Last minute Christmas cards

Christmas is just a few days away and I bet some of you, like me, are making up some last minute cards.  Here's a quick and easy one I made up last night using a freebie from Marker Guru.

The image was super quick and easy to colour.  I matted it and used the airgun to add some colour to the background, though that could have been done with sponges.  The snow flakes in the background were added with liquid pearls, and the ring of trees was covered with holly green stickles.

Good luck as you do your last minute Christmas preparations!!

Challenges:
2 Sisters - Christmas
Stamptacular Sunday - Tree
Dutch Dare Challenge - Winter
Sew Many Challenges - Winter
Fresh Brewed - Merry Christmas

Stampin for the Weekend - Christmas
Wags N Whiskers - Snowflakes
Moving along with the times - Let it snow
Copic Creations - Sparkle

Colour challenge at CDAC and freebie

The countdown to Christmas continues....I hope you are all staying calm and taking the chance to enjoy the festivities!

Here is a card I made using a freebie from MarkerGuru that you can get at CDAC right now as part of a colour challenge.

You must excuse my card, the challenge was for a CHRISTMAS inspired card using pink, beige and blue green, but I didn't know about the Christmas part of the challenge or would have substituted some ornaments instead of hearts LOL!

So this morning I went to my dentist to get a couple of my teeth fixed, it was just a quick fix to keep them from being sensitive, and not covered by my medical plan, and he was so nice--he totally comped the charges and gave me a huge box of chocolates as a Christmas gift.....Wow!!  I have the best dentist.  I want to make a little set of cards for him as a thank you and know that House Mouse has some cute dentist ones so will have to check that out,  I'll let you know how it goes!

Anyway, as an update on the ornament and candle making, I had some setbacks yesterday....this is obviously a learning experience, three trips to Micheals later, and a few discards so far, but I hope to have something to show off for you by Monday :-)

Christmas is coming!

So the mass production of cards has continued, and my cards are almost all ready but none of them have been written in them or mailed yet....eek!  Am I the only one???

Here is a cute card I made this past week that was super quick to make and I think looks great, especially in person.  I used a freebie digi from MarkerGuru for this (still available, you may want to snag it while you can!).

I used some new fuzzy flock stuff I just got recently on the white parts of the hat, which is nice since it feels fuzzy when you feel it, and it does a good job of hiding the red ink that went where it shouldn't of LOL!

So an update on my Christmas readiness....Tree is up, but I realize now it is pitifully bare, and hubby says no new decorations till they go on clearance on the 26th....think I will make some of my own ornaments, we'll see!.....the outside lights are up, just a few but enough....I have baked one type of cookie (out of my normal 6 or so) and one christmas cake.....

What about you all?  how are your Christmas preparations going???

Christmas Robot

Hi folks!

I see that there are a few new followers after the blog hop this past weekend, and want to extend a welcome to all of you new folks!  I couldn't believe how many folks came through my site for the blog hop....I received in the range of 500 comments!!!  I have to tell you, I usually return the love when it comes to commenting, so if you leave me a comment I'll come and visit you, but I had to break that rule this time round.   Even if I only spent 1 minute going to each site that would be 500 minutes or 8.3 hours!

Anyway,  today we have a fun card using a fresh image from Marker Guru.

The image is a freebie from MarkerGuru that is still available for a few more days, so get it while you can!    After that it will be in the shop.  It took all of 5 minutes to colour this, using my C1, T2 and T4 markers mainly, with some green and red etc. for embellishment.  In behind the robot you can see I airbrushed a bit of colour for a background.

The bow is made with my handy dandy bow-easy, and the sentiment is from an embossing folder.   An embossing folder, using the letterpress technique, was also used to create the poinsettia paper in the background.  Simply ink up the embossing folder before adding the paper.

I've got a couple of neat projects I've done up recently I'll be posting over the rest of the week, and I'm working on putting together a tutorial on a mini accordion album, so keep your eye out over the next couple of weeks for some new things!

Recipe challenge

Sunday's here again, I hope you all have been having a great weekend!  For me it's been super busy and very crafty, with group card making get togethers and a dinner party too....think I'll need a rest by Monday LOL!

Today at Sentimental Sunday's we have a fun recipe challenge for you....to make a card using 3 DP, 3 Buttons and ribbon too.  This is my creation.

The cute fish image is a freebie available right now by new digi artist, Marker Guru.  The sentiment is from the Raindrop Echo designs Get Well set available at the Whimsy store.  The image took about 2 minutes to colour with copics, very easy, and then I airbrushed around the outside of it.  Cut out the DP and layered it up.

The sunflowers are made using a Limited Edition stamp set called Aztec Gold from Heartfelt Creations that coordinates with the Blossoms 2 Nestability set, and which is only available until the end of December....They are stamped in orange ink on orange patterned DP and then cut out with the die cut and then layered using a glue gun (though pop up dots would work just as well.

Gotta run, today's guest has arrived!  I'll catch up with you later in the week.

Dolphin Thank you

Sunday has rolled around again, I just can't believe how fast time is passing!  It means Christmas is that much closer, and then after that my annual sun vacation--yay!  I was thinking about warm ocean and palm trees when I worked on this card.

The cute dolphin image is a digi from Marker Guru that's been a freebie this past week--if you go soon you may be able to snag it yourself!  The tickets are from a digi set called Worldwide TIcket Sentiments by Raindrop Echo Designs and available at the Whimsy store.  

Our challenge at Sentimental Sundays this week is to make a thank you or a Thanksgiving card.  Since we already celebrated Thanksgiving here in Canada last month, I decided to go with the Thank you theme.  I hope you'll play along with us this week!

The image was coloured with Copics, using the airgun for the background.  I also used a white and silver gel pen to add some accents to the dolphin.  The backgrounds were swiped with white pigment ink after being embossed.

I plan to bring this card with me on our next vacation to use as a thank you card for our customer service rep at the resort--that's the person who makes sure everything goes smoothly and deals with your complaints.  We're pretty high maintenance--seems we are always asking to change rooms, need help with reservations etc--so they usually deserve some extra thanks :-)  I was thrilled to be able to use the tickets in different languages, including Spanish which is what they speak there.

Hope you have all been having a great week.  

Marker Guru freebie

Happy Monday (? is that an oxymoron???)

Today I've got a card to share with you using a freebie from MarkerGuru.  It features the cuttest little pine marten bringing some little birds a spot of mistletoe.  It made me smile since it reminds me of a pet ferret I once had, who was so sweet and got in to everything :-)

The image is drawn by a local artist who has added digi stamps to her line of creations.  You can find them at her site, MarkerGuru, along with weekly freebies.  Today there's a new one, but I think you can still upload this one if you are quick about it :-).

So, you probably noticed how quiet I was this weekend.  I had the chance to go to a scrapbook convention...got to say I have a very understanding DH!  It was a lot of fun and I had a chance to meet some online friends in person.  Also have to say there are some serious crafters out there!  (ok, me being one of them LOL!).  So many different products too, and lots of vendors giving demos of how they worked.  Definitely will go to one of these again.  But can you believe a 4 day weekend and not a single card made...eek!  Will have to catch up soon!

Trick or Treat

Happy Tuesday!  September is winding down and October is almost here....have you planned your Halloween costume yet?

 Today I have a card to share with you that was made using some digis by Gurukitty / Marker Guru.  Last week I shared with you a card using a pumpkin.  These are other images in that same digi pak--great value!

Isn't that little witch sweet!  She was super easy to colour too, no fine details that were too small for my marker tips (sigh of relief!).  She and the pumpkins were coloured in copics, and the background was sprayed with Graphite Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.

Give Thanks

When I took my Copic certification class I had a chance to meet an artist who is not a card maker.  Since the room was filled with crafters like me who spend so much time making cards, I was interested to find out more about her and was impressed at her knowledge of colouring techniques.

Since then she has started designing images for cardmakers, and was kind enough to share a couple with me.  Today I bring you a card using one of the new images designed by MarkerGuru.  Check out her website to see the new images and also some fabulous colouring tutorials.