For today's card I chose touse the PSectrum Noir markers and the C.C. Design digi stamp called Reindeer Lucy.
I had to refil the hair portion as I noticed my camera had shut down, it was quite hot from filming and well it froze and I thought I had lost all the coloring, but phew only the last bit. So I'm sorry I have reprinted the image and reshot the hair.
I used a white uniball Signo gel pen for the shimmer on the nose and lights and also some Nuvo shimmer pen.
Also I'm not sure I can film the thursday portion ahead of time, tomorrow is my birthday and although I do not really celebrate, I'll be busy eating cake! :-D
The less is More challenge this week is Birds/feathers and I thought the owl I just colored, kinda last night was perfect. Techinically it was today as I'm a night owl myself ;-)
It's a Pernilla Nilsson digi and I printed it with my inkjet printer on the Crafter's Companion Neenah paper and colored it with my Spectrum Noir markers.
I was watching a movie on the pc and I like to do something whilst the movie runs along...I colored four images ;-)
I didn't add a sentiment as I thought it was full enough ;-)
For more information on the Less is More challenge, see this
The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, is Stitch it. Showcasing WRMK products. I only used the WRMK scoringboard on these projects to score my cardbases.
The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is Christmas.
For the card I made a freme with two stitched recangular dies. I diecut it from silver and gold glitter card. I also diecut the lightbulb or ornament from the same card as well as the snowflake.
Then I took out the smaller rectangle and diecut white card panels for my backgrounds.
I swiped different Distress on (candied apple, festive berries, chipped sapphire and blueprint sketch.
Then splattered with water and different Distress spray stains ( brushed pewter, mermaid lagoon, white linen, anitgued bronze)
adhered the silverframe with liquid glue onto the colored panels, then the ornament and snowflake and them mounted the whole thing with foamtape on the cardbase.
It didn't leave much room for a sentiment, but I shall write it on the inside.
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. see this
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, see this.
Today I'm starting a mini series: 4 parts with different alcohol markers and one waterbased marker.
All digi's from C.C. Design and today I'm using grouchy snowman. I've added the sentiment in Photoshop and printed the digis on Crafter's Companion Neenah solar white ultra smooth paper and I colored it with the Illustrator markers.
For shimmer I used the Nuvo shimmer pen on the nose and snow.
Added the panel to the cardbase with tape runner.
The Less is More challenge this week is One layer and candles.
So for my card I used the Penny Black woodmounted stamp A winner and stamped it with Simon Says Stamp intense black ink.
The sentiment is also from Simon Says Stamp ( It's your birthday 3x4) and I also stemped it with intense black ink and an acryllic block! I felt lucky my hedghog got a perfect impression being on a woodblock I couldn't use the Stampers friend or Misti or alike and so I also handstamped the sentiment and you can see not perfect. I didn't want to risk a second stamping without a stamping tool and since it's one layer week I also couldn't cover it up with a banner or such, but hey it's handmade and doesn;t need to be perfect everytime!
I colored my image with Spectrum Illustrator markers.
For more information on the Less is More Challenge, see this.
P.s. last week's card didn't get more than two comments, I hope this will please the playing Limettes more ;-)
Next week Monday is my birthday, and instead of cake I'm going to hand out these treats at work. And the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, is all about gifts, so I thought that is a perfect match!.
I made them with 12x12"paper and you can get 2 out of one sheet. (i think the one in the middle is My Minds Eye, but I had it for years, so I'm not certain) the rest are from blocks.
You need a piece of paper that is 6x12" and you score on the short side at 2"
only.
On the long side you score at 2", 5", 7", and 10". Burnish the score lines, then cut as indicated on the pattern.
Glue shut and attach ribbon as a handle, I only did one one these, because of the more expensive ribbon, but I made some for our store at work too and I used that cheap, though glittery, ribbon for gifts and attached two handles. and a little jingle bell, they can remove and use in their tree if they want, it's stapled to the bag.
In the bags there's some handmade glittery tealights, a tealight holder, matches to light the tealights of course, a lip balm, and some treats, either chocolates or a candy cane.
soap, scented
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge, gift it, see this.
This time the theme is: sparkle.
Our sponsor this time is Happy Little Stampers and you could win a $20 gift certificate.
And you get more time than the usual two weeks.
For my card I masked of about half (little less) on the cardfront. I intended to make a horizontal card, but it turned into a portrait style card, oh well.
I inkblended Distress ink on the card ( picked raspberry, wilted violet, mermaid lagoon, mustard seed, twisted citron and candied apple) with the mini inkblending tools.
Then I grabbed two stencils ( Simon Says Stamp dotted circles) and one I made with nesting circle dies. and applied Lawn Fawn Yeti pigment inks over the background.
The idea was to make a sky full of fireworks, and then the bokeh effect as if I took a photo.
I don't have a fireworks stamp, you might need a bit of imagination ;-).
I heat set the pigment ink after applying it and then I layered other dots in top. It's important the biggest dots are the faintest and the smallest the most intense white.
After that I positioned my sentiment stamp from Wibra perfectly, and then I moved the cardbase...urgh..but I evened out with some glittery enamel dots.
I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and applied Wow! vintage peacock and heat set it. It's a fabulous glittery powder, that just reinforces the theme of our challenge.
For more information on the AAA cards challenge, or to play along, see this
