Ornaments

I can't believe Christmas is less than a week away.  I still have so much to do and a ton of it needs to be done by tomorrow afternoon (maybe finish the Santa red work pillow for my brother for the party tomorrow night).  Here are a few more ornaments I made.  I loved being able to use my stamps this year for more than just cards and tags.

Lawn Fawn

Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn

The owl ornament I modeled after a tag we made in a Copics coloring class I took in November with Sandy Allnock.  The stamps on that ornament are from Lawn Fawn.  One of my favorite stamp companies. I just adore all those critters.

The second one is the reindeer from Hero Arts and the trees are from Lawn Fawn also.  I used my white and black gel pens to add a little detail and the Lawn Fawn stitches hills for the snow banks.

Thanks for stopping by,

Melanie

Christmas Sweater

Good morning.  I have had difficulties with Blogger and haven't been able to post.  Very frustrating, as I have made a couple cute cards in the past week. 

The one I picked to post today uses the Hero Arts Christmas Reindeer stamp.  I saw something every similar to this on line and had to make one myself.  Sorry, I don't remember the website where I saw it, or I would link it.

Hero Arts - Christmas Reindeer
 

Not sure why, but this card took me forever.  I stamped the reindeer, colored them with my Copics, and then cut each one out.  I cut a background hill out of white cardstock, and then used the tree stamp from the same set and stamped the trees in the background.  I just used Word to type and print my sentiment on cardstock.

Once together I used Wink of Stella, Glossy Accents and a white and black gel pen to add some detail.  I love how it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by,

Melanie

Reindeer Ornament

First, I have to admit that I totally got this idea from a video I watched on YouTube posted by "myserenitycrafts".  It was the "Snowman Ornament Tutorial for Beginners".  Sara showed this great idea using paper mache ornaments and stamps together.  I loved it.  So, here's the first one I did.

Reindeer Ornament

I got the paper mache ornament at Michaels.  I painted it with Martha Stewart Pearl Gold paint.  I used some really old Creative Memories paper for the background.  The reindeer and sentiment are from Hero Arts, Christmas Reindeer.  The trees are the "Forest Border" die from Lawn Fawn.  The red string beads are also from Michaels.  

I used Wink of Stella on the sweater and trees, and Glossy Accents on his nose.  I also used Sakura Glaze glossy black ink pen on his hoofs. I had a lot of fun making this and have been working on some snowmen for the next one.  My girls are going to be making these for Christmas presents this year for their aunts and uncles.  

Thanks for stopping by,

Melanie 

Lunch Box Notes

I love writing little notes on post-its for my kids' lunches, so when I saw these lunch box notes on Jennifer McGuire's Blog a couple weeks ago, I knew I had to make some myself.  I made up  a few so I would have them for the first couple months of school.

Simon Says Stamp - Lunch Box Notes

I used the Simon Says Stamp Lunch Box Notes dies, and stamps from the the Lunch Box Notes set, Birthday Farm Animals set, Hey Teacher set, You are Pawesome set, and Hero Arts Missing You set.  I can't wait to put them in their lunches next week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Melanie 

One Last Snow Day

It snowed Sunday night into Monday morning.  Schools were closed and so was my work.  While I enjoyed our snow day, I do hope it is the last one for this winter.  I am ready for spring.  My girls and I stayed in our pj's all day and just played inside.  I made a few more cards using my new stamps and a few new Copics I got at Michael's Sunday afternoon.  I had been waiting for a couple weeks for them to go on sale.  

Last week I was looking at some the cards on the Lawn Fawn Blog for inspiration.  There are so many cute ones out there.  I also had a printed a few layouts from the MOJOMonday Blog as well.  Here's what I made.

"Lil Hoot" by Hero Arts

"Into the Woods" by Lawn Fawn 

"Into the Woods" by Lawn Fawn

"Winter Owl" by Lawn Fawn

Free digi from Little Scraps of Heaven Designs

Thanks for stopping by,

Melanie

Having fun coloring

I have been watching so many videos lately and getting all kinds of inspiration for cards.  I bought some new stamps sets from Lawn Fawn and Hero Arts.  My girls and I have been having lots of fun coloring with my Copics.  I have four cards I want to share.

The first card is made with the "little hoot" stamp set from Hero Arts.  I stamped the owls and then cut them out.  

The next card I made with another stamp set from Hero Arts called "Missing You".  I again stamped and cut out the sheep and then adhered them all.  I stamped the clouds and grass as well.

  

The next one I made with a stamp set from Hampton Art Foot Long Clear Stamps called "Warm Fuzzies".  I used my Copics again.

The final card I made was from a digi stamp I found at "Little Scraps of Heaven Designs" blog.  I used Stickles on the umbrella and rain after I colored them.  This card is 5 1/4 x 5 1/4.

Thanks for stopping by,

Melanie