Yeti Or Not - GCOC

***Update: Winner is Meghan!***


Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks so much for joining. You should be arriving here from Jenn; a full list of participants is linked over on Jenn's Blog! Jenn is hosting a YouTube LIVE on December 15th at 8p ET sharing how she made this months card; that would be the perfect time to grab some of those supplies and craft along with us! 

Yeti or not its the last Get Cracking of the year! I hope you've been playing along with us all year and have a whole pile of special cards and aren't cramming it in last minute. But if you have been let me incentivize you for next year by offering a $25.00 gift card to Butterfly Reflections Ink (sorry friends US only due to shipping from the store). Just leave a comment here on the blog to enter By Dec 31. One entry per person. I will update this post and on Insta with the winner by Jan 6th. That way you can get some new Christmas goodies for next year to play along with us!

For todays card I started by die cutting some Neenah cardstock with the Stitched Mountain borders and the Stitched Hillside borders. I then took the top panel and inked it with distress oxide in salvaged patina and then the mountains in shaded lilac. I heat embossed the sentiment directly and nestled it between the two biggest mountain tops. For the images I used Yeti or Not, Happy Howlidays and Joy to All. I inked up the tree from Joy to All while I masked off the carpet. I just like the size of this tree with my Yeti. I then copic colored all the images and finished them off with stickles and that’s it! 

Copics used: BG13, BG11, BG10, BG0000, BV13, BV01, BV31, RV11, Y35, Y13, Y11. 

Stickles: Diamond and Crystal

Thanks for stopping by! 

Snow time - GCOC

 

Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks so much for joining. You should be arriving here from Jenn; a full list of participants is linked over on Jenn's Blog! Jenn is hosting a YouTube LIVE on November 17th at 8p ET sharing how she made this months card; that would be the perfect time to grab some of those supplies and craft along with us! 

For this month I was inspired by the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge, "Make the Sentiment the Star". For the card background I used Cracked Pistachio, Broken China & Prize Ribbon distress oxide inks. Once that was dry I added some Gansai Tambi starry colors in yellow gold as some splatter. Then I combined the Deer from Ugly & Bright with the snowflake sweater and the deer from Say What? Holiday Critters. I used E47, E44, E43, E41 on the faces & antlers and BG13, BG10; B69, B66, B63 on their sweaters to go with the background. I then die cut the Giant Let it Snow out of sparkle cardstock in Pixie Dust. Once it was all assembled I decided it needed some extra snow and used a few snowflakes from Happy Howlidays (but really there are lots of sets with snowflakes you can use instead)

Thanks for stopping by!

GCOC - August

 

Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks so much for joining me. You should be arriving here from Jenn; a full list of participants is linked over on Jenn's Blog! Jenn is hosting a YouTube LIVE August 25th at 8p ET sharing how she made this months card; that would be the perfect time to grab some of those supplies and craft along with us! 

My card this month features the absolutely fantastic Nutcracker set from Avery Elle Jenn featured last month! I just couldn't resist them. Watching the Nutcracker ballet as a kid was one of my favorite winter activities.

The background I did starting with a light blue cardstock base and inking the edges first with Tumbled Glass distress oxide and then darkened it with some Broken China creating a highlighted area in the middle to draw the eye in. I then splattered the background using yellow gold starry water color. 

I finished up the card by white heat embossing the sentiment on a black cardstock strip and some diamond stickles.

Copic Markers used: E40, 43; Y35; YR31, YR31, 30; R29, 27, 24, 20; N10, 8, 6,4, 2; C0; B02, 00, 0000.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

GCOC - July

 

Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks so much for joining me. You should be arriving here from Jenn; a full list of participants is linked over on Jenn's Blog! Jenn is hosting a YouTube LIVE tonight Thursday, June 21st at 8p ET sharing how she made this months card; that would be the perfect time to grab some of those supplies and craft along with us. 

No card for me today! But I AM hosting a giveaway. To enter you have two weeks (until August 4th) to make a new get cracking on Christmas card and post it to Instagram.  Be sure to tag the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas and also @cardsbysharna on Instagram so I know you mean to enter my giveaway. This is for 18 and over continental US only (sorry international friends I will try and do a separate one for you when I can get the logistics worked out). The winner will get a 25$ gift card to Butterfly Reflections Ink! Can’t wait to see your creations!! 

Thanks for visiting! 

GCOC - April

 

 

Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks so much for joining me. You should be arriving here from Jenn; a full list of participants is linked over on Jenn's Blog! Jenn is hosting a YouTube live on April 22nd at 8pm Est. sharing how she made this months card; that would be the perfect time to grab some of those supplies and craft along with us. 

This months card features some Doodlebug! Are you doodle collector or a doodle crafter? Ha! I am on a mission to actually use my much hoarded Doodlebug supplies. 

For this card I used some deep red cardstock and hit the edges with some distress ink in black soot (the regular distress ink, not the oxide) and then splattered that with some Gansai Tambi starry colors in White Gold & Yellow Gold for added texture and interest. After that I just added my doodle pops & a Chit Chat banner and finished with a bit of glitter to the brims of the hats on the two elves.

Thanks for stopping by!

GCC - March

 

Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks so much for joining me. You should be arriving here from Jenn; a full list of participants is linked over on Jenn's Blog! Jenn is hosting a YouTube live on March 24th at 8pm Est. sharing how she made this months card; that would be the perfect time to grab some of those supplies and craft along with us. Can you believe its March already?? I sure can't. Its finally starting to warm up here and I've started my spring planting.

Todays card features the Lawn Fawn stamp set Penguin Party and Mini Slimline Stackables. 

 

First I  took some Salvaged Patina distress oxide and lightly inked the sky for my background. I took some cool grey copics for my penguins in C5, C3, C1 & C0 with a little YR02, & YR00 for the beaks and feet. The igloo I used a bit of BG10 just around the edges of the lice blocks. For the sentiment I did some masking so I could use the Salvaged Patina for the large Smiles part of it. And lastly I added some Stickles in Crystal for some added sparkle snow in the sky!

Thanks for stopping by!

GCC - Feb

 

Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks so much for joining me. You should be arriving here from Jenn; a full list of participants is linked over on Jenn's Blog!  We have all been there; the holidays are over but you have a huge stash of unused supplies you just got that you'd love to give some love to! Well here's your chance to do so!! Jenn is hosting a YouTube live on Friday Feb 18th at 8pm Est. that would be the perfect time to grab some of those supplies and craft along with us. 

Todays card is a more CAS card easy to make into multiples. It’s actually based on a some Christmas PJs of mine! 

First I used some distress watercolor paper to watercolor a simple background with some distress oxides in Tumbled Glass and Broken China. Then I colored my mugs and toppings from the Lawn Fawn stamp set Thanks a Latte. Lastly I stamped my sentiment directly on my card once the background was fully dried. I think I’m going to make a bunch in some different color combos. 

Supplies:
Merry Messages - Lawn Fawn
Thanks a Latte - Lawn Fawn

Distress Oxide Inks:
Tumbled Glass
Broken China

Copic Markers:
G28, 17, 05 &02
RV69, R29, 27, 24
E47, 44, 43

New Year New Get Cracking on Christmas! - January

Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks so much for joining me. Todays card is the first Christmas card of 2022! You should be arriving here from Jenn; a full list of participants is linked over on Jenn's Blog!  We have all been there; the holidays are over but you have a huge stash of unused supplies you just got that you'd love to give some love to! Well here's your chance to do so!! Jenn is hosting a YouTube live that would be the perfect time to grab some of those supplies and craft along with us. 

Todays card is with stamps from Flora & Fauna clear stamps; Fa la la llama & Holiday Word Party 2 set. 

I started with the background and actually a whole different idea for a card. I stamped out the Fa La La sentiment with various distress oxide inks in Kitsch Flamingo, Festive Berries, Pine Needles & Evergreen Bough. I then looking at the Llama set and saw the mini sentiment and I just had to use it! I then stamped and colored the Llama with Copics. This card would be very easy to reproduce to make multiples too.

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to catch Jenn's YouTube live. 

November - Get Cracking On Christmas

  Hello Crafty Friends! It’s time for another installment of Get Cracking on Christmas hosted by Jenn Shurkus. Every month on the 3rd Thursday we are here with fresh inspiration for you! Please check out Jenn's blog for a full list of each months participants. Don't miss Jenn's LIVE on YouTube November 19th at 8pm ET.  www.youtube.com/jennshurkus where she will have a demo on how she put together her card for this month!   

For me this month I have a set of three cards (well actually it was a lot of cards but I'm specifically sharing these three here today) made using the new Lawn Fawn Snowflake Background Stencil! These are super easy to put together, great for those last minute makes or if you have a whole bunch you need to make at once like I did!

First I used distress ink in several of the new colors; Villainous Potion, Salvaged Patina & Kitsch Flamingo. I did a light watercolor wash on the background. To do this I first used a brush to lay down clean clear water in the area I wanted, leaving a boarder of plain paper. Next I dropped in the color and smushed it around with my brush until I was happy. I was careful not to go outside the original edge I had made with the clear water. 

Next I used the stencil and I selectively inked the center portion to make it look as though the snowflakes were falling down the center of each card. I used a bit of stickles in Diamond to coat some of the snowflakes for extra bling. 

For the sentiments I used the Winter Big Scripty Words which has been a long time favorite of mine since it came out back in 2016. Its just so versatile. I stamped these in the same ink to match the background. The purple one I just adhered flat since its great for mailing and I felt it stood out the best from the background. The pink is popped up on foam squares. And lastly the teal one I added some sparkle pen and a layer of Nuvo Crtsyal drops in Morning Dew for that extra dimension. 

Thanks for stopping by!

September - Get Cracking On Christmas

  Hello Crafty Friends! It’s time for another installment of Get Cracking on Christmas hosted by Jenn Shurkus. Every month on the 3rd Thursday we are here with fresh inspiration for you! Please check out Jenn's blog for a full list of each months participants. Don't miss Jenn's LIVE on YouTube September 17th at 8pm ET. www.youtube.com/jennshurkus where she will have a demo on how she put together her card for this month!   

This months card features some fun Lawn Fawn products! I hadn't gotten to these mug dies last year so I absolutely had to use them before I get distracted by tomorrows new release!! 

For this card I started with Lawn Fawns mermaid cardstock which I then blended on with Peacock distress oxide ink around the edges leaving a little cardstock showing in the middle. Then I added Mermaid lagoon on top of that. Once I this ink dried I added some white gold Starry Watercolor splatter for a snowy look. I die cut the mug frame out of some red cardstock scrap I had and the background mug from Lawn Fawn Snow Day remix. I used some white sequin mix for my shaker. I die cut the marshmallows out of plain white carsdtock and added stickles in diamond as an accent. (Gotta have some glitter somewhere, right Jenn??) Lastly I die cut my letters using Cole's ABCs and stamped the smaller Holiday sentiment in Peacock distress ink. 

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Stitched Mug Frame

Lawn Fawn Stitched Mug

Cole's ABC

Lawn Fawn Snow Day Remix

August - Get Cracking on Christmas

 Hello Crafty Friends! It’s time for another installment of Get Cracking on Christmas hosted by Jenn Shurkus. Every month on the 3rd Thursday we are here with fresh inspiration for you! Please check out Jenn's blog for a full list of each months participants. Don't miss Jenn's LIVE on youtube August 27th at 8pm ET. www.youtube.com/jennshurkus where she will have a demo on how she put together her card for this month!   

This months card was a bit out of the box for me, I had this sentiment I wanted to use from Mixed Holiday Greeting by Mama Elephant so I dug through my Mama Elephant stamp stash to see what else I had that could work and came across this older set Pandamonium and thought it was just to cute! For the accessories I used Artic Penguin and the little hat just worked perfectly. I added the little branches from that set to to highlight my message and serve as my mistletoe for my kissing pandas!

For the background I went simple but dramatic with the Rainforest cardstock. I started by inking my edges with distress ink in Black Soot to act as a vignette to my scene and then splattered some soft gold watercolor from my Starry Colors palette by Gansi Tambi. I glued everything down flat to the card base because I send a lot of Christmas Cards and don't want anything getting ruined or bent in the mail. 

July - Get Cracking on Christmas

 Update: Wendi has won the giveaway! Thanks to everyone who played along! 

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s time for another installment of Get Cracking on Christmas hosted by Jenn Shurkus. Every month on the 3rd Thursday we are here with fresh inspiration for you! Don't miss Jenn's LIVE on youtube July 16th at 8pm ET. www.youtube.com/jennshurkus where she will have a demo on how she put together her card for this month!   Read below for giveaway details!

Please be sure to visit Jenn's Blog for a full list of the hop as we are all doing a little something for this months Christmas in July - Get Cracking on Christmas special. To enter to win a 25$ gift certificate to Butterfly Reflections Ink from me please make a card of your own, tag us at #getcrackingonchristmas on insta and then leave a comment here letting me know you did it! Winner will be chosen August 2nd and announced on my Instagram stories. 

This months cards features some Mama Elephant stamps and dies! 

Supplies:

Mama Elephant Six Window Cover creative cuts

Little Snowman Agenda stamp set

Little Reindeer Agenda stamp set

Puffy Holiday Greetings stamp set

June - Get Cracking on Christmas

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s time for another installment of Get Cracking on Christmas hosted by Jenn Shurkus. Every month on the 3rd Thursday we are here with fresh inspiration for you! Don't miss Jenn's LIVE on youtube June 17th at 8pm ET. www.youtube.com/jennshurkus where she will have a demo on how she put together her card for this month!   And stay tuned for a very special Get Cracking next month for our Christmas in July event. You wont want to miss it!

This months card features some Avery Elle stamps & dies. I just love the little peekaboo critters. When i saw this little Cocoa Stand I just had to have it. 

For these images I used my Tombow markers. I have really been enjoying using them lately. This time I used the blender pen instead of water. I was surprised at how well the blender works. I stamped them on Bristol which I feel is the best paper to use with these. I just get the best blend on it. For the background I used some white heavystock from Tim Holtz and blended on some Salvaged Patina distress ink with a blender brush over 2/3rds of the background. I just love the blending on this paper. 

Don't forget to hop along and see the rest of the inspo here, see you next month!

May - Get Cracking on Christmas

 Hello Crafty Friends! It’s time for another installment of Get Cracking on Christmas hosted by Jenn Shurkus. Every month on the 3rd Thursday we are here with fresh inspiration for you! Don't miss Jenn's LIVE on youtube today at 8pm ET. www.youtube.com/jennshurkus!   

Todays card features the Fuzzy Hugs stamp set, and Puffy Holiday Greetings from Mama Elephant. The background was done during a Cardmaking Class Mermaizing with Jenn. It was such a fun class! Also in honor of Jenn I added some Lawn Fawn prisma glitter.

Distress Ink in: Salvaged Patina & Wilted Violet

Distress Oxide: Kitsch Flamingo

Copics:
BG13, 10, 0000
RV11, RV10, RV000
N0
YR00

Thanks for Stopping By!

March - Get Cracking on Christmas

 Hello Crafty Friends! It’s time for another installment of Get Cracking on Christmas hosted by Jenn Shurkus. Every month on the 3rd Thursday we are here with fresh inspiration for you! Don't miss Jenn's LIVE on youtube today at 8pm ET. www.youtube.com/jennshurkus!   

Today’s card features a bunch of sets from Hello Bluebird. Coffee Friends for the rabbit and the squirrel, Snow Play for the birds and a sentiment from Typed Christmas. The card itself is a non standard size of 3.5x5. I’ve been just loving this size lately. 

The background is inked using Shaded Lilac and Blueprint Sketch distress oxide inks. I also used the Blueprint sketch to stamp the sentiment. The images are colored with copics. 

E53, 51, 50

W3, 1, 0

R29, 27, 24

N4, 0

E29, 27, 25, 23

E74, 70

G00, 000

B69, 67, 63

Thanks for stopping by! 

Get Cracking on Christmas - January

 

So Happy to be joining Jenn Shurkus from Shurkus.com for another year of Get Cracking on Christmas! Instead of packing away all our new holiday goodies we keep them out. Its never to early to get a head start on all those holiday cards. And if you are like me all of your hoard of Christmas cards is gone and needing to be replenished asap!

Also if you are like me, you still have tons of holiday stamp sets you purchased or got as gifts that you just cant wait to use! I actually stamped out a bunch of images from this Flora & Fauna Driving To The Holidays (its on sale, snatch it up!!) set as soon as I got it so they'd be ready to pop on cards when I had time to craft. I easily have enough left over images for another 10 cards. But here are two examples for you!

I stamped these out using Distress Oxide inks because I love the colors and how well they stamp solid images. No coloring today! 

Thanks for stopping by, see you next month. Don't forget to stop by Jenn's blog for a list of all the hoppers & tune in for her facebook LIVE event. I cannot wait! See you there!

Get Cracking on Christmas DEC - Jenn Shurkus

   Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks for joining me on another edition of Get Cracking on Christmas!

My good friend Jenn Shurkus (Shurkus.com) has been doing the Get Cracking series for several years. Each month on the third Thursday we will be posting new inspiration and hopefully encourage you to get Cracking on Christmas!

If you want to participate (and there is a prize!) head over here to the link up! Or use the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas on Instagram to participate.

We are getting down to the wire for those Christmas makes! I am now working on those more quick and simple but still impactful designs. Today's card features Lawn Fawn stamps and dies. The background is a simple tone on tone stamped with a light grey ink and colored with one grey copic marker that matched!

I feel like these kinds of cards give a big impact even though its relatively a simple design. The pop of color from the car and sentiment really stand out against the monochrome background. The car is from Car Critters & the Deer and accessories are from Car Critters Christmas add on. 

I hope I've inspired you for some last minute Christmas card makes. Its not to late to get a few cards out in the mail to friends and family even if it just sends a simple Wish you a Happy Holiday inside and your name it can mean a lot to the person on the other end. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Get Cracking on Christmas Oct - Jenn Shurkus

 Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks for joining me on another edition of Get Cracking on Christmas!

My good friend Jenn Shurkus (Shurkus.com) has been doing the Get Cracking series for several years. Each month on the third Thursday we will be posting new inspiration and hopefully encourage you to get Cracking on Christmas!

If you want to participate (and there is a prize!) head over here to the link up! Or use the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas on Instagram to participate.

 I started this card with the background ink blending (you know its my favorite!) This background was done with Speckled Egg, Peacock feathers and a bit of ground expresso distress oxide ink to darken the bottom. I just feel like it helps ground the whole scene instead of floating. I also stamped the branches with the same ground expresso. I then took some white metallic watercolor to splatter the background to add snow (and shine!). Lastly I stamped the sentiment using the same Peacock Feathers distress oxide on a sentiment strip. 

The birds and branch are from Lawn Fawn's Winter Sparrows stamp set. I used copic markers to color them and stuck to the sparrow theme because I love little puffy brown sparrows in the winter on our bird feeders! I added a little more sparkle with a sparkle Sakura Gelly Roll pen. I've had this one pen forever and it still works great!

Copics: E44, E43, E41, 0; BG45, BG13, BG10, Y35.

To finish it off I added some Stitched Snowflakes Lawn Cuts using the white Lawn Fawn pixie dust sparkle cardstock. I should also mention this card is not A2. This measures 3.5 x 5 inches. I am loving this card size right now just for something different. 

Get Cracking on Christmas - With Jenn Shurkus

Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks for joining me on another SPECIAL edition of Get Cracking on Christmas!

My good friend Jenn Shurkus (Shurkus.com) has been doing the Get Cracking series for several years. Each month on the third Thursday we will be posting new inspiration and hopefully encourage you to get Cracking on Christmas!

If you want to participate (and there is a prize!) head over here to the link up! Or use the hashtag #getcrackingonchristmas on Instagram to participate.

And SPECIAL for this month since its Christmas in July I will have my own giveaway here. Simply leave a comment telling me your favorite Christmas stamp set (any company) to enter. You will have 2 weeks (July 31st) to enter for these cute Lawn Fawn stamp and die combos.

 

And now for my card! 

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Ocean Shell-fie

Lawn Fawn Christmas Fishes

Lawn Fawn Ocean Waves Stencil

Lawn Fawn Stitched rectangle frames

Dress My Craft Clear Hearts (found locally at Craft Fancy)

Distress Oxides in:

Tumbled Glass

Broken China

Peacock Feathers

Salty Ocean

Mermaid Lagoon