All aboard for Christmas!

 Good morning! only 4 more sleeps until Christmas and I'm still enjoying all the holiday crafts. My card today is using images from Crescent Creation's Holiday release I have used the Gingerbread collection and a couple of characters from the Together for the Holidays

Isn't that train the cutest???

I added all the characters to it before printing onto stamping card. It was colored with Copic markers and fussy cut.

My card base was matted with some green glitter card and some Kraft snow design paper.

My train was added using foam tape.

I decorated the train further with Wonderland Clay bits - candy canes and hard candy were on the train

but check out my little robin he's taking his stocking with him!

Finally, Crystal Glaze was added to the candy on top of the train!

I love how the little characters can be added to the train - This is because the images are png but are white filled making it easy to build a scene.

Thank you for taking time to view my card. This may be my last holiday card for the year - notice I say maybe???? watch this space!

Remembrance

Good Morning! Remembrance Day also called Poppy day is the 11th of November - The significance of the day is, I hope, known to all. It was when World War 1 ended - The 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month.

In the UK with is remembered by the wearing of a poppy. My card is using the Stained Glass Poppy from The Little Paper Tree:

I colored the Poppy with Copic markers and cut the circle out.

I matted an A7 card base with red card. I then printed the Flanders Field poem onto grey card stock. If you've not heard the poem it tells the reason for using the poppy as a symbol of remembrance.

I added this to my card base and adhered my Poppy with foam tape.

Using my Cameo I then cut the letters for remember and added these to the card. This didn't appear to stand out as much as I wanted so I covered the letters with crystal glaze.

I hope my card has made you stop and think about the significance of the date. To all the veterans including my own Kev. Thank you for your service!

Catching a Floral Note

Good morning from a very cold Michigan, Valentine's Day is just a couple of days away so I thought I'd post some hearts and flowers. I stayed away from the typical reds and went with my favorite crafting colors - teal and purple.

I cross pollenated digital stamp set and used one of the stunning images from Floral Catcher and a sentiment from Just Butterflies:

I used Copic Markers to color the image but then added purple glaze to the heart and used a glitter Gelly Roll on the 'strings' of the catcher.

My card base was matted with teal cardstock and I added my image. To make in coordinate, I changed the color or my sentiment, fussy cut this on my Scan N Cut and added to my card with foam squares. I then added crystal glaze to make it shine. Finally I added a few clear drops.

These collections are part of the February new release - Blooming Is Life which has more gorgeous floral designs all available as digital images.

Thank you for stopping by. I will be back during the month with more inspiration from Joy Clair. Also my teamies will be sharing with you over on the Joy Clair Facebook Group.

 You can check out the new release and all of Joy Clair's products over in their store.

Santa's Favorite Gift Tags

Good Morning! It is white over here, it snowed at the weekend and because it's so cold it's hanging around.

I'm here today with inspiration for the gifts you are going to be giving during the holidays. Each gift needs a cute tag to go with it and I am going to share 4 with you using Santa's Favorite Digital Stamp Set:

The first 2 have the adorable Santa's Favorite penguins - the little guy fishing and my favorite the penguin in eye glasses:

 

I die cut some tags and mats for my little guys. The penguins were fussy cut with my scan n cut and colored with alcohol markers. I couldn't resist giving one little guy candy cane glasses. I used crystal glaze on the glasses and the other little guy's proud catch! Foam tape was used to adhere them to the tags and some bows and ribbons completed the design.

My second set of tags used the same Santa's Favorite digital set, the remaining penguin is skiing and I decorated a tree for him.

 

Both images were colored with alcohol markers and added to the tags with foam tape. I then added snow writer to the edge of the tree layers and decorated it with red ornaments and of course a star at the top! My little skier had glitter added to his hat pompom and glaze to make his eyes shine. again ribbon and bows completed the tags.

Thank you for stopping by. I will be back during the month with more inspiration from Joy Clair. Also my teamies will be sharing with you over on the Joy Clair Facebook Group.

Let's Get Together!

Good morning! I wish it would cool down, the temperature is just too unbearable to be out in. I have to make sure the dogs aren't out in it long.

Hey it's Tuesday again which means a new challenge over at Digi Choosday and this time the design team's inspiration is all about getting together with a friend:

What I Did:
I resized and printed Winnie Fruit Punch One for you! onto stamping card along with a sentiment that i felt fit the theme. She was colored with alcohol markers and trimmed to size.
I die cut 2 frames, one in pink and one in blue.Using foam tape I positioned the pink one around Winnie.
My 7x5in card base was matted with blue card and Polkadoodles Digital design paper. I then adhered the blue frame to the card. Winnie was then added both her and the blue frame were positioned at apposing angles.
My sentiment was matted with both the blue and pink card and added using foam squares.
To finish the card I added glaze to the cocktail glasses Winnie is holding and added a Friend die cut.

What I Used:

Digital Stamp: Polkadoodles -Winnie Fruit Punch: One for You!
Stamping Card: X-Press It
Alcohol Markers: Copic
Frame Dies: Gina Marie: Frames, Scalloped Stitched Rectangles
Blue and Pink Cardstock: Core'Dinations Premium
Digital Design Paper: Polkadoodles - Winnie Special Moments Paper Heaven 3
Sentiment: Polkadoodles - Winnie Special Moments Quotes
Glaze: Tonic Crystal Glaze
Friend Die Cut: Crafter's Companion - Essentials Friends and Family
Glue: ZipDry
Foam Tape: Dollar Store

The Digi Choosday Challenge runs for 2 weeks, it is always anything goes so there is no reason not to enter and you never know you may just win!

Looking for more inspiration? Then check out my teamies designs over on the Facebook page, you can also post your own Polkadoodles' designs on the Craft Stamp and Colour with Polkadoodles Facebook group

Thanks for stopping by, now go join the challenge!

Kawaii Meow

Good afternoon, we are having a lazy day today since so much snow was forecast.

I'm back today with the other Kawaii new release from Scrapper's Delights. This is a collection of images and sentiments called Kawaii Meow. I have chosen to use 2 of the images and a sentiment but there is also a milk carton, a food dish and paw print included along with another sentiment.

It is just a hungry kitty:

What I Did

I used my graphics program to put the kitty in her bed and add the sentiment, having png files really works for scene building! I then printed onto stamping card.

I colored the kitty and bed with copic markers.

I made a white 5x7in card base from 110lb card and matted this with a green card that coordinated with my coloring.

I adhered my image to my card, die cut 2 paw prints and added these.

To finish the card I colored the sentiment with a blue glossy gel pen and added crystal glaze to all the eyes and the kitty's nose.

What I Used

Digital stamps: Kawaii Meow

Stamping Card: X-Press It

Copic Markers

White card: Core'Dinations Premuim

Green Card: Core'Dinations

Kraft Card: The Paper Shelter

Glossy Gel Pen: Gelly Roll

Paw Print Die

Crystal Glaze: Nuvo

Thanks for stopping by and if you love what you see please let me know in the comments.