Holiday Hide & Peek

 Hello and welcome!

Today I've made it back to get a few cards made and posted, the coloring was already done, so I'll get to it!

This set is new (NBUS) but I'll also be joining a few other challenges along the way.

First ~

Copic-colored, die cut and placed with a few others, using matching papers and cs, this one will be playing at NBUS #92 and Peace On Earth #123, where I see couple of snowmen in the inspiration.

 

the second image in this set ~

Copic-colored, torn Unity's dsp, torn matching cs and the die cuts all placed on the background.  This one will visit Color Hues #144 - Red & Green.  Yes, the dsp is dark forest green.

And the third image ~

Copic-colored, die cut with a newer Tag/Banner set and placed over a sheet of Unity's freebie dsp, which I LOVE (from a recent purchase).  While I do have layers, they were kept minimal with gluing them as flat as possible.  This will go to BYSHC #75, turning their sketch on its side and CAS Christmas - Reindeer.  Now, if I get kicked out of CAS Christmas.... I'm okay with getting carried away on this card,  😂  All I can say is, I tried!

Supplies:

   All - Unity Holiday Hide & Peek (NBUS)

   Card #1 -  UN Perfectly Layered Tags; scrap dsp; HA Infinity Circles; PFS Essential Mini SL Frames

   Card #2 - UN Nature's Noel dsp (also NBUS); PFS Essential Mini SL Frames

   Card #3 - UN freebie dsp (also NBUS), Scallop & Banner dies

 Well that's it for me today.  Back to football, which means more coloring - yay!  I hope to be back soon with more cards, although there's a LOT going on with Mom right now.

Thanks for the visit, and have a wonderful start to a new week!

Hugs,

TK

Little Joys

Hello and welcome!

I told you I'd be back with another card or two featuring these sweet little Mouse On A Merry Mission stamps... well, here's one lol.  I'm totally underestimating my pre-vacation time, so I'll settle for one for now.

Copic-colored, the bauble was colored with a gold Signa, matted several times and sentiment attached.  Again, I used the Color Hues colors from Marcia, but I also added more 😉 I'm hoping this will work over at FMS #756, even though it has double-matting, and BYSHC #74 (tipped on its side since my image was more vertical than horizontal).

While I've got several other projects in the making (waiting for some supplies), I'm not sure how much I'll be posting for a bit.  However, know that I will be lurking around  😊

Supplies:

   UN - Mouse On A Merry Mission stamp, Holiday Encore dsp

   CP - Scallop & Dots dies

Thanks for the visit!

I hope you're enjoying the weather wherever you are, we've settled into 80's daytime and 50's at night!  I can take the 80's if it cools off the house during the night!

Hugs,

TK

Special Delivery of Holiday Cheer

I'm flying in today, like a drop of water in a sizzlin' hot pan!  Nope, temperatures are wonderful here, it's just that I don't want to miss this challenge -- and I believe it's my first time EvEr (thanks, Jaydee)!

It started with another new, NBUS set that fit my need to get serious about my Christmas card collection.  This set comes with three sweet images, but I didn't want to miss the sketch over at The Paper Players #805.  I loved the sketch and wanted to have a little fun, plus I attempted to use the colors from Color Hues #142 - Burnt Red & Amber!

I knew the paper I would use right away, so that helped.  Now to find Copics... nope... I had to do a ton of color blending to get this close, so I hope it works!  While my camera turned my colors more wine red and golden, I did my best and I'm happy with it.  I also only partially colored the image this time, staying within my color limits (teehee)

😉

Here is an unedited shot, showing how much the camera was trying to change my colors!  Needless to say, I love the card.  These are not my typical Christmas color choices, but it worked for this cutie!  There's actually 3 cute images in this set, so I'll be posting the other two soon but the clock is ticking at PP805!

  

Supplies:

   UN - Mouse On A Merry Mission, Holiday Encore dsp (both NBUS) 

   WF - Nesting Postage dies

   HA - Infinity Ovals

Thank you for the visit, you brighten my day!

Hugs,

TK

Thanks, Friends of Unity!

Hello!

Today's post is all about the goodies I received recently from Unity Show 'n Tell Color challenge from July.  I've made 3 cards, so this will be photo heavy, plus they'll be going to different challenges - here they are!

Copic-colored, fussy cut and mounted on an ink-blended panel.  This also fits into their current sketch.

This one was already mailed to the sender of my winnings.  It will go to ~

 

Card #2 ~

Colored, cut and layered, placed over some new pp, then the sentiment added with a handmade layered label.  These next two will go in my stash!

This one will be sent to ~

And finally, Card #3...

Stamped and colored, then cut out with a die I've been itching to use.  The base card was embossed with the largest die of a set, then the red panel was cut with a smaller die of the same set.  Oh, winking of the snow, hat bands and pom-poms, plus adding the twine too!  

Notice those colors?  Also heading to ~

 

Supplies:

   Card #1 - UN Layers of Life: Tiny Moments (NBUS); Splb Gorgeous You sentiment

   Card #2 - UN Cuddlebug Puppy (NBUS), and Cozy Cafe (NBUS) pp; Splb Grand Large Labels

   Card #3 - UN Stay Cozy (NBUS), and Grunge Cuts dies (NBUS); MFT Wonky Stitched Rectangles

If you made it all the way through the photos, congratulations and THANKS!  Your friendship, inspiration and motivation are not unnoticed!

Hugs,

TK

Merry Christmas x 2

I'm officially on a roll!  Yay me, getting those Christmas stash cards and keeping on top of the usuals... well, almost!  I have to carve away some time for an Anniversary zooming in!

Today's cards will be visiting a few challenges, but I wanted to say that I've been incredibly fortunate lately.  First, a Runner-Up at Color Hues #136, then I was drawn at the NBUS Mutual Appreciation post to win a GC from Stampin Bella, plus I won a prize at Unity Show n Tell -- so there's at least two more cards to come - lol!  But since I won at Color Hues, and I fell in love with the new challenge colors of Navy & Teal, here's my first card today ~

Stamped in triplicate, colored with Copics (sorry this is the darkest blue I have), inked blending in a sky, framed up, WoS added and glossy to the eyes and buttons.  Then, a close-up to show all that shine & shimmer ~

I kinda love this NBUS sweet guy!  Thanks, Karen, for the great colors and welcome, Rachel!

 

And since I had this sweet guy was already on my desk,  I decided to make another card and join in on Darnell's IDEAs Calendar, where it's Ink week (as if that first one didn't work also - lol) ~

Stamped, colored and winked, he was then fussy-cut.  I then made a forest behind him, matching the dark green cs base, inked in another sky and WoS added for grounding him.  I'm not sure where the sentiment tag cut came from, I found it randomly in my scraps and thought it would be a nice contrast.  Another close-up of the winked shimmer ~

CAS but oh so fun!

Supplies:

   Card #1 - UN Frost Kissed Gratitude (NBUS); PFS Essential Mini SL Frames; Splb Merry Messages bpp

   Card #2 - UN Frost Kissed Gratitude, Simple Holiday sentiments

That's it for me!  Off to pick the garden, then off to visit Mom!

Have a great, fire-free, safe week!  And thanks for the visit.

Hugs,

TK

Farewell to MFT WSC

 Though MFT Card Challenges are going away again, I wanted to make one last card!  With nowhere to post the card (MFT WSC #13), it would obviously be posted here.  I fell it love with the card made by Deborah and I decided to straight out CASE it!  That being said, I still love hers WAY more!

 Since I had no MFT Christmas papers, this green stripey paper was from their Sweet Celebrations pack, and the closest I could come up with.  A borrowed background pp was used from a "freebie" pack, but all other things are MFT.  Here's her card ~

The colors, the sweet images, the pretty papers -- oh my!

Supplies:

   MFT - Winter Songbird & dies, Elegant Rectangle Stax, Blueprints 27, Tasty Greetings sentiment

   Other - HB Christmas freebie papers

That's it for this sweet card, and one more for the stash!  Yay!

Hugs,

TK

Across The Miles

 Winter Greetings!

Oh!  Not yet?  It must be these Christmas cards I've been making - lol.

I started with an idea of using a snowman, an unused stamp, colored it with Copics, added some new patterned paper and ta-da!  Ok, maybe not quite that easy.  The image, pp and base card were all die cut with a dome die, then adhered together.  I love the look of the card, but decided to add glossy accents to the heart, plus stabilize the top "hinge" a bit more by adding pp to the inside.

This card will go to Peace On Earth #116, because I took the antiqued colors from the top two photos, and CAS Christmas challenge!

 

After putting all my stuff away and photographing my card, I decided that I wanted a second card using mostly the same products.  So here's the second card ~

This card uses the same image, a different die, other new pp and a different sentiment.  The heart was glossied on this card too.  This card will visit NBUS #88 - Mutual Appreciation and IDEAs Calendar for Anything Goes this week!

 

Ugh!  I missed NBUS, as I ready it ended tomorrow!!!

Supplies:

   Card #1 - UN Across The Miles stamp and Holiday Encore pp (both NBUS); WF Nested Dome dies and MFT Blueprints 27

   Card #2 - UN Across The Miles; MFT Elegant Stax dies, TE In & Out Christmas sentiment and CB Welcome Winter pp

Hump Day!  We're over the hump and the day is nearing done, I hope your week goes well.

Hugs,

TK

A Tree for a Trio

 Hello and welcome!

Today's card was made for a few challenges but it all started with the thought that I better get in gear with some Christmas cards!  Then, I really wanted to make it into a couple of challenges, let's just say that this card fit quite a few but I'll not be selfish and keep it to three:  Inspiration #372 - Christmas in July; NBUS #88 - Mutual Appreciation; and JUGS #833 - Stencil week ~

A hot foiled tree in champagne, ink blending, partial die-cutting and popped up on a complementary pp panel.  So, do you think it complements?  I know, it's kinda out there and not what I had envisioned, yet it was the panel that I kept coming back to!

And a close-up for the shine.  On the stencils, I did not use the "inner" stencils for more detail, instead I opted to just hand-blend my own depth and I rather like it!  In the words of Vicki D, "yep, it works for me!"

  

 

Supplies:

   PFS - Festive Foliage suite (NBUS)

   Splb - Holiday Florals gp (sentiment)

   HB - Great Outdoors pp

Well, I'm off to see a few challenges?  I hope to see you there!

Hugs,

TK

Sending Warm Blessings

 Hello and Welcome!

This is for all you friends who are braving out the winter snow and cold.  While I love the snow, some of those temps I've heard (-47 for one!), will keep me on my side of the U.S.!  I mean, we get snow, we get down to the teens usually for a week, but this winter we seem to be on the warmer side of all that.

Anywhoooo.....

I started this card, thinking I'd be sending it to JUGs - Stencil week, but I missed that since it took me 3 days to complete it.  My other hope was Christmas Kickstart #106 - Dreaming of a Pink Christmas.  It appears I'll make this one by the skin of my chinny-chin-chin, so I'd better get with it!

An NBUS stencil from T Holtz, a couple of pink inks (photo shows pink inks, not corals) for ink-blending, a lonely green Copic, a gold Signo gel and a "clear" gel pen, whichs looks more silver sparkle -- easy, right?  Nope!  While I love the stencil, it is only one, not a set of coordinating so there's A TON of masking.

I added a strip of coral-ish pink card at the bottom, and also layered the pink foiled sentiment on more of the same cardstock.  Here's a closer look that shows more sparkle from the two pens ~

Now, will I ever use this stencil again?  Probably not, even though it's beautiful.  Maybe it's me being lazy, or used to the newer layered stencils, but 3 days is just too much for me.  Thus the leaves in green Copic, and the centers and snow in pen.  After starting this card, I distinctly remember trying to use it one other time and then figuring out the masking issue...

Since this is an unused stencil until now, it'll also be heading to Darnell's NBUS #82.

 

Supplies:

   TH/Stampers Anon. - Poinsettia stencil

   Splb - Glitter Wishes hfp (also NBUS)

I'm so glad you stopped by and thank you for spending some time with me!

Hugs,

TK