I quadruple dipped !

When I saw Michele's Muse card, I knew that I wanted to make a few for the neighbours on our cul-de-sac that have young children.  As I don't have any kind of an elf image, I resorted to my only Santa stamp (my first purchase from PTI) and combined the inspiration from Michele's card and this week's CAS(E) this Sketch from Chrissy Larson.  My sentiments are from PTI and Happy Little Stampers (Merry Christmas).  I love how the three different fonts play together!
I stamped my Santa onto patterned paper and cut out his face!  The same Santa image was stamped twice, once onto a dry embossed swirly EF and another onto cream CS.  On the cream card, I dotted his eyes with a Sakura sparkling black pen and used a very pale peach Copic marker (one of the 00) for his cheeks.  This was layered under the red patterned "open face" Santa image.  The beard and mustache were cut from the curly dry embossed card and I added Ranger white enamel to coat all whiskers.  The same enamel was used on his cuffs, hat surround and pom pom end.  I was going to add a gift package from the same set to his giving "hands", but went with a folk art shaped wood heart and coated with clear wink of Stella.  The bottom corners were rounded and that was that!  I just have to package up another batch of peanut brittle and lemon shortbread cookies to deliver to the families.

Also sending over to SSS Monday challenge where they are asking for
Just a Pinch...my use of the white enamel.

And, playing for the very first time at 
Happy Little Stampers 
Mixed Media Challenge 
my enamel, ink and WOS



So far, I am feeling good about the house being decorated inside and out and feel like I am almost on schedule...what am I forgetting?  There must be something!
I hope that you are having a great week and that all is calm in your little corner of the world.
Thanks for stopping by...

Chriss

Chat

Have you seen the latest card from this week's Muse Michele yet?  Let me say that it is so trendy and current with all of the elements present...check the colours, florals and background!  Here is what I cam up with using a similar colour combo.  

-I used a Karen Lockhart telephone stamp inked with Memento Tuxedo Black 

-coloured with Copics and SU Hello Honey 

-background is stenciled (as seene here from Jennifer Mcguire ) with a SSS stencil Dots and Lines inked once with PTI white pigment, then a second layer with Staz On Dove Gray

-PTI delightful Dahlia coloured loosely with HH and cut into three sections to layer under grid panel

-unknown bubble sentiment watercoloured with HH and hand cut

Michele's card for Muse 108

Thanks for stopping by!
Hope that your start to the week is lovely!
Chriss

Also submitting this to the 
Wednesday SSS Girlie/Special Lady challenge
What's more girlie that chatting with a friend?

Groovy Kind of Love

Happy middle of the week!

I am taking a little break from my Valentine card order of 100 cards for the local CoOp grocery store to play along with this week's MUSE challenge.  It is a very special one as it marks the 100th challenge, AND, not only did I want to play along with this milestone anniversary...my friend Michele Ferguson is the Muse!  It is also her very first Design Team post!  Congrats Michele!

Here is her gorgeous card with an accentuated heart and a song title sentiment to boot!

Isn't this just breathtakingly elegant!?

I decided to run with a heart to accentuate and I made this card for my dear hubby.  We have known each other since we met in first grade. Yes, we have known each other for a little over 51 years!  We have been married for 35 years this May.  My heart has a Peace sign image from Technique Tuesday with a lot of fine detail that I heat embossed with Ranger White EP onto a PTI vellum card stock.  The heart "frame" is a PTI die that I used to cut through the kraft PTI card stock.  I used a cut-off Groovy sentiment from the Unity "Something Groovy" Itty Bitty set that I have had for a couple of years.  I white embossed it onto...wait for it...Groovy Guava SU textured card stock from several years back. The Love circles are also PTI and I made a mini heart die cut in the middle of the blank "o" circle and accented that with some mini layered hearts.  So, not as elegant as Michele's, but it is close to my heart as the song lyrics describe "us", perfectly :)

If you are interested in hearing the song, click on the link below to a YouTube link of the version on the soundtrack from my life...

Groovy Kind of Love  Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders 1965

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3kXqlJhGuE

Hugs, (feeling nostalgic) Chriss

Silver Snowflake Holiday

Hi there!
It seems like a while since I have been able to create and post...but it's only three days...
When I saw the Muse card created by Vicki this week, I knew that I wanted to try my hand.  I was inspired with the use of the black card stock and gold, but used an almost navy colour and Starlite Silver ink from Tsukineko.  The snowflakes are a combination of SU and PTI.  I also used silver foil for the PTI Holiday die cut.  I cut another Holiday from a coaster mat to give a nice sturdy layer for the silver foil to sit atop.  The white layer that the sentiment is sitting on is a sparkly CS from SU that I think is no longer available, but I have some sheets in my stash that have been released from hoarding :)
I had to take this photo outside to day.  The interior shots were showing up a strange colour.  Thanks for taking a peek today...
hugs-Chriss