Winter Blues Tiddly Inks Challenge

Got the winter blues? Well, why not channel that into a fun challenge--Tiddly Inks Happy Winter Blues Challenge!  

The Faythe Gives image I used on this card was so much fun to color with my Copics. I loved adding all the lumps in her sack and the folds and gathers in her dress and hat, and it's always challenging, in a good way, of course, to use non-traditional colors at Christmastime. Can you see the 3-D fur on her hat and dress? I used my Snow Marker there. That stuff is fantastic!

The inside of the card has a simple sentiment and several circular layers. I like to have sparkle somewhere on my cards when I can work it in, so I added Diamond Stickles to the white snowflake layer, and colored the little ornament stamp with silver and gold Wink of Stella markers.

Make sure you check out the rest of the DT's happy work, then grab something blue and link up your own creation to the Winter Blues challenge! This is the last Tiddly Inks challenge of 2014, so if you miss it, you'll have to wait until January for the next one! ;)

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Happy Winter day!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Deconstructed Sketch No. 178
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Christmas/Holidays
613 Avenue Create Challenge #101: Anything Goes
Sugar Pea Designs Challenge SPD11: Winter Wishes
Corrosive Challenge #214: Anything Goes
Robyn's Fetish Challenge #241: Christmas Cards
Fresh Brewed December Challenge: Christmas Anything Goes

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Wryn Goes Caroling for Fabby Friday!

It's a Tiddly Inks Fabby Friday, and today is extra special, because Christy is also releasing some of the cutest critter images ever! But, I'm not going to spoil it for you here--you'll have to see them for yourself! In the meantime, here's a Christmas card made with the Wryn Goes Caroling image.

I colored Wryn with Copics on X-Press Blending Card. There is some Glossy Accents on the berries on her hat, and bronze Pearl Pen on the music notes. This was fun to color, but I almost threw it out when my E79 marker--an extremely dark brown--leaked onto her hair!!! Colorless Blender and Prismacolor pencils to the rescue! You can still see a dark spot, but it's very faint, and I'm pretending it's a shadow from the holly leaf!!! Copics have given me such an appreciation of non-perfection. ;~) 

I used the Mojo 373 sketch for the layout, some Christmas papers, a few rhinestones and sequins, and added red Pearl Pen spots on the holly paper. I was visiting friends in Savannah when I colored this, so it was one of the rare times when I colored, having no idea at all what kind of paper I would use. I was stumped on this until I used the teal cardstock as my base and matting. This might be my new fav Christmas color palette!

The sentiment on the inside of the card is from Our Daily Bread, and it is stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa ink. 

Go here to see the Fabulous Friday offerings from the rest of the Tiddly Inks Design Team. Then, be sure to go to Christy's blog to see her newly released images, as well as more Design Team cards using them! I couldn't resist a single new image, and made a Be-ewe-tiful 8-card boxed set using every single one of them! ;-)

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Fabulous Day!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Holiday Cards
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Christmas/Holidays
Your Next Stamp Color Challenge #3
613 Avenue Create Challenge #100: Anything Goes
Sugar Pea Designs Challenge SPD11: Winter Wishes
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Clearly Christmas
Fresh Brewed December Challenge: Christmas Anything Goes
Kit & Clowder November Challenge: Christmas
Robyn's Fetish Challenge #240: Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenge #213: Happy Everything!
TSC Challenge #58: Anything Goes

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Timeless Tuesday #254: Button It Up!

Wherever you are right now, I hope you are warm! We had some unusually cold weather blow through Georgia recently, and I don't fare well when the wind chill dips below zero! Thank goodness we're back into our normal temperature range...for now! Well, our Timeless Tuesday hostess this week is Jenny Gropp, and her challenge for us is right in step with the weather. It's cold outside, so she is challenging us to "Button It Up!" and use at least one button as an embellishment on a winter card.

I used Flourishes' Snow Wonderful stamp set for my winter scene, colored it with Copic markers, and cut it with the Classic Keyhole Die. It's a little hard to see in the photo, but I used Copic Opaque White Pigment on the image for a little textured snow and Diamond Stickles for the sparkly ice crystals. The sentiment is from the same stamp set, and was heat embossed onto vellum with silver embossing powder, then "buttoned" to the image with a couple of tiny buttons. Behind the image are several layers of die cuts and some gray satin ribbon.

This birthday card is for a friend I don't get to see often, and the "true friends" sentiment, from the Friendship & Flowers stamp set was perfect for the inside of the card.

Stop by my teammates' blogs to see their take on this week's challenge, then link up your own creation on the Flourishes' blog, here..

• Allison Cope
• Cheryl Lea...that's me!
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Katie Sims

I hope you are able to play along with us this week. And, remember, you don't have to use Flourishes stamps, but if you do, you get two ballots toward the weekly prize!

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to "Button Up!" this week! ;)

I'm entering this in the following challenges:
Viva la Verve January 2014 Week 2 Challenge
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Ice Inspiration
Simon Says Monday Challenge: Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create Challenge #54: Anything Goes/Optional Theme: Party/Celebrate
Challenges 4 Everybody #37: Anything Goes

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Timeless Tuesday #247: Winter Scene

Are you feeling a winter chill where you live yet? Living in Georgia, our winters tend to be fairly mild and short, and I'm very glad of that! I'm cold-natured, so winter is definitely not my favorite season. But, one thing I do enjoy about it is meeting my friends for coffee. Winter is the best time of year for that!

So, when I saw that Deborah's challenge this week was to create a winter scene, I knew it needed a cup of coffee in it somewhere, and Flourishes' new Grab a Cup stamp set arrived just in time! When I made this card, I envisioned sitting with friends, inside a cozy, warm coffee shop, watching kids outside playing in the snow. And, of course, the Snow Scenes stamp set was a given for that. 

 
I cut the coffee cup image, from Flourishes' Classic White Cardstock, on my Silhouette, using Flourishes' Grab a Cup Silhouette cut file, adjusting the size of the cut to get closer to the stamped lines. (I still had to do a little fussy cutting, but not much.) After stamping it with the coffee cup image in Memento Tuxedo Black, I colored it with Copic markers and used a Snow Marker on the swirled cream in the coffee. In real life, it looks a bit frothy. For the winter scene, I heat embossed the snowman scene with a dark brown embossing powder, then stamped several trees from Flourishes' Forest of Trees stamp set (a fantastically versatile stamp set!) in several different colors of Memento Ink (they are in my supply list below). Then, I used Flourishes' Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames die set to cut it out. After adding Snow Marker to various spots on the image for some dimensional snow, I lightly sponged Mustard Seed Distress Ink in one corner for a hint of warm sun, added a little Tumbled Glass Distress Ink for the sky, and distressed the edges with Vintage Photo. The snowy pine needles under the ribbon were punched from some scrap cs, then I pushed them through white acrylic paint to collect "snow" just on the tips of the needles.

To assemble the card, I started with a card base of Calypso, from Flourishes' Emerald Coast Color Made Easy Paper Collection, added a multi-colored die cut that I created with sponges and Distress Ink, then a rectangle die cut that I colored with ink spray a few months ago. In the lower left corner, I put part of a paper doily, that I first distressed with a couple of Flourishes new So Distressed stamps (that's going to be one of my favorite stamp sets, for sure!). The silhouette snow scene is lifted with layers of crimped cs, and the coffee cup is popped up with foam dots. Finally, I tied some May Arts ribbon in the upper left corner and slid those snowy pine needles underneath it.

I used two sentiments on the inside, from both the Grab a Cup and the Snow Scenes stamp sets, and couldn't resist using the coffee stain and drip stamps again, from the So Distressed stamp set.

It's always so much fun to see the different ways everyone interprets our challenge each week. I hope you'll join us in this one, too! And, remember...you don't have to use Flourishes stamps, but if you do, you get two ballots toward the weekly prize! You can find all the details for the challenge here.

Be sure to take a moment to check out all our designers' blogs, as well as our November Guest Designer, Connie MacFarlane. We all love to hear from you, and you'll leave with tons of inspiration! :)

• Allison Cope
• Cheryl Lea...that's me!
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Judy Rozema
• Katie Sims
• Connie MacFarlane, our November Guest Designer

Thanks for stopping by, and have a fantastic week!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create Challenge #46: Anything Goes/World Peace Day
Challenges 4 Everybody #33: Anything Goes
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: CAS-ual Christmas
Paper Issues: Grateful for You

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Supplies: 
PLUS these individual Copics: YG00, YG01, YG03, YG45

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Celebrate the Wonder

Flourishes' silhouette stamps have always been some of my favorites, and they just released a brand new one: Snow Scenes! I couldn't wait to use it!

I used Viva la Verve's September 2013 Week 1 sketch for the layout for this card (Viva la Verve and Mojo Monday are my go-to sites for sketches!), and distressed and stitched cute Bo Bunny dp for the background. The white circle is embossed with a snowflake embossing folder and matted with another white circle. For the image, I heat embossed it with a tan embossing powder on Flourishes Classic White cardstock, masked the ground area, painted masking fluid on the snowman and fur on the boy's hat, then, while still in the die, sponged Weathered Wood Distress Ink for the sky with a sponge dauber, making for a darker, snowy sky. I then stamped one of the trees from the set in Memento Rich Cocoa. After removing all the masking fluid, I added Snow Marker for snow drifts and snowflakes. I used a Gold Krylon marker around the edge of the die cut. The sentiment, from the same stamp set, is stamped on a Verve Curvy Bookplate die and is edged with the Krylon Gold marker. The metal snowflake is from my stash (I think it is a K&Co embellie). The base is an ivory cs.

On the inside I used a gold pigment ink to stamp snowflakes randomly on a square of ivory cs, then sponged Antique Linen on the edges. On a Flourishes Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames Template die cut, I sponged Old Paper, Antique Linen, and Weathered Wood Distress Inks just inside the die, then stamped the sentiment, which is from the Holiday Topiaries stamp set, in Memento Rich Cocoa. Then, I edged the die cut with my Krylon Gold marker.

This was such a fun card to make, but if you want to see more cards made with this set, click here. The Flourishes Design Team is amazing!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a "Wonder"-Filled week!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge: September 2013 Week 1
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Embossed
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Emboss It

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TMS #174: Celebrate the Season

Hi Friends! With Tuesday here, it's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches.

DRS Designs is our sponsor this week, and they generously provided stamps to the team for this challenge, and our Melissa came up with a great sketch.

I think I've been influenced by our Best of the Best Guest Designer, Silke, and her gorgeous white, embossed cards. I thought about using my Scoreboard to create embossed lines on the cs as she does, but I knew I could never come close to her gorgeous creations, so I used an embossing folder instead. :)

I stamped the Winter Trees stamp with Rhubarb Memento Ink, then added dimensional snow with my Snow Marker.

The sentiment on the front of the card was part of a piece of DP, which I cut out with a Splendid Circles Spellbinders die, and the pine is from a McGill punch.

In keeping with the sparse color on the front of the card, I simply stamped the Beauty of Nature stamp on the inside of the card base, without any other adornment.

I hope you'll join us this week in this fun challenge, but be sure to check out the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge blog first, to see the rest of the DT's cards, as well as our Best of the Best GD's card. You'll truly be inspired!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.

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Stamps: Winter Trees, Beauty of Nature Christmas Greeting (DRS Designs)
Paper: Father Christmas (Bo Bunny)
Ink: Memento; Distress Ink; Snow Marker (Marvy)
Dies: Splendid Circles, Curved Rectangles, A2 Matting Basics A & B (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Designer Pine punch (McGill); Decorative Tile Set embossing folder (Cuttlebug); ribbon (Michaels); jeweled brad
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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