Keep on truckin'

Yes, I'm starting in on my new kit from Queen & Co, "Special Delivery".  These kits are killing me, I seem to need them all.

There is something festive about a vintage red pickup truck that is speaking to me quite loudly recently.   This particular kit comes with shaker elements that stand up higher than I usually make.  I finally can put some of the dollar store beads in a shaker without doubling up on the foam tape. That's the good news.  The bad news is that it's so deep that extra postage may be necessary. 

For this, my first card from the kit, I used pearlesent paper from Michael's for the truck, and also for the back window and sentiment banner.  The sentiment is from my old favorite from Hero Arts. 

After I embellished with the 3 dots of Nuvo drops in the upper right corner, I noticed that I had forgotten to cut and attach the tail lights.  So I just put Nuvo drops there, too.

Now that I've had some fun with the truck, I need to go make some birthday cards for a birthday present. I wish I could say I had some in my stash to give, but the recipient doesn't do critters.  So I need to make some more with flowers and other non-animal focal points.

Happy December, everyone!

Work those Polychromos! Just work them better, please!

Why yes, I am going to use those frogs I colored with my Polychromos pencils, even if they are not colored well.

These frogs are from My Favorite Things' Toad-ally Awesome set. I colored some green ones and some red ones.  While I am not happy with the results, I'm going to use them on cards, anyway.

The sentiments for the pink card are from Hero Arts, a really ancient set. Ancient by card making standards these days, that is.

The plaid backgrounds are from MFT also.  These were supposed to be for a sketch challenge, but I missed the deadline, again. Good grief.

Watercolor experiments - again!

So for today's big experiment, I was dropping watercolor onto a heat embossed background. The embossing is from a Recollections music background, and I'm not very happy with it. It was fragmented and blotchy, but so was the water coloring, so, I guess it worked out OK. The sentiment is an old Hero Arts one that I've had for a LONG time.

The die cut is from a Simon Says Stamp die that I got the week after Easter. I was attempting to copy Amy R and Debby Hughes here, and it shows I need a lot more practice, LOL.

I kept this one very simple. After heat embossing the Scripty Thank You border from Lawn Fawn 3 times and heat embossing in white, I used my Zig Real Color brush markers to put down some swaths of color, and blended it out with lots of water. The background paper is from Lawn Fawn's Perfectly Plaid 6x6 paper.

Now for the preview:

More watercolor experiments, coming to a blog near me soon. What do you think? Are any of these usable?

Let's get merry!

Today is Day 2 of the Holiday Coffee Lovers Bloghop.

I just love the little monster from TAWS' Oogles set. I masked off his horns and added the "antlers" and a cocoa mug, colored him up, cut him out, and put him on this very simple landscape background.  The sentiment is from an older set by Hero Arts. I fell in love with the typewriter font and sentiments on it, and I use it at least once every year now. I used my white gel pen to add snow to the trees and a few marshmallows to his hot drink.

Stamps used: TAWS' (The Alley Way Stamps) Oogles, TAWS' Penguins on Parade, Your Next Stamp's Perk Up! and Hero Arts'CL463 Get Merry.

Dies used: Lawn Fawn's Forest Hill border and Lawn Fawn's Puffy Stitched Cloud border.

Tomorrow is national cocoa day, so I'm just barely ahead of the curve here. Can't say I've ever done that with a card before.

Today's Christmas music is Brian Setzer's Orchestra -- Rocking Rudolph.  Who knew the Flintstone's theme music would make a great Christmas song?

Oh Snap! I forgot their hats!

How embarrassing. I forgot the little dog's Santa hats.

Here are a couple of them correctly dressed:

The top picture uses a little dog from Lawn Fawn, from Critters at the Dog Park, and a hat from Hats Off to You.  The second picture is the same as last week's with the addition of the Santa hat from the same Santa Paws set.

Much better with seasonal hats, don't you think?

It's in the stars, Fleas Navidad to you!

Fleas Navidad!

I have been wanting to use the star chart background stamp from Hero Arts, and here is the perfect opportunity!

The little dog and sentiment are from Paper Smooches. The sky background in the blue card is created with Distress Inks over an embossed star chart background. I love the little dog and the puny sentiment.

I can't let Christmas go!

Yes, it's true, I am still making Christmas cards. What can I say, I just can't let it go yet.

These were scraplifted from an image I saw on Pinterest, but I cannot remember the original creator's name. Aren't these reindeer in sweaters the cutest?

I have been playing with my new Inktense pencils, and I've got to say they are the most fun I've had coloring so far. It reminds me a little of the magic coloring/painting books we had as kids that basically came to life after applying water.

I may add some stray snow flakes to these before I call them completely done.