Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #204 Woodgrain, Kraft and White

 This week at Merry Monday Deanne's Challenge is to use kraft, woodgrain and white on your card.
Just love the inspiration image and working in those colours.

I decided to use Papertrey's Bells and Bough's stamp set. It is so pretty and has so many pieces.

I popped a little pink in the mix to make it look a little perkier.

The woodgrain is a white woodgrain embossed card stock purchased from SSS 2 or 3 years ago.

I swirled Frayed Burlap and Iced Spruce Distress inks very lightly on the surface.

The kraft foliage is a Cottage Cutz Die 'Greenery' that has three different, lovely fine branches on it. 

That is it from me.

Have a great week.

Merry Monday #203 Ombre and Glitter

The challenge at Merry Monday this week is 'Ombre and Glitter'.

There were so many ways to tackle this challenge. In the end, I decided to do my 'ombre' (sounds like I am dancing) with a die I haven't used before. Rainbow Stripes from Papertrey Ink. The glitter 'merry' (also Papertrey) was purchased glitter card. The wee snowman is from MFT's Christmas Cuteness set. The snowflakes are Lil' Inker.
Here is how the card turned out.

Thanks for dropping by.

Have a great week.

ABC Christmas Card Challenge - I for Ink

I am joining the ABC Christmas Card Challenge today. The theme is.... I for Ink. Until recently, I only had one cute Christmas Stamp and it is very old. The cutest kitten, it is still a favorite. You can see a card using this stamp Here.
I thought I should have a new set, so I ordered MFT's Christmas Cuteness. It has lots of wonderful characters, two snowmen, two reindeer, one Father Christmas, a lovely Christmas tree and about three sentiments.

Here is my card.

The blue background is a DP, it made the perfect backdrop. After embossing a piece of card, I freehand cut the rolling snow hills with a rotary cutter.( being a quilter comes in handy sometimes)

I edged them in a bit of ink to define the edge a little more. I stamped and coloured the trees, FC (a little Stickles here and there) and the wee reindeer. Once the reindeer was coloured....I lopped off his head!! I thought he looked cute carrying the sentiment. He is a bit taller with his head off but I think he looks OK. The top of the card looked a little odd, empty, so I added a cloud. This seemed to help contain the wee scene.

That's it for now.

Hope you have had a productive and happy week.

As always, thank you for dropping by.

Winter Wonderland -White on White Challenge

Today I have a card made for the Winter Wonderland Challenge Blog. The challenge theme is White-0n-White. The cards are so pretty.

Here is my card for the challenge.

I have used a favourite Memory Box poinsettia die, a very old punch for the fine foliage, and a Die-namics Stitched Oval Frame. The herringbone background is a Spellbinder embossing folder I think?? I added a bit of Stickles and A Wink of Stella  to the Poinsettia (doesn't show in the photograph).

I have made white-on-white before and thoroughly enjoyed the experience, so I was very happy to participate in this challenge, my first for Winter Wonderland.

You can see my other two cards here and Here.

This week I also tried a technique presented by Jennifer McGuire on her blog. Such a great technique. She made it look so easy to get a good result in the video. Working with what I had, I got and awful result...well not totally awful, but fairly. Not sharable anyway. My sticky paper wasn't sticky enough to hold the glitter for the Copic markers, so some of the glitter came off. It just looks a little patchy. 

I had an 'Ah-huh' moment! I tried the technique on purchased white glitter board and it worked perfectly. I haven't made a card from the resulting panel yet. 

I loved the idea of adding Glossy Accents to pop the sentiment. See her gorgeous cards by clicking on the link above.

Have a great crafting week and thanks for dropping by.

Merry Monday #202 {Let it Snow!}

Kathy's challenge at Merry Monday this week is 'Let It Snow'. I didn't have any stamps relating to snow so I decided a little white splatter on the background would do the trick. And it did, but, I am so pleased I didn't have visitors at the time......when I passed a mirror a while later my face and glasses could also have been entered in the challenge. What a hoot. It took some scrubbing to remove it as I had used acrylic paint to get opaque splatters. I really need to refine my splattering technique!! Perhaps a splattering booth is required, with protective gear. LOL

Here is the inspiration photo.

 I chose very non-traditional colours.  I used Winsor and Newton Watercolour paints for the background. The stamp set is W Plus 9's 'Woodland Wreath' with a few pieces from other sets.

W Plus 9 Woodland Wreaths

Happy stamping.

Karen