Oh Deer

Good Evening, today's share is a super quick Holiday card made for a guy. I needed a non cutesy card for my stepson and this card seemed to fit the bill perfectly. The deer stamp is a retired PSX stamp and the phrase is from Gina K "Spirit of Christmas" set which I adore. The paper which is a perfect back drop for the card is from Kathy's scrap pile. I colored the deer with Copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by have a great evening.

Warm Wishes

Good Morning with a foot of snow expected here today I thought it would be a good day to share this card I made a few days ago. I absolutely love the Pure Innocence line by MFT. This one is called "Snow Days". This is the first chance I actually inked up any of them. They are perfect for paper piecing but mostly adorable any way you decide to color them. I colored using Copic markers. I am so glad my certified Copic Instructor will be visiting for the holidays because MOM sure can use some lessons :) I struggled to get the skin tones colors right. From looking at online tutorials for such I think I just need to buy more markers! Even though I have quite a few I never have the color called for in the videos.

Stay warm, have a great day and thanks for stopping by

A Dry Emboss Challenge Card- Joy

Good Morning, as many know I belong to a group of embossers (The Bossy Group) and each month we have a host who chooses a template and sends embossed pieces of same to members to create their own card. This month's challenge was to use L9507- Victorian bear in a holiday themed card. Since I had this template and never played with it I got to work to see what I could come up with. The paper is all from LI some of which has been discontinued. I used an ornament from a Cuttlebug folder to create the necklace. The buttons are just from my mass misc. assortment I have. After completing the first card I had an idea for another card which did not work out as planned. On the second card I attempted to do a mock cross stitch using a black marker. I think it would have come out better had I done the body in several paper pieced patterns like I originally planned but aced for time reasons.

Good and bad here are my two takes using the one template.

Have a BEARY nice day and thanks for stopping by.

What;s Cookin'

Good morning, I thought I would post early today since I have had this card to share for a few days but seem to be to tired to post when I sit down in the evening. This is another totally adorable stamp by Nina Åslund creation for October Stamps. I colored it using Copic markers and the paper is from scraps. The wording is a combination from Unity and CHF (Kim Hughes).


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HO HO HO

Good Evening, tonight I thought I would share another Christmas card. Kathy bought me this stamp, it's a Nina Åslund creation for October Stamps. Isn't it the cutest! It was colored using Copic markers. The paper is unknown it came from Kathy's stash.

I am having a rough time focusing my camera so I'm sorry in advance for the less then perfect picture. For some crazy reason some days it focuses other days it has me pulling out what hair I have left.

Have great evening and thanks for stopping by.

Friends are the Magic of Christmas

Hello, I got to spend a lot of time in my stamp room this weekend. So my first share is a card that I paper-pieced using a real fun set from Kim Hughes. The trees and elf were pieced using Lasting Impressions paper. Once I did all the cutting it went together rather quickly. Inside I stamped a saying using an older PSX stamp. The perfect saying for such a magical card.

More fun shares tomorrow, have a great evening!

Babies 1st Christmas

Hello, since my post is later then I hoped for I will just say... I hope you and yours had a very happy Thanksgiving and found much to be thankful for.

I was in the mood for making holiday cards today and thought I would start with the youngest new member of the family. Yes, finally a stamped and colored card from me! The stamp is one I acquired some time ago on EBAY along with several other Precious Moment stamps. I thought this one would be perfect for a a babies first Christmas. I colored it using an assortment of Copic markers. As you can see more practice is needed!

Enjoy the rest of your evening. I am off to nurse a cold:(