Thankful Leaves

Hello, friends! I'm just popping in to wish my US friends a Happy Thanksgiving
and to thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving me your kind comments.
 

And just a reminder that you have one more week to play along with CAS(E) this 
Sketch #298. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, November 29th. Here's the sketch.

 

I hope those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving have a safe and yummy holiday

and I hope you snag some great Black Friday deals!

Challenge Me a Christmas Card

Blogging friend Michelle Lupton invited me to join her Challenge Me a Christmas 
Card and I accepted the challenge. I chose "floral" as the theme for the both of us
and here's what I came up with.

I considered using a poinsettia but opted for a single red rose. Altenew's

Fantasy Floral 3D Dies were cut from watercolor card stock and smooshed with

Distress inks. The leaves were colored with Zig markers and a water brush.

A watercolor panel was trimmed and spattered with black paint, then adhered

to a card base covered with striped patterned paper. The bloom and leaves were

adhered to the panel and finished off with the stamped sentiment.

Big thanks to Michelle for the challenge invitation. Be sure to visit her blog
to see her floral take on the challenge. I haven't seen her card yet, but I know it
will be awesome! Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Altenew Fantasy Floral 3D Dies

Mama Elephant Jingle Greetings

 

Clean and Simple Holiday 2018

Here's my completed homework assignment for Online Card Classes'

Clean and Simple Holiday. Day 3 was all about coloring and Kristina Werner
shared a fun technique for coloring a modern Christmas tree using markers.

 
A red tree? Why yes, it is. Of all the trees I scribbled, this non traditional colored one

turned out the best. The Nuvo drops look a little weird because originally I dropped

white ornaments on the tree but it looked rather blah, so I peeled them off and went

with two shades of green. The sentiment was heat embossed with platinum powder.

You can enroll in any Online Card Class at any time, and work at your own pace.
I'm determined to try this technique again with more traditional tree colors--
like purple. Thanks for stopping by!

25 Days of Christmas Tags 2018

I'm glad that I found some time to play with Tracey's 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2018.

 I've just returned from a week's stay in Tokyo and I was thinking about making tags

while I was there. Here they are.

I was drawn to Gemma's tags on Day 12--the shape, her ink distressing, and how she 

simply added a cute critter on each of her tags.

These tags came together quickly because I had both images cut and colored in my 

stash of die cuts. Both tag shapes were cut from an old Sizzix set of rounded tags

and ink distressed.
 

For the penguin tag, I added some snowballs by die cutting white felt and adding

a bit of glittery Stickles on them, and on the snowy bank. The images were popped

up on their respective tags and stamped with a sentiment. Both tags were finished

off with a loop of gray and white twine, and "snow" from Nuvo Crystal Drops.

If you love making tags, visit Tracey's blog for all the details and daily tag inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today!

CAS(E) this Sketch #298

Here's CAS(E) this Sketch #298, compliments of yours truly.

And it's a two-weeker, which means you have two weeks to join the challenge and
still have time to enjoy the (US) Thanksgiving holiday--AND Black Friday shopping!

And here's my take on it.

An Altenew bloom that was already assembled found a home on my card.
I added some details to the leaves with a YG03 Copic marker. Two strips of
dark gray card stock were adhered to a white card base. The flowers and
leaves were adhered to the card and finished off with the sentiment strip.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of my teammies interpreted the
sketch and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, Nov 29th
and we hope to see you in the gallery!

Supplies:
Altenew Fantasy Floral 3D Dies
MFT Essential Sentiments

MFT Wed Sketch Challenge #411

Here's this week's MFT Wed Sketch Challenge #411.

And here's my take on it.

The carload of snowpeople in Cool Christmas was colored with Copics and cut
with the matching Die-namics. A rectangle was cut and ink distressed to resemble
a snowy sky. The piece was adhered to a white card base and the car was popped
up over it. The card was finished off with the white embossed sentiment.

Visit the Card Challenges blog for all the details on how you can be the random
winner of a $50 MFT gift voucher when you enter the challenge. Come and join us!

CAS(E) this Sketch #297

Brian brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch #297.

Oh, the possibilities with this sketch! Here's what I came up with.

I believe Amy Tsuruta enabled me to get this llama, and I thought he'd be
perfect for the sketch. I colored him with Copics and cut him with the matching
dies. He was popped up on the card and the sentiment stamped beneath him.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch and see how the rest of my teammies interpreted the
sketch and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, November 15th
and as the weekly winner you'll be invited to join us on a future sketch!

Supplies:

Newton's Nook Llama Delivery

My Favorite Things Happy Llamadays (sentiment) 

CAS(E) this Sketch #296

Nathalie brings us this week's CAS(E) this Sketch. 

Meet Sketch #296.

And here's my take on it.

Three feathers were cut from an alcohol ink piece and adhered to a white

card base. The middle feather was popped up and the card was finished off

with the gold embossed sentiment.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of the team interpreted the sketch

and join us if you can. Link up your card(s) by Thursday, November 8th.

Hope to see you in the gallery!

Supplies:

Hero Arts Paper Layering Feather

My Favorite Things Essential Sentiments

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #409

It's Wednesday, time for a new My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge!
Here's Sketch #409.

And here's my take on the sketch.

I die cut the New York Skyline and trimmed off Miss Liberty. The piece was
ink distressed and spattered with water, then adhered to a white card base.
The sentiment was white embossed and cut with the fishtail banner then
popped up on the card. Sequins finished off the card.

Visit the Card Challenges blog for all the details on how you can be the random

winner of a $50 MFT gift voucher when you join the challenge!

Hits & Highlights--Merry and Bright

With the Christmas season quickly approaching, the Creative Team was challenged 

to feature products that include “merry” in its name or to add some brightness to

 our projects. We hope you'll be inspired to add some to yours, too!

Here's my take on the challenge.

I ink distressed a panel with several Distress inks then spattered water over

the surface. The bold sentiment was gold embossed over it and the panel was

trimmed and adhered to a top folding white card base.

Our Town was die cut from white card stock and I gold embossed the roofs by
tapping a Versamark pad over the roofs and heat embossing gold powder. The row
of houses was popped up on the card and finished off with gold confetti.

Visit today's Hits & Highlights post at My Favorite Things to see how participating 

team members took on the Merry and Bright Challenge!