Christmas advent calendar

Good morning,

Today, I'm sharing with you the Christmas advent calendar I made for my son.

I used various Christmas stamps set and dies, wood veeners, flairs, chipboard, stickers and embellishments I had.

Here are some close-up on the calendar:

I'm entering Simon Says Stamp Stamp : Anything but a card challenge

Please leave me a comment, I love to read them.

Have  a wonderful day!

Black&Blue card

Hello all,

It's been a long time I had this great Starbursts stamp from Hero Arts and never had the chance (or the time?) to use it! Today is the day. This stamp is so versatile as it can also look as flower when you put a center inside them don't you think? This card took me much more time to make and I'm very satisfied with the result. I already made more backgrounds for my next time I will show you soon.

So I first sprayed Lindy's stamp gang ink on a white cardstock. It was also my first time using this ink and wow, I just LOVE the two colors ink. It doesn't appear much on my picture but this ink is brown with blue metallic inside. Amazing effect. After the ink was dry, I stamped twice the starbursts stamp in black and once in blue and then, embossed it. I added blue and black Stickles inside so it looks more as flowers. I also added blue & black twines and made them go through my button. I like recycling stuff, so I used this black button my grand mother gave me when she did some cleaning in her sewing stuff. Then, I mounted my card on a blue patterned paper and then on a black cardstock.

I'm entering these challenges with my card:
- Hero Arts: Fabulous Flowers challenge
- A blog named hero: A bit of sparkle challenge
- Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Recycle/Upcycle Style
- Simon Says Stamp Work It Wesdesnday January: Use something new (first time using this stamp and Lindy's ink)

Material used:
- Stamp: Starbursts (Hero Arts)
- Inks: Moon Shadow Mist (Lindy's Stamp Gang), Deep Lagoon, Onyx black (Versafine)
- Twines: Primary assortment (Doodlebug design)
- Stickles: True blue, Black diamond (Ranger)
- Button (given by my grandmother ^_^)
- Patterned paper: The timeless texture stack (DCWV)
- Black cardstock (Recollections)

Thanks for stopping by!

Thank you card

Hello,

I just finished my last thank you card for a friend. She sent me a lot of tomatoes and pepper seeds lately  so I thought a thank you card with flowers would be perfect for her. I used the same stamp as last time, Delicate Blossoms and the Butterflies stamp/die set from HA. I colored the stamp with Spectrum Noir markers. For my butterflies, I first inked a glossy cardstock with 3 alcohol inks. Next time, I will use colors that contrast more. I then added some Stickles on their wings and Liquid pearl on their body. I made the drops with Irresistible inks.

I'm submitting my card to these challenges:
- Hero Arts: Fabulous Flowers challenge
- A blog named hero: A bit of sparkle challenge
- Addicted to stamps Challenge #120 - Die cut

Material used:
Stamps and dies: Delicate Blossoms (Hero Arts), Butterflies (Hero Arts / Sizzix) and sentiment from Artemio
Spectrum Noir markers: CT4+GB3+GB5
Gloss paper (Ranger)
Ink: Jet Black (Staz On), Onyx Black (Versafine), Electric Orange (Irresistible Neon)
Alcohol Inks: Mountain rose, Sunshine yellow and Sunset orange (Adirondack/Ranger)
Alcohol blending solution (Adirondack)
Stickles: Platinum (Ranger)
Liquid pearl: Onyx Pearl (Ranger)

Thank you for your comments, they are always appreciated!

Hero Arts card

Hello,

For this card, I used the wonderful Declicate Blossoms stamp, it's one of my favorite HA stamp. I colored it with Spectrum Noir markers (CT4+GB3+GB5). I stamped some of the flowers twice to hand cut them to create a 2D effect. I then added my yellow twine and stamped my sentiment (Have a great day).  I added some Stickles on the center of my flowers and added randomly yellows drops on my card. Voilà!

I'm submitting my card to these HA challenges:
- Hero Arts: Fabulous Flowers challenge
- A blog named hero: A bit of sparkle challenge
- Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday January: Use something new (first time using this sentiment)

Thanks for stopping by!

CAS thank you card

Hello everyone,

Today, I made a thank you card for a friend. I'm usually not into the CAS style but I thought I would give it a try this time and enjoyed it. The focus is really on the stamp!

I'm entering this card into these challenges:
- Hero Arts Fabulous Flowers challenge
- Spectrum Noir February challenge: Use pink and/or red
- Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: 1 layer

Material used:
- Stamps: Delicate blossoms (Hero Arts), Good day! (Penny Black)
- Ink: Onyx black (Versafine)
- Spectrum Noir markers: DR2+DR6+DR7, JG2+JG5+JG7

Thank you for your visit!

Thank you card

Hello,

Today, I’m showing you my latest thank you card. I will send it to a friend who loves gardening. I first made my card by stamping the flower stamp in habanero and green. I applied the color directly on the stamp, carefully because I applied two different colors (flowers/leafs). Then, I applied yellow, pink and green Stickles on the stamping. The tree and the fence are dies cut from Memory Box. I hand cut the owl stamp and colored it with Spectrum Noir markers. I made my background by sponging Distress inks, stamped my sentiment in black Versafine ink and embossed it. I choose a pink patterned paper for my card and on the bottom, I glued 3 pink sequins and added a pink line of Stickles.

I am submitting my card to these challenges:
Memory Box challenge #9 – Pink Cards
Hero Arts FebruaryChallenge – Fabulous Flower
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - One layer
Addicted to Stamp #119 - Anything goes with a stamp

Material used:

-          Stamps: CL755 (Hero Arts), Spring Sprigs (Stampendous), Good day! (Penny Black)

-          Dies: Tall birch, Wrought iron fence (Memory Box)

-          Stickles: Yellow, Fruit punch, Lime green (Ranger)

-          Pink sequins

-          Spectrum Noir markers: CG4+LG5, CR2+CR1, GB3+GB5, EB6+EB5, GB8+GB9, FS2+FS3+TN2

-          Inks: Onyx black, Habanero, Spanish moss (Versafine), Shabby shutters, tumbled glass (Distress)

-          Patterned paper  (Recollections)

Thank you for visiting my blog today!

N comme Noël

Hi all,

Today, I'm enjoying a little extra day I had to take off before the end of the year. I love 3 days-week-end, have much more time to craft!

So I decided to participate again at the SSS Monday Challenge, which is N such as... Noël this time. I will also submit this card to the Hero Arts challenge since my main stamp is from HA. The card itself was easy to make, cut 4 rectangles out of Christmas patterned papers I had left. Colored the holly with Spectrum noir markers and added some Stickles to add some sparkle. And of course, a sentiment with Noël for the challenge :)

Material used:
- Stamps: Classic Holly (Hero Arts) and Bonnidée
- Stickles: Stardust (Ranger)
- Markers: CR11, JG2+JG5+JG7 (Spectrum Noir)
- Spellbinders: Labels 4 Grand Calibur
- Gold embossing powder
- Onyx black (Versafine ink)

Thank you for your visit!

Meowy Christmas.. in advance

Hi all,

This is my last card for the week-end. I'm submitting it at two challenges: Hero Arts and SSS Wednesday's Anything goes challenge!

This cat is one of my favorite HA stamps, I just love it, it's gorgeous!

I colored the stamp with Spectrum Noir markers and added this perfectly assorted sentiment !

Material used:

- Stamps: Decorate you (Hero Arts) and Singin' SO beautiful (Stamping Bella)
- Embossing Folder: Happy Christmas Frame (Crafts-Too)
- Embossing powder: Gold Super fine detail (Ranger)
- Markers: true black, GB8+GB9, BT7 + BT8 (Spectrum Noir)
- Papers: DCWV

Thank you for visiting my blog!

Double challenge... again! Hero Arts & SSS Challenges

Bonjour à tous,

Aujourd'hui, je participe pour la première fois au challenge de Hero Arts. Il fallait réaliser une carte de Noël avec un de leurs produits. Facile, c'est mon thème favori! Après avoir fait ma carte, j'ai réalisé qu'elle convenait aussi pour le challenge de SSS alors je vais la soumettre également.

J'ai donc fait la carte suivante:

Voici le matériel utilisé:

- Étampes: Classic Holy (Hero Arts) et Joyeux Noël (Bonnidée)
- Marqueurs Spectrum Noir: CR11, JG2+JG5+JG7
- Ruban doré
- Papier à motif
- Spellbinder: Labels 2

Merci pour votre visite!

Hero Arts Challenge #2

Hi all,

For my second participation for the Hero Arts challenge, I decided to use the wonderful Reindeer set from HA with the framelits from Sizzix. I think this set is no longer sold but anyway, I'm glad I have it because I like it so much! The dies match the stamps so it's easy to get these shapes cut so fast.

Here is my card:

First, I took a white paper to make my card and create the blue sky with Distress ink. I tried to let some white  as I felt it would appear like snow wind. Then stamped some snowflakes and embossed them in white. Stamped the reindeers and colored them with Spectrum Noir markers. Added them with foam tape, the trees and the wish and voilà! The wish is embossed with black ink with some glitter inside, unfortunately it doesn't appear much on the picture.

Material used:

- Stamps & Dies: Reindeer Set (HA/Sizzix), Joyeux Noël (Bonnidée)

- Ink: Faded jeans (Distress), Vintage Sepia and Spanish moss (Versafine)

- Spectrum noir markers: EB3, GB5, GT3

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