You can't catch me. I am the Gingerbread Man!

 

 

Sweet adorable Gingerbread Man baking away at more gingerbread cookies! 

Reminds me of the story...Run! Run! As fast as you can't catch me.  I am the Gingerbread Man!

Colored with pencils and Copics.  Submitted to Christmas Kickstart Challenge.

 

 

Christmas Pets

 I was so excited to be invited as a guest designer this week over at 52 CCT.  Its a Theme challenge this week and the theme is Pets!

What to choose from?  I have dogs in many poses.  I have cats.  I have lambs.  I have so many to choose from!  I ended up with this stamp set "Santa Paws" from Art Impressions.  I have used many stamps in this set but today I am working with the group of singing dogs.

 I stamped the image first and masked it so I could do the sky which is Distress Oxides Prize Ribbon, Dusty Concord and Tumbled Glass.  Those colors are my go-to when I make a night sky.  The stars are splattered Dr Ph Martins Pen White Ink.  it comes with a dropper.  I just dipped a brush into it and splattered the ink. It works the best for me for stars.  Next I colored with my Prismacolor Premier colored pencils.  I love that sentiment that was stamped on vellum and clear embossed with Altenew Crystal Clear embossing powder.  I picked the sentiment up from Rubberstamps.com called Christmas Cheer.

I hope you join us over at the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown.  Just click the link and it will take you over to the Theme Challenge-Pets.  We all would love to see what you make too!

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-theme-challenge.html

 

Christmas Envelope Box Card

 I made a box card that looks like an envelope in light blue and used two colors of red for the flowers.  One was a metallic deep red and the other was sparkling brighter red.  I used a bit of white as well so I have that as part of the base to break up the blue a bit and the red flowers.  The center of the flowers have light blue gem.

 

 

The flowers are placed on two crossbars inside the box.  The crossbar toward the back is higher than the one in front so the flowers can be seen.

 

The front of the box had a triangle cut out so I used it on the back of the box card to give it more of envelope feel like the front.  I have plenty of room to stamp a sentiment and or write a note to the recipient once I figure out who it will go to.

 

 

 

 I love how it folds flat very nicely for mailing.

 

Thank you for stopping by! 

 

Netta

 
Supplies

    Spellbinder October 2022 Die of the Month
    Neenah Solar White Cardstock
    Light Blue Cardstock
    Red Metallic Cardstock
    Red Sparkling Cardstock

    Light Blue Gem

    
   

52CCT Distress Ink Blending Snowy Christmas Sunset

 I love this forest and deer stamp and have used it quite a bit. I have had it for years. I love that it can be used for any time of year as it has nothing to do with winter ...unless you add snow!  It would be a perfect masculine card as well.  

 I had an image in mind, on what my card should look like but it took me 3 tries!  My first time I didn't like the colors. It looked like mud as I blended.  Second time I realized I should have stamped the image last as the distress ink made it look like more muted grayish instead of a nice black as I blended.  Three times is the charm they say!

After I was happy with the ink blending for the land, water and sky, I used the sun and ray stencil with the same Squeezed Lemonade and blended it so it went up into the sky.  

After I did the rays I lightly went back over with the pink and blue in the sky again to blend the rays in a little.  On the actual card, the rays are more faint than in the photograph.  I made sure to stamp the image 4 times.  Two times first and then I moved the image over to the left edge to fill in the rest of the land and trees. I stamped 2 more times for the edge.  I wanted that dark crisp black.  Next, came the snow falling and that was white paint splatted with an old toothbrush I keep in my art supplies.  A little trick I learned from back in the day when I learned how to oil paint.  I believe I was around 11 or 12 at the time.  I also used THE BEST EVER white gel pen to make snow...Arteza White Gel Pen.  I have used this type a lot over the years and this brand never fails me!

Can you believe half the year is not even here yet and I almost have all my Christmas cards done!  This is the very first time I am not scrambling in November.  

Where are you at?  Have you even started yet? 

*smile*

 

 Submitted To Challenge

 

 

Supplies

• Fun Stampers Journey Stay Wild Stamp
  
•  Distress Oxide: Faded Jeans, Squeezed Lemonda, Pumice Stone,Stormy Sky, Picked Raspberry
  
•  Blended Brushes
  
• Neenah Solar White Cardstock
• Navy Cardstock
• Christmas Words Company Unknown
• Precise V5 Rolly Penn Extra Fine
• Tempera Primary White Paint for snow 
• American Crafts Pack of 3 Where to Next Stencil for sun rays
• Arteza White Gel Pen
  

52 CCT June Theme- Candy Canes

Today is the first day of summer and I have Christmas on my mind.  Elizabeth, at 52CCT has chosen Candy Canes as the theme this month.  I had not pulled out pencils for some time so I decided to color up an image that was full of candy canes.  With a fine tip marker, it was easy to get all the green and red sprinkles all over the candies.

With flash you can see the sparkles on all the Candy Canes.  It's not Christmas or Birthdays without some glitter on the card somewhere.

 

The sentiment was printed from my computer and I thought it fit in with the theme of candy canes!

Front:  Have you been good this year?

Inside: If the answer is Yes...then you've earned your stripes this Christmas!

Submitted to Challenge

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-theme-challenge.html

Supplies

• Digital Morning Premium Cake Digital Image
•  Prismacolored Pencils PC1031, PC943, PC946,PC937,PC926,PC924,PC929,PC1014,PC912,PC1034, PC1093,PC1059
  
•  LePen green and red pens for sprinkles
  
• Arteza Gel Pen whie
  
•  Scrapbook.com Hello Bloom Die
• White and Red Cardstock
• Fiskars Stitch Punch
  
• Nuvo Glitter Drop
  

Gatefold Popup Christmas Package

 I have a hate-love with the Karen Burniston Parcel Pop-up card!

I find it confusing building it but I love the look of the card when done though!

It's just fun when you open it and see a package.  Pull the bottom down that has the red arrow and up pops the surprise!

Submitted to challenge

 https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/06/christmas-kickstart-challenge-75_01845190438.html
 

52CCT Sketch Challenge- Stack of Christmas Birds

 I saw this stamp and loved it.  Had to have it, however it was difficult for me to color with copic markers.  I think next time I will try pencils. 

 

 All in all, I think it was perfect for this sketch!

Submitted to Challenge

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-sketch-challenge.html

****Update****

 

  Supplies:

White Cardstock

                    Stack of Winter Birds Company Unknown

                    Copic Markers

                    Twine from Stash

                    Happy Holiday Sticker

                    DCWC  The Green Stack Recycled Paper Pack

                    Nuvo Glitter Drop

                    Artez White Gel Pen

 

 

 

52CC-May Stash -Using up that Glitter

Use it up is the theme this week.  Those who know me well...knows full well how much stuff is in my craftroom that could be used up!  

*please click on the photos to see each photo better*

First thing I thought of was Jennifer Mcguire's video I watched a few weeks ago.  Use up that glitter was her theme. You can see it here on how she made her card... 

https://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2023/05/use-up-your-glitter.html.

It was very easy to follow and not that much of a mess.  The hardest part for me was to find a background die! Cut out the die and place it down onto a piece of cardstock that had an adhesive sheet on it.  Smash glitter into all the areas that was still open.  That was it!

 I had a piece of blue metallic cardstock left over from a project and white glitter from years ago that I used. I also found a package of Stampin Up Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets NEVER OPENED from several years ago too!  The white card base was also from my stash.  I had measured and put my fold on the wrong spot so I just stuck it in my pile to use up someday.  I made that work as my base.  It was very short on one side and I had enough of the blue metallic cardstock, so I placed a strip along the wider edge.

This card is so pretty.  Here is a close up so you can see the sparkle from all that glitter.  It looks like I used a glitter background but this way I am using up some of that glitter I have been hoarding for so long.

I had so much fun, I decided to make another one but this time for a birthday card.

I just love the look of the ink color and glitter on the background.

 

 

 

I started out with blending in the colors on the white cardstock..blue, yellow, orange and red.  Next layers are the adhesive, background die cut and then glitter.  I used the same step as the video.

It truly is pretty in person!

 

 

Submitted Christmas Card to Challenge

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2023/05/may-stash-challenge.html 

 

 

Supplies From My Stash:

 

                  Christmas Card

White Cardstock

Metallic Blue Cardstock

White Glitter (so old I do not know the company)

Stampin Up Beautiful Blizzard Sentiment

Stampin Up Blueberry Bushel Ink

Snowflake Background Die (Company Unknown)

Stampin Up Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets 

Birthday Card

White and Black Cardstock

Enjoy stamp set (Company unknown)

Top Dog Flower Lace A2 Mat Die 

Nuvo Sparkle Dust Glitter

Memento Ink:  Danube Blue, Dandelion,Tangelo, Lady Bug

 

52CCT-Theme Christmas Music

      When I saw this theme, I knew exactly what I was going to do.  Lucky I had the pieces to put it together!

It looks like the Carolers are singing to "someone" at the front door.  

I have the Carolers positioned so she is to the back and the two boys have pop dots behind them so they are slightly to the front.  I needed to ground them somehow so I added snow under them. 

Inside:  

"The Best Way to spread Christmas Cheer 

Is singing loud for all to hear" 

 

 

Submitted to Challenge:

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2023/05/may-theme-challenge.html

 

 ***Update***

 

Supplies:

 

Black and White Cardstock

Stickles Nuvo Glitter Drop

Scribbles Shiny Winter White 3D Paint

Stampin Up Brightly Lit Christmas Die

Impression Obession Carolers Die

Stair Die

Stampin Up Seasonal Die

Black Pop Dots

Music Background by PngWing

Distress Oxide Prize Ribbon

Blender brush

3 Dimensional Tree Card

I love purples and blues on a Christmas card because I think they give off the sense of cold.  In my neck of the woods, we do have cold during that time and I love it!

No stamping on this card.  Just die cutting.

I die cut 3 sets of trees and used Distress Oxide with a blending brush to get a two-tone color the trees.  I also used the same colors to do the background of the base.  

First layer, which was the tallest trees in the back, was glued down, Next layer, was popped up with skinny pop dots. Last layer had a thicker pop dots.  It gives each set of trees dimension.

I wanted the very front (deer and Merry Christmas) to be the deeper purple but the Merry Christmas blended in too much.  I had a deeper purple Glitter so I used that and wrote over the top of it.

I tried to make Bokeh circles like the photo below by using water, the eraser part of a pencil and a dropper  to get smaller dots on the base background. 

 Submitted to Challenge

https://christmaskickstartchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/05/challenge-74-colour-palette-fun.html

 

 

Supplies

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock for Base

Scrap Deep Purple Cardstock

 Distress Oxide  Ink: Habanero, Dusty Concord, Seedless Preserves,Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass

Stickles Dark Blue

 

No Name Merry Christmas Die

Impression Obession Deer Trio Die

 

Sizzix Tim Holtz Treeline Die

 

Water

Pop Dots

 

Blending Brushes

52 CCT May Colour Challenge-Christmas Wreath

 Brown, Green, Red

That was a hard color combo to come up with for Christmas card and the only thing that stuck in my mind was this wreath, so I went for it.

I used white cardstock and cut two wreaths.  Before I glued them together, I randomly colored the twigs with the copic markers to give them a two tone look.   

I glued everything down and punched a bunch of red circles from scrap red glitter paper for the berries.  After everything was glued down, I added glitter red dots.

I think I covered the color challenge well.....brown twig wreath, red ribbon and holly berries with green evergreen leaves.

 Some day I will get good at taking photos because it really is pretty. 

 Submitted to Challenge

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2023/05/may-colour-challenge.html 

 

****Update****

 

Supplies

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock for Base

Scraps Green, Brown and Glitter red Cardstock 

Impression Obsession Twig Wreath Dig Set

Embosselicious Evergreen Embossing Folder for Background

Ribbons from Stampin Up Pretty Pines Die Set

Evergreens from Penny Black Holly Flourish Die Set

Merry Christmas Die from Spellbinders 3D Poinsettia Surprise Envelope Die Set

Stickles Christmas Red 

Copic Marker for the Wreath E57 & E29

Regular hole puncher

 

Letter A & C Challenge

Part One

The current letter is C for Cats for the Alphabet Challenge Blog

I did not have a cat image and I need more Christmas Cards to add to my stash so I was lucky to find the perfect digital image Kitten in Christmas Present to purchase.  

I used Copic markers  (B000, B21, B23) for the blue background.  Prismapencils was for the image (Carmine Red, Crimson Red, Golden Rod, Apple Green, Dark Green, Seashell Pink,Burnt Ochre,Sienna Brown and Blender Pencil).

I used Nuvo Crystal drops Ivory Seashell for the snow.  Nuvo Glitter drops White Blizzard on the ribbon and Christmas bulb for the glitter.

Seasons Greetings came from Christmas Blessings Set.

Submitted to Challenge

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/05/c-is-for-cats.html

 

 

Part Two

Letter A (playing catch up)

 I wanted to start at the beginning of the alphabet challenge and continue playing along to keep caught up. Lucky I was only one alphabet off and that was the letter "A".  I think this card would have been acceptable!  I made this for my grandson's 3rd birthday.  Just a bunch of handcutting with sissors, white pen and circle punches! For his nose, I used a flower ball tool to round it out and used a lot of glue underneath to keep it somewhat rounded in the mail. 

A for Adorable-Anything Cute

52 CCC April Technique Challenge-Embossed Vellum

I got another Christmas Card done towards my goal for 2023.  

 I didn't count how many cards I threw away working on my idea!  Nothing lined up right.

My idea was to make an image on the inside of a vellum card and to heat emboss a stamp image on the outside of the vellum.  The inside was colored and the outside was just the image embossed in white.

When closed, you can see the colored poinsettias through the vellum.  

 

I finally accomplished my idea.  I love experimenting, especially when it finally comes out like I planned.

 

At 52CCT challenge was to emboss but it did not say dry emboss or heat emboss.  Hoping heating embossing is ok!

Submitted to Challenge

 

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2023/04/april-technique-challenge.html

 

****Update****

Supplies

Stampin Up Vellum Cardstock

White Cardstock 

Nuvo Embossing Paper Glacier White Powder

Heat Gun

VersaMark Ink Pad

Altenew Crispe Dye Ink-Sea Breeze and Tide Blue

Colorado & Craft Company-Slimline Poinsettias

Blue Sequins

Dr. Ph. Martin's Pen-White Ink

Blending Brushes

52 CCC April Theme Challenge-Santa!

 This card took a bit longer to create than I thought it would.  No stamping on this card.  It is all die cut. It has the card base and 5 snow globe layers (2 layers cut with red and 3 with white) I used one of the white layers to fussy cut out the fur and beard for Santa. 

This die set can be made as stand up 3D 6 x6 card but I wanted an A2 card because they are easier to mail.   I just cut each layer and stack them on top of each other.  Between the 2 top layers and the 2 bottom layers, I added pop dots to raise the words in the top section a bit higher off the Santa.  The Santa layer and very top layer was cut from red metallic cardstock and the other two from white.

 

 

I also cut small poinsettias to add a little decorations to the top.

 

 Submitted to Challenge

https://52cct.blogspot.com/2023/04/april-theme-challenge.html

 

Supplies

White Cardstock 

Renewing MInds Red Metallic Paper

Spellbinders Shapeabilities Grand Snow Blobe Etched Die Set

Spellbinders Santa Clause Layering Set

IO Poinsettia Small Set