A Winter Welcome

This is one of the newest Christmas and Winter digital illustrations from Mo’s Digital Pencil released within the last week.There are several that I’ll be coloring and making into cards. The details in her illustrations are amazing and this reminds me of a New England winter… hot chocolate, peppermint schnapps, fireplace…well, you get the picture.

I made this card for the Christmas Stampin’ All Year Long Challenge #31 at Paper Craft Planet. This week our hostess, Sankari, put out a challenge to create a card in any shape except our normal 4”x5” card (A2 size).

I stretched the image so I could create a card that would fit into a #10 business envelope (4 1/8 x 9 1/2”). I love this classic and clean look. 

Thanks for stopping by.. enjoy your day, and be safe in all you do.

Details: I used liquid appliqué and SU’s iridescent ice on the snow, and crystal effects to create icicles on the doorway and on the shovel to give it a metallic look. The poinsettias are made using a Punch Bunch punch. Colored this with prisma pencils.. ribbon from DeNami. Cardstocks are red linen, 80# white. I used a gold pen to outline the edges of the white cardstock.

KLM’s Newest Release

If you haven’t yet tried digital images, you have to check these out from KLM Digital Designs. Katy and Sue (Daughter and Mom) have created the cutest images. This is my card for the first release with the new design team, just one of the new images to be released tomorrow, June 8th.

They’ve got lots more to come, so keep stopping by to check for new items....

I used Prisma pencils with Gamsol, MS yellow ribbon, Crystal Effects, Computer-generated sentiment, Back to Basics DP from The Paper Studio.

Thanks for stopping by.. I hope your day is a cupcake kind of day!

Check this out…

I have many different serving dishes in my kitchen. I love to present every meal with eye-pleasing quality…

Over the years, I have collected many pieces that work in my kitchen and decor so well. I found these ‘cabbage’ dishes a few years ago, and they are perfect for salads or for serving vegetables. But they aren’t very hardy in the the dishwasher as I came to learn the hard way.

In these pictures you will notice two white chips in the ceramic dishes – in the lower right hand corner.

And here’s a close-up shot….

 

So, rather than throw them away…. I colored the chips with Copic markers…

 

 

And, now it’s hard to see the chips..  I used R35, R45, and R39 until the color was pretty close to the original red glaze-ware.

 

 

Then I topped the chips off with Crystal Effects from SU.. I don’t think you can even tell there was a chip!  I have heard that both Copics and Crystal Effects have endless uses.. .. and now I’m a believer.. Try this on a ceramic dish you might have. Don’t throw it away!  Repair it!  I’ve not put these through the dishwasher yet, but I’ll let you know how they fare!