Snowy Red Barn

Can you tell I love this image by QKR Stampede? Ü I have some new images coming soon, so you will get to see what fun challenge we have set for December.

This layout is pretty simple as I wanted to be able to mass produce these.

Christmas Pig

If you have pig lovers on your list this is the perfect and fun image for them.

The image is colored with Prismacolor pencils and gel pen for the tree star and gift bow.

Glitter was added to the star in the window and tree ornaments.

Flower Soft was attached to the white on the Santa hat with tacky glue.

To create a faux embossing I punched snowflakes for the bottom of the green base and attached with tacky glue.

The stitching was done with a sewing machine and the buttons are hand sewn to the card.

Stamps: QKR Stampede - Christmas Pig
Paper: white, The Paper Company – green linen, Miss Elizabeth – holly, K&Company rusty red designer paper
Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Art Glitter adhesive, Craft Essentials glitter, Aleene’s tacky glue, Polar White Flower Soft, Prismacolor pencils, baby oil, thread, gold and silver gel pens, star buttons
Tools: Marvy snowflake punch, paper stumps, sewing machine, needle for hand sewing, cutting scissors

Bright Snow Couple

Happy Saturday All!

I hope your weekend is off to a great start! I have a bright fun card to share with you today. I made this with Snow Couple from QKR Stampede.

I decided to have some fun with this one and stayed away from traditional winter colors. The border punch is by EK Success. The large snowflake punch is Martha Stewart and the small one is an old punch I've had forever that has no name on it.

This bright, fun card is going to one of my friends on the East Coast some time soon. I know that when the snow is two feet deep outside this sunny card will brighten her day!

I hope it brightened up your day too!

Kristine

Cold Winter Sky

This cold winter sky was created with the direct to paper technique, it’s very quick card to create and my tecnique is forgiving - if you don’t like your first swipe with the ink pad, just swipe it again and again until you do like it. 

The technique requires heat drying between ink applications and a gloss cardstock; 80% gloss was used for this card but I've done the technique with a high gloss also.

Direct to paper means rubbing the ink pad on the cardstock.

-Using the direct to paper technique with a swirl motion rub on the sky using two colors, lightest first and if you don’t like the first swipe continue until the line is to your liking.

-Tear a piece of paper that’s larger than the image panel in half and form a mountain if desired.  Mask off the sky area and direct to paper the mountains but don’t over saturate the paper with ink but if it does just take your landscape higher to cover the ink.

-Use a second torn paper to mask the mountain area; the inks can overlap. 

-A third piece of torn paper was used to add the closest hill or I often use a piece that I’ve already used but at a different angle.

-Stamp on the tree image, and to blend the image into the landscape I direct to paper black streaks.  Now your ready to finish your card.

-The blue panel was dry embossed and ink distressed.

The envelope was create using the masking and sponging techniques.

The insert has a partial image stamped to the left side only with the ink left on the image after stamping the envelope.

Stamps: QKR Stampede Trees

Paper: Remember When – black textured, Paperbilities – blue, Neenah – grey linen, 80% white glossy

Ink: Ranger distress inks: faded jeans, weathered wood, forest moss, frayed burlap, vintage photo, walnut stain, black soot, StazOn – Jet Black (card tree), Memento – Tuxedo Black – envelope tree

Accessories: Making Memories – brads

Tools: sponge, mat pack and piercer for brads, stamp positioner, torn paper, Tim Holtz brick embossing folder, Cuttlebug

Techniques: Direct to paper, dry embossing, heat drying, ink distressing

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our American followers. I hope you are enjoying your holiday. I am cooking today...that once a year I cook a turkey...lol. It will be just my mom, and my DH and my DDs for dinner here today. Then we are off to go over the river and through the woods to Grandma's house. Well, I guess it is more like over the Thruway, and down the expressway...but you get the idea. Well today I wanted to share something a little different then my normal posts. I decided to make a LO page today. Now, I don't have photos on it because it is my Thanksgiving page for this year...lol. BUT you can see where the photos will be after I take them today. I was inspired to make a page using the LEAF image from the QKR Stampede store when I saw my fellow DT member, and crafting friend Kristie made a LO using this stamp. I think most of us DT ladies have this stamp...it is just so pretty. I started with a brown PP base. The rest of the PP you see on this page (circles and letters) are from CTMH. I then added 2 of the LEAF images to this page. Both of them are ones I stamped off before using the baby wipe technique. I keep forgetting I was going to do a little photo tutorial of this technique on my blog...lol. Maybe if I remember to buy some baby wipes, I will remember to show how to do it. Anyway, I will not keep you any longer today. I am off to get that turkey in the oven, and watch the Macy's parade! I hope you have a very blessed holiday! OH...and we would love to hear what you are thankful for this year. I am thankful for so many things, but mostly for my wonderful supportive family. I began my "weight loss journey" back in July. Well, my husband and my girls have been nothing but helpful and supportive through the whole thing. So, today I am thankful for their support and encouragement to help me get to my first goal, and keep going. I am currently 1/2 way to my 2nd big goal!
Leave a comment and let us know what you are thankful for. I can't wait to read your comments!

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Hi, it is me Dawn !
I am here to share a fun card using a QKR Stampede red rubber stamp.I have included a couple pictures of the same card because  I noticed some glare.
I want you to see the dimension on the nest- yes the turkey is hiding out up in a tree- in a nest!
Wouldn't you be hiding if you were a turkey the day before Thanksgiving?

 I thought this turkey was so cute- seemed like he needed to be roosting somewhere like a nest.I actually cut one apart to add to the card. Yes, some American moss for padding for the turkey.
I colored this adorable tom turkey with Copic markers. Cut out and pop dotted for dimension.
 I used this thick paper I had in my stash that actually looks like wood. Ran it through my Big Shot with a Tim Holtz embossing folder. Love that grain of the tree.
The leaves are from a punch and the tweet tweet is from a mini alphabet set I own.

A very Happy and blessed Thanksgiving to Everyone

Santa's Helper

We have here in Germany in the next time winter, it gets cold and this week it is still snowing. Time to think now about Christmas. For this week I've decided to Santas Helper. I love this little turtle, this is so adorable.
The card with a few beads and glitter together and finish is a typical card in the traditional christmas colors.
On the hat I have applied ice crystals that can be seen but unfortunately not in the picture.

Have a nice day
Monika