I’m dreaming of a White Christmas….. Okay, not really. It is way too early to start thinking about snow, but I am thinking about Christmas cards. I know if I don’t get started now, I’ll never have enough done by December.
I had this cute image from Whimsy and Stars Studio in my files and realized I never used him. So to set things right, I had to make a Christmas card using him.
I ended up doing some paper piecing because I was having issues with coloring. Although I am using the same printer, ink cartridge, paper and markers that I always use, suddenly I am having issues with the ink from the image smearing. I even tried heat setting the image and am still having issues. Has this ever happened to anyone else? How did you fix it? Its driving me nuts!
I’m going to keep this short today. Have a great week! Thank you for stopping by!
**Edited to add - Don’t forget to check out the Featured Stamper Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. I’m the featured stamper!
Supplies:
- Stamps: Snowball Boy (digital stamp) from Whimsy & Stars Studio, Signature Christmas from Papertrey Ink
- Ink: Close To My Heart Outdoor Denim
- Papers: Papertrey white CS, Neenah crest CS, Paper Studio black CS, Echo Park Winter Park paper pad, Stampin’ Up Vellum
- Tools: Sewing machine, Martha Stewart edge punch, Big Shot, Papertrey journaling tab die, Die-namics Let it Snowflake die, Copic markers
- Embellishments: Twinery charcoal twine, misc. button, Stickles crystal, Fun Flock, misc pom-pom
Challenges:
- Crafty Bloggers Network - M, SIO - (Oct) Anything Goes
- House of Gilli - SIO - (2nd week) Anything Goes
- Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
- Marker POP Challenge (formerly iCopic) - 2E, must use Markers - (1st week) Paper Piecing + Shading
- MyGrafico - 2W, SIO - Anything Goes
- Stamp and Create - M, 1E/week - (Oct) Winter Wonderland
- Tammy's Scrapin Corner - 2E on anything goes weeks - Anything Goes
- 2 Sisters - #113 Anything Goes
- Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - must be Christmas - #94 Snowflakes
- Craftymess Challenge 2W - 2ndW #19 Anything Goes
- Rogue Redhead Designs 3E M - #16 Go Dotty
- Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - must be Christmas – Anything Goes
- Craftymess – Week 2, Anything Goes
- Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes
- Pixie Dust Studio - SIO - Anything goes
- Simply Create - must be digital/papercraft - Always anything goes
- Crafts and Me - #105 Anything Goes
- Divas by Design - 2E - #56 Anything Goes
- Just Keep on Creating - F, M – Christmas
- A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge - 2W, 3E, SIO - #34 Anything Goes
- Bearly Mine - 2E, SIO - #56 Anything Goes
- Deep Ocean Challenge - 2W - #36 Anything Goes
- Through The Craft Room Door 3E - Always Anything Goes
37 comments:
Fantastic card I love the image and the design and colours used are fab. Caroline xxx
Cheryl, this is super cute ! Sweet little guy and your paper piecing is fabulous!
you are so amazing with these images...I love this little one and how you paper pieced the outfit...so perfect...I love it
Love, love, love his paper pieced outfit!! Such an adorable card, too!! xx
Such a sweet image. Saw this on MIM
JUst Gorgeous! What a cutie this image is and I LOve your paper piecing. Thank you soooo much for joining us this week at CSAYL.
Chrissyxx
So pretty! Totally love the layers and the DP that you have used.
Don’t forget to had GDT after your name if you want to be a Guest designer in an upcoming challenge! Thanks for joining us as Tammy's Scrapin Corner this week. Hope to see you again next week. DT Crafting Vicky
Cute card Cheryl, love the colors you chose and the papers are all gorgeous together.
so very cute, love the stamp you used great for winter!!! thanks for joining simply create!!!
Sorry you're having printer issues! I know that's a huge deal when using the digi images!!!
He's cute none the less!!!!
I'm HOPING to play with the SCS CASE challenge but I don't know when I'm going to be crafting this week! UGH!!!!
What a beautiful card Cheryl.
Hugs Riet.xx
It's beautiful x
This is gorgeous!! I love the colors and beautiful design!! The image is absolutely adorable!! What an awesome card :)
Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts
Love the paper piecing for your image and your colours choice - fab card - thanks for joining in my CHNC challenge 94 - hope to see you again soon. x
Aww! this is gorgeous Cheryl. Love the very sweet image and fab design.
Donna x
A stunning card,love the blues and your image is gorgeous.
Thank you for playing in our challenge at Craftymess
Sandie
This is so cute, Cheryl! Love the blues and the cute image! You did a great job with the paper-piecing! I was having lots of problems with my markers, but swtiching papers helped me. Doesn't sound like this is your issue, though. Hope you get it sorted.
Beautiful card, Cheryl! Love the image, the layers, and the stitching. The paper piecing is adorable. I hope you get your ink problem figured out..I am sure it's super frusterating!
Hugs,
HL
Pretty card /Sewe
Cute card, fab image and a lovely layout too. Thanks for linking up with MIM this week.
Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!
Hugs, Sandy :)
So cute! Love your coloring! Love the colors, the papers! That border is too cute! Fantastic! Thanks for playing along with us at Tammy's Scrapin Corner!! Good Luck! I hope we see you again next week!!
- Susan, DT @ Tammy's Scrapin Corner
What a lovely card. So stunning design. I like the softness of colors and that image is absolutely gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
This is adorable sweetie. Yes you had better starting making your gorgeous Christmas cards soon.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx
Lovely card! Thank you so much for joining our Anything goes Challenge over at Bearly Mine Challenge. Good luck!
Hugs, Natascha
This is such a cute card.
This is so cute! I love the pop of black along the left edge.
This is gorgeous. I love the sweet image with the fabulous paper-pieced outfit and beautiful colour scheme
Sue
Hi hun! Your tag is too cute! Thanks for sharing it with us at Deep Ocean for our Anything goes challenge :)
Hugs, Franz.
He is just adorable Cheryl, love the little image and his cute little outfit.
Adorable image and great card.
Hugs and smiles
I adore your card. It is just gorgeous. sorry to hear about your printer problems. have you checked your printer settings? I had a similar problem in the past and I read a suggestion to set for cardstock and set for draft - you will get less ink. I tried that and it helped.
Thank you so much for joining us at MarekrPop Challenge! We are glad you joined us!
Hugs,
Marie XX
So beautiful and I love the paper piecing. This is something I've never tried and have no idea how to do it but it looks amazing. Thank you for joining us at The Emerald Faeries. Good Luck xoxoxo
Ah, what a sweety! Great job with the colouring.
Love the paper piecing, thanks for joining us at the Emerald Faeries Challenge this fortnight.
Beautiful card, Cheryl! Love the layering and all the icy blues! I really love the paper piecing, too! wish I had some great tips on the smearing ink. Hope you get that fixed soon!
Absolutely stunning card. Love the colors of it and your papr piecing is awesome.Thank you so much for sharing your card with us at The Emerald Faeries Challenge Blog.
Hugs, Eret
Thanks so much for sharing this lovely project at Anything goes, Just keep on creating.
Sorry it has taken so long to leave a comment. Just to let you know that the challenges are up and running again so hope you will continue to play along.
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