Grungy winter tags by Cathy N

 Good morning, Cathy here with some grungy winter tags for you today.

                                                                      Stamps Used:

                                                           20695 writing and scribbles collage

                                                           20165 cross marks background

                                                           19723 fir trees silhouette 

                                                           18947 medium snowflake

I started off with some cream tags and I used some distress inks to make the background. Next, I edged them all with a dark brown distress ink.

After I got the backgrounds how I wanted them I stamped them with cross marks background in the same tan color. After that I stamped cross marks background.

Next, I stamped the fir trees silhouette on the one side of 2 of the tags and then the other side of 2 of the tags. Lastly, I stamped the medium snowflake in the light gray distress ink randomly over the tags.

Moonlight howl by Cathy N

 Good morning, Cathy here with a moonlight mini slimline card. 

I started out making the background with some pigment powers. I did blue and yellow. I then stamped the moon in the corner where I had the yellow. 

I then colored it in more with a yellow marker. 

I then stamped fir tree silhouette on the bottom multiple times.  After that I stamped howling coyote  in the middle of the trees. I added some white spray and layered it on a black card base. 

                                                                          Stamped used: 

                                                                           20157 moon

                                                                          19723 fir tree silhouette 

                                                                          19709 howling coyote 

Christmas Pocket Letter

Hi my dear crafty friends!

It's me, Susanne, today and I'd like to share a Christmas Pocket Letter. I have so much fun doing Pocket Letters altough I don't treat with them. I save them and send them to friends from time to time. Most of my Pocket Page layouts start with one full picture that I cut into nine pieces. For this one I used Distress Inks "Tumbled Glass" and "Pumice Stone" to create a watercolor background. Before I cut the cards I stamped a tree landscape on the bottom. I used the "XMas Silhouette Collage", the "Fir Trees Silhouette" and the "Redwood Trees".

I embellished every single card with different stamps. Sometimes I stamped them directly onto the card, sometimes I cut them out or embossed them. You'll find all stamps I've used at the end of this post.

I added some "snow" to every edge of the cards for a little bit more interest. I used texture paste together with Distress Glitter "Clear Rock Candy".

Stamps from Viva Las VegaStamps!:

Plate 1411:

XMas Silhouette Collage

Santa Smoking

Keep Calm and Unwrap

Santa Claus is coming

Eat Drink and be Merry

Bring on the Twinkle

Set of Three Ornaments

December 25

Plate 1460:

Fir Trees Silhouette

Redwood Trees

Other supplies:

Sizzix Dies

Distress Embossing Powder (Fired Brick, Pumice Stone, Broken China)

Distress Ink (Barn Door, Tumbled Glass, Pumice Stone, Wild Honey)

White Embossing Powder

Silver Embossing Powder

Archival Ink (Jet Black)

Texture Paste

Distress (Glitter Clear Rock Candy)

Washi Tape

I wish you a nice day. Happy stamping! Susanne.