Coloring outside the lineZ

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Build a snowman

With all the snow across the country, it is time to build a snowman! I made a large card in the shape of a tag. Then pieces were cut to stamp images. I wanted to leave a little space for the base card to seperate all the pieces. Embellishments were added and a bow completed the card.

This card is posted to:http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/ Woot! Woot! I just found out today that this card was chosen as a winner in Archiver's Make, Share, Win Contest. It will be featured in their e-mail December 10. I am so excited!!

A blue Christmas

I love the reds and greens that are traditional Christmas colors, but sometimes you just need a different color. I was visiting my sister and did not have all the supplies so my family came to the rescue. My mother donated the blue paper and my sister had the image and die cut so it was time to make a card. I used a snowflake embossing folder for the background. I punched a strip on both sides for the blue layering piece. After stamping the ornament and die cutting it, I added a blue ribbon. Silver bling added to ornament and three snowflakes finish the card. This card is posted

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Happy Holidays

Today is dedicated to organizing my supplies. Which brings up a good question. How do you store your stamps? I have my favorites which are in their own spot. They are the ones I use the most. But what about the others. Do you seperate them by theme? While organizing, I found a wreath stamp that I had never used. That will just not do and the Mojo Monday sketch is a perfect sketch to use it with. The background paper has little santa's on it. After stamping the wreath image, I added black dots around the wreath. Then I punched red berries and added glitter. The bow is adorned with sprigs of leaves and a big pearl.

Happy Holidays is posted go:http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com/2014/11/november-challenge.htmlhttp://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ /http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/ http://www.unrulypaperarts.com/2014/11/november-reader-art-quest-mid-month.html

Monday, November 17, 2014

Sew Happy For You

I love to sew. It was a tradition passed from my grandmother to my mother to me. My grandmother spent meany hours behind the sewing machine and helped support her family. My mother sewed and sold items and bought many Christmas presents with her hard work. I was excited to see the pincushion challenge on Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge this week. Sew...let's do it.

I used the pin cushion. ribbon. button and tape meausre. This card is posted to:http://curtaincallchallenge.blogspot.com/http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/entimentalsundays.blogspot.com

Let's Talk Turkey

Golden brown with all the sides, finished with pumpkin pie and whip cream...back to reality, I am getting ahead of myself! This is just a simple card. I stamped the months on a orange cardstock. I stamped the turkey, cut it out and colored it with my Lycra watercolors. Then I stamped and arrow towards November...let's eat turkey!!

This card is posted to: http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.comhttp://www.cardsinenvy.blogspot.com/http://www.cardsinenvy.blogspot.com/http://eurekastamps.blogspot.com/p/challenge-rules.html

Friday, November 14, 2014

Just a note Dog-gone it

How fun it is to punch, punch and punch! This dog uses a lot of punched pieces. I learned how to make them at Dawn's stamping thoughts. I did not have the punches she had so I improvised. They are so cute I had to make one...or a whole kennel's worth of dogs! Using different colors of brown they all turned out differently.

Using the paws Darnice folder, I inked and ran it throught the cuttle bug. The strip under the dog reads: I feel sorry for people who don't have dogs. I hear they have to pick up their own food if they drop it on the floor.

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Monday, November 10, 2014

Joy to you and me!

I just sent off my Caring Hearts cards and now I am working on my batch for next year. No procrastination here...ha ha!! I used the sketches from My Favorite Things. I changed the orientation and it should fit into the Mojo Monday sketch too.

I just got this Christmas tree die cut so I wanted to use it. I put red circles in the open areas. I ran my ribbon on the stamp pad to get it to the color I wanted and pleated it. Then I looked through the button can (my mother had the best button can in the world! Us kids would sit every Sunday in the winter and play bingo with my mother's buttons as the radio announced the numbers. I had more fun looking at the buttons than playing bingo and my mother had quiet children for two hours every Sunday afternoon!)

I am posting this card to:http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/
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