8 Quick Christmas/Holiday Cards

Happy Tuesday!
Just a quick post with a few ideas for Christmas and Holiday Cards.
The first 4 all feature girls:


The 1st is a favorite of mine, Cherry Kisses from PollyCraft



The 2nd is another Cherry Kisses, this one was a freebie on their blog but she available for just a week. But there are more new freebies there now so it's worth a look!



The 3rd one is from an etsy company called Digi Stamp Characters



The last one is another Pollycraft freebie.

And the second set of 4 are a little more chilly! LOL



This is the 1st of 3 snowman images I used by Dustin Pike



This penguin was a Pollycraft freebie too. You see you do need to bookmark their blog and grab all the wonderful images!!





These are all 5 1/2" square and I hope you like them!
Katie

Happy Monday and another Christmas Card! Plus my new Marker Caddy find!

Hello Everyone!
There were a couple more Christmas in July challenges that I wanted to do so this week I'll have two more cards for you to see.
This one covers 4 challenges:
Polka Doodles gave me the sketch and I rotated it a 1/4 turn
Paper Play wanted a card for a boy or man, I think the blues make this more boyish
The Cuttlebug Spot had the Christmas in July theme
and
Belli wanted metal tags.

I used a wonderful Dustin Pike Image that you find at Doodle Dragon and colored him with Copic's, cut him out and matted him on an oval that has been embossed with Cuttlebugs Swiss Dots folder.
The papers are Walmart from a couple of years ago but I love them!
I also embossed the border with the Snowflakes folder. I used Coredinations cardstock and sanded it to reveal the white center, I love that cardstock!!


The inside has more dp and an oval journal mat to coordinate with the one on the front.



As I mentioned on Friday I wanted to share a wonderful container that I found at Target. It was designed to hold beverages on your outdoor table but my daughter saw it and said "Mum that would work perfectly for your markers!". I had previously had the markers in hanging buckets which worked great apart from when I wanted to take them downstairs to work on a piece in the evening to be with everyone else. I used to have to get a try and balance 6 or 7 small buckets on it and make my way downstairs. Now I just grab the handle of one container and I'm fixed!
The best thing was it was originally $12.99 and I got it for 50% off so just $6.49!
I found it online too Caddy but it still full price there (I don't know why it says not available in stores either)





I think it looks like I need more Green markers, what do you think? ;)



So I can get all my Copic's, my Promarkers and Prismacolor markers in one caddy.
I hope you liked today's snowman and my new marker caddy.
Katie

You'll need your sunglasses for this one!

Happy Wednesday!
Todays card is certainly a bright one! LOL
A little more whimsical than my usual style but those Dustin Pike images I told you about last week sneaked into my shopping cart and they are too cute to sit not printed and colored for long.
As usual I've been combining challenges and this one covers 6 different ones.
BTW I've been creating a list of challenge blogs and so far I have over 100 so I should never be short of ideas!LOL

The Next Level gave me a wonderful sketch by Jacque
Scrap Masters gave me the color combo of Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze and Rich Razzleberry. I'll admit that I don't have any Stampin' Up stuff so I have to try and chose colors that look similar.
Paper Blooms asked for Animals and a Punny Sentiment (I think I did that :))
Our Creative Companion wanted Pets/Animals as well
Creative Card Crew were looking for you to create a scene
Cupcake Crafts wanted you to include Blossoms and Butterflies.



This cute image from Dustin Pike was colored with Copic's and I added Diamond Stickles to his wings. I cut it out and popped it up as the sketch also required a 3D image. I added a butterfly made with two layers made from a Marvy punch. I tore some Cordinations cardstock to make the grass. The flowers are Prima, the dp is KMA (no longer making their own papers :()



The inside just has more dp and a journaling mat with the same ribbon as the on the front.



I hope you can see the Stickles and the 3D popped image.
So that is todays creation and I hope you like him!
Katie

A Super Deal for Digi Stamp fans!

I know many of you are die hard rubber fans but I love digis and one of my favorites is Dustin Pike.
He has a FANTASTIC deal right where you can buy his whole store, 118 images!, for just $25!
You can get to the deal by clicking HERE
You can see all his store Right Here
His designs are super cute and whimsical and they print out a dream.
I use Georgia Pacific cardstock in my Kodak printer and then color with my Copic's.
They don't smear at all and I love that you can resize and flip and layer to your hearts content.
Like yesterdays deal, I have no affliation other than being a very happy customer :)
Have fun!
Katie

Friday Sketchers #58 and yet another digi stamp! LOL

Hello everyone!
I think this may be the last card for this week. Hubby is off work tomorrow so the 4th is a long weekend and I don't actually have another completed challenges waiting in the wings
It's Friday Sketchers time again and they always seem to have a sketch that I just have to do, this sweek is no expection



My daughter's favorite animal is an elephant and so when I saw this cute image from Dustin Pike at the bottom of the page I just ahd to have him. Dustin's images are really well done, a joy to color and at just $1 an image when you buy a package you can't go wrong. I print them with my Kodak All In One on GP cardstock and have no problems with any of the brands of alcohol markers that I use.
The dp this time is by DCWV from this years Spring Stack. The flower and stickers were from the Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby and the dotty ribbon was from the cupcake collection in Michaels $1 section.



I added an additional sentiment inside and really that was it!
A simple card in principal but I think it turned out so cute and it's a favorite in my house this week :)
If I don't post over the weekend I wish you all a very happy and safe holiday and Happy 4th to all Americans and ones flown here from places far away! LOL
Katie

Yo Ho Ho and a new card to share!

Hi Everyone!
The weeks are passing so quickly here and I can't believe it will be July tomorrow!
I had planned on blogging every day but you know how it is,
Anyway I have a new card for you to see today and it covers two challenges in one.
You know how much I'm into digital images right now and todays's card showcases just that.
Scrappy Frogs issued a Challenge asking everyone to use the same image. Well with a stamp that would be very difficult as obviously not everyone has the same stamp. But with a digital image that was provided FREE! by Dustin Pike it meant that anyone with a printer could have a go! The images from Dustin and superb at all sizes and very fun to work with.
Another digital card blog Dare U2 Digi had a sketch challenge this week and so I thought it was perfect to combine both digital cahllenges.




The image they wanted you to use at Scrappy Frogs was the pirate background but as Dustin provided the other images free as well I thought I add them to the scene. They were printed with my Kodak All In One printer of Georgia Pacific cardstock and colored with Copic's and Prismacolor alcohol markers.
Each image was popped up with dimensionals upon the background. The papers were from the Lime Twist collection by Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby. The sentiment was from the Paper Studio as well.



I added more papers from the collection to the inside and another sentiment from the same sticker set.
I thought it would make a super cute birthday card for a little guy!
I have 3 more cards completed for challenges to share with you this week so be sure either join as a follower or add me to your favorites so you can see them all.
Have a great rest of your day!
Katie

5 new cards for the Verve Stamps release giveaway

Happy Thursday Everyone!
Verve Stamps are releasing new stamps this week and are having a week long party to celebrate.
You can read all about the fun at Split Coast Stampers Verve Forum and see the great sketch they gave everyone to work with.
If you did all 5 sketches you would be entered into a draw for all the new stamps!
Of course I had to have a try :)
The sketch #1 is also the challenge at Mojo Monday



For this sketch I rotated the sketch and made a square card instead of a rectangle.
I used a digital image from Pink Petticoat In My Garden collection
I colored it with Copic's, the flowers are Prima and the leaf punch and border punch are Martha Stewart. The dp is DCWV. Also I colored the bow with my Copic's to match the flowers.



For this sketch I used an image from Digi Stamp boutique called Ruby. Again I colored her with Copic's, added Prima flowers, Paper Studio fabric brads and dp from DCWV The Garden Party stack.



More DCWV paper, this time from Nana's Kithcen stack. The digi image is by Dustin Pike and I just love how cute it is!
The sentiment is a Studio G $1 stamp from Michaels.



The image this time is another from Digi Stamp Boutique, this time from the Lizzie Collection. After coloring her I added Diamond Stickles to her wings and star on her wand.
The dp are from a pack by Best Occasions that I got from Walmart.
The flowers are from the Fairytale collection by Prima and the pearls are Martha Stewart wedding collection. The sentiment is Melissa Frances. I used my scalloped circle Nesties on both the image and the sentiment.



The final image is another Digi Stamp Boutique from the same Lizzie collection as above. I had to use my Diamond Stickles again as her wings, wand and crown just cried out for it! LOL
The papers are from the Nana's Nursery Baby Girl stack from DCWV. The flowers are from the Bridal dept and the border punch is Fiskars.

I hope you enjoyed all the cards today, I feel tired just making this post!
Katie