TBS DT: Woodland Tilda

Hello friends! It's such a busy season - I hope you found a few moments of sanity! Husband and I went on a Christmas House Tour and had a great time! I'm late writing this post so I'll get to the "good stuff". *wink*

I have another sample from our cool Beary Sweet Challenge sketch. The entry deadline is tomorrow night so there's still time to whip up a fabulous project and enter. You could win $20 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!

My tag is pure Tim Holtz, although without the practiced hand. *wink* Here is the actual custom ink pad technique from Lord Tim - check it out!

Challenges, Please

• Simon Says Stamp and Show (12/19) - Tim Holtz Technique (embossed tag with 2 colors) 
• 7 Kids #10 (12/21) - Winter Wonderland
• Just Magnolia #8 (12/16) - Christmas card
• ABC (12/19) - J is for... Jewels and Gems

Card Recipe

• Stamp - Magnolia Tilda with Fir
• Paper - Basic Grey Jovial 6x6 pad; Bazzill Basics in Palo Verde and Red
• Medium - Copics; Prismacolor pencils w/OMS; Stickles Star Dust; ColorBox Fluid Chalk in Chestnut Roan
• Embellishments - Prima rhinestone swirls; May Arts lace with gold embroidery thread; Bazzill tulle; greenery, gold dots and ticket stamp from stash
• Adhesives - Glossy Accents; 1/4" Scor-Tape; silicone
• Tools - Edge punch

Cheers,

Susan

TBS DT: Sketch Sample and Tutorial Link

Update: Thanks so much to the gals at City Crafter for picking this card as a Spotlight card. How awesome is that?

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Hello dear friends! I hope you had a great weekend. Husband and I had a crazy busy one and as I write this Sunday night I am exhausted. (But in a good way!) As you read this Monday, it is a new day with new challenges and new crafty projects to conquer!

Today I am sharing my layering technique over at the Beary Scrap Design Team & Challenge blog. It is now just about the only way I can make a stamped image "work" for me. When I look at new stamps or digital images I automatically start layering them in my mind. :) It's a lot of work and requires tons of patience, but I love the way it turns out on my cards. Wanna know how I do it? Go here!

Ok, so here is my card based on our current Beary Sweet Sketch Challenge. The design team will take it a little further this week and add die cuts to our cards. I've used snowflake chipboard as my die cuts. You don't have to have a die cut in your challenge entry, just be sure to follow our simple rules and enter your project by the end of the day on December 14th. You could win $20 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!

Don't you just love these Bo Bunny "Midnight Frost" papers? Oh my goodness, I am in love! I've added loads of texture with embossing folders and used embellishments from the Midnight Frost collection. You will find more info on other stuff used in the card recipe below.

Challenges, Please :)

• Stampavie and More #119 (12/7) - Snow/Snowflakes
• Just Magnolia #84 (12/9) - Anything Goes + Sparkle
• Cute Card Thursday #141 (12/8) - The Blues == I'm not eligible to win, but *you* can play! The Beary Scrap is sponsoring this week with a $20 gift voucher!
• Stamp Something (12/10) - Christmas Color Combo
• City Crafter #33 (12/6) - Blue Christmas
• ATS Magnolia challenge #4 (12/10) - Something Christmas 

Card Recipe

• Stamp: Magnolia "Snowy Hugs"
• Paper: Bo Bunny Midnight Frost line in the 6x6 pad; Bazzill Basics; other
• Medium: Copic for skin tones (E000, E01, E11, R20); Prismacolor pencils with OMS; Stickles Frosted Lace and Star Dust; Glossy Accents; ColorBox Fluid Chalk in Chestnut Roan; Stampendous Detail Clear Embossing Powder (round sentiment); Glimmer Mist Pearl on the striped panel
• Embellishments: Bo Bunny Midnight Frost Wraps (blue seam binding ribbon that I got wet then scrunched up until it dried); Bo Bunny Midnight Frost Layered Chipboard (die cut snowflakes); lace, pin and wire from stash; LOTV round sentiment - embossed
• Adhesive: Scor-Tape; Glue Dots - 1/2" (actually 1/2" wide x 1/8" tall)
• Tools: Scor-Pal; sewing machine; Cutter Bee scissors and tweezers; Cuttlebug embossing folders

Hey, there's plenty of time to give this layering thing a whirl and enter it into our Beary Sweet Sketch Challenge. I would LOVE to see your layered projects!

Cheers,

Susan

WOYWW #77

Once again, it's What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday! I do like to play along but don't always get to comment on everyone's posts. I'm trying, though! :)

So this is what I'm looking at this morning. Actually, I had to shovel everything to the left to type today, but this is how it will return in a minute. The little "staged" section smack in the middle (on the cutting mat) is me getting ready to do a tutorial on my style of image layering. The stamped images on the keyboard are what I thought I'd be working on this morning, but had to shove aside for the tut prep.

I'm really tickled to share these little gems. They unpainted clay was given to me by a new, extremely crafty friend who has yet to blog [*waving at Michelle while also poking her about blogging*]. She found these ultra cool molds and slapped some polymer clay into them. They were baked to a delicious hardness (that really looks like chocolate...) and I painted with Lumiere acrylic paints. I'll use them as flower centers or some such bauble. Neat - thanks again, Michelle!

I have a collection of vintage buttons and now am in search of molding compound to make my own baubles. :) There's porcelain clay out there, just calling to me.

The other thing I want to point out is my computer screen. It's Tim Holtz's first tag for the 12 Tags of Christmas 2010 extravaganza. I stalked Twitter as photos of his work in progress were uploaded last night. I was well asleep when it went live, but it was exciting anyway. Just looking at his tutorial gives me great ideas for products I already have on hand. Love!

Thanks for visiting my workdesk. If you want to play along, check out Julia's post here.

Cheers,
Susan

TBS DT: Anything Goes with Wrapped Tilda

Hello hello! Here we are at the end of The Beary Sweet Challenge #14: Anything Goes - tomorrow is the last day to enter your fabulous creations. Hurry HERE to enter for your chance to win a $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap!

Ok, so my last project for Anything Goes is a very simple Magnolia using Basic Grey "Eskimo Kisses". Don't you just love the colors?

The paper behind Wrapped Tilda is a glitter paper from my stash. I just love it because the glitter is embedded in the paper, with a clear coating over it. I embossed the holly paper with Cuttlebug dots and the light paper strip on the left with Cuttlebug swirls. I then used Star Dust Stickles on the swirls to enhance them.

Challenges

• Just Magnolia #83 (11/2) - Sketch
• Creative Inspiration #83 (12/9) - Christmas Gifts
• ATS Magnolia #4 (12/9) - Something Christma
• Magnolia Stamp Lovers (12/4) - Punch

Card Recipe

• Stamp: Magnolia
• Paper: Neenah; Bazzill Basics in Ruby Red; My Mind's Eye "Eskimo Kisses"
• Medium: Copics for skin; Stickles Star Dust; Prismacolor pencils with OMS; Colorbox Fluid Chalk in Warm Red with Chestnut Roan layered on top 
• Embellishments: Eskimo Kisses brads; MS snowflake and edge punches; lace, ribbon, charms from stash
• Tools: Cuttlebug embossing folders; MS punches
• Adhesive: Scor-Tape; Glue Dots 1/2"; silicone

Thanks for visiting today!

Cheers,

Susan

Christmas Shopping? Here are 2 great sales!

Hello dear friends!  I hope my US readers had a warm and happy Thanksgiving and that *everyone* is having a fabulous weekend. Just wanted to pop in and tell you about 2 super sales that you don't want to miss.

Sale #1: all jewelry available at my KILLAM CREATIVE/Studio shop at Etsy is 10% off through Monday night. I also include free shipping within North America and reduced shipping on international orders. Use the coupon code "BlogBF2010" at checkout and your 10% will be automatically deducted.

Sale #2: Magnolia "Merry Little Christmas" stamps are on sale at The Beary Scrap!

Happy shopping friends!

Cheers,
Susan

TBS DT: Anything Goes with a Banner

I'm thrilled that this sweet little Tilda is a Top 3 winner at Die Cut Dreams Christmas Challenge blog! Thanks so much!

This card was featured at the Little Red Wagon's Banner challenge. :) Thanks ladies!

Hello hello! This week the Beary Scrap design team continues with our BSC #14 "Anything Goes" samples, but with a twist! Our task is to jump on the banner bandwagon and include some kind of banner in our project.

Don't you just love the My Mind's Eye Holly Jolly line? This particular paper inspired me to create an outdoors scene. Here, darling Tilda is sitting on her bench, wishing for... more snow? Peace on earth? Pants? I'm not completely sure what's on her mind, but she's awfully cute anyway!

Both Tilda and her bench are colored with a combination of Copics and Prismacolor pencils with OMS. Her coat is covered with flocking powder to create a velvet texture. this is the first time I've tried flocking, and I like it!

The paper is dotted with Diamond Stickles. I've used a few different Stickles colors throughout: Star Dust (boot laces, accenting the Candy Cane Stickles on mitten, scarf, hair bows); Crystal (holly leaves); Diamond ("merry", branches paper, medallion); Frosted Lace (socks and hat); Candy Cane (coat trim, hair bows, scarf, hat). Phew! Is that all?

I created the "merry" banner and "bright" medallion on the computer. I really wanted the letters to look like they were hanging from the branch... It didn't turn out as well as the design in my mind, but it's still cute. :)

Challenges, Please :)

• Really Reasonable Ribbon #12 (11/29) - Christmas Theme (#124)
• Embellish Magazine (12/2) - Red, Green, Pink (the trim surrounding "& Bright") and Brown with a holiday theme (#19)
• ABC Christmas (11/30) - X is for Xmas (#210)
• Fresh Brewed #23 ( 11/23) - Show off your style (#99)
• Simon Says (11/23) - Sparkle (#403)
• Little Red Wagon #55 (11/23) - Let Those Banners Fly! (#7)
• Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club #44 (11/26) - Anything Goes (#107)
• Creative Inspirations #47 (11/27) - Anything Christmassy/Winter  (#244)

Card Recipe

• Stamp: Magnolia
• Paper: Bazzill Mud Pie; My Mind's Eye Holly Jolly - both sides of "Winter Branch"
• Medium: Copics; Stickles (see list above); Prismacolor pencils with OMS; ColorBox Fluid Chalk in Chestnut Roan; DecoArt Snow Writer (at base of bench)
• Embellishments: Holly Jolly trim pack; pins from stash; Holly leaves cut from Cricut; Prima felt branch
• Adhesive: Glue Dots 1/8"; Scor-Tape; silicone

Thanks so much for stopping in! Our Beary Sweet Challenge #14 - Anything Goes! - can be found HERE. Please take a minute and join in the fun - you could win $20 voucher from The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,

Susan

Chelsea Has New Gurlee Girl Blog Candy

My dear friend Chelsea's art is delightful, and I am so tickled she  has new Gurlee Girls in her shop. Oh, how I love these sweet little girls! Of course, there's also blog candy: Now through December 6th you can enter your name to win all three of these lovely ladies. Can you believe it?!

You can see Chelsea's beautiful samples at these links:

• Cammy with Gifts (oh man do I love this one!) is HERE
• Christmas Angel Avie (the wings! ::swoon::) is HERE
• Lexi Praying (that sweet little face - oh my!) is HERE

Be sure to head on over to the shop and check out all the beautiful Gurlee Girls!

Cheers,

Susan