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Squirrel (Home for the Holidays)

By on November 19, 2014 in Christmas, Paper Crafting

One of my favorite card designers, Emily Leiphart, is having a “Squirrel Fest” over at her site and of course I had to play along! The rules are to make a card with a squirrel on it. I did a sort of winter/Christmas theme for this card:

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This squirrel is extra happy because he has an acorn in his stocking! I did a watercolored winter background. Then made a “snowy” embossed glitter hill for him to sit on. The acorns are sugared up with Distress glitter, and the stocking has some stickles to make it extra sparkly. Doesn’t that squirrel just look so happy!

I wish we could all be so happy this Christmas season!

Also linking up over at the Paper Smooches Anything Goes challenge:

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Supplies Used:
Stamps: Paper Smooches “Fanciful Fall” and “Merry Motifs”
Dies: Pretty Pink Posh “Stitched Borders 1”
Other: Distress Inks (background); Stickles; Sparkle embossing powder
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Holiday OCC — Day 6 Coloring

By on November 13, 2014 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Today was a surprise day for the Holiday 2014 Online Card Class! I was so happy to see it, since I really thought the class was over!

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I was inspired by Debby Hughes, who showed us some coloring with colored pencils on kraft paper. She is amazing! She heat embossed her image (a poinsettia) in white, then colored.

WELL, I wanted to turn this black bear into a POLAR bear this season, and this was my perfect opportunity. Heat embossing in WHITE was a brilliant idea (thank you, Debby) and it really worked well for this Polar bear. My dad loves bears and that includes Polar bears! This will have to be a card for him, I think!

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One trick I really loved, was to color in 2 shades of red (on the Santa hat) and then add a bit of brown to really add some shading. This is a great trick and really worked well for me!

So how do you like my polar bear?!

Also joining in the Paper Smooches challenge  !papersmooches-banner

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Paper Smooches “Happy Camper” and “Merry Motifs”; Elle’s Studio “Cheers Stamps”; The Alley Way Stamps “Seeing Spots”
Dies: Pretty Pink Posh “Stitched Tags 1”
Other: Artgrip Colored Pencils; Bakers Twine in capuchino;
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Holiday OCC — Day 5 Tags

By on November 13, 2014 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

I can feel the end of the Holiday Online Card Class getting closer…and I really don’t want it to end!

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Today I was inspired by Yana Smakula’s tags. She cut out a snowflake on her gift tag and put some red paper behind it. It just so happens, that I had the perfect size snowflake to fit my tag! Mine turned out blue…

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For the “Merry” banner, I watercolor stamped a background image, then cut it out with a Reverse Confetti die. I love how it adds a little surprise to this tag. Then I used some stickles glitter glue and added it to the “Merry.”

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Doesn’t this tag just make you want to sing? Or at least add “and bright” out loud?! Ha! Happy Christmas!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Reverse Confetti; Recollections (background)
Dies: Reverse Confetti “Tag Me”; Pretty Pink Posh “Stitched Tags 1”; Lawn Fawn “Snowflakes”:
Other: Twine from the Twinery; Stardust Stickles;
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Holiday OCC — Day 4 One-Layer Cards

By on November 13, 2014 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

Oh, online card classes, how I’m loving all your inspiration! I’ve really wanted to give partial die-cutting a try, and this class was the kick I needed to get it done. I think I may need a bit more practice, but I’m so happy with this result. Now there’s nothing that can stop me from crafting more of these beauties!

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 I think he looks like he’s standing in a snow globe…can you see it?! 🙂

Instead of inking up the background like Jennifer McGuire did, I used some patterned paper with snowflakes for the inside piece. I added a bit of glitter to it just for fun! (you may not be able to tell in this picture, but in real life it’s glorious!)

I just love these penguins and I like to give them a bit of color to their bellies. So fun.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Mama Elephant “Arctic Penguins” and “Season’s Greetings”
Dies: Mama Elephant; Spellbinders
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Holiday OCC — Day 3 Watercolor

By on November 13, 2014 in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafting

I’m back with another amazing Online Card Class inspired creation! Today was all about watercoloring holiday cards. I love the watercolor look. I’ve been itching to ink up this Penny Black holiday stamp that I have, and so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity!

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Isn’t she so cute! One single caroler. I don’t think I’d be brave enough to do that, but Mimi is! I used Distress Markers to watercolor the caroler and the background. Then I added some stardust stickles to the snow and the light. I made the snow with Enamel Accents. I love the look! She looks so festive with that Christmas paper background! Mimi, you are an inspiration!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Penny Black Mimi; Verve “Christmas Wishes”
Watercolor: Distress Markers
Other: Stardust Stickles; Enamel Accents
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