New Snowman Card

Here is a photo of my latest card that I made:

The idea came from all the snowmen I have seen in Etsy! 

I have hand drawn in black Spica pen the body, face and outlined the hat and scarf. The buttons are lipstick Spica pen. The scarf is some spotted paper from a DCWV Christmas Stack from a few years ago, the hat is green card stock and the carrot nose orange card stock, both from DCWV.

Merry Christmas is stamped (Hero Arts) in black ink (Vivid!).

I also drew a small snowman on the bottom left corner of the front of the envelope in Spica pen.

The card and envelope are both from Envelope Solutions.

This card will be for sale in my Etsy Shop: JemLou Productions. Link to come.

New Red and Green Christmas Tags

Here are some photos of my latest project:

I stamped in silver ink "a very merry christmas to you" in the shape of a Christmas Tree and then "to:" and "from:" on the other side, also in silver ink.
I have been working on these over a few weeks, as I was trying to decide on the fibre for the string part. Eventually I decided on baker's twine, red and white, or green and white, which I purchased from one of my favourite Etsy shops based here in Melbourne: koko vanilla designs.
They look great with the baker's twine!
The actual tags are from Creative Dreams - Aby and I bought them when we were at a Scrapbooking Fair.
Five of the green tags and five of the red tags are for sale in my etsy shop: JemLou Productions. Link to listing to come.
Thanks for looking! :)

What am I working on this week?

I am trying to adapt my reindeer card to Christmas gift tags....I drew another reindeer and made it into a digital stamp. Then printed it out on card stock that I bought from Envelope Solutions and then coloured the reindeer in with my watercolour pencils - still waiting on a sale before I buy those Copic pens! :)

So here are some photos:

I am also working on Christmas Gift tags with A Very Merry Christmas to You on one side and To/From on the other side. Photo and information to follow.

Reindeer Card in Treasuries on Etsy

My Reindeer card has been featured in two treasuries on Etsy!!

Here are the links to the treasuries:

1. SOMEONE HAS BEEN BUSY OR WILL BE by Cheryl
2. Candy Cane Confections by Mary Ellen

Thanks for looking! :)

A Small Merry Christmas Card - MOJO213

Here are my cards for the latest Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge - MOJO213:

Here is the sketch:

I have used:

• a metallic red envelope and white card stock hand cut into a square card by Envelope Solutions
• a circle of paper from A Christmas Stack from a few years ago by DCWV
• an oblong of red card stock by DCWV stamped in silver ink with Merry Christmas, both by JoAnn Craft Essentials
• a piece of ribbon by American Crafts

The envelope is lined in the same spotted paper that was used on the card.

These cards will come as packs of three and will be for sale in my Etsy shop: JemLou Productions. Here is the link for the listing.

Thanks for looking! :)

Celebrate the Season - Sketch Saturday

Here is my card for the latest sketch at Sketch Saturday:

Here is the sketch:

I have used:

• a kraft card and envelope
• three strips of paper from a Christmas Stack from a few years ago
• four strips of ribbon
• 3 buttons tied with embroidery floss and attached to the card with pop dots
• circle of card stock stamped with Celebrate the Season and inked around the edge with aquamarine green ink

The matching envelope has three strips of the same paper lining the inside.

The kraft card and envelope are from Envelope Solutions, the paper and card stock from DCWV, the three top ribbons from American Crafts and the other from JoAnn Scrap Essentials, the buttons and stamp are from JoAnn Craft Essentials and the ink from Color Box.

This card will be for sale in my Etsy shop: JemLou Productions. Here is the link to the listing.
This makes my 40th item!! :)

Thanks for looking. :)

Happy Birthday to You - Card Patterns

Here is my card for the latest sketch at Card Patterns:

Here is the sketch:

I have used:

• a white A5 card and envelope
• two papers from a Spring Stack from a few years ago
• a piece of blue card stock, stamped with "Happy Birthday to you" in aquamarine ink
• three buttons, tied with embroidery floss and attached to the card with pop dots

The card and envelope are from House of Paper, the papers and card stock from DCWV, alphabet stamps from PSX, buttons from Jo-Ann Craft Essentials and the ink from Vivid!

This card is actually for my Dad for his birthday coming up, but I will most likely make another one for sale in my Etsy shop: JemLou Productions, although the buttons will be different!

Thanks for looking! :)