Christmas Tree Tickets

The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is looking for trees, and I have just the ticket!

 

 

I started by cutting the Terrific Tickets die from Whimsy Stamps out of Kraft cardstock and stenciling in the red color while it was still in the die, leaving me with a nice clean border around each ticket. 

 

If you look carefully, you'll see some tone on tone stamping in the background.  I used an old script stamp from my stash. Once that was done, I stamped images from Terrific Ticket Christmas stamps, also from Whimsy Stamps, as well as some images from Tim Holtz Winter Woodlands stamp set.  I heat embossed the sentiment at the top to highlight it.

 

These beautiful trees are cut from Honeybee Stamps Lovely Layers: Trees.  Once I glued them on, I splattered on some white paint for a snowy effect.

 

In keeping with the "North Lumber" theme, I mounted this all onto a panel of woodgrain Kraft cardstock, which was darkened up along the edges using Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  I think this card has a natural, organic look to it which I'm super pleased with.

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday ~ Trees

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ October

Thanks for stopping by!

You Had Me At Aloha ~ Double D

Aloha friends~ My friends Diane and Darlene are inviting us to the beach for their next challenge.

 

 

 I have many "ocean" stamps and dies, but not many for the beach.  Then I remembered about this sunbathing beauty from Whimsy Stamps.  

Penguin Beach Chair is the name of the stamp and I think he's just adorable, sunning himself while drinking a cool cocktail!

 

I colored him with copics and framed him using a polaroid snapshot frame from Lawn Fawn.  The sentiment from Honeybee Stamps fits him to a "T".

I do hope you'll visit DD Challenges to see how the team was inspired.  Here's the photo board to help inspire you further:

 

 There's a prize that could be yours to take home when you play along.

My friends at DD Challenges and I would love to see your card in the linky. Aloha, my friends!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sand, Surf, Sun! Summertime fun with TupeloDesignsLLC

Hello crafty friends~  It's Thursday, so that means it's time for me to post for TupeloDesignsLLC.  We're getting into the heat of summer and what better way to cool off than sitting on the beach drinking a nice cold glass of lemonade.  I wish I were there right now!

 Are you familiar with Whimsy Stamps?  Seriously, they have the cutest line of critters doing the most amazing things!  

 This Penguin Beach Chair image is just soooooo fun!  I colored him up using Copics, fussy cut him and then added the scene in the background using dies.   

The waves are cut using Lawn Fawn Ocean Wave Border Die.  After they were cut, I blended some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink onto the bottom of each layer.  The beach sand is cut using Lawn Fawn Garden Border Die.  This die isn't just for creating gardens.  As you can see in the photo, it makes great beach sand too!  

Be sure to visit TupeloDesignsLLC and sign up for their news letter so you can be among the first to be notified about sales and new product arrivals.

TupeloDesignsLLC always offers FREE Shipping with no minimum purchase inside the U.S.  (Discounted shipping on International orders)  They also offer a Loyalty Rewards Program where shoppers receive 500 points ($5.00) just for signing up, then you receive 2 points for every $1 you spend.  

Plus, there's always great sales going on so be sure to visit TupeloDesignsLLc where there's so many fun brand name products under one roof.  

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:
Work It Wednesday ~ The Great Outdoors
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes
Try It Tuesday ~ Things With Wings (This challenge is new to me and I hope that a penguin is considered to have wings.  ;0)
Crafty Sentiments ~ Anything Goes
City Crafter Challenge ~ Seaside
Simons Says Monday Challenge ~ Food / Drink

Thanks for stopping by!