Nixie the Snowflake Fairy

Hello Friends…

I have another card to share with you today. This one I entered in the CMC Challenge group. The challenge is called "Snow" so I immediately thought of these adorable little Sweet November stamps. Meet Nixie, my snowflake fairy. She looks so delicate don't you think?

She is available at All that Scraps and is a digi stamp. There are three stamps of her and I love them all.

I used my BoBunny’s Midnight Frost for my pattern papers. I love the blues in this paper pack and have used it on several projects this year. They are perfect for a winter theme.

I decorated the inside and put a gift card in the pocket. This one is going to my mother in Illinois.

Here is a close up of the sparkly glitter. Stardust Stickles has become one of my favorites. It really makes an impact with blue hues.

These are the Copics I used to color Nixie.

Supplies

Stamps: Sweet November Nixie, C.C. Designs; Merry & Bright Sentiment, Stampendous

Pattern Paper: Midnight Frost, BoBunny

Card Stock: Burgandy, The Paper Company

Punches/Die Cuts: Scandinavian Snowflake punch and Artic Snowflake punch, Martha Stewart; Double Crochet Lace punch, EKSuccess; Tag, HOTP Template 
Embellishments/Tools: Beaded Ribbon, Wrights; Silver Ribbon, Michael's; Light Blue Pearl Pen, Viva Decor; Rhinestones, Michael's; Diamond Glaze, Judi-Kins; Stardust Stickles, Silver Embossing Tinsel, Faded Jeans Distress Ink and Foam Blending tool, Ranger Ind.

Hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks for stopping by...

New Projects

Hello Friends,

I've been really crazy busy at work this week. I made a couple cards last weekend but I also worked as well so I didn't get my post up on Monday as I planned.

Anyway, these cards are not your typical seasonal cards like you'd expect but who could think about making fall or Christmas cards when it was 80 degrees out? Yeah...80 degrees on Saturday and 76 on Sunday. And today we had snow. Uh huh, that would be Colorado...lol But I love the weather here 'cause it is truly mild.

So I have a couple cards to share with you that I used some new pattern papers I bought recently and some new techniques. My new paper packs are the DCWV Linen Closet and the Cafe Mediterranean which has some of my favorite color combos, (blue & brown) and (orange & turquoise). I just love both of these combos.

This cute little Tilda stamp is actually from the Spooky Halloween collection and she has a broom behind her but I cut it off before I adhered it to the card.

I also made these cute little poppy flowers myself. I gave them several sprays of Turquoise and Iridescent Glimmer mist before I assembled them. I'll have to post a tutorial because these were so easy and I used an element I've not come across on YouTube or Vimeo tutorials and there are a lot of "How to" videos out there; believe me.

I've also been into making these sweet little boxes with my "very cool" MS scoring tool. They really serve as a dimensional envelope, but I always put them in another shipping envelope if they need to go through the post. I love creating coordinating elements for my cards. It just adds a little touch of elegance and creativity.

Here are the Copics I used to color Tilda.

This one was so fun to color. I used this sweet little C.C. Designs Swiss Pixie stamp called "Leisel and her Wheelbarrow" from All That Scraps. I've had it for some time but never used it and I just thought these colors would fit her very well.

I loved using my MS Butterfly border punch so I cut a few individually from turquoise cardstock and adhered them to the flowers. They also got a coat of stickles for some sparkle.

I made the large yellow rose and the tiny yellow rosebuds from the matching yellow cardstock. It was so simple and very fun to be able to coordinate the embellishments without having to run out to the store.

Here are the Copic colors I used for Leisel.

I also made this "Autumn Wishes" card for the CMC Copic Challenge Group. The challenge was "Fall" and I adore these Stampendous stamps with all the furry little wildlife animals. There's a squirrel, chipmunk, bunny and porcupine in the collection as well.

Well, I'm off to get my "Playful Pink & Happy Yellow" Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog card finished so I can post that. It will be on my blog sometime tomorrow.

Happy wishes to all...

Cathy

Getting Ready for the Holidays

Hi all. I hope you had a wonderful "All Hallow's Eve" this weekend. We had about a hundred kids. More this year than any other as I remember. Of course, our neighborhood is really growing with young families. Just a couple years ago there were only about 6 kids to ride the elementary school bus that stops right outside my corner lot. Now there are 17!

Dana and Dante thought the kids were just coming to see them. They didn't realize I was putting candy in their bags...lol. But they behaved themselves very well. They just want to be the center of attention. Almost all of the kids called Dante "Marmaduke," as I'm sure they were able to relate to the movie. Some of the kids were quite apprehensive when  I opened the door because they saw two dogs twice as big as them.

Here are a couple of Halloween cards I made for my grandchildren this year.

This sweet little Flying Witch Tilda card I sent to my 17 month old granddaughter Allie.

And this one went to my granddaughter Bel (Isabel, 5 years old) and her cute little brother Carter (22 months). They are all adorable but I'm partial because I'm their grandma. I can't wait to see pictures of their Halloween costumes. They all live in Omaha, Nebraska and Grandpa and I are in Colorado.

I've been really busy this weekend with creating gift tags for my Christmas gifts this year. These are some that I made with a little inspiration from Scrapbooks etc. magazine (my very favorite) and my Hero Arts stamps. There are so many ideas in the magazine this last issue and the website is fabulous too. I used stamps, die cuts, Copic Spicas, Stickles, embossing powders and went crazy with my "Joys of the Season" Cricut cartridge.

I submitted a fun card in the next CMC Copic Challenge yesterday. The challenge theme is "FALL" and I'll post that next weekend.  

Catch up to you then... 

Cathy