2010 Christmas Card

I got this idea and pattern from Vintage Image Craft. The inside reads: "This is a Victorian scrap from the 1890's. Scrapping became a favored pastime of women early in the 19th century. They would scour magazines and advertisements for small black and white illustrations, cut them out, often hand-color them, and paste them in albums and journals. By the 1820's, printers began to produce materials just for scrapping, and scraps soon became more elaborate with embossing, color printing and gilding, and finally die-cutting. By the end of Queen Victoria's reign in 1901, Victorians were scrap-happy and decorating everything from gift tags to furniture with these little cut-out pictures." This site has wonderful Victorian images that are free. I used yarn for the strings on the tags. The tags are on with glue dots so they may be peeled off the card and used for a Christmas tree ornament. I used green cardstock and cream cardstock as I could not decide which I liked better.

Penny Black Challenges

I am entering this card for the Penny Black at Allsorts Challenge to "Punch Away", and Penny B. Friends Saturday Challenge which is "Indian Summer." I used gold cardstock for the base of the card. I used some dp from the Dollar Store (I believe it's "Miss Elizabeth" brand.) I used a Penny Black image colored with Copics. I used the polished stone technique for the square where the dog is. I punched out a bunch of leaves with scrap cardstock and then added a ribbon. I did not use a sentiment as I'm not sure yet what I'll be using the card for.

Paper Punch Addiction

I'm submitting this for a blog candy challenge at Paper Punch Addiction. I used DCWV paper, punched out a pumpkin, bat and a ghost (the punches are so old they do not have a company name on them). I used a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp "Miles and Maisie" which I colored with Copic Markers. Check out this site, it is awesome: http://www.paperpunchaddiction.com

Two Challenges

I used a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp (haunted house) on this card colored with Copic markers. The dp is DCWV, the ghost is a punch as is the cat and the bat in the left corner. The punches do not have the company name on them as they are several yrs. old. I am entering this card in to 2 challenges...Allsorts #70 to use 3 punches, and Pals Paper Arts #60 to make a Halloween card. The ghost has some sparklies around the edge but the scanner did not pick it up well.

JUGS #51

This card is for the Just Us Girls challenge #51 to use red, black, and green. I used an image from Kraftin' Kimmie stamps, colored him with Copic markers, and used a Kraftin' Kimmie sentiment. I used DCWV paper for the background. I blobbed a little ink above the sentiment and used a bat I punched out (punch manufacturer unknown) to hide it.

Caardvarks Challenge

Caardvarks challenge was a Tiffany Doodles sketch challenge. I did not follow the sketch closely but I did use a Tiffany Doodles digi. I colored it with copic markers. I used CTMH green paper and DCWV dp. There is silver on the pc. that goes along the center but it did not scan well. There are some gorgeous digis over there as well as some freebies on Thursday.

Claudia & Co. #3

This is for Claudia and Co. monthly challenge # 3. I used the Ella digi image and used Copic markers to color her. I used DCWV papers "All about Girls." for my dp.