Simple holiday card

Tim Holtz stamps and distress oxide ink make up this card.  Peace and Joy to all.  Hope you enjoy

Tattered Poinsettia

This is the layered tattered poinsettia from Tim Holtz and Sizzix.  It was cut on red glimmer paper and then embossed with the die folder.  The edges of the flower were brushed with white ink.  Sprigs of green were cut as well as flower leaves.  White ribbon added and along with a center of Prill beads.  The paper is from a 6x6 pad of Carta Bella.  To finish off gems from Taylored Expressions were added.  This was all mounted onto a red base.   Hope you enjoy!

Christmas Tag

That time of the year that making Christmas Tags can be fun.  This one has a music background from a Tim Holtz SSS Stamptember set using Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide.  The tag was then distressed with the same ink.  The tree was stamped with Iced Spruce using an older Penny Black stamp.  A snow paste and gems were added.  The snowflake is Sizzix, the Santa from Tim Holtz ephemera and the Merry Christmas is Tim Holtz.   Hope you enjoy!

Let it snow

White splatters on navy with a gray band for a white embossed greeting.  The snowflakes are from two different releases from Sizzix.  Hope you enjoy!

Christmas Greetings

A simple card using a stamp set from Taylored Expressions, navy paper, gold emboss, red Faber Castell pencil.  The navy base was mounted on a gold to create a 4.25 x 5.5 card.  Hope you enjoy!

Warm Wishes

A cute stamp from Honey Bee Stamps that was colored with Copic markers.  The background was made using distress oxide inks.  hope you enjoy

Little truck

This "Little Truck" from Honey Bee stamps has so many uses.  On this card it is  hauling a Christmas Tree.  The truck was colored using Copic markers.  The tree was stamped with Distress Oxide 'Peeled Paint'.  That is the same color used on the background trees-a stamp set from Gina K.  The blue sky is Distress Ink "Faded Jeans" and has been splattered with white to mimic snow falling. The sentiment stamped in Versafine and clear embossed is from Penny Black.  Hope you enjoy!

OCC Clean and Simple Holiday Day 3

What a great VERY simple card to make for the Holiday.  Thank you Kristina for this card idea from the OCC Clean and Simple Holiday class Day 3.

How simple to make using painters tape, watercolor paper and watercolor paint.  This was created using Peapod from Taylored Expressions.  The paint started full strength and water added to dilute the color.  Gold bulbs were added with Nuvo gold and this was used to color a white star.  The sentiment embossed in gold is from Simon Says Stamps "Tiny words Christmas" .  Hope you enjoy!

OCC Clean and Simple Holiday Day 5

The Clean and Simple Holiday for day 5 is simple embossing.  I used stamps from Penny Black to create this card.  The paper is Bazzil Artic and Gold from Paper Cuts.  Hope you enjoy!

Day 4 Clean and Simple Holiday

My background paper is blue.  Using a Taylored Expressions snowflake stencil and Nuvo glitter glue I created my background.  A circle was cut from white glitter paper.  The sentiment is from the Tim Holtz Simon Says Stamptember set, and was embossed in silver.  Hope you enjoy!

Day 2 Clean and Simple OCC

The inspiration for this card is from Jennifer McQuire (Thank You).  What a great day of new ideas.  The paper is from a Carta Bella 6x6 paper pad.  The snowflake die is a Tim Holtz that has been cut through three layers of paper.  The small snowflake is from a set by Sizzix.  The gems are Nuvo "prickly pear" sequins and encased in tulle between two layers.   The gold embossed Merry and Bright is from a set by Memory Box " typewriter holiday sentiments?  Hope you enjoy!

Day 1 Clean and Simple Holiday

A very simple card inspired by Laurie Willson from the OCC Clean and Simple Holiday day 1 class.  I masked off with painters tape and used Distress Oxide Festive Berries to color my paper that I had cut to 4 x 5.25.  Using a stencil from Taylored Expressions and a white ink pad added snow to the inked area.  This was mounted on a paper that was colored with the Festive Berries.  The Merry is a Sizzix Die and the Christmas from a stamp set by My Favorite Things.  The leaves are from a Spellbinder die set and the berries are a Nuvo red.  Hope you enjoy.

Using the offset stencil

This card was made using the Tim Holtz Simon Says Stamps Exclusive.  Thank you to Simon Says for inspiration for this card.  The trees were created using a stencil and Distress Oxide inks.  The stencil has markings so you can align and create an offset image.  The sentiment is part of the release.  Hope you enjoy.

Prayers

A simple card using the new Sizzix leaf dies and the Prayers die from Taylored Expressions.  Some ink splatter, a twine bow and Doodlebug gems finish off the card.  Hope you enjoy!

Happy Halloween

Getting started on the few Halloween cards I make.  This card was made using the Simon Says Halloween Kit 2018-Frightful Fun.  Stamped with Momento ink, colored with Copic markers and backgrounds with Distress inks.  Hope you enjoy!

Alcohol Ink and Heat embossing

The background for this card was created using Alcohol Inks, Yupo paper and inks: watermelon, citrus and a gold mixative.  A stencil was cut from Yupo Translucent using a die from Our Daily Bread Designs, with Alcohol Ink Lift being used to remove the ink from the paper.  A sentiment from Penny Black was heat embossed in gold.  This is something you have to be very careful as Yupo is plastic and will melt.  Hope you enjoy

Sympathy card using Alcohol Ink

This is a card created with Wild Plum, Honeycomb and Stream alcohol ink and the lift-ink reinker.  The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread.  It was inked on Yupo paper cut to 4 by 5.25  then layered on a gold -cut to 4 1/8th by5 3/8 and finally on black cut to 4.25 by 5.5.  A stencil was cut from a Pink Fresh die out of Yupo Translucent paper.  Hope you enjoy

Alcohol Ink Lift

Alcohol Ink and the new Lift product from Ranger are alot of fun to create with.  This card started with Alcohol Ink-watermelon and pistachio.  I used a Tim Holtz stencil over it and the Alcohol Ink lift on a dauber to lift the ink off.  You then using a paper towel/napkin gently daub off the lift ink removing the color.  Tim Holtz has a good video on using this product.  Fun to play with.  Hope you enjoy.

OCC Watercolor class day one

Taking an online watercolor class.  This is a graphite created number with the rest being free handed.  A little bit of a challenge, but a fun class.   The numbers are added on watercolor with pencil.

Spellbinder die and Silhouette for this card

Every once in awhile you need that special card.  This was created with a Spellbinders die, a Silhouette cut, paper and flowers.  A rather simple card to create.  Hope you enjoy.

Christmas in June

This card was made with the Deep Rubber poinsettia stamp and gold embossing powder.  It was stamped on white, mounted on a gold.  A quick and simple card to make.  Hope you enjoy!

Spellbinder Anniversary

This card was made using a gray for the die and a peach for the background.  The die is a new Spellbinder Card Creator A2 Corner Cotillion Etched Dies Romancing the Swirl Becca Feeken.  The Happy is a die and the Anniversary is stamped.  Both of these are from the Spellbinder set "Oh Happy Day".   The dots are NUVO white.  The leaves were colored with Distress Ink bundled sage and the flowers were cut from the background paper.   Hope you Enjoy!

AI Water color Pots

This card is made using Art Impressions water color stamps and TomBow markers.  Hope you enjoy

Tim Holtz blueprint stamp

This card was created using one of the new Tim Holtz blueprint stamps.  It was stamped, colored with copic markers and hand cut.  When it was cut the blueprint lines were removed.  The embossed background paper was distressed, some twine and a simple sentiment added to finish off this card.  Hope you enjoy!

Darkroom Door

This farm truck is a stamp from Darkroom Door.  It was stamped on yupo paper that had been inked with distress oxide inks.  (Broken China, Worn Lipstick and Antique linen).  The paper was spritzed with water and dabbed off using a terry cloth.  The truck was stamped using archival ink, trimmed and matted on a blue paper.  The card base was embossed with a Taylored Expressions embossing folder.  Hope you enjoy!

Wildflower Garden

I can not take full credit for this card.  I found several that have a similar look.  This was stamped with Altenew "Wildflower Garden".  I used a variety of Altenew inks to achieve the look.  Hope you enjoy.

Stampendous

This card was CASED with some minor changes.  The stamps used were Stampendous "Cling Fresh Peony" and Pink & Main " Happy for you".  The peach color was stamped and masked to allow the other two flowers  and leaves to be stamped.  The sentiment was stamped in black and clear embossed.  The images were colored with Copic markers and NUVO drops finished the card.  Hope you enjoy.

Fan Fold Card

This is what I call a Fan Fold Card.  It is made from a 5 1/2 by 9 3/4 piece of paper.  To make the fan score at 1 1/2, 3 1/2 and 5 1/2 and accordion fold.  Add your favorite papers and embellishment.  I glued a ribbon under the blue flap that wrapped around the card and tied.  Hope you enjoy.

Art Impressions Watercolor mini wagon

Recently I learned the proper way to use the Art Impressions Watercolor stamps.  This is a fun stamping technique.  The stamps of this image were colored with TomBow markers.  Hope you enjoy!

Touch of spring

A stamp and die set from Spellbinders "Posies".  This was colored with Copic markers.  Hope you enjoy.

Mixed Media

This was a project that I completed at a Creativation workshop sponsored by Little Darling Stamps.  This was created on a full sheet of watercolor paper using watercolor paints.  This will be an upcoming class at Fond Memories.

One stamp Two cards

This is a stamp from Spellbinders that is used two ways.  Hope you enjoy