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. 

A Family Celebration - Avery Elle

  Hello Crafty Friends! Thanks so much for stopping by! I am here with a darling card with fun images from Avery Elle, Oh Tiny Tree which is illustrated by Elena. I just adore her work. 

The background is simple ink blend with one color of distress oxide in; Tumbled Glass. The images are colored with Copic Markers. E47, E44, E43, E40, C1, C0, R89, R29, R27, R24; Y38, Y35, YG63, YG61, B02, B00.

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A Very Pink Holiday - Pretty Pink Posh

 Hello Crafty Friends! Today I have a slimline card featuring Penguin Pals from Pretty Pink Posh. These are one of my absolute favorite sets from Paulina. I am using non traditional colors here in this holiday card with the pinks, light greys and mint. 

The background was mostly Spun Sugar distress oxide with a hint of Picked Raspberry on the edges. The snow flakes were also done in the Picked Raspberry but I stamped it off first before going to my project. The penguins are stamped in River Rock ink from Lawn Fawn and colored using copics. They are C3, C1 & C0 on the bodies. The white on the mug and hats were done with N2 & N0 with a little colorless blender for smoothing the edge. The pink is R81, RV11 & RV00. The mint on the trees is G00 & G000 and E31 for the trunks. Lastly the light blue on the scarf is BG10 and BG000.

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Get Cracking on Christmas - with Jenn Shurkus

Hello Crafty Peeps! 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 she 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.

Today's card is a slimline, mostly because I'm now obsessed with this style! I used several Lawn Fawn sets in this card including my favorite snowman!

I started this card with the background. I die cut the panel using a slimline die and some Neenah cardstock. I cut a second panel using the same die that I used to cut my boarders from so they would have the stitching around the edges too. The background started with a layer of distress oxide in Shaded Lilac. Over that I brought in blueprint sketch to make my favorite indigo color. At the very edge I added a bit of wilted violet. I then splattered the whole thing with liquid stardust. The greeting I added with some white embossing. I always use the Lawn Fawn white embossing powder for all my embossing because its so smooth but still can handle the smaller detailed sentiments too.

I used copics to color my images; blues in B69, B66 & B63, Greys: N8, N6, N4 & N0, Teals BG13, BG10 & BG0000, Dark Teal in BG78, BG75 & BG 72 Greens G85 & G82 Lgt Greens G17 & G12.

I added sparkle using some the jellyroll sparkle pen to the presents, the snow on the houses and the tops of the mountains. 

Sets use: Winter Village, Making Frosty Friends, Home for the Holidays & Dad + me!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

A Magical Day - Mama Elephant

Hello Crafty Friends! My card today features some adorable little penguins from Mama Elephant's Little Penguin Agenda. There are so many fun poses to choose from it was hard to narrow down so I grabbed a bunch of my favorites. I really love smaller images sometimes because you can fit so many on a card! 

I cut the frame for the background using Framed Tags - Hug it Out Creative Cuts. Once I die cut it I used washi tape on the back to keep the frame and the inside together while I ink blended the sky. I wanted a seamless look and this seemed easiest to me.  I used distress oxide ink in Spun Sugar for the sky. I used my largest blender brush to make fading it out into white a little easier. I have found the larger the brush the easier it is for me to get this kind of fade. I  splattered the card using distress ink in the same color and a bit of water. Once the blending was done I cut some little hills from another center panel I die cut using the same Hug it Out frame using the Landscape Trio dies. I popped the frame and the front hill up on some foam tape for a little dimension. 

Lastly I colored my little penguins using some various copic markers. N10, N8, N6 & N1for the bodies with R20 for their rosy cheeks and YR02 for the beaks and feet. Accesories: RV10, YR02, Y11, G00, B00, BV01, E44, E43 & B0000. A simple black ink sentiment finished off the design.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Snow Much Fun - Mama Elephant

Hello crafty friends! Today I have a card featuring some Mama Elephant stamps and dies. I just love the whole little agenda series. I have several cards coming up featuring them. Today's card is all about the Little Snowman Agenda! I have paired this up with the Star Grid Window.



I stared off today's card by die cutting the Star Grid Window into some Neenah 110lb plain white cardstock. I then taped all the stars into place from the back with washy tape so I would have a flat surface to do my ink blending. I inkblended using a large blender brush and distress oxide ink in Shaded Lilac which I brought down 2/3rds of the way. Near the top I added a little bit of Blueprint Sketch to deepen the color. Once my blending was done I splattered the whole panel using plain water, distress ink in Shaded Lilac as well as some Gansi Tambi starry watercolors in white gold and light gold. I then heat embossed a sentiment from Mini Merry Messages in Liquid Platinum. Once I was done I removed the washi and affixed the window portion directly to my cardbase. The stars themselves were popped up using foam tape.



The little snowmen I colored in using copics I thought went well with the background colors. for the snowmen bodies themselves I used a little BV000 for the shading. The blues are all B69, B66 & B63. I colored the heart and one of the presents using RV10 & RV00. Greys are N8, N6 & N4. Lastly I added some Silver Mini Star confetti from Pretty Pink Posh.

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Pretty Pink Posh October Blog Hop - Day 2

Hello Craft Friends and thank you for joining me today on this Pretty Pink Posh blog hop! Today is the second day so if you missed day one be sure to stop by the Pretty Pink Posh blog for all the stops for day 1 & 2. Be sure to leave comments along the way for your chance to win one of the 4 $25 shop gift certificates that are up for grabs!

My card today features the new Holiday Signs Stamp set and coordinating dies. I also used last years Penguin Pals stamp set. Don't they just look so cute together? I copic colored the images using some bright fun colors I thought set off against the background.

Copics Used: B06, B02, B00; YR00, YR02; BV04, BV01, BV000; RV10 R81, RV000; N2, Colorless Blender.



The background features the new Snowflake Stencil. For this I first blended the background using my blender brushes. The background is Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon & Broken China. Once the background was blended I placed my stencil over and blended on more Broken China. This is what gives the appearance of a fade since at the bottom the color is the same.



For a finishing touch I added the Winter Sparkle Sequin mix. I thought it went well with the colors and the theme.

Thank you hopping with us!

Blog Hop Day 2:

Pretty Pink Posh blog 
Kay Miller
Channin Pelletier
Caly Person
Thi Lam
Sharna Waksmulski <--You are here
Ardyth Percy- Robb
Vera Rhuhay
Melody Rupple
Alix Davis
Nicky Meek
Dana Kirby
Heather Hoffman
Yana Smakula  

A Spooky Halloween Shaker/Pop up - Mama Elephant

Even though its well into the 90s here in Chicago I am already in the mood for my favorite holiday; Halloween! I decided to make a shaker featuring the Meowlloween stamp set from Mama Elephant.

The front of this card I decided to make into a shaker to feature these adorable little cats. They are copic colored using greys (C0, C3, C5 & C7), greens (YG23) and oranges (YR00, YR02 & YR04). The background is ink blended using distress oxides in wilted violet & shaded lilac.

For the inside I decided to do a little more ink blending with twisted citron & the little witch cat on the Pumpkin die from the favor bag die add accessories.