Frosty

 Playing with my Tim Holtz snowman which fits the challenges at Cardz 4 Guyz #260 Snowman/men and The Male Room Challenge #145 - Tartan & Plaid.

Die cut my big snowman from Tim Holtz and colored his arms, hat and nose with Touch Twin markers.  Added some black gel pen dots for the eyes, mouth and buttons.  Trimmed a piece of plaid patterned paper to make a scarf and hat band.  Shaded the body with a light gray Touch Twin marker.  The background uses a Tim Holtz plaid stencil and Lawn Fawn Gingham background stamp.  Added the strip of black cardstock to join the stamped areas.  

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100 Year Celebration!

 My aunt asked if I could make a birthday card for a beautiful lady who is turning 100 on Christmas day and this is what I came up with using the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch!

Started with a Core'dinations Glitter Silk background piece.  Stamped the polka dot background from Cornish Heritage Farms with Delicata Rose Gold ink and stamped the 100 from Gina K's Lots of Dots Alphabet and die cut with Spellbinders label die and Tim Holtz tag die.  Stamped the birthday in the same rose gold ink.  Die cut the balloons (WPlus9 - Whole Lotta Happy) from pink cardstock with gold embossed vellum adhered with Score Tape and added some floss strings.  Die cut the happy from the same WPlus9 set from some white glittery cardstock.  Put it all together and adhered to a kraft card base.

Do you think she will like it?  Thanks for stopping by!

Dashing Through the Snow

Another Christmas card done!  I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches and the theme of snow for CAS on Friday.

First stamped the prancing little Rudolph from Clearly Besotted - Let's Prance and masked him.  Stamped the flourish of snow from an old Inkadinkado set with Brilliance blue ink for a little shimmer.  Colored the deer with a combination of Prismacolor pencils, Touch Twin markers and black gel pen. Added a drop of Gina K crystal drops to his nose and sprinkled with red glitter.  Stamped the sentiment with red ink and layered onto a red card base.

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Santa Sketch

 Great sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch!

And #259 Traditional Christmas at Cardz 4 Guyz

I've had this Santa image in my stash for a long time and I don't think I've ever used him.  Colored with Touch Twin markers, Prismacolor pencils with Gamsol and the smaller gel pens.  Embossed the sentiment in white and got a few unwanted flecks, so pulled out some white acrylic paint and splattered over the whole panel for a snow effect.

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Just Us Girls #564 - Photo Week

 It's Photo Week at Just Us Girls and Cecile has chosen a fabulous photo for our inspiration.  

This is our final challenge for the year and our last time with Joyce Mehrberg as our Guest Designer.  Thank  you Joyce for joining us this past month with all of your amazing designs!  Come on over to JUGS to see how this phot inspired Joyce and the rest of the talented Design Team.

I was inspired by the present with the tree on it.  I used a Stamplorations Christmas tree die and used some black and cream striped paper.  Die cut a star from cream and added some Wink of Stella clear for a slight shimmer.  Stamped the sentiment from Technique Tuesday in red.

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

40th Birthday

 My son turned 40 and this is the card I made to celebrate that milestone!  The challenge at CAS on Friday was the perfect inspiration for this card.

Using a Concord & 9th Turnabout stamp for the background using Brilliance white and blue inks.  Stamped the big 40 with Memento Rich Cocoa and the celebrate in black on a kraft panel then layered onto a blue base.

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Just Us Girls #563 - Color Week

 It's Color Week at Just Us Girls and Ina has chosen a beautiful combination for us to play with!

Come on over to JUGS to see how our Guest Designer, Joyce Mehrberg and the rest of the Design Team have used these gorgeous colors.

Using my newest purchase from Unity Stamps.  Stamped the Christmas lights, colored them with Touch Twin markers then covered with shimmer pens.  Added some Sakura Stardust Green gel pen to the wires.  Stamped the sentiment from Gina K in a denim blue ink.

Come play along in our challenge and you could be chosen as our next Chic of the Week, which would make you eligible at a chance to become our next Guest Designer!  Please limit your entries to 3.