Naughty? Nice?

This year December has felt a bit disorganized for me. Between work, shopping, decorating, crafting, wrapping, baking, creating, visiting, and of course all the other essentials (eating, sleeping, cleaning...........) it has been so hectic. I will be happy to have a bit of downtime over the holidays. I am hoping to get my craft space organized to prepare for an exciting new year of creating!

So since it is almost time for the big day most of the cards that I have created over the last few days are going to be tucked away in my card stash for next year. It feels pretty good to already have a jump on the 2014 season.

For this card I have returned to some of my seasonal favourites, which include:

• Simple Stories December Documented
• Kraftin' Kimmie (Joyful Holidays) designed by Cheryl Alger and
• Glitter Ritz Micro fine glitter

I wasn't kidding when I said that I am trying to glitter everything in sight. Christmas and glitter go so well together. Using the white ultra fine glitter you can still see the Copic colour coming through. I added a small touch of glitter to the trim of her dress, sleeves and hair baubles.

Of course the inside of the card is decorated too. I used a sticker from the December Documented collection pack and the tag is from Simple Stories Snap Christmas.

The layout for this card is based on this sketch from Kraftin' Kimmie:  

Challenges:

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog: # 210 Sketch

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Last Christmas

Happy crafting and wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas.

Tracy

Love Grows Here

This is a card that I made for my mom's birthday. Unlike her anniversary card (original post: here) this card made it to my mom for her to enjoy on her birthday.

I used a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp designed by the talented Cheryl Alger called "Let's Dish the Dirt". I really love the rich fall colours that I have found in my 6x6 paper pads. I added the brown card stock in my layers to really help the colours stand out.

The image is coloured with Copic markers. I added some Tim Holtz distress ink (salty ocean and mowed lawn) to the edges. The flower was die cut from My Favorite Things layered rose and for the sentiment I used the Spellbinders standard small circles and classic scalloped circles small.

Inside the card I added two sentiments. The first is from the Let's Dish the Dirt stamp set and the birthday greeting is from Your Next Stamps "Whatnot Sentiments set one".

Challenges:
Sassy Cheryl's Digital Stamps Challenge: #191 Anything Goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps: November Wonderful Wednesday

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a crafty day.

Tracy

Life Blooms

I have been on a groove with making cards. I have finally dug into a pile of stamps that I have had for a year (or so). I stamped out a number of images that I want to use and now when I am looking to make a card I have the images all in front of me ready to colour.

I don't have a lot of little boy stamps so it was fun to colour this image. This is actually my second colouring attempt for this image. My blue copic markers got a bit messy when I was colouring the boy's shorts. Even my colourless blender could not salvage the mess so I started over. It was a bit frustrating, however I was happier with how the hair and the wagon turned out the second time.

Although we are into fall, I wanted the flowers in the image to go with the bright flowers (Recollections) that I wanted to use on the card.

I used the My Favorite Things Chicken Wire Die-namic twice. The first time using white cardstock for the frame and then pattern paper to fill inside the frame.

I used Deconstructing Jen sketch 122 for this card.

Challenges:
Sassy Cheryl # 188 Punches &/or dies (image: Cheryl Alger design Stamp for Kraftin Kimmie)
Deconstructing Jen # 122

Inside

Supplies:
Stamp: Let's Dish the Dirt (Cheryl Alger design by Kraftin Kimmie)
Die: My Favorite Things Chicken Wire
Flowers (Recollections), American Craft twine.

Thanks for stopping by.
Tracy