I am up for this month's Mix It Up Challenge at SugarPea Designs. In this challenge you can use the inspiration photo or sketch. Or you can mix it up and use both! I went with the inspiration photo and of course needed to use the Gnome for Christmas. This may be my last Christmas card for the year! Hard to believe that Christmas is almost here!
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
SugarPea Designs Mix It Up Challenge - December
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Club La-La Land Crafts December Kit More Inspiration
Hello! I am back to share with you more inspiration with the December Club La-La Land Craft Monthly Kit! This kit is super adorable.
I die cut the Yarn Basket die three times from grey cardstock. I added die cuts from the Knit and Crochet die from various colors of cardstock and then added to my panel. I colored the cat with the large yarn ball from Knit Happens with my Copic markers to match the colored Knit and Crochet die cuts. For my sentiment is from Knitting Marci and was die cut with the Stitched Nested Circles die.
Copics
Cat 1 E30, E31, E33, R20, R30, R32, YR04, YR07, YR09
Cat 2 E50, E51, E53, R20, R30, RV13, RV25, RV09
Next up, I made this card using Knitting Marci and I love her glittery shoes! I used the Get Inky paper pack for my color inspiration. I created a little scene with Marci sitting on the floor and the rug is the Knitted Panel die with the die cuts still in the cardstock. I edged it with a strip of white cardstock. The patterned paper from Get Inky is the wallpaper.
I colored Knitting Marci with my Copics. I did the shirt first and then used an old pair of jeans with Copic Blender solution and touched it lightly to the paper. This give the denim texture to the shirt. Then color your remaining image with Copics. The full list of Copic markers used is below. I added some Distress Stickles in Icicle to make them super glittery! I added a little more to the yarn she is knitting.
Copics
Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, R20, R83
Hair Y21, Y23, YR21
Shirt B91, B93, B95, 0
Pants C0, C1, 0
Shoes RV13, RV25, RV09, C1
Yarn R81, R83, R85, C5
I wanted her to be sitting beside the Yarn Basket. I die cut the Yarn Basket die from pink cardstock and then added a large yarn ball from the Knit and Crochet die. The sentiment is from Knitting Marci and I trimmed it down and added to the card panel with foam tape.
There is still time to order the December Club Kit - you have till December 31st to order! Please check out the rest of the team's creations over at the La-La Land Crafts Blog. You can also find great inspiration over at the Club La-La Land Crafts Facebook Group and on Instagram as well.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
SugarPea Designs - Hey Honey Christmas Tags
I love making Christmas tags this time of year! I use them on all of my presents and give them away as well. I love looking for ways that I can take a stamp set and make it a holiday project or use them in a different way from what they originally were for! I found the perfect pair! Hey Honey stamp set and the Pocket Tag Christmas Characters SugarCut. If you want to see a post where I turned the Pocket Tag Christmas Characters into Halloween, check that out here!
I stamped out two bears with the Hey Honey stamp set onto kraft cardstock. I then die cut out the nose with the Hey Honey SugarCut. I added some details by adding some pink cheeks to each of the bears and then added the nose with liquid adhesive right on the stamped bear. No coloring required, so this made for a quick and easy process with the bears.
I then needed to decide on what characters to use from the Pocket Tag Christmas Characters SugarCut and went with Santa and a Reindeer -- ha! ha! Get it? Santa and his reindeer, Rudolph! I die cut the santa hat and trim, the scarf, the antlers, a red nose and the holly using the Pocket Tag Christmas Characters SugarCut.
The Santa Hat and Scarf were for the first bear. I added some details to the scarf with a large white Sharpie. His hat got a nice coat of clear sparkle. For the Reindeer, I added his antlers, the red nose for Rudolph and the holly & berries to the second bear. I added some red glitter to the berries and a little white dot to the red nose! I popped the red nose up for a little dimension! You could make so many more tags with the Pocket Tag Christmas Characters and Hey Honey - a snowman, elf, penguin!
So much fun!!
I layered each bear onto a tag that had been created with the Postage Stamp Cover Panel SugarCut and stamped with the Buffalo Check stamp set. I always die cut two tag bases - so each tag had a green and kraft colored Postage Stamp Sugar Cut using the smallest die. This make the tag looked finished on the backside. I added the sentiment from Everyday Sentiments and die cut it with the Sentiment Strips.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday!
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Club La-La Land Crafts December Monthly Kit Reveal
It's time for the Club La La Land December Monthly Kit reveal!
This month's kit is all about knitting! I created two cards today using this month's kit along with the Home for Christmas Paper Pack. Both my projects today are 5 1/2 squared cards.
Skin E000, E00, E21, E11, R20, R00
Leggings B93, B95, B97
Top E44, E43, E42, E29, E35, E25
Shoes E40, E41, E42
Cat T3, T1, T0, R30, R32, B32, B34, B000
Hair E50, E51, E53
Cats T1 ,T3, T5, YR04, Y17, R30, R32, E30, E31, E34
Yarn R81, R83, R85, R89
Monday, December 14, 2020
Whimsy Stamps & Shimmerz Paints - Instagram Hop
Hey there! We have a hop going on Instagram today! Come join in on the fun on my Instagram post. Just look for this picture:
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Reverse Confetti December Creative Blog Hop
Hey there! Welcome to the Reverse Confetti December Creative Blog Hop! Today, we have tons of inspiration to share with you! You should have hopped over to me from Ali Farmer! In case you have missed a step along the way, just scroll down to the bottom of my post and see the full hop list for you.
I combined some of my new and old favorite stamp sets to create this little Christmas scene:
The Best Gift of All, Yuletide Mice, Joyous Holiday and Huggable
I stamped the images from Yuletide Mice, Joyous Holiday and Huggable onto Premier Polar White cardstock and colored with my Copic markers. I then die cut all the images with the Yuletide Mice, Joyous Holiday and Huggable Confetti Cuts.
I inked the edges of my card panel with Iced Aqua ink with a ink blending tool. I then stamped the sentiment from The Best Gift of All with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I popped up all my images with foam tape.
Next up on the hop is Lisa Henke! Have fun hopping along with our 'Fetti Friends and Confetti Crew! I hope you have a wonderful holiday!!!!
Thursday, December 3, 2020
Whimsy Stamps - Polka Dot Pals Tobias & Simple Sentiment Strips
Hey there! I am popping in to share more with you from the December mini release with Whimsy Stamps!
I had so much fun creating this birthday card! The new Polka Dot Pals Tobias stamp set has this cute birthday explosion stamp and I did some stamp masking to have it exploding around Tobias!
I stamped the PDP Tobias image onto my main panel that had been die cut with the Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle die set. I them stamped him again onto some Post It note tape and trimmed it out for a mask.
I then stamped the explosion in either side and lifted the mask up after stamping! It is always so cool to see the full reveal! I then colored in all the images with my Copic markers.
For the sentiment, I used the new Simple Sentiment Strips to create my birthday greeting. I stamped two of the sentiments and white heat embossed them and trimmed them down. To finish it off, I added some Nuvo drops and Crystal Glaze to some of the balloons!
Please be sure to check out what the Design Team has done with this month's release! Stop by the Whimsy Shop to check it out today!
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Whimsy Stamps - Snow Angels
Hey there! It's December 1st and Whimsy Stamps has a mini release today! I used the new Snow Angels stamp set to create these two adorable cards.