Red and White Christmas

I was inspired by the sketch challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch!

Used a Tim Holtz diagonal stripe stencil and added Gina K glimmer paste in red.  After it was dry, dye cut with a tag die.  Stamped the Santa Hat from Tim Holtz and colored with Touch Twin markers and die cut with the coordinating die.  Die cut the "merry" 3 times and glued together.  Stamped Christmas and cut it out.  Added a die cut bow and a dot of Nuvo Drops in red.  Added Stardust Stickles to the white parts on the hat, the bow and the merry.

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Just Us Girls #513 - Trend Week

It's Trend Week time at Just Us Girls and this is a fantastic challenge for us this week chosen by our hostess Carol!  This is pretty wide open for creating anything but a card.

Come over to JUGS to see what our November Guest Designer, Kristin Sluhan and the rest of the amazing Design Team have created.

I made some wintery coasters by stamping various snowflakes onto tumbled tiles using Stazon and Brilliance inks.  After the ink was completely dry, sprayed with a matte sealer then glued cork squares onto the back.

Come share with us your creations for anything but a card and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week which would then make you eligible at a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.

Just Us Girls #512 - Word Week

It's time for Word Week at Just Us Girls and Ina has chosen a very timely Word for us.

I would like to welcome our November Guest Designer - Kristin Sluhan!  Come over to JUGS to see how Kristin and the rest of the awesome Design Team are inspired by the Word Thanks.

Using Gina K's Something Good in Every Day and the sentiment from Concord & 9th - Lace Leaf.  First stamped the flowers in fall colors on ivory masking  as I went.  Colored and enhanced the flowers with Prismacolor pencils.  With the flowers all masked, stamped the wood slice then added the leaves.   Stamped the sentiment directly on top of the images with Memento Espresso Truffle.  Layered onto some soft brown cardstock and onto a kraft base.

Come share your Thanks creations with us and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week, which would put you in the running at a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.

Big Joy

Big sentiments seems to be the current trend and CAS on Friday has a challenge using a Big Sentiment or Word.

Using a Concord & 9th set, stamped the JOY with Memento Bamboo Leaves onto some kraft then stamped the line JOY with Distress Oxide ink in Candied Apple.  I love how the Distress Oxide inks really stand out on a darker background.  Added the snowflakes using Distress Oxide Antique Linen.  Very quick and simple!

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Trick or Treat

Still working on Halloween cards for my grandsons and used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

And this also fits the theme at The Male Room

This stamp was gifted to me, so I don't know who it's by.  Colored with Touch Twin markers and various gel and shimmer pens.  Sponged some Black Soot Distress Ink around the edge.  Stamped the sentiment with Versamark on black cardstock and heat embossed with white ep and die cut with a banner die..  Die cut the little ghost from white shimmer cardstock and attached to the end of the sentiment banner.  Mounted onto some orange and then onto a purple card base.

Thanks for taking a closer look!

Just Us Girls #511 - Photo Week

Bobby is our hostess at Just Us Girls this week with our Photo Challenge and she has chosen a gorgeous, fall photo for our inspiration!

Sadly, this is our last week with our October Guest Designer Chris Dring!  Chris, it has been awesome having you join again this past month.  Pop on over to JUGS to see what Chris and the rest of the talented Design Team have created with this photo as inspiration.

Lots of masking going on here!  First the pumpkins were stamped and masked, then the fence and masked that as well, then finally stamped the flowers.  All of those images are from Gina K.  Colored all of the images with Touch Twin markers, then masked everything again and sponged on the background colors with Distress inks.  Stamped the sentiment from Concord & 9th in black right on top of everything!

Come share your creations that are inspired by the photo and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week, which would then make you eligible at a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.

Cascading Leaves

Fall is such a beautiful time of year with the pretty colored leaves falling and that is what inspired this card.

I'm playing along in the CAS Watercolour Card Challenge and the CAS Mix Up Card Challenge.

I started by sponging some Deco Foil Transfer Gel onto the cascading leaves and onto the larger maple leaf, then running it through my laminator with some foil that was various shades of copper, gold and some silver.   Watercolored the larger maple leaf with Inktense watercolor pencils.  Used some Distress Inks to watercolor around the foiled cascading leaves, but it didn't show up very well against the kraft background and the leaves were totally lost.  Pulled out some Distress inks in browns and sponged on the color until the leaves popped.  This card includes:  foiling, stamping, sponging and watercoloring.

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