Month: December 2014

Season’s Greetings

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this is my last post for this year and i’m taking a bit of a break until the new year to visit with my daughter and the bunnies, so hope you enjoy your holidays. i created a small round card using one of the images from the Cuddly Buddly Merry Little Christmas clear stamp set that i water coloured with twinkling H2Os and derwent inktense pencils.

Merry Little Christmas.Linda

i heat embossed the sentiment from the Poinsettia Collage clear stamp set onto vellum, cut it and attached it. the green mat is cut from Marianne Design 6″x6″ Paper Bloc – Classic Christmas PK9113.

check out the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Cuddly Buddly Snow Girl

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this is the last of the creations i made using adorable images from the Cuddly Buddly Snow Family clear stamp set and i had so much fun colouring them all. this cute image is also water coloured with twinkling H20s, fussy cut and popped on foam tape. i stamped and heat embossed one of the snowflakes from the Cuddly Christmas Buddies clear stamp set as a resist and washed with twins and distress inks.

cuddly buddly snow family tag

i used Kim’s Digi Papers – Silent Night, available at the Cuddly Buddly shop, for the pink at the top.

be sure to visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Cuddly Buddly Snow Boy

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just a quick post of another holiday card featuring a different image from the Cuddly Buddly Snow Family clear stamp set; this cute little guy is water coloured with twinkling H20s as usual and it was a lot of fun to colour.

cuddly buddly snow family boy

Supplies used on this card available at Cuddly Buddly:

Snow Family CBS0010
Kim’s Digi Papers – Silent Night
Kim’s Digi Papers – Pretty Frosty Christmas
Marianne Design Creatables Dies – Just for You/Thanks LR0224
Marianne Design Collectables Die & Clear Stamps – Eline’s Santa & Sleigh COL1340
cArt-Us journaling die

be sure to visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Really Useful Box – Die Storage

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i have been searching for a practical solution to my die storage and i found this 3L ‘really useful box‘ at staples here in canada that is perfect! i attached magnet sheets to heavy cardboard (recycled from empty watercolour paper pads) cut to 5 and 1/2 inches by 8 and 1/2 inches. since it comes with a lid, i’ll cut any future sheets shorter to fit under the lid; not that i *need* any more dies, but you never know. the box cost about 10 dollars here, about 6 in the u.s.a. and £3.95 in the uk.

really useful box

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Penny Black And More mid December Caroling Mice

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this is my mid month reminder that you still have plenty of time to join the penny black and more challenge for the special occasions theme. for my DT card, i created another christmas card, this time using my all time favourite penny black christmas image – carolling trio. i had the smaller image in a clear set, but i had to have the larger cling image – more to watercolour. :)

penny black carolers

i started by painting the sky and then the mice, all with twinkling H2Os, added snow, a double bow and a treble clef die cut from my favourite  things.

visit the blog for some beautiful creations by my team mates and for all the fabulous prizes and rules and remember, playing along is easy – just make sure your focal point is a stamped image from any company, except no digs allowed.

thanks for popping by.

Striped Tag

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i managed to create one more tag for Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2014 Challenge! maybe next year i’ll be able to do all twelve, but for now i’m just happy i participated.

designer julie ebersole created a pink ombre tag on day 1, but deliberately painted stripes. i loved the look of the stripes so i was inspired to paint twinkling H2Os stripes in different colours on my tag; i also painted tiny stripes on the cuffs of the memory box die cut mittens, which are popped on foam tape.

striped tag with mittens

i added some tiny pink gems and i have another tag for my stash that was a lot of fun to make.

i’d also like to submit this to these challenges:

RRR Challenge #108 Tags Tags Tags (with Ribbon or Trim) Theme

thanks for popping by.

Jingle Bell Fun

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i found time to create another tag for Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2014 Challenge! i was inspired by Jill Foster’s Day 7 tag; her penny black images are always so colourful and vivid regardless of the medium she uses, but she used watercolour pencils on her tag. i painted this penny black image with: Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils, sennelier watercolour paints and my twinkling H20s. DSC01672 i’d also like to submit this to these challenges:

RRR Challenge #108 Tags Tags Tags (with Ribbon or Trim) Theme
The Cutie Pie Challenge #82 Lots of cuteness on anything but a card
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 351 – Bells and / or Bows!
One Crazy Stamper December Anything Goes

thanks for popping by.

From Our House

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the house of cards challenge is having an end of term blog hop and DT call; here’s the beautiful inspiration photo:

better homes chocolate and turquoise placesetting

i went with the colours and trees to create this scene. the house and trees are marianne design dies; i lightly sanded the card stock of the house, used marianne design snow paper for all the snow and popped everything on foam tape. i painted a wash of yellow twinkling H2Os to attach behind the windows and door.

marianne design house scene

i’d also like to submit this to the winter theme at marianne’s design divas challenge.

thanks for popping by.

Rudolph The Pink Nosed Reindeer

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i did it! i finally created a tag for Ellen Hutson’s 12 Tags of Christmas with a Feminine Twist 2014 Challenge! i’ve been in awe of the creative talent of those designers showcasing their tags and my past efforts were all bin-worthy. but, i was determined to participate this year and i really stepped outside my comfort zone and managed to produce something worth keeping – ok, giving, since it’s for someone special.

christmas tag with turquoise, pink and rudolph the pink nosed reindeer

i was inspired  by the Day 4 tag by Kelly Alvarez; i love the colours and the sponged pink background, but since i love my twinkling H20s and painting watercolour washes, that’s how i created mine.

6a01157003623c970c01b8d09c7503970c-320wii’d also like to submit this to these challenges:

Poppystamps Challenge #3 – Sparkle & Shine: you can never see the shimmer in the photo, but i water coloured poppy stamps rudolph and the pink background with twinkling H2Os as usual and added plenty of stickles for snow. i cut up individual branches of poppy stamps berry sprig die and attached to the turquoise base.

RRR Challenge #108 Tags Tags Tags (with Ribbon or Trim) Theme

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Mama Snow Woman

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i used my scor-pal to create this pocket card, another Cuddly Buddly DT card, this time using the mama from the Snow Family clear stamp set that i water coloured with twinkling H20s as usual; i used Kim’s Digi Papers – Silent Night and you might recognize my favourite poinsettia – Poinsettias Miniature LR0142.

mama snowwoman pocket card in pink and brown

pocket card insert

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:

scor-pal #11 – Anything Goes with Your Scor-Pal and More Than One Score”
holly jolly -anything goes christmas
jingle belles – linkfest 2014 anything goes

be sure to visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Penny Black And More December – Special Occasions

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it’s time for a new theme at penny black and more challenge and this month we’d like to see creations for those special occasions; i’m sticking with christmas. i used Penny Black ‘Snowy‘ wood stamp 2521K to make another set of cards.

i kept the layout simple without any embellishments for mailing purposes – and for me too just because i don’t like mass producing cards, but i did them in stages so it worked out well.

penny black snowy

i water coloured with twinkling H2Os, added flower soft to the hat, black stickles to the buttons, glossy accents to the nose and a bit of snow.

visit the blog for some beautiful creations by my team mates and for all the fabulous prizes and rules and remember, playing along is easy – just make sure your focal point is a stamped image from any company, except no digs allowed.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
sweet stampin christmas: snow people
mod squad challenge: frosty the snowman!
jingle belles: linkfest 2014 anything goes

thanks for popping by.

Papa Snowman

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this is a Cuddly Buddly DT card that i created for my husband. i used one of the images from the Cuddly Buddly Snow Family clear stamp set and water coloured with twinkling H20s as usual; the sentiment is from the Merry Little Christmas set. I’m in the process of colouring the whole snow family but papa is the first one that got made into a card; they’re all so cute.

Cuddly Buddly Snow Family

i found the perfect papers to match at the Cuddly Buddly shop:
Kim’s Digi Papers – A Portfolio of Papers – Ochre
Marianne Design – Christmas Wishes

along with the Marianne Design Creatables Die – Poinsettias Miniature LR0142; i love the smaller size for the card sizes I make, like this one that’s 4 and 1/2 inches.

i’d like to submit this card to these challenges:
sweet stampin christmas: snow people
mod squad challenge: frosty the snowman!
crafting for all seasons: ’tis the season
the male room: masculine ribbon
jingle belles: linkfest 2014 anything goes
ABC challenge: y is for yuletide

be sure to visit the blog for some very creative projects that feature some more Cuddly Buddly stamps and visit the Cuddly Buddly facebook page for more projects and news. thanks for popping by.

Candy Cane Wishes

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the current jingle belles prompt is Christmas Feast and i love candy canes! jingle bell rudolph i used the poppy stamps candy cane die for the antlers, black gems for the eyes and a jingle bell for the nose. the darcie’s clear stamp sentiment is intentionally wonky and not a result of my hands for once – another quick and easy card. thanks for popping by.