merry christmas

I'm sending this card (which I made using Warm Wishes, Mr, & Mrs. Claus ,and the free digi snowman that you can find here) to my bff along with stamped images I cut out, cards and embellishments (I added some die cut circles too which are not photographed) for her kids to colour and make cards. A stress and fuss free cark making kit. I think her kids will have fun.

xo

happy December!

Happy December!! Yay!

Who doesn't love this month!!

I hope to share lots of Christmas goodness here on the blog and to start I wanted to share a free digital snowman!

xo

stretch your stamps

Hi!

I'm sharing a cute tag I made using my Smile, Winter Wishes and Stripes and Dots stamp sets. 

I coloured the frog with my Graph'it markers and added some white glitter to the hat.

I did some tricky masking to add the hat to the frog and there's no way I can word it to make sense. I should have taken pictures. Maybe I'll make a video showing how I do it.

xo

merry christmas

It's me and I'm sharing a card I created using my Mr. & Mrs. Claus stamp set (on sale). I had coloured and cut Mr. Claus out a while ago and all I did was a simple water colour background and adhered some tiny clear stars. It's always handy to have some images coloured ahead of time.

xo

peace

This is still my favourite Santa! He's so chill! ;)

I used my Mr. & Mrs. Claus and Stripes and Dots stamp sets to make this little circle card (or tag).

Pop on over to the JD blog and check out Ange's ornament shape tag/card!

xo

for you

Hello!

Sharing a quick gift tag I created using my Warm Wishes and Stripes and Dots stamp sets.

I coloured with my Graph'it markers and I used a cute SRM embossed kraft gift bag. 

And here's a little sneak peek! #janesdoodles

Pop on over to the Jane's Doodles blog and check out Milka's adorable card.

xo

from our home to yours

Hello again!

This is my second post...scroll down for my Friday favourites!

I'm sharing this card over at the JD blog today. I used my Mr. and Mrs. Claus stamp set.

I used my Graph'it markers to colour my images. I hand drew the mistletoe.

Have a lovely weekend!
xo

party time

 Hello!

Hope all is well! :)

I've mentioned before that when I've lost my mojo I like to stamp a bunch of images and colour them in (and cut them out) so that they're ready for use...comes in handy when I need a quick card like this one.

For this card I used my Mr. and Mrs. Claus and Cheers stamp sets. I created a quick background by using my Graph'it marker in 7210 (colouring in circular motions)....easy peasy!  I adhered Mrs. Claus using some foam dots for dimension (the reason I didn't put her in a 'Christmas' outfit is I figured she's be great for card for grandma's etc.

Added a little silver glitter (with my Graph'it Shake marker)...because she's ready for a party and you gotta have yo glitter on! :)

Have a great day!

xo

inspired

Hello!

Hope all is well!

I posted a few days back about Kristina's card that inspired me to try to recreate is with my stamps and markers.

I used my Warm Wishes and Mr. and Mrs. Claus stamp sets. Graph'it markers to colour.

So I used post it to mask off my 'window'...I didn't measure...just eye balled it...for those who know me well know that I hate measuring. :)

Then with my marker I drew my frame...again without measuring.

Coloured in my window and using my blender marker blended the edges to soften them. 

I added some glossy accents to the nose and lights. And yes, I made my card sitting on the floor (in my living room).....

I wonder where Jakov gets this from?? :)

I embossed the card base, I was going to leave it as is (it looked cute that way too) but thought the embossed circles would add a little more interest.

I announced my Halloween 20% Off Weekend Sale (on all clear stamps) yesterday so hop on over to the shop and check it out!

Have a lovely weekend!
xo

inspired

Hello!

Hope all is well!

On instagram I came across one of Kristina's cards that inspired me to create something similar but with markers. I will do a little photo tutorial on how I did this and post it on Saturday!

Bye for now!

xo

warm wishes + stretch your stamps

Hello!

Hope all is well!

I'm going to show how I stretched my stamps with a little masking. I used the bunny and chick from my Spring stamp set to create a Christmas card by adding the snowman's hat (from my Warm Wishes) stamp set and drawing a hat on the chick.

For the chick I took some washi tape (post-it's are great for this too...I usually use post-it but ran out of them) and cover the top of the chick's head where I want to draw the hat. Draw the hat with a pencil first than trace over it with a marker and erase the pencil.

Ink up the stamp, remove the washi tape and stamp.

I did the same with the rabbit. 

I too the snowman stamp from my Warm Wishes stamp set and masked off everything but the hat, after I inked the hat and took off the washi tape I rubbed off the ink where I wanted the ears to be with a baby wipe.

Don't worry if it doesn't look perfect...once you colour it those little mistakes won't show. Also you can fix any lines (if they didn't stamp clear) with a marker (I use Sakura Pigma Micron) and use a white gel pen to erase any tiny mistakes.

Again, same thing with the ears....

I embossed polka dots on the vellum to create the snow...I adhered the sides of the vellum at the back so the glue doesn't show through at the front.

I coloured my images with Graph'it markers and as you can see any tiny imperfections are gone once coloured in. 

Have a great day!
xo

snow much fun

Hello!

Hope all is well!

On pinterest I noticed the talented Laura's card and immediately  wanted to recreate it using my  Warm Wishes stamp set (thanks Laura for the inspiration).

So for this card I cut out my card base and then I trimmed down (so that it's a bit smaller than my base) white cardstock and used my circle die to cut out my window. I cut blue cardstock to fit under this 'window'.  I haven't used my SRM stickers in a while so I found this cute sentiment.

I cut two strips of velum to use as snow.

Adhere the velum and trim off the sides that are sticking out. Then adhere the window. onto the blue cardstock.

Adhere the 'window' to the card base, add the sentiment and snowman (which I coloured with my Graph'it markers).

Now while this is cute I thought the snowman would be happier with company so I added the bird and the present (which is from my Mr. & Mrs. Claus stamp set).

I had this stamped image already coloured from a couple of days ago and decided to use my scraps from the card above to create a mini tall card...if you will! ;)

I used my Warm Wishes and Mr. & Mrs. Clause stamp sets.

Have a great day!

xo