Holly Sparkle

Hi there! I love holly, and this was a beautiful image to work with. It is part of the Christmas Joy Digital set, from Joy Clair Designs. I colored it up with my Copics, adding a bit of “shine” to the berries with white Posca, then fussy cut it out.

After muddling around with a few ideas, I decided to keep it CAS. The sparkly gold background gives it some Christmas pizazz, and the mirror card die cut sentiment coordinates, and fits beautifully into the frame.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Dare 2B Artzy – December CAS

Crafter’s Cafe – #292 ATG

Creative Knockouts – #483 Tis the Season

Creative Inspirations – December – Festive Foliage

Cupcake Inspirations – #559 Happy Holidays

Frosty Christmas

Hi there 🙂 Every year, I make one of my sisters a card with a snowperson on it. She loves them, even though she moved from the Canadian prairies to a place that has very little snow. I guess the real thing is too cold for her!! This year, I took a look through Di’s Digi Stamp store, and found this adorable little Snowman and Robin image. I colored it up with my Copics, then fussy cut him out. I put him on a blue background paper that I’d added some sparkly snow with Wink of Stella and silver Stickles. I framed this with a shimmery silver die cut frame.

I found a pretty frosty printed paper in my stash that was perfect for the background, and layered it with a blue mat. A sparkly silver snowflake border, and a scattering of snowflakes were die cut to finish the card off. Love how Frosty looks in the blue color scheme!!

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Di’s Digi Stamp Challenge – Any Winter Holiday

Allsorts Challenge – Week 706 AG with option Let It Snow

Let’s Craft & Create – #190 AG + Inspired by a Sone (Frosty the Snowman, of course)

Cut It Up Challenge – #266 Winter

Girlz Rebel Challenge – #22 Color Combination and Snow Option

Gnome Tangle

Hi there 🙂 I’m really cruising with the Christmas cards, and at least have all the ones that I need to mail done!! I just HAD to use one of Lisa’s gnomes, from the Twistoon store. I can’t see this one in there, so it must have been either a freebie, or she retired it. There’s lots of other ones to choose from though!! I colored this little guy up with my Copics, then added some “sparkles” to his hat with white Posca pen.

I cut the image out with a round die, then used a scrap of red dotted paper to cut a larger circle to mat it. I found a little strip of green polka dotted paper, and layered everything together, adding a coordinating red dotted mat. I have a hard time throwing out even the smallest pieces of sparkle paper, and these tiny pieces sure came in handy, as I cut the ornament overlays with a few of them, as well as the sparkly sentiment.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Papercraft Challenges – #88 Polka Dots

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge – Week 49 ATG

Time Out Challenges – #228 Winter or Holiday Season

Snippets Playground – #443 ATG with Snippets

The Paper Funday Challenge – #48 ATG with optional It’s Holiday Time

Christmas Ornaments

Hi there 🙂 I dug my pencils out for this card 🙂 I just love the effect of pencil coloring, particularly on Kraft, so that’s what I have here 🙂 I used the 2021 freebie image from Jan’s Digital Stamps, which isn’t available in the store, so I was one of the lucky ones that was able to snag it. Be sure to check out the gorgeous 2022 freebie that’s available!! When I printed the image, I added a sentiment as well 🙂 I have a sister-in-law that is a bit bonkers over pink (and haaates green!), so my yearly color scheme choice is dependent on my mood. This year, I guess my mood was good, lol. I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils, even utilizing the silver metallic pencil!! After adding Wink of Stella to the blue ornament, I added a few accents with my white Posca pen.

A sprinkling of white embossing powder, and some silver sparkle in the background added just the right finishing touch. The pink mat managed to bring everything all together :).

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Crafty Catz – #618 ATG

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge – #661 Christmas – the last stretch (how is it creeping up so fast?!?!?!)

Country View Challenges – December 2022 – Christmas

Dreaming of Scrap – #106 ATG with a touch of Pink

Coloring with Pencils – December Anything Works

Merry and Bright

Hi there 🙂 I did a card in non-traditional colors this time. I used a sweet elf stamp, Scruffy, from the now closed Make It Crafty store 🙁 I chose the color scheme based on the papers I’d picked out. These were from a magazine that I got years ago. Of course I’ve been hoarding the papers!! After coloring the image with my Copics, I matted the image with some lime green sparkle paper.

I layered up the card base, using purple matting to frame the piece where I placed the image. I die cut a pretty ornament from purple CS, then did inlays with white and lime green sparkle pieces. I used the lime green and purple for the die cut sentiment as well. Love how these untraditional colors really make this card POP!!

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Crafter’s Cafe Challenge – #291 Use Dies and/or Punches

Die Cut Diva’s – Anything Winter or Christmas Themed

Dream Valley Challenge – #283 Lots of Layers

Passion for Markers – #670 Mega Christmas Challenge – Use Die Cuts

Winter Wonderland – End of Year AT Christmas Goes

Bringing Home the Tree

Hi there 🙂 I’m working feverishly at Christmas cards, because I wasn’t too smart, and left most of them to the last minute! This one features an image from Goha Digital Stamps. I colored this busy little gnome up with my Copics, and added a cloudy sky background, before cutting it out with a stitched border die. After layering some coordinating pieces of DP from my scrap bin, I added some twine and a die cut border sentiment. A rather quick card, that came together quite well, and used up some of my many scraps!!

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Snippets Playground – #442 ATG with Snippets

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – #2249 ATG

Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge – Week 49 ATG

Simon Monday Challenge – Holiday Cheer

Oh Christmas Tree

Hi there 🙂 I have a CAS slimline card to share today I used a festive Christmas tree image from Wink Wink Ink as the focal point. I colored Christmas Peace up with my Copics and added a few accents with white and gold Posca pens. I had to color the cat as a Torti, to look like my little hellraiser. I don’t think that a tree would last 5 minutes at my place with my busy little kitty, so I’m skipping out on one this year! I cut a slimline base out, centering the image. After adding a sentiment that was die cut from mirror card, I was done. With a busy image like this, I didn’t think the card needed any embellishments to detract.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Dare 2B Artzy – December: CAS

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – #2249 ATG

Christmas Kickstart Challenge – #69 If It’s Christmassy – Link it Up!

Crafty Catz – #617 ATG

Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge – Week 49 ATG

Christmas Giraffe

Hi there 🙂 Another special sister card 🙂 One of my sisters is crazy for giraffes. It all started when April the giraffe was being watched so closely by the whole world, waiting for her to give birth. My sister has been hooked since, and has even made a trip to visit April! So, when I was going through my Christmas images, and saw this one, I knew who’s card it was going to be for!! Unfortunately, it’s not labelled with the artist’s name, so I can’t give credit – if anyone reading this knows, please tell me, so I can set it right!! I colored this handsome guy up with my Copics, adding a few touches with white Posca. I then fussy cut it out.

The best place for a giraffe image is on a slimline card, so after picking my wintery papers, I cut an aperture in the front, another one in white, to frame the image, then carefully placed the image so it was peeking out. I die cut a Christmas sentiment from sparkly (really, it is sparkly,lol) white paper, and added a few gems to finish the card off.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

ABC Christmas Challenge – W (white) and/or X (xtra special – xtra special card for an xtra special sis)

As You Like It Challenge – Favorite Non-Traditional Christmas Animal – why?? I love this giraffe, because nobody is expecting a giraffe on their Christmas card, and just having it there makes it so very special 🙂 Plus, how can you look at that face and not smile?

Do-Al(l) Creative – #71 Animals and Christmas

Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – #2248 ATG

Dream Valley Challenge – #283 Lots of Layers

Mermaid Greetings

Hi there 🙂 It was recently my bestie’s birthday, and I wanted to make a special card for her. I like trying new folds for her card, and found an interesting one on Pinterest to try. Somewhere along the line, I made a wrong cut or fold, and ended up with this!! I really like the result, even though I have no idea how it came to be, lol. I used a beautiful image from Jannafairyart, which can be found in this colouring book, and colored her up with Copics.

I have so many sea themed dies, that this was a fun time to use some of them! I added a bit of Spectrum Noir glitter pen to the sea shells to give them some shimmer. A scattering of pearls and acrylic dew drops amongst the shells and bubbles gave a pretty touch of dimension. A stamped sentiment banner finishes the card off.

I’d like to enter this in the following:

613 Avenue Create – November ATG with optional Fancy Folds/Cuts

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge – Week 48 ATG

Jan’s Digital Stamps Challenge – November ATG

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – #194 ATG

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG for the week of Nov. 22

Christmas Scottie

Hi there 🙂 Every year, I make a card for my sister who loves Scottie dogs that features….well, a Scottie Dog, of course!! For this year, I downloaded a free silhouette of a Scottie, then merged a poinsettia image from Ike’s Art onto it. I colored the flowers up with my Copics, then fussy cut it out. I used this cool sketch from Cheerful Sketches for my layout, and flipped it around.

I cut the base with an octagon shaped die (didn’t have a hexagon, so….next best thing!) out of red card stock. Every Scottie needs some plaid somewhere, so the strips in the background had to be that print. To back the image, I die cut a pretty rectangle, then layered things up, adding a stamped sentiment strip. For the decorations, I die cut some poinsettias, and added a tiny bit of gold glitter for the centres. I’m loving how this turned out, with the very traditional colors, and the unexpected shape 🙂

I’d like to enter this in the following:

Cheerful Sketches – #114, sketch shown above

Let’s Craft and Create – #189 AG + Feeling Sketchy (use any sketch)

Do-Al(l) Creative – #71 Animals and Christmas

Allsorts Challenge – Week 704 Wings and/or Tails

ABC Christmas Challenge – W (white) and X (Xtra special) my sis is super xtra special <3