Happy Holidays

 Happy Holidays and Happy Saturday!

Today's creation is made with …

Cocoa Gnome found here!

Happy Holidays found here!

 Coloured with pencil crayons on Kraft paper.

Thanks for peeking!

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From our Gnome to Yours

Welcome Everyone;

Now that Christmas Day is just around the corner, I hope you don't have too many last minute items to do or shop for.  I know I'm ready for a rest.

For today's card, I have used the Sledding Gnomes from High Hopes Stamps' latest release called "Woodsy Christmas".

After stamping the image, I coloured it with copic markers.  Pure Platinum Nuvo Smooth Mousse was used on the snowflakes.

Merry Christmas to all of the High Hopes and One Crazy Stamper fans and to all of my blog followers and crafty friends! 

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Sledding Gnomes, Gnome to Yours (Woodsy Christmas release - High Hopes Stamps)
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Comfort & Joy (My Mind's Eye)
• Copic Markers:
• E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E00 - Skin White, E01 - Pink Flamingo, E30 - Bisque, E31 - Brick Beige
• G43 - Pistachio, G46 - Mistletoe
• G0000 - Crystal Opal, G000 - Pale Green, G00 - Jade Green
• C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, C1 - Cool Gray No. 1
• R27 - Cadmium Red, R29 - Lipstick Red
• Nuvo Smooth Mousse - Pure Platinum
• Snowflakes: Wooden Embellishments 

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Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

 

Hugs,

Penguin Christmas

It is 5 days until Christmas and I am still working on Christmas cards. Thankfully it is the cards I can deliver in person I am putting the finishing touches on! 
This week I am having some fun with new "Penguin Tag" from the Woodsy Christmas release. I decided to make it a shaker in the tag portion of the stamp just for fun. 

Merry Christmas to all of the High Hopes and One Crazy Stamper fans and to all of my blog followers and crafty friends! 

I started by colouring my stamp with alcohol markers and adding some silver wink of stella and Stickles for a bit of sparkle. Next I fussy cut the inside of the tag, followed by the outside and ran a black marker around the edge. As I am looking at the cut out stamp I questioned my sanity on making it a shaker card - I mean the striped edge is pretty thin and I don't have any foam tape that skinny! Oooiiyyy! I forged ahead and chose my patterned paper and started cutting it to fit my card size. 
I masked off the sentiment to get the one line I wanted from it and cut it to fit. Yes, at this point I am wracking my brain to figure out how I am going to get foam tape skinny enough to fit the striped border and not stick out the sides but keep the tag shape. My solution? Take the skinniest foam tape (width) I have and cut pieces of it in half. This was the perfect solution to being able to keep the shape of the tag so my shaker bits stayed in as well as keep the tape from peaking  out the side. Phew! Crisis averted. Some red silver edge ribbon and sparkly gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Penguin Tag - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Sparkle and Cheer - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Have A Merry Christmas - Carta Bella, A Perfect Christmas - Echo Park

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Misti, snowflake embossing folder - Darice, white Christmas sequin mix - Little Things by Lucy's Cards, silver Wink of Stella, Silver Stickles, sparkly gumdrops - YNS, ribbon - Recollections 

Spectrum Noir Markers: BG5 BG7 BG10 CT1 GB5 CR7 CR11 DR6 LG2 LG4 LG5 CG4 DG3 JG6

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Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Snowflake Season

For my One Crazy Stamper card today I have combined a couple of different images.  This card includes the adorable Winter Moose image as well as the Forest image.

The entire card was colored with Copic markers including the sky, which is a technique I am working hard on getting right.  The snowflakes were made with a Sakura white glaze pen.

Card Recipe - E31, E33, E35, E37, E57, G21, G24, G28, B23, B24, B26, V08, B32, B41, B45, B52, R24, YR02, YR04, YR09, C1

Ho, Ho, Ho!

Hello OCS Fans!

It's about a week away until this Jolly O'l Elf comes down your chimney spreading some Christmas Cheer.  This is the "Santa in Chimney" rubber stamp from High Hopes! I hope he can squeeze down that chimney! Some Santa magic may be needed lol!

I love this Sliding Window Die from Sunny Studios! It makes the cutest interactive card! My papers today are from the Echo Park "Celebrate Christmas" 6x6 collection. I added some Crystal Stickles to all of Santa's fur and some liquid appliqué to resemble snow on the roof.

I stamped and coloured the "Ho Ho Ho" sentiment from HH and added it to the section that reveals when you pull up the tab.

On the inside is the HH sentiment called "Holiday All Year".

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E11, E21, R20

Beard: W0, W1, W3

Outfit: R24, R27, R29/ C5, C7, C8

Bag: E41, E42, E43

Chimney: W0, W1, W3, W5

Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

Santa's Helper?

I am on a last minute Christmas card making kick.  There are a few people on my card giving list who will look like this after Christmas dinner, especially after dessert! "Santa's Helper" is the perfect stamp for one of these people don't you think? 

It looks to me like someone found Santa's cookie and milk stash and has over indulged! 

After colouring up this fun stamp with alcohol markers, I cut it out using a pleated circle die and added some Stickles to his hat and coat for a bit of sparkle. The sentiment is one long sentiment that I masked off and "layer" stamped to fit my card design.  Some matching glittery ribbon and gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Santa's Helper - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Not Even A Moose - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Christmas Delivery - Carta Bella

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Misti, Star Dust Stickles, Galena ribbon, pop dots - Forever In Time, gumdrops - YNS, Pleated Circle die - Gina Marie Designs

Spectrum Noir Markers: CR7 CR11 DR6 IG1 IG3 IG5 PP1 PP3 PP5 TN3 TN6 TN7 BG5 BG7 BG10 EB3 EB5 CT2 

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Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Mini Book fun!

 Hi there and Happy Saturday!

I'm back to share a few mini books.  I took a class with Myra over at One Crazy Stamper back in September.

I made another creation using the techniques she taught us with a Christmas theme. 

Made with....

High Hopes Bear found here!

https://highhopesstamps.com/shop/animals/bear-tt156/

Small Santa found here!

Carolers found here!

 A peek of a few pages!

 A little Christmas fun!

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Wishing you Holiday Cheer.....

Welcome Everyone;

As Christmas Eve, is ten days away I hope all your preparations for Christams are coming along nicely.  I have used the adorable Christmas Gofer from High Hopes Stamps "Woodsy Christmas" release.  Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers were used colour it.

Supplies used:

•  Stamps:  Christmas Gofer (Woodsy Christmas release - High Hopes Stamps), Holiday All Year (High Hopes Stamps)
• Ink:  Staz On Jet Black
• Paper:  Strathmore Watercolor Paper, DP - Really Rainbow Christmas (Lawn Fawn)
• Zig Clean Colour real Brush Markers:
• 075 - Brick Beige, 900 - Warm Gray 2
• 068 - Deep Brown, 062 - Dark Brown
• 302 - Haze Blue, 036 - Light Blue
• 041 - Light green, 045 - Pale Green, 040 - Green
• 020 - Red, 060 - Yellow, 303 - Shadow Mauve
• Spellbinders Dies:  Circles and Lacey Circles
• Nuvo Crystal Glaze
• Nuvo Crystal Accents - Fresh Snowfall
• Your Next Stamps:  Ice Blue Baby 

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Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

 

Hugs, 

 

 

Greatest Gifts

Christmas is literally just around the corner and I am still working on Christmas cards. Some will be given in person and some will be sent in the mail. Yikes - I guess I better get on that! 

I have a few friends and family who love snowmen so this stamp is perfect for one of the snowmen lovers on my list. I love this group of snowman friends all hanging out in a fuzzy mitten. So fun!! 

I coloured this fun stamp with alcohol markers and cut it out with a new to me stitched tag. Gold Wink of Stella on the ribbon, clear spectrum Sparkle pen on the stars and some Stickles on the snowman hat added some more fun sparkle.  I added some fun gold sequins to some of the white space around the stamp. Next, I chose my patterned papers from Simple Stories and cut them to size. I took my smaller piece  of paper and put it in my Misti, held my breath and stamped the sentiment. A few sequins add some sparkle to the sentiment too. 
Some gold trim ribbon and gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Snowmen Stocking - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Magic Of Christmas - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Cozy Christmas - Simple Stories

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Misti, white gel pen, stitched nesting tags - Tutti Designs, GL Gold Wink Of Stella, Icicle Stickles, Spearmint gumdrops - YNS, gold sequins stash.

Spectrum Noir Markers: CG4 DG3 JG6 IR1 IR2 TN1 EB1 EB2 XR7 CR88 DR6 black IG1 IG3 IG5 CG1 DG2 DG4 CT1 CT2 TB1 TB2 FS8

Copic Markers: E37 B00

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Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Oh the Weather Outside is .....

Oh the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

Since we've no place to go

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

It doesn't show signs of stoppin'

And I've brought some corn for poppin'

The lights are turned down low

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Yesterday we were under a heavy snowfall warning of 20 - 25 cm, and mother nature did not disappoint!

So my card for today's here at One Crazy Stamper blog was inspired by it....

First off I must say that you should never heat emboss and then color with your Copics, as the two seem to not really like each other (guess who will be replacing a few Copic nibs in the near future).  Oh well, lesson learned and I'm passing it on to all of my followers.  Now, back to the card - the image is High Hopes Rubber Stamps Winter Wonderland U-013.  I stamped the image with Versamark and heat embossed it with a white embossing powder, and then I colored it.  Excuse the streaky sky - I was going for the northern lights and really messed it up when the reaction occurred - sigh!  After coloring the image, I once again stamped with Versamark( thank goodness for the MISTI) and added more white embossing powder.  The next time I think I'll stamp the image with a light color, color it with my Copics, and then heat embossed the white over the finished product.

Copics - B12, B02, B26, B24, B00, B66, 0, G14, G02, YG13, G29, G94, C1