Frosty Friends AMBUSH

I made this card for the layout at Retro Sketches.
The colors are from Dynamic Duos - Marina Mist and black.

I love this "Frosty Friends" set.  I think it is very versatile.  Here I only used part of the image and cut it out.  I embossed dots and punched out some snowflakes from "Snow Swirled".
This Black & White gingham is my favorite ribbon EVER!  I still have a little bit of it left.

My daughter asked to make cards with me.  She made a lovely and creative card for me and while we were making she said "Mom, we're having a lot more fun than the boys!"  (My husband and son were outside).  So cute and priceless!

New Queen.. QFTD139

Here's my card for this week's Queen.  I hope you come play along at the Queen for the Day Challenge on Splitcoast Stampers.

Folded Christmas tree

A cute and easy fold.  You use a circle cut in half.  The tutorial is here.  This was the technique on Splitcoast today.

I also used Tasteful Trim die, Top Note die and punches - boho blossoms, oval, dotted scallop trim and decorative label.

We will be making this and 2 other punch art cards at my next card classes.

Christmas Candle - again

 

I just love the Christmas candle punch art!  I use the bird punch and the modern label punch and some sponging to create the candle.  This time I used an embossing folder behind to create the "glow".

 

This card is made for 3 challenges.

The layout at Splitcoast.

The colors from Hand Stamped Sentiments - early espresso, old olive, more mustard, elegant eggplant.

Also for 'ABC' Challenges - tic tac toe - green cardstock, twine and leaves.

Chickadee Layered Framelits Retro

 

This card is for two "retro" challenges.

The "retro" color challenge at Splitcoast.  I used the colors Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade and Basic Gray.

 

The layout comes from Retrosketches.

 

 

I used two edgelits and two framelits and the die "little leaves".

I just love this chickadee image!

Chickadee sketch frenzy

Another Christmas card!  This one made with the Beautiful Season stamp set.  I used the layout from Sketch Frenzy Friday.

 The technique challenge today was to layer scallops!  I glued two onto my soft suede background panel and then embossed it.  Then I glued two more overtop.

 

I sponged and pierced and ripped!  The sentiment is also colored in suede and green.

Why, oh, why can't I get better photos?

New Queen... QFTD137

 

I made this card for our Queen this week - AudreyAnn.

I hope you come check out the Queen for the Day Challenge on Splitcoast that I host.

 

I used my biggest clear block and markered it all with green and pressed it onto the paper, this is what showed up!  I stamped the tree and sentiment in green.  I stamped another tree overtop and embossed with iridescent ice.  You can catch the shimmer much better in person.  I wish it stood out a bit more though.

Frosty Friends - combos

From the moment I saw this stamp set (Frosty Friends) I knew it would be so versatile!  For this card I used only 2 of the snowpeople and cut out around them and ripped the snowy hills.  First I stamped my Evergreen stamp (also very versatile and great for pairing with other sets!)

 

The layout is from Retrosketches. 

The colors are from Dynamic Duos - more mustard and so saffron.

 

I love ripping the paper and adding glitter to make it look snowy!

This was the card I made yesterday with this Frosty Friends set.  See how well it works in the car from Road to Happiness!

 

The layout is from Technostamper.

I hope from these ideas you can discover new ways of looking at your stamps to make them more VERSATILE!  Omit part of the image, and pair it with another image.

Stampin' Up! SALE day!

Today Stampin' Up! is having a cool sale!  One day only!  Get almost every stamp set for 15% OFF (only excludes hostess sets and bundles).  AWESOME deal!
If you want to get an order in today, let me know, or go to my website and order it yourself if you want!

Stampin' Up! has a week-long special for My Digital Studio!  3 FREE downloads and ALL Digital KITS are 50% OFF!  I'm definitely checking this one out!  Did you know.....  You can get the My Digital Studio 2+ trial FREE for a month?!  I highly recommend this program and I'd LOVE to show you how to use it!

There are also several other things you should notice... Stampin' Up! are selling some stamps as a single item (instead of buying the whole set).  This is a great option and there are several single images I would like to get.  I believe this promotion is ongoing until January.

There's also always the CLEARANCE rack, where you will find lots of great stuff at really great prices!!!

Hope you have fun!!

New Queen... QFTD136

 

This card was inspired by our Queen this week.  Come play along with the Queen for the Day Challenge on Splitcoast.

 

First I stamped the background wheel with crumb cake ink on the same color paper.  I stamped one tree with versamark and embossed white.  I stamped two trees with soft suede and I inked all the edges.

The sentiment (from Beautiful Season) and Four Frames is punched out and popped up and accented with pearls.

Merry Snowmen - PPA layout

 

I need to make a lot of Christmas cards!!

I love this snowman image, I just used part of it (I also didn't use the reindeer horns).

 

This great layout is from Pals Paper Arts.

 

I used the top note for a little piece under the red layer.  I used twine and some rhinestones, a bit of coloring and distressing.

The patterned paper is from the new paper pack.  The colors are cherry cobbler, old olive, black and vanilla.

Last two with mom

Mom and I made our last 2 cards together before they went home today.  We had lots of fun together!
We each picked a layout and made a card.

The top card is the one she made.  She used a layout from Clean & Simple Stamping blog.

The layout I picked is from Retro Sketches.

New Queen... QFTD135

 

My first time using this new Snowman stamp (Frosty Friends).  I colored the watercolor paper with watercolor crayons and blended with aqua painter.  I stamped the snowmen on white paper and cut all of them out (and snowballs).  The patterned paper is the new Festival of Prints Designer paper stack.

I also added some glitter on the snow.

 

This card is for Queen Claudia!  Come play along with the Queen for the Day Challenge on Splitcoast.

Chocolate Pie x2

 

2 cards for the color challenge today and the sketch at CASE(E) this Sketch!  A new blog I found.

 

I used butterflies and the apothecary accents framelit (embossed).

 

My mom used circles and a flower.  We both used the same lace ribbon because it matched so well!

Acrylic Block Collage

A very cool technique on Splitcoast Monday.  Acrylic Block Collage.  Here are the instructions.

 

I colored on my block with 2 blues, kraft and suede, misted with water and pressed onto the paper.  Then I masked the area and stamped some trees and snowflakes.  Then I removed the mask and stamped my tree using stamp a ma jig.  Added some piercing and rhinestones.

 

The colors are from Dynamic Duos.  Soft Suede and Pool Party.

 

This one with the bike my mom and I made.  She colored the block with 3 colors - olive, cajun and navy.  We stamped the bike image a few times to try to get it dark, but ended up using black and gray marker to darken it up by hand.