Lotta Candy Canes ~ FFC #14; MM #69; NBUS #34

Hello Friends!

Sure nuf, we whooshed right back around again!

I have a whole lot of stripey brightness for you today and a whole lot of NBUS (never-before-used schtuff).  I didn't get a chance to post yesterday, so my first card was made Wednesday night.  (I don't want you to think I can work all day and come home and make two cards in one night.  I'm not a young Snapper of Whips like so many of you; I feel like a cape Ed crusader just getting one done in an evening!)

The current challenge at Festive Friday is an "element challenge" where the element is candy canes:

I love, love, love the red and white of sweet candy canes on a Christmas card, so I had to play along.  I made this:

I started by layering stripes of my red and white striped Washi tape on an angle across the card front.  I trimmed it all around.  Next I adhered a slightly smaller white card panel over the top of the Washi tape.  I added the NBUS candy canes from the PTI "Friendship Jar Holiday Fillers" stamp set.  Don't they look so real and lickable?  I colored them with Prismacolor pencils. 

 

In my ancient vellum stash, I found this delectable Christmas green polka dot sheet.  One single sheet.  Dared I cut it?  Yes, I dared.  LITS, people!  And anysnizzle, what kind of a movement leader would I be if I didn't lead by example?!  I also used a NBUS die from Paper Smooches called "Crystal Clear 1" to die cut my jar to hold my candy canes.

 

I attached the jar with a tiny dot of Glossy Accent right where my bow center was going to be.  I tied my bow and attached it with another tiny dot of GA.  Finally I applied GA to the red sections of the canes.

I flipped the sediment position and used my sediment from the same PTI set to top off the card. 

Some people use yoga to develop good breathing techniques.  I wait until I have prepared every other detail of my card, hold my breath, and then apply my sediment.  And then I breath again.  I figure after stamping as long as I have, I could dive for scuba for eight and a half minutes without a snorkeler.

 

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I had so much fun with the red, white, and candy, I made another card last night.  This time I used Lesley's wonderful sketch for the current Merry Monday challenge:

and I made this:

For this card I used horizontal NBUS Washi tape that I just got in from Simon Says Stamp, applying it up one side and down the other.  Also NBUS and also from Simon is the triple circle die I used, called "Tri Circle."

 

After I die-cut the circles, I traced around them with a pencil, opened the card and triple-stamped the candy cane from a 1995 SU! set of unknown name.  I thought the circles needed a little oomph (a technical stamping term), so I cut out and applied the in-between layers of my not-NBUS Spellbinders Nestie "Standard Circles Small" die.

 

I added a wee sparkle to the candy cane bows with my Sakura "Clear Star" pen.

It's a really cute card, but honestly it's not that practical as far as holiday cards are concerned.  You couldn't write a whole lot inside, so this card would have to be for (a) if you don't have any snews, (b) that sweet friend you see all year long, or (c) your 94-year-old Aunt Charlotte who doesn't read so well anymore anyway and who will simply get a kick out of getting a card with holes in it.

(No she won't.  She'll poke around it with her fingers and think some bleeping words you didn't even know she knew!)

 

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But, boy, do I get a kick out of introducing you to new stamping friends!  Please join me in warmly welcoming Sandy Leigh of Eat. Write. Dream. Stitch!  Don't you love what she has as her number one priority?  She's our kind of girl!  You will be amazed at all the creative inspiration and enthusiasm for life she has on her blog!  Welcome, Sandy, and thank you for joining us!

 

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Enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy.  LITS*! 

 

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment and/or join as a follower!

 

 

*Life Is Too Short!   

Not mentioned above:

Paper:  PTI white; Su! real red
Ink:  SU! real red
Twine by "Doodle Twine"
Vertical Washi from "Freckled Fawn"