Critters in Santa Hats

Hi there!

Just popping in with a card for the Santa hat challenge at Merry Monday.  I made a few with different papers and sentiments and also some with kitties.  I love these Tim Holtz critters but I really need to invest in the dies - they took ages to cut out!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Real Red, Smokey Slate) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (It's Christmas 6x6) Webster's Pages

Stamps:  (Dog from Crazy Dogs, Cat from Crazy Cats, Hat from Crazy Things) Tim Holtz, (Sentiments from Hello December) Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukeniko

Die:  (Stitched speech bubbles) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  (R20, R27, R29, Y17, E33, E35, E37, C5) Copic

Christmas Critters

Hello!!

It's been ages since I was in the Craft Cave but today I finally returned to it and I have two cards to share.

First up is for the current Muse challenge where the fabulous Lindsey has provided our inspiration.  As you can see I stuck very close to the layout and just changed up the sentiment and image.  I broke out my Hero Arts ombre ink for the first time to stamp the sentiment and can't wait to play with them some more.  These MFT pooches are my new favourite Christmas images so I'm sure you'll be seeing plenty more of them!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Dog from Happy Pawlidays, Sentiment from Handwritten Holiday) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukeniko, (Red ombre) Hero Arts

Markers:  Copic

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections

This next card is for Freshly Made Sketches and the Anything Goes challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.  I had fun coloring this Newton's Nook image of Winston the bear heading home for Christmas.  He's definitely ready to celebrate!  

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Red) Paperbilities

Patterned Paper:  (It's Christmas 6x6) Webster's Pages

Stamps:  (Bear & sentiment from Winston's Home for Christmas) Newton's Nook

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukeniko

Die:  (Stitched circle) Lil' Inker Designs

Markers:  Copic

Glitter:  (Clear, Gold Wink of Stella) Zig

Panda, Pups and Poinsettia

Hi there!  I've got some more cards to share with you from the weekend.  First up is for the numbers challenge at The Male Room.  I made this for a friend using some My Favourite Things pooches, a Mama Elephant happy and Papertrey Ink numbers.  Love that naughty pooch on the right and I think that's how my friend felt about turning 40.  :)

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Cherry Cobbler, Lucky Limeade, Night of Navy) Stampin' Up

Stamps:  (Dogs from Lucky Dog & You Make  My Tail Wag, Hat from Beary Special Birthday, Balloon from Birthday Bear) My Favourite Things

Inks:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Happy) Mama Elephant, (Numbers) Papertrey Ink

Markers:  Copic

Next is a card for the Addicted to Stamps and More Holiday challenge.  I paper pieced this gorgeous Altenew poinsettia with Webster's Pages paper and popped it up on foam tape for dimension.  Some yellow Stickles in the centre give it a little sparkle!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (Soft Stone) Papertrey Ink, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (It's Christmas 6x6) Webster's Pages

Stamps:  (Poinsettia from Poinsettia & Pine) Altenew, (Sentiment from Joy to the World) Avery Elle

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Glitter:  (Yellow Stickles) Ranger

Gems:  Recollections

Finally is a card for the Simon Says Wednesday Cute challenge.  It doesn't get much cuter than these Mama Elephant pandas and I'm loving these Crush papers from We R Memory Keepers!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Papertrey Ink, (Regal Rose, Basic Grey) Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper:  (Crush 6x6) We R Memory Keepers

Stamps:  (Panda & sentiment from Pandamonium) Mama Elephant

Inks:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Die:  (Hearts) Simon Says Stamp, (Stitched circle) Lil' Inker Designs, (Dashed rectangle) Avery Elle

Glitter:  (Clear Wink of Stella) Zig

Gems:  Recollections

Happy Christmas

I've got more Christmas cards this week starting with this one inspired by the sketch at the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge.  It's a great sketch for using up scraps of patterned paper and you could use it for any occasion. This is the first time I've used the ornament stamp and possibly the sentiment stamp too.  The gems around the sentiment are actually red despite looking black in the photo.  Okay, that's it for now.  Have a great day!

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Patterned Paper:  (Alison Kreft It's Christmas 6x6) Webster's Pages

Stamps:  (Ornament from All Yule Need, Sentiment from Joyful Greetings) Paper Smooches

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko

Gems:  Recollections

Simply The Best

Hi there!  I'm popping in this evening with a card for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.  I love this gorgeous wishing well and my card is a pretty literal interpretation of the picture.  I found the brick paper in an Allison Kreft for Webster's Pages Christmas collection.  I had been trying to get my brain in Christmas mode but when I saw this paper it ground to a halt and switched gears back to summery flowers.  I haven't used these Paper Smooches Reflections stamps and dies too often but they were exactly what I needed for this design.  Yay for dusting off unused goodies!  




Supplies Used
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Basic Black) Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper:  (Allison Kreft It's Christmas 6x6) Webster's PagesStamps:  (Flowers & sentiment from Reflections) Paper Smooches, (Sentiment from Wallflower) Cas-ual Fridays
Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Bubble Gum, Pale Tomoato, Fresh Peach, Butter Bar) Hero Arts
Dies:  Reflections Flowers, Graphics & Leaves) Paper Smooches
Gems:  Recollections

CAS(E) This sketch #66

Welcome to Week 66 of CAS(E) This Sketch!  Take a look at this week's sketch by Julie Day:

I decided to break out my severely neglected Distress Inks for this card.  I cut a scalloped mask and went to work with my inks.  I'm not great at this technique.  No matter how careful I am I always get ink under the mask.   After a few attempts though I finally got a clean image.  I stamped the Paper Smooches kite and clouds and then paper pieced them and popped up the kite.  I added a few pink gems under the sentiment to help tie it into the design a little more.  As always I can't wait to see what you come up with so check out the rest of the gorgeous DT designs and get craftin'!    

Supplies Used:

Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill

Patterned Paper:  (Allison Kreft Sweet Note 6x6) Webster's Pages

Stamps:  (Kite & Clouds from Cut Loose, Sentiment from Many Thanks) Paper Smooches

Ink:  (VersaFine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Stormy Sky) Ranger Distress Inks

Die:  (Nesties Classic Scalloped Rectangles Large) Spellbinders

Gems:  Recollections