Flasher Santa

As soon as I saw the Big Buckle Card (tutorial at Splitcoaststampers), I knew I had to make a Santa card. Now, I realize that doing so creates a card that basically requires the recipient to undress Santa, but who doesn't have a friend who would find that funny?!

♪♪ I saw Mommy unbuckling Santa Claus...underneath the Christmas Tree Last Night! ♪♪ [ref.]

Those arguments aside, I found the perfect opportunity to try my card idea, at this week's Winter Wonderland Challenge: Here Comes Santa Claus. (Oh dear my head just went to a naughty place again...) Assuming you're still reading this post and haven't blocked me yet, here's my quite innocent final card:

It's difficult to see in the photo, but the borders are cut from a polka-dot-embossed paper. I sewed the stitching on the belt by hand. It was really easy; I might make more!

Blacked-Eyed Susans' Dream

Card Update 1/7/11
I had so much fun taking artsy photos of the card I made yesterday that I never really finished making it a card. I've already received some lovely comments on it, but since I'm in easel-card mode this morning I whipped up a base for it.

I had originally planned to make a standard 5.5x4.25 card, but due to the size of the image I changed the final dimensions to 6x5.25, so having to cut an odd size for the base wasn't much of an issue with the easel card. For the inside I used a white butterfly that was in my workspace from my mom's punch, which is now back at home in Arizona, and sprayed it with my favorite glimmer mist.

It snowed last night and now is a sunny morning, so I felt inspired to take the card outside. Those who know me best will understand the enormity of this. The photos from the back porch were absolutely worth the whole project.

Additional supplies: Core'dinations cardstock, Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, Tattered Angels glimmer mist (Jack Frost)

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Original Post 1/6/11

It's a chilly yet sunny day, so I thought I'd make something with the sunshiny butterfly I colored on Christmas night with my new Copics.

I've been saving this for a special occasion, and this week's ColourQ and SCS Sketch challenges fit the bill.

Since the ColourQ challenges are based on Stampin' Up! colors, I was happy to be able to use some of my Stampin' Up! paper. It's so yummy I hate to use it for just anything, but I had colors that matched this week's combo So Saffron, Daffodil Delight and Soft Sky. Just by chance, I had met the "basic black" criteria already by making the daisies Black-eyed Susans in a nod to my now-home State of Maryland. I added a glitter border to the "dream" sentiment to offset the black.

Inspiration:
colourQ Challenge #66: so saffron, daffodil delight, soft sky, basic black + white
SplitcoastStampers Sketch Challenge #314

Supplies:
Dream Butterfly rubber stamp cling by Impression Obsession, Stampin' UP paper (Subtles Patterns 2010), Recollections white cardstock, StazOn ink (I know I know, that's a big no-no for copic markers, but I didn't know that at the time & it's the only ink I had. I've mended my ways!), Martha Stewart border punch, Fiskars papercutter, ZipDry glue, Sakura gelly roll pen, Copic Ciao B color set

3 stamps, 3 challenges

I wanted to try out more stamps from my Christmas stash, and had so much fun with my first try that I decided to go all-out and try 3 Splitcoast Stampers challenges with the same 3 stamps: a child looking out a window on snow, an ornament leaf and a sentiment. I made my first tag with scraps from the first card. I liked the result of the 2nd card's color combination so much that I decided to make a matching tag for that one as well.

Tag #1: SplitCoastStampers MFT Wednesday Stamp Club challenge #MFTWSC10272010: Tag You're It! Supplies: Polar White Flowersoft & glue, Recollections cardstock, Cricut personal cutter, Walk in My Garden Cricut cartridge, Tim Holtz scissors, Fiskars papercutter & corner punch, silicon stamps from my Christmas stash, StazOn ink
Card #1: SplitCoastStampers sketch challenge #SC303 Supplies: Polar White Flowersoft & glue, Recollections cardstock, Cricut personal cutter, SCAL2 software, Tim Holtz scissors, Fiskars papercutter & corner punch, silicon stamps from my Christmas stash, StazOn ink




Tag #2: SplitCoastStampers MFT Wednesday Stamp Club challenge #MFTWSC10272010: Tag You're It!
Supplies: Polar White Flowersoft & glue, Core'dinations & Recollections cardstock, Cricut personal cutter, Walk in My Garden Cricut cartridge, Tim Holtz scissors, Fiskars papercutter, silicon stamps from my Christmas stash
Card #2: SplitCoastStampers Color Combo challenge #CC294: light pink, light aqua blue, kraft, black + Lace Supplies: Polar White Flowersoft & glue, Core'dinations & Recollections cardstock, DCWV Christmas stack paper, Cricut personal cutter, Tim Holtz scissors, Fiskars papercutter, silicon stamps from my Christmas stash, StazOn ink, chalks from Pebbles, Inc.