Sunday, November 30, 2014

Snow Monster Gift Tag

I am a BIG fan of the 1964 claymation classic, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, so when Lawn Fawn came out with Yeti, Set, Go! my brain saw the "Bumble!" I made a tag featuring the "Bumble" and am submitting to the the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge featuring Lawn Fawn stamps. 



I white heat embossed the outline of the Yeti image and then colored him in with color pencils. 

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Ingredients: Lawn Fawn Yeti, Set, Go!; PTI Tag Sale #4, Tag-Its #8 (sentiment)

Friday, November 28, 2014

Snowman Tags for The Card Concept

Now that most of the Christmas cards are done, I've moved onto gift tags!!! My tags today feature my fav snowman from Hero Arts' Snow Much Joy stamp set!! I will be submitting my tags to The Card Concept Challenge #24 - Snowman (Make a Tag) and to Tracey McNeeley's 25 Days of Christmas Tags Flickr Group.





My first tag falls under the Clean & Graphic style:



I really like how this turned out! The scarf, nose and hat were colored with my Bic Mark!It markers.

My next tag is Clean & Simple:


For this tag, I heat embossed the snowman in white and then colored him in with Prismacolor pencils.

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Ingredients:
Tag #1 - Hero Arts Snow Much Joy; Studio Calico Very Merry (sentiment); Reverse Confetti Tag Me die
Tag #2 - Hero Arts Snow Much Joy; PTI Wet Paint Holiday dies, Tag Sale Die #1

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Snowflake Gift Tags

I have a set of tags I made to submit to a few challenges:

First up, PTI's November Blog Hop - the theme is SNOW!


Inspiration photo:



Next it's the The Cutting Edge Challenge #15
Inspiration photo:

And last but not least the 25 Days of Christmas Tags by Tracey McNeely.


WHEW! Now onto the tags!





I was inspired by the colors in the Cutting Edge inspiration photo. I'm sad that this is their last challenge - I love the concept they created and I wish I had been able to join in more.

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Ingredients: PTI Snowflake Medley, Tag Sale #1, #3, #5, Wet Paint Holiday

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Leafy Wreath Thanksgiving Card

I have one more Thanksgiving card to submit to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Thanks/Thanksgiving Challenge.


I used my new PTI circle scribbles die (the largest one) to create a wreath base and then layered leaves and acorns on top.  Here's a detail pic:


And here is the inside:

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Ingredients: PTI Circle Scribbles die, Nuts for You; Keep it Simple: Thanksgiving; Reverse Confetti Forever Fall (woodgrain, card inside sentiment); Paper Smooches Spring Groves (squirrel)

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Give Thanks card

Today I have a cute squirrel card to submit to 2 challenges -- the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving and the AAA Cards: A Game of THANKSgivings challenge.


Here is my card:


The squirrel image is die cut in the popped up panel of pattern paper and then I stamped him on the card base.

And here is the inside:



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Ingredients: Papertrey Ink Nuts for You, Keep It Simple: Thanksgiving (interior sentiment); Reverse Confetti Forever Fall (card front sentiment); Doodlebug Happy Harvest pattern paper

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Thanksgiving card for Card Concept Challenge

Time for the Card Concept: Challenge #22 - Thank "fall". Love the current challenge! My card was inspired by the colors and the variety of fall objects.


My card falls more in the Freestyle Collage style.


My card is inspired by this card. I love the panel/subway text stamp and am always looking for inspiration.

I originally planned on having 3 panels of the text across the card, but my measurements were off so I only was able to fit 2 panels, so I put the tree in so it wouldn't be off balance.

Here is a detail shot. The "leaves" of the tree were created with a blending tool and distress inks.


And here is the inside of the card:


I adore that little squirrel!

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Ingredients: Fresh Squeezed Stamps Subway Series Fall; PTI Nuts for You; Paper Smooches Spring Grooves, Folkal Points; PTI Keep it Simple: Thanksgiving

Saturday, November 8, 2014

PTI MIM #187 - Tag #3

Here is my last tag for PTI's Make it Monday #187: Partial Die Cuts for the Holidays.



This one is in more traditional holiday colors.

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Ingredients: PTI Shaker Shapes Holiday Ornament, Wet Paint Holiday dies, In the Meadow (snowflake); Doodlebug pattern papers

PTI MIM #187 - Tag #2

Here is tag #2 for PTI's Make it Monday #187: Partial Die Cuts for the Holidays.


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Ingredients: PTI In the Meadow, Shaker Shapes Holiday Ornament, Wet Paint Holiday dies, Double Ended Banner, Wet Paint Holiday (Stamps), Peace Be Still; misc Basic Grey pattern papers

PTI MIM #187 - Tag #1

I love this week's Make it Monday #187: Partial Die Cuts for the Holidays. I ended up making 3 tags - each being posted separately.
I broke out my new PTI goodies and even used some leftover scraps to make my tags - I love when I use scraps/leftovers from previous creations.

Here is my tag:


The tree die cut is covered with Distress Stickles dry glitter.

This tag could even be repurposed as a tree ornament!

Ingredients: PTI Shaker Shapes: Holiday Ornament, Wet Paint Holiday dies, Snowflake Medley; Misc Basic Grey pattern paper

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Christmas cards for MIM & Caring Hearts Card Drive

I love this week's Make it Monday! PTI's Make it Monday #186 is Partial Die Stamping by Laurie. This is a fun technique and I used it to make 2 cards that I will be submitting to the 5th Annual Caring Hearts Card Drive. This is a great cause and I encourage everyone to participate! I didn't get a chance to do it last year but this year I will be submitting about 8 cards.



My cards are inspired by this card by Kreative Kristie

Here they are:



Here's a close up detail shot:


And here is the sentiment inside the cards:


Thanks for checking out my cards!

Ingredients: PTI Wet Paint Holiday dies, Snowflake Medley