Old Fashioned Santa

I made this last weekend and this will be short as I have just worked 12-1/2 hrs today and I am late for my own pity party.

Stamp:  Inkadinkado
Paper: The Paper Studio
Punch: Martha Stewart
Ribbon: My Stash
Ink: Momento Rich Cocoa
Colord with Copics  

Peace and Goodwill

Just a quick post to let everyone know, I still make cards.

The holly is a free digi from Cuddly Buddly.  I thought it need something else.  I found this ornament at the back of to drawer. I have no idea where I bought it but it had a clearance sticker for $.79, so I'm thinking Michael's.  It says it's a Brother Sister Design??   I also found this perfect color and size ribbon from which I hung the ornament. The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink.

Have a great Monday everyone.

The staff

Let me start by saying, there is a lot of effort that goes into making a card.  And talent has it's price. Maybe I should replace the word "price" with.... you decide.  This is a picture I took of my desk after creating my latest masterpiece.  Note the little 4 x 4 inch square left for my poor little card.

And this is how I left it this morning

As I have mentioned before, I have a VERY tidy husband.  And he takes "tidy" to a new dimension. 

Hubby is retired and takes very good care of me.  So when I returned from work this is what I found.

Notice the neat rows he made of my stamps.  I'm sure it concerned him that the bottom row did not come out to the same length as the others.

Also note the 3 cut-outs a lined up as well as my glue which is all facing the same direction.  I'm really not poking fun.  But really, is it not just a little funny?  Yes, ladies he does laundry, vacuuming and yard work.

If he ever reads this the gig up.

Now to my card which I am entering in the Simply Less is More Challenge which is the colour green.

 I was really stumped with this challenge, so I started look through my inventory when I ran across this Serendipity stamp. 

I took very little coloring with my green Prisma pencil.  I suppose there isn't one of you who's seen a green dove, but I think he turned out pretty.

The sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink. I added green pearls as holly berries and matted it on this pretty embossed green card stock.

By the way Hubby has a good sense of humor.  He lives with me.

Holiday Door

This was really hard to color. I just couldn't seem to get the browns right. To top it off one of my brown Copics went dry. I contemplated making a red door, but I don't think I could pull it off with all that detail. 

The door is from The Stampin Place and the sentiment is from Stampendous. The paper is from The Paper Studio and I used another of the same to do the inside. 

 

Now I will go decorate the tree.  

Sophisticated Bunny

I mean really, doesn't he look rather stately and sophisticated with the black?  I think this is going to be a Mo Manning weekend.  I an missing my stamping buddy as she is a little under the weather.

This is a Mo's Digital pencil image that I colored with Copics and shaded with Prisma pencils. The sentiment is a Hero Art stamp.

There you have it. Pretty simple.

Bling it on!

I am having so much fun with these Christmas cards, that I wondering if I will ever be able to do anything but Christmas again. I am entering my newest fun time in Simply Less is Moore Challenge - A Bit of Bling.

So do you see the bling?  I embossed the Penny Black ornament with Stampendous Marcasite embossing powder and added some jewels. The doves are also from Penny Black.  They are actually one stamp, but I glittered, cut them out and popped them up.  "Peace On Earth"" is from River City Rubber Works. The silver embossed DP that I used for matting is by The Paper Company.

That's all for now.  Have a great tomorrow. 

Winter just blew in!

Winds gusting up to 48 mpr here! Hubby is already in a tizzy cause there's a leaf in his yard. Ya, he can't handle my craft room either.
Sherri and I had our usual Saturday lunch, preceded by a little shopping, proceeded by stamping. Then a little late online shopping.  She calls me an enabler, but she's the one with the extra Michael's coupon that just couldn't go to waste.  She made a amazing cat card you can see here.  And I made a card using my every year Christmas stamp from PSX.

I've discovered 3D paint!  I colored this with Prisma Pencils and Gamsol.  The little sentiment is from Stampin Up and the punch is Martha Stewart's.