UK time…6:59am(Tuesday, May 2nd) CET to join in with the chance to win a pin and a pad. This month it is Hello Kitty and “Floral Impressions” by Whimsy Stamps.
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Happy Thursday, everyone! I am sharing bunches of daisies today. I am pleased to announce that this set is part of the design team cards for the Tic Tac Toe Challenge starting today at 1pm. My elements are encouragement, yellow, and a matching envelope. My card was inspired by one made by Kulbir for the new Stampersanonymous release; and my envelope was inspired by my Flower Fairy card.
Why not tiptoe over to the Tic Tac Toe Challenge and check out the amazing creations from the talented design team members.
Back to making….
These are actually very easy and fast projects.
The card: Using white card stock, cut your white border to 4.25in x 5.5in and emboss. Cut your inside layer from the same white card stock using the deckle trimmer. Trim Posit-it tape using the deckle trimmer; this will give you the jagged edge to your coloring. Use the cut Post-it tape to create a white border. Stamp using black ink. Color the background using a Copic Marker and the flowers with watercolor pencils. Stamp your sentiment with embossing ink on black cardstock and emboss. Cut a yellow background layer and apply your layers to your black card base.
The envelope: Using yellow cardstock, create an envelope base. Fold the envelope to allow it to fit into your stamping platform. For this technique, you stamp the image twice, once before and after painting. I find it easiest to leave the envelope on the platform while I paint to avoid poor realignment. I stamped with ink, painted the petals with acrylic paint, allowed it dry, and stamped a second time. Repeat for the other corner.
*Technique note regarding stamping platforms. I did not find this technique to work on my Misty platform, as the stamp has to fall off the edges of the envelope, and Misty needs to be bigger for this to happen. If you have the Misty platform for scrapbooking, it will work beautifully. I used the Tim Holtz platform, as you can allow parts of the envelope to be off the platform, and held the envelope in place with low tack tape.
Supplies used:
Cardstock: White White by Fabiano, yellow and black from the stash.
Stamps: Stampendous Daisy Thanks, Stampersanonymous Tiny Text CMS394
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