HOGS & KISSES SENDING LOVE & HUGS

 Hi everyone! Welcome back for the first challenge of 2021 over at

We have two great sponsors for this challenge:

Prize: 4 digi images of the winner's choice

Prize: 3 digi images of the winner's choice

For my card I got to use bobble head greetings "hugs" and kisses from Bugaboo stamps. It took me a few tries to get this cutie colored the way I wanted. I started out trying it in pink and just didn't like it. That's when I decided on grey's.

I had so much fun creating this scene! I wanted the sky slightly pink to give it an evening glow look. I pulled out some fun dies from Honey Bee Stamps to create the burlap background, fence, and grass. 

Once I had all these dies cut and laid out the card just seemed to create itself. Lately I've been watching a lot of youtube videos and scene building seems to be the new fun thing to do. 

I have to say, after making this card, I'm hooked!!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

SENDING ALL THE LOVE

 Hi everyone! Back with another fun challenge over at

Today's challenge is: LOVE 

I had so much fun creating this card! I made two fun backgrounds by mixing some distress inks. This one really seems to glow in the center and I thought it was perfect for a heart card. 

Originally I was going to cut two detailed hearts from the gradiant washi tape I pulled out but it just didn't work. So instead I cut around the outer edge of the heart and then added a paper cut detailed heart inside.  To add a bit more of the gradiant color I created a sentiment strip across the bottom. 

As I use my distress inks more and more I am getting more comfortable with using them and love how my projects turn out. 

FUN PENGUIN PLAY ARTWORK

 

 Hi everyone! Diana here with a fun wintery scene that you can add to the front of a 5x7 card or place in a frame and use as winter decor. 

I had a lot of fun creating this winter scene. I've gotten into Lawn Fawn stamps lately and can't wait to get them out and start coloring them!

 I used cracked pistachio, peackcock feathers, and blueprint sketch distress oxide inks. Using the lightest to darkest I blended them together to get a beautiful night sky for my scene. I love how it created a glow around my tree. 

Once I had the background done I used a variety of small snowflake stamps with pigment white ink on the upper background area and let it dry. While this was drying I stamped and colored all of my images. I then cut some hills out of sparkle cardstock and started creating my scene. 

Once it was all put together I pulled out my black/white/silver dew drops and added some of the white ones to the snowflakes. 

Once it was all put together I pulled out my black/white/silver dew drops and added some of the white ones to the snowflakes. 

Supplies:

Robin's Nest: black/white/silver dew drops 

distress oxide inks, blender brushes, sparkle cardstock, lawn fawn stamps

PEACE & JOY WITH RINEA FOIL

 Hi everyone! Welcome back to another design team project for

Today I created a soft and serene winter scene for you.

I started this card by blending two distress oxide blues on the background to give a pretty snowy look. 

Once I finished the blues I used the new distress oxide color rustic wilderness on the bottom half to blend in with my trees.

I, then, used Tim Holtz arctic cover plate to get the snowflakes from the Turquoise/Turquoise starstruck foiled paper. 

Next, I used Tim Holtz tree line die and cut it four times. Twice from white cardstock and once from two different green colored cardstock.

To create the white caps I cut the tip off of each white tree and adhered them onto the green tree lines.

I wanted to add a bit more foiled paper so I cut my sentiment from Silver/Silver starstruck foiled paper. I also cut it out three times from white cardstock and layered them on top of each other to give some dimension. 

Closer look at the process of layering. I love doing this as it gives more stability and I don't have to cut up any foam!

Once I have all of these pieces done I start putting my card together adding the two layers of trees with the lighter set in the background. 

To finish off the bottom I cut a strip of white cardstock to look like snow drifts in the forest and add a touch of tumbled glass distress oxide to it. I then add the snowflakes around the trees and off the edges. 

The final step is adding the sentiment. I didn't want to cover up the trees so I added it in the upper left hand corner. In this picture you can really see the dimension the layers add. 

 A closer look at the sky and snowflakes. 

Supplies:

Rinea: Silver/Silver Starstruck foiled paper, Turquoise/Turquoise Starstruck foiled paper

Tim Holtz: tumbled glass, rustic wilderness, and broken china distress oxide ink, tree line & arctic thinlit dies, 

Catherine Pooler: peace & joy die

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

FROM OUR HOME TO YOURS

 Hi everyone! I'm back today with Challenge #257 with

Today's Theme is: HOLIDAYS

Our sponsors for today's challenge are:

Prize: 2 digi images of winners choice

Prize: $10 in images (no patterned paper)

For my card today I chose The Three B from Scribbles Designs. I love penguins so when I saw this as one of the choices it was a no brainer!

I started my card by coloring my image in using a variety of copic markers. For the penguins I used different warm greys. I had so much fun choosing how to color these guy!

I cut the snowy hills using MFT stitched slimline snowdrift dies. I then used a light shade of blue alcohol marker to give a little dimension. 

Once I added the musical notes I knew I wanted something else coming down. I stamped three different sizes of snowflakes in two colors and then started adding them. This just finished the card for me!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

HELLO THOUGHT OF YOU WATERCOLOR BACKGROUND CARD

  Hi everyone! Diana here with you today to share a fun holiday hello card. This card started out as a traditional Christmas card but as I started working on it I knew I wanted a large sentiment so it changes just a bit. 

I started by stamping my desired images with versamark ink onto watercolor paper, then adding platinum embossing powder, and heat setting. then I sprayed my panel liberally with water. 

I used my altenew watercolor brush markers to color in my images first. Spraying the water first helps the ink move more freely on the image. 

 I then watercolored the background to give more texture. I went ahead and added my gold string trim. I did end up with a small splotch but no worries, my sentiment will cover that up. 

For my sentiment I watercolored another piece of paper in the reds I used on my flowers. I then die cut the large hello. 

I then cut two more from white cardstock to give some dimension. This also helps keep the sentiment sturdy. 

Using liquid clue I adhered all three pieces together and adhered them to the front of my card. I stamped a secondary sentiment on white cardstock and die cut it out.

A little closer look at the watercoloring. I am loving the large hello. 

I finished my card by adding Ornament Mini Dew Drops around my sentiment and on the sentiment strip. 

Supplies:

Robin's Nest: ornament mini dew drops

Altnew: happy pomegranates stamp set, mega hello die, sentiment strips 2 stamp set, feature sentiment dies, spring garden & winter wonderland watercolor brushes, antique gold linen thread, platinum embossing powder. 

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!!

FUN GNOME HOLIDAY CARDS

Hi everyone! I have some fun Christmas Gnome cards to share today. 

To create the bright colored backgrounds I took my Catherine Pooler ink pads and ran them across all four sides, just far enough to not leave any of the white panel showing

I had so much fun using this cute Gnome stamp set from Close To My Heart. I was at a crop over the weekend and one of our challenges was to create something in red and green. 

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY TODAY!
     

WE WHISK YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS MAGIC PICTURE CARD

 Hi everyone! I'm here today sharing a fun magic picture changer card. This is my first time giving this a go and it came together quite nicely!

This card was so much fun to make. I used A Creature Was Stirring from Lawn fawn along with their fun along with their Let It Shine paper pack.

I layered a panel of black cardstock onto my base and using Catherine Pooler's Stamped Rectangle Dies I cut a piece from the striped patterned paper to give a bit more pop. 

I love the wow factor of this card. I showed it to my daughter and she said "Wow! How did you do that"? Always a great response!!

A closer look at the dimension this card has. 

Here's a little video of this card. 

SUPPLIES:

Lawn Fawn: a creature was stirring stamp set, a creature was stirring dies, magic picture changer dies, magic picture changer add on dies, let it shine petite paper pack

Catherine Pooler: postage stamp dies