Beccy's - Black, White, & 1 Color!

      Time for the next 30 Days of Holidays theme that isn't a letter of the alphabet and Beccy has chosen Black and White + 1 Color.  I started browsing through my rather large collection of Beccy's Place images and found that most of them would have resulted in more than one color being used for the images to look properly 'finished.'  Then I ran across her "Mistletoe" image and knew it would be perfect!

     I merged the sentiment (also from Beccy's Place) before printing the image, then colored it with my Ohuhu markers.  I used a bit of white and charcoal gray pencils on the berries to make them look spherical.   The image was cut with a QuicKutz die.  The two papers are both from the scrap basket and I think they originally came from a DCWV stack.

     Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T.

Creative Fingers

Di's Digi Designs

Gem of a Challenge

Polkadoodles

     This second post for today is all I have and I'm off to do some planning and prep work for our upcoming Thanksgiving next week.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

CASEd Mistletoe Card

      This card is for the first of the random themes Beccy has on the 30 Days of Holidays this month.  Instead of a letter of the alphabet, she wants you to CASE one of your own cards.  I've cased lots of cards by other people but I don't know if I've ever CASEd one of my own.

      Here's the one I did as the CASE card for this year, with the image reversed, and adjusted to a slim line card.  The greens are pastel and I stayed with beige for both the bow in the image and the one the card.  I had to use different dp because I didn't have any more of what I used last year but I also wanted to stay with my pastel Christmas colors.  The dp on this card is from Graphic 45.  

      The image corners are done with a Fiskars punch.  I used burlap twine and a scrap of fabric to make the bow.  I took some of the negative pieces from the corner punch to make the 3 dots in each of the diagonal corners.

      Using punched out circles/dots is one of my favorite things to do.  It means I'm making embellishments without any cost, I'm not tossing out scraps, and I can make the dots look like gems if I put a little glitter on them or 'color' them with shiny gel ink.  This time I left them white because that had the most contrast against the black card front.

     And here's the card I did last year using the same Mistletoe image from Beccy's Place.  "Mistletoe Kisses"

     Challenges:

As You Like It

Aud Sentiments

Crafty Hazelnut's

Creative Inspirations

Outlawz Twist Thurs

Paperminutes

Paper Shelter

WordArt Weds

     This was a fun challenge and I truly enjoyed CASEing myself.  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Happy Mistletoe

      I know there's a specific day for celebrating Christmas, and for those of us in Canada and the US, Thanksgiving Day (even though we do that on two different days), and even your birthday whenever it rolls around, but I think we should recognize and celebrate as many days of "Happy Mistletoe" as possible throughout the holiday season.   It won't be as much fun kissing through our Covid-9 masks but...  Maybe we could turn it into an entire Festival so it can be celebrated in upcoming years when we aren't in the middle of a pandemic.  :-D

     This card uses a fun image from Bugaboo Stamps which I colored last year and never used so it's definitely time now.  It was safely tucked away in the stash of Christmas images, along with about 6 others all colored and waiting.

I based this on the sketch from Sketch Saturday

although I had to adjust the exact placement

because of using up the negative die cut snowflake.

I also used colors from the bottom row at CMH Color Dare.

Colored w ProMarkers

Cut w QuicKutz die

Snowflake is a negative cut w Spellbinders die

Sentiment cut w Avery Elle die

Silver glitter added to make the snowflake

Silver ribbon and red ribbon were both scraps

     Challenges:

Catch the Bug

Crafty Calendar

Crafty Hazelnut's

Di's Digi Designs

Outlawz Festive Fri

Passion for ProMarkers

Polkadoodles

Time Out

     Happy Crafting until tomorrow.  NanaConnie

"M" for Mistletoe - Beccy's Place 30 Days of Christmas

     Day 15 at 30 Days of Christmas for Beccy's Place so we're half way through the alphabet and half way through the month.  My "M" items are pretty simple - Mistletoe and Merry Christmas, but I did use Markers for coloring.  Both the image and the sentiment are from Beccy's.

ProMarkers used to color the image
Image and sentiment cut with Unbranded dies
Glittered paper (Marine green) boxes cut with QuicKutz dies
Grosgrain ribbon bow
Merlot red card base

     Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps
Creative Fingers
Dragonfly Dreams
Outlawz Festive Fri
Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Paperbabe Stamps
Pattie's Creations
Stamping Sensations
Winter Wonderland

     Have yourself a wonderful weekend and Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie

Mistletoe Ornament

     Yesterday, we finished the entire alphabet prompts and today is the last of the daily challenges which have been running for an entire month at Beccy's Place.  Today we get to do "Anything We Love."  I loved the Mistletoe which came in this set from Beccy's and had to use it before the challenges ended altogether.

     However, I wanted to try something other than just another card so I turned it into a tree ornament!

Colors from Color My Heart #321, 3rd column

plus Gold on the twine bow.

     I printed the mistletoe image onto CS twice, added glitter to the mistletoe berries, then after it dried, cut both of them at the same time with a die from QuicKutz.  I wanted the ornament to have a bit of weight so I cut six more of the same shape from white CS.  I sandwiched those six pieces between the two image pieces and glued them all together, adding the ribbon hanger to the center of the layers.

     If I do another one I think, instead of gluing the layers, I'll try weaving narrow ribbon through the holes and I can tie the ends together to make the hanger.  It'll make it a bit more decorative and I could even add a splash of bright color simply by choosing the right ribbon.

     Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Cardz TV
Crafting from the Heart
Crafting with Friends
Dream Valley
Get Creative
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Penny's Paper-Crafty

     Note especially for Beccy: Playing this month has been so much fun and I look forward to your 30 Days of Cards each November.  Thank you so much for all you do to make the daily challenges fun and fabulous!  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie