Chickadees in the snow...

Seeing that Mother Nature seems to think that we don't have enough snow and plans to blast us with more on Thursday, I felt that an image of chickadees in the snow would be appropriate for one of the cards for our February Christmas cards class.  This image is from Northwoods and is first stamped on white cardstock and colored with Staedtler watercolor pencils and a Dove blender pen.  Then I stamped the word part of the image on green cardstock - cut it out and attached it to the white image.  This adds a little color.  Layered and a ribbon bow add a little pizzazz. 

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Jeannette

The Great Jelly Bean Heist!

The little mice are at it again!  This time they are raiding the jelly bean jar!  This is a larger House Mouse image - which is more the norm with these images.  This card is still a standard A-2 size (4-1/4 x 5-1/2") but you can see that the image is the majority of the card!  I inked the image with VersaFine black ink - then colored with Staedtler watercolor pencils and a blender pen.  I added the bright purple ribbon to add some additional color to the bottom of the card.

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Jeannette

How to make a "wrapped bow"

We use a lot of wrapped bows in our class cards and folks often ask how we get them some nice and tight.  Well, there is a trick, but it only works if the bow is around a piece that is layered.  It is quite easy, actually.  First, get a sturdy object like a hard plastic glass (that is my favorite tool).  I am using one in the picture below.  Simply cut a piece of ribbon, wrap it around the glass and tie a bow.  The sturdy object allows you to tie a nice, tight bow and adjust as necessary.

Now all you need to do is slide the ribbon piece down the glass and then cut the ribbon loop.  This is what you will "wrap" around a layer (like in the cat Valentine's card in the previous post).  It is easy and pretty fool-proof!  Give it a try!

Jeannette

This cute cat image from Penny Black Rubber Stamps wants to wish you a very Happy Valentine's Day!  I started with the image stamped on white cardstock with Versafine ink - then colored with Staedtler watercolor pencils and a Dove blender pen.  Cut out with a Spellbinders circle die, layered to a black circle one size bigger, then layered to a coordinating scallop circle.  I ran the pink layer through a dotted embossing folder, layered to a black square and then wrapped the ribbon bow around those layers.  The "hugs" piece is actually cut from silver cardstock with a Penny Black word die and attached.

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Here's a cute card with what I call a "smaller" House Mouse stamp.  As many of you know, most of the HM stamps are very large - making it more difficult to do very much in the adornment department.  However, there are some images that are on a smaller scale - this image is only about 2x3-1/2".  That allows you to use a more standard size card - this one is only a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" card and add some ribbon and words.

Jeannette

Here's another fun little card with images from Lawn Fawn.  The little elephants are colored wit Copics and then cut out with the corresponding dies - which makes it SO easy!  I love those dies!  Do some layering and heart stamps and you have a great little valentine!

Jeannette

A Cute Lawn Fawn Valentine!

We received these adorable Valentine stamps from Lawn Fawn and we are going to use them in a class on Thursday this week.  This is a cute little idea - using the chemistry bottles in one of the clear sets and the 2 little birds, also in the same set.  Here's one of the best things - there are matching dies to cut out the images!  Easy to use and give a very professional finish!  Talk about making your life easy!  It was great.

Jeannette