JOYFUL JOY

    Welcome to this 29 day series of Christmas cards for the 2021 holiday season - so glad you're here with me! Hope you get lots of inspiration and entertainment right up to Christmas day...

Love all the bright colors in this one little image - my favorite word to sum up this season (so many options to take pleasure in no matter how tough times are).

TECHNIQUES

Copic markers (all letters)

 foam mounting (small sentiment)

SUPPLIES

joy stamp - Stampendous Retro Joy #V092

Merry Christmas stamp (partial) - Stampin' Up! random

Copic markers

Sharing this card with the following Challenges:

As You Like It ChallengeFavourite Christmas Sentiment  (ends 12/29)!

Cardz4Guyz #286 Contemporary Christmas  (ends 12/26)!

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 50 Anything Goes Colouring  (ends 12/30).

Happy Little StampersDecember Christmas Challenge  (ends 12/30)

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FAIR ISLE VIBE

  Welcome to this 29 day series of Christmas cards for the 2021 holiday season - so glad you're here with me! Hope you get lots of inspiration and entertainment right up to Christmas day...

Really pleased with the process and result on this card!

( I made a few other cards in this style a few weeks ago)

TECHNIQUES

ink direct to paper (Misti or other stamp positioner allows for repeated stamping to get drier inks saturated enough)

foam mounting and heat embossing (sentiment)

* I saw this technique demoed by Ruth at the YouTube channel artfulstampinwithruth in an older video a couple months ago and I was smitten!  The key is to find any image that are symmetrical (if stamped on a straight line both sides of an image look like mirror images). Literally any color combo will work as long as one is lighter and one is darker.

SUPPLIES

stamps - Stampin' Up! sets: Noteworthy, Etruscan, Northern Hearts, Creative Elements

inks - Stampin' Up! Sahara Sand and Ruby Red

flat back pearl gems - Stampin' Up!

Sharing this card with the following Challenge Blogs:

Country View Challenges- Christmas Anything Goes  (ends 12/31)?.

{PIN}spirational Challenges #284 December  (ends 12/31).

Little Red Wagon#632 Christmas  (ends 12/21).

Dare2bArtzy Challenge  (ends 1/2/22).

Thanks for coming by today and I'll see you tomorrow!

CLEAN AND SIMPLE CARDINAL ON A WREATH

 Welcome to this 29 day series of Christmas cards for the 2021 holiday season - so glad you're here with me! Hope you get lots of inspiration and entertainment right up to Christmas day...

I love everything about this image set-up - so simple but so sweet! I can't believe I've owned this set for years (2011?!) and have not used it til now.  I was never much of a Christmas stamper because of the chaotic season, but thanks to Mom's encouragement I made about 40 different layouts this year.  Which has allowed me to use many images new-to-me from storage  :o)

TECHNIQUES

heat embossing (sentiment)

pop dotting (cardinal and sentiment)

SUPPLIES

image stamps - My Mind's Eye I Believe

sentiment stamp - Stampin' Up! So Many Sayings

inks - Stampin' Up! Poppy Parade and Gumball Green

white embossing powder

Sharing this card with the following Challenge Blogs:

 Allsorts Challenge #654 Wings and/or Tails  (ends 12/17).

Little Red Wagon #630 NBUS  (ends 12/14).

Retro Rubber Challenge #173  (ends 12/17)!

Update:

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VINTAGE PICKUP TRUCK

 Welcome to this 29 day series of Christmas cards for the 2021 holiday season - so glad you're here with me! Hope you get lots of inspiration and entertainment right up to Christmas day...

Such a great image I wanted to keep things traditional but clean and simple.

TECHNIQUES

metallic paint (foliage)

* in hindsight I would add some shading at the wheels area to help ground the image

SUPPLIES

truck stamp - PSX #K2052

sentiment stamp - All Night Media #580G06

ink - Stampin' Up! Poppy Parade 

metallic paints - LuminArte

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A COZY CHRISTMAS WISH

 Welcome to this 29 day series of Christmas cards for the 2021 holiday season - so glad you're here with me! Hope you get lots of inspiration and entertainment right up to Christmas day...

Absolutely love this die.  I felt she needed almost no embellishment to compete with her fabulousness!  Funny story - I was so excited to get started I neglected to notice they provided cuff and pocket dies til after I had painstakingly cut them by hand from a full figure in white :o)

TECHNIQUES

die cutting (girl)

ink direct to paper (sentiment)

SUPPLIES

die cut - Sizzix Thinlits "Catching Snowflakes" #664776

sentiment stamp - unmarked

ink - Adirondack dye "Bottle"

pompom, snowflakes and crystals - random

Sharing this card with the following Challenge Blogs:

Allsorts Challenge Week 653 Use a Die  (ends 12/10)!

Update:

Cut It Up Challenges #240 Holiday Cards  (ends 12/15).

Die Cut Divas December Challenge  (ends in a month).

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CLEAN AND SIMPLE POINSETTIA

  Welcome to this 29 day series of Christmas cards for the 2021 holiday season - so glad you're here with me! Hope you get lots of inspiration and entertainment right up to Christmas day...

Love how this turned out!  The neutral gray marker line around the image was an afterthought and I feel that it really brought the image to life!

TECHNIQUES

Copic markers (image)

 heat embossing (sentiment)

SUPPLIES

sentiment stamp - PSX #F-3506

flower stamp - Co-Motion Stamps #2391

white gel pen (flower stamens)

flat back faceted gems - unmarked

Sharing this card with the following Challenge blogs:

Try Stampin on Tuesday #535  (ends 12/12)!

Update:

Addicted to CAS #211 Colourful  (ends 12/4).

Color Hues #31 Red and Green  (ends 12/29).

Thanks for stopping in today and see you back here tomorrow!

JOY TREE

 Hello!

Sneaking in a couple more holiday cards today in addition to my ongoing daily series so I can play along in the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch challenge.  

You can find the other card HERE

TECHNIQUES

dry embossing

fussy cutting (tree)

direct to paper (joy)

SUPPLIES

stamps - Stampin' Up! Perfect Presentation set

inks - Stampin' Up! Poppy Parade and Gumball Green

embossing folder - Stampin' Up! Textured Impressions "Delicate Designs" (set of 2)

star flat back gem - Park Lane

Playing along with the following Challenges:

CAS Colours and Sketches#447- Sketch  (ends 11/29).

Uniko Studio #68 Celebrate, Optional Red & Green  (ends 12/31)

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VIOLET ORB

Hello! A quick and easy, clean and simple card.  This one definitely looks best in person.

TECHNIQUES

ink staining (I smooshed Distress Oxide inkpad in Violet onto a large acrylic block, spritzed with water, pressed a sheet of transparent file folder into this, and then dabbed cardstock onto the plastic)

heat embossing (gray panel)

fussy cutting (thank you panel)

SUPPLIES

flower stamp - Stamp It! "Floral Cluster" #L 1659

word stamps - Penny Black "Million Thanks" #30 680

inks - VersaFine black, Distress Oxide Wilted Violet

Playing along with the following Challenges:

Addicted to CAS #209 Purple  (ends 11/6).

The Flower Challenge #61 Use a Shape  (ends 10/25).

Thanks for stopping by!