Sledding

This is just a sweet card for a friend of mine at work. She has 3 children and I thought this was the perfect card for her. These kids look like they are having a great time playing in the snow. I remember how great it was to get the first snow and go sledding when I was growing up. Now I only wish for snow on Christmas.

Supplies Used: Stamps: Winter Play; Paper: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue and various background papers; Ink: Palette Noir Black and various SU markers; Other: Circle Cutter, Scallop Punch, Circle Punches, white gel pen, dimensionals and ribbon.

Deer Friends Squared

The inspiration for this card came from here. I didn't do any sewing and I kept the layers to only 3 for each of the images. I used dimensionals to raise each of the images to give the card more depth. The most difficult part for this card was getting each of the squares lined up.

Supplies Used: Stamps: Deer Friends and Glad Tidings; Paper: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive, Mellow Moss and Dashing DSP; Ink: Real Red, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip; Other: Circle Punches, Scallop Circle Punch, Mat Pack, Ribbon, Rhinestones and stickles.

Penguin Gifts

This is another of the penguin stamps that I've collected over the years. The Darcie's stamp images are usually on the larger size and are very easy to color. I've tried to watercolor images but still need more practice so until then I'll just continue to use markers or my blender pens and ink pads. I just haven't quite gotten the technique right when trying to watercolor. Now that I have 2 penguin cards made I've got to decide which one gets mailed to my daughter.

Supplies Used: Stamps: Darcie's Penguin and Holiday Wishes; Paper: Naturals White, Real Red, Whisper White and background paper; Ink: Palette Noir Black and various Prismacolor Markers; Other: Ribbon, stickles and Sakura glitter pen.

Penguin Treats

When my daughter was in Middle School she loved anything with penguins and I've collected a few penguin stamps since then. This is just a sweet card and may be the card I send to her this year. She is now a 22 year old college graduate and living on her own in Long Island. I miss her and the great times we used to have together when she was living at home.

 

Supplies Used: Stamps: Darcie's Penguin and words images and Holiday Wishes; Paper: Naturals White, Real Red, Glorious Green, Summer Sun and DCWV Paper; Ink: Palette Noir Black, Glorious Green, various markers; Other: Rhinestone brads, Ticket Corner Punch, dimensionals.

Season of Joy

 

The images used here are basically the same but since the layouts are different each one has its own unique characteristics. When I'm cutting cardstock, I usually make 2 cards the same but I wanted to try and see if I could use the same images, cardstock, background papers, and ribbon but give each card its own style. I think I've acheived that with these cards.

Supplies Used: Stamps: Season of Joy; Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, and Old Olive; Ink: Pacific Point, Riding Hood Red, and Old Olive; Other: Circle Punch, Riding Hood Red Ribbon, dimensionals, dew drops and stickles.