New neighbors moved in behind our house, and I created this card to welcome them to the neighborhood.  Our kids have already met and made fast friends - amazing how that works!  7gypsies Venice 6x6 paper and their coordinating stickers combined nicely for today's project.

I used 7gypsies adhesive foam pieces that are designed/cut specifically for their stickers to elevate several.

Lockhart Stamp Company's Itty Bitty Nest was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a White Inchie Square.  Inchie Squares are about 2mm thick - a quality embellishment that is also an art medium.  The archival matboard accepts ink incredibly well, and I've colored the Lockhart Nest with Copic markers.

A bit of Venice gaffer tape was torn and used on the side of the dark grey Inchie+ Square.  Button is from Hero Arts.  The bird eggs are Memory Box blue frost pearls.

Card interior features 7gypsies Venice 6x6 paper, and the coordinating card base and envelope is Memory Box Robin's Egg.  Sentiment is from A Muse. 

Best wishes for an awesome year in 2010!!

 
Today's project will walk you through coloring a bowl full of yummy strawberries from Lockhart Stamp Company.  Karen Lockhart's bowls of fruit are some of my favorite images to color!

To begin I stamped Lockhart's Strawberries onto white cardstock (Papertrey) using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then diecut using Labels One.  Leaving the die in place I lightly airbrushed with Copic E02.  To begin coloring the strawberries I outlined each berry with E07 then used a small amount of E09.  I left a small area of each strawberry alone for a highlight.

Next, I blended each strawberry with E02.  Don't worry about smudging the markers into the bowl area - we're going to be covering the bowl up a few steps down.

Stamped the Lockhart Strawberries onto a piece of Basic Grey 6x6 Nook & Pantry paper and cut the bowl out.  We'll be altering the bowl a few steps down.

Colored the strawberry leaves using G82, then G99.  The areas are so small I chose not blend them.

Adhered the cut bowl over the stamped image, then colored in the dots with Copic 100, and added a few random white dots with a Ranger white gel pen.

Onto a Memory Box Pine card base I added more Nook & Pantry 6x6 paper, and a Labels One mat layer.  Memory Box white pearls were scattered on the card front at random.  White May Arts grosgrain ribbon.  The 'I like you berry much' sentiment is from A Muse.  Thank you for stopping by today!

Today's project uses Lockhart Stamp Company's Snowman with Bird holiday image - I'm in love with her sweater!

I've discovered that Martha's Scallop Three-Dot punch (found at Michaels on Black Friday) lines up perfectly with Fiskars Scallop scissors.  This created a nice lining for the three dots.  October Afternoon Very Merry stripe paper was punched, then lined up with scallop-trimmed white cardstock.

The Lockhart Snowman image was stamped three times - on white cardstock (Papertrey) and twice on various Very Merry papers.

Images were trimmed, then pieced.  Using an Inchie Notes Neutral card base, I covered it with a few layers of October Afternoon's popular Very Merry papers and May Arts red velvet ribbon.

I used these Copic markers, black Spica pen and white gel pen for the image.  I forgot to include the border Copic I used - that's two photos down.  I used the Black Spica on the black dots of the snowman's smile.  The white gel pen was used on her hat.

I used a teeny tiny birch leaf punch to accent the Snowman's hat detail, punching Dill cardstock.  The manufacturer is not listed on this punch but I recall buying it online about a decade ago, and remember it was called a 'mini birch leaf'.  Hope this info helps if you are looking for one - it's super tiny!

Outlined the Lockhart Snowman image with Copic R81, then adhered to a Mocha cardstock square.  The unit was mounted to the card front using dimensionals.

Licorice bling from Hero Arts was added to the Snowman's eyes.  She's so cute!  A Muse tiny red bling was added to her sweater buttons, and a 7gypsies jumbo red jewel brad was added to her hat.

Finished card size is 3-1/2" (89mm) square.  Card interior features a punched, Very Merry paper scrap and sentiment from A Muse.  Happy Holidays!!

Lockhart Stamp Company's Itty Bitty Wreath takes center stage on a white Inchie Square for today's project.

I needed just oooooone more holiday card, and this ended up being just what I needed.

Karen Lockhart's IB Wreath was stamped onto a white Inchie Square, then colored using two green Copic markers and two pinkish-red ones.  The white Inchie Square was then mounted onto a 1-1/4" square of Licorice cardstock using dimensionals.

Using Inchie Arts' Neutral Inchie Notes as a card base (these measure 3-1/2" or 89mm square) I adhered two October Afternoon's new Very Merry papers.  A strip of the pink October Afternoon paper was punched using Martha Stewart's Half Daisy Edger Punch. 

The cute holiday words are from an old 7gypsies sticker sheet mounted using their foam adhesive, designed especially for these stickers.

A Muse Pink bling was added to the wreath.

Card interior features the Lockhart Wreath stamp in Adirondack Willow ink, and a strip of October Afternoon using Martha's Half Daisy punch.  The lovely sentiment is from A Muse. 

Someone told me today that "Christmas is next week."  I wanted to stick my fingers in my ears and shout, "I'm not listening!  I'm not listening!"... there is still so much to do!

Thank you for stopping by during this busy time of year!