Winter Snowman Card

Hello! Here in Oklahoma we've been teased with snow several times but all we received was a dusting and really cold weather. The snow seems to fizzle out when it gets here and then after it passes through it snows on the other side of us. Well, if it's going to be cold it might as well snow. Snow is pretty! It never lasts long around here, so I say let it snow.

This is my second card using this weeks sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I really like the layout and thought it would work well for this Winter Snowman Card. The snowman image is by Bugaboo Stamps, however it's not currently in their shop. Copic markers were used to color the image and Stickles add sparkle to the snow and hat. A Tim Holtz Alterations circle framelit die was used to cut out the image and then it was matted to a piece of Island Indigo cardstock by Stampin' Up!. The snowflake and striped paper are by Authentique from the Solitude 6x6 paper pad and the white knit paper is by Lawn Fawn Knit Picky 6x6 paper pad. The Warm Winter Wishes sentiment was stamped with Memento black ink and three white snowflake sequins add the finishing touch. Everything was adhered flat for easy shipping. So glad you stopped by! Wishing you a happy and crafty day!

Challenges entered:

• Addicted To Stamps: Snowman
• Aud Sentiments: Anything Goes + A Sentiment
• Catch The Bug: Bingo (Something Blue, Player's Choice & Sentiment)
• Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round: Let It Snow
• Paperminutes: Winter Magic

Sketch:

Click HERE for all the details for the Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge.

Snowflake Winter Birds Card

Oh my! I stayed up way too late last night trying to get some things accomplished. One item finished was making a card for the current Inky Paws challenge to use Silver and/or Gold. This Snowflake Winter Birds Card features the Winter Birds stamp set by Newton's Nook and the coordinating dies were used along with a Big Shot. Copic markers were used to color the little Chickadee and Red-Breasted Nuthatch. The gold foil patterned paper is from American Crafts (2016) and was matted to a piece of Basic Gray cardstock. The focal oval was created using distress inks and splattered with watered down acrylic paint, once dry it was die cut with a pierced oval by Avery Elle and the sentiment was heat embossed. That's it! So glad you stopped by!

Challenges entered:

• Crafty Gals: Anything Goes
• Double D: Let it Snow
• Inky Paws: Use Silver and/or Gold
• The Cutie Pie: Add a Little Sparkle
• Watercooler Wednesday: Anything Goes

Bunny Christmas Card

Christmas will be here in less than two weeks! Have you mailed your cards yet? I always mail mine about ten days before Christmas, but I still have a couple of cards to make. Then I'll have to decorate and address the envelopes to get the cards in the mail on time. 🎄

This afternoon I made this Bunny Christmas Card using a digital image by Lee Holland. The image was colored with Copic markers and then the image was die cut with an Alterations square die by Tim Holtz. After cutting the snowflakes with a Cricut machine some acrylic glitter paint was painted on and some added to the snow on the image . To accent the bunny's hat some Stickles were added and a dot of stickles in the center of the snowflakes for extra sparkle. All papers are from the Holly Jolly 6 x 6 paper pad by American Crafts (2015). That's it! So glad you stopped by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Challenges entered:

• Addicted to Stamps: Make Your Mark
• City Crafter: Snowflakes
• Color Throwdown: Colors- Red, Green, Kraft & White 
• Cute N' Crafty Christmas: Anything Christmas
• Simon Says: Christmas

For those of you who have followed my blog for awhile you know I love bunnies and have several who live in my backyard. Here is a photo I took last month of one under my sage bush eating some alfalfa hay.

Penguin Joy Card - TMS #482

Hello and happy Tuesday! Today is the start of a new sketch challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches and the design team has some wonderful inspiration for you. You can see all their creations and find the challenge details HERE. The sketch was designed by Melissa Craig and I thought it was perfect for some die cut snowflakes to go along with the Poppi Xmas Snowballs image by Bugaboo Stamps. We would love for you to join us this week! I hope you have time to play along.

Challenges entered:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies: Anything with Critters
• Cards in Envy: Spirit of Christmas
• Cupcake Inspirations: Photo Inspiration
• Dream Valley: Christmas

Sketch #482:

Photo Inspiration:

Let it Snow Card

There is still plenty of summer left but I would take a few snowflakes about now. We were lucky today and it stayed overcast and it wasn't blazing hot, it was actually nice for a change. The forecast for the weekend includes rain and my flowerbeds would be really happy if that happened. So, I'm thinking positive thoughts for rain!!!

It was nice making this Let it Snow Card and thinking about a snowy day. I started by selecting the Winter Cat and Puppy Dog image by Bugaboo Stamps. Then I selected the patterned papers by Doodlebug Designs which have been in my stash for quite some time. The image was then colored with Copic markers to coordinate with the papers. To play along with the Catch The Bug Christmas in July Day 4 Bingo Challenge I added sparkle die cut snowflakes and blue rhinestone brads for bling and I used a Bugaboo image, so I went diagonal from right to left. The Let it Snow sentiment is from the retired Snow Place stamp set by Stampin' Up! and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered:

• A Snowflakes Promise: Anything Goes
• Catch The Bug: Bingo
• Crafty Creations: Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday: Too Cute!
• Use Your Stuff: Anything Goes with Title/Sentiment

Season to be Freezin' Card

Good day crafty friends! It's always fun to play along with the Christmas in July challenges. Especially when the heat index has been over a hundred degrees for several days. At this point I would take a really strong cool front or an early Fall would be nice too. To help create some cooler thoughts I used the Meowy Christmas image by Bugaboo Digi Stamps along with patterned paper from the Altitude paper pad by Bo Bunny. Copic markers were used to color the kitties and then the image was die cut with a cross-stitched die by My Favorite Things. To finish off the card the 'Tis the Season to be Freezin' sentiment by Taylored Expressions was added along with two snowflakes cut with a Cricut machine. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered:

• Aud Sentiment: Christmas in July + Sentiment
• Brown Sugar: Two Patterned Papers 
• Catch The Bug: Baby it's Cold Outside
• Dragonfly Journeys: Christmas in July

Winter Fox Card

Happy Friday! Life has been busy lately. Last night I spent two hours making decorative pretzel rods for my hubby's coworkers. Most my days are spent sewing since I'm making several of our Christmas gifts this year. It's always my goal to avoid the big box stores this time of year. The crowds and excessive Christmas marketing drive me crazy.

Onto this Winter Fox Card, the Winter Fox and coordinating dies by Lawn Fawn were one of my Cyber Monday purchases. It's the perfect image to share at the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. All patterned paper on this card is by Lawn Fawn and the glitter snow was created with Iridescent Ice embossing powder.The fox was colored with Copic markers, then it was die cut and adhered directly to the card. The sentiment comes with the stamp set and three snowflake sequins were added for detail. I'm also linking this card to the Snowflake Challenge at Cute Card Thursday. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and Warm Winter Wishes to you.

Let It Snow Card

Brrrr.... it's cold outside today! The sky is gray and gloomy and the wind is has a bitter bite. There is a possibility we may see a few snow flurries but it's not supposed to last long. It's a great day to cook a pot of stew for dinner. Of course that means I have to make a trip to the grocery store, but it will be worth it.

In anticipation of possibly seeing snow I made this Let It Snow Card with a Bugaboo Digi Stamp called Snowman 003. The image was colored with Copic markers and framed with a layer of Marina Mist cardstock where I fussy cut the window using a pair of deckle scissors by Fiskars. A light blue piece of cardstock was embossed with a snowflake embossing folder by Darice and Sky Blue chalk ink was added to the raised areas for detail. Once the card was assembled some Star Dust Stickles was added to the snow beneath the snowman for sparkle. The Let It Snow sentiment by Stampin' Up! was added which was anchored with one snowflake. Everything was adhered flat to make it easy to ship. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

This Let It Snow Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Catch The Bug: Clean As Snow
• Make My Monday: Show Me a Snowman
• Sunny Day Crafting: Anything Goes

Reindeer Merriest Wishes Card

This time of year it's easy to find several Christmas challenges to inspire your card creations. For this Reindeer Merriest Wishes Card I selected the following challenges to create my card:

• Catch The Bug: All That Sparkles
• Christmas Card: Candy Cane
• Dragonfly Dreams: Christmas
• My Time To Craft: Christmas Animals

First step was selecting the image from my Bugaboo Digi Stamp collection. The image is called Reindeer - Christmas Goodies and it was colored with Copic markers. To add sparkling snow under the reindeer's feet I used glossy accents and fine white glitter. The frame around the image was die cut using a frame die from Taylored Expressions. The snowflakes were cut using a Cricut machine and the Christmas Noel cartridge. A shadow layer in pink was added for some extra color and some clear Wink of Stella applied for more shimmer. The sentiment is from the Christmas Magic stamp set by Stampin' Up! and the papers are a mix, stripes by Echo Park and ornaments by Recollections. That pretty much sums it up. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day! 

Free Image for Small Business Saturday

In honor of Small Business Saturday Jessica Lynn Original is providing a free digital image for a limited time. She is also offering 25% off all stamps in stock, use Coupon Code: blackfriday at checkout but hurry... this offer is only good until midnight tomorrow night. The design team created some inspiration using the free image and you can check out their blogs with the following links:

1. Angeline: http://scrappyscrappy.blogspot.com/
2. Jeanette:  http://creativeplayischeaperthantherapy.blogspot.com/
3. Lisa:  http://bzscrapper66.blogspot.com/…/label/JessicaLynnOriginal

To create my card I used the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches for the layout. All patterned paper is from the Altitude Collection by Bo Bunny. The image was colored with Copic markers. To create the snow I used Tulip Puffy Paint, sprinkled fine white glitter on while it was wet and then used the heat gun to make it puff up. A scalloped frame die by Taylored Expressions was used with Rich Razzleberry cardstock by Stampin' Up! The final touch was adding the three snowflakes that were cut using a Cricut machine and Christmas Noel cartridge. That's it! I hope you like it and don't forget to go download the image today while it's still free. Thanks for stopping by!

Peace and Joy Snowman Card

The Christmas in July challenges have begun! Since I have a tendency to procrastinate when making holiday cards I find the July Christmas challenges very helpful. This Peace and Joy Snowman Card was made for the following challenges:

• Catch The Bug: Snowman or Snowflakes
• Crafty Hazelnut's: Use Purple
• Ike's World: Christmas in July

To create this Peace and Joy Snowman Card I printed the digital Cute Snowman image by Bugaboo. After coloring the image with Copic markers the image was die cut using a stitched circle die by My Favorite Things. All patterned paper are from the Altitude Collection by Bo Bunny. I love the colors in this collection!!! Cardstock colors include: Whisper White, Dapper Denim and Rich Razzleberry all by Stampin' Up!. After adhering all the papers together I positioned the image and adhered flat to the card. Then the sentiment from the Good Greetings stamp set by Stampin' Up! was added along with three punched snowflakes. For a little more detail three small sequins were added in the center of the snowflakes and some clear Wink of Stella added to the snowman's hat. That's pretty much it. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Christmas Card with Digital Goat Image

Hello! Today is the launch of over 10 new digital images at Jessica Lynn Original. Each member of the design team will be featuring inspiration for you on their blogs for the next few days. It was hard to pick which stamp to use first, but this cute Christmas Goat has such a sweet face it finally won me over.

To create this card I started by printing the image and coloring it with Copic markers. Then the image was die cut using a stitched square die by Lil' Inkers. To add some dimension I used white Tulip puffy paint and iridescent loose glitter to make it look like snow under the feet of the goat. All patterned papers are by The Paper Studio and the Merry Christmas sentiment is from a freebie I received years ago. The finishing touches included some Lucky Limeade twine and three snowflake stickers from Jolee's. That's it! I hope you will stop back by tomorrow and check out more inspiration for the digital image launch at Jessica Lynn Original.

This Christmas Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Fab 'n' Funky: Christmas
• Inky Chicks: Christmas in Summer
• QKR Stampede: Christmas in July
• Simply Create Too: Christmas in July

Jolly Cats Christmas Card

Good day crafty friends! I would like to share the Christmas card I made for the veterinarians who take care of our kitties. We have three feline friends which made this new image from Bugaboo Digi Stamps the perfect choice. The image was colored with Copic markers and some puffy paint was added to the kitty's hat for detail. Using a stitched rectangle die cut the image was cut to size and matted with Rich Razzleberry cardstock by Stampin' Up!. The patterned paper is from the Altitude Collection by Bo Bunny which made for a nice non-traditional colored Christmas card. Additional cardstock colors include Lost Lagoon and Bermuda Bay. The sentiment by Kaisercraft was stamped using Memento black ink. All layout details are from this weeks sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. I added a die cut snowflake off the corner of the top square and would have loved to add a couple more but ran out of white glittery paper (don't ya hate that?). Well that about sums it up. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Jolly Cats Christmas Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes
• Crafty Gals Corner: Anything Goes
• My Time To Craft: Christmas Animals
• V's Sweet Ideas: Non-Traditional Christmas Colors
• Eureka Stamps: Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

Let it Snow! Card

I say... Let it Snow! Although we don't get a lot of snow here in Oklahoma, it's always a great excuse to stay in my craft room. Hello and happy Tuesday! I'm glad you stopped by my blog. Today is the start of a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and our theme this week is Snowflakes. Our lovely sponsor is Sami Stamps and I've used the Frosty Flakes image on my card. We would love for you to join us this week! You have until next Monday at 3 pm to link your creations. Click here to check out all the details and design team inspiration.

Blue and white seemed like a good choice for a snowflake theme. The papers I used are by Doodlebug Designs and The Paper Studio. For the layout I used a sketch from the Cheerful Sketches Challenge Blog. There are several layers to play with patterned paper (which I love to do). After a little bit of coloring with my Copic markers I added some Puffy paint and glitter to give the image some dimension. The sentiment was created on the computer and die cut into the banner shape. Three sequin snowflakes and some twine added the finishing touches.

This Let it Snow! Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Cheerful Sketches: Sketch
• Cupcake Inspirations: Let it Snow!
• Sweet Stampin': Snow Time
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends: Anything Goes

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Meowy Christmas Wishes Card

Hello! I've got a quick post to share this Meowy Christmas Wishes Card made for the Bugaboo Christmas color challenge. My original intent was to use a Bugaboo image but when I was digging through my patterned papers I found this Pretty Kitty image already printed, so I used it. The image reminds me of our youngest fur baby named Tazzy. Here he is sleeping in daddy's spot on the bed. He will wait for my husband to move and immediately steal the warm spot. I'm pretty sure he is daddy's boy!

All patterned papers on this card are random scraps from my stash and I printed the sentiment using the computer. The image came colored so this card came together pretty quickly. I tried to add some rhinestones, sequins, etc... to add more sparkle but I didn't like any of it. So, I kept it simple. Thanks for stopping by and come back soon. 

Snowman Peace and Joy Card

It's always fun to make Christmas cards in July! I appreciate the early head start because I tend to procrastinate and never make as many as I need. This Snowman Peace and Joy Card was made using this weeks sketch a Tuesday Morning Sketches. Using blue for Christmas is a nice cool color to work with in July. It's been super hot here in Oklahoma the last couple of days, the humidity is awful. That's probably why I chose a snowman and snowflakes, maybe a little mind over matter with some cool thoughts in my craft room.

The image by Bugaboo Digi Stamps is called Winter Birds - Snowman and I colored it with my Copic markers. The snowflake background paper is by Doodlebug Designs and the blue glitter polka dot paper is by Best Creation Inc. Using a Cricut machine and the Christmas Noel cartridge I cut the snowflake. Then I heat embossed it with Iridescent Ice Emboss Powder. To pull in a little color I used a small Fiskars snowflake punch in the center and secured it with a tiny blue glitter brad. The sentiment is from the Good Greetings stamp set by Stampin' Up! and was stamped using Memento black ink. Three snowflake sequins with pale blue rhinestone centers were added to the image panel. I added some glossy accents to the snowman's hat and some Stickles to the snow. I'm a little disappointed the Stickles caused the printer ink to bleed but the photo makes it look worse than it does in person. That about sums it up! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Snowman Peace and Joy Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Catch The Bug: Humor Me Wednesday/Bingo (Diagonal)
• Crafting By Designs: Get Ready for Christmas
• Addicted to Stamps: Holiday

Blue Christmas Card

What's your favorite Christmas color scheme? Do you like the traditional red and green or do you prefer something non-traditional? This week the challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz is to create a masculine Christmas card using your favorite Christmas colors.

When I started thinking about my favorite Christmas colors, well I found it hard to pick. Through the years it's changed many times. To decorate our Christmas tree I've used: Gold/Silver/White, Purple/Silver/White and our tree now has ornaments of all colors. Since the card is for a guy, I decided to ask the hubby for his input and Blue/Silver/White was the winner.

The layout for this card is simple and one I use a lot. To fit the tree image by Inkadinkado, I made a larger card. The finished size is 6" x 4.5". The blue snowflake patterned paper is by The Paper Studio and the glitter polka dot paper is by Best Creation Inc. The tree image was heat embossed using VersaMark and silver embossing powder. I used an EK Success snowflake edge punch and used some blue rhinestones for detail. It didn't turn out ruggedly manly but the hubby said it would work for a guy, so I believe him.

We would love for you to join us this week at Cardz 4 Guyz! Click here to check out the inspiration from the rest of the design team. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

My Blue Christmas Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Robyn's Fetish: Anything Goes
• Paper Creator's Crafts: All About Christmas
• My Perfect Life: Any Christmas Card

Neutral Toned Christmas Card

Last week was crazy busy for me! So, I'm super happy today is Sunday and I have nothing on the agenda except some much needed crafting time! I do hope you have time this week to join us at The Paper Players for a wonderful sketch challenge hosted by Nance. Sketch challenges are one of my favorites and I really love the sketch Nance designed. A couple of weeks ago I cut the snowflake paper I used for this Neutral Toned Christmas Card but I never could come up with a good design. Thankfully Nance solved my dilemma.

All supplies for this card are by Stampin' Up!. I used Early Espresso and Whisper White cardstock and the patterned paper is from the Trim the Tree paper stack. For the embossed panel, I stamped the Good Greetings sentiment first and then left enough space to add the Espresso paper strip and then embossed the far side. Don't you think the big polka dots look like falling snow? The last step was adding the die cut snowflakes.

This sketch is definitely a keeper! I can't wait to see what you create. To play along at The Paper Players simply create a card using the sketch and link it to the challenge blog HERE. All paper crafting products are welcome but you can only link your creation to a total of three challenges. The deadline to enter is NOON (PST) on Friday, October 31st. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!!!

Here is the sketch:

Layered Snowflakes Thank You Card

It's time to write my thank you cards for all the lovely presents I received at Christmas. This Layered Snowflakes Thank You Card was made for my brother and sister-in-law. They bought me several punches for Christmas and I used one of them to create the small Island Indigo snowflakes in the center of the layers. I used my Big Shot to die-cut the larger snowflakes. The base snowflake is a die-cut by Sizzix (656731) and the silver glitter center portion is a retired die-cut from Stampin' Up! All the papers and thank you sentiment stamp are by Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend.


My Layered Snowflakes Thank You Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Alphabet Challenge: Whatever You Wish
• Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes
• Stuck on U Sketches: Snowflake Die-Cuts
• Your Next Stamp: Photo Inspiration
• D-R-S Designs: Frosted Flakes

Pink Snowflakes Snowman Card

Most of my Christmas cards are made with traditional colors but I made this Pink Snowflakes Snowman Card for my teenage niece. The pink glitter snowflakes paper is from a Recollections paper pack I bought a couple years ago. I've used the Snowman Star image by Bugaboo and colored it with my Copic markers. The layout is from a previous challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches from August 2013. Here is a link to my original birthday card I made using this sketch. I really liked this sketch the first time and I like it equally as well the second time. The sentiment stamp is by Stampabilities and I've used the Label Bracket Punch layered with a 1 3/4" Scallop Punch both by Stampin' Up!. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

My Pink Snowflakes Snowman Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Allsorts: Snowflakes
• Catch the Bug: Favorite Christmas Song
• Paper Playtime: Winter Fun
• Totally Papercrafts: Christmas Non-Traditional Colors
• Milk Coffee: Christmas Non-Traditional Colors
• Sweet Stampin' Christmas: Let it Snow!