Be Merry

Poppystamps June challenge is about to close and I just finished my card.  Luckily, our new printer works so much better.  

I matted the photo of Fritz with some very old PTI Pure Poppy printed paper and attached it to a card sprayed with Distress Spritz Fired Brick--beautiful shimmer.  The background in the photo was green grass, so I used a blue Copic to cover it--worked great. The little Popppystamps Shasta Twigs were brushed with New Leaf and Poppystamps Small Blooming Poinsettia was brushed with Pure Poppy.  The flower center was colored with a silver glitter pen.  Poppystamps Be Merry letters were brushed with Pure Poppy to match.  This will be our vet's Christmas card.  We're so grateful for his care of Fritz when he got vestibular syndrome.  I'm also entering SSS Wednesday.

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Christmas & Birthday

Hope everyone is doing well.  Hubby & Fritz both finally got haircuts.  We're so grateful to be in an uncrowded area where many people are wearing masks as recommended.  I'll get my haircut in a couple weeks.  The good thing is my hairdresser works alone in a shop at her house.  She's older than me, so hopefully is being super cautious.  Thought you might enjoy seeing Fritz before & after.

I do love the furball look, but he gets matted, baths take longer & he gets too hot with the warm weather.  Not to mention--he could barely see!
On to my cards.  I've made quite a few, but I'm having a terrible time getting decent pictures.  Gotta post these before challenges end.  I'm slowly cleaning my craft table which still had the other PPP tree die cut which is from the same smooshed piece as THIS CARD.  It looks very different because I didn't blend additional ink on these pieces.

The ends of the branches were colored with a white gel pen before I added Stickles Frosted Lace--another reason it looks so different from the first tree.  I waited several months to get the PTI Tin Stitch die & couldn't wait to use it.  It only stitches--no cutting.  The very old HA sentiment was stamped in Memento Cottage Green.  I really like the fresh look with the white card base & the contrast of the green.  I'm entering Rudolph Days.
Edited to add: Also entering SSS Wednesday.

When Stamplorations released their first Bloomtangled dies, I couldn't wait to get one.  Their Spring Fling challenge made me get it out & use it again--something I need to do more often.

I began by ink blending DO candied apple, abandoned coral, spiced marmalade & fossilized amber.  Then I covered the panel with Gina K Glitter Glitz gel & let it dry overnight.

I used spray adhesive to attach the white die cut & attached the HA vellum sentiment strip before adding it to the card base.  In addition to the gorgeous shimmer, the gel also softens the colors.  Maybe I'll make another one without the gel.  Then the colors would look more like summer than spring.  I'm also entering Seize the Birthday.
Edited to add:  Also meant to enter Stamplorations Never Ending Anything Goes.

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Three More Cards

I don't use many tags, so I turned one from Tracey's event into a card.  As you can see, I made the Pinkfresh Delicate Wreath into an ornament on a dry embossed panel.

I just added a gold embossed sentiment strip.  You can't tell from the picture, but the little dots are gold Stickles.
The PF wreath is already one of my favorite stamps.  Here's the card we gave our groomer with a plate of pumpkin cookies.

I can't seem to get decent pictures these days, but the little dots are red Stickles.  The PTI sentiment was stamped in Altenew Ruby Red & I used a white gel pen for the dots.  I'm entering the December Pinkfresh challenge, ModSquad & Stamping Sensations.

The next card was a last minute entry for Impression Obsession Let it Snow using IO dies DIE027-P & DIE080-N.

I entered the challenge from Flickr yesterday afternoon, but without a sentiment.  Today I realized my little gold alpha stickers were just what it needed, so I added the word & took new photos.

The trees & deer were colored with DI & all the sparkle is from Diamond Dust.  The deer were covered in Nuvo Glaze.  I'm entering Christmas Kickstart & DRU.
Edited to add: Also entering Virginia's Show & Share.  This is my first card using Diamond Dust.

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Thinking of You

My last IO order included the beautiful Sketch Roses stamp which I've had my eye on for a long time.  So glad I finally got it--will be used a lot! 

For this card I white embossed on Bristol paper & colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers & a water brush.  This is a large square stamp, but I just cut off a strip & added silver glitter tape to the edges.  Here's a close up showing the effect of spritzing with Perfect Pearls. 

The sentiment is from IO Anytime Sentiments & once again I've used my favorite Brilliance Graphite Black.  I got this set a year ago & need to keep it out so I remember to use it.  The sentiments are great & most of them haven't been used.  I'm  entering Impression Obsession, HLS Watercolor, SSS Wednesday & SSS Work it Wednesday.  Ready or not, here comes 2018!  I have some exciting news to share on Jan. 2, so hope you'll pop in again.
Fritz got a new toy--thought you might enjoy these pictures. 

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