Apologies & Sitting Snowman

I am sorry for not being a very good blogger. I'm going to give this another try.

I am posting a card I made for Christmas but never got a chance to post it.

The stamp is from Whipper Snapper. I coloured him using my Copic Markers. This was one of the many cards I have sold. Enjoy!

~ Pat

June Christmas Cards

Here is my card for June! It is a little late for uploading as I was trying to find some decorative brads such pink with green polka dots or vice versa, but no such luck (boo hoo!)

I love the look of the lime green and the pink together and makes it for a great non-traditional christmas card!

I added some dazzling diamonds to the snow flakes in the air, on top of the top hat, along the ground and the tree. It is definitely more sparkly in person!

This card is 5x5 in size.

Here is the recipe:
Stamps: Serendipity - Jolly Snowman
Paper: WW, lime green bazzill, pink plaid ds paper, pretty in pink, green galore cs
Ink: Black
Other: Brads, SU Markers, corner punch, dazzling diamonds

Well that is all that I have for a Monday nite! Thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

Xmas Turtles

Now onto my Christmas cards for July and August!
I absolutely adore Whipper Snapper stamps and wish I had more of them!

I originally started out with approximately 24 images of these cute turtles, but wounded up with only 20 completed cards as I had messed up 4 of them. I coloured the turtles with copic markers - which I have recently just learned how to use them and am very pleased with how they have turned out.

The next time I decide to make 20 of the same cards, it will not involve any colouring at all! LOL, this took me forever to get all 20 coloured!

I added dazzling diamonds to the white parts of the santa hats. It is way cuter in person as you can see the sparkles on the santa hats!

I added the green and red brads at the top along with the ribbons as I thought it needed a little something more!

This is what the inside of the card looks like. As I hate wasting any size of paper, I decided to decorate the inside as well with some DS paper and a sentiment. I rounded the right side corners just to give it some definition.

Here is the recipe: Stamps: Whipper Snapper, Many Merry Messages; Paper: Real Red, WW, DS paper; Ink: Black Other: Brads, Ribbons, Corner Punch, Copic Markers; Dazzling Diamonds

This card is 6x6. Now all I have to do is find some envelopes!

I hope you like this card as much as I do! Thanks for stopping by!! ~Pat

Noel

Ok, my Christmas Cards for March!

I found this DS paper amongs my stash and thought I needed to use it. In fact, I believe I need to use DS paper more often as it helps fill in my cards and I don't have to think as hard (he,he)!

This card is 9"x4" in size. I cut the Winter Words background approximately 5" long by 4" wide and mounted onto my cardstock. I then cut the blue striped DS paper approximately 3" long and mounted it to the botto my card. I cut a Night of Navy strip approximatel 1.25" wide. added three silver eyelets and stamped "Noel" from Many Merry Messages in White Pigment Inkd.

I stamped Rudy Leaping (Stampendous) in black ink and then coloured in his scarf with bashful blue marker and his nose in real red.

I mounted a thin piece of Night of Navy strip to the back, and then mounted that piece onto a piece of striped paper with pop dots and then matted onto a Night of Navy piece. The piece is then pop dotted onto the Winter Words background part.

I believe I am now officially caught up in my yearly Christmas Cards! Woo hoo! Now I've got to start on my June Cards!

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Stampendous; Many Merry Messages
Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Unknown DS Paper

Ink: Black

Other: Silver Eyelets, Bashful Blue Marker, Real Red Marker

Thanks for stopping by!!

~Pat

Seasons Greetings!

Here is my Christmas Card for April. It is fairly simple, yet elegant. I am quite pleased with the layout.

For the sprig, I used the stamp from Hero Arts - Fanciful Filaments and stamped it in Night of Navy.

The tiny star was from Amuse. I stamped that in Silver Pigment Ink and embossed in silver embossing powder.

"Seasons Greetings" is from Many Merry Messages from Stamping up. Stamped in silver pigment ink and then embossed in silver embossing powder onto Night of Navy. It then layered it onto silver. Tied a ribbon around the strip and adhere it the main card front. That's it! Easy peasy.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Many Merry Messages; Amuse; Hero Arts
Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Silver

Ink: Night of Navy, Silver Pigment Ink

Other: Silver Embossing Powder; Ribbon

Happy Sunday and thanks for stopping by!!

~Pat

May Christmas Cards

, Here is my May Christmas Cards. I am so behind in my challenge from the Stamp Shack to make my monthly Christmas Cards - now I need to catch up with March and April cards.

These cards are 3"x6" in size as I had wanted to make the most use of my 12"x 12" cardstock (that way I got 4 cards out of one cardstock).

I originally intended this to be a black and white card, but it didn't turn out that way. I stamped the snowman onto white cardstock, coloured the heart with a red marker and watercoloured the hat using Basic Grey. Then using my pastels and a q-tip, I coloured in the sky with Night of Navy as I had wanted to make a nite scene. I added the glitter to the falling snowflake. I also highlighted the snowman around the inside of his belly and his face just to give him a realistic look - not all snowmen are pure white are they?

I mounted the snowman front onto a black panel and pop dot onto my main card. I had a little snowflake punch and decided to use it (this must be the first time I've touched it since I bought it a while back). This just gives it a bit funness and dimension to my card.

I then stamped my verse from Many Merry Messages at the bottom.

Here is the recipe:
Stamps: Stampendous; Many Merry Messages

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Black
Other: Markers, Pastels, Stickles, Mini Snowflake Punch
Happy Thursday! Thanks for stopping by!!
~Pat

February Xmas Cards

Where did February go?!! I totally forgot to upload my cards for February. Well here it is. These cards are 5"x5". The base is Mello Moss and the front is the DS SU Very Merry from last year's catty.

I added the corner punch in Always Artichoke.

Stamped various stamps in the circles, added some ribbon, and voila, it is done! Now I have to go and find some 5"x5" envelopes to fit my card!

Have a wonderful March.

Here is the recipe:

Stamps: Be Merry and other little stamps

Paper: Mello Moss, Always Artichoke. DS Christmas Paper

Ink: Black

Other: Ribbon, Corner Photo Punch

Thanks for stopping by.

~Pat

Quick and Easy Christmas Cards

Here are a series of cards I made using $1 store stickers. I couldn't pass them up as they were too cute. I used Always Artichocke as the main card colour, mounted with Cranberry Crisp, and the main focal point, I used Confetti White. Applied the stickers and finished off with some brads. I posted each individual phots below.