A Horse Inspired by Mary Poppins and Other Animals

I'm building up my Christmas stash thanks to various challenges.  Here are three from SCS challenges.

First up:

For SCS Ways to Use It (use stripes in honour of Dr. Seuss Day) and SCS Free for All (be inspired by something in Mary Poppins).

One of my favourite scenes in Mary Poppins is when they ride the carousel and Mary works some magic so that the carousel horses come off the carousel and they go riding about the countryside.

The only carousel stamp I have is this one so it was a good chance to get another Christmas card done for my stash.

I used scraps of a striped dp for the Free for All challenge, bordering both sides of my image with it.

On the fur trim of the horse's blanket, I used a tinsel glitter, and on the snowflakes and flourishes around the pole, I used regular glitter.

Next up:

For SCS Clean and Simple ("Luck of the Irish " - a card that uses green for St Patrick's Day but celebrates any occasion).

The teddy bear looks pretty pleased with himself so he probably had a very successful shopping trip - maybe because he wore his lucky green scarf!

Pretty basic - watercoloured, trimmed down, bordered with a stitched green panel, and popped up on fun foam.

And last up:

For SCS Christmas Card Challenge (a theme of sledding, snowboarding, etc.).

A quick simple card to make - stamped image and sentiment, coloured with coloured pencils and Gamsol, a bit of Stickles added to the snow, bordered in black, and popped up on fun foam.

I just love making Christmas cards and, given all the snow Vancouver keeps getting, it's been easy to be in the mood for it!

Supplies for Card 1:

Stamps - Whimsy Christmas carousel horse, Old Island Stamp Co. sentiment

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper - white cs, striped dp

Size - A2

Accessories - markers, Martha Stewart tinsel glitter and regular glitter, Quickie glue pen
Supplies for Card 2:

Stamps - Penny Black

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Paper - watercolour paper, green and white cs

Size - 4.75" square

Accessories - watercolour paints, Lil Inkers stitched square, fun foam

Supplies for Card 3:

Stamps - Penny Black

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper - white and black cs

Size - 4.75" square

Accessories - coloured pencils, Gamsol, Stickles, Nesties square dies, fun foam

A Star for Happy Little Stampers

Another month flown by and it's already time for a new Happy Little Stampers' Christmas challenge!

I love stars on Christmas cards so definitely wanted to use the optional twist for my Design Team card.

I started with a spritz of homemade gold spray on my white cs, keeping it mostly in the top left corner.  I die cut a gold star and placed it over the sprayed area.  The sentiment is stamped in gold and the panel bordered in gold, then popped up on fun foam.

Come and join us at Happy Little Stampers' Christmas challenge for a chance at a prize:

You have until the end of March to enter.

I'm looking forward to seeing lots of cards using the optional twist of stars so that I can be inspired by you as well!

I'm also entering my card in this week's Merry Monday challenge "Shimmer and Sparkle".

Supplies:

Stamps - Impression Obsession "star of wonder"

Ink - Delicata Golden Glitz

Paper - white and gold cs

Size - A2

Accessories - Memory Box star of wonder die, homemade gold spray, fun foam

Classic Spring Watercolour

The March challenge for CAS Watercolour is "Spring".

What could be more evocative of spring than a vase full of tulips?  I decided not to use any fancy watercolour techniques, but rather to keep it just classic watercolouring so that the image can stand in its own right.

After I'd watercoloured the vase and flowers, I was planning to watercolour a background or do some splattering, but decided either of those would take away from the image and make the card less CAS, so simply watercoloured a bit of grounding for the vase, used a stitched rectangle die to trim it down, popped it up on fun foam, and added three sequins and a sentiment.

Please come over to CAS Watercolour to see the cards posted by the rest of the Design Team and our wonderful Guest Designer, Heather Telford of bits & pieces.  You have until March 24th to post your card - please be sure to stick to the theme of spring and keep your card CAS (clean and simple).

Supplies:

Stamps - Penny Black "Tulips in Porcelain", PTI sentiment

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Paper - white cs, watercolour paper

Size - A2

Accessories - Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, blue and yellow sequins, fun foam

Smooshed Inchie

The months roll around so quickly!  I can't believe it's already time for the March CAS Mix Up challenge!  This month it's "smooshing" (and if you're not sure what that is, there are some links to video tutorials on the CAS Mix Up post.

And, speaking of the months rolling around so quickly, it's already the first birthday of the CAS Mix Up challenge! 

Loll and Bonnie decided to celebrate so they are offering prizes this month!

Prizes

$25 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp for Challenge Winner

&

$25 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp for one random draw of all entries

 (must follow rules to be eligible for prizes)

 

Sadly I'm not eligible for a prize since I'm on the Design Team.  Instead I'm here to inspire you with my smooshed card:

I went with smooshing with Distress inks on watercolour paper.  I used three different colours and ended up with quite a large piece of smooshing.  I trimmed it down to my favourite section and then stamped and heat embossed an inchie stamp on a bit of the leftover.  I die cut it with a little square die and also die cut a brown branch. 

I mounted the smooshed panel on fun foam, glued on the branch (letting it hang over the edges of the panel, bordered the inchie with a bit of white cs to make it stand out more, and placed it on the branch in such a way that the die cut branch lines up with the branch in the inchie image.  Since the image is so little, I went with a small sentiment.

So come on out and show us your smooshing.  There's more wonderful inspiration from the Design Team and our Guest Designer, Marcia Hill of Marcia's Stampin' Pad.  Please remember to make your card CAS (Clean and Simple), and include some stamping and at least one other option from the list on the right on the CAS Mix Up blog.

Supplies:

Stamps - Inkadinkado inchie stamp, Rosie's Roadshow sentiment

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, Distress inks (Shabby Shutters, Bundled Sage, Scattered Straw)

Paper - white cs, watercolour paper

Size - A2

Accessories - clear embossing powder, Memory Box branch die, Nesties square die, fun foam