Woodblock Wednesday January 2024 Edition

 

 

Hello and welcome to this month's Woodblock Wednesday challenge.   My card this month is using another Thomas Kincade stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I haven't used this stamp in years probably because my migraines have been so bad and there is a LOT of detail to the images.  Now, if you love deep "cut" red rubber stamps, then these stamps are not for you.  Due to all of details in his paintings, the image is, or was, pressed onto the rubber.  I tend to use the sticker image, or the book of Thomas Kincade paintings I received as a RAK, as reference to help me see what's tree, flower, snow, and so on.  Also, the medium (markers, ink, paper, pencils, watercolors, etc) you use, determines how well the detail shows.

I started out by stamping the image in memento tuxedo black on Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Castle Arts watercolor pencils with a blender pencil.  Once my image was colored and blended, I added memento tuxedo black ink directly to the sides of the "painting" before layering, adding brads then adhering it to a ballet blue card using glue dots (very important step).  I then added some Sakura Moonlight 3D pens to color the "ornaments" on the pond's Christmas tree before adding LOTS of waterfall and crystal ice stickles.  The reason for using the glue dots to adhere is because of all of the glitter glue can make the image layer "warp" if not adhered well enough.  I've found thatwhen using only mono adhesive to adhere the layer, it will not stay put.  Just saying.  I'm thinking I may make using the Thomas Kincade stamps I have my monthly Woodblock Wednesday projects since it does take time to get the coloring right and they all might finally see ink again.

Here's a side by side view:

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday - January 2024 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Those Unloved Stamps/Stash (stamp, 3D pens)

Inspiration Station Jan 2024 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by night, snow)

Double D Jan 17 - Sparkle and Shine (used ice stickles for snow, silver brads) 

Christmas Craft Creations January - Glitter and Sparkle (used ice stickles)

Shopping Our Stash #514 - Winter Wonderland

 

Inspiration Station

 

Double D Challenges
 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin UP

Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Glue Dots, 3D Moonlight Pens, Ice Stickles

 

A Raven and Christmas

 Hello and welcome.  Second post today.  If you're looking for my Tire Swing post, please scroll down one.

I'd like to share a couple of cards I had started a couple weeks ago, and easy ones at that, but I just didn't get them done before now thanks to my migraines.  The first card uses a freebie image from Gecko Galz for their monthly goth challenge.  After printing, and layering it, I dug out some long forgotten brushed pewter brads and added those,  I then took a Cuttlebug spiderweb embossing folder and dry embossed the card base before lightly stippling Tim Holtz picket fence and chipped sapphire distress inks using my paper pouncers.  Digging through my flower stash, I found a couple of silk navy flowers, added those to the card using glue dots, and then stamped, punched and popped up my saying.  I then used a black Sakura 3D glaze pen to make the saying stand out a bit more.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Inspiration Station Jan 2024 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by the night and colors)

Digi Choosday Wk 4 - Anything Goes 

Park Hopping My Happy Place Jan 2024 - Anything Goes Theme Park Optional The Secret Life Of Pets (I went with inspiration from Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (brads, silk flowers)

 

My second card also uses a freebie image from Gecko Galz for their January Christmas challenge.  Unfortunately, I didn't get this one finished in time to for the challenge thanks my migraines.  I kept this card extremely simple and layered the pre-colored image before adding brushed copper brads before adhering it to the burgundy card base.  I then pulled out a long retired Stampin Up Wonderful Words set and stamped the celebrate underneath the image.  For the final touch, I added some diamond ice stickles to the snowflake centers on the pre-colored image.  

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (image)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #155 - Anything Goes 

Shopping Our Stash #514 - Winter Wonderland 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Raven Card:

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Picket Fence Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Oval Punches, Brads, Glue Dots, Spiderweb Embossing Folder, 3D Glaze Pen, Silk Flowers, Glue Dots, Gunmetal Ice Stickles, Paper Pouncers.

Christmas Scene Card:

Stamps: Gecko Galz; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Glue Dots, Diamond Ice Stickles

 

Tire Swing

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card I made using one of the Impression Obsession digital stamps called Tire Swing from the Gary Robertson line of digital stamps.  I've had this image printed for awhile but just hadn't used it yet and I have no idea why it's taken me so long.

I started out by coloring it using both prismacolor and copic markers and a Recollections white chalk marker before layering and adding brushed gold brads.  Taking my card base, I dry embossed it using a Cuttlebug© snowflake embossing folder and my Big Shot©.  Using my paper pouncers, I stippled Tim Holtz picket fence and chipped sapphire over the dry embossed images.  I then took my layered image, distressed the edges using a fingernail and then added it to the card using pop up glue dots.  For the image snowflakes, I used a Sakura white gel pen before adding white enamel dots and diamond ice stickles to the embossed snowflake centers.

Challenges entered:

 

Inspiration Station Jan 2024 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by the snow/moon/night sky)

Never Before Used Schtuff #58 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Classic Design 01-Jan 2024 - Anything Goes Optional Blue/White 

FarmQuest General Store Challenge Jan 2024 - Anything Farm or Country Goes (tire swing with cat in it)

 

Inspiration Station

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Tim Holtz Picket Fence, Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Recollections Chalk Marker, Enamel Dots, Brads, Fingernail, Pop Up Glue Dots, Paper Pouncer

 

Challenge 2404 Polkadoodles, Jan. 29 THEME: CAS

 

 Sponsored by 

Polkadoodles

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Polkadoodles FB 2  

THEME: CAS

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Polkadoodles.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the DT to use.  Since today is the 5th Monday, we're having a theme challenge this week which is CAS (clean and simple).  Now the definition of CAS is as follows:

CAS

1. One main image.

2. Lots of open space, uncluttered.

3. Limited layers and embellishments.

4. Quick & easy to recreate. (note: it may take awhile to create a design you

like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake. :-)

5. Basically...This means that you must create a project with very few 

embellishments (I know it's hard), clean lines and lots of  "white" space. 

White space just means an area of your card with nothing on it all. It doesn't 

have to be white. It could be brown, pink, or red. Any color as long as 

there is lots of SPACE.

My card this week uses the Polkadoodles Winnie Daisy Butterfly Tree Fairy image.  After printing the image onto Neenah white cardstock, I colored it using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils before lightly stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink to help fill in the "sky" before layering and adding brads.  The card base is dry embossed using a Darice Butterfly Swirl embossing folder that I haven't used in a long while and my big shot.  

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (image) 

Polkadoodles Cardmaking Wk 4 - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart #9 - Anything Goes 

Stamps and Fun = Creativity #446 - Anything Goes 

Triple B Jan 2024 - Anything Goes Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (inspired by pink/white, have butterflies and blooms)

 

Triple B

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Polkadoodles

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Paper Pouncer, Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Brads, Glue Dots, Big Shot, Darice Butterfly Swirl Embossing Folder

Love and John 3:16

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a one-layer, non-traditional, card with you I've made for my husband for Valentine's Day using one of Sweet N Sassy Stamps digital images and a long retired Stampin Up sayings set.   Using this image is very important for my husband's card since we met at my church's Valentine's dinner put on by the youth group.  My, now, hubby was my blind date set up by his best friend (the youth pastor at the time) and my mother (yup my mother).  We've been married for 33yrs now.

I started out by printing the John 3:16 Bible image on Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Castle Arts colored pencil set.  Once I was finished coloring, I stamped the "love" from Stampin Up's retired Wonderful Words set in memento tuxedo black ink.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink using my paper pouncers before adding Stampin Up regal rose ink around the edges using my blending brushes.  After highlighting the lily stamen stems using a yellow Sakura Moonlight 3D gel pen, I decided the card was finished.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Sweet N Sassy Stamps January VIP Facebook Challenge - Love (Valentine card using God's perfect love as inspiration)

Stamps and Fun #446 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 631 to 632 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Paper Funday #61 - Anything Goes Optional Let's Celebrate 

Digi Choosday Wk2 - Anything Goes 

Creations In Pink #66 - Anything Goes Mainly Pink 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Sweet N Sassy; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tattered Rose; Stampin Up Regal Rose

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, Sakura 3D Moonlight Gel Pen, Paper Pouncers, Blending Brushes

PIP Challenge 2403

 

 

Sponsored by 

Penguin Palace

 

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Penguin Palace.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship and for providing images for the design team to use.  My card today is using the Puddles of Fun digital stamp set.

I started out by combining the images I wanted to use then printing it out on Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Lyra and Castle Arts watercolor pencils.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled some stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks using my paper pouncers and mini applicators before layering and adding silver brads.  I then used a confetti stencil and stippled pink passion ink to make the background look like "raindrops".  Once my layered image was added, I adhered some glitter dew drops from my stash before adding waterfall ice stickles to highlight the rain and glossy accents to the puddles.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (digital stamp set)

A Perfect Time To Craft January 2024 - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #222 - Anything Goes 

Ally's Angels #78 - Anything Goes 

Paper Funday #61 - Anything Goes 

Daisy Chain #81 - No Design Paper (stenciled raindrops)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join in this week's challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

 

Stamps: Penguin Palace

Ink: Stampin Up Pink Passion; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Watermark Program, Printer, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Lyra Pencils, Brads, Paper Pouncers, Ice Stickles, Glossy Accents, Glitter Dew Drops, Glue, MFT Confetti Stencil

 

PIP Challenge 2402

         Sponsored by Beccy's Place

 

Beccy's Place FB

Hello, welcome and Happy New Year!!  I certainly hope you had a fabulous Christmas and a safe New Year gatherings.  Today begins a new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we are being sponsored by Beccy's Place.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of this week's challenge.  My card today is using one of the free images Beccy has on her blog.  I love the quote by Helen Keller.  Now why have I not used this image before now is beyond me.

Once I had printed out the silhouette image onto Neenah white cardstock, I decided to try ink blending the background to make it look like a sunset using several Tim Holtz distress inks and my blending brushes before layering and adding some tiny black brads.   The card is dry embossed using my dusty Bird Call Cuttlebug embossing folder with my Big Shot©. After pouncing black ink over the raised images, I added it to a black card with black/blue fibers running along the edges.  I then added the silhouette image panel using glue dots before adding some forgotten black bling.  I'm really please with how this turned out.  Fortunately, I had it completed before this last migraine started.

Challenges entered: 

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) - Use Your NBUS (silhouette image)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 629 to 630 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Helen Keller saying)

Digi Choosday Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

Ally's Angels #78 - Anything Goes 

Daisy Chain Challenges #81 - No Design Paper (dry embossed background) 

Path Of Positivity #119 - Anything Goes Optional Twist: Power of Words/New Beginnings

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a fabulous day.

Stamps: Beccy's Place

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord, Tattered Rose, Milled Lavender, Wild Honey, Scattered Straw Distress Inks

Card stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Blending Brush, Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Bling, Fibers, Brads, Glue Dots, Brads

Just A Fluffy Penguin

Hello and welcome.  I've been a bit scarce thanks to my migraines and being sick.  So I decided it would be good to make something humorous or snarky.  I settled on this cute Just Fluffy digital stamp from Sweet N Sassy Stamps.  Isn't it the cutest?

I started by printing the image onto Neenah white card stock before coloring using Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils and a blender pencil.  Once the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass and stormy sky distress inks using my paper pouncers before layering and adding some black brads.  My card is dry embossed using a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder with some basic grey ink lightly stippled over the raised images.  After adding my layered image, I dug up some never used Bo Bunny ribbon I had in my stash (who knows how long) and added crystal ice stickles to the snowflake centers.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers F4A724 - New ( ribbon, digital image)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (digital image, ribbon)

Critter Crazy #82 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (penguin)

Creative Inspiration #10 - Anything Goes 

Craft Rocket #110 - Use Embossing (dry embossing)

Moving Along With The Times #162 - New Craft Item (digital image, ribbon)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Sweet N Sassy

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder, Bo Bunny Ribbon

Life Happens

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card I started earlier in December, but never finished until the New Year's weekend and then just now photographed.  I rediscovered this cute kitten digital image from Gracielle Designs' Sweet Tea in my to be used digital folder.  Don't you just want to give this little kitten a hug??

I started out by combining the image, and saying, in a watermark program then printed it out onto Neenah white card stock before coloring it using Castle Arts pencils then layered it and added some blue brads.  Once that was finished, I stamped the card using a long retired Like It A Latte wood block stamp set in pacific pointe ink.  Once the background was done, I stippled some more pacific pointe ink around the edges before adding my layered image.  As an afterthought, I spritzed some pacific pointe marker to help fill in the white spaces around my main image.  After adding some winter blues sequins from Picket Fence Studios, the card was finished.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (image, saying)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 629 to 630 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Jan 2024 - Anything Goes 

I Spy With My Little Eye #10 - Something Old/Something New (old SU coffee background set/ new - kitten in cup/saying)

Little Red Wagon #737 - What's New (digital set with kitten in cup/saying)

Crafty Animals #79 - Anything Goes Using An Animal (kitten)

Critter Crazy #82 - Anything Goes With Featured Critter (kitten)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gracielle Design; Stampin Up

Ink: Stampin Up Pacific Pointe

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, Sequins, Stipple Brush, SU Marker, Color Spritzer Tool, Brads, Glue Dots, White Gel Pen

 

Celebrate The New Year

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card I made using the New Year Countdown digital set from Jan's Digital Stamps.  Now, if you're not a newsletter subscriber of theirs, then you may not know that Jan will be closing the shop at the end of April 2024.  She is, however, keeping the Etsy shop open for now. 

 

Since I've been dealing with an end of year migraine that's carried over to 2024, I decided to go with one of the pre-colored images in the digital set so it would be less "wear and tear" on my eyes.  

After I printed the colored image out on Neenah white card stock, I layered it and added pewter brads (I dug out of my stash)before running a fingernail along the edges of the black layer before setting aside.  I then stamped in memento tuxedo black the word CELEBRATE from a long retired Stampin Up set called Wonderful Words repeatedly to create my background.  After adding it to a black card, I added my layered image using glue dots before adding some dew drops along the bottom.  The final touch was adding crystal ice stickles to some of the confetti to add a little sparkle.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out,

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #58 - Use Your NBUS (digital image)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (celebrate stamp, pewter brads)

Splitcoaststampers F4A723 - It's The New Year 

Sheepski Designs Blog Challenge #82 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Jan's Digital Stamps; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Brads, Dew Drops, Glue, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles

 

 

Happy New Year!

 

Hello and welcome.  I'll keep this short for now since I've not been online or creating much this last week thanks to another doozy of a migraine.  I'm so hoping the migraines ease a tad in 2024, even a little bit would be nice. I will post more regularly when I get rid of this thing.  Ugh!