Christmas Card Challenges #16

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have an Inspiration Photo challenge with red ornaments. I can't wait to see what you make!  It's never too early to get started on your Christmas Cards. 

I was inspired to create a card that has red ornaments as the focus. I used a PaperArtsy stamp set called JOFY 27.  It's one of my favorite Christmas stamp sets of all time and it's not available in my new online store Topflight Stamps along with many other PaperArtsy stamps. I colored the ornaments with Copic markers and stamped the corners from the set and the sentiment. I colored the sentiment, corners and ornaments tops with a Metallic silver colored pencil from Spectrum Noir and blended with Gamsol.  Then I adhered the ornaments and added some small bows to finish it off. A simple and fun card that uses these awesome ornaments for a great focal point. Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Card Challenges #15

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have an Inspiration Photo challenge. I can't wait to see what you make!  It's never too early to get started on your Christmas Cards. 

I was inspired to create a card with a wreath on it. I was inspired to create a card with a wreath. I decided to use non-traditional colors. First, I made a circle with Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink. Then I stamped the wreath from a JOFY Christmas set in Versafine Ink. I cut out the stars and colored them with Gold Metallic Spectrum Noir colored pencil. I colored the circles with other Metallic colored pencils. I adhered the starts with foam dots. Then I added a few gold pearls. I created the wreath on a kraft paper panel and lined the edges with a black Memento marker, then adhered the panel to my card base. Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Card Challenges #1 - Candy Cane

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a word prompt challenge - Candy Cane.  I can't wait to see what you create!

This paper reminded me of a candy cane. I used a new PaperArtsy JOFY stamp set. I really love this big present. I fussy cut some paper scraps, layered with some kraft and white card stock and added lines with my Faber Castell Pitt Pen to add a little interest. It's an easy and cute Christmas card.  Thanks for stopping by!

Painted Mini Snowman Canvas Tote

I have a few Mini Canvas Bags from CanvasCorp in my stash and I decided to decorate this one for the holidays. I kind of love how it turned out.

First, I painted some Tattered Angels Tan High Impact Pigment Paint. It looks great with the color of the canvas and provides a surface that is easier to stamp and paint on than the regular canvas.

Then I stamped this super cute JOFY PaperArtsy snowman stamp from JOFY 04 in Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink.

Finally, I painted the snowman with PaperArtsy paint in Chalk and then I added some snow dots with the white paint. I colored in the rest of details with my new Tombow Dual Brush Markers. In places where the lines were light or covered up, I went over them with a Faber Castell Black Pitt Pen.

I think this is so cute and would make an adorable gift bag. Here is a link to the Mini Canvas Bag. Thanks for stopping by!!!

Christmas Card Challenges #44 - Decorations

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a Word Prompt Challenge -  Decoration.  What a fun theme. I can't wait to see what you create!

I had the perfect stamp for this. It was part of my new PaperArtsy JOFY #47 stamp set. I love this fund cupcake holder filled with holiday decorations. I used Distress Inks (Salty Ocean and Squeezed Lemonade) to create the background and I watercolored with Distress Markers to color in the images. It ended up being a fun and colorful card. Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas Card Challenges #33

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a new Color Challenge.  These colors are so pretty together.  I can't wait to see what everyone creates.

For my card, I used PaperArtsy Jofy stamps. I colored the ornaments and words with Copic Markers. To add some depth I added Clear Pico Embellisher to the ornaments so they are thick and shiny. You can't really tell in the photo, but it's cool in person. It's such a fun product to use.  Thanks for stopping by!

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PaperArtsy Topic 17: Pigment Powders

I made this card for the current PaperArtsy Challenge - to use pigment powders. I used some purple and blue Ken Oliver Colorburst Powders to create the background of my card. I kept the rest of the card fairly simple by just adding a JOFY flower and border colored with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I stampe with Ranger Archival Ink and the black card base is from PTI. I love how much interest these powders add to the background with the random images they create.

PaperArtsy Topic 16 - Circles

I barely made it, but I finally made a card for my first every PaperArtsy Challenge. I've been checking out all the fabulous circle inspiration posts they had on the PaperArtsy blog over the last couple of weeks and I was finally able to come up with this card.

I used my PaperArtsy Fresco Paints in Turquoise, Dolly Mix and Amethyst to create 2 card base backgrounds. I used the brayer background technique I saw Leandra do in a video a few month ago. One of my background was lighter than the other so I stamped my circle on that one and used the background with more colors for my card base.

I was inspired by Jo Firth Young's post to stamp circles on colors and cut them out and to place them randomly on the card. I used stamps from Lin Brown Eclectica ELB23 and ELB24. I stamped with black Ranger Archival Ink and lightly inked the edges with the black ink. This was a fun and challenging card to make. Thanks for helping me step outside my box.

Here's my final card.

Christmas Card Challenges #34

It's time for this week's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week our Challenge theme is everybody's favorite "Anything Goes".  Get a head start on your Christmas cards and come join us this week. We now pick a weekly winner and honorable mentions! Thanks for stopping by!

I made a simple one layer card this week. A perfect card to make multiples of. I used PaperArtsy JOFY stamps and colored them with my new Zig Clean Color Real Brush Water color markers. I used some bright non-traditional colors to make it more fun. 

Christmas Card Challenges #51

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have another color challenge. I really love these colors and thought these new stamps I got would be perfect for these colors. The stamps are JOFY by Paper Arsty. I think they are perfect for one layer cards. I colored the snowmen with Copic markers. I'm excited to see what you come up with this week for this fun challenge. Thanks for stopping by!

Here is the inspiration photo:

Here's my card.

Christmas Card Challenges #42

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges. This week we have a color challenge.  I used a JOFY stocking stamp by Paper Artsy. I colored it with Copic markers that were close to the colors in the picture. The larger dies are Nestablitlies and the smaller label die is from Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is from Cosmos Cricket - Chalkboard Cheer mini stack. The stripes reminded me of candy canes. I adhered the stocking and the sentiment label with foam tape. I can't wait to see how you all interpret these colors this week. I can't wait to see what you create this week. Thanks for stopping by!

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My card: