Holiday Sweets

It's Terrific Tuesday at One Crazy Stamper, so that means it's my turn to show you a project!  Since the challenge theme for this month is Anything Goes, I have not made a card today, but instead made a candle for Christmas giving.

 

 

The image is an adorable House Mouse stamp called Christmas Cookie Eaters, that I stamped with Staz on ink on to tissue paper, then colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  The edges around the image were torn and inked with a Gathered Twigs Distress Ink pad.  The sprinkles on the cookies were colored with Siren, Gold Lame, and Luscious Lime Smooch metallic paint accents to add a shimmer to the image.  The candle was finished with a braided ribbon trim from my stash.

Crafty Sentiments - Christmas
Through the Craftroom Door - #44 Anything Goes
Tuesday Alchemy - #40 Anything Goes
House Mouse Challenge - #HMFMC132 Getting Ready for Christmas

Bright Lights!!

 

Back to making more Christmas cards - at this rate I may just have enough to send to friends and family this year!  This sweet image is CC Designs Reindeer Lights image, stamped and colored with Copics.  To add shimmer to the light bulbs they have received a coat of Sakura Clear Star pen, and then a layer of Diamond Glaze.  The dp's are from Bo Bunny's Mistletoe collection.

Honor

 

In Honor of those that have served and protected!

Christmas Play

 

I recently cleaned up a corner of my desk, and found many images that I had previously colored.  This is probably one of the first images I ever colored with my Copics, and when compared to my more recent coloring, I can definitely see the difference and improvement.  This sweet little image is from Stampavie and is mounted on dp from Teresa Collins. with the addition of a big red bow and a sentiment from Lili of the Valley.

All Is Calm!!

Today was playing with distress ink painting day, and here's a card that I completed using the High Hopes stamps image Large Lion and Lamb.

 

 

The dp is an older Teresa Collins from a couple of years ago, the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley, and the ribbon is from my stash.

Beary White Christmas

It's beginning to look a LOT like Christmas, or at least if you live in central or northern Alberta it is - my best friend called earlier today to whine and ask me to turn off the snow making machine, but I declined!!!  She didn't turn if off a couple of weeks ago, when we Calgarians got hit with the first snowfall of the season, and I called to whine to her, so turnabout is fair game.  Although ..... we are also suppose to get some snow, but not nearly as much as they have received so far. 

 

So to celebrate the great white stuff, my card today is an all white creation - colored with Copics, embossed with a Spellbinders folder, framed with two Marianne Designs trees, and then everything is all glittered and shined.  The image is from Wild Rose Studios and is entitled "Polar Bears", one of their newest releases - I love, love, love Wild Rose Studio images!!! 

Everybody Art Challenge - #212 Embossing
LEJ Designs Challenge Blog - #28 Use Die Cuts or Punches
Our Daily Bread Designs - #129 Winter White
Card Mania Challenges - #7 Embossing
Friends of Speedy TV - #45 Anything Goes

And So It Begins!!!

Christmas is fast approaching and we all know what that means --- the shopping craze will begin as well as the line ups for everything, including the ever popular line of children waiting to see the jolly ole man himself - Santa!!!

 

 

 

The December calendar page says it all - and the image "Waiting in Line for Santa" from Eat Cake Graphics is so perfect to reflect this traditional past time. 

 

 

Ahhhh, the anticipation of all of those sweet children!!!!  Check out the rest of the adorable and funny images that are available at Eat Cake Graphics - you'll be sure to fall in love with a few!!

 

Loves Rubberstamps Challenges - #25 Anything Goes

Ooh-la-la Creations Challenges - #117 Christmas