Last Christmas card-I Promise!

One more variation of the free digi on This blogpost, created by Shery Russ at STAMPlorations. I again colored with Copics and added a vertical ribbon with a bow. I cut the phrase from DCWV blue glitter card stock using this die.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:
STAMPlorations December CUTplorations Challenge
STAMPlorations December Theme and Sketch Challenge  Stamps and Big Words
STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes
YNS Challenge #104-Anything Goes
Repeat Impressions Anything Goes D2618
Time Out Challenge #125
Word Art Wednesday #366-367-Anything Goes

More coffee

Like my previous post, this digi stamp was created by Shery Russ and shared on this blog Challenge. I colored it with Copics and added a small satin bow.  The sentiment was cut from DCWV red glitter card stock using this die.

I’m linking this to these challenges:

STAMPlorations December Theme and Sketch Challenge  Stamps and Big Words

STAMPlorations December CUTplorations Challenge

STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge

Time Out Challenge #125

Your Next Stamp #104 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes

Kat Scrappiness December Winter Wonderland Challenge

and

Repeat Impressions Anything Goes Challenge D2618

Blessings

This digi stamp was a freebie drawn by Shery Russ On the STAMPlorations Blog HERE. I colored with Copics and added some baby jingle bells at the base of the mug. The sentiment was cut from
DCWV glitter card stock using this die.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:

STAMPlorations December Theme and Sketch Challenge  Stamps and Big Words

STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge

STAMPlorations December CUTplorations Challenge

STAMPlorations December CAS Card Challenge

Time Out Challenge #125

Your Next Stamp Challenge #104 Anything Goes

Dare2BArtzy December Challenge-Winter

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes

Edit to add: Also linking to Kat Scrappiness December Winter Wonderland Challenge

Be the Spark

I made a few CAS Christmas cards to send to my siblings. The digital image and sentiment are from Graciellie Designs Christmas Cheer set. I colored the image with Copics and added some Clear Wink of Stella to the flower and the coffee (or cocoa).

                               

I’m linking this to the following challenges:
Time Out Challenge #125
STAMPlorations December CAS Challenge
Repeat Impressions Inspiration Palette Challenge-D1918
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes
Your Next Stamp Fun Friday Challenge #104- Anything Goes
Dare2BArtzy December Challenge: Winter
Kat Scrappiness Monthly Challenge-Winter Wonderland

Repeat Impressions Inspiration Palette D1918

Feminine Deer

I wanted to make another tag for Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist. I love poinsettias and wanted to incorporate this awesome STAMPlorations Reindeer dies as well as the pretty STAMPlorations Poinsettia Row stamp. I cut the tag from Neenah Solar White Card stock using MFT Stitched Traditional Tag Stax. I used VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink to Stamp the Poinsettia Row stamp along the bottom of the tag. I colored the image with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and added some Clear Wink of Stella to the flower centers. I attached the reindeer silhouette and added the fun poinsettia (from Hobby Lobby) to his antlers for an extra feminine touch. The ribbon is from my stash.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:
12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist-Day 8 (inspired by the poinsettias on Emily’s tag)
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge-Stitch It Up
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Christmas
YNS Fun Friday Challenge #104-Anything Goes
STAMPlorations December TAGplorations-All About Christmas
STAMPlorations December CUTplorations Challenge
STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge
Quick Quotes Challenge #94
and
TCP Tuesday Challenge #352-Winter Holiday
Edit to add:
I’m also linking to: Kat Scrappiness Winter Wonderland Challenge

O Holy Night

Another quick tag using some dies. The lovely “O Holy Night” die is from STAMPlorations. Owner/Designer Shery makes some of the best phrase dies. The die cut comes out in one piece, even the dot on the “i” is attached-no losing it on the floor or in the garbage can! I used some DCWV blue glitter card stock for the phrase. The tag was cut from a Life Style Crafts die set. The snowflakes
were cut using Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflake dies from some cream colored DCWV glitter card stock. With all of that glitter, I just added some silver ribbon from my stash.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist-Day 3 (inspired by Ardyth’s tags)

Dies R Us Challenge #111-Anything Christmas

STAMPlorations TAGplorations December Challenge-All About Christmas

STAMPlorations December CUTplorations Challenge

STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Christmas

TCP Tuesday Challenge #352-Winter Holiday

and

Dare2BArtzy December Challenge-Winter

Edit to add:

I’m also linking to Kat Scrappiness Winter Wonderland Challenge

Joy Tag #2

What’s nice about doing multiple panels when doing the smooshing technique with Distress inks is that you end up with extras laying in your craft room until you have that “ah-hah” moment when you come up with a project for the leftover panels. I used the largest die from my MFT Traditional Stitched tag dies to cut out a tag from the ink smooshed panel. I was inspired by Norine’s tag so I
went through my stash of Thickers and found these pretty antique gold/light copper metallic letters for my “J” and “Y”. I had these sweet poinsettia flowers from Hobby Lobby that I thought would make a good “O”. I thought about die cutting and making my own poinsettia, but I can only be up on my broken leg for short periods of time, so I had to take a few shortcuts. I still think it’s festive and feminine.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:
12 Days of Tags with a Feminine Twist-Day 9 (Inspired by Norine’s tags)
Time Out Challenge #124-Joyful
STAMPlorations TAGplorations December Challenge-All About Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Christmas
TCP Tuesday Challenge #352 Winter Holiday
Dies R Us Challenge #111-Anything Christmas
and
Dare2BArtzy December Challenge-Winter

Joy Tag

This tag took me a few days, in small bits of time to put together, since I now have a broken leg. My craft room is a bit of a disaster, so it’s hard to maneuver with a knee scooter, but I’ve had this tag on my mind for a week or so, so I wanted to attempt my idea. The pine leaf sprigs and the word joy were cut from a Carta Bella die set called Joyful Pine. I cut the word joy out from both plain red card stock and from some DCWV red glitter card stock. I adhered the glitter die cut over the other die cut to give the word some depth. I had run a piece of Neenah Desert Storm Card stock through my Gemini Junior using an embossing folder (Woven) and then used MFT Jumbo Fishtail Banner Stax to cut a tag from the embossed panel. I also cut a tag from white card stock, using the next smaller banner die so that I could adhere it to the back, to write on as well as reinforcement. I cut the pine cones using Spellbinders Fall Foliage Shapabilities die set. I used a Copic marker to add shadows on the pine cones. I added some Cranberry Trendy Twine and some gems from my stash.

I’m linking this to the following challenges:
Ellen Hutson 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Teist (inspired by Day 2-Carissa Wiley-kraft and the greenery)
STAMPlorations-TAGplorations December Challenge-All About Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Christmas
Cut It Up Challenge#163 Holiday Tic-Tac-Toe  (diagonal Gems-Red-Twine)
Inspired By...Happy Mail
Time Out Challenge #124-Joyful
and
TCP Tuesday #352-Winter Holiday
Edit to add:
I’m also linking this to Kat Scrappiness Winter Wonderland Challenge

Cut It Up Challenge #163

Simple nature

I needed a card for my brother’s birthday. He’s a very simple person-definitely no frills. He loves being outside. I had made the background panel using some embossing paste with the Christmas Tree 1 ARTplorations Stencil a while back. It seemed like the perfect background for some die cut trees, cut with Die-namites Winter Forest die. I was going to color the white cut out, but then decided that I liked the simplicity of the white die cut staggered over the dark green die cut. The sentiment is from Unity stamps, stamped on vellum with Memento Cottage Ivy Ink with Clear heat embossing to brighten it up. I always have to stop myself from wanting to add any “bling” to these masculine cards-the temptation is real!!!

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I’m linking this to these challenges:
STAMPlorations Mixed Media December Challenge-Anything Goes
STAMPlorations December CUTplorations Challenge
STAMPlorations December CAS Challenge-Anything CAS Goes
STAMPlorations Never Ending Anything Goes Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge-Warm Winter Wishes
MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge 414
Edit to Add:
I’m also linking this to: Kat Scrappiness Charity Blog Hop to benefit the Coffee Oasis
and Dare2BArtzy December Challenge-Winter

Pink and Alcohol Ink

I like traditional Christmas colors of red, green, white, silver and gold. But there’s something magical about pastel colors for Christmas. I was inspired by Carolyn Peeler’s pretty pink deer tag at Ellen Hutson-12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist Day 1. I made the background using alcohol inks and Yupo paper. I cut both the kraft tag and the alcohol ink background from MFT Stitched Traditional Tag dies. The deer, trees and sentiment were stamped with Unity stamps. The snowflakes are Recollections. I used some White Wink of Stella on the deer and pink tree, but it’s hard to see the sparkle in the photo.

I’m linking this to the following Challenges:

12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist

STAMPlorations December TAGplorations Challenge-All About Christmas

Repeat Impressions DCC125-Anything But a Card

Dies R Us Challenge #110 Snowflakes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Wrap it Up

Edit to Add: I’m also linking this to 

TCP Tuesday Challenge #352-Winter Holiday

Poinsettia Coffee Tag

The tag was cut using MFT Stitched Traditional dies. I used some white modeling paste and STAMPlorations Christmas Tree 1 Stencil to add the modeling paste to some Neenah Desert Storm card stock. Once the little trees had dried, I used Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink to color the trees. I used the coffee cup die from CAS-ual Friday’s Coffee Cup Fri Dies to cut the cup from an up cycled Starbucks holiday to go cup. I also cut it from some dark brown card stock and adhered it to the brown cup for more depth. I used the little brown piece where the coffee is supposed to be and added some Glossy Accents to make the coffee look real. The Poinsettia was cut with Our Daily Bread Designs Peaceful Poinsettias dies. I cut 2 of the layers with some red glitter card stock for some sparkle. The 3-D snowflakes sticker is from Recollections. The pine branch was cut from a Spellbinders Shapabilities die. The little white sentiment tag was cut from the same set as the large tag. Sentiment is from Dare2BArtzy Poinsettia Tangle Stamp set. I added some Clear embossing powder to the Memento Cottage Ivy Ink and heat embossed the sentiment.

I’m entering this in the following challenges:
Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop
STAMPlorations December CUTplorations Challenge
STAMPlorations December TAGplorations Challenge-All About Christmas
STAMPlorations December Mixed Media Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Wrap it Up
and
Repeat Impressions DCC125 Anything But a Card
Edit to add: I’m also linking this to TCP Tuesday Challenge #352-Winter Holiday
and Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday-Ho, Ho Holiday