Polka Dot House

 This was a very interesting sketch by Splitcoast Stampers.  But I said, I will accept the challenge.

SC1096 features a house with clouds.  So I used a stamp set by Riley and Company from their Mushroom Lane collection called Polkadot House 1.  There is a coordinating die set that cuts out different sections of the image. I colored the original image and then copied it multiple times using my printer so I wouldn't have to continue to color several images.  (Coloring is a lot of work!)  The sentiment is from the Honey Bee Stamps set called To The Wise One.

Birthday Jukebox

Playing along with Splitcoast Stampers #1093.  I created this card for my son's upcoming January birthday.

I used a stamp set by Sugar Pea Designs called Jukebox Jive. The papers I used are from Reminisce, 90's Flashback Collection -"Favorite Hits".  I stamped and colored the image with Faber-Castell colored pencils.

The Holidays Are Here

It's a beautiful day today.  All blue sky with a touch of white clouds.  Yesterday, it was pouring down rain.  It was windy and just not a day to go out and do things.  

So I stayed inside and worked on FMS #717.  In fact, I create two cards for this challenge.

The first one features candy canes. These are dies by Hero Arts just called Candy Cane.  They come in two different sizes, small and large.  I used one of each.  I die cut the bow out in gold paper and popped it up onto the two candy canes.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps called Holiday Sentiments.

My second card features various shades and designs of green paper and a single Christmas tree.  The tree is from a die set called Three Trees by Hero Arts.  I used the one with the star.  I added gold Wink of Stella onto the star.  The sentiment is from Colorado Craft called Holiday Wishes.  I die cut the sentiment out with one of the Nesting Landscape Arches by Waffle Flower.

Jingle Bells

 Christmas is right around the corner.  I finally mailed out my Christmas cards this morning.  Whew!  That is a relief!  But I'm still making them.

This is a card for TSOT #685.  I went with bells for this one.

The paper is from Kaisercraft - First Noel.  The bells are from a die set by Paper Rose called Bell with Bow.  I cut it out twice with two different papers and used the negative pieces from each to fill them in. The sketch showed a little tied bow so I went with a die set by Waffle Flower called Layered Boxes and used the die that is for the tied bow.  The sentiment is from a Honey Bee Stamps stamp set called and Jingle All The Way (and I used that very sentiment).

Christmas Gift

 

Today is cold and windy in Hartford.  I think the temperature is 32 degrees and on the way down.

I haven't stepped outside, instead I decided to create a card for The Paper Players Theme Challenge PP767: Gifting.

On this card I used paper from two different paper pads, Santa Clause Lane by Echo Park and Home For Christmas by Violet Studio Designs. The gift is a die by Tutti Designs called Birthday Present, but in this case it is a Christmas present. 😄

I die cut it out in two different patterned designs and layered them.

The sentiment is from Colorado Craft called Holiday Wishes.  I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with Nesting Landscape Arches die by Waffle Flower.

Holiday Birds and Snowflake

It's just about two weeks before Christmas and here's another Christmas Card to go into my stash to mail out.

This is my card for Splitcoast Stampers Challenge SC1092.  

 I used the same die cut set that I used for an earlier card that I posted. Holiday Birds by Pretty Pink Posh.  This time I cut them out in white cardstock and then colored them with Catherine Pooler inks.  The single snowflake is from a die set called Mini Snowflakes by Scrapbook.com.  Sentiment is a Picket Fence Studios stamp set called Fancy Christmas Sentiments.  I stamped it in Lady Bug red ink by Memento and used the coordinating die to cut it out.

The paper I used is from Reminisce called Santa Squad.

Holiday Birds

 Here is my card for FMS #715.  I think it turned out pretty good.  

I used the die set from Pretty Pink Posh called Holiday Birds.  Working with putting them together was both fun and challenging.  The circle is Layering Foliage Window by Paper Rose.  Sentiment is by Sunny Studio called Holiday Greetings.  The paper I used is from a paper pad by Carta Bella called Christmas.