Tis the Season….     Of making cards even thou you do not feel like it.  I had to force myself to make a card tonight.

I really like the way Michelle Short made her card.   It was so clean and simple that I was inspired.

Of course I had to muck it up with stuff.   I wanted to background to look like the Aurora Borealis.

Ok, I was close, not quite.   Then I wanted more trees.  So I got trees.  With a little help of Zig glitter pen I enhanced the tree.     My inter creative person was screaming…STOP, STOP…you are doing to much.  Thank God I listened to her.   It is a little busy but I do like the look of it!!!

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This day is all about making cute cards with critters.  I have a lot of critter stamps so this was super easy to do.

I ended up doing this card in sections.

First of all I ink blended the background, covering the lamp glow with a post-it note.   It kinda looks like a moon, but I think you get the idea that it is the lamp glowing.

Then I stamped a Christmas Music Sheet on the background in versamark.  You can kinda see it in the close up.  I wanted the feel that the rabbits were caroling.   I also used Glossy Accents in the lamp shade to give the illusion of glass.

The I added the hills and the rabbits.  And the sentiment.

I finally added snow from modeling paste.  I was ok with the snow falling on the critters and the lamp because that would happen in real life.  I am sure if you saw three bunnies caroling in the snow you would see the snow fall on them.  Please let me know if you actually see three bunnies caroling, better yet, take a picture.

Then I added some snow under the bunnies (not so sure I like this).  Then I added some music notes.

I hope you enjoyed my card.  Thanks for looking.

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Day three had a ton of great ideas for making cards to look elegant.    I was in awe of all the pretty choices and boy were they diverse in style.  Instead of taking inspiration from one card in particular, I decided to just go with the flow and find my own class and elegant look.

I started out with a beautiful gold shimmer card stock.  God Bless Anna Griffin for making such beautiful shimmery card stock.   I wish all the others would take note and do the the same.  I cannot, I repeat, cannot get enough of shimmer metallic card stock.

Then I took an beautiful die from Memory Box called Swirling Snowflakes to create a white snowflake overlay.   Then using Papertrey Ink Christmas Cheer Die I cut out a white card stock and glitter paper (Tim Holtz) and offset them together to create the center of the card.   To let it stand out more, I placed a band of vellum across the card.  I finished with some sequins.

Just a note on the Papertrey Ink Christmas Cheer Die.  I love, love, LOVE the retro style, 1950’s style writing of this die set.  Thanks so much Papertrey Ink.  Please feel free to design more word dies with this awesome font.  I just cannot get enough of it.

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Please check out my Etsy shop, I am selling a lot of my cards!

So excited to be enrolled in another Online Card Class.  I learn so much and it really pushes my crafting ability.

The classes for day one is able clean and simple cards.

The very first card was from Julie Ebersole.  She always does such classic looks in such simple techniques.

I took her inspiration of creating a frames scene with beautiful trees and snow.

I decided I did not want to make the lines around the picture so I ended up ink blending the edges with a blue sky.   I did not have a glue pad so I ended up using modeling paste and sprinkled glitter on it.

I really like how this card came out.

Make sure you check out my Etsy shop  (see button on the right) as I am selling off a ton of my creations.

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Day three was pencils and crayons.   Heck I ran out of time.  I did not even finish the videos.  But then again, I never do.

I had bought those Prima Oil Pastels that are for watercoloring.  I love the intense color.  I tried using it on a backgound stamp.  I failed.   LOL.  But I do like this simple card.  Very Bright.

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This day was about traditional watercolors.

I used my peerless water colors and my Kuretake

On this card I used Peerless to get a dreamy background

I ended up doing the Gnome twice.  The first time the colors ran so bad.  I then switched to distress inks.  I had more control and it looks way better.

OH MY GOODNESS!  I loved this one.   This is the lineless watercolor technique.  I dont know if it was because I did a good job or those mice are so stinkin cute!!!   I dyed the ribbon to match the color of the paper.  So so so so CUTE!!!

I tried to do a die cut emboss into the water color paper and it still cut some parts of the paper.  It just was not happening for me.   Oh well.

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Howdy,  Nothing like panicking at the last minute trying to get cards done.  I am sooo bad at finishing early.

Day one is all about watercolor markers!   And boy do I have them.  I have distress markers, I have Zig Real Color Markers.  I even purchased the new ones that Kristina used in her circle card.  They did not come in the mail yet.  Probably tomorrow.  Oh well!

The first card is using a cherry stamp set from Flourishes.

I really liked how it came out.  Struggled a bit to make the cherries show different colors.

I used the Zig Real Color markers on this card

This card technique was using the color right onto the stamp.   I also used the zig real color markers for this one.  I also make the ribbon.  I tried to used zig real color but it was not happening.  So I ended up using distress ink to make the ribbon.  I also added that silver sentiment holder.  This was an attempt to use up old supplies from my closet.

This card is a FAILURE.   LOL, we all have them.  I tried to use the zig markers in a way to so gradual color change.  I fail.  The colors smeared.  I even hate the ribbon.  Oh well.

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Ok, off and running with a new watercolor class.   To prep for this class, I did a card using those Cosmo Cricket Watercolor cards.  They prints some wonderful thing on the watercolor paper and then you go ahead and color it!

I used a set of metallic watercolors that I refused to throw away.   I like them.  It was gold, copper, pink and shimmering rose gold.   Loved it.

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Supplies:

Papertrey Ink Enclose It: Smile Die
Anna Griffin Frosted Blue Card Stock
My Favorite Things Lush Lagoon Card Stock
Prima Say It in Crystals – Something Blue Embellishment

Close up of words

Supplies:

Dusty Grape Cardstock
Papertrey Ink Clear Cardstock
My Favorite Things Die-namics Circle STAX dies
Simon Says Stamp With Sympathy Die
irRESISTable Pico Embellisher Danube Blue

Supplies:

My Favorite Things Roughing It Stamp Set
Neenah Solar White Cardstock
Copics: E35, E47, G07, G28,Y08, Y17, YR16
BG02, BV29, BG02, T2, T3, $46, B45, B24
Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock
Versamark Inkpad
Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder

Supplies:

Kiwi Kiss Cardstock
My Favorite Things Die-namics Blueprints #19
Vellum
Versamark Inkpad
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Embossing Powder – Buttercup
October Afternoon Daily Glass Apple Cider Pop Dots
Simon Says Stamp Stripe Greetings Stamp Set
Foam Sheet

Supplies:

Papertrey Ink Hawaiian Shore Card Stock
My Favorite Things Die-namics Blueprints #19
My Favorite Things Bokeh Builder Stamp Set
My Minds Eye Charmed Enamel Dots
Versamark Inkpad
Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder
Foam Sheet

Thanks for looking!!!!