Hello Color!

Yup!  I did it and I might do it again.  I got all crazy and used some pretty wild paper. 

The Stamp is Penny Black's Centerpiece.  I can't say this was a fast card to make.  I can color forever on a piece and I  find it so relaxing.  Then there's the other thing with the paper.  You would never believe how many times I start a project and I pull out my modest stash and end up not using one small piece.  For this card, I even had my "safe" gingham out.  I just threw caution to the wind.

What's next?  Pink hair?

Stamp:  Penny Black Centerpiece

Spellbinder die, Majestic Squares

Memory Box die. Hello

Paper:  Cosmo Cricket, Salt Air

Sending Love

This is a card and envelope that I made for the Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers.  Check out my inspiration piece HERE.

This envelope is one of the very first designs that I purchased, but this is my first time using it.
After I had cut the envelope, I cropped one of the corners to duplicate the design on the card.
The "Love" is a Silhouette design also.  The large white heart is a Penny Black die.  I finished the card with some score lines.

I've never made very many Valentine cards, but this may be a little nudge to get my mojo going.

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.