Christmas Dies

Hi Guys,

As promised I am going to be using the two paper pads shown in an earlier blog to make all of my Christmas cards for this year. The first couple of cards are using papers from Studio Calico Magical Collection 2013.

When I thumbed through this pad, I noticed this starry night sheet and I knew I had to use it on the cards with these christmas trees. The Christmas tree stamp and die set are from a recent Michaels haul. The sets were on sale for a ridiculous $4. This was the week before Black Friday. I love the smoky gray of the background and the bright stars. It is a great contrast for the green of the trees. The Copic markers used on the trees are listed below the pic. After coloring each tree I gave them a heavy coat of Wink of Stella (WOS). 

COPIC Sketch: 100,  G02, G09, YG03, YG09, and YG17

I have decided to enter these two cards into the Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamp. The challenge for Wednesday, November 23, was titled Christmas To Die For. I would actually die for a Christmas in which I could play in the snow. The likelihood of that happening is very slim since I live in Louisiana. But a girl can dream!

COPIC Sketch: B00, B02, B24, G02, G09, YG03, YG09, and YG17

I hope you like these two new cards. If you have any questions please leave them in the comment section. Have a great week and keep crafting!

Old/Discontinued Paper Pads

Hi Guys,

I am in my craft room doing a little organizing. I came across these two paper pads and got to wondering; 'how can I put these wonderful paper pads of cardstock to good use?' Well, I decided to use both of them to make all of my Christmas cards for 2016.
These pads are both old but, I thought they are very cute. The Magical Collection is a Studio Calico for 2013  which I got from Tuesday Morning and the Doodlebug Design pad is from a Simon Says Stamp sale earlier this year. The Doodlebug pad is dated 2015.

Stay connected so you won't miss any of the cards I am creating with these two pads. 

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Hi Guys,

Monday is gone and I am glade it is over! I didn't work today but, I ran errands and the traffic was as bad as if it were Black Friday already. I just want to remain home for the rest of my holiday break. Since I am going to be busy tomorrow I decided to create this card for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge today. The challenge this week is Trio-Tastic. On your submitted project(s) you must include 3 of something; you decide. I have chosen to create a 3 reindeer card titled Ho! Ho! Ho!.

This was a very simple card to make. I used Distress Inks (Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire and Blueprint Sketch) to create the blended background, I did a snow background using the Hero Arts Layering Christmas Trees stamp set (specks of falling snow), the Recollections cling stamp set (reindeer and ho! ho! ho! sentiment) purchased from Michaels on clearance last year, and the Stampendous cling stamp set (tree) purchased form Michaels this fall. I used several Copic and Spectrum Noir markers to color the reindeer and Christmas Tree. On the body of the reindeer I used E13, E15, and E18. For the nose I used Spectrum noir DR3, and DR8. On the tree, I again used Spectrum Noir markers JG1, JG3, and JD6. Each red nose is highlighted with Glossy Accents. I used some ultra fine glitter by Recollections on the tree, and a white gel pen to create snow on the tree.

I used my Silhouette PixScan mat to cut out the stamped images of the 3 reindeer. 

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Monday Challenge Nov. 14

Hi Guys,

I hope you are all having a great week. Have any of you joined in the blog hop on Simon Says Stamp www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/holiday-photo-card-blog-hop-with-shari-carroll/? I participated in this great Holiday Photo Card Blog Hop and saw some amazing cards using photos. I have never done a photo card before but I think I may give it a try this year. If I do, I will definitely post it on my blog.

Today, I would like to share with you a card I created using the Simon Says Stamp October and November Card Kits titled Nuts About You and Thankful Heart. I have shown this card on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BMgqJelANHo/?taken-by=raquelajackson along with some others about a week ago but, I was not satisfied with the way it came out. I decided to make a couple of changes and now I am happy. I decided to enter this card in the Thanks/Thanksgiving Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=7212 for November 14.