Christmas Mice

Happy Monday!  I am hoping that you all had a good weekend.  We are in full Christmas mode here. My main tree is up and decorated and each room has a wee bit of Christmas decor in it.  Now to clean up the aftermath of all that decorating and get to the piles of laundry!

I love using patterned paper as a background for my images to create little scenes.  This paper is from the SurReally Cool Slimline Paper Pack and was absolutely perfect paired up with this image from the Very Mice Christmas Clear Stamp Set.

The image was stamped onto Copic friendly paper using Ink on 3 Fadeout ink.  This is a very helpful tool if you want to do some "no-line" coloring.  The ink lines blend into your coloring.  I used these Copic Markers for the coloring:

0, C00, C1, C3, R05, R24, R27, R59, G21, G24, G28

To create a frame for the scene, I used the Slimline Twisty Frame Die cut out of white cardstock.  I then cut strips of red cardstock and adhered them to the back of the die cut.

The sentiment is from Vintage Poinsettia Clear Stamp set and was heat embossed with silver powder.

I am a little bit in love with these cute mice.  They are cheeky, festive and look oh so happy to be bringing this candy cane to a favorite friend.  Or.....maybe they are stealing it away to nibble on for themselves!!!

Happy Day! Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Believe

 Happy Wednesday my crafty friends! Hope all is well with all of you.  I have quite a few Christmas cards made that I have not as yet had a chance to share with you so I had better get cracking!

To create this classic red & white Christmas card, I die cut both white and red cardstock using dies from the Slimline Tapered Frames Die Set.  I created the background by embossing white cardstock with the Slimline Diagonal Dots Embossing Folder and this was adhered to my slimline cardbase.  Then, I adhered the frames, alternating the red and white cardstock.

The sentiment was die cut from red cardstock using the Believe Word Die and I added some highlights to the lettering with a white pen.

I stamped and colored the Santa from the Warm Fuzzies Clear Stamp Set.  I only used a portion of the image as I just wanted it to fill the right hand side of my card.

Copic Markers used were:

E000, E00, E11, R20, C00, C1, C3, C7, C9, W00, W1, W3, R05, R14, R46, E43, E44, E47, BG72, BG75, YG23, YG63, G28

I love a clean and crisp classic card! Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Peaceful Christmas

Happy Saturday!  Hope you are all doing well.  What are you up to this fine weekend?  Right now, I am surrounded my allllll my Christmas decor.  It looks like an explosion of festive red, green and gold right now.  I think my weekend is pretty much going to be decorating and getting this all tidied up!

Whilst I may use very traditional colors in my holiday decor, I do love a blue and white Christmas Card.  This card started out as something quite different and then inspiration hit and it took me in another direction altogether!

The card base was made my using blue cardstock and embossing it with the new Diagonal Dots Slimline Embossing Folder.  I then blended some ink to the side (Prize Ribbon) and a little onto the center (Lawn Fawn White).

I used both the Slimline Tapered Frames Die Set and the Slimline Tapered Layers Die Set to cut out white cardstock.  The same white cardstock was used to die cut the wee houses from the Slimline Scenic Countryside Die Set and the sentiment from the Christmas Word Die.

Couldn't be easier!  I am just in love with the card!

Have a great weekend and I hope you get the chance to get a little crafty!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Christmas Magic - Brutus Monroe/Whimsy Stamps Collaboration

 Happy Monday my dear friends! It is getting quite nippy around these parts and this past weekend we finally put all the gardens to bed, covered up the roses, raked the leaves and bought my youngest a new pair of winter boots.  I am now, quite ready to say that it can snow if it so wishes!  We are READY!

I was really happy to be part of a collaboration between Whimsy Stamps and Brutus Monroe.  There is a Instagram Hop that you can go visit. I have the whole hop list over on my account @inkspots

I had never tried any Brutus Monroe products and I had fun playing with some of their wonderful products. I was really happy with how my cards turned out!  I had forgotten how fun creating my own backgrounds can be!

For this first card, I used the Santa image from the Warm Fuzzies Clear Stamp Set. It was stamped with Gina K Black ink onto some Copic X-Pressit paper.  I then colored it with Copic Markers:

E000, E00, E11, R20, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, W00, W1, W3, R35, R37, R39, R59, BG72, BG75, BG78, B63, B66, B69, E40, E43, E44, E47

I fussy cut my image out and then die-cut the sentiment from silver glitter cardstock using the Believe Word and Shadow Die Set.

For the background, I started with some dark purple cardstock that was cut to an A2 size.  I lightly blended some white ink onto the center, and then distress inks in Prize Ribbon and Black Soot.

Once that was all dry,  it was time to add the pretty starry background.  I used my palette knife to blend Galaxy Gold Galaxy Powder with Pearl Chroma Glaze.  I then spread it over the Galaxy Star Stencil which was placed over my cardstock.  I carefully removed it and let it dry completely before adding all the card components.

The snow hills were created using dies from the Stitched Border Trio Die Set and white cardstock. Once they were cut, I blended some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink over top.

For this card, I stamped the Mistletoe Fairy using the same ink and paper that I used on the first card and colored the image with Copic Markers:

E000, E00, E11, R20, E40, E42, E43, E44, C00, C1, C3, 0, BG70, BG72, BG75, YR31, YG61, YG63, YG67, R35, R37, R59

Once again, I fussy cut the image and created the sentiment using silver glitter paper and this time, the Christmas Word Die.

I cut 3 pieces of dark purple cardstock to an A2 size (4.25" x 5.5").  Two of these were then die cut with one of the dies in the Stained Glass Window Die Set and then were adhered together.  These will create my "window" on the card.

With the third piece of cardstock, I blended white ink onto the center and again used distress inks in Prize Ribbon and Black Soot.

Once completely dry, I used an old paint brush to spray tiny drops of White Aqua Pigment and then Gilded Aqua Pigment all over the cardstock.  Once completely dry, I assembled and adhered all the components for my card!

Supplies

Thanks for stopping by! I hope my cards inspired you and don't forget to visit the hop!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Believe

Happy Wednesday! Hope all is going well with you all.  Are you getting your holiday cards done?  I had hoped to have more done by now......hoping to get more done this week!

I do have a new one to share with you today and I have used new goodies from the newest mini release from Whimsy Stamps!

This cute (and somewhat intense mouse - has he been eating all the candy canes?) is from the new Deck the Halls Mice Clear Stamp Set.  I colored him with copic markers and then cut out the image using one of the smaller dies in the new Stained Glass Window Die Set.  I colored the background to match the patterned paper that I used for the mat for my card.  The pack is the Autumn Hues one.  Even though this is an autumn themed pack, I thought that this particular paper looked like what a close up of a Christmas tree looks like - diffuse and lit up.

I used the Believe Word and Shadow Die Set to cut out the sentiment from both vellum and the left-over patterned paper.  I then adhered all the components to my card and added some white dot detail to the frame using a white gel pen.

Thanks for joining me today! Have a good one!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Rockin' Christmas Trees

Happy Tuesday! I hope you are all doing great! I have a new Christmas card to share with you today!

 The trees in the new Rockin' Christmas Trees Clear Stamp Set are so cheerful and festive and I thought they would look great paired with the Shaker Maker Globe Die Set.

I used the dies in the Globe set to cut out various colors of cardstock.  The frame was cut with light grey, the background out of light blue, and the base out of white.

The base was embossed using the new Holly Embossing Folder and the blue background had some blue ink sponged onto the edges.

The images were stamped with Gina K black ink onto some Copic X-Pressit paper and colored with these copic markers:

YG61, YG63, YG67, YR31, YR23, YR24

My cardbase measures 4.25"x 5.5" and I cut a mat out of paper from the new Christmas Eve Paper Pack that measures 4.0"x 5.25".

I then adhered everything together.  I added a few of the snowflakes that were diecut from the globe background and added some white detail to the frame of the globe using a white gel pen.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope these festive little Christmas trees made you smile!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Believe

 Happy Monday, Happy November and Happy Release Day!

I am fully embracing November as it is my month where I get prepared for Christmas! Lots to do this month and a lot of it involves papercrafting, decorating, shopping and baking! My favorite things. Well, actually I don't like to shop in general BUT I do love holiday shopping for others!!!

This is a simple card to make (hella difficult to photograph though).  I started with an A2 base and used one of the papers in the new 6'x6" Christmas Eve Paper Pack  as the background.

I embossed some white cardstock using the new Holly Slimline Embossing folder and cut that into a band for the card.

I die cut the components for my sentiment from vellum as well as some glittered silver paper using the new Believe Word and Shadow Die.

I added thin bands of the same glittered silver paper to the top and bottom of the embossed band and added some snowflakes made using the Shaker Maker Glitter Globe Die set (which I had out to use for another card - stay tuned - I am posting that one tomorrow).

All done. Simple and festive!

Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo