Winter Fairy

Here is another one of the images I colored up earlier this year.  This is Winter Halla Fairy from Mo's Digital Pencil

Card Details:

Image: Mo's Digital Pencil

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Spellbinders dies

Cottage cutz icicle die

Martha Stewart branch punch

Clear stickles

White embossing enamel

Silver glitter

Entered in following challenges:

Winter Card

It's Black Friday.  Are you shopping?  I will be shopping online this year.  I really hate crowds and the hoards of people out on black Friday are really just too much.  Sitting at my computer while wearing my pj's and drinking hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps sounds much more appealing to me.

I'm still making shaped cards.  Earlier this year when I was having neck and shoulder pain it was too difficult for me to do much crafting.  I was able to do some coloring though.  So I inked up lots of my stamps and printed out lots of digi images and sat in front of the tv and colored.  I now have this huge stack of colored images so I trying to get them onto cards.  This is such a backwards process for me since I usually choose my stamp, then pick my papers and card design before I color the images.  When I colored these images up earlier I was just hoping I would find papers in my stash that would coordinate.  So far, I have had pretty good luck.  

Card Details:

Stamp: Tilda with little Snowy from Magnolia Stamps

Spellbinders dies

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White embossing enamel

Clear stickels

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Pumpkin spice Surprise

This is my DT card for Aud Sentiments.  The challenge theme is Anything Goes + A Sentiment.

I made this card for my sister's birthday.  The card shape is from the Life's A Party Cricut cartridge

The image is Pumpkin Spice Yorkie from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Inside of card:

Card Details:

Image: Pumpkin Spice Yorkie from Mo's Digital Pencil

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Spellbinders dies

Card shape from Life's A Party Cricut cartridge cut at 5.5 inches

Paw print from Paper Smooches dies

Puppy with heart from Cottage Cutz dies

Entered in following challenges:

Cards Galore: Anything Goes

Crafty Hazel Nut's Pattern Paper: Pattern Paper

Shopping Our Stash: Warm and fuzzy

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge: Anything Goes with a Mo's image

Fa La La La La

For this card I merged three images from Mo's Digital Pencil.  These little elves just looked like they would be part of a choir to me.

I have kept the card design simple so that it can be mailed.  However, I did add a little white flower soft to the hat trim and a few gems to the holly.

Card Details:

Images: Mo's Digital Pencil

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Holly Magnolia Doo Hickey die

Spellbinders shape die

Sketch: Crazy 4 Challenges

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Crazy 4 Challenges: Sketch

Merriest of Merry Christmas

I'm having fun making shaped cards with my spellbinders dies.  They are super easy to make and is a nice change from my usual square cards.

This little Tilda stamp is going to appear on several cards this year. I have colored her up several times.  I found this great paper stack at Michael's from the Recollections line called Christmas Noel. The papers are a little more modern in colors so I can see another trip to Michael's in my future.

The sentiment stamp is also from Magnolia Stamps. I made a little smudge so I covered it up with an ornament I cut out of one of the pattern papers.  Nobody will ever know...

Card Details:

Stamp: Magnolia Stamps

Sentiment: Magnolia Stamps

Spellbinders dies 

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Entered in following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart: Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes

Love To Scrap: Anything Goes

Marvelous Magnolia: Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge: Getting Ready for Christmas

Thank You For Blessing My Life

Inside of card

I've had this little cute from Sassy Cheryl's colored up for quite awhile. I finally took time today to get a card made.  This is some of my favorite paper. The stripes and the circles are glittery.

Card Details:

Image: Sassy Cheryl's

Spellbinders dies

Magnolia Dies for the wheat inside

Spellbinders lacy circle die

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Entered in following challenges:

Crafting When We Can: Circles

Corrosive Challenge: Fall/Autumn

Dragonfly Journeys: A Thankful Heart

Dragon Fly dreams: Autumn colors

Glitter and Sparkle: Autumn or Winter

Santa's Little Helper

I am feeling a little behind with my Christmas cards even though I have been making them all year.  Thus I used the same image and sketch to create these tow cards.  The only difference is one elf is in red and the other is in green.

This image is Toy Shop Helper from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Card Details:

Image: Toy Shop Helper from Mo's Digital Pencil

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Sketch: Sketch Tanten

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Sketch Tanten: Sketch

Christmas Card Challenge: Christmas/Winter

Birthday Easel Card

This card is for my sister-in-law's birthday.  I made the easel card using spellbinders dies. There are lots of layers but I love the way it turned out.  I had these papers in my stash for awhile and decided they would look great paired with this Tilda in Hat from Magnolia Stamps. It's one of the first Magnolia stamps I purchased several years ago.  The button is an old one I found in my button jar.  Everyone has a button jar, right?  I add to it when I find buttons at estate sales.  I added a bit of cheesecloth behind a few layers. I think it matches up with the veil on her hat nicely.  I inked all the edges of the paper with walnut distress ink and then added some shabby pink embossing enamel.

Card Details:

Stamp: Tilda with hat from Magnolia Stamps

Spellbinders nestibility dies for the card base

Spellbinders labels die for the sentiment

Shabby Pink embossing enamel

Walnut ink distress ink

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Entered in following challenges:

Pink Gem Challenge: Ribbon and Bling

Crafty Friends Challenge: Blossoms

Sweet Stampin: Happy birthday

Creative Artiste: Mixed media

Fussy and Fancy: Creative folds or shaped cards

Santa Family Selfie

When I saw this image at The Paper Shelter, I thought it was so appropriate for a Christmas card. I'm sure our family will be taking a lots of pictures and even a few selfies this year.

I thought since the image was so much fun, that I should keep the rest of the card design simple.  I found this great sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  

Card Details:

Image: Santa Family Selfie from The Paper Shelter

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Sketch: Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Entered in following contests:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday: Sketch

Challenge Up Your Life: Santa's Helpers

Crafty Hazel Nut's Christmas: Cute or anything Christmas

Deck The Halls

Are you getting ready to Deck The Halls at your house?  I have several friends who have already decorated for Christmas.  I am waiting for my long weekend over Thanksgiving to give the house a deep cleaning and then put up my Christmas decor.  My husband about fainted when I told him I did not plan to put up any of our Christmas trees this year.  I tend to go overboard with the decor so needless to say, he was a bit surprised. Of course, it's only mid November so I  have plenty of time to change my mind.  hahaha

Anyway, my card for the midweek reminder of Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas extra challenge uses this adorable Tilda image from the fall Magnola Stamp club. I just love that little heart on her bottom. 

After stamping and coloring her, I fussy cut her and added to my card. The background paper looks like old barn wood. I cut the red door using my cricut. The two trees are spellbinders die.

I hope you join us in this challenge.  Only a few weeks left to get cards done for mailing.  I have most of my cards that go in the mail done. Now I get to have a little more fun with 3D embellishments for the remainder of my Christmas cards that do not need to be mailed.

Card Details:

Stamp: Magnolia Stamps

Spellbinders Christmas tree dies

Pots cut using the Cricut

Door cut using Christmas Cricut cartridge

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Christmas Card

I just love this stamp. It is from the fall Magnolia Stamp Club. I am having so much fun coloring her that you will probably see several cards in the next few weeks featuring this Tilda. Not sure it shows in the picture but the papers are glittery.  I also added some shabby white embossing enamel that has a bit of gold glitter.

Card Details:

Stamp: Magnolia Stamps

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Spellbinders floral oval die

Spellbinders poinsettia dies

Sketch: LRW November Sketch

Entered in following challenges:

Christmas Card Challenge: Christmas Card

Glitter and Sparkle: Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon: Sketch

For A Special Lady

This little Ladybug is just so adorable. It is from Aurora Wings and they are sponsoring our current challenge at Aud Sentiments.  The challenge theme is Anything Goes + A Sentiment.

I created the sentiment myself using word.

Card Details:

Image: Ladybug Sprite from Aurora Wings

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Spellbinders floral oval die

Corner branch from Storybook Cricut cartridge

Spellbinders scalloped circle die

Entered in the following challenges:

Crafty Girls Creations: Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge: Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner: Use A Sentiment

Crafting With Attitude: Anything Goes

Happy Winter

It's the first of the month so that means a new challenge at Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Extra.

Wait....

It's November! 

 I have got to get busy counting and figuring out if I have enough Christmas cards. I already know I don't. I do however have enough cards made that need to go in the mail. The rest of my cards will be hand delivered so that means more embellishments...the bulkier the better.

This card was super quick but looks great. The paper already had the design. I just added the Xmas Brat sitter with presents from Bugaboo. I did add the corner snowflakes and the sentiment in the bottom right.

I hope you join us for this challenge.