Kool Kitty Musings

DCM - Shine

Good morning!

It's a brand new one-word-inspiration challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog today, and our focus word is "Shine".

Well, to make my card shine, I relied on metallic cardstock, glitter cardstock, and some gems - real Christmas staples:

Stamp: Lil' Inker Designs - All The Christmas You'll Ever Need (r)
Dies: The Greetery - Christmas Pudding
Stencils: Concord & 9th - Boughs & Holly

I started out by stencilling the holly wreath on a panel of white cardstock using various inks from the Concord & 9th mini ink cube set.

While my panel was drying, I cut the Christmas pudding elements from a mix of plain cardstock, glitter cardstock, and metallic cardstock in my Sidekick.

Before I assembled the pudding on the card front, I first stamped the sentiment to match the Figgy pudding theme in my Misti so that it would be close to straight(!).

Finally, with the pudding in place, I added some frosty crystal gems from my very large and almost antique selection of Prima pearls and gems.

Make sure you check out the wonderful projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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Lil' Inker Designs - All The Christmas You'll Ever Need stamps (r) Shop at: MISC	The Greetery - Christmas Pudding die Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	Concord & 9th - Boughs & Holly stencils Shop at: EH | MISC | SBC | SHC (UK)	Lawn Fawn - Doe ink pad Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)
Lawn Fawn - Soot ink pad Shop at: SBC | SHC (UK)	Lawn Fawn - Walnut ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK)	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Concord & 9th - Ink cube set Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC (UK)
Concord & 9th - Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC (UK)	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: EH | MISC	Lawn Fawn - Gold metallic cardstock Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Memory Box - Festive glitter pad Shop at: EH | MISC
Ranger - Glossy Accents Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Marvy Jewel Picker Shop at: AZ (UK)	Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)
Yoseng 8 Finger Ink Blending Brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

DCM - White

Morning!

This week's one-word prompt over on the Daring Cardmakers blog is: WHITE

I went with using white for a silhouette technique to create a wintry scene:

Dies: Concord & 9th - Christmas Cottage (r), Simon Says Stamp - Season's Greetings
Other: Distress inks

I started out by using various shades of Distress Inks to create a blended wintry sky on Bristol cardstock. I splattered the background with pearlescent Gansai Tambi paint and white bleed-proof paint.

For extra sparkly details, I cut the moon, chimney smoke, snow on the roof, and window details from glitter cardstock in the Festive glitter pad from Memory Box.

I created two cuts of the sentiment, so I could layer it on the background for a little extra pop.

Make sure you check out the fab ideas from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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Concord & 9th - Christmas Cottage dies (r) Shop at: SHC (UK)	Simon Says Stamp - Season's Greetings dies Shop at: MISC	Distress ink pad - Black Soot Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Distress ink pad - Mermaid Lagoon Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Distress ink pad - Picked Raspberry Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Distress ink pad - Wilted Violet Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: EH | MISC	Strathmore Bristol cardstock Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Memory Box - Festive glitter pad Shop at: EH | MISC	Dr. Pj. Martin's Bleed Proof White watercolour Shop at: AZ (UK)	Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36-pan watercolour set Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Craft blending brushes Shop at: AZ (UK)	Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC	Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Splat Box Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC | SHC (UK)
Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	Ranger - Artist brush set Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC

DCM - Holly

Morning!

Things are hopefully returning to normal here on my blog, and just in time!

We've got a fun new "Christmas countdown" running the rest of the year over on the Daring Cardmakers blog.

The focus word this week is "Holly" and you can interpret it any which way you want, doesn't even need to be a Christmas card.

Well, I went diving into the annuls of time and scrapbook collections of Christmases past.

My card features some very vintage Crate Paper from the 2012 Sleigh Ride collection no less...

Paper: Crate Paper - Sleight Ride (r)
Tag: Crate Paper - Hey Santa (r)
Stamps: Hello Bluebird - Typed Christmas, The Stamp Market - Eat Cake
Dies: The Stamp Market - Eat Cake, Hello Bluebird - Holly and Pine, The Greetery - PreText Banners, The Stamp Market - Fringe Borders

It all started with the cheeky Santa tag in the Hey Santa paper pad from a few Christmases ago.

I really wanted to pair it with some "naughty or nice list" reference, and spotted the ledger paper in my bag of Sleigh Ride left-overs.

I added some contrasting minty teal paper to the bottom half of the card, then die-cut a frosty white fringe border from glitter paper and some pine boughs from the Holly and Pine die set by Hello Bluebird.

I glammed up the Santa with twine and a button, and stamped out the Holly Jolly sentiment from the Typed Christmas set on a sentiment strip from The Greetery.

Once everything was assembled, I added a festive sequin and a little bow (stamped with Matcha ink) that had been sitting on my desk as it didn't get used in the original project I'd intended it for. It worked with these colours, so on it went!

I suppose I really should have added a sprig of holly somewhere, but I'm sure more holly is on the horizon... ;)

Make sure you check out the projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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Hello Bluebird - Typed Christmas stamps Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Eat Cake stamps Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Eat Cake dies Shop at: MISC	Hello Bluebird - Holly and Pine dies Shop at: MISC
The Greetery - PreText Banners dies Shop at: SHC (UK) | TG	The Stamp Market - Fringe Borders dies Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market - Matcha ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
Concord & 9th - Assorted cardstock pack Shop at: EH | MISC | SHC (UK)	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: EH | MISC	Crate Paper - Hey Santa - 6x8 paper pad Shop at: MISC | SBC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC
3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC (UK)	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC
Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ (UK) | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ (UK) | EH | SBC