Elf Shaker card

Hello!  I am sharing a square card on the One Crazy Stamper blog today, featuring one of the new Art Impressions Shakers stamp sets: Elf Shaker Set (Sku# 4513):

The set includes 3 stamps, the entire elf, just the present, and the sentiment "Have your 'elf' a merry little Christmas".  You stamp and colour the entire elf, stamp and colour the present and fussy cut around it - then you put the present on an Action Wobble and adhere it on top of the present on the main image.  When you either shake the card, or flick the present with your finger, it wobbles back and forth as though the elf is shaking the present.  CUTE!!

Each stamp set also includes one Action Wobble, but you can pick up more of them in the One Crazy Stamper store so that you can use the set over and over.  Happy stamping!

OCS products used: Art Impressions Elf Shaker

Your Next Embellie Gumdrops, Kiwi

Bo Bunny Elf Magic papers

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Xpress It Blending Cardstock

Copic Markers: Greens - G46, G43, G40

Reds - R59, R24, R22, R20

Greys - C7, C5, C3, C1

Golds - Y26, Y23

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair  E55, E53

December One Crazy Stamper Challenge

Hello everyone!  It is the first of the month, which means the launch of a brand new challenge on the One Crazy Stamper blog!  The Design Team has created projects to inspire you and get you started on your December crafting, so head on over to the OCS blog to check them all out, and you can link up your project while you're there.  I'm using the Holiday Wishes set by Art Impressions for my card:

The set comes with the Santa image that I've used, as well as a sweet reindeer, and the sentiment "Warmest Holiday Wishes" which I've stamped on the inside.  Lora has an amazing stock of holiday stamps, papers and embellies in the One Crazy Stamper store, so you'll want to head over there to check it out (She's lightning fast with shipping, too!)

OCS products used: Art Impressions Holiday Wishes Set

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Bazzil Basics Textured Cardstock

Your Next Embellie Gumdrops

Xpress It Blending Cardstock

Bo Bunny Candy Cane Lane 6x6 Pad

Copics: E11, E00, E000, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, BG18, BG15, BG13, BG11, Y23, RV25, RV14, RV11, G43, G40, E55, E53, E51, R22, R20 

Birthday Love

 I have a card featuring one of the 2014 Ai People, Birthday Love Set (Sku #4529).  This is actually a CASE of a card that I found on Pinterest!  You can see the original here.

 The Ai Design Team is enjoying a product swap this week with Scrapbook Adhesives, and I have used their wonderful 3D Foam Squares to pop up my main panel to give my card a little extra dimension:

 I love that they come in two sizes!  They're available in black, too.

 I've also used their E-Z Squares permanent adhesive to put my card together:

 Copics used: Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

Blues - B02, B01, B00, B000

Reds - R24, R22, R20

Greens - YG03, YG01

Hair - Y26, Y23

Greys - W5, W3, W1, W00

Joyful Christmas

 I am sharing a sweet snowman card today on the Art Impressions blog, using Joyful Christmas Set (Sku #4314) :

This sweet snowman also comes with a stamp spelling the word "JOY" and a sentiment: "Joy to you this Christmas".  I've coloured him with Copic markers, fussy cut around him and popped him up over a matted oval.

Happy stamping!

Copic markers used: Browns - E57, E55, E53, E51, E50

Greys - C5, C3, C1, C00

Greens - G46, G43, G40

Rusty reds - E09, E07, E02

Oranges - YR12, YR00



Guest Designer for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Two Guest Designer spots in one day?!  Lucky me :o)  The Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge has a new sketch for you every Monday - and this one had an interesting background texture!  I initially wanted to do the background with an embossing folder to emulate the star pattern on the sketch, but I ended up interperetting it as patterned paper:

Patterned papers are Peppermint Collection, Crate Pape;, Cardstock is Pacifica & Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp set is Vintage Ornaments, Waltzingmouse Stamps; Ink is Pacifica, CTMH; Spellbinders Ornament
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(Please scroll down to see my Guest Design post for The Challenge)

Guest Designer for The Challenge #19

I was invited to be a Guest Designer on The Challenge this week!  Even though this week's palette isn't exactly classic holiday colours, I managed to make a Christmas card :o)  I knew my Bo Bunny Candy Cane Lane papers were perfect, so here is my non-traditional Christmas card using Lesley's lovely sketch:

One of the papers in the pack had these cute little holiday bingo cards, so I cut them apart and stacked 3 of them along with a few snowflakes to make my little cluster.  A little stitching, a few clear grey bubbles and that's it!  Hope to see you all playing along with The Challenge - you can use just the sketch, just the colours, or both - and you have two weeks to link up your creation here.

Merry Christmas To All

 I am realling loving the Art Impressions 2014 Christmas collection!!  I have a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card featuring the snowman from the Christmas To All set (Sku #4517):

I stitched my main panel down with my sewing machine, and scattered a few die cut stars around him.  Here's a closeup:

This is the sentiment included with the set that I've put on the inside:

Don't forget that our Zoo/Animal themed challenge is still happening - you can link up your creation here.  Happy stamping!

Copics used: Reds - E09, E07, E13, E02

Greens - YG67, YG65, YG63

Browns - E57, E55, E53, E51, E50

Yellows - Y23  Greys - C1, C00

Oranges - YR12, YR00