Father Christmas

I am participating in a card swap organized  by Cindy Foder.  The card fronts are to be made using one of the stamp sets in the new catalogue, which is coming out Aug. 2.  The stamp set I chose to made 10 cards from is "Father Christmas".  I had one card left over, so I made a card for myself.

For some reason the picture I took is a little crooked.  Please over look that.

Stamps: 
Father Christmas, Teeny Tiny wishes, Merry Mice

Dimensions of the card:
1.  Whisper White 5 1/4 by 4" embossed with the Lucky Stars embossing folder
2.  Whisper White 3 1/4 by 1 3/4" for the image.
3.  Cherry Cobbler 3 3/8 by 1 7/8" mat for image panel
4.  DSP #1 Presents & Pinecones 4 1/2 by 2" with a Cherry Cobbler mat of 4 5/8 by 2 1/8"
5.  DSP #2  Presents & Pinecones 5 by 1 3/4" with a  Cherry Cobbler mat of 5 1/8 by 1 7/8"
6.  1 by 5 1/8" Dazzling Diamond glimmer paper
7.  Scrap of Whisper White for sentiment
8.  Scrap of Cherry Cobbler for small oval

Accessories:
1.  Dazzling diamonds
2.  6" of Mini Striped Cucumber Crush ribbon (5/8")
3.  Dimensionals
4.  Layering ovals framelits
5.  Modern word label punch
6.  Rhinestones
7.  Blender Pen

Inks: 
Black Memento, Cherry Cobbler, Pink Pirouette, Smoky Slate, Cucumber Crush, Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, Basic Black marker

Another Merry Mouse Christmas - Just Add Ink #325

It's been much cooler today and it's been wonderful!!!  We had a bit more rain last night and the lawns are starting to turn green again.  One of the planters that really suffered from the heat is now returning to life (after cruel me cut the poor think almost down to the roots) and is starting to bloom.
It 's hard to think about Christmas when the weather is so nice, but think about it I must.  To date I am booked for 5 craft shows between the end of Sept. and early Dec.

The Merry Mice stamp set is such a cute set and I'm getting a real kick out of using it to make cards.  This time I used it for the sketch challenge with Just Add Ink

 

After stamping these images with Black Memento ink, they are so much fun to colour with a blender pen. And some Wink of Stella provides some glam to the image.

Using the layering circles framelits, the image was die cut and a larger scallop circle was die cut in Cherry Cobbler.  The two circles were adhered together using dimensionals, and than adhered to the card front.

The card base is Garden Green, layered with This Christmas DSP - two patterns - with a double scalloped strip of Dazzling diamonds glimmer paper covering the seam.

The sentiment is also matted with Cherry Cobbler and then Dazzling Diamond glimmer paper.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Merry Mice
Inks:Black Memento, Sahara Sand, Pink Pirouette, Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake
Papers: Garden Green, Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, This Christmas DSP, Dazzling diamond glimmer paper
Accessories: Layering circles framelits, Wink of Stella clear glimmer brush, dimensionals, Tasteful Trim die (retired)

Merry Christmouse - Fab Friday #93

Merry Mice is just the cutest stamp set in the new catalogue, which you will able to purchase from starting Aug. 2.  I hope when you get this set that you enjoy it as much as I am.

I used this stamp set for the sketch challenge with Fab Friday

The Cherry Cobbler base is layered with Whisper White.  Along the left side is a strip of "This Christmas Specialty DSP".

Before adhering the image panel, he ivy vine from "Embellished Ornaments" was stamped with Garden Green, and the Holly coloured with Cherry Cobbler, and later Cherry Cobbler Dazzling delights was added.  Some of the Ivy was coloured.

The image was stamped with Black Memento and coloured with various ink colours using a blender pen. Some dazzlingdiamonds was applied to some areas of the image. This was trimmed to 3 1/4 by 1 7/8" and matted with Cherry Cobbler card stock.  Some red glimmer paper was die cut with the retired adorning accents edgelits and added at the lower end of the image panel.

After matting the Whisper White sentiment image with Red Glimmer paper it adhered to the upper right of the card.                    

Red glimmer star swere added randomly

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Merry Mice, Embellished Ornaments
Inks: Black Memento, Cherry Cobbler, Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Dapper Denim, Pink Pirouette
Papers: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Red Glimmer Paper, This Christmas Specialty DSP
Accessories: Adorning Accents Edgelets (retired), Dazzling diamonds, Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details, blender pen, dimensionals, bitty star punch.

                                           

                                                                                                                               

                                                  

                       

                                                          

Fa la la Merry Mice

The heat has finally broken! It rained all day yesterday,rain that was sorely needed. Environment Canada announced yesterday that July was the hottest on record, and August will probably be the same. We didn't need Environment Canada to tell us that! I'm back to making Christmas cards today, giving you a sneak peak of another card in the new catalogue - "Merry Mice". I just love those little critters (on paper only)- they're so cute!

This 5 by 5" Garden Green card is layered with Whisper White, and then 3 different patterns from the "Warmth & Cheer" DSP stack.  A 1" Cherry cobbler ribbon is placed over middle of the card to hide the seams

The image is stamped with Black Memento and coloured with ink pads and a blender pen.  It is trimmed, the corners rounded, and then matted with Cherry Cobbler card stock.  A piece of dazzling diamond glimmer paper, die cut with the retired adorning accents die was adhered to the bottom of this piece.

Dazzling diamonds were added to various parts of the mouse as well as on the snowflakes and under his feet.  Wink of Stella added some glam to the mouse's nose, ears and the book he is holding.

This image piece is adhered to the card front using dimensionals.

For the sentiment, first a 2 1/2" scallop circle punched out a cherry cobbler circle.  Dazzling diamonds glimmer paper was punched with the 1 3/4" punch and the two were adhered together.
"Fa la la", from "Seasonal Greetings" was die cut from Red Glimmer paper and adhered across the circle unit.
Hand cut  Ivy leaves  were clustered at the top of the sentiment  unit and the red  berries punched using the  Owl Builder punch.  I had a non SU die which I used to make the black musical notes.  Again, dimensionals were used to attach this unit to the card front.

Supplies Used:    
Stamps:   Merry Mice
Inks:   Black Memento, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Cherry Cobbler,  Old Olive, Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Pink Pirouette
Papers:    Garden Green, Whisper White, Basic black, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Red Glimmer Paper, Warmth & Cheer DSP stack
Accessories:   2 1/2" scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, Owl Builder punch , dazzling diamonds, dimensionals, l" cherry cobbler ribbon, corner rounder punch, blender pen