Guest Designer for Christmas Craft Creations September Challenge - Sketch

Hello there!   I’m here with another guest designer (GD) post today and I’m delighted to be back at Christmas Craft Creations (CCC) for their September sketch challenge.

I took creative liberties and flipped the sketch to accommodate the direction the critters from Ready, Set, Snow by My Favorite Things (MFT) are facing.  If you really wanted to stick to the sketch, you could always mirror image stamp the images. 😉  Anyway, here’s my card.

The snowboarding critters were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Xpress It cardstock, coloured with Copic markers and die cut out with the coordinating dies.  The spray of snow was stamped with Memento London Fog ink then die cut out with its matching die as well.  

The sentiment from MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes was heat embossed on black cardstock with white embossing powder then trimmed to a strip.  The background piece is pattern paper from the gorgeous Whimsy Stamps (WS) Blurry Flurries paper pack.  It was die cut with the Wrapped Stitch Rectangle die from Memory Box.  Assembled the scene onto it and it was done!

Need more inspiration to join the challenge?  Head over to the challenge blog post HERE to check out what the design team have created.  Thank you for stopping by.  

Challenges:

Merry Little Christmas - #38 Anything Christmas Goes 

Christmas with the Cuties - #54 Anything Cute and Christmassy with optional twist Oh Christmas Tree 

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - September Anything Goes + optional: Non-traditional  

Crafty Animals - #54 Anything Goes Animals 

Christmas Craft Creations September Reminder - Shaped Card

Hello there.  This is the reminder post as guest designer at Christmas Craft Creations (CCC) for their September Shaped Card challenge.

I used a new NBUS stamp set from Kraftin Kimmie called Christmas Blessings and went old school creating a pyramid card... at least that was what it was called when I first made it way back when. 😂  These days they are referred to as a teepee card.  Here’s my card.

I made this from memory, but if you googled teepee card, I’m sure you can find tutorials for it.  The three 4” squares that form the base were cut from Bristol paper.  Scored each square once diagonally corner to corner, fold along the scored lines then assembled to the pyramid shape.  I tried using pattern paper and even ink blending to decorate the background like you see on these types of cards, but the image got lost in it, so I just kept it really clean and simple (CAS).

The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It cardstock, coloured with Copic Sketch markers and Polychromos pencils, then fussy cut out.  The sentiment from the same set was white heat embossed on black cardstock then trimmed down to a strip.  I wanted the front to be seamless so I traced the folded down base onto Bristol paper and hand cut it out.  The star (unknown) was die cut from gold foil paper.  Assembled the card and added shading below Joseph with a gray color pencil to finish.  I couldn’t find my velcro, so held it together with temporary tape to take the picture,  but when I send it, the velcro will be added.  Here it is folded down to fit into an envelope.

I want to say a big thank you to Charlotte and the CCC team for having me guest design this month.  Shaped cards are so fun. The challenge ends on Tuesday October 13th at 6pm GMT.  For more inspirations, head on over to the challenge reminder post HERE.  Hope to see you in the gallery.  Thank you for visiting.  

Challenges:
Merry Little Christmas - #26 September Anything Christmas Goes
Jenn Shurkus Get Cracking on Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
NBUS #18 - new stamp set
Love to Craft - #50 September Anything Goes

Guest Designer for Christmas Craft Creations September 2020 Challenge - Shaped Card

Hello everyone.  I’m thrilled and honoured to be back as guest designer for the September challenge at Christmas Craft Creations (CCC).  Their fun theme this month is Shaped Card.

I have not made a shaped card in a very long time, and since I just got the Snowglobe Bases dies from Memory Box (MB), I was eager to put it to work.  Here's my card.

To start, the largest snowglobe base was die cut from a scrap of X-Press It cardstock and coloured in with Copic markers.  The bear image and tree from Mama Elephant A Beary Christmas was in my stash.  I had stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It cardstock and coloured with Copic markers during Kathy’s daily marker coloring challenge.  I just added the “swirling snow” trying to create that look when a snowglobe is shaken up... the idea looked better in my head. 😂  Added snow with a white gel pen then die cut out with the largest circle die from MB Circle Basics.

The same circle die was then used to partial die cut from a top folding white card base.  Made sure the cutting edge extended past the folded edge and stopped short of the bottom cutting edge.  I was a little worried the wafer thin die wouldn’t cut through two layers of thick cardstock, but luckily it did.  Traced the snowglobe base onto the card base before fussy cutting out.  Heat embossed the sentiment from My Favorite Things Bitty Holiday Wishes with Liquid Platinum embossing powder.  Took the largest and second largest circle dies from Circle Basics to create a circle frame from a scrap of mixed media paper.  Assembled the card to approximately 4.25"x4-7/8" finished size.

I was pleasantly surprised how well this turned out... even my hubby (who couldn’t care less about cards), said he liked it!  So are you ready to join in the fun?  For more inspirations from the design team, head on over to the challenge post HERE.  Thank you for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day.

Challenges:
Merry Little Christmas - #26 September Anything Christmas Goes
Christmas Kickstart - #37 Christmas Furbabies
NBUS #18 - new snowglobe bases dies
Pixie's Snippets Playground - #386  

Jenn Shurkus Get Cracking on Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes 

Crafty Catz - #517 Anything Goes optional twist Not Square 

Die Cut Divas - Holidays
ABC Christmas - S for Snowy 

Christmas Craft Creations June Reminder - Christmas Trees

Hello everyone.   I’m popping in with the reminder post as guest designer for the Christmas Trees challenge at Christmas Craft Creations (CCC).

With Christmas Trees as the theme, I had to use the O Christmas Tree stamp set from Hello Bluebird to create this fun critter scene card.

Started by stamping all the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It cardstock.  Coloured them with Copic markers and die cut out with the matching dies.

Next, turquoise dye ink was blended with a blender brush over hand cut hill masks onto a Bristol stitched rectangle panel to create the background.  The sentiment from Poppy Stamps (new unused gift from a friend) was stamped with Versafine Black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  Assembled the card onto a white card base and added a light flurry of snow with a white gel pen to finish.

That was a fun one.  I want to thank Charlotte and the CCC team for having me guest this month.  To see what they have created to inspire you to play along in the challenge, click HERE.  Thank you for joining me.  Have a wonderful day.

Challenges:
Merry Little Christmas - #23 June Anything Christmas Goes
Alphabet Challenge - F for Flora or Fauna
Crafty Animals - #39 Anything animals Goes

Guest Designer for Christmas Craft Creations - June Challenge Christmas Trees

Hello everyone.  I’m excited to be the first guest designer for the new Christmas Craft Creations monthly challenge.  This month’s theme is Christmas Trees.

I’m currently focusing on using new unused (NBUS) products and pulled out the Quirky Christmas Trees stamp set from Avery Elle that has already been discontinued 🙈 and the Skinny Upper Alpha dies from The Stamp Market to create this.

The tree stamp was inked with Caribbean Sky and Persian Blue dye inks from Altenew and stamped onto Whisper White cardstock then die cut out with the matching die.  The letters were each die cut three times from Bristol paper and stacked for dimension.

Wishes from Hero Arts Color Layering Christmas Tree was stamped with Persian Blue ink on Bristol then die cut out with a fishtail banner (no linger available).  Punched a hole and added white baker’s twine to turn it into a tag.  Took a stitched navy panel from my stash and splattered with white gouache paint for a snowy background.  Assembled the card onto a white card base and added clear shimmer on the tree to finish.

There are so many Christmas greeting possibilities containing the letter “A”, so I made a second card while I had my supplies out.

Ready to play along?  For more inspirations from the design team click HERE.  Hope to see you in the gallery.  Thank you for dropping by.

Challenges:

Christmas Kickstart - #32 Care to Tag Along

Merry Little Christmas - June Anything Christmas Goes

NBUS #15 - new stamp and alphabet dies