Dear Santa

Just because... a little tag for the holidays...
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stamps:
stars (Flamingo Art)

design papers and elements:
'Jolly Holiday' by SuzyQ Scraps

other supplies/tools:
golden pigment ink (Brilliance by Tsukineko)
green and dark brown dye ink (Distress by Ranger)
platinum glitter glue (Stickles by Ranger)
red button (from stash)
green floss (Making Memories)
pop dots, glue dots, mono adhesive (from stash)
golden eyelet (from stash)


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Santa

I'm in love with my 'new' Nestabilities Label 8 dies *lol* and just had to create this label shaped Santa card ;)

stamp:
Santa by Sugar Nellie

color mediums:
waterbased inks (Distress by Ranger)

Tombow markers
white gel pen (Inkssentials by Ranger)
white puff up pen (Kreul)


design papers:
A Time of Wonder by Danielle Engebretson

other supplies/tools:
Label die (Nestabilities Label 8 by Spellbinders)
embellishment 'Merry' (FaLaLa by Making Memories)
snowflake punch (Martha Stewart)
red button (Basic Grey)
gold thread (from stash)
pop dots (from stash)







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Fairytale Ending - 2 Sketches 4 You

This week there is another a GREAT sketch (as always *smile*) over at 2Sketches4You.
I soooo loved using Lauras sketch! It's so simple (at best meaning) yet has so many possibilities to let everyones individual creativity flow....
So without further ado - here's my card:




credits:
'Fairy Tale Ending' by Kelley Mickus @TDC

other supplies/tools:
kraft cardstock (Bazzill)
dark brown and velvet pigment inks (ColorBox)
white gel pen (Inkssentials by Ranger)
classic and scalloped circles large (Nestabilities by Spellbinders)
scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
paper distressing tool (Ranger)
pop dots from stash



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Super Six :o)

*woot* I made the 'Super Six' at Card Patterns for last weeks sketch - with
this card (see posting HERE)

Thank you so much! It's a great honor for me to be chosen by you :)



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Another Card for the Holidays


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One more card for the holidays *lol* I used the cute 'Wee with Reindeer' stamp from Whiff of Joy once again and followed the sketch over at PCPs 'Sketch Challenge' to create this card.


stamps:
Wee with Reindeer (Whiff of Joy)

color mediums:
Distress inks (Ranger)
Tombow markers
white puff up pen (Kreul)


design papers:
Holly Jolly November Grab Bag by Danielle Engebretson


other supplies/tools:
snowflake and border punch (Martha Stewart)
spacer and mini brad (Poppicrafts)
Nestabilities dies scalloped and classic ovals large (Spellbinders)
selfadhesive crystal gemstones (Hero Arts)
red cardstock and popdots from stash



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Rodney Reindeer


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Today I digged out one of my eldest rubber stamps I own: Rodney Reindeer (Whipper Snapper). I soooo love this stamp. It's my alltime fave for christmas ;) And speaking of digging into old stuff ... I also used one of my oooold papers from K&Co

The card is quite simple, but I like it although... hope you (and the receipient *lol*) will like it, too :)




stamp:
Rodney Reindeer (Whipper Snapper)

color mediums:
Distress inks (Ranger)
clear glitter gel pen (Sakura)
white 'puff' pen (Kreul)
white gel pen (Inkssentials)


other supplies/tools:
red and green cardstock (from stash)
Nestabilities classic and scalloped rectangles large (Spellbinders)
poinsettia with brad (Making Memories - FaLaLa kit)
leaf punch (McGill)
red embellishment (Making Memories)
pop dots (from stash)



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Scrapling - Joyeux Noel

Ohhh... I just saw the current challenge over at 'Daring Cardmakers' and knew: THIS is the RIGHT challenge for me *lol* They dare us to use 'scraplings' - left over scraps of cardstock - and that's what I have TONS of *giggle* I really love the idea of making cute little gift cards or tags etc out of these leftovers :) So here's one card for the holidays (and I will not stick to this one, that's for sure *lol*) It measures 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches


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stamps:
stanta clear stamp (Inkadinkado- I guess?)
sentiment clear stamp (Ollie's by KARS)

design paper:
'Reminiscince' by Mari Koegelenberg

other supplies/tools:
Nestabilities Label8 (Spellbinders)
snowflake punch (Martha Stewart)
silver cardstock (from stash)
blue crystal bauble (from stash)
Icicle Stickles (Ranger)
blue and silver inks (ColorBox)
pop dots (from stash)




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Star Ornament for Christmas



When I saw this article over at 'Stampartic' two days ago, I immediately knew that I just *have to* create a star like this myself :) But I did not want to create a card but make an ornament. This one is approx. 6x6 inches and will be hanging from our tree this christmas :)



credits:
'Heart of Thankfulness' by Sugarplum Paperie

other supplies/tools:
christmas sentiment stamp set (Whiff of Joy)
Butterscotch ink (Ranger)
golden Stickles glitter glue (Ranger)



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Happy Holidays

One more christmas card using one of my new Whiff of Joy stamps :) This image is called 'Wee with tree' ... ohhh... did I tell you that really love all of these little cuties, already?! *giggle*

This card is for the following challenges:
~°~ Quixotic Challenges ~°~
~°~ Cute Card Thursday ~°~


stamps:
"Wee with tree" (Whiff of Joy)
German sentiment stamp (Whiff of Joy)


color mediums:
Tombow markers
Distress inks in Fired Brick (Ranger)


other supplies/tools:
'FruitCake' designer papers by Basic Grey
red cardstock (from stash)
flourishes edge punch (EK Success)
gold stickles (Ranger)
Nestabilities Label8 (Spellbinders)
paper piercing tool (from stash)
distressing tool (Ranger)
black gel pen (American Crafts)
pop dots (from stash)

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Seasons Greetings


I'm totally in Christmas mood at the moment *g* ... so here's my next card for the season ;-)

And it's also an entry for the following challenges:
~°~ Card Patterns #40 ~°~
~°~ Everybody-Art-Challenge
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~°~ Whiff of Joy Challenge ~°~


stamp:
'Uru with bird' designed by Norma Fickel (Whiff of Joy)

color medium:
Tombow markers
Koh-I-Noor pencils
watertank brush


design papers:
'Noel' by Mari Koegelenberg Creations


other supplies/tools:
brown cardstock (Dani Peuss)
Nestabilities classic and scalloped circles (Spellbinders)
gold Stickles (Ranger)
gold paper edge (from stash)
golden star punch outs (Martha Stewart)
distressing tool (Ranger)
butterscotch ink (Adirondack)



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May PEACE be Your Gift at Christmas...

Ohhhh... I just got my new Whiff of Joy stamps.... they are sooooo cute *sigh* I'm totally in awe with these new holiday stamp images by Norma Fickel!

I used some digi papers for this card - as I do always lately ;) And as the reindeers nose is glittered up with red Stickles, I hope this card counts as an entry for this weeks 'Papertake Weekly' challenge, who asked for using something 'digi' and 'bling' on the card :)


stamp:
Wee with Reindeer (Whiff of Joy)

color medium:
Tombow markers

design papers:
Britt-ish & DeCrow Designs: Very Merry

wordart:
Sya's Blueprints - Word UP: Christmas

other supplies/tools:
kraft cardstock (Bazzill)
label die cut - Nestabilities Label 8 (Spellbinders)
red pigment ink (ColorBox)
Brilliance golden ink (Tsukineko)
red Stickles (Ranger)
pop dots (from stash)


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Mojo Monday 111


As always there is a great sketch over at Mojo Monday Blog this week - and it's also contest week :)
For my card I used a wonderful new digi kit called 'holly jolly' - it's a grab bag designed by Danielle Engebretson and available at The Digichick through November.



stamps:
christmas angel - Ollie's (Kars)

color medium:
Tombow markers
clear glitter gel pen (Sakura)


design papers and element:
Holly Jolly November Grab Bag by Danielle Engebretson

other supplies/tools:
kraft cardstock (Bazzill)
green ribbon (Poppicrafts)
red wavy paper border (Bazzill)
green Stickles (Ranger)
Nestabilities classic and scalloped rectangle
(Spellbinders)
red pigment ink (ColorBox)
pop dots (from stash)



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