NOV SID- Christmas Scotties

Hello and welcome to Novembers Stick it down  card sketch! I don't know about you but I can't believe we are already half way through November, Christmas is right around the corner and I'm not ready! This card will help with my not being ready though. ;-)

For this card I used the Christmas Scotties stamp and punch set from Stampin' up. The paper is also from Stampin' Up, but it's an older paper pack. I stamped the same pup 3 times and stamped the bow twice. I wanted the middle image to have something different on it's neck, so tied some ribbon around like a little scarf. 

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

SEPT SID- Witch way is the candy

Hello and welcome to my September Stick It Down sketch post! We have another great sketch from Mandi and I couldn't help making 2 cards with the sketch.

For my first card I went with a Halloween card using MFT's Witch way is the Candy set. I just love how cute she is and the images that come with set. I started by making my candy corn background with layer stencil from Photoplay. Used a rectangle frame die from MFT to create a layered look. Once the layers were on the card base I added some Distress Mica spray to add some splatter and shimmer (love that it does both). I then stamped the images, I almost left her black and white but decided she needed a little more color, so I colored her with only the colors already on the card. I didn't want to add more colors so left some areas black and white. 

For card two, much of the process was the same. I used the same rectangle dies, but used a Lawn Fawn stencil and snowflake die to make a Christmas card. Layered everything together and added some shimmer to my die cut snowflake. 

Hope to see you over at Stick It Down with your card based on the card sketch or one of our scrapbook layouts! Love to see how you use the sketches. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

DEC SID- Winter Wishes

Here is the December card sketch for Stick It Down.


Instead of doing ribbon or strips of paper I decided on using layers of vellum to create the breaks from the sketch. I white embossed some snowflakes on the card before adding color with some Distress Oxide inks and spritzing the panel with some water. I then heat embossed my sentiment on some vellum, tearing the paper for some added texture to the edges. I then layered the vellum onto my card panel, before adhering it to my card base. To finish the card I added some wooden silver snowflakes to the front.

Thanks for stopping by and please stop by the blog to see what my other teammies have created and play along with us! Have a great day and Merry Christmas!

 Monica

MLC Sept

 Hello all! It's September, all ready... can you believe it?!!! I know I can't. I don't mind really, September is a great month and means fall is just around the corner... and it's my favorite season. It also means we are on a count down to Christmas and I still have plenty of cards to make to be ready for it! 

It also means it's the start of a new challenge over at Merry Little Christmas... which is as always ANYTHING GOES!!!  As long as it's Christmas of course. This month I used one stamp and created two cards. 

My first card I stamped and colored with copics before fussy cutting the image out and popping it up with some foam tape. I then stamped the sentiment under the image on the card panel and added it to a yellow card base. I know yellow isn't a Christmas color per say, but it did look good with the yellow color in the image.

Now for the second card, I stamped the image 3 times (once on the card base) and used a "light" hand with the coloring. I then fussy cut the layers and adhered them on top of the card base, for a slight raised look and a little more depth to the shadowy areas.

As always thanks for stopping by and checking out my cards ,  Can't wait to see what you create this month! Have a great day!!!

Monica

ATSM #323- Holiday

Here is a holiday themed card Addicted to Stamps holiday Challenge! I'm sure some people don't want to see Christmas anything for awhile, but it's always nice to have head start for this Christmas! I kept the card pretty simple keeping my image and coloring in the center and only doing a few colors. I stamped the gingerbread house, stamped the decorations and then colored everything. 

I did add some stickles to the candies for some sparkle! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn- Sweet Christmas

Copics 

Stickles

Jesus is the Reason with Joy Clair

Today I'm posting for Joy Clair and using Vintage Christmas Ornaments. I love this set!

Be sure to stop over at the blog here to see all the details of the card! 
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

MLC dec- Christmas Truck

It's time for another Merry Little Christmas challenge and as always this months theme is Anything goes. Here is my card for this month. 

I was going through some boxes and ran across this stamp and thought it was a great time to use it again! Love this little truck with it's door wreath and tree in the back. I wanted to keep it pretty simple so I added some pattern paper and colored only the tree and wreath to coordinate. Adding a little sparkle with the ornaments.

Hope you decide to join us over at MLC challenge blog and share your Christmas projects, we love to see them! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Monica

Christmas Showcase with Joy Clair

Today is a special post at the Joy Clair blog ... it's all about Christmas and we are all showcasing newer Christmas products from Joy Clair. For my card I used Penguin Tropical Christmas and Christmas Lights Background.

I started by stamping the lights on one layer and my tree with some lights on it on my main panel. I then stamped the palms and coconuts on a scrap piece before coloring them copics..

I then colored the tree on my main panel and used a pen to darken my light strings. Then stamped the penguin and his shorts. I did color the lights red although I don't show it in this picture. Once everything was colored I then fussy cut all the palms and coconuts from the scrap.

After I stamped my sentiment I began layering all the palm on my tree. I used liquid glue at the base and foam tape towards the top to create some dimension on the tree. For the coconuts I glued the first on flat while popping the last two on with foam tape.

After I adhered the light background to the cardbase I used some stickles to add some sparkle, once they were dry I added the rest of my layers. I didn't feel the background lights gave it enough Christmas Sparkle so added some red stickles to the lights on the front of my card and called it done!

Be sure to check out what my teammates have made for the event at the blog here. Thanks as always for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Penguin Tropical Christmas and Christmas Lights Background

Copics

Ranger- Stickles

Recollections- Red, Black and white Cardstock

ATSM #313- holiday

Here is my card for the Holiday challenge from Addicted to Stamps and more!

I used a new Christmas stamp and die from Stampin' Up. I loved the image of the house and can see it being colored fully or partially like I did. I wanted to keep it simple so added some red to the ribbons and colored the greenery. I used some stickles to the lights for a little sparkle.

Don't forget to stop by the blog and play with this weeks Holidays challenge, I can't wait to see what you share with us. Thanks as always for stopping by! Feel free to leave a comment and follow the blog for updates with new posts! 


Monica

ASTM #303 Holiday

Today's card is a Holiday card for Addicted to Stamps and More's holiday theme challenge. To see what the rest of the DT has came up with this time check out the blog here! 

The card was simple I knew I wanted to use some Catherine Pooler's Foundation Box (Retired, but I'll link what I can), but wasn't sure how I wanted to pull it together. I found a sketch I liked and rolled with it. I'm pleased with the way it turned out. Love it when I start getting my Holiday cards going early! 


Don't forget to stop by the blog and play with this weeks Holiday challenge, I can't wait to see what you share with us. Thanks as always for stopping by! Feel free to leave a comment and follow the blog for updates with new posts! 


Monica

Supplies:

Catherine Pooler-  For Everything and Grass Skirt ink

Christmas in July with Joy Clair- Wise men

This week at Joy Clair we are doing a little Christmas in July theme. The team has been posting some wonderful Christmas creations. Today it's Helen and my turn... here is a look at my card. Please stop by the Joy Clair blog post to see the details on this card.

Thanks for stopping by, please leave a comment or follow me for blog updates! Have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Joy Clair- Christmas Nativity and Fancy Letters

Leisure Arts- 30 pack for $12.99

Distress inks

Embossing powder

ATSM #288- Holiday

Here is my holiday themed card for ATSM this week. I used some new colored pencils I got from Leisure Arts and these adorable penguins!

Here is a closer look at the coloring with the Leisure Arts pencils. I did add a little wink of stella to the letters on the ornaments, but it's not shown in the picture.  

Don't forget to stop by the blog and play with this weeks CAS challenge, I can't wait to see what you share with us. Thanks as always for stopping by! Feel free to leave a comment and follow the blog for updates with new posts! 

Monica

Supplies-
Cardstock- Recollections and Bazzil
Colored Pencils- Leisure Arts

Pattern Paper
Wink of Stella- Clear

snowflake Christmas card

Here is a quick peek at my card over at A2Z blog today, head over and check it out and while you are there don't forget to play along!

If you are in need of any items from the a2z Scrapbooking store you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

A2Z- joyous holiday

It's the first of the month already! I'm popping up with a post for the new challenge over at A2Z scrapbooking. Our theme this month is watercolor. Can't wait for you to share you watercolor creations with us!

My card is designed with a watercolor panel I created. I wanted the panel to have a ombre look, it looks like it was dipped in color starting with the lightest pink to the rich purple. 

I then stamped my images and sentiment in black. I added some twine at the top before adhering the panel with pop dots.

If you are in need of any items from the a2z Scrapbooking store you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Supplies:

Winter Silhouettes

Intense Black ink

Ganzai Tambi watercolors

Snowglobe Christmas

Today is the last day for the Christmas in July challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's blog! I used some Tim Holtz designed items that I have, some sadly hadn't been used yet. 

 I started by distressing some watercolor paper in brown tones for the snowglobe stand and blues for the globe itself, then I die cut them. Thinking it would be nice to have a little more dimension for the base ( since the houses would be layered up) I cut out 3 more layers.

I added some snowflakes in the back ground and used white satin pearl embossing powder for a subtle look. 

I was thinking of adding color to the houses, but liked the look of the white houses and trees against the blue sky.

Thanks as always for stopping by and have a great day!
Monica

Supplies:

• Snowglobe
• Holiday words #2
• Holiday words script
• Snowflakes by Lia
• Distress ink- Old Paper, Ground Espresso, Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky and Faded Jeans

DCD- Peace and Joy

Here is my second card for our Christmas in July challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's. Today's card was pretty quick to put together and could be a good one to mass produce if needed for Christmas cards.

• Stamped sentiment and die cut panel
• Stamped and die cut branches
• Die cut patterned layer
• Adhered stamped panel with foam adhesive to the paper layer before adding to card base
• Placed branches to top panel and added a twine bow

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

• Peace and Joy (Hero Arts)
• Holly Pine Branch stamps and dies (Hero Arts)
• Inside out Diagonal stitched rectangle stax (MFT)
• Cardstock
• pattern paper
• twine

DCD- Christmas chandelier

Hello all, here is my first card for the Christmas in July challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's blog. Our sponsor this month is the Frantic stamper, who is generously donating the die below!

I used a mix of Hero Arts (linked below) for my first card this month.

I started by taping the sides of my card to mask them. Then stamped the script background, the distressed strip for the ground and the sentiment. The tree then is stamped and embossed with pearl finish embossing powder. The chair and chandelier were both stamped and then die cut on a scratch piece of paper, before being added with foam tape. To finish the card I added some bling to the elements.

Below is a closer look at the bling and the embossing powder.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!
Monica

Supplies:

Hero Arts- Vintage Christmas Post

                  Soft Granite

                  K5849 (Tree)

                  Red Royal

                  Chandeliers stamp and die

                  VersaMark

Misc-         Cardstock

                  Embossing powder

                  Gems

Cozy warm and bright

Hello all, it's October and our challenge over at the Die Cut Diva's is Embossing. I used the candy cane corner image from our sponsor Stamping Boutique. I kept my card pretty clean simple.

I printed my image on the card stock and then die cut it. Colored my images with copics and added some stickles to the berries. I stamped my sentiment in embossing ink and used silver embossing powder. Once the embossing was cooled and the stickles were dry I added my panel to the cardbase. 

Here is a closer look at the embossing, I know it's slightly hard to see in the first picture.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monica

Supplies:

Candy Cane corner

MFT- Diagonal stitch die

Hero Arts- sentiment

Recollections- silver embossing powder

Copics

A2Z- Layer it challenge

Hello all, I seriously can't believe it's October 1st already!!! Where did September go so quickly? I know it was a busy month for us the boys were still playing fall baseball, scouts started back up, time to sell cub scout popcorn again, birthdays, school activities.... Phew! I feel like I need at least a day of sleep, but then again it's Oct and that means Christmas will be here before I know it and I better get my cards ready. (I try to have them all done by Thanksgiving)With that said, I know just used this set on my last card for a2z Scrapbooking, but I do love it. I've even used one of the branches for a 50th anniversary card back in July.


This month our challenge theme is Layer it. You can see the wonderful card the DT members have made for the challenge and the link up tool for you to join here.

I stamped the branch multiple times on my card base in both green ink and versa mark ink on both my card base and my panel. I also stamped three branches in versa mark on vellum, then die cut them. ( All versa mark images got heat embossed with a pearl green powder I have in my stash)  I stamped my sentiment and then decided I wanted the top panel to pop from the background more, so I added a red panel to layer between the top and card base. To finish the card I adhered my vellum pieces and a twine bow.

If you are in need of any items from the a2z Scrapbooking store you can use code Monica15 at checkout to receive 15% off your purchase of $25 or more. (before tax and shipping)  And don’t forget that we are on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.  Follow us on these different social media outlets so you won’t miss out on any fun promotions!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Supplies:

Hero Arts- Pine branches stamps and dies SB133

Hero Arts- Forever Green ink

Lawn Fawn- twine

Recollections- Green pearl embossing powder and cardstock

Photo Play- Red pattern paper