Lunar New Year Challenge | Health and Happiness

Hi Crafty friends, I have a post up on the Lunar New Years Challenge blog today for my last post as Guest Designer. I'm excited to share my December project with you today. My card features products from sponsor Catherine Pooler Designs

I started off by ink blending my background with Distress Oxide Ink's in Tumbled Glass, Prize Ribbon, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot. I set the panel aside to dry while I die cut some of the other elements of my card.

Once the panel was dry I splattered some white acrylic paint over the panel to add some stars to my night time background.

TIP: I have found when splattering on Distress Oxide inks you will get a different look whether the inked background it still wet, or dry. If I want to achieve a more crisp splatter, I let my panel dry first.

The focal point of my card is Catherine Pooler Designs Paper Lantern. It was die cut from matt gold cardstock. I cut a piece of red cardstock to glue to the back of the lantern.

The sentiment it from Spellbinder's Making Me Smile. It was not foiled and cut with the coordinating dies and attached to the panel with foam tape for dimension.

Visit the December Link-Up Party post HERE to see all of the design team projects and be inspired to create your own! When sharing your challenge entries on social media, feel free to save this badge and post it along with your project. Please tag us @lunarnewyearchallenge on Instagram and use the hashtag #lunarnewyearchallenge so everyone can find and be inspired by all your amazing projects.

An Update

Hi there friends!

I'm popping in today with an update. It's been a week since Snowmaggedon and we have been getting just a bit more snow every day! With all that snow you might say we are going to have a white Christmas, and we probably are but next week the forecast is rain! We'll see how it plays out.

I held off about as long as I possibly could to post this but I'm afraid it does not look like the postal strike with Canada Post is going to end any time soon  It makes me so sad to say, I don't think the strike will end in time for me to mail out Christmas cards this year! 

Don't knock me off your lists yet, I will be back mailing cards out next year!

Wishing you all the happiest of holidays!

Tracey
xoxo

Color Hues #100th Challenge

Hi crafty friends! Welcome to the Color Hues Color Challenge's 100th Challenge! We are so excited to reach this milestone and if you pop oer to the Color Hues blog at the end of this post you can learn about the special giveaway this month for our big #100!

The challenge is running for the month of December, you have until December 29th to play along.

Our fearless leader Nancy choose the colors of Blue and Purple. I decided to make a snow flurry using Catherine Pooler's Swirling Snow background stamp, some Distress Oxide Inks and a Giant Let It Snow word LawnCut from Lawn Fawn.

I used Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Wilted Violet Distress Oxides Inks over the white heat embossed Swirling Snow background. I splattered some mettalic white gold watercolour over the panel and then a little splatter of yellow gold watercolour.

The Lawn Fawn Giant Let It Snow LawnCut was cut from Lawn Fawn Pixie Dust cardstock. I cut two more layers with white heavyweight cardstock and glued all the layers together before I glued it to the card front!

If you haven't already visited the Color Hues Color Challenge Blog I hope you stop by and see what my fabulous teammates have created for the challenge. 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create!

Color Hues #99

Hi there crafty friends! It's time for a new colour duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge #98! Teammate Marcia chose the colours of Pink& Aqua! We also have a new member joining our team, Bonnie Klass is joining us for the first time this challenge!You'll love her, I have been a fan for years.

I have been ruthlessly going through my collection of stamps and dies and only keeping those that are near and dear to my hear. I'm using a couple old sets from Paper Smooches that I'm sure I will keep forever--Merry Motifs and Christmas Sampler.

I coloured and die cut the baubles.Then cut smaller sitched rectangle that I matted with Silver Sparkle cardstock.

The string for the baubles were hand drawn with Copic multiliners. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler.

If you haven't already visited the Color Hues Color Challenge Blog I hope you stop by and see what my fabulous teammates have created for the challenge. 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create!

Lunar New Year Challenge | November Challenge

Hi there crafty friends, it's Tracey here today sharing all the details for my Thank you card made from and older die from Papertrey Ink called Chinatown.

I started off die cutting the scene using a mat gold cardstock from the Spellbinders gold Opulent cardstock pack. Placing the die over the panel and a few light pencil marks to determine where to ink blend the road. Then I used Catherine Pooler ink's in Pebble, Buttercream, Samba and Flame for the ground and background sky.

Once the background was dry I splattered some gold metallic water colour paint on to the panel. I set the panel aside to dry and then I glued the Chinatown cover die to the background.

The sentiment is from Spellbinders Making Me Smile Sentiments. It was gold foiled on red cardstock.

Visit the November Link-Up Party post HERE to see all of the design team projects and be inspired to create your own! When sharing your challenge entries on social media, feel free to save this badge and post it along with your project. Please tag us @lunarnewyearchallenge on Instagram and use the hashtag #lunarnewyearchallenge so everyone can find and be inspired by all your amazing projects.

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Scrap 'N Stamp Pooh & Friends Inspiration Hop

 

Happy Friday! Welcome to the Scrap 'N Stamp Canada Pooh & Friends Inspiration Hop! You should have arrived here from Tara's blog if you are following the hop. The full list is on the Scrap 'N Stamp blog HERE.

I have a few cards to share with you using the new Echo Park Winnie the Pooh Christmas collection. The collection brings back such warm memories from my childhood and the images are all so cute!

Purchasing a collection is such a great way to make a bunch of cards when time gets a bit tight and all the guesswork is taken out when all the papers and ephemera are all made to match. All that's left for you to do is use your your cardmaking skills and imagination as to what looks good with what.

I made three cards for today, but it staying out on my desk to make lots for the upcoming Christmas season!

Leave a comment here for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate for Scrap 'N Stamp Canada!

If that isn't enough you can save 20% on any Winnie the Pooh product on the Scrap 'N Stamp website!

Happy Hopping!

Color Hues #98

Hi crafty friends! It's time for another new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge #98! Teammate Karen Walker chose the challenge colours of RED & BLACK.

I used an old Papertrey Ink stamp set called Frilly Flowers. I'm sure there are a few people out there who will remember this set on sight. I simply stamped various blooms on my card front in red and black inks from Catherine Pooler--Rockin' Red, Pebble and Midnight. Warning: Catherine Pooler Midnight ink WILL stain your stamp black! It still work fine with all the colours but the stamp will stain.

 

The Birthday Wishes sentiment comes from Honey Bee Stamps Birthday Wishes. I stamped and white embossed two 'Birthday"'s in red and black. I decided to use the red one, but the black one behind it gives just the perfect shadow it needs to stand out on this card. Plus it gives a bit of dimension!

I chose to use the white embossed wishes in black.

The card is a bit busier than my normal style but I was actually quite pleased with the way it turned out.

 If you haven't already visited the Color Hues Color Challenge Blog I hope you stop by and see what my fabulous teammates have created for the challenge. 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I can't wait to see what you create!