Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - December 2024 Edition

 

It's the 25th of the month and time for the last Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas 2024!  I've got a special project for you today!

My brother asked me for help with creating the decorations for his office door at work and he'd picked a Grinch theme... because... well... he's kinda the office Grinch.

I got the idea for this project from that.  I brought him lots of foiled gel prints and these alpha dies from Kat Scrappiness and he made bunches of signs for his door and pointing the way to his door.

I wanted him to make a sign that said Stink, Stank, Stunk! but it wasn't in his vision and I decided that I was going to do it.

I was extra inspired when I saw the October stencil release from A Colorful Life Design.

I started these at a crafty day with my crafty friend Mitra.  She supplied the approximately 6x6 square canvases.  I crinkled up some tissue paper and laid it over the canvas and covered it with white paint using a sponge.  Then I added green paint over the top and set it aside to dry.

While it was drying I die cut all of my letters from red foiled gel prints and again from green and glued them together offset.

I stenciled a string of ornaments with gold Glitz Glitter Gel across the top of each canvas.  Then I stenciled the Grinch faces with black paste and once that was dry, added a layer of Transfer Gel over the top.  When that was dry to tacky, I added Deco Foil in green/gold.

I painted some wooden snowflakes (from Mitra) with white acrylic paint, let it dry ad then painted over them with Transfer Gel Duo and again when dry to tacky, added some gold foil over it.  I finished them off with Glitter Dust Spray and popped them and the sentiments onto the canvases.  Finally I added washi tape to the edges of each canvas.

That's my project and now for a peek at what my brother came up with for his office door.

Awesome right?  It was fun to get crafty with my brother.

Well, it's been a year.  Thank you so much for hanging in with us and looking forward to doing it all over again!  Thanks for stopping and be sure to head on over to see what Debra has for you today!

And Merry, Happy, Hope your holidays are fabulous and full of love and peace!

Peace On Earth-Therm O Web

I'm up on the blog over at Therm O Web with a frosty Mixed Media Canvas!

Join me there for all of the details!

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - September 2025 Edition

Hello!  I can hardly believe it's the 25th of September!  Debra and I are sharing the Christmas cards we made this month!

I created a couple cards using a couple great stencils from A Colorful Life Designs!

It was fun to blend a couple colors of ink and then add a little bit of Glitz Glitter Gel on the edges using a piece of cardstock as a simple mask.

I added sentiments from Honey Bee to all four of my cards.

And to this one I added a little pine branch behind the sentiment which also happened to cover up a mistake I made!

I also made a couple quick cards using some paper and ephemera from Not 2 Shabby!

Not 2 Shabby sponsored the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge this month and I couldn't help but make a couple more cards using these adorable Gingerbread People!

I just used that great photo frame from A Jillian Vance Design to hold the cute characters and again used a sentiment from Honey Bee.

Isn't the car just the cutest!?  The theme for this month's CCCC was Cookies and/or Candy so really this pack of ephemera was perfect.

That's me for today!  Be sure to hop on over to Debra's place to see what she created for you for today!  And come back here real soon!

Thanks for stopping! 

Spooky Before Coffee!

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters using some fabulous stencils from A Colorful Life Designs!

I hope you'll join me there for the details!

 

Caffeine Fueled Paper Play - Yay All Day

I'm up on the blog over at the Coffee Loving Papercrafters with some Not 2 Shabby Cozy Mug and some great stencils from A Colorful Life Designs.

I hope you'll visit me over there for the details!

 

A Colorful Life Design - Big Sunflower Love

I'm super excited to be guesting this month for A Colorful Life Designs!

For my first project I made a quick card using the Sunflower Circle stencil and one of my favorite sentiment sets, Happy Thoughts!  I just ink blended a few colors of Distress Oxides ... no masking (I just wiped off the stencil in between colors).

Then I stamped two of the sentiments in different colors and die cut it with a tag die from Brass & Bliss.  Finally a few of those gorgeous opalescent sequins and done!  Easy peasy, flat and pretty!

That's me for today!  Hope you enjoyed it and you'll come back soon!

 

Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - August 2024 Edition

Hello!  It's the 25th of the month and time for a new Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas!  It's the day that my fellow Crafty Elves and I share the Christmas Cards we made this month

I just got back from vacation so I made a couple quick cards for today!  This one uses a Deco Foiled gel print and then I used a beautiful stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and some Glitz Glitter Gel to add that beautiful snowflake.

And finally a simple sentiment using that great Joy sentiment from Brass & Bliss Craft Co!

And this one I used a background I made a loooong time ago and I don't even remember how or when I made it, but it was perfect with the Merry die from B&B!

I think it was a gel print and then embossed with an embossing folder.

And that's me for today!  Be sure to hop on over to Debra's blog and see what she's got for you today!

Thanks for stopping... hope you'll come again soon!

 

Therm O Web - Fiesta of Flowers!

Hello!  I've got a bit of a party for you today!

I have this one up on the blog over at Therm O Web.

I hope you'll visit me there for all the details!

 

Eat Play Love - A Colorful Life Designs

Hi!  I decided to have some fun with some stencils I picked up over in the A Colorful Life Designs shop fairly recently.  There is a special anniversary challenge over at Double Trouble Challenge Blog so I decided to play along over there!

My first card I just had to use the Puppy Pals stencils (they come with masks!) and Eat Play Love.  Since the theme over at Double Trouble is Kraft I used it for both of my cards today.  I love how it looks with the browns and black Distress Oxides.  The Eat Play Love stencil does have a heart but I decided to add a glitter heart die cut over it for this one.  I used the included masks to put both pups on the same side.

And this is the one that's going to be linked up over at Double Trouble.  The special anniversary challenge asks you to choose an additional theme in the form of a "raffle" and there is a special raffle prize!  Be sure to read all of the details over on their blog.  I'm entering this one into the Birthday or Newborn raffle. 

Thank you so much for stopping and hope you'll come again soon!