GIft to You

Here is a little "GIft to You". Magnolia stamps are so cute!!  The layers behind her are cut out with Nestibilities. I colored her with colored her clothes and gift with colored pencils. Her face and hair were done with copics. I alway blend my colored pencils with odorless mineral spirits (OMS) using a stub.

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More hÄnglar & stÄnglar and Magnolia

I am still busy getting cards done for the craft show at work on Friday. What I don't sell, may be coming to you! LOL

These two cards are done with stamps from hÄnglar & stÄnglar and Magnolia.

I just couldn't coverage up the music on "Musical Christmas"  The paper itself was beautiful. It is more sparkle-ly than the picture show. That is always the case. The stamp is from Magnolia. I colored her with colored penciles adn copics, using OMS to blend the colored pencils.

I called this card "Jumping for Joy" The stamp is from hÄnglar & stÄnglar Isn't she adorable! I colored her with Copic, Sharpie and Bic markers except for her hair. I didn't have the right markers so I used colored pencils.

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hÄnglar & stÄnglar Christmas

I colored the image during my lunch hour yesterday and put this card together this morning. The girl stamp is by hÄnglar & stÄnglar. The small word/tag stamp is from a Fa La La set by Making Memories. The background paper is by Mind's Eye.

I colored with colored pencils and blended with OMS. I used Copics for the skin and hair. I also used nestibilities to cut some of the background pieces.

Merry Chritmas

Snowy Stampscape

Earily this morning, before work, I made this card. It is a Stampscape style card. Some of the stamps are from Stampscape. Some are from other companies. I used a stamp pad I got from Tuesday Morning and a brayer to do the background.  After I did the stamping in black and green, I used a gel pen. to add the snow.  I did two of these.


When I trimmed the orignal picture to make the card, I had this piece of paper left with these two trees. They were too pretty to throw away so I designed this card so I could use them.  The papers I used for my stampscape images is from Paper Temptress.  It is the unltra glossy cardstock and I have to say I love working with it.

Same cards...or not!

I got an amazing group of stamps from I Brake for Stamps today.  They were a grab bag I got. These are cards I made with one of the stamps tonight.   Both cards are made with the same words and stamps.

The words were created by my daughter. The card above was colored with colored penciles and OMS. The background is enbossed with my cuttlebug.

The second one is the same stamp and words. This time I painted the image with a pearlized paint. It is far more shiny than the picture shows. Then it was distressed. I also stamped over the colored image with my crackle paint stamp from I Brake for Stamps. The borders are metalic copper paper.

So there you have two cards that are almost alike and nothing alike at the same time!

Snowy Trees

Here is another quick Christmas card. The embossing folder is from Oh My Crafts. The punch for the top border is from Stampin Up. The snow is broken up styrofoam.  The string is glittery but as usual, the photo doesn't show it.

Embossed Wreath

I did this wreath with an embossing folder I got from Oh My Crafts.  The folder is one of the exculsive folders that they offer.  I haven't quick figured out what the best way to use it is. In this case, I sanded it after I embossed it. It was the paper feeling wonderful but I wasn't satisfied with the look.  Next I cut it out. Then I embossed paper in red and yellow.  Then I cut out those parts out and layered them on the wreath. I will still be trying some other things. Only a couple thousand more cards to get done!