Inspired by Challenge - Grumpy Christmas

Hello!  I am sharing a new Christmas card that I made with some new to me Taylored Expressions goodies.  I used the Big Grumpy stamp and die set along with the Swirling Snow Background stamp. The theme this week is candy cane.  I used the Big Grumpy Christmas stamp that are Christmas accessories for the Big Grumpy stamp set.  

Such a cute set that has some snarky greetings!  Any for those of us that are perfectionist - most definitely the holidays can bring out the grumpiness when the pressures of doing it all come to a head!  

Thankfully I have managed to keep my sanity this year!  Come play along with this weeks Inspired by Challenge! 

Happy Holidays!

Reverse Confetti - Cool Friend

Merry Christmas Eve Eve!   I am all ready for Christmas!  Decorations done, presents wrapped and cookies baked!    I am ready to relax and enjoy the time with my family.    On to my card, I decided to make a winter thank you card to send and used some unusual colors that were outside of my norm.   I used Reverse Confetti Magenta and Piggy Bank ink for a red/pink snowy sky!    I ink blended the inks onto some Bristol Smooth cardstock.   I love Reverse Confetti inks, the colors are so bright and they blend so easy!   

I stamped a snowman from the Cool Friends stamp set and colored it in with my Copic markers and then die cut him out with the Cool Friends Confetti Cuts.    I then die cut several snowflakes from the Snowflake Trio Confetti Cut and thought I had grabbed some of the white cardstock to make my snowbank but realized when I took the photos today that the snowbank wasn't so white!   I accidentally grabbed the Bristol cardstock instead, which isn't as white.   Oops!  I used the grassy border die from the Nuts About You Confetti Cuts. 

I stamped a sentiment from Simply Sentiments with some Versafine Onyx Black ink and added it to the inked panel with some foam tape.   I added some Crystal Sequins from Darice to add some sparkle and used my Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen to the hat and the scarf.    

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas holiday!     Thanks for stopping  by!  

I am adding this card to the Simon Says Wednesday Stamp Party Time Challenge!  My little snowman is celebrating a special someone!  

and the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge  Tic Tac Toe Challenge - I chose the Stamping, Die Cut and Red for my Tic Tac Toe  - Magenta is a version of red right? 😏

Reverse Confetti Christmas Cheer

Hey there!  Happy Sunday!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  I am playing along this week with the (PIN)spirational Challenge #203.   See the image below which you are to use to inspire you.   I decided to create a card with red as my primary color in my card.    I used new products from the Reverse Confetti November release that is now available! 

For my card base, I used partial die cutting to extend the Scalloped Squares and extended it to cover the entire panel.   Die cut the top half using your plate and only cover what you want to die cut.  Then  move your die down and line up with the middle scallops and cover the bottom half with your plate and run thru the machine again.  It is super easy and can be used in so many ways.   

I then took the negative panel and ran that thru with the Large Diamond Cover Panel.    I then layered the Scalloped Square and the Large Diamond panel over a A2 card base with foam tape.   I love the stitching details and the scalloped edge, this is one of my new favorite dies.  

Next I stamped my images from the Christmas Cheer stamp set onto Premier Polar White cardstock.   I just love to use my Copic Markers on this paper, the colors blend together so nicely.   It has become my new favorite.    I used only red markers to color my images and  added some sparkling glitter to the hats and the details on the outfits.   Here is a close up of all that sparkle!  I die cut the images with the Christmas Cheer Confetti Cuts. 

I then stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Christmas Cheer stamp set onto a strip of black card stock and placed it on the white panel with foam tape and placed my images on the panel with foam tap as well.   

 Thanks for stopping by today!    I hope that I have inspired you to create some Christmas Cheer of your own! 

I am entering this card into the following additional challenges: 

Merry Christmas Challenge #42 - Anything goes 

and the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Snow White  my card is mostly white! 

Reverse Confetti Merry Christmoose

I played along with the CASology challenge this week sharing a card I made with the Merry Christmoose stamp set.    It is hard for me to do clean and simple cards.   I tend to be bold and bright in my card making.    I stamped and color my images from the Reverse Confetti Merry Christmoose stamp set and cut them out.  

I then ink blended some light blue inks onto a Bristol panel and then added some snow to the panel using embossing paste and a snowfall stencil.    I trimmed a piece of white card stock with the Nuts About You border and added some glitter to the edge.    I stamped and embossed a sentiment from the Merry Christmoose on a scrap of red cardstock.   The panel was then trimmed down and placed on top of some Reverse Confetti Mist cardstock.  

The challenge this week was "ODD".   I used the design theory of odd numbers - for the focal image, I have the two trees and the moose - group of three.   Odd numbers are more pleasing to the eye because they will form a visual triangle.      

Thanks for stopping by!    

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Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Reverse Confetti

I played along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes this week!   I am starting to work earlier this year on my Christmas Cards and instead of mass producing cards, I am trying to make individual cards and have quite a few to make!   This card I made with a removable ornament/tag that can be used on a present for a last minute gift by the recipient.   I used several new products from the last release from Reverse Confetti. 

I stamped the bear and santa hat from the Christmas Bear stamp set and colored it with my Copic markers.   I then die cut them with the Christmas Bear Confetti Cuts.  The tag is made from the Fa La La Circle Confetti Cuts and cut out with Salsa cardstock and Premier Polar White cardstock.    I stamped one of the white circles with the snowflakes from the Christmas Bear stamp set in Iced Aqua ink.   The second circle was cut with the grassy border die from the Nuts About You Confetti Cuts set.   

I die cut some Iced Aqua cardstock with the Tag Duo Confetti Cut and white heat embossed a greeting from the Sentimental Christmas stamp set.    I assembled my tag and added to the card base with repositional adhesive from EK Success.    My card base was made from Premier Polar White and the top layer was cut with the Leaf Lattice Cover Panel and then placed on top of an A2 card base. 

 

Here is the link for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for Anything Goes!  

Happy crafting and thanks for stopping by!