Winter Sparkles at Christmas and a Triple Layer Card

Hummm, what to do. This week, as part of the Design Team for Twisted Thursday at The Outlawz, our twist was "Winter Sparkles at Christmas". But, since our group is "anything goes", we don't have to do a card. I know most of you who visit are expecting a card, and since I also have an art journal blog, well, I feel odd posting an art journal page here. But, here it is:

I used a blue acrylic background, the snowman is a napkin added with gel medium, the village is a stamp. I embossed snow and snowflakes and pulled out gel pens to brighten santa and to add Christmas cheer to the village.

If you were looking for a card today, here is my first attempt at triple stamping and I really like the layered look. I sprayed Shimmering Mist for the background color, colored with Copics, matted each layer on black and popped each with foam tape. The triple layer was matted on white glitter cardstock and added to a black card. The Merry Christmas is embossed Pirate's Gold. A couple of gems top it all off.

Copics used.

Waste Not

The photo on the right shows how I cut out a fancy piece of the glitter paper since it wasn't going to show. Now I have a pretty piece of that paper to use elsewhere.








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Party Time Tuesdays

Christmas Tag in Red,, Green, and Gold

The twist for this week's challenge over at the Outlawz Twisted Thursday, is "Your Favorite Color at Christmas Time!" Being a traditionalist and a Santa believer, I'm for Red/Green/Gold! I thought, since this in an "anything goes" challenge, I should do some Christmas tags. I had fun making the dimensional ornaments for this one.

I did some other tags for fun too:

Entered:
Eclectic Ellapu
Creative Fingers Challenge 
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Easel Christmas Card

Loving this stamp from Anne designs called Christmas Ball. What I love is that I worked with my Copics to make it appear that the balls are clear glass and the balls beneath can be seen through. This was not part of the original design so I'm feeling pretty proud of myself at the moment HAHA!

Added a bit of Wink of Stella, white gel pen for highlights, Festive Berries Distress Ink edging, a festive red bow and a couple of round baubles finish this easel card.

Easel Card

Copic Colors Used

 Entered:
Creative Fingers Challenge
Party Time Tuesdays
Crafty Catz 
Through the Craft Room Door
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge

Pinecone Tree House Mouse

I have been avoiding wood stamps lately because of the spacing issue in my studio. Humm, nobody else has this problem, do they? But, I couldn't resist this one called Pinecone Tree with my much loved House Mouse from Stampendous. I colored him with my Copics, added some Wink of Stella, a bit of red gel pen, and embossed some Chunky White for snow. I matted him with sparkly paper in red, then white on the green cardstock. (This doesn't seem to show in the photo though.) Then I added a few red dots, and finished with a simple bow. I kept it quite simple to show off my mouse :)

I had some of the red run. I'm not sure when but I think it was when I was using a clear embossing pen to scribble the snow. It was impossible to get rid of so that's why the berries in front became dots and poor mousie looks like he burned his hand. The gel pen? Let's pretend that he just got stained from playing with too many berries LOL! I still love him :)

Copic Colors Used

Entered:
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas
The Cutie Pie Challenge
Gruffies & Guests
Use Your Stuff
Party Time Tuesdays

House Mouse Says Merry Christmas

This week, as a guest designer for House Mouse & Friends, I decided to do something a little different. "Add a Little Sparkle" is the twist for challenge #183. I made a Christmas tree using my watercolors and then added Stickles glitter glue, Wink of Stella, , and glittered stars for some sparkle. The mouse was edged with Festive Berries Distress Ink and the cutout in green was cut with my Little B Scallops die. The Mouse and Sentiment are raised.

Also entered:
Diva's That Cut
Gruffies & Guests 
Crafty Catz

Give Thanks with Me Please from Stitchy Bear

"Give Thanks" is the optional twist for this week's Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge. This silhouette, from our sponsor Stitchy Bear, is called Me Please. I just love the simplicity of it and wanted to keep the card simple as well.  I added a tiny dimensional butterfly in full color, black enamel dots inside of white buttons, and some die cut papers in black and white for a gentle bit of interest. (The background paper is actually gray but I couldn't adjust the color to reflect that in the photo.)

Also entered in:
Party Time Tuesdays
Diva's That Cut
Creative Fingers Challenge

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Bird and Bauble with a Button

This week, over at The Outlawz Twisted Thursday, the optional twist is to add a button. I colored this festive stamp from Stitchcy Bear with Copics and gel pens, then added some Wink of Stella to the ornaments and clear gel to the ribbons. I added a small button inside of a larger button, a gold ribbon and finally, a tiny red bow. Click the link above for The Outlawz and add your own card for a chance to win a monthly prize. If you add the twist, you can enter TWO cards!

STITCHY BEAR DIGI

Copics Gel Pens Used

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Party Time Tuesdays
Through the Craft Room Door 
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge

House Mouse Reindeer Games

For November and December, I am a guest designer over at House-Mouse & Friends. This week, the Challenge is "Brrr, it's COLD outside"! I think this will be a great addition to my growing Christmas card collection! There is a blog hop going on as well, so do drop over and join the fun.

Reindeer Games

I am sorry that I must not have taken a photo of the colors I used for this one. I can tell you that the snow is Chunky White Embossing Enamel from Stampendous. I added a few stamped white snowflakes along the top, some snowflake embellishments as well as a die cut of leaves with some red dots in two sizes.

Also entered in: Die Cut Divas - Christmas Card

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