Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Christmas With The Cuties DT Post----We're BACK! :)

Howdy Christmas Crafters!  Have you all been keeping up with Christmas makes, or taking a break?  Either way, I think you will be OK...for now!  Speaking of Christmas makes, the Christmas With The Cuties team is back after a break, and we're ready to help inspire you to get crafting with your Christmas goodies!  Here is mine:


For my card, I used an angel image from Melonheadz that is part of the Nativity clip art 2012 edition set.  She is colored using alcohol markers, and I added some Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen to her wings.  Her halo was colored using a Pentel gold gel pen.  I used a Stampin' Up lilac ink pad to ink the edges of the image panel, and also the edges of the light purple angled panel that is underneath the snowflake paper.  The Noel sentiment comes from a Recollections set called Religious Christmas.

Challenges:

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #38:  ATG or optional "card for a loved one" theme
Christmas at Sweet Stampin':  ATG Christmas
Winter Wonderland:  ATG tribute to blog originator, Eileen
CHNC #374:  ATG Christmas with optional "use some gold" theme
CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG with patterned paper
Sweet Stampers:  Things with Wings
HLS February Christmas:  ATG with optional "hearts" twist
HLS ATG with Dies:  Use a die (Spellbinders large rectangle and big scalloped rectangle)
HIMCR #341:  Any Holiday
ABC Christmas:  "C" for clean, and/or "D" for distress

Thanks for stopping by this evening.  Please make sure you check out the Christmas With The Cuties blog to see what the rest of the DT has created to inspire you, and also the gallery for everybody's creations.  

Take care, and God Bless!

~Marie~






Thursday, February 15, 2018

Christmas Crafts All Year Round February Reminder Post

Hello fellow bloggers!  Happy Thursday!  Such a sweet sound that is...Thursday!  For those of us that work Mon-Fri jobs, Thursday is a sweet day...almost as sweet as Friday!  Well, for me anyway; I guess I shouldn't speak for others!  Anyway, I am posting today to share what I made for the CCAYR reminder:


This image is from Sasayaki Glitter, and she is called Winter Peggy.  This card just might end up as the one I send to my friend Peggy for Christmas this year!  She prefers the color green though, so I don't know about that yet.  LOL!  The patterned paper is from the Classic Christmas 6x6 paper pad from Love Nicole.  The ribbon across the middle was saved from some kind of packaging.  Peggy was colored with alcohol markers, and the red corners were sponged with Candied Apple and Fired Brick Distress Oxide inks.  The sentiment comes from the Art Impressions set called Merriest.

Challenges:  

12 Months of Christmas Link Up #38:  ATG or optional card for a loved one
The Merry Christmas challenge #7:  ATG or option to use reindeer
CHNC #372:  ATG Christmas
CHN Patterned Paper:  ATG with patterned paper
LTCCB #19:  ATG
Happy Little Stampers Christmas:  ATG or optional twist to use hearts (there is a tiny one on her jacket...I wonder if that would count?)
Happy Little Stampers with Dies:  ATG (Spellbinders rectangle used to cut out image)
MIUCB #10:  ATG
Simon Says Wednesday:  Add a die cut (Spellbinders rectangle)
Polkadoodles Week #6:  ATG (2nd entry)
Sweet Stampin':  Girly
ABC Christmas:  "C" for "clean" and/or "D" for "distress" --Distress here!
Di's Digi challenge:  Lots of pink and/or Red ---I used lotsa RED!
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #87: (inspired by the red and white colors)


Jingle Belles:  A-Coloring We Will Go

Thanks so much for stopping by...Take care and God Bless!

~MARIE~









Sunday, February 11, 2018

Sympathy card

Hello bloggers!  I'm stopping by tonight very quickly to share a sympathy card I made for a friend who lost her mother and sister-in-law on the same day.

I have had this Darice embossing folder for a little while, and this was the perfect chance to use it.  Before I embossed the paper, I blended Distress Oxides in Cracked Pistachio, Broken China, and Peacock Feathers on Bristol Smooth card stock.  I found a gold leaf pen in my drawer, so I went around the edge of the panel with it.  The sentiment is embossed with Recollections gold embossing powder, which I thought matched that gold leaf pen pretty well.  I have to say, this is the first time I have dared tried blending these inks on Bristol Smooth, and I am in love!  It looks gorgeous...I can't wait to do it again!  :)

Challenges:

Mix It Up MIUCB #10:  ATG or optional CAS twist
Crafting by Designs:  February ATG
Crafty Gals Corner #158:  ATG (2nd entry)
Crafty Creations #359:  ATG (2nd entry)

Thanks for stopping by this evening, and take care!

God Bless,

~Marie~



Sunday, February 4, 2018

February Sasayaki Glitter Challenge - A project for a loved one

Hello bloggy friends!  I hope you are all doing well.  I am here today to share with you a card I made for the Sasayaki Glitter challenge blog.  I have been moved over to that team from the Inspiration Team due to technical difficulties.  So anyway, here is what I made:


I made this card using Image #15 - Love.  I sized it to fit into the largest Spellbinders Heart Circles die; which is cute, but man, some parts of the image were difficult to color being so small!  LOL  Anyway, I put a piece of the dark pink card stock I wanted to use behind the die so the heart cut outs would stand out more.  The panel of heart-covered card stock comes from the same paper pack.  I added a sliver of the glitter card stock I used in my last card along the left edge of that piece, and added a sliver of the pink behind that.  I thought that the plain white base was just too boring, so I inked the edges with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide.  Oh, and my image was colored with alcohol markers.

Challenges:

Catch The Bug:  Feb ATG
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper:  Feb ATG using patterned paper
Love to Scrap LTSCB #106:  I Love You!
Mix it up MIUCB #10:  ATG or optional "Clean and simple" theme
Sweet Stampin':  Anything but a Birthday
A Gem of a Challenge #212:  Have a Heart
Outlawz Festive Friday:  Card with Hearts

Ok folks, that is all from me tonight.  I am missing the SuperBowl!  Go Eagles!

~Marie~


ABC CHRISTMAS -- E IS FOR EMBOSSING, F IS FOR FAUX, G IS FOR GINGERBREAD

 Hello crafty friends!  I'm dropping by really quickly to share what I created for this month's ABC Christmas challenge , which is ...