On the 4th Day of Christmas

I have two cards to share with you. Now how does that happen when I don't have any cards ready for Days 5-25 yet?? Well I had a sketch in mind when I made the first card and then when I saw part of the dp cut out for the 2nd card, it just worked out not to follow the sketch and to use the dp as my embellishing.

Meet Tilda with Hood...images are from an image swap I was in earlier this year. So glad I saved them to use for Christmas.

Here are the cards:
(You should be able to click on the picture to make it bigger!)

This is the sketch that I used for the first card:

Ok, so I made these cards a month ago at a crop. I saved the glitter for when I was home since I didn't want to get messy in someone else's house. I initially tried Flower Soft for the coat trim and it looked stupid...I really don't know how to use it and it frustrates the heck out of me! I tried using the quickie glue pen, the Zig 2 way pen and then I put stickles on and put the flower soft on top of it...yuck, yuck and yuck. I was able to scrape it off and just put stickles on. I guess I need to look up some FS tutorials because I was really hoping to use some on my Christmas cards! I do have some white flocking that would have worked...if I knew where it was lol.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tilda with hood ~ Magnolia Stamps; sentiments ~ Amuse Holiday Greetings
Paper: DCWV, misc. cardstock
Ink: Memento for the sentiments
Copics: E00, N5, N7, R81, E35, E25, E27, R46
Accessories: prima flowers, frosted lace stickles, Stampin Up ticket punch, brads from my stash

Thanks for looking. I'll be back later with a birthday card to share.

Tilda Blowing Hearts

Today Sweet N Sassy Stamps is hosting Digi Day at SNR Card Universe. I decided to play along tonight, the challenge is "Near to my Heart (use hearts in some way...paper, stamps, hand drawn or even the word OR use an image that depicts the theme)".

Seeing as most of my stamps are still packed and I couldn't find much else with hearts (not even my digis!), I decided to use a Tilda blowing hearts image that I had out.

I think she turned out pretty cute seeing as I didn't have a plan when I started the card and I was so proud of myself for not using a sketch!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tilda Blowing Hearts ~ Magnolia, Happy Wishes ~ Hero Arts
Paper: Basic Grey Sultry
Ink: Memento Rosebud, Tuxedo Black
Copics: Roo, Ro1, YG03, YG25, RV21, E25, E27, E37
Accessories: Nestabilities Labels 4, stardust pen, ribbon from my stash

Thanks for looking! I'll be back in the morning with the 4th Day of Christmas card!

On the 3rd Day of Christmas

I bring you one of my favorite monkeys!

Here is Changito Santa paired with my favorite new Christmas paper - BG Eskimo Kisses.

This was a fun and fast card to create and here is the sketch that I used:

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Changito Santa ~ Stampendous, Amuse Holiday Greetings
Paper: BG Eskimo Kisses
Ink: Memento
Copics: N7, R89, E25, gold spica pen
Accessories: Nestabilities Labels One, Stampin Up corner rounder, snowflake from Dress It Up buttons, crystal stickles

Thanks for stopping by! I'm off to finish getting ready for work. I'll be back tonight with some more eye candy :)

On the 2nd Day of Christmas

*2nd post of the day - scroll down for Flutter By Wednesday*

Welcome to the 2nd Day of Christmas!

Today's card is made with another image from my huge stash. I believe it's by Amuse, I love their itty bitty stamps. I love this year's BG collection, Eskimo Kisses. I think this paper is perfect for these carolers!

Here is the sketch that I used:

Supplies Used:
Stamp: carolers ~ Amuse, sentiment ~ Amuse Holiday Greetings
Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, PTI Ripe Avocado, red from stash
Ink: Memento
Copics: E53, RV11, E00, T1, T3, G99, R89
Accessories: Nestabilities Labels One, Stampin' Up corner rounder, brads from my stash, diamond stickles

Stop back tomorrow for Day 3 and another share or two :)

Flutter By Wednesday #86

It's time for another Flutter By Wednesday! This week is just flying by!

Before I show you my card I have a few announcements:

• Our fabulous guest designer this week is Mercy Kerin, have you seen her wonderful sketch challenges on her blog, Lord Have Mercy? I love playing along, in fact, I'll have a card to share tomorrow that I made last night using this week's sketch. She also does fab DT work for quite a few popular companies, one of my favorite's being The Greeting Farm. Mercy has a lovely creation to share with us today, be sure to check her blog and Danni's blog to see it!
  

• Let's give Kimberly a big flutter by welcome to our team! Welcome Kim, so glad to have you aboard!!

• And the biggest news...the Flutter By challenges are getting their very own blog starting in January!! Check out Flutter By Wednesday and sign up to be a follower so you don't miss out!

And now on to my card, I had such fun with it! There was no extra challenge this week, just use a butterfly, fairy or angel on your card or project.

I used Wendy Papillon by Stamping Bella, for the very first time. I've had her for a long time, stamped a bunch of images and then never used them. When I saw this butterfly paper from my BG Urban Prairie stack, I knew I had to use her. Fun fact...I colored her with R11 initially, it was supposed to be RV11 and I wasn't paying attention until I started coloring...oops! So I went back over her with the RV11 and didn't like it, I then colored on top of that with RV14 and love how it turned out.

Lookie, I decorated the inside a bit! I rarely do this and hope to remember to do it more often.
I used my favorite Hero Arts Thinking of You set for the sentiment on the front and both stamps on the inside.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Wendy Pappilon ~ Stamping Bella, Thinking of You ~ Hero Arts
Paper: Basic Grey Urban Prairie
Ink: Memento
Copics: E00, E41, Y35, E25, E37, B01, RV11, RV14, R11
Accessories: Crystal stickles

Thanks for fluttering by! Please visit my teammates' to see their fab creations, links are on my left sidebar and you can find them on the Flutter By Wednesday blog. If you would like to participate, please link your butterfly, fairy or angel card/project to Danni's blog using Mister Linky!

Stop by later for my 2nd Day of Christmas card!

On the 1st Day of Christmas

Welcome to my 2nd annual 25 Days of Christmas!

I had so much fun doing this last year that I decided to do it again this year. I started making cards about a month ago to showcase throughout the 25 Days of Christmas.

Today's card I like to call "Beary Christmas". I got this image from someone else last Christmas, so I don't know his actual name or manufacturer. If you know, please leave it in the comments section!
I used SC249 for the layout, along with DCWV paper from one of the many Christmas stacks I own. The adorable buttons are from a big mixed pack of round/shaped buttons that I got last year at Michaels on clearance.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Image from someone else, sentiment from AMuse Holiday Greetings
Paper: DCWV, Paper Company
Copics: E25, E27, R81, YG17
Accessories: Nestabilities Labels 4, buttons, stardust pen

Come back tomorrow to Day #2 and Flutter By Wednesday!