ATSM #452 - Christmas

It's Christmas time at the Addicted to Stamps & More Challenge this fortnight. Like I need a reason to make a holiday card but any nudging helps!

My card changed a LOT from how it started in my head.  I sponged the base with Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina and Mowed Lawn over a letterpressed snowflake design but it just didn't work for me so I added a layer of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Christmas Collage Paper on top, securing it only on the back for an additional translucent effect.  

Of course, I ripped it accidentally while sponging a little Distress Oxide Vintage Photo on it (the tissue was a little damp) so I tore a few extra spots to make it seem intentional.

The Honey Bee diecuts are sponged with Distress Oxides except for the greenery which I used DO spray to color up quickly.  Everything got a spattering of water and Copic Opaque White.

I added some WOW! White Puff Twinkle embossing powder as well as glitter pen on the roof, soffit and branch.  I cut the Avery Elle Happy Tags Joy out of Doodlebug Lily White glitter cardstock which I popped on top of the heart which I colored with Copics (BG11, BG34). So pretty!

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• Honey Bee Stamps Bird House A2 Card Base (SBC | HB | ACOT | SBP)
• Honey Bee Lovely Layers: Winter Birds (SBC | HB | SBP)
• Honey Bee Lovely Layers: Winter Greenery (SBC | HB | SBP)
• Avery Elle Happy Tags Holiday (SBC | SBP)
• Ranger Distress Oxide: Salvaged Patina, Rustic Wilderness, Vintage Photo, Lumberjack Plaid, Black Soot, Lost Shadow (SBC | ACOT | SBP | Ranger) 
• Ranger Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Spray (SBC | ACOT | Ranger)
• Copic BG11, BG34 (ACOT | Blick | SBP)
• Lawn Fawn Glitter Pen
• Lawn Fawn Embossing Ink Pen (SBP)
• Copic Opaque White (ACOT | Blick)
• Wow! White Puff Twinkle Embossing Powder
• Doodlebug Design Lily White Sugar-Coated Cardstock (SBC)
• Sizzix Big Shot Machine (SBC | ACOT | Sizzix)
• Sizzix Big Shot Switch Plus Machine (SBC | ACOT)

       

SOSS #224 - N for Naughty or Nice

Have you been more naughty or nice this year? Either way, you can play along with the latest Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge and let us know or be like that and don't.

• MFT Selfies with Santa
• MFT Polaroid Shaker Frame
• Hero Arts Offbeat Holiday Messages
• Lawn Fawn Mini Snowflakes
• Sunny Studio All is Bright 6x6 Paper
• Zigs: 010, 020, 042, 065, 072, 091

SOSS #215 - M for Masculine

We're up to #215 M for Masculine at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge.

I went with a total dad joke.  I must admit it does give me a chuckle--LOL.

• Mama Elephant Zodiac Pig
• Hero Arts Offbeat Holiday Messages (retired)
• Stampers Anonymous Snarky Cat Christmas (SBC)
• Copics: N0, N2, R01, R05, R08, R12, R20, R39

SOSS #214 - C for Christmas

The latest Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge #214 is C for Christmas in July.

Another year of pandemic--ugh. I normally love the holidays but I'm so feeling this card.

• Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamptember 2020
• Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Bold Tidings (SBC | CTC)
• Mama Elephant Let's Chat
• Distress Oxide Speckled Egg, Stormy Sky, Prize Ribbon
• Zigs: 020, 052, 090
• Marvy Snow Marker

DB - Fintastic Hello

Swim over to the Doodlebugs WA blog to check out a super cute underwater hello!

SOSS #210 - F for F Words

It's time for another F Word prompt at the Sisterhood of Snarky Challenge.

I made mine into a Christmas card by drawing holiday lights on the elephant and adding a Santa hat.  Its expression is so very very apt.

• Katzelkraft Elephant Van Gogh
• Lawn Fawn Hats Off to You
• Copic 0.3 Multiliner

DB - Lift Those Flappies

I'm over on the Doodlebugs WA blog with an ultra cute lift the flap card.  That little doxie is trying so hard to reach that critter!

ATCAS #218 - One Layer Card

The latest Addicted to CAS Challenge is #218 One Layer. I used a Marvy Snow Marker that puffs up when you heat it but I'll still count it as one layer if you will (and even if you don't!).

I used an MFT bird that I've had in my stash a year or two, having purchased this during holiday sales in either 2019 or 2020.  Yikes!

• MFT Tweet Holidays
• Marvy Snow Pen

ATSM #427 - Christmas

The prompt this round at the Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #427 is Christmas.  Yay--building my Xmas stash!

This pile of cats and dogs--and I see a couple of birds--is so very cute!  I colored them up with Copics, accenting the Scotty with a paper-pieced sweater.

It was great fun too choosing the designer papers for this.  How convenient that my Doodlebugs palette was so matchy with the Sunny Studio ones.

• MFT Paw La La La (MFT)
• Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banner
• Sunny Studio All is Bright 6x6 Paper (SS | SBC)
• Doodlebug Design Night Before Christmas 6x6 Paper

ATCAS #217 - Animals

The latest Addicted to CAS Challenge is #217 Animals. Such a fun and easy code word--for me anyway.

I selectively embossed the background by cutting a couple of pieces of cardboard (like cereal box weight) into a hill shape then using that as one of the plates in my embossing sandwich. Worked a treat! I did use a ball stylus on a piece of foam (the back of my mousepad) to emphasize the delination between sky and hill.

• MFT Christmas Carols (MFT)
• MFT Christmas Cheer (MFT)
• Stampin' Up Linen Embossing Bolder (retired)
• Zigs: 027, 042, 050, 060, 065, 072, 090, 091

 

ATCAS #216 - Water

Another Addicted to CAS Challenge is upon us:  #216 - Water. Are you ready to dive right in?

I used the LF Christmas Fishes set colored with Copics and surrounded by Visible Image waves. So cute, so simple!

• Lawn Fawn Christmas Fishes (SBP)
• Visible Image Fibres Stencil