Happy Christmas Creative Uses
Hi readers! Happy FRIDAY to you! Can you believe it’s less than a week until Christmas?! My goodness time flies! As always it’s a great treat to have the amazing Debby Hughes back as a guest on our blog with some fun creative uses of Simon Says Stamp exclusives! Enjoy!
Hello it’s Debby here popping in to wish all who celebrate a Happy Christmas! Today’s post is all about using your supplies in creative ways and I have to stick my hands up and say that this isn’t the most creative I’ve been with my supplies but this card makes me smile and I hope it makes you smile too :D Eternal Simon favorites of are the cat and dog that Kristina Werner designs. I absolutely adore these two and wanted to include them in my holiday card. I started with two non-holiday sets though – the dog is from You Are Pawesome and the cat is from the Halloween set, Trick or Treat. A little selective inking and few simple accessories bring these guys into the festive season. The dog is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black apart from his nose which is selectively stamped in Lipstick Red. He’s colored with Copics and then accessorized with a pair of antlers created using a couple of the tips from the Melody snowflake colored with brown Copics. The antlers have been given a little festive bling with some Star Dust Stickles and his nose a good dose of Glossy Accents.
The cat (otherwise know as Mannie after Kristina’s own cat) is selectively stamped in Memento tuxedo black – I omitted the mask and eyes from this Halloween set and then afterwards drew in my own eyes. It was too fiddly to try and ink the eyes and not the mask. Mannie is Copic colored with a red Santa coat and accessorized with a black belt (slither of Black card) and gold buckle (hole punch from Y35 colored card). I couldn’t resist adding a fake beard to Mannie and tried various options. The tip of a Fall Leaves die was promising but in the end I borrowed Santa’s beard from the Ugly Sweater set, trimming it slightly to fit Mannie and then blacking the edges with a Memento marker so it looked stamped.
These two Christmas Critters are then mounted onto the sledge from the Home For The Holidays set cut with its matching die from Holidays At Home with a backdrop of Stitched Slopes and Hills and a sentiment from Winter Friends stamped in Black on a banner again from the Holidays At Home dies.
As this is my last post before the Holidays I want to wish all the fabulous folks who make up the Simon family and all the wonderful readers here at Simon’s blog a happy Christmas and an awesome New Year!
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Too cute. That does put a smile only face!!
oh my—isn’t that the cutest??
Debby’s card is awesome , as always! Great ideas of altering a stamp, for a different occasion. Merry Christmas.
Very cute card.
Love the cute cat Santa!
OMG, this is absolutely one of those cards that needs to go to only one person … you know her … the one person who has shared some of the most fun times with you. LOL!!! Thanks, Debby!!!
TOO CUTE! These two, look like my critters HERE! LOL :D
Super cute! I love how you used a non-Christmas stamp to create this.
I love the selective stamping and beard on Santa Mannie – also the pawsome dog looks great in his snowflake antlers. How imaginative!
The card turned out fantastic! I love the cute little red nose on the dog! :)
That is SO cute!
Isn’t this just the cutest remake ever? How adorable. happy Holidays to you all. Merry Christmas.
So Cute!
How adorable is this? Totally!
Merry Christmas to you all and Happy New Year :)
So much fun! Love this cute, clever and creative idea, Debby!
the “reindeer” is so cute. thanks for sharing a great card.
Totally adorable!
Love this adorable card! Debbie Hughes is so clever and talented!!
What a sweet card! Thank you for the inspiration ♥
This card is too cute for words! What an awesome idea!!
Such a cute duo!
Super cute and how inspirering to alter the stamped images like that.
Too cute, love how Debby stretched these stamps!
Oh my goodness how adorable! Haha! That cat looks so cute all dressed up as Santa and the dog looks a little bewildered.
Wow! Debby is a genius!! I love it!!
Wonderful, love the extra ways to play!~kim
What a cute card!
This is an adorable card!
how cute!!!!! the santa cat and rudolph dog!
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thanks, Debby, for the adorable Christmas inspiration! :)
This is such a cute card. I KNEW I SHOULDA TOOK THAT STRETCH YOUR STAMPS CLASS. I do love how she used so many Simon products on this one card. And Debby…your right…this card just makes me smile.
So much fun!
Thank you Debbie for these fun ideas, love how you stretched those stamps, love the inspiration!!!
Creative and fun!
This is really awesome so, so fun.
A.Dor.A.Ble! LOVE the Kitty Claus!
Cute card! Love the details on the dog’s antlers!
Adorable! Love the Santa cat and his cute reindog!
what a cute dog
HA I love the added antlers and beard to the cat and dog, awesome creative mind!
Adorable! TFS
I love the cat’s beard!
Imagination plus! What a wonderful adorable Christmas greeting!
Cute! Best Wishes for the Holidays!
This card is so cute and creative! Love how you added the beard to Mannie!
Wow, this is a cute card. Love the animals and all colors and shading. Thanks!
Cute card and great idea! ;-)
Love the idea of using different items from different sets, very creative!
Fun card and I love
the antlers on the dog!
Carla from Utah
What an adorable card!