Holiday Wishes - Christmas Tags

Pinterest is a wonderful thing when you're looking for inspiration - I saw this tag here and I had to make some!!  I loved how Santa's cheerful face jumped off the background.  

I cut the tags using the Simon Says Stamp Large Tags die set.  The stamp set is called Swell Christmas and came in the SSS 2016 Limited Edition card kit.  The snowflakes were embossed with Simon Says Stamp White EP.  I coloured Santa with copics and adhered him with dimensional stickers.  The Holiday Wishes was stamped onto vellum and heat embossed with Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold EP.  So so darn cute and I have a jump start on next Christmas ;)

Merry Christmas Gift Bag and Card

Hi there :) I created this Christmas card using this CZ Design HO HO Deer Circle die and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Ornamental stamp set.  The Merry is stamped in Simon Says Stamp Lipstick Red ink.  The nose!!  I love the little red pom pom!!  The snowflake patterned paper is from a 6x6 set from Unity Stamp Company.

See the bag?  This was the inspiration for the card!!  I didn't make the bag but I think it's one of the cutest I've ever purchased!!

The inside sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Happy Christmas stamp set.

And lastly I'm sharing this table runner, a very special Christmas gift I received this year:

Happy Holidays and wishing everyone a happy & healthy 2021!!

Believe In the Magic - 6 x 6 layout - and farewell to my boy

This is one of the last photos I have of my boy Sampson.  He has gone over the rainbow bridge now after a battle with cancer.  He would have been eight in February.  This one is going to hurt for a long long time.

I let the paper do the work in this case - it's designed by Unity Stamp Co., I only had to add the sentiment and a few enamel dots.  The die is from Simon Says Stamp and 'in the magic' is a Tim Holtz rub on.

Christmas Gnome Tags

Remember I said I had been adding some new products to my stash?  Well here's some more - these adorable Gnome tags are made from a die set from Simon Says Stamp.  Everything is die cut and pieced together.  I coloured the noses and beards with copics.

To finish them off I added some bells and bows to the hats.

Happy Holidays - Card and Tag Sets

I wanted to get a few Christmas cards done and I love making matching tags.  These cards were not my design, I cased them, but the matching tags are my idea :). 

I used the Simon Says Stamp December Card Kit 2015 which has been hardly touched all these years LOL and a Simon Says Stamp tag die set.  I love love love that rainbow sparkle embossing powder used over the sentiments in the first set.  The second set uses puffy stickers (included with the kit) for the sentiment.  And those sequins!!!

Merry Christmas

Some quick, very last minute Christmas cards lifted from Shari Carroll for Simon Says Stamp!  The sentiment is embossed with white powder and the pine bough strip is covered with distress glitter.

You Are Loved

A quick Valentine card for hubby using the Simon Says Stamp February 2015 Card Kit.  I had seen this card online and loved the gold gelato for the background so I dug into my stash of card kits.  It's so shimmery in real life.  The sentiment, heart and arrows are all rub-ons :)

Christmas Cards

Just sharing a few cards I made this past Christmas.  I didn't get nearly as many made as I usually do. Busy with wedding plans these days.  I just can't seem to settle down in my craft room and get things done!!  I haven't even done my art journal page which was due at the end of December.

On to the cards:

For the first card I used Simon Says Stamps November 2014 Kit Winter Jubilee.  Those Lawn Fawn papers are just adorable!!  The ornament dies are from Stampin Up.

For the second card I used Simon Says Stamp January 2015 card kit Winter Wonderland.  My MIL loves purple so I thought these Bo Bunny papers were perfect.  I love the shimmer created using the Grape Purple Pearls.  Again the ornament dies are from Stampin Up and the Merry die is from Simon Says.  You can tell I was kinda on a roll with that ornament die :)

And the third was super simple.  A little water colouring with my Gansai Tambi Watercolor paints and some stamping and done!!  I fell in love with this pretty blue and it just so happened that it matched this paper from Doodlebug 'Frosty Friends' perfectly.  And those matching Sprinkles!!!  The stamps are from Unity Stamp Co.

Hopefully I'll be back in my crafty place again soon!  Happy New Year!!

Life Can Be Tough......

Hello - I've been busy making cards believe it or not and working in my pocket album.  This card came together only after playing with my distress inks and the smooshing technique.  Love how the ink colours look together.  After I made the background I put it aside until I decided what I was going to do with it.  I finally decided on this - a friend gifted me this Simon Says Stamp set called Hand Lettered Encouragement and I thought the lettering would stand out perfectly on this background.  I added a bit of tissue tape and some gold Heidi Swapp Color Shine spray to finish it off.

I decided to make a little envelope as well using the same tissue tape and gold Color Shine.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge #146 - Anything Goes

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash #203 - Play Misty For Me

Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Hand Lettered Encouragement

Paper:  Ranger Watercolor Paper, Stampin Up Very Vanilla and Rose Red cs, Stampin Up First Edition dsp (envelope)

Ink:  Distress Inks, StazOn Jet Black Ink

Accessories:  Tim Holtz Tissue Tape, Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine

Hello Baby

Here is one of the cards I worked on at the Crop last week.  It's a baby card for my sister in law in New Zealand.  The little elephant is from Unity's stamp set Could I Be Any Cuter and the sentiments are from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Ray of Sunshine stamp set.

I actually used my sewing machine on this card with some silver thread!!!  Now that my scrap room is coming together I have a dedicated sewing table which has paper storage underneath.  I love how the inside of the card turned out.  

I'm sharing my card over at Unity's Friends With Flair tonight.


Supplies:
Paper:  Basic Grey Fresh Cut, SU Baked Brown Sugar and Whisper White
Stamps:  Unity Could I be Any Cuter, Simon Says Stamp Tiny Ray of Sunshine
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories:  silver thread, Mister Huey Calico Shine Spray



I had to share this cute CTMH Make 'n Take card from the Crop last weekend that Donna let us make and our little gift was this cute little strawberry with a Hershey's Kiss inside :)

Hey Friend

I had some free time this weekend and decided to try a few new techniques.  I played with my distress inks again,  I really love the look of watercoloring and wanted to try a new to me technique I've seen.  For this card I stuck to just one colour for now - I inked up the solid stamp and spritzed water on it before stamping on the paper.  I didn't use watercolour paper and it turned out fine.  After it dried I stamped the detailed stamp in archival ink over top - Versafine Onyx Black.  LOVE this ink, it's so crisp and clear.  After all was dry, I brushed over the flowers with my Clear Wink of Stella pen.

I'm very pleased with how this turned out, love the pink ink with the black.  I'm also loving the cardstock, it's Bazzill Marshmallow.  It coordinates perfectly with the My Mind's Eye Now and Then Mildred papers.  I finally got to play with these Mama Elephant Femme Frames dies too!!

I am entering this in CASology Week 130 - Friend 

Simon Says Stamp June 2014 card kit items:
Simon Says Stamp Favorite Flowers Stamp, MME Now and Then Mildred 6x6 paper and Enamel Dots, Bazzill Marshmallow cs

Additional Items:
Mama Elephant Femme Frames die set, Simon Says Stamp Thinking of You stamp set (from the February 2014 card kit), Wink of Stella clear, Worn Lipstick Distress ink, Versafine Onyx Black ink

Friendship Has Its Perks

For the last several months I've been subscribing to the Simon Says Stamp Monthly Card Kit, you get lots of fun goodies - coordinating stamps, paper, embellishments, ink etc and for a great price.  I made a birthday card for my friend Donna and I used October's Card Kit featuring the Simon Says Stamp set 'What's Brewing' and die.

I don't know about you, but I hope she has good eyesight cause you can barely read the inside sentiment, it's so small!!!

I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #157

and I'm also entering my card in the Seize the Birthday 'Anything Goes' Birthday Challenge.

And the Simon Monday Challenge - Falling in Love With....  - I think these Basic Grey papers are perfect warm fall colours :)


Simon Says Kit items:
SSS Khaki Ink, SSS "What's Brewing" stamp set, SSS coffee cup die, Basic Grey Grand Bazaar paper, mocha sequins
Additional items:  SSS Birthday Messages stamp set, Glossy Accents