Seasons

This is my mixed media canvas challenge for the month of November. I painted the canvas with acrylic paint and then used Archival inks to stencil trees onto the canvas. I found the big brown tree in my stash. I used Tim Holtz Distress inks to color paper for all my leaves. There are some leaves done with orange embossing powder, since that was included in the kit. The embellishment that was included was a large, heavy Graphic 45 clothespin. I took it apart and cover it with leaves. The final step was dots of gold stickles scattered throughout the tree.

Christmas Pocket Letter

Another Christmas Pocket Letter that I have done. I used a lot of old store bought Christmas cards for my images. I love the pocket letters allow me to use things that are just sitting in my stash.

Fat Snowman

I needed to do a swap card for a group I belong to. The theme was Winter Wonderland. I used gelatos for the background and then used Viva Inca Gold for the circles. I stamped snowflakes with white pigment powder and embossed with clear embossing powder. The snowman was colored with copics. I used a white Viva Pearl Pen for the mounds of snow.

Kraft and White

The Tuesday color challenge was to use Kraft and two colors of your choice. I chose to use white and red. The snowflake and sentiment are both embossed in white.

Let it Snow!

I am participating in a mixed media postcard challenge. The theme is Winter Wonderland. I used gelatos on the background and then used a Tim Holtz mask for the snowman. The dots were done with a stencil and Archival Ink. I colored the hat with copics and the nose with Spica pens. Finally, there are snowflakes stamped with white pigment ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.

Casology #174

The current Casology cue card is "Owl". I used and Art Impressions owl and added those really cute googly eyes.  I did the two layers behind the owl and embossed them together.

Addicted to CAS - Dimension

The current challenge at Addicted to CAS is to add dimension to your card. I used this cute Penny Black hedgehog and popped up the Christmas tree.

Be Thankful

The Sunday CAS challenge at The Outlawz this week was "Thankful". You needed to create a card of what you were thankful for.  I went with just being thankful for the simple things in life.



Two color Christmas

The Monday Greetings challenge at The Outlawz was to use just two colors in your Christmas card. I chose to use yellow and black. The greeting is in the snowman.

Birdhouses

The Saturday Paper Ala Mode Challenge at The Outlawz this week was to add glitter. I used a stamp from Northwoods. Again, I watercolored the image and then added glitter to the flowers and leaves.

Happy Thanksgiving

The Friday coloring challenge at The Outlawz this past week was Thanksgiving. I love my stamps with pumpkins and harvest. I waterecolored this image. I am finding that some of these scenic images turn out better with the watercolors.

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 400

The Cute Card Thursday challenge this week was "Light it Up". I chose to use a House Mouse image. I am lighting it up with my candle!

Crazy Birds

I have been playing with the Tim Holtz Crazy Bird stamps and making these really cute canvases. I painted the canvas with Dylusions paints and did some stenciling with the paint. I then added the birds. Then did some stenciling with the Tim Holtz stencils using texture paste and acrylic paint.  Finally, I added some small black dots.

Christmas Minions

Minions are just so popular right now! So, I decided to make Christmas minions gift tags. I found minion fabric and had some holiday hats fabric which fit perfectly on the minions. How cute are these!

Birds

The Twisted Thursday challenge this week was to use Something With Wings. I stamped this image twice, once in black and once in red and then cut out the two red images and popped them up.

Polar bear

Sketch challenge for The Outlawz. The bear is from Memory Box. I used rolling hill dies from Impression Obsession for the snow.

Fall Trees

The color challenge at The Outlawz this week was to use Orange, Yellow, Burgandy, and Dark Teal. I embossed the trees with an orange embossing powder. The leaves in the corner were done with Distress Inks.

Frog Pocketing

I stamped these jeans from Judikins with Tim Holtz Faded Jeans distress ink. I added the brads at the top of the pocket and popped up just the top of the pocket. This cute frog stamp has been in my stash for many years.

Hoppy Birthday

The frogs are just calling me right now. This cute image is from Denami.

Cute Card Thursday -399

The current Cute Card Thursday challenge is to include birds or animals on your card. I just love this little frog from Penny Black. The flower is popped up.

Thinking of You

The Monday Greeting Challenge at The Outlawz this week was to use fuschia on your card. The image I used is from Unity Stamp Company and the coordinating papers are from Paper Trey Ink.

Gobble till ya Wobble

The Paper Ala Mode Challenge at The Outlawz this past week was to make a Thanksgiving card. The background papers are things that have been my stash forever! The image is from Unity Stamp Company. And, yes, the turkey does wobble.

Non-traditional Christmas

This weeks CAS challenge at The Outlawz was to make a Christmas card using non-traditional colors. I chose to do a house mouse image and give him pink and purple ornaments. The embossing in the corner just adds a little pizzazz to the card.

Bloom Girl Canvas

Paper Piecing

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz this past week was paper piecing. I used this LaLa Land image. It was a lot of fun, but very time-consuming.

Christmas Pocket Letter

This is a Christmas Pocket letter that I just made. I used the Bargello technique for the background of each card.

Winter Wishes

This was the card I made for the Wednesday Sketch at The Outlawz. The image and words are from Unity Stamp Company.

Bloom Girl Canvas

I have been playing with the Bloom Girls and making canvases from them. I did the canvas with gelatos, and then used archival ink with punchinella and stamps. I glued the smaller canvas on top of the bigger canvas. The Bloom Girl was water colored.

November Cupcake

The Tuesday color challenge at the Outlawz this week was to use Sunflower Yellow, Leaf Green, and Orange Zest. I needed to make Cupcake cards for November, so this color scheme worked perfectly.

Keep Me in Stitches

The Monday Greeting challenge at The Outlawz this week, was "Keep me in Stitches." The image and words are from Unity Stamp Company. The die I used was from My Favorite Things.

CASology 172: Give

The Cue card word at the current challenge at CASology is Give. I went with Give Thanks.

Gratitude

The Sunday CAS challenge at The Outlawz this week was to use something from your stash that you have not used in a long time. I chose to use this collage stamp from Hero Arts. I love black and white cards and the pop of yellow on the flower just finishes it off.

CFC145

The November challenge at Casual Friday was to use something metallic on your card. I used gold embossing powder on my image. The image is from Inkadinkado.

Addicted to CAS #76



The most recent challenge at Addicted to CAS had the code word: Hero. I chose to use a Pure Innocence stamp from My Favorite Things. 

Pretty Lady

The Twisted Thursday challenge at The Outlawz this past week was to use 3 colors. I used yellow, green, and black.

Mistletoe Kisses

The Saturday Paper Ala Mode challenge at The Outlawz this past week was Christmas. The image is from Unity Stamp Company. I added Sparkle-n-Fluff to the hats of the birds.

Bon Appetite

The Coloring challenge at The Outlawz this past week was food/cooking. The images are from Great Impressions.

CASology #171

The CASology Cue Card this week was Vehicle. I used a fabric vehicle that I had fussy cut. I ran the bottom color thru the embossing folder and used Road Washi Tape for the border.

Holiday Deer

This is my take on the Sketch challenge at The Outlawz this past week. The image and words are from Unity stamp company. I used Labels 4 from Spellbinders, cutting off the top of the die for the words. The words are embellished with a Viva Pearl Pen.

Christmas Trees

I have been playing with mixed media a lot. I saw a canvas similar to this at a scrapbooking store and decided I needed to CASE it. The background is old music that I tore up into small pieces. The trees are all patterned paper that were distressed with Tim Holtz Distress inks. I added the little snowflake embellishments, coloring the ones on the top of the trees with copics.

Monochromatic Christmas

The Tuesday color challenge at The Outlawz was to make a monochromatic card. I chose to work in grays/blacks. The stamp is from Hero Arts.

Fall Pocket Letter

Pocket Letters are the newest craze in the papercrafting world. I have been bit by the bug. This is my first pocket letter. It was a lot of fun to do, especially since I just see it as 9 ATCs with a theme.

Stringing Cranberries

The Monday Greeting Challenge this week at The Outlawz was "Christmas Reflections". I chose to use this House Mouse stamp where the mouse was stringing his cranberries for the tree. I love the pinecone tree.

Halloween Snowman

A cardmaking group I belong to put out a challenge to make a snowman card. This was on Halloween. I chose to make a Halloween Snowman. The stamp is from Outlines Rubber Stamps.

Monster Mash

I participated in a "Monster Mash" challenge in a cardmaking group I belong to. I had no monster stamps, so I "borrowed" some monster paper from a friend.

Thank You

The Sunday CAS challenge at The Outlawz this week was to make a card for a Veteran. I love this eagle stamp and the background says it all.

Reindeer

 

A friend sent me 6 different pattern papers and the reindeer image. The challenge was to make a card using at least 3 of the papers. These are my two cards.

Good Tidings to You

 The Saturday Paper Ala Mode challenge at The Outlawz this past week was "Anything Goes". I chose to do a simple black and white card with just a touch of yellow using Wink of Stella.

Halloween Cat

The color challenge at The Outlawz this past week was to use 3 of 5 provided colors. I chose to use Spooky Green, Thriller Blue, and Pumpkin. The twist was to add a pumpkin.