Allsorts 498: Christmas Trees

It's already Saturday, time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. This week it's all about Christmas trees. Hope you can join us!

Penny Black Crystal Drops // Penny Black Holiday Snippets // Distress Oxide Evergreen Bough // Versafine Onyx Ink // Irridescent Ice Embossing Powder -Similar.

The above card was super quick and easy to make. Washi tape was used to mask off the edges of my card front. Then I inked up the card with Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide. This ink was also used to stamp the image (Crystal Drops by Penny Black) with. Next I sprinkled some irridescent ice embossing powder over the trees and heated it up for some sparkle. The little sentiment from the Penny Black set  Holiday Snippets was stamped and heat embossed with Versafine Onyx ink and clear embossing powder. Mounted onto a white card front to finish off the card. 

Penny Black Holly Jolly // Penny Black Season's Gifts // Neenah Linen Cardstock // Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils // Distress Ink Forest Moss // Wink Of Stella Gold

This was a card I made a little while ago and never shared because I wasn't sure  I liked the inked edges on this one. But it fits this theme so well, and the cute hedgie deserves to be seen :-) Another quick card, simply stamped the image from the Penny Black set  Holly Jolly using Versafine Onyx ink, then colored with Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils. A Wink Of Stella glitter brush in gold was used to add some golden sparkle. Sentiment is from the Penny Black set Season's Gifts. Before adhering to the card base, I inked up the edges with  Forest Moss distress ink.

Please come join us this week at Allsorts challenge for a chance to win a set of  Distress crayons! 

Challenges entered:

Card 1: 

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Winter or Christmas

Moving along with the Times -  Christmas 
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Christmas
Crafty Gals Corner  - Christmas 
Little Red Wagon   - Black, White and One More color
That's Crafty! Challenge - Anything Goes
Paper Minutes - CAS Christmas
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Christmas Goes 
Crafty Cardmakers -Christmas 
Crafty Calendar -  It's Christmas Time

Card 2

Sasayaki Glitter Challenge Blog - Happy Holidays
Crafting By Designs  - Holiday 
Shopping Our Stash - Tis The Season
The Crafty Addicts  - Christmas
Cute N' Crafty Christmas - Anything Christmas
Fab 'n' Funky  - Cute Christmas
Simon Says Wednesday  - Christmas
Colouring in Scrapland -Christmas
Cutie Pie Challenge - Add a little sparkle
Path of Positivity - silver, gold or other Metallics (I used gold glitter)
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - STARS
Crafter's Castle - Anything Goes with option: Christmas Ornament
Creative Moments - Always Anything Goes 

Thanks so much for visiting today. Hope you have a great weekend!

PS: This is off topic, but just wanted to let you know, Hero Arts is having FREE SHIPPING within the US TODAY ONLY (Saturday Dec. 15th)! If you have been thinking about getting the gorgeous December Stamp Kit, this would be perfect timing for it! I just posted a card made with the MMH December kit yesterday.  

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A Fairy Wonderland with Hero Arts December Kit

Happy Thursday! A few days ago I received my Hero Arts "My Monthly Hero" kit and I finally had some time to ink it up! I am soooo loving this kit!

Hero Arts My Monthly Hero December Kit // Distress Ink Worn Lipstick // Distress Ink Seedless Preserves // Distress Oxide Bundled Sage // Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch // Versafine Onyx Ink // Clear Embossing Powder // Distress Marker Peeled Paint // Distress Marker Seedless Preserves // 

Zig Markers Pale Pink,  Flesh, Marker Green Gray all available in This Set //

  Distress Marker Candied Apple

It's never easy for me to create scene type cards, but today I decided to write up a "how to" so I can look back at this next time, when I forget again :-) Maybe it will be helpful to some of you too!

1. Ink up mushroom from Hero Arts Set using Versafine Onyx, heat emboss with Clear Embossing Powder. 
2.  Stamp mushroom on post it note, fussy cut and place as a mask over the embossed mushroom. 
3. Place moon mask on card front.  (I used one of the nestabilities circle die cuts as the mask.)
4. Ink up the complete card front using Worn Lipstick Distress Ink  starting at the outer edge usingan ink applicator.
5. Add more ink to the card front, this time using Seedless Preserves ink, starting at outer edge, then add a little bit starting on the moon mask to add some ink around the moon. Use a light touch when inking, so you don't accidentally get too deep of a color.
6. Use torn printer paper as a mask for the hill and ink up with Bundled Sage Distress Oxide, moving the torn paper to create more hills. 
7.  Stamp dandelion from the  Hero Arts Kit onto the background around the mushroom using Bundled Sage Distess Oxide Ink again.
8.  Splatter a few water drops onto the background to create an illusion of "orbs". I used a clean paint brush to splatter the drops onto the background. 
9.  Stamp and heat emboss fairy on separate Bristol Vellum paper. Color with distress and zig markers. Fussy cut using Cutterbee scissors.
10.  Remove mushroom and moon masks. Color Mushroom.
11. Add fairy with pop up dots. 
12. Add some glitter to the wings (I used the Sakura glitter pen that came with the My Monthly Hero Kit.)
13.  Add "gems" - the ones I used came with the Hero Arts Kit.

The sentiment is part of the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero December Kit, it has been stamped with  Versafine Onyx and heat embossed with clear powder.

I finished off the card by framing it with deep purple card stock (from Stampin Up) and then a white card base. This card is larger than the standard A2 size, this one measures approx. 6.5 x 4.5 inches. 

Here is a look at the complete Card kit. Isn't is gorgeous!! I really liked the past 3 kits but this one is my favorite so far!

The kit is still available for purchase if you are interested. It's $34.99 and as you can see, matching dies are included along with some pretty sparkly papers. 

My card fits these challenge themes so linking up here:

Paper Shelter Challenge  - Birthdays/Celebrations 
Crafty Sentiment Designs -  Celebrate
Cutie Pie Challenge - Add a little sparkle
Incy Wincy Designs - Create your own background
Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges - Sparkle or Glitter

And there are lots of Anything Goes themes so linking up here too:

Crafty Creations 
Creative Moments  
Word Art Wednesdays
Lemon Shortbread 
Through The Craft Room Door
Artistic Inspirations -F
Crafting from the Heart 
CuteNCrafty Challenge Blog
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges 
Dragonfly Dreams 
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
The Corrosive Challenges
We Love 2 Create  
A Gem of a Challenge 
Catch The Bug  
A Bit More Time to Craft 
A Perfect Time To Craft 
Crafts Galore Encore
Creatalicious Challenges 
Love to Craft 

Thanks so much for visiting. PS: Don't forget about my "Crafty Wednesday Challenge" that runs until the end of this month. I am giving away a gift certificate to Mo Manning's digi shop to one lucky winner. You can read more about it here.

Edited to add: Hero Arts is having FREE SHIPPING on all US orders Saturday December 15th only. If you have been thinking about purchasing this kit, then this is the perfect time for it! 

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Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - December Midmonth

We're almost half way through December (can you believe it!!!) and since it's a Wednesday I decided to share another card for this month's Crafty Wednesday Challenge here on my blog. If you are here to join in, you can find the linky tool at the end of this post, as I have moved it from the original December post.

As a reminder, the December theme at Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday is:

Snowflakes, Snowmen or a Winter Wonderland.

Penny Black Holiday Snippets // Tonic Stamp Platform // Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch // Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio // Versamark Ink // White Embossing Powder // Versafine Onyx Ink // Clear Embossing Powder // Ranger Ink Applicator Tool // Sticky Rhinestones // Bristol Vellum Paper // Neenah Linen 80lb Paper

I had some "play time" with my new distress oxides and this is what I came up with. I've also made some other CAS cards which I will show within a week or two :-)

To make my card I first taped off the edges of my square card front using some washi tape. Next I stamped the snowflakes from the set Holiday Snippets by Penny Black using Versamark ink and then heat embossed with detail white embossing powder. Next I inked up the background with Blueprint Sketch and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxides and spritzed with water. The ink reacted to the water creating some interest on the background. By the way, as almost always, I used Bristol Vellum paper for my card front. I love how easy the inks are blending on this card stock, and it takes on watercolors well too, so it's my go-to paper for almost all techniques that don't require copic coloring. I do almost always end up heat embossing anything stamped in black ink because it stays wet longer and I don't want the ink to smear.  

Next I stamped one of the large sentiments from the Holiday Snippets set using the same colors of distress oxides, and finished off with the other large sentiment from this set, this time I stamped with Versafine Onyx ink and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder over it. Some sticky Rhinestones finish off the card. For my base I used Neenah linen textured card stock. The complete card measures approx. 4.45 inches square. 

As a reminder, this month I am giving away a gift certificate to Mo Manning's shop (sponsored by me). 

My card fits these challenges:
Double Trouble - Any Embossing or Snow/ Snowmen etc.

Incy Wincy Designs - Create Your Own Background

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Warm Winter Wishes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes 

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

City Crafter Challenge - Snowflakes

Brown Sugar - Winter 

Pattie's Creations -   Winter/Christmas

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Winter/Christmas
AAA - 3 of Something (3 rhinestones - it's an inky card front but I kept it simple with minimal layers)

Dare 2B Artzy Challenges -  Winter

International Art & Soul - Add Some Sparkle 
Through The Craft Room Door- Anything Goes 

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
CuteNCrafty Challenge Blog -  Anthing Goes
Path of Positivity -  Anything Postive (Optional Theme: metallics

{Pin}spirational - Inspiration Challenge

To share your Snowflakes, Snowmen or a Winter Wonderland creation simply link up your project below. Remember you may use any brand of stamps and combine with as many challenges as you like to. I do ask that you include a link back to this blog in your blog post.

Please remember: this is a public blog, meaning any papercraft you link up or any comments left on this blog will be visible and clickable by third parties. The blog owner is not responsible for republished content from this blog on other blogs or websites without permission. 

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Allsorts 497: Christmas Flowers

Hello and Welcome!

It's Saturday again and that means a new theme has been posted to the Allsorts challenge blog. Mervi's turn to host and she picked the theme of Christmas Flowers. Once again we have a wonder prize to give away!

I was decluttering my craft room and came across this old Stampin Up wheel (anyone remember those?) and decided to use it for today's card.

I finally purchased a few Distress Oxide ink pads when Scrapbook.com had a sale a couple of weeks ago. They still have them at a great price if you are interested in single pads, otherwise Amazon has  great deals on sets of 12, including the newest set released a few months ago.

I created ink puddles on my craft mat with Abandoned Coral and Bundled Sage Oxides and patted the paper onto the puddles to create the background.

I've always had trouble getting the Stampin Up wheels to ink up  and roll properly, no different here and I am actually thinking about unmounting the few wheels I have so I can use them as traditional stamps.

I once again used the Christmas Story (Penny Black) background stamp and Bundled Sage distress oxide to add some words to the background. The single poinsettia was fussy cut from the same stamp wheel and I added Sticky Rhinestones to the flower center. Added a little bit of a border by wiping the ink pad directly along the edges, then mounted onto Stampin Up card stock. The sentiment is from the Penny Black set  Season's Gifts.

                                           Poinsettia Stamp Options   (I used Stampin Up's retired Stamp Wheel)

         Penny Black Christmas Story // Penny Black Season's Gifts // Distress Oxide Abandoned Coral                                          Distress Oxide Bundled Sage // Versafine Onyx Ink // Sticky Rhinestones

Also sharing my card here:

TIME OUT Challenges

Incy Wincy Designs - Create Your Own Background

Simon Says Stamp Monday- B is for "Bling"

Art Impressions Stamp Challenge  - Anything Goes

Moving along with the Times- Anthing Christmas 

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes 

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Winter Scenes, December Events, etc.

Pattie's Creations-  Winter/Christmas

Winter Wonderland - Anything Christmas Goes  

Crafty Calendar- It's Christmas Time

Crafty Friends Challenge - Christmas 

Inkspirational - Anything Christmas Goes 

Thank you so much for visiting. I hope you'll find some time to join us this week!
Enjoy you weekend!!