A Holiday Treat For You

 Back again with another card made using MFT's sketch and this week I've used "Holiday Penguins" and made it into a shaker card! 

You know I don't know what these photo's look like when they get to you but on my screen, when I add them to blogger they lose so much resolution.  If you know why, or if it doesn't look like that on your end I'd love to hear from you.  I get so irritated when I have a beautiful sharp, clear and bright photo and it's changed once on Blogger.  Anyway, that's my rant for today.  LOL!

Here is MFT's Sketch #515!!

Thanks for coming by!
Hugs,
Eulanda

Christmas Tweetings Shaker

Here I am back again and I'm sorry but I just can't stop making shaker cards!!  😂😂😂 I'm going to blame the industry as it's very much promoting them right now and I'm falling for it.  ha ha ha!! 

My sweet image is from Christmas Tweetings and I coloured her up with my Prismacolour pencil crayons.  I added some Snow-Tex then Stickles glitter to her pom pom and hat then, popped her up on my shaker using some dimensional dots.  Behind my shaker, I've used a piece of design paper from the new Christmas Blessings 6"x 6" paper pad.  

To get the background in the shaker, I covered my paper using Distress Ink "Weathered Wood" for my background colour then let it dry.  I covered that piece with the "Christmas Trees" layering stencil and coloured it using the "Picket Fence" distress ink so I could get a decent white base behind the glitter I'm using in my next layer.  I thought if I covered the weathered wood background I had, the glitter gel might not come through as solid as I wanted. 

After my picket fence distress ink dried, I added the glitter gel to the stencil.

The sentiment is also from the super cute Christmas Tweetings stamp collection.  I've cut the strip and then curled it with a pencil to give it more dimension.  I glued the right side of the strip but then added a dimensional foam dot under "YOU" for even more dimension cuz that's what I'm all about.  Texture and dimension!  😀💕

I hope this little post gives you some idea's on how to use the new stencils in the shop because they are sooooooooooo awesome!!  Do you like using stencils when you create?

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs,

Eulanda

Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses - MFT

Well as you can see I'm really enjoying MFT stamps.  I'm liking the simplicity of being able to make a super cute scene, not quite like my fru fru cards.  LOL!  There's a place for those so I won't stop making them but I will start making less.  I also like to focus on the image and the colouring and let that stand out instead of the embellishments.  Not always and I will sometimes share cards that have an amazing image and embellies but both work.  

Today I'm sharing a card using MFT's "Warm Hugs & Frosty Kisses" stamp set.

I'm entering MFT's sketch challenge #514.  Can you even imagine have over 500 sketch challenges?!!  WOW!!  

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Eulanda

Snowball Kisses

I'm sharing another shaker card with you because I am seriously hooked!!!  😀😀 The first thing I did was add some distress oxide ink to the pretty "Snowflake Flurry" stencil for the wintery background.  I covered the finished background with my acetate, filled it with shaker contents and then proceeded to complete the card on the outside of the shaker.  

I'm using an image from the super cute new "Snowball Kisses" stamp set and this one I've coloured up using my Prismacolor pencil crayons.  I'm not sure if you can see it but I've added glossy accents to give his ski goggles a shine.  😂😂

The "Merry Christmas" sentiment is also from the same collection.  

I felt like I need just a little bit more for my scene so I added a stack of pom pom's to the lower left corner.  Hee Hee .... he's ready for a snowball fight!!  

Here is a video of the shaker.  I found the shaker material a little tight in this particular card so next time I will take into consideration the height of all my contents.  I don't usually need to add a double layer of 3D foam but that might be an option I would consider next time.

I hope today's card has helped inspire you to get crackin' on those xmas cards.  They really are my favourite to create but what about you?  What are you favourite cards to create?

Hugs,

Eulanda

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Prismacolor Combo's

Canary yellow, sunburst yellow, yellowed orange, mineral orange, pumpkin orange, chocolate

Spring green, apple green, grass green, dark green

Light aqua, aquamarine, cobalt turquoise

Jade green, muted turquoise, slate grey

MFT Sending Christmas Joy

Sharing a card I made a few weeks ago and the recipient finally got it.  It was a challenge a friend put out to me on how I would use this die from MFT "Sending Christmas Joy".   I do have a few more idea's in mind for this one!  I also used the relatively new release "Present Time" snowmen.  They're so cute!

I wanted to make the sentiment really pop so I used 4 layers of 120lb cardstock.

 

For the last layer I die cut one layer using some white glitter paper.  OOooooooo ... aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!  😂😂

The background was really easy because I already had it made.  LOL!!  What a cheater huh?  At first I thought so too, then I thought "work smarter, not harder".  One day I made a bunch of different distress ink backgrounds.  I'm running low so it looks like I need to do it again soon!  

Enjoy your day!

Hugs,

Eulanda

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Copics:

RV13, 25, 29, 69

YG03, 63, 67, G99

E31, 33, 34, 35, 37, 47

W3, 5, 7, 9

B32, 34, 37, 39

Snowmen - BV20, B0000, 0

MFT Merry & Bright

I wanted to play with a new set of stamps I got from MFT called "Cozy Companions".  Honestly I really only bought it for the fireplace.  LOL!!  It turned out to be a really great masculine xmas card just by adding some garland to the staircase (my sister thought the top angle cut is where you'd be walking up the stairs - 😀) and some fireplace decorations.  Well and the addition of the "Merry & Bright" sentiment just set it right off!  🎄

Again I decided to join the MFT sketch challenge #513 with a few little tweaks of my own.

Are you getting your xmas cards ready yet?  
Thanks for peeking!!
Hugs, 
Eulanda