Vintage Christmas

Here is my entry for the GC-80 Color Challenge - Vintage Hues over at Gingersnap Creations Blog

I am also entering this in Vicki's Challenge #6 -Twas the Night Before . . . over at the Cheerful Stamppad

All stamps are from a Vintage Christmas sheet from Wild Frog Creations.  Once again, this is an oversized card.  I seem to be making a lot of bigger cards recently.  This one would be good for a masculine card I think.

North Pole & Company

This post has been editied, scroll down a bit to see the Snow Woman card that I added it this morning after deciding she needed dressed.  This card is an oversized 8 1/2" X 5 1/2".

I always seem to be a day late on challenges and then miss them completely.  So this card will be late for only one challenge and only because it's still the 4th here, but it's the 5th overseas . . . sigh.  Without further ado, here is my SnowWoman:

Too bad all the sparkle, glitter and foils don't show up in the scan.  Snow Woman is made using the Fashion Doll stamp from Wild Frog Creations.   Snow at the bottom is actually sparkly white super thin layers of sea shell with glitter.  Snow on background is spattered white paint.  Snowflakes are foil punched, confetti and charms.  Snow woman's hair is also snowflakes. Stick on the sign is a wooden skewer.

Sketch used is from Cardabilities Design Team Reveal - Sketch # 16 :

Here is the card after I decided to dress the Snow Woman.  I like it better, but it did hide an element of the sketch.  Before I send this card out, I will tone down the color of the snowflakes that make up her hair.  I meant this card to be semi monotone with lots of spark and glitter.  Somehow, it looks good in person, but I think the scan just turned out blah.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

1.Cardabilities Design Tean Reveal - Sketch # 16

2.Sunday Stampers Week 131 Sign of The Times

3.GingersnapCreations GC81 Chesnut Theme Challenge - Snowpeople

4.2 Sisters Challenge 16 - Sparkly Christmas

5.Daring Cardmakers Turquoise Challenge sponsored by Flourish with a Bling



Kimono Challenge Winner

The kimono challenge ended yesterday and I only had two entries (besides my own) so only two names went into the hat, but both ladies are winners.  Phyllis Johnson is the winner of the unmounted grab bag of stamps.  Here is her kimono:

Phyllis, please send me your mailing address and I'll get the grab bag right out to you! Sherry Edwards was the other entrant and here is her card:

Sherry, please send me your mailing address so that I may also send you a surprise for entering!
My email is shelley@wildfrogcreations.com

I will be hosting more challenges in the future, but will wait until after the holidays.

Winter Solstice Card

Sometimes simple can be nice.  I get so involved in time consuming techniques or folds or just fancy layers and embellisments that it is refreshing to do something simple.  I have been overwhelmed by life recently, so I chose an innocent image and a simple card for winter solstice.

I received a blog award.

To accept this award, I must do the following:
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded me this award
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards.


I received this blog award from  Monica at:  http://monica-fc.blogspot.com/  Thanks Monica!
 
My 8 things:
1. I am a neat freak.
2. My stamping/craft room is always a mess, but it's also hidden from view of anyone but me and I take a day almost monthly to completely clean and reorganize it, lol. This messy room drives me insane, but I can't seem to create without also creating chaos.
3. I am always either on time or 10 minutes early, people who are habitually late drive me insane. I hate waiting for people.
4. I love to travel. But only to warm places, preferably with a beach. If staying more than I few days I buy my own broom, make my own bed and heaven help the maid who steals my broom. 
5. I love animals and have 3 dogs.  I am allergic to cats.  Love them, but they make me sneeze.
6. I collect the odd, wierd, unusual, unique items which I store in a display case in my craft room.
7. I strongly dislike shopping. I abhore shopping. Even for clothes.
8. I own far too many shoes. Really.
 
Here are the 8 blogs I chose to pass this award on to that are new  or semi-new blogs to me:
http://www.suestamping.com/
http://rubyinga.blogspot.com/
http://roseblossomlegacies.blogspot.com/
http://halleshobbies.blogspot.com/
http://kateblue.blogspot.com/ 
http://sherrysimpleblog.blogspot.com/
ttp://lostincardland.blogspot.com/
http://papercraftpleasures.blogspot.com/
 
I truly have enjoyed visiting the above blogs and hope you will visit them too.

Crystal's Birthday Candy

Hop on over to Crystal's Blog and help her celebrate her birthday!  Here's a pic of what is included in the celebrations:

My entry for Vicki's Deck the Halls

Vicki over at The Cheerful Stamp Pad is having a "Deck the Halls" Christmas challenge right now and the prize for the winner is a Grab Bag package from Wild Frog Creations Rubber Stamps that consists of  15 rubber stamp images, some fancy envelopes and a gift certificate.  Yep, I'm sponsering :).  So hop on over and put in an entry!

Even tho' I'm not eligible to win, I thought I'd post an entry.  I have always loved gingerbread men and decorate with them every year.  Here is one of my Christmas cards this year.  Not my best work, done late at night without my glasses once again, lol.

Wee Memories Blog Candy Giveaway

You only have less than 12 hours to get your entry in!!


"Giveaway includes these prizes split for 2 winners: Hero Arts Antique Engravings, Bo Bunny stamp set, Inkadinkado stamp set, Hampton Arts stamps, Studio G stamp sets, Bo Bunny stickers, Martha Stewart beads, My Minds Eye lush & chipboard, Basic Grey chipboard, Thickers, Heidi Swapp stickers, Making Memories buttons, Doodlebug designs ribbon, American Crafts ribbon, May arts Ribbon, Embellishments, Set of Versamagic stamp ink, 2 wood stamps, Bazzill flowers, Inkadinkado Large stamp block, K & Co diecuts & stickers, Pocket full of Posies mat stack with 40 sheets of cardstock (heavy glitter), My fav button jar, 2 Adriondack Alcohol inks, and more that is not pictured (I like to add surprises ;)"

Hope on over and enter: http://suchins.blogspot.com/

Kimono Challenge & a Simple Kimono Card Tutorial

 

Here is the first challenge on this blog.  The theme of this one is "Kimono".  Please join me and submit any type of artwork that contains a kimono.  Folded, stamped, digital, painted, etc.  New artwork or old artwork that you still have laying around.  Anything goes! 

Entries will be accepted through Dec 2nd.   Please use the linky at the end of this post to add your submissions. Winner of this challenge will receive a  grab bag of 6 unmounted rubber stamps.  Grabbag will include 2 Christmas stamps, 1 birthday stamp, 1 corner stamp, 1 texture stamp and 1 autumn verse stamp.

Don't have any Kimono stamps, digitals or stickers?  No old cards or posts with kimonos? No problem, just use the instructions below to make a Kimono shaped card.

                                               Kimono Card Instructions

Several folks have asked me for instructions to make the tunnel card that is in a previous post.

I will make a tutorial for that hopefully next week.  It's a little complicated and I don't have the time to explain that one right now.  However, I did make a Kimono card and it's so simple that I thought I would use it for my first blog tutorial.

There are many patterns online to make fancier folded kimono cards.  If interested, just do a google search.

There are no fancy folds in this tutorial.  Also, this card can be made with your scrap pieces!  Yea!

Materials Needed:
Scraps of cardstock cut to the sizes below. I used scraps from previous projects for the sample that had already been colored.
2 pieces of cardstock that are 11" X 2 1/2"

1 piece of cardstock that is 4" X 5 1/2"
1 piece of cardstock that is 10" X 1 3/4"
1 piece of cardstock that is 9" X 1"
Scrap of Ribbon
1 embellishment (button, charm, flower etc)
Adhesive of choice

Instructions:
Fold each long strip of cardstock in half. Fold the rectangular piece in half so it is 2" X 5 1/2".

Slip one of the longest folded pieces into the 2" X 5 1/2" piece, centering it and glue it into place.

Slip the other longest folded piece over the 2" X 5 1/2" piece, aligning it with the first long piece and glue it into place. Now you have the basic kimono shape. Se it aside.

Take the 1" wide piece and slip it over the 1 3/4" wide piece and glue into place. Wrap and tie the ribbon around it.

Slip this piece over the top of the kimono that you set aside earlier and glue into place.. Add the embellishment of your choice.

If desired, round all edges. Voila! A simple kimono card using scraps.
Here is another I made:

Here is a pic of the unmounted rubber stamp grab bag:

Two More Kimono Cards

Just haven't been able to face Christmas yet I guess.  However, I will start Christmas cards tonight! Yes, I will.  Here are two more cards with kimonos.  These are not new cards.  But since I always (or mostly always) make two of everything because I just can't bear to give something pretty away unless I keep one for myself AND because I have to check and see if the linky thingy on the challenge post actually works  I decided to post these two cards, lol.

Kimono stamp from Wild Frog Creations colored with markers on both. First card  layered with  wide ribbon and lace on glossy gold cardstock.

Second card layered  on red and gold and black glossy cardstock with b&w striped ribbon.