5th Day of Christmas

The this is part of the virtual event with Pinkfresh Studio from back in October. These cards were from the class 3 with Lea Lawson using winter foliage bundle plus other products from the kit. 

For all cards used for all white was Accent Opaque Digital International Paper 80 lb. cover smooth white cardstock except for the card base that is Recollections 110 lb. white cardstock, all supplies are Pinkfresh Studio unless otherwise noted

Started by stamping with VersaFine Clair morning mist with the winter foliage cling stamp and then colored with the layered stencils with Tim Holtz distress oxide and Picket Fence Studios life changing blender brush and small brushes, salvage patina, peacock feathers, speckled egg, cracked pistachio, mowed lawn, rustic wilderness and candied apple and then restamped with VersaFine Clair morning mist then die cut Art deco frame stand alone cut in scrap of white cardstock and Valentine special materials 12x12 paper pack by Recollections then with another scrap of white cardstock I die cut two white snowflakes from large snowflakes coordinating cuts, one was cut in half; on a white 1-1/2” circle punch by Recollections stamped Feliz Navidad from bellos eventos stamp set by SU and Merry Christmas stamp by The Cottage Stamper both with VersaFine Clair nocturne morning mist then glued half of the snowflake on top and half on the bottom and then glued to the center of the big snowflake then added to the card, added some Imagine Sheer shimmer craft spray frost only on the snowflakes and finally added some metallic pearls: gold.

For these other cards, they were a two cards for one. Die cut a layer of white cardstock with Snowflakes coverplate die then grab another piece of the white cardstock and stamped with VersaFine Clair morning mist the winter foliage cling stamp and colored with the layered stencils with Tim Holtz distress oxide and Picket Fence Studios life changing blender brush and small brushes, salvage patina, peacock feathers broken china, twisted citron, peeled paint, crushed olive and abandoned coral and then restamped with VersaFine Clair morning mist then cut in half diagonal mounted to card added a strip of Core’dinations heavy weight 250gm golden pearl elegant pearlized paper also die cut with large snowflakes coordinating cuts and finally added some metallic pearls: gold. Decided not to add a message as it limits me to whom I can send the card to

9th Day of Christmas

I made this card for a mingle (aka swap) it was a stamp I had never used since I bought it yes I loved the stamps but for one thing or another it never got inked so finally after all the years I own it has!!

I did my background first with distress spray stain candied apple, distress oxide spray fired brick, Nuvo mica mist midnight horizon and Sheer shimmer craft spray frost after it was complete dry I cut my layer with stitched rectangle die by The Stamps of Life, then stamped my Santa’s boot stamp by The Cottage Stamper with VersaFine Clair ink nocturne did some coloring with Zig memory system pigment ink pure black, Memento dual marker bamboo leaves and added the red pearls by MB and finally added my message by Rubber Marbles with same VersaFine Clair ink nocturne

after I had the card ready to mail and all had an extra piece and kept looking at it and decided to step it up so added some Copic opaque white and of course changed the message one that was custom made

Gold leaf

This is one of the card designs I used for my Thanksgiving cards this year it was a quick and easy card but I liked it. Gave me a chance to use my peel-off stickers and a new die.

All of these came out of one sheet of peel-off stickers, the stamped message is part of a stamp by The Cottage Stamper with ground espresso ink and the blessings die is from the stamp & cut by Hero Arts

on these two, I used the stamped words from wonderful stamp & cut set by Hero Arts

The sheet only had to make 6 but I had more paper and somehow these were all the different cards I did. I didn't pay attention could have done all 6 the same on all papers 😊 anyway this piece had the words Autumn, so I added the die happy from de stamp & cut set by Hero Arts

Pink birthday

Another card for the donation box, these cards were birthday cards. The card itself is A2 size but the front panel is shorter than the back panel. The image on the white panels is part of peaceful petals set by SU, the birthday message is by The Cottage Stamper

Thank you brown & pink

Found one more thank you card for Gray Matters Foundation, the message is by The Cottage Stamper

Inchies thank you

I didn't have a lot of this paper not even sure why I kept the pieces but I'm guessing as must of us I might be able to use it for something :0) so I cut the pieces into 1" squares and looked for a paper that would go with it and a card came out. The thank you is by The Cottage Stamper

Thank you split panel

I made these cards for the Gray Matters Foundation donation box I really like the layout here so made some more.

This one, uses awesomely artistic, blooming with kindness and butterfly basic stamp sets by SU

On this one I used fabulous florets, butterfly basics, wild about flowers stamp set by SU, background stamp by Rubbernecker and thank you stamp by The Cottage Stamper 

Shoebox Thursday

For this week's shoebox project we didn't make a full project. Kathy had for use to play with reinkers and water. We had two choices of images one was a big butterfly stamp by Stampa Rosa and the other was the doily by SU, I played with both :0)

Stared with wet embossed the image with VersaMark and white embossing powder on watercolor paper then wet the paper real good and started adding the colors with wet brush. The more saturated the more the ink ran or spread around.

For the butterfly I wet pretty good to add the first color then I added hardly any water so the colors wouldn't run to much

I finished two cards out of the piece above. On the first one I used the new SU softly falling folder on the whole piece (black piece and message part), the message is by Sweet Impressions.

On the second I use a free folder from the magazine Papercrafts Essentials, the message is by The Cottage Stamper and EK Success corner rounder punch

 

For the doily I mudded the colors...first I did all colors in spiral or circle but then just added water to brush and wet all over to mix all colors to give a mud color...I know mud is more in the brown side and this one is in the green side but I like it :0)

This is the card I finished with the piece above. I fussy cut the image, used SU hostess set Exprésate, modern label & ruffled stretch trim