Countdown to Christmas #12

Happy Monday... Nothing new here just another "manic Monday"... nah... not really manic at all, but I do remember that song fondly.

I've got Christmas Card #12 for you today and I have yet to get behind so far. I was the lucky recipient of this very pretty stamp set called Singing Birds from Pink Persimmon. I love this stamp set... but I wanted it to fit my needs to make a Christmas card and the end result is the card below.

The set doesn't come with the Merry Christmas sentiment so I added my own from THIS set at Clear Dollar Stamps. It fit perfectly.

I colored my image with my Copics , added some Christmas red stickles, and used some Judikins diamond glaze to the leaves. I know its hard to see in the photo but it adds a great touch to the card since there aren't a lot of other embellishments.

And of course, I had to use my left over Basic Grey Wassail paper. Finally, I got to play with some Tim Holtz ink and the sponges and they are indeed very cool.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. Its early release today so the oldest will be home right after lunch!

Pink Persimmon Blog Hop Sketch Challenge

Keep scrolling down to see Sneak Peeks for Clear Dollar Stamps - Day 2

Hi everyone! I've got a 2nd post for you. I've had some very cute Pink Persimmon stamps that needed some ink and low and behold, I got this great e-mail from them saying that they were having a blog hop with prizes. It doesn't get better than that does it?

So, I got down to it and created 3 cards. The challenge for the whole blog hop was to follow the sketch shown to the left, but there were a couple of extra challenges thrown in here and there.

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Here is the card that I created for Samantha Sibbet's Blog.

I used a stamp set called Ribbit and colored everything in with Copics. I just couldn't decide on a sentiment so I left it off for now until I figure out who, where, and why I want to send the card to. I decided to use some great paper from TaDa Creative Studios. Its from the Whirly Gig Collection, specifically Casablanca.

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I made this next card for Kelly Schirmer's blog.

Kelly had an extra challenge which was to paper piece. No problem, the set I used to do so, I think lends itself to it. I used a set called Love Dove. I paired this stamp image with some fabulous Cosmo Cricket paper... I'm sure you see the connection (lol). I stamped the dove on the designer paper and then stamped again on plain cardstock, cut the flowers out, added some dimensionals to them and then colored them with Copics. The crochet yarn is 2 different kinds and I purchased those at Walmart I think.

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And finally, my last card I created for Kristie Larsen's blog.

I opted to keep this card very simple and clean and if you notice, it uses the same paper as the 1st card. The reason for this is because I attempted my card using this cardstock several times... waste not want not!

I did add some seed beads from Martha Stewart to the center of the flower. The flower is from the Ribbit set. I saw so many great projects using these tiny seeds all over CHA and this is my first use with them. The sentiment is from a CTMH set that I have.

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Edited to Add:

One more last card that I got to create for Linda Beeson's blog...

For this card, I used the sketch and my very 1st Pink Persimmon set that I purchased a while ago called Scottie Dogs. I again paired it with some Cosmo Cricket... just because we love Cosmo Cricket (lol).

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a great evening!

Greetings

I just received a stamp set from this little company called Pink Persimmon. I love clear stamps so I was immediately drawn to these, plus their designs are almost nostalgic I guess. I really want the Little Red Wagon set, but decided to just hold off for a wee bit. I had been going back and forth as to how much I could spend and what I wanted. I really wanted 3 sets, but opted to just one for right now. The one I picked is called Scottie Dogs and it is just the cutest.

Plus, Caardvarks is having Pink Persimmon blog candy - really GOOD candy. Go check it out. This is the card that I made for my entry and while I was at it I made another one that I think I will send out as a Christmas card. I always think of black and red plaid with Scottie dogs and that was my intention with the second card, but it ended up with a holiday look instead.

For this card though, I used Papertrey ink's Polka Dot Basics for my background (in pink) and accented it with more pink, a little bit of peach, and gray. I stamped my dog in grey as well to give him a softer look. I did a bit of paper piecing added a bit of blink with some stickles and used my nesties to frame my image.

Cardstock: GP white, Baby Pink, Taffy (CTMH), Ink: Baby Pink, Grey Wool (CTMH), Stamps: Scottie Dogs (Pink Persimmon), PTI's Polka dot Basics, Other: Ribbon, Stickles, Nestabilities
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And here is my festive scottie dog card. I am quite pleased with the way it turned out. I really feel like these would make really cute holiday cards, fairly simple like this or jazzed up. Its card to see, but I embossed the dog to jazz him up a bit.

Thanks for stopping by and checking things out. Hope you are having a great weekend.




Cardstock: Colonial White, White Daisy, Ponderosa Pine (CTMH), PP: Everlasting Level 2 (CTMH), Ink: Versamark, Black (CTMH), Stamps: Scottie Dog (Pink Persimmon), Other: Copic, CTMH Ribbon, paper Piercer, Nestabilities, EP