Christmas Card and Tags 2021

 I feel like I've dropped off the face of the earth for a while.  We have had several health scares in the family and I've been away from blogging just as I was starting up again.  I have been making cards since, but unable to post until now.

My husband and I got into designing stencils and printing them on the 3D printer!  This was our attempt at layering, with the leaves and the berries.  I think it turned out nice!  And, I added the smiles for fun!

The candy stripes is ALSO a home made stencil!  

Distress Oxides - mowed lawn, candied apple

Kindred Stamps - Santa's Elf

Lawn Fawn - smiles from Pizza my Heart, sentiment from Merry Messages

Copic Coloring

I love making Christmas scenes! 

Kindred Stamps - Merry Whatever (retired)

This tree is from a random stamp set I got years ago, but it's awesome!

Copic Color

Distress Oxide - Ocean

I LOVE making Tags! I don't buy them anymore!  I have a TON of Christmas themed paper so I try to use it as much as possible

Avery Elle Merry Circle Tags and 
Avery Elle-ments Holiday Circle Tags
Lawn Fawn inks in Fish Tank, Sunflower, Jalapeno, Lobster

(Note, these inks are AMAZING, but the Lobster totally stains the stamps!)

various stickles to match

I made cards for Jake's Teachers, this turned out so freakin cute!

Brick Stencil is home made by me and Dean!

Distress Oxide Fired Brick and Black Soot

Lawn Fawn Die Shadow box card dies with Fireplace Add On

Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Square Window Add On

The portraits are just snippets from a really colorful Christmas printed paper I had in my stash

This is a spinner card!  I just absolutely LOVE this nutcracker set, and since the guy is symmetrical, he spins well!

Newton's Nook Nutcrackers

Glitter and other printed cardstock

Copic Coloring

I also had to make a bunch of last minute cards that I wanted to "mass produce".

Simon Says Stamp Happy Poinsettia

Avery Elle Merry Circle Tags sentiment

Lawn Fawn Inks in Lobster, Jalapeno, and Sunflower

Red Stickles

Its just a bunch of Hocus Pocus!

I have the "Full Moon" stamp set from Ink Road Stamps and had a bit of fun!  I love all the quotes from this particular movie, so it is now one of my favorites!

Ink Road Stamps - Full Moon

Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock

Distress inks

A really cool Sizzix Embossing Folder

Gold Embossing Powder

VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad

Orange Stickles
Black Cardstock

Kraft Cardstock

Gold Glitter paper - Marth Stewart
Ribbon from Michael's

I used the technique of putting ink on my embossing folder and run through my die cutting machine like normal on the background.  I did not like the way I inked it up originally, looked horrible.  But, then I inked up my stencil with black Distress Ink over the already inked panel and it came out like this!  How cool is that!

I added a fussy cut image from the stamp set inside.  FUN!

Here is another card, using the same Embossing folder but on some really OLD color core cardstock I've had in my stash for years.  Its where you have a black on top of a color cardstock.  when you emboss it, you can use a fingernail file to rub off the black to reveal the color underneath to make a really pretty background.

Ink Road Stamps - Full Moon

Core'dinations color core cardstock

Marth Stewart glitter and plaid paper

various stickles and a few sequins 

Black cardstock

White Embossing Powder

VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad

Here is what the background looks like without anything on it.  Really fun technique.

Let's hope we have a great 2021 Halloween!!  I hope to make more soon!

Cards a Plenty!

So, I've been busy lately doing mostly my scrapbooking for my Disney Trip in 2015 (Jake's 5th Birthday).  HOWEVER, my Family reunion was last weekend, and for the silent auction I donated hand made cards, and I worked on these for about 2 weeks!  This was the only thing broght in for the auction, and our Treasurer liked them so much, she bought them!  YES!

 

I won this stamp set from Nina Marie's Blog, and I shamelessly copied these cards, so not my original ideas.  

They are cute though!!

Reverse Confetti Forest Friends

Copic coloring on Fox and Owl and clouds

Water color with Distress Inks

Saw this stamp set on sale at Hobby Lobby, had to have it!  However, I found that it worked really well with no line coloring!  I tried this 3 times before getting it "right".  Copic coloring for beginners!  I'm getting better!

 

When I first got interested in stamping and card making, I would watch Lawn Fawn videos every day they posted a new one, and went into the back posts and watched as many as I could!  Love Lawn Fawn!  

Pizza My Heart 

Shaker card from various sequins and beads from when I used to do all those felt applique Christmas decorations.  Copic Coloring.

Flamingo Together

Made this when I first got this stamp set!  SO CUTE!

Copic Coloring (flamingos), pigment ink stamping (trees and heart), distress ink background

Ranger Ink Glossy Accent

My very first set I got from Lawn Fawn! 

Party Animal

Clouds are from my new die set from Paper Smooches

Distress Inked background and Copic Coloring

 

I love the Lawn Fawn Mini stamp and die sets!  Great prices for very cute stamp sets!

Believe in Yourself 

I LOVE this Jack-a-lope!  I also use that sentiment for Santa Cards!

Copic coloring, Distriss Inked background

Treat Yourself

simple cute stamp set, got it since we got an awesome ice cream maker, 

but have yet to gift anybody ice cream, but I'll be ready!

Copic Coloring on this one.

Apparently I'm kind of lucky on the Blog give-aways!  I won a gift card from Avery Elle and got this too cute Wild Birthday set!

Copic coloring on the Hippo and banner, paper die cut background

 

Simple cards!

The heart was from my Cricut, it's one of the lacy simple or everyday or holiday cards, I can't remember!

Hocus Pocus was from stamps that I had, cat is a wooden stamp, Hocus Pocus is a cheap $1 spot stamp from Michael's. Background is Sizzix Swirl Embossing Folder

 

These are from stamp sets I got from Hobby Lobby or Michaels (again on sale)

Make A wish - Distress Ink - water color on the Sizzix Swirl Embossed background

Many Thanks - background distress ink over embossed background.  Folder is from Sizzix, not sure what it's called.

And, This one is from an really old Stampin Up floral layering set.  

Pink And Green are Distress Inks stamped on Water Color paper then painted over with water to blend.  

Such a fun and easy technique!

Happy Birthday is Heat Embossed over Vellum, just stuff I have in my stash.

I bought this (and several others) stamp set in the late 90s and early 2000s.  Still quite lovely!

So, as you can see I've been busy!

Happy Crafting!!!

Out with 2014 IN with 2015

First, let's do some Christmas Posting!  YEY!  We had a nice Christmas, Hermy kept us busy, and we enjoyed Dean getting up after all this time.

 

Silly Hermy

 

Jake discovered his love for Legos, and Hermy is just too fun!

 

Captain Her-merica and ROCKIN JAKE at Chuck E. Cheese

 

Dec 14, Dean gets up for the first time since July!

 

Happy 4th Birthday Jake! 

Buddy in front of the Tree!

 

 

Jake got a Bike from Santa Claus and Daddy helping him ride!

We had a very low key vacation this years since we couldn't travel to the Ranch.  We all missed going down there, and hope to get there soon.  We didn't do much for New Years Eve but we watched the Dick Clark's Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest, then we had to try to keep Buddy calm from 8pm until about 1am with all the fireworks.  HE HATES FIREWORKS!

Here's to a happy and prosperous new year!  2014 was a difficult year, especially the last half which you all know and followed me thru all the crazy posts, some I barely believe happened!

Being Home is Good!

Howdy everybody!  Sorry I've been away a couple of weeks, but it's been busy!

We had a lovely Thanksgiving despite the Aggies loosing and the crazy last play that should have been called back.  Oh well, bring on the bowl game!

  

GIG EM AGGIES!

Alfredo, Dana, Joe and Lexi

Me (Dayna), Alfredo, Queenie, and Jake.

Jake and I spent the whole entire weekend getting our house ready for Christmas, inside and out!

 

 

Now, we are trying to get most of our shopping done online,and filling in when we can in the stores, and getting ready for Jake's Birthday!  We are doing the Chuck E. Cheese birthday package, so lets hope it's fun!

The best news is we are going to SLOWLY be getting Dean up and around the house starting soon. We are taking it slow because he has an appointment in mid January to get a new cushion for his chair which we feel the old one is what caused all this stuff in the first place. 

I'm also glad to report that Dean is really glad to be home, and he's feeling really great.

Have yourselves a merry little Christmas!