Merry Christmas Cards

 

 

Hi, I have a couple of Christmas cards created with digis from The Cat's Pajamas October release and a little tip.  I decided to use the cute little animals from Warmest Wishes Digistamps.

I used Silhouette Studio to size and print the penguins and a supersized sentiment.  The penguins were colored with Prismacolor pencils and fussy cut.  I'm working with two injured pinky fingers at the moment and my cutting wasn't the smoothest.  It reminded me of a tip I learned a long time ago and I thought I would share it for those of you who might be new to cardmaking.  

Here is one of my cut images.  Notice the white edges on this guy -

 

 

This picture shows the image after I ran the tip of a black marker around the edge.  Much better, right?

 

 

As you can see on the card, I added a piece of thread and the little fish to the fishing pole instead of fussy cutting all that detail.  Here's a little closer look.

 

 

The back panel was dry embossed with a folder and a few Nuvo drops were added to the sentiment for a little more color.  There were all popped onto the front of a slimline card blank.

 

 

This second card was made in the same manor.

 

 

Here is the set I used today -

 

 

Thanks for taking a look!

Aloha, 

Brenda

LRW #783 - Monochromatic

Chrissy is up as hostess over at Little Red Wagon with a fun challenge for us, Monochromatic.  She wants us to use one color in as many shades as you wish.  It may come as no surprise, I chose blue with just a little white in the mix also.

I stamped this up with a large snowflake stamp using a Colorado Craft Company set.  The paper is a piece from my leftovers.  I added just a bit of sparkle with blue Nuvo Drops, tho it is kind of hard to see.

Remember you can link up any paper craft project as long as it fits Monochromatic.  Don't forget to check in with the Girlfriends, I know I can't wait to see what they create!

Aloha,

Brenda

 

CRAFT Challenge #740 - Christmas for Children

 

It's time for another CRAFT Challenge!  We would love for you to join us this week in creating a Christmas project for children.

Our Sponsor this week is -

I have had the pleasure of using an image provided by our sponsor.  Isn't he cute, I thought he would make just the most perfect Christmas card for one of my little friends.  I've colored him up with Prismacolor pencils.  The card design was inspired by one that I saw somewhere, I would love to give credit, but I have no idea who to give credit to.  

Please come join us if you can over at the CRAFT Challenge blog.  We would love to see your Christmas projects for children.

Aloha,
Brenda

As You Like It Challenge #296 - Fave Embellishment

It's time for another As You Like It Challenge.  This fortnight our challenge theme is to share your favorite embellishment.  For a chance to win our prize or top-3 spot, your project needs to show your favorite and you need to tell us why you've made your choice.  That way, we can all appreciate why it's your favourite.  

This week our sponsor is:

I really like using some type of thin thread or twine to embellish my cards. I love the rustic feel this jute gives this cute little scarecrow which was kindly provided by our sponsor.

We would love for you to head back to the AYLI blog to link up your creation.  While you are there, check out the prize that's up for grabs and take a look at the gorgeous creations the DT made for you to see!  

Aloha,

Brenda

Little Red Wagon Challenge #782 - Wintertime

I have another Christmas card for you this week.  Our new challenge over at Little Red Wagon courtesy of Imke is "Wintertime".  She's leaving it pretty wide open.  Your tags, cards, ATCs, scrapbook pages or whatever paper craft you choose should be related to winter.

I thought this cute image, called Winter Forest Holiday, from Le Petite Market was perfect, name and all.  He was colored with Prismacolor pencils and I the digital paper is Mittens and Cocoa over at Snap Click Supply Company, designed by Meredith Cardall.

Pop in and join us over at Little Red Wagon.  Thanks so much for checking in.  I'm always so glad to see you all!

Aloha,

Brenda

(Yay, I remembered Day Light Savings Time!)

CRAFT Challenge #739 - Christmas Present

 It's time for another CRAFT Challenge!  We would love for you to join us this week in creating a Christmas Present creation.

Our Sponsor this week is -

I had the pleasure of using an image provided by our sponsor called Snowy Days Rory.  She was colored with Prismacolor pencils.

We hope you'll join us at the CRAFT Challenge blog!

Aloha,
Brenda

Little Red Wagon #781 - White Lightening (anything weather)

 

Kate has a new challenge for us over at Little Red Wagon Challenge. She is continuing her Def Leppard-inspired challenges with the song White Lightening.  With this, she is asking for weather inspired challenges.

For this card, I went to my geli plate backgrounds and chose something with a wintery look.  I was able to use a NBUS stamp set from My Favorite Things.  I'm so happy to finally use this cute.  He was colored with Prismacolor pencils.  The snow was my favorite Stampendous chunky embossing powder and die cut snowflakes which were again from MFT.

I do hope you will be able to to join us this week.  Be sure to stop in and check out what the Girlfriends have created and then link up your creations over at Little Red Wagon!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hope your week is going very well!

Aloha, 

Brenda