Frosty the Snowman

Made this little card [A7 size if that actually exists] for the 3 Fs challenge over at 365 Cards - Fussy Cutting, Fringe and and F of choice - in my case Frosty!

I added glitter to the snowman image by stamping it all over with a Versamark Watermark pad, then sprinkled a teeny bit of glitter over it followed by some clear embossing powder - it worked quite well but you do need just a pinch of glitter otherwise the excess will end up back in your clear embossing powder jar!

The three Ts - non-traditional colours for a Christmas card

Over at 365 Cards the challenge was to make a card with 3 T's:  Teal, Trinket and a T of your choice.

I don't usually add 3D items to my cards for ease of posting but rummaging through my stash I did manage to find some metal butterflies I purchased sometime ago.  Of course when I decided to go the Christmas way the butterflies were no longer an option, and that's when I decided to use the little bell - not sure if they are a trinket but that's the best I could come up with.

And the third T??  It ended up being TWINE after many other options were considered: trees, twigs, triple [something], trimmings, etc...

What I used:

Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip card, Chocolate Chip Ink, Martha Stewart edge punch, Kaisercraft Prairie Lane Collection paper, Bakers Twine, Dasher and sentiment stamps from SU, Fiskars corner rounder punch. SU Large Oval punch, SU Scalloped Oval punch.

Owls in a Gloriously Colourful Tree!

It's a little strange to be making 'autumn' inspired cards when we are just coming into summer here in the Southern Hemisphere, but I do love these fall colours so it was a pleasure to make!

When I was a teenager I couldn't get enough of BLUE - it was my favourite colour for a long time and I couldn't stand the sight of green (probably because it was my mother's favourite colour then hehehe - rebelious teenager!) but nowdays give me red, greens and oranges any day [and browns too] and I'm a very happy girl!

Apparently my great-grandmother adored orange, we have her embroidery floss tin and it is brimming full of so many tones of oranges - maybe that's where I get it from....

So for todays' card I went a bit mad on cutting out leaves - still have some spares on my table - and decided to make a little woodland scene, with a pair of cute owls to top it off.  {The card almost blends in with the background!}

It sort of fits in with a couple of challenges over at 365 cards [ I'm falling behind!] which are Peek-a-boo (one owl peeking out from behind the other one and Festive Fall With a Little Fringe where I feel the leaves have created an interesting fringe above the owls!

What I used:

Card:  snippets of SU Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red,So Saffron, Tangerine Tango, Old Olive for the leaves, Very Vanilla for the owls and Cajun Craze for the branch - background card unknown.

Stamps:  Lots of Tags [retired], Punch Bunch [retired], Vintage Labels [retired]

Cute kitty with chicks - revisited

I had stamped an extra kitten image yesterday when I made the Smile card, so decided to watercolour it as well and make it up into a card - really interesting how different colours change the focus of the card - yesterdays was mainly yellow, today I've gone with green.

What I used:

Stamps:  Penny Black and Stampin' Up!

Card:  Stampin' Up! Old Olive, Daffodil Delight and Tangerine Tango - polka dot paper from stash.

Fun tools:  Acqua pen, Large Oval punch, Scalloped Oval punch, Scalloped Border Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslits die, Basic Pearls (all Stampin' Up!)

Smiling for you - Day 245

Feeling really under the weather today with a bad head cold, it's been dragging on since the weekend and I'm about over it!!  I think it is a teeny bit better compared to yesterday so hopefully it's on its way out...

So, we were asked to SMILE over at 365 Cards yesterday [I'm always a day behind hehehe, now I've got to start thinking about peek-a-boo!].  I've had this cute Penny Black stamp for ages and it's a delightful little image sure to make someone smile, I hope.

What I used:

Images:  Penny Black and Hero Arts

Card:  Stampin' Up! and unknown

Fun stuff:  Embossing folder SU, ribbon SU.

"Little girl on a swing"

Have had a good day today here at home, trying to channel my energies into creative stuff so decided to play along with 365 Cards once again.  Don't know whether I'll play along everyday though lately it does seem to be the case - anyway here goes!

What I used:

Stampin' Up!: Beautiful Wings Embosslits die, A Kind Word stamp set [retired],  Boho Blossoms punch, Scalloped Border punch. Tea Party DSP [retired], Melon Mambo and So Saffron card.
Fiskars: 1/4" circle punch, paper cutter and oval template.
Other: Watercolour paper, grey card.

Pumpkins definitely on the menu for this Recipe Challenge!

365 Cards - Day 241 challenge.

I like to re-cycle things for my cards whenever I can and it is appropriate - as you can see I cut the background shape from an old card back - it embossed really well and the card is kind of glossy so that's nice, and the logo in the middle was covered by my punch art - why don't you give it a go?  (The card fronts were sent to kindergarten for the children to do artwork with them as well.)

No room for a sentiment on the first card, but I did manage to incorporate on in the second card.

I don't have any stamps or papers with Halloween images so I had to make my own pumpkins with punches.

So here is the Recipe

4x4" Card

2 Patterned Papers

Ribbon

Glitter

Halloween or Fall Theme

Sentiment of your choice