Precious!

Poppy Power has a new challenge "Stretch Yourself" which is to make a tall card. This was a real challenge for a gal whose cards are 99% square. This is a double challenge to try a new technique using a new product.  I may have "stretched" a little on this part.  My new product is the border die. I saw Leslie Miller turn one at an angle on a card and I borrowed the idea.

One of the benefits of having a Silhouette machine  is I can dismantle a sentiment and arrange everything on the card then print it.  For this card I only used the Silhouette to design and print.

I used my Prisma pencils and odorless mineral spirits to color the pretty bouquet.  

Power Poppy - Winter Pick-Me-Up

Power Poppy - Gerbera Daisies (Sentiment) 

Spellbinder - A2 Scalloped Borders Three

Cheery Lynn - Exotic Butterfly small #2

Pearls 

He's Back

Yup, me and Frosty still chillin.

If you haven't been here in the last 3 weeks, you probably didn't hear about Frosty and me.  I think Hubby may be getting suspicious.  

I colored him up with Copics and framed him in this beautiful Spellbinder Die, The Poinsettia spray is from Memory Box and the small Holly die is from Marianne Dies. This time I chose to enter him in Power Poppy's challenge Power Poppy Challenge - Time to Rewind - Bits & Pieces.

This is for Linda S
Linda S. commented on the Frosty I colored on Kraft paper.  I couldn't follow a link back to a blog, so I hope she stops back. Linda wanted to know if I had any tips on coloring on Kraft paper.  

The paper was some cheap Kraft paper that I bought long ago and it was not very smooth. I used Prisma Scholar pencils.  I have a few Derwent and I think I almost like them better, but only have a few. In large areas I color lightly holding the pencil at an angle and build up the color. In a smaller area like the snow on his harms, I hold the pencil a less of an angle and use more pressure. Frosty was colored with cream an the snow on the arms is done with white. 

Linda also wanted to know why I switched to Tombow makers on the die cuts. I tried the pencils, but didn't like the way they looked with the embossed edges.

I hope this answers everything.  If not, my email address is listed in "About Me".

Merry Christmas!

Melting My Heart

I think I've mentioned I have a crush on Frosty.

 I thought I would try something different and use my Prisma pencils on craft card stock.  I love how this turned our and I'm already rummaging up more craft paper and planning my next card.

When Power Power sent an email previewing this image, I could hardly wait to make him mine.

Frosty was framed with Memory Box Stitched Square Layers.  All the dies used here are from Memory Box: Star of Wonder, Beloved Stars and Small Poinsettia.

I did color the stars and the Poinsettia spray with Tombow makers but everything else was done with Prisma pencils.

Power Poppy has a challenge right now to choose a past challenge.  I chose Time to rewind - Pencil Me In. 

Front Door

One of the things I love about my Silhouette Cameo is the ability to size the cuts.  I really liked this Stampin Up stamp, but felt it was just to small by itself, but too large for the dies. The solution was to use the Silhouette to make a big door and a lamp post to go with it.

Stamp -  Stampin Up

Copics 

Embossing Folder - The Paper Studio

Die - Memory Box

Ribbon 

The Affair

I've had a love affair with Frosty for too many years to count.  He comes around every snowfall, but I have to admit I been known to make a Winter card with his image on a hot summer day.

So when in an email from Power Poppy previewed Frosty in a Black Friday sale, I could hardly wait to bring him home in my cart. He just melts my heart.

I chose to place him on a Step Card.  He kind of took up most of the front of the card.

The step card was cut with my Silhouette Cameo.

I did a little stippling with Copic Opaque White to give Frosty a little texture, then I colored him and his little bird with Copic markers. And to give the accumulated snow on his arms and hat a lttle dimension, I used 3D Crystal paint.  I mounted the image with a Spellbinders die.  To the left of Frosty I used a portion of Memory Box's Flowering Christmas Tree and embellished with blue jewels. The flourish at the top is Die-namics die and the embossing on the sides is Cuttlebugs Swiss Dots embossing folder. On the bottom fold is another Memory Box die, Grand Merry Christmas.

I'm in for the Power Poppy's November Challenge and hoping for a win. Oh, how I long to be "Ramdom" and win a Power Poppy stamp set.

Christmas Angel

Iowa had it's first meaningful snowfall last Friday. Sioux City got about 6", but today the sun is shining and I'm enjoying the upper 40's temperatures.

This beautiful Mo Manning image seems not to mind the snow flurries.

I cut the frame with my Silhouette Cameo and sandwiched a piece of acetate between layers.

The image was colored with Copic Markers.  I mounted it with a Spellbinder oval and Spellbinder's Oval Regalia die. I added some liquid pearls for the snow.

I hope everyone has a beautiful holiday. Be safe!

Winter Scene

Here in northwest Iowa we have enjoyed a beautiful Fall.  It seems we can be in Winter denial until that first accumulation of snow.  I do not like snow.  When it falls, it is beautiful for a day or two, then it gets dirty and ugly.  Still, some of my favorite cards are of Winter scenes.

If anyone has every seen Northwoods cards on display at a craft store, you will see them covered with glitter.  They are really stunning.  I made one feeble attempt to use the glue and glitter. I would really love to attend a workshop. Just the same, this stamp is also beautiful without the glitter.

I used an umber cardstock and a Spellbinder die frame the image. Then I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut that luscious leafy dark brown frame. Cheery Lynn die cuts embellish the corners using the same cream colored cardstock as the card base.  The image was colored with Copics and a Wink of Stella highlights the icy brook.

This one goes to the Christmas Card Challenge blog and challenge-49-anything goes.

Stay warm and cozy my friends.