Dad's Birthday

Hi all! Just a quick post today because we're headed down to my Mom and Dad's. It's Dad's birthday today and this is the gift card holder I'm giving him. You can see the tutorial for the pop-up GC holder HERE. This is my favorite GC holder to make. Really easy and quick!

The CHF truck image and Flourishes sentiment are stamped on sparkly Cryogen White from Paper Temptress.



The matted blue layer behind the truck is up on foam tape. I added some Cryogen White to the inside and embossed it with my diamond plate EF....Dad loves diamond plate!



Thanks for stopping by today!

Wintery OCC Challenge

Hi everyone. It's time for another OCC Challenge, and today the challenge is to make a card/project using a snowman or snowflakes.

Be sure to hop over to the OCC blog to check out the samples from the OCC crew, and to see the fun card made by our special guest (and my good friend) Janice Melton. Thanks for being our guest today, Janice!

I made two cards for today. The stamp is from Cornish Heritage Farms, part of the Friendly Kritters Collection. The images were stamped in Versafine Black Onyx and watercolored with inkpads/reinkers. The icicles and snow were done with AIG Dries Clear Adhesive and Starfire Glitter from Taylored Expressions.

The snowflakes on the blue card were punched from white CS with a Martha Stewart punch, sponged with Baja Breeze Ink, and then I added the same Starfire glitter. They were glued down with SU Dimensionals. All ribbon on the blue card is from Papertrey's Silver Collection.

The hemp twine on the red/green card is tied around celery May Arts ribbon that I got at Stamper's Dream and striped organdy ribbon from Pink Hedgehog. The sparkle in the organdy ribbon matches the starfire glitter perfectly! Love that!

The Warm Hearts sentiment was stamped on the inside of both cards. Here's a picture of the inside of the red/green card. The blue card is pretty similar, just white CS matted against black.

RECIPE FOR BLUE CARD ~
Stamps: CHF Frosty Friends, CHF Warm Hearts
Paper: Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Basic Black, PTI Select White
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, Glorious Green, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Basic Brown, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Starfire Glitter from Taylored Expressions, SU Dimensionals, AIG Dries Clear Adhesive, PTI Silver Sheer Metallic 3/4" Ribbon, PTI 1/8" Silver Tinsel Ribbon, Snowflake Embossing Folder
Technique: Watercoloring, Dry Embossing

RECIPE FOR RED/GREEN CARD ~
Stamps: CHF Frosty Friends, CHF Warm Hearts
Paper: Ruby Red, PTI Select White, Fancy Pants Happy Holidays DP
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, Glorious Green, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Basic Brown, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Celery 3/8" May Arts Ribbon from Stamper's Dream, Striped Organdy Ribbon from PinkHedgehog Paper Crafts, Hemp Twine, Starfire Glitter from Taylored Expressions, AIG Dries Clear Adhesive
Technique: Watercoloring

Have a great weekend!

CHF Frosty Friends

Oooooh, how I love this stamp! So adorable...there's just something about an outdoor scene of animals that I love. It's from Cornish Heritage Farms, part of their Friendly Kritters collection. So is the sentiment.

I used the colors in today's Color Challenge CC193 on SCS. The image is stamped in Versafine Black Onyx onto Kraft CS, and then watercolored with inkpads/reinders. After watercoloring, I used a white Prisma pencil to color in the snow and falling snowflakes. The sky was also done with a Prisma pencil. I added some AIG Dries Clear Adhesive to the snow and icicles on the hat and antlers, and then sprinkled on some of Taylor's Starfire Glitter. The picture doesn't capture just how sparkly this stuff is. I love it!

The inside of the card follows the same layout as the front of the card, which by the way is Taylor's Sketch TECC40. The sentiment on the inside is from Taylor's Season's Sweetings stamp set.

RECIPE ~
Stamps: CHF Frosty Friends, CHF Warm Hearts (sentiment on front), SASI Season's Sweetings (sentiment on inside)
Paper: SU Real Red, SU Basic Black, SU Kraft
Ink: Versafine Black ONyx, Real Red, Basic Black, Basic Brown, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: Hemp Twine, Red Gingham Ribbon from SU, Starfire Glitter, AIG Dries Clear Adhesive
Technique: Watercoloring