Holiday Party Bombshell

I haven't been posting for a few weeks as I went out for carpal tunnel surgery.  I'm still heeling, but still functioning with my right hand while coddling my left hand.   So I made a clean and simple card to keep things easier.   I really like CAS cards and often aspire to make CAS cards, but don't always achieve that aspiration.  Hopefully I did this time.    So here she is.... my Holiday Bombshell.

 

This Bombshell Angel is stamped with Rich Cocoa Memento ink and colored with Copics.   The dress is cut using my e-cutter with MTC software using the Bombshell Clothing digital die cut file. 

 

The Bombshell's Santa hat is from the Bombshell Stamps Holiday Accessory set.  It's stamped, the red is colored with Copics and the fuzzy white stuff is this great medium called Liquid Applique that puffs up when heated with a heat gun. 

 

The designer printed papers are from My Mind's Eye and Recollections.   The silver layer is Canson and the white cardstock is Neenah with a Hammermill white cardstock card base.   Some dimensional foam tape is used to pop up this gorgeous gal from the card base.   Lastly, the embossing is created using an embossing folder by Darice.   

Lovely Poppy

This is the card I sent my mom for Mother's Day.   She lives in Germany and when Stampin' Up released greeting stamps in German in the US, I was thrilled.   I picked up one set thus far.  Gonna have to get a few more if they're still offered.  With this card I also wanted to make myself use some Washi tape.  I may have overdone it though.   

Here's a bit of a close up on the coloring.  The Poppies took some time to color with my Copics.

Supplies: 

Stamps: Stampin' Up (Pleasant Poppies, Verspielte Gruesse)

Ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black)

Coloring: Copics

Cardstock: Stampin' Up (Black, Pear Pizzaz), Neenah (white)

Accessories: Washi Tape (Recollections, K&Company)

Mickey Shaker Tag

I signed up for a tag swap on Scrapshare.com a few weeks back and have two more groups to finish up.   This is for one of those and the theme is Generic Disney.   I didn't want to do another paper piecing though they're awesome and really wanted something different.  So I came up with a shaker box.  

 In between the layers of cardstock and acetate are Mickey head shaped glitter that we saved from when we were at Disney two years ago, micro beads, and some rhinestones.

Here's a group shot of the tags for the swap.  You can really see the contents of the shaker tag in this image. 

I created a cutting file using MTC (Make the Cut).  I traced Mickey, created a tag with a window opeining, welded them together and also created the other frames and tags using MTC.   I cut everything using my KNK Zing.   The layers from top to bottom are:

1. Black Mickey silhouette cut out of AC cardstock, 
2. heavy acetate, 
3. gold frame cut from Shimmers DCWV cardstock, 
4. Scotch foam adhesive around the outside of the tag opening,
5. a second black Mickey silhouette cut of AC cardstock,
6. a tag cut from printed paper by Recollections, and
7. red background layer tag cut from Shimmers DCWV cardstock .

Score adhesive was great for layering these items.  I had to get a solid bond of adhesive at every layer to keep the little micro beads from escaping.   I also used some Kukuyo dotto adhesive (remaining stash) and Zig adhesive pen (on Mickey's tail).  Lastly some ribbon that I picked up ages ago. 

Penguin Nutcracker (Guest Designer)

This card was designed and made by my lovely little elf, my daughter Angeline.  Angeline is seven and loves to craft.  She loves stamping and coloring.  She's even woken me up on the weekends asking me to stamp a few images for her 'cause she wants to color them.   

Angeline made this card for her teacher.   She had stamped, colored and cut out the nutcracker a few weeks back.  She wanted to use the nutcracker in her card.  She also liked these penguins,  I had made a card during a card class hosted by my Stampin' Up demo Chris Galbraith.   So we married the two ideas and here's the result. 

And here's a picture of Angeline with the card as it's hanging in her teacher's classroom. 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Recollections (Nutcracker), Stampin Up (Serene Snowflakes)

Ink: Stampin' Up (Basic Black Classic Ink and White Craft Ink)

Coloring: Zig markers

Paper: Stampin' Up Cardstock (Whisper White, Marina Mist, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie)

Tools: Stampin' Up (Owl punch)

Misc: White Embossing Powder 

Technique Highlight:

The Penguins were made using the Stampin' Up Owl punch.  The ears and the feed of the owl were trimmed off. 

Toy Soldier Christmas Salute

This has to be one of my favorites this year.  Sadly it's one of a kind and went to my aunt in Ft. Lauderdale.   She enjoys art and I know she'll appreciate what went into making this little gem. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Recollections (Nutcracker)
Ink: Memento (stamped image), Tim Holtz Distress Inks (shading)
Coloring: Copic Markers
Paper: K&Company (designer printed paper), Core'dinations (shimmering cardstock), Hammermill white coverstock (for stamped image)
Tools: Sizzix (embossing folder)
Accessories: Misc Ribbon, Paper Studio (snowflake brad)

Holly Jolly Nutcracker

It's the first of December and here's my first new Christmas card I created this year.  My son's favorite color is orange.   That prompted me to use orange for this card.   I tell ya, it was hard to find any matching Christmas designer paper. 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Nutcracker is by Recollections, Greeting is by Stampin Up (Christmas Punch)

Paper: K&Company (Let it Snow), SU Cardstock, misc cardstock

Ink/Coloring: Memento (Tuxedo Black), Tim Holz Distress Ink, Copic markers for coloring

Accessories: Misc. Ribbon

Tools: Corner rounder, Stampin Up (Curly Label Punch)

Technique Notes: 

The orange shadow layer on the punched greeting is simply the same label punch turned 90 degrees.