Christmas Carolers...

Hi Fellow OCS Fans;

Karen Letchworth is an OCS Guest Designer for November and December.  Here is her first regular Saturday card.  For more information visit Karen's blog.

Hello, everyone!  Thanks for stopping by.  Today is my second blog post for One Crazy Stamper, and for this card I've used the High Hopes Rubber Stamp simply called Carolers.  It's so sweet, and it's one of those stamps you could color with any color scheme in mind.  I stuck to the traditional red and green, but added in some blue.  This color choice worked well with the Carta Bella's Christmas Wonderland patterned papers and stickers I used.

I stamped the image three times with Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink.  The fist layer is the card base (stamped on white card stock), the second layer was fussy cut to lay over the base; and the third layer was stamped onto vintage sheet music which I also fussy cut and gently placed over the cute little sheet music books the Carolers are holding.  I also used a little strip of this same vintage sheet music as a border on the left-hand side of my card along with patterned paper, a Carta Bella border sticker, and some blue baker's twine.  I colored my Carolers with my Copics including Lipstick Red R29, Black, Emerald Green G05, and various skin tones.

Sometimes it's fun to add in some less-traditional Christmas colors to your cards, and this particular stamp is a great one to help you do just that.  You could literally color these sweet little Carolers in ANY color scheme to match whatever Christmas papers you choose.  This stamp is just SO cute, you can't go wrong!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I really hope that you will all swing over to One Crazy Stamper to check out all the wonderful new High Hopes Rubber Stamps as well as all the other amazing goodies in their sweet store.  The new High Hopes Rubber Stamps release is absolutely adorable!

Let's Celebrate!

Happy Groundhog Day!!  Let's hope that he doesn't see his shadow :o)  I spotted these sweet baking themed papers when I was at the One Crazy Stamper store recently, and I knew they'd look great with one of the Vintage Vixens stamps from Art Impressions so here is Six Layer Set:

 The sentiment says: "Let's celebrate the end of bathing suit season with a six layer chocolate cake."  I love it!  I added a large loopy die cut behind her, as well as some tiny baking dies at the bottom.  I used pop dots on the sentiment and the baking bowl for a little dimension.  We started a brand new challenge here on the OCS blog yesterday - anything goes, so we hope you'll play along and link up your creations.  There'll be all kinds of inspiration here all month long, so if the groundhog does happen to see his shadow, and we have 6 more weeks of winter... we'll just all have to stay indoors and make cards!  Works for me.

Found in the OCS store:  Art Impressions Six Layer Set

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Home Sweet Home 6x6 paper pack, Carta Bella

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives

Copic Markers: E11, E00, E000, R27, R24, R22, R20, E57, E55, E53, Y26, Y23, E50, BG75, BG72, BG70, C1

Snowman Stumble

I am sharing one of the adorable Snowmen from this fall's High Hopes release: #TT014EZ Snowman Stumble:

 This sweet snowman would be awesome to use for your holiday cards - he's quick to colour up, and you can easily coordinate him to your background papers by changing the colours of his hat & mitts.  I've coloured him with Copic Markers on Xpress-It blending cardstock, stitched both the image and patterned paper with my sewing machine, and then I popped him up so that I could tie some organdy ribbon underneath him.  I added a little bit of zigzag stitching on the red panel that is underneath him.  Have you started your holiday cards yet??  If not, head on over to the One Crazy Stamper store to see everything that Lora has in stock to get you going.

High Hopes #TT014EZ - Snowman Stumble  

Xpress It Blending Cardstock

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Bazzill Cardstock

Scrapbook Adhesives - 3D Foam Squares

Copic Markers: Reds - R37, R35, R32, R30

Oranges - YR18, YR16, YR12

Blues - B91

Greens - BG77, BG74, BG72

Greys - W3, W1, W00

Browns - E59, E57, E55, E33

New High Hopes "Takin' A Break"

Hello and Happy Friday!!  I hope that you have had a great week and have kept warm in this deep freeze we have been having!!!??

Today I have a card to show you that I mad just because.  If you know me you know that I love Cows, so I could not resist using this new adorable stamp from High Hopes Stamps.  I had so much fun making the card, I hope you like it....

 As you can see I3D popped the cloud as well as a piece of cloud I cut out of the paper to add dimension. I also "Smudged" around the outside of the card, the fence and the cloud with Distressed inks.  I added 3 layers of grass to add depth to the card too =)

Here is a look at the inside of the card, saving lots of room to write to the friend the card is for....

 Supplies Used:
* Copic Xpress It Cardstock
* Copic Sketch Markers
* Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black
* Distress Inks:  Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers and Gathered Twigs
* Paper (Clouds and Grass): Carta Bella 6x6 Its a Celebration Paper Pad
* 3D Pop Dots
* Squishy Scissors
* Cloud Die
* My Favorite Things Die-Namics: Woodgrain fence
* My Favorite Things Die-Namics: Fresh Grass
* Sakura White Gel Pen (for dot in center of eyes)

Here is a close up of the adorable cow to see the Copic colours used....

 Copic Colours Used:
* Black:  W9,W7, W5
* White:  W1, W00
* Horns:  W3, W1, W00
* Eyes:  B39, B37
* Muzzle:  R02, R01, R000, W1, W00

I hope that you enjoyed today's post, I would love to hear your thoughts.

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting!

Big Hugs;

Jingle all the Way!!

Have I mentioned that I simply adore penguins, and as soon as I see a new image featuring these adorable critters I just have to add it to my collection.  Well guess what?!!!!  Stamping Bella recently announced their newest images and one of them just happens to have my favorites - this is Christmas Penguins!!!  So cute, you can just imagine them strutting their stuff to some Christmas music.

 



Here's another angle of the card so that you can see the acrylic.

 

 

For my One Crazy Stamper card today, I have colored the Penguins with my Copics, then fussy cut them and adhered them to the front of an acrylic and cardstock card.  The inside of the card features dp from Carta Bella's All Bundled Up collection, the twine is from my stash and the bells are from Marianne Designs.

 

Card Recipe

Beaks/Feet - Y32, Y38

Whites - BG0000, Y0000, R0000, Colorless Blender

Blacks - T6, T8, T10

Red and Green Metallic pens

 

 

 

 

Art Impressions Snowman

Hello stampers!  I am sharing one of the 2014 holiday stamp sets from Art Impressions today: Season's Greetings Set.   I went with a fairly muted colour scheme to go with the teals/taupes/rusty reds in my patterned papers.

I stitched all of my panels with my sewing machine (my favourite thing to do on a card!) and added a few die cut snowflakes in coordinating papers as an embellishment.  Fairly simple layout, and it is nice and flat for mailing!  We hope you'll join in our November challenge on the One Crazy Stamper blog - it's anything goes, just no digi stamps, please!  You can link up your creation here.

 One Crazy Stamper products used:  Art Impressions Season's Greetings Set (Sku#4518)

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copics - Blues: B05, B02, B01, B000, B0000

Reds - R59, R27, R24, R22

Yellows - Y26, Y23, Y21

Browns - E57, E55, E53, E51, E50

Greys - C1, C00  Oranges - YR12, YR00

Greens - YG95, YG93, YG91

Beach Time!!!

Wow, where did the month of May go? It just seems like time is speeding by faster and faster, and here we are in the last week of May, with a new month looming - someone slow time down please!!

For my last card this month for One Crazy Stamper I have a wonderful image from Art Impressions entitled "Beach Booty set".

I love this set, and I had a blast designing this card!! The image is colored with Copics, fussy cut, and then the front image was popped up with a double layer of 3D foam dots within an oval that I created by cutting the paper, and then curling the paper back, to expose the water patterned paper behind. The signage embellishments, summer border and dp are all from Carta Bella's Beach Boardwalk collection, while the Hey beach BOOTY sentiment is included with the stamp set. On the inside of the card, the back side of the image is popped up on an Action Wobble spring, that is also included with the stamp set.

Card Recipe

Skin - YR000, YR01, YR02

Flippers/Goggles - BG70, BG72, BG75

Eyes - B52

Yellows - Y11, Y13, Y15

Blues - B95, B97, B99

Wishing everyone a beach booty day!!

 

 

Put A Little Joy In YourLife

If you are a regular to my blog, you will know that I adore penguins - big, small, cute and fluffy, just as long as the image is a penguin I will own it!!!  So for today's post for One Crazy Stamper I have used my Copic markers to color up this super cute Whimsy Stamps image "Penguin Joy". 

 

After coloring the image I added Red Viva Décor Pearl Pen to the berries, and white Liquid Applique and Snowdust Stickles to add more dimension and shine.  The card front features designer paper from Carta Bella's So This is Christmas collection.

 

Card Recipe -

Greens - G21, G24, G28

Reds - R27, R39

Sign Backgrounds - E81, E84

Hat and Gift - E40, E41, E43

Beaks and Feet - YR20, YR21, YR24

Face/Tummy - N0, N2

Body - N5, N7, N9

 

Please check out the fabulous One Crazy Stamper challenge - the theme this month is "CHRISTMAS", and you still have until the end of the month to enter to win a couple of great stamps.  Leave some love for the entire design team, and check out all of the wonderful products available at the online store.

11 Months Till Christmas!!

Hello and Happy Friday!  Did you know it is only 11 Month Till Christmas!!!???  Again this year I have decided make a goal to complete 2 Christmas cards a month so that I can stop the stress of completing all my cards in time for the special season at the last second and I will be posting them on my blog every 25th of each month. 

One Crazy Stamper has an amazing selection of Winter and Christmas stamps to choose from all year round, so there is never any reason why you can not get a head start on your cards too!

Are you excited???  I know I am!  I have made two Christmas cards to share with you today, here is my first card using the adorable "Heidi" from Wee Stamps....

OCS SUPPLIES USED:
* Image: Wee Stamps, Heidi, Copic Xpress Paper, Copic Markers, Memento Inks: Tuxedo Black & Nautical Blue (feel free to visit my blog for the full details)

Here is a look at the inside of the card....

Here is a close up of the gorgeous Heidi to show you the Copic colours used....

COPIC COLOURS USED:
* Skin:  E11, E00, E000, Hair:  E29,E27, E25, E21, Blues:  B99, B97, B95, Browns:  E47, E44, E43, E42, E41, E40, Snow: B91, 0 

Now on to my second card where I used a High Hopes Image called "Bearly Swooshin'"....

OCS SUPPLIES USED:
*  Image: High Hopes, Bearly Swooshin', Copic Xpress Paper, Copic Markers, Memento Inks: Tuxedo Black & Teal Zeal, Glossy Accents (feel free to visit my blog for the full details)

Here is a look at the inside....

Here is a close up of the fun skiing bear to see the Copic colours used....

COPIC COLOURS USED:
* Bear:  E42,E41, E40, Nose:  E44, E43 + Glossy Accents, Blue/Greens:  BG78, BG75, BG72, BG11, BG10, Snow:  BG10

I hope that I may have inspired you to get a head start on your Christmas cards this year as well.

Be sure to pop over to my blog as this year I am going to continue the fun little Christmas Hop like last year, but with a little twist - Pop over to follow the hop and get inspired to create your own Christmas projects early! 

Until Next Time, Keep Crafting!

Hugs;

Shari

Clean and Simple Sketch Card

Terrific Tuesday time is here again, and for today's card for One Crazy Stamper, I have again combined the challenge sketch and the "Holiday" theme to create my card!!!

If I haven't mentioned it before, I absolutely love the adorable Lulu images from Kraftin' Kimmie, and this little sweetheart is from the Holiday Lulu and Libby stamp set! I have colored her with Copics, then mounted her on paper from the Carta Bella Winter Fun collection. The sentiment is also from the Carta Bella collection, while the twine and snowflake brads are from my stash. The edges of the papers were all inked with Rangers Antique Linen distress ink.

Don't forget to check out the challenge here at One Crazy Stamper and then get creative and enter to win a fabulous set of stamps!!