Happy December my friends. One of the things I love about a new month is the arrival of the Spellbinders kits of the Month. Today I am sharing the December 2021 Large Die of the Month. I'll share the die set and all it's pieces, a sort of review and then make two different cards using this die set.
If you are not familiar with the Kit of the Month program from Spellbinders you should take a second to check it out. They have three different kit of the month that are die sets, a Glimmer Hot Foil kit of the month, Clear Stamp of the Month, Card Kit of the Month and bundles of the different kits you can get as well. They are priced right and come to you each month that you want to continue getting them.
This month's kit, Stitched Layered Background, has 6 dies in it. They layer together for a stunning look and one of the layers you are able to stitch on, or if you are not into stitching it looks great just die cut. Take a look at the two cards I made with this set, one has stitching and the other does not.
Here you can watch these cards come together and get a close up look at this die set.
First let's look at the card I made without stitching.
For this card I used all four of the largest dies to create this layered white panel. I die cut all the layers from White card stock for an elegant look and backed it with red for a pop of color.
This elegant background paired beautifully with my Christmas Florals, a Glimmer Hot Foil set.
For my second card I used the stitched panel to create the look of a Christmas sweater.
First I stitched all the Red diamond shapes and thought I'd then layer the other die cuts over it like on the last card. BUT, the idea came to me to stitch in the open spaces connecting it all with green thread. Inspired by the Ugly (but not too ugly) Christmas sweater, I went for it.
I always enjoy stitching these die cut panels that Spellbinders puts out. Did you see the ornament I made last year with a stitching die? If not here's a link to that video: https://youtu.be/1Ye8sXESUew
Thank you so much for stopping by! Please let me know if you have any questions about this die set or the club kits at Spellbinders.
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When first saw the Bottle Gift Tag die set from Trinity Stamps I thought it was a door knob hanger die! So, when I got it I just had to see if it would work for a door knob hanger. I love having dies that I can use multiple ways. And this die does make great bottle tags for bottles of wine or champagne.
I wanted to make a holiday door knob hanger. One that I could use to hang on the door of our Den, which has become the dedicated wrapping room each holiday season. The door knob hanger could indicate that wrapping is happening and not to enter. So here is what I made for this purpose.
This Stuck Santa die set is one of my favorites this holiday season, So, I created a very snowy scene for Santa and added No Peeking to the top of the hanger using the Graham Cracker alphabet, which fit perfectly at the top.
But what happens when no wrapping is happening in the Den? This question gave me the idea to make this door knob hanger reversible like many I have seen in hotels.
Side two, has a die cut snowman from the Slimline Series Snowman die set, also from Trinity Stamps.
Isn't he so super cute? Now let's take a look at how this reversible door knob hanger came together.
Did you see all the different ways I added texture to this hanger???
It was hard to capture in photos all the texture here. But I added Snowfall Grit paste to the snow on the top of the chimney and the snow the chimney is sitting in.
To make sure Santa's boot stand out from the background I added some glaze to them, the shine sets them apart just enough from the night sky.
For the white trimming on Santa's suit I added Cotton Tail flock from Pink & Main. Flock is so super easy to use. I added glue where I wanted flocking and then sprinkled the flock on over the glue. EASY! And having the soft fuzziness on his suit really helps to bring Santa to life.
I did cut a slit in the side of the circle at the top of the hanger making it easier to get on and off the door knob.
Now let's take a look at the flip side.
You can see the Snowfall Grit paste on the snow that he is sitting in much better in this picture. That paste really looks like snow, I am in love with it!
His eyes, nose and buttons are covered with glaze.
THE HAT!!! I am in love with it. I covered the hat itself with Grandpa's Slippers Flock, which is Black. And the hat band is covered with Sparkling Santa's Hat Flocking, which is red flock with red glitter in it!!!
I am in love with this double sided door hanger! It is very sturdy with a layer of light weight chip board in the center, so I am planning on using this for several years to come.
Thank you for stopping by and letting me share my creations with you. I have all the supplies I used listed below.
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Hello there! Today's post is totally different! I got to be a crafty scientist and create with Iron On Ink by Artesprix. They specialize in Sublimation products for crafting. Sublimation is basically ink that you can iron on to a hard surface. There is a science behind it all and I show you how to do it with a home iron in today's video. I will be ironing my stamped images on to hard surfaces like wood, plastic and metal. All of these blank pieces are from Artesprix and have a polyester coating on them that allows them to take the sublimation ink. Look how gorgeous they came out using a sublimation ink pad and markers.
Now let's watch how to use this iron on ink in the video below.
Now let's take a look at each of the projects I made.
This is a wooden travel tag. The Poinsettia stamp is from Trinity Stamps and it is the image I used on all of the makes. To get this image in such bright colors onto this wooden tag I stamped it with sublimation ink on to a piece of printer paper. Then I used the Bright set of sublimation markers to color in the image. I use Pink, Red and Orange for the flower petals, to give them a bit of variation. The sentiment is from the Artesprix stamp set, it stamped with word backwards so that when you transfer the image to the blank it read correctly. Once all your stamping and inking is done on the printer paper you tape your blank to this with heat tape, sandwich it in-between the specialty heat paper and iron it. Artesprix does have a very nice silicone mat to use to protect your surface from a very hot home iron. After 3 minutes under a home iron your image will have transferred to the blank.
Here is another I created on the wood tag.
I dressed both of my tags up with my own ribbon at the top, turning them into some fun gift tags, but these travel tags do come with a rubber attacher that works great for adding this to luggage.
Here is another blank surface that Artesprix sells, the keychain. I completely covered the surface of this keychain, coloring around the poinsettia with a light blue marker. I love the look and I added a couple beaded charms to it for fun. The hardware for this key chain comes with it but is not attached making it easier for you to transfer your image. And the hardware snaps in place very easily.
Last but not least I made a metal bookmark, also available at the Artesprix shop. This is metal and again, coated with a polyester coating, which is key to the sublimation process working. I share how I was able to get my hand written sentiment on the tag in the video, although I do not love how my handwriting turned out, it was sure fun seeing if I could do it. Which brings me to another idea for you. You can draw and transfer your own art work to any of these blanks!
I had so much fun doing this, I hope you will check out the video and see how cool using iron on ink is. If you have any questions be sure to leave it in the comment box below, I'd love to help you get started doing Sublimation.
Hello again my crafty friends. Today I am sharing the final episode in my "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series. For this episode I am playing with the Magic Iris again, and the Camera Add on. And creating a picture perfect Christmas scene. To go with my card, a coordinating flocked ornament.
This card has so many fun elements on it, but the magic iris has to be the coolest.
I love that is opens as a camera would and reveals another part of the scene. A yummy Christmas village of gingerbread!
The thing I had the most fun with on this card is making the background with the Snowflake Background stencil set and the White Stencil Paste. That white is so white and not a spec of red showed through. I LOVE it!
One of my favorite things to do on a card is to make custom sentiments. With the help of Oliver's Stitched ABCs and the Yeti or Not stamp set I was able to create the " SMILE it's Christmas" sentiment that I wanted for this card.
This card is 6"x 6" and is such a fun size for Christmas and with this coordinating ornament, you have gift too.
What I love about this project was adding the flocking. The flock is Cotton Tail with glitter in it! All I did to apply the flock is dab on some glue with a paint brush and then sprinkled the flock on. Just treat it like glitter and the result is so very beautiful and Christmasy!
To dress up all the cute stamped images I added some glaze all over and sprinkled on some chunky glitter. I loved this so much I went back to the card and added the same thing to the letters in SMILE.
Thank you so much for stopping by! I had a blast making these and hope that you found a bit of inspiration here today.
Below are all the supplies I used to make these two projects. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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I am back with my 4th Episode in the "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series! Today's card was inspired by two of my favorite cards from last year! One had a woodland kitchen of mice, the other has removable snow globe shaker ornaments. SO, I am making an amazing holiday kitchen for my mice, but this time in a slimline shadow box card. AND, to decorate the out side of that shadow box, I have two removable snow globe shaker ornaments!
Here you can see all the fun the mice are having in the kitchen, baking up all kinds of holiday treats.
You can watch this card come together in this video.
If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can also view it here.
You can see here that I really went to town, stamping, coloring and die cutting out images for this card. I really wanted to dress up the frame of this card with al kinds of goodies.
And on the inside I love to have a lot to look at inside my shadow box cards. And these mice have been busy this season with gingerbread houses, cookies, cakes, and lots more. They are hoping to sell enough of their homemade goods so they can open up their own shop, Very Mice Treats!
I could not let the fun end there. So I created two mini snow globe shaker ornaments that attach to the sides of the shadow box with hidden magnets from Inky Stamper .
This Snow Globe Scenes stamp set is such a fun one. It has scenes you can put in these globes or you can create your own like I have done here. I loved having little scenes that go with my card in these ornaments. They very easily can be removed and because the magnet is hidden, you can not see a magnet either on the card or on the ornament.
If you missed an episode in this "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series I have listed and linked the first three episodes for you below.
Below you will find all the supplies I used to make today's card and ornaments. If you have any questions about these projects please let me know in the comments below. And I just love hearing from you.
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Hey there I am back with Part Three of my Slimline Snow Globe series. In this video I am sharing how to make the Slimline Snow Globe card from Scrappy Tails into a Shadow Box Card! If you missed Part One and Two on making a Spinner and a Shaker out of this die set you can watch them here; Part One and Part Two.
For this shadow box card I used the Christmas Tree Spinner Add On Die set. But this card does not spin, having the other layers of the shadow box would get in the way of the tree spinning, but you could have it dangle like I did with the snowman in my shaker card. I did some very simple paper piecing on this tree and I think it really stands out with the white ornaments.
You can watch this card being made in the video below.
If you can not see the video on this screen, you can watch it right HERE.
For the other layers of this shadow box I have a layer of Christmas presents in front of the tree, and in front of the presents I have one of the deer.
I also used some strips of window sheet to attach a couple snowflakes so they appear to be suspended in the air at the top of the card, in front of the Christmas tree.
And of course I added plenty of embellishment to the outside of the card too, with more die cuts, a sentiment, bling and glitter too.
If you are wondering about where you right on this card, the back of the card has a nice spot for your heartfelt wishes. And you are able to press this card flat to mail. If you are like me and like a lot of layers and bling then you might want to consider mailing it in a bubble mailer or, included it in a package. Of course, hand delivery is also a great option.
Below I have all the supplies I used to make today's card. If you have any questions please let me know in the comments below.
Thank you for taking time to visit me today!
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
Hello there my stamping friends. Today is a NEW RELEASE day over at Trinity Stamps! You can check out the entire new release right here.
To celebrate the new release, the Design Team is bringing you some inspiration with the new products. I am featuring the Happy Dance Stamp and coordinating die set. And I am bringing in a new stencil set, City Lights as well as the new 9x4 Mixed Media paper! I just had to play with this new paper, so I pulled out my inks, embossing powder, watercolors, sprays and stencil to make a fun background for this card. Check it out!
I wanted to use the Galaxy background technique for this night sky full of fireworks as a backdrop for my happy dancers. They are ready to ring in a new year for sure! I think it is fun to send out a New Year's card, especially if the holidays got too busy and you did not get Christmas cards out. That has even happened to me, no shame in it. Sometimes life is like that. So why not a New Years card?
You can see how I created this background in the video below.
Remember today's post is part of hop. You are going to want to join the fun and enter to win a Trinity Stamps gift certificate too.
You can start the hop on YouTube with my video, right here. You find a link to the next stop on the hop there.
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The image of the Congo line is the main image in the Happy Dance stamp set. This image and stamp set are great for so many occasions besides just New Years. They could be Rockin' Around a Christmas tree! Celebrating a birthday or wedding too! I love the retro feel of this image. And it comes with the Happy New Year sentiment as well as another that says This calls for a Happy Dance.
I inked up my image with two different colors before embossing it with clear powder for a fun look that coordinates with the fireworks on this card. The fireworks are from the City Light stencil set, which also has city scapes you can stencil as well.
Be sure to check out the entire release HERE, there are so many new die sets to love as well as a new line of sentiments that are MUST HAVES!
Thank you so much for stopping by, be sure to join the hop for inspiration with this new release.
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
I did a little experimenting in this video, trying out Hot Foiling on new surfaces! In this video I try out; cellophane, a new white card stock, heat proof acetate, patterned paper, colored card stock, and already foiled card stock. Along the way you get some tips and tricks for Hot Foiling.
And in all that experimenting I ended up with 3 Christmas cards using the Glimmer Kit of the Month from Spellbinders for November 2021.
First let's look at the 3 cards and then at the video.
They are so shiny! All three of the cards I made are 5x7 sized. I love this size for Christmas, it seems more special and elegant.
Here you can watch these cards come together and find out if I can hot foil on that!
If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can watch it right here.
For the first card I jumped right in to see if I could Hot Foil on cellophane. This is the type of clear plastic material that is wrapped around a lot of the stamping supplies that you and I purchase. I have seen this done a couple times and even so I was skeptical. So, I had to try it out for myself!
BUT, my skepticism was not necessary, it WORKS! Yes, I can and YOU can hot foil on cellophane! And, it's gorgeous, specially with the Gold foil, which came with the Glimmer Kit of the month. This month's kit has three wavy borders that hot foil and two dies that cut them out. I used the dies to cut colored card stock strips to go behind the hot foiled panel. And that hot foiled cellophane, became the cover for my full panel shaker card. You have to check out the video to see it in action.
I also tried out a new Super Smooth White card stock by WOW in this video. Not all white card stocks are great for foiling. So when the lovely people at WOW asked me if I would like to try their Super Smooth Card stock for hot foiling I jumped at the chance. One of the things that gives great results when hot foiling on white card stock is a very smooth surface and this card stock has that for sure. And as you can see by the hot foiled Merry Christmas sentiment, it hot foiled beautifully! I will be using this card stock more for foiling for sure!
On my second card I tried out some heat proof acetate.
Heat proof acetate works for embossing on, it withstands the heat of an embossing gun. But would it hold up on the hot foil machine just laying there for about one minute? YES, yes it did. And I LOVE the results, which you can see on this card. I hot foiled " Merry Christmas" in green foil on the acetate.
Also on this card I did some hot foiling on colored card stock. I have done this before, but have recently been asked about it, so I wanted to feature it on this video. YES, you can hot foil on colored card stock. The car stock I used is 85lb. It was the card stock that Spellbinder use to carry before they switched up their cardstock and the brand is Fun Stampers Journey. I used red foil on this red paper for a gorgeous tone on tone hot foiled look. Not all card stocks are the same, so play with what you have on hand and in the future I will try out other brands of colored card stock too.
Next up, I tried Hot Foiling on patterned paper.
The center, red panel, on this card is patterned paper. It is from the Christmas Traditions Paper pad (I used other prints from this pad for the first two cards). It is on the light weight side as far a patterned paper goes, which made me wonder how it would hold up to the rigors of hot foiling. As you can see, it held up just fine! I picked a pattern of paper that was tone on tone and less busy and it ended up being a beautiful layer for this card.
Another thing I shared in this video is hot foiling a piece of cardstock that has already been hot foiled. First I hot foiled the green pattern on this paper, then I hot foiled the gold border under that. You can do this and it will not effect the previously hot foiled element.
So, all in all, my experimenting was a great success! And it was tons of fun, I set out to make one card and just kept going. I love it when the mojo flows and you have to try this and that! And then hours go by and your family is eating cereal again for dinner. Just kidding, mostly.
Thank you so much for stopping by! Please let me know if you have any hot foiling questions. All the supplies I used to make today's cards are listed and linked for you below.
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
Good Morning my stamping friends! Today I am sharing my card for the "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series. This is episode 3! This card is a North Pole inspired scene and it is a shaker, cause they are my fave card to make!
This scene speaks Christmas to me.
The Ho-Ho-Holidays is one of my favorite Christmas stamp sets, I just love a cute Santa. I also brought in the Holiday Helpers stamp set as well as the Holiday Village set. It's Christmas Eve and Santa is getting ready for his big night. Ms. Claus knows the only thing Santa eats on this day is milk and cookies, but she knows how to take care of her man, she's snuck in some flax and chia seeds in those cookies. And a little collagen protein powder in the milk goes undetected too! The little elf is rounding up Rudolph with his favorite treat. Now it's time to load up the sleigh.
You can watch the making of this card in the video below.
I LOVE the sound they make inside the card. And they look so wintery like icy snow.
You can see the shaker element better in this picture, aren't they so pretty. And you can get a good look at the images here as well. I used COPIC Markers to color all my images, you can see how in the video, I keep my coloring pretty simple. But I love coloring and enjoy it so much.
How about the polka dot apron? I would totally wear that!
Two very awesome die sets helped to bring this card to life. In the background I used the new Stitched Snowflake backdrop die. I can not even tell you how much I love having stitched snowflake cut into my paper, it makes me giddy! And my shaker frame is from the Forest Backdrop die set. Which has cute trees in the front. You can't see them too much, because Santa has so many things to put in the sleigh this year, but I did cut the top layer of the trees from light green glitter paper.
This card just makes me happy! Thank you so much for letting me share it with you! All the supplies I used are listed for you below.
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
YAY! It is time for Episode Two of my "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series. This week I am featuring the Eat, Sleep, and Be Merry stamp set from Stamptember. This set was designed by Lawn Fawn for Simon Says Stamp for their big annual event in September. Meaning that is is a limited time offer and when they are gone they are gone. So, that being said, this set did sell out FAST. So fast, I was not able to get the coordinating die set, only the stamp set. So, today I am going to show you how I used my Silhouette Cameo and the PixScan mat to cut out stamped images when I don't have a die set. That also means that you are not able to purchase the stamp set I am using today at Simon Says Stamp. I bet a lot of you reading this might already have this stamp set!
This card started with the All Spruced Up Slimline frame stamp. This stamp made for the perfect scene for these Christmas Sloths. Behind them is a nigh sky created with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink and a lot of snowy splatter.
I used COPIC Markers to color in my images. I found these images be very easy to color. Using a white gel pen for highlights after coloring helps bring the images to life.
I just love this sloth in the stocking so much! I used him again on my tag.
If you look closely at this card you can not only see splatters of snow but some patches of 3D snow, which was done using Stencil Paste in Pearl. It makes great snow. AND I am giving a jar of it away this week! To enter the giveaway you just need to leave a comment on the video for this post over on YouTube.
Now let's take a look at the coordinating tag.
This snowflake die is soooooo super cute, I mean, just DARLING. I thought it would make a great gift tag that doubles as an ornament.
This is a shaker tag filled with white sand. It makes for the perfect snow. I found it at the craft store where they were selling items to make fairy houses.
Thank you so much for stopping by, I will be back again next week with another episode in the "It's a Lawn Fawn Christmas" series. Watch for it on Tuesday.
And if you missed episode one, using Tiny Winter People in a Magic Iris card, you can watch it right here.
Below are the supplies I used to make today's projects.
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
Hello there my stamping friends! Today I am pulling out my Distress Christmas products to make this card.
Can you spot the 4 Distress products I used? In the background I used Winterberry and Peppermint Stick Distress Mica Spray Stains. On the Window for my Cupcake Shop I added some Icicle paste for some icy crackle. And last but not least I added Snowfall paste along the outside of the window and top of the sign. You can see how I did it in the video below.
I love all the different textures that adding shimmer, pastes and glitters gives to a project. Not to mention the tiny clay candy bits!!!
Here is a great close up look at all the textures in this card as well as the fun holiday themed cupcakes from the Jolly Cupcake stamp set. I love the HoHoHo Cupcake shop. And now I need some cake! LOL.
This card is not a shaker card, but could easily to made into one. I just loved the idea of a window display of cupcakes in a store front.
Below I have listed the supplies I used to make this card. However, most of the Distress Christmas products have sold out, as I was a limited time offering. But don't let that stop you from using the sprays and pastes and glitters in your stash to make something similar. Just play and have fun!
Some affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
You might look at this Large Poinsettia stamp from Trinity Stamps and think that would be fun to color, but what else could I do with it???
Today I am going to share with you 3 ways to use this beautiful Poinsettia that do not involve coloring at all. Each of these cards has a vintage vibe to it and are special cards that are made not just with paper but with love.
It is best to see how these cards came together, check out this video to see my process:
The moral of this card is a very famous proverb, Necessity is the mother of invention. When I masked off my watercolored Poinsettia I did not realize that the masking paper I used was actually sticker paper! That lead to my watercolored poinsettia being covered in glitter. I did not want to start over as I already had such a beautiful inky background. And in the end, I love how it turned out.
As far as the watercolored Poinsettia goes, it is super easy. I used Distress ink cubes in Fired Brick and Rustic Wilderness to ink up the stamp. Then I spritzed the stamp with water several times and stamped it down on to my watercolor paper. The result is this beautiful flowy Christmas floral. Then I masked off the flower using the largest die in the coordinating die set and "masking paper". With the flower covered I was then able to stamp the Encouragement Text background stamp around that. Which was inked up with Vintage Photo Distress ink and spritzed with water before stamping down. Then it was time for splattering. I splattered and ink smooshed Vintage Photo, Fired Brick and Rustic Wilderness. And after I added the die cut sentiment I splattered even more with some white acrylic paint.
Each of my cards has a certain feel to it. The feel of the first card is Christmas Fruit Cake, the colors just remind me of that colorful creation. So, I call it with Poinsettia Fruit Cake card. This next card is the Poinsettia Christmas Fireplace card. Think of the soot around the fireplace, where bits of coal have fallen off Santa's boots, but not into your stocking.
I just love how this card turned out.
It all started with a ink smooshed background in Fired Brick. Then I stamped the poinsettia over the top with Vintage Photo ink, spritzing it with water before stamping it down. When that was dry I use a fine liner pen and sketched out the poinsettia. The point is to make it look very sketchy, not perfect. I also decided to make the entire image be just the poinsettia and not have green leaves. It was very easy to sketch the leaves to look like more petals of the flower. Then I masked off the image, with actually masking paper this time. I stamped the same background stamp with Black Soot Distress ink and water. Then I did a bit of water coloring with the same colors of ink. Adding red highlights to the petals and a black shadow around the flower. White splatter finished it off.
I wanted to carry the glitter element over to this card as well, since it was an unexpected addition to the first card, why not challenge myself to add it to each card I was creating.
So, I used Black Mica flakes in the corners, I was a bit nervous doing this as the card has so much work put into it at this point. BUT, it really adds a WOW factor to this card.
This next card I call Poinsettia Christmas Postcard.
For this card I wanted to utilize the 4 piece coordinating die set and make a layered poinsettia. To color this up I used Distress Mica Spray Stains. Now, I know these are sold out and if you did not get these you could use Distress Spray or Distress Oxide Spray for this technique. After spraying you could add shimmer to it with lots of other products. I will link one I love in the supplies below, Sparkle Silk.
With my sprayed Peppermint Stick Panel and Tree Lot Panel I then stamped the poinsettia once on the green and twice on the red. I die cut them and layers them up with foam squares. For the center of the flower I used Flickering Candle. When you turn this piece in the light the shimmer is lovely.
The background was stamped with the Encouragement Text background stamp in Pealed Paint Distress Oxide ink. Spritzing this with water before stamping it, really gave it a glow! I then splattered it with Broomstick Mica Spray.
The glitter I used on the edges of this card is Tinsel Distress Glitter. And how about those Forest Fern Baubles, they are just the perfect embellishment for the card. All of the baubles I used are from Trinity Stamps and can be found in the supplies below.
I'd love to know if you have a favorite. I think mine is the Poinsettia Fireplace card. I am so proud of myself for sketching that poinsettia and I just love the look. But truly I had so much fun playing and getting inky making these cards.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I will see you soon with more creations.
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Hello my stamping friends. This month, for my Stamp Set of the Month series, I am actually focusing on a stamp company instead of one stamp set. Each week in November I will be bringing you a Christmas video featuring Lawn Fawn products.
This week I am sharing a Magic Iris Snowglobe card and two Tiny Gift Boxes both featuring the Tiny Winter Friends stamp set.
I love this stamp set, Tiny Winter friends even more than I thought I would!
You can see this card and these Tiny Gift Box Ornaments come to life in the video below.
Here is a close up look at the Magic Iris Snowglobe card.
I brought in a few other stamp sets to go with my Tiny Winter Friends, like Tiny Christmas for the Santa and Winter village for the house.
I colored up the girls to look like my girls inside the snow globe.
Now let's check out the Tiny Gift Boxes that I added a mini scene of Tiny Friends to.
Look how darling these little friends are on the front of this box! I made these for my girls and they will hang in the tree for them to get a little gift in on Christmas.
I made this darling girl to look like my daughter Hannah. That candy cane is the smallest candy cane in all the land, incase you were wondering! And I love it! You can see on the side of the box I added the initial "H" from Oliver's Stitched ABC's to personalize the box even more.
I also added a bow to the top as well as twine so it can hang from the tree. And on the side, Merry Christmas from the Say What Holiday Critters stamp set that was a free gift with purchase from Lawn Fawn.
I also love the idea of using these boxes as advent boxes on a tiny tree! Add numbers to the side of them instead of initials!
If you'd like a chance to win the Tiny Winter Friends stamp set, head over to my YouTube channel and leave a comment on this video. I will pick a winner at random and announce them on next week's episode.
Below you will find all the products I used listed and linked for you. See you soon with more crafty inspiration!
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
It's time to check out the Large Die of the Month for November 2021 from Spellbinders. Once I again, I am blown away by how gorgeous this die set is! And the versatility. Several of the dies in this set can be used on any card, not just for Christmas. This die set is called Christmas Foliage Strips & Borders. There are 13 dies in this set, four of which are slimline border dies.
First, let's take a look at the card and gift tag I made with this new die set.
Look at the foliage, so very pretty. For these projects I went for a vintage Christmas vibe. You can see the backgrounds created and this die set in action in the video below.
I had so much fun making the backgrounds for these projects. First I did some ink blending with Distress Oxide ink; Black Soot for the bottom and Rustic Wilderness for the top. The next step was splatter. I used water, Distress Mica Sprays, and distress oxide ink. I just love how they turned out.
But the star of this show is all the amazing die cuts. You can see all the foliage dies here, layered on top of the border die. To add a bit of interest to my die cut foliage I used a W4 or W6 marker to add shading and then spritzed the pieces with Distress Mica Spray stain.
Once all the pieces were mounted to the card I added more splatter, this time with white acrylic paint for a snowy effect.
After making this card I has several die cut foliage pieces left over and so I used them to make a gift tag.
Do you see the sentiments I used on today's projects? They were stamped and embossed using the Clear Stamp of the Month for November, also from Spellbinders. I love that they coordinate the products in the different club kits to work together. This month's set is called Around the Holidays and now you can get a die set to coordinate with it!
I used all the same techniques for this tag as I did on the card, but have to point out that lacy trim round the bottom of the tag. That is one of the slimline border dies from this months die set, but it can also be used on other sized cards/projects as well.
Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share these projects with you.
All of the November Club kit offerings are listed and linked for you below as well as the supplies I used to make these projects.
Please let me know if you have any questions, and I would love to hear from you, so feel free to comment below as well.
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
Hello my stamping friends. Today I am creating with the November Stamp of the Month from Not 2 Shabby! It's the Cup of Cheer Stamp set. This set is available to purchase now or you can subscribe and get the Stamp of the Month set each month! And what is super cool is that now you can also get the coordinating die set with it if you like!
Take a look at the three cards I made using this new stamp set.
The images in this set are so darling with their cute little faces. Plus, I just love penguins!
Watch the video to see this stamp set in action and these cards come together.
For each of these cards I used small images in the stamp set to stamp and emboss a background. I love making my own backgrounds and embossing a repeating image with white embossing powder is a classic technique that can be used with so many stamp sets. I also used the same layout for each of these cards. Repeating the same layout and design elements really made it easy to create three cards. I only had to think of one idea and then repeat that with new colors and new stamped images.
To get my images ready for coloring I stamped them with Versafine Onyx Black ink and embossed them with clear powder on Bristol Smooth Card Stock. Then I used two shades of each color to get some shading when I colored. I also go the lighter areas on my image with the used of the Blender Pen. These markers blend with each other beautifully. Watch the video to see them in action.
Marshmallow stamps, so simple, so super cute! Love them! And this little cup with the smiley face is just darling.
On this card especially you can see the splatter in the background that is real life is shimmery, as I used Perfect Pearls to make the splatter.
I finished off these cards with some sequins, which came with my order. I little sampler of sequins that had great options to coordinate with these cards.
These cards were simple to make and easy to replicate. But mostly, I had fun making them and that is what makes for a great card.
You can find the Stamp of the Month for November, Cup Of Cheer right HERE.
If you like the Stamp of the Month from Not 2 Shabby you are going to LOVE the Box of the Month! Arctic Winter is the cutest collection of winter critter stamps, paper packs, Ephemera and embellishments.
Hello my stamping friends. I am back, sharing another Pumpkin House creation with you. I just had to make a halloween Pumpkin House before I complete move on to making Christmas cards. And as a little treat for you, I have made a short video sharing the making of this card. It is a different format of video than I normally do. It is quick and set to music, so be sure to let me know what you think.
Now let's take a look at this card, with some cute little Trick or Treaters, from the Lawn Fawn Costume Party stamp set.
This card was inspired by Episode #84 of Craft Roulette. If you are not familiar with Craft Roulette, it is a LIVE card making game show on YouTube. It airs every Friday night at 5:30pm MST. The host, Mary Gunn Funn has a guest crafter join her each week. They spin the wheel which selects 4 card making parameters. Mary and her guest then set to creating a card using those parameters. The parameters for Episode #84 are; Slimline Landscape Card, Orange background, Jar or Glass, 3 Layers
For my background I used two colors of Distress Oxide ink, Rusty Hinge and Spiced Marmalade. After ink blending them I spritz the paper with with water for a splattered look. Then I spritz on some Jack O Lantern Distress Mica Spray. After that was all dry I added a layer of stars with the Fair Dust Stencil Paste and the Starry Night Stencil.
Here you can see all the glass I used on my card, in the form of windows, which is vellum. And the same for the lanterns. My grass layer is Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink. I was die cut using the Slimline Grassy Hillside Borders die set.
And here are my trick or treaters, from the Costume Party Stamp set. I just love this set and how darling these kiddo's are all dressed up. Finished out my card perfectly.
Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share this card with you and I encourage you to check out Craft Roulette this Friday night at 5:30pm MST for some serious stamping fun! And then you too can play along with the challenge!
Here are all the supplies I used to make today's card. NOTE: the Distress Mica Spray Stains I used are a limited time offering from Tim Holtz, so they may not be available at this time. Check Ranger for availability.
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
Hey there stamping friends! I am thrilled that one of my favorite stamp companies now has their products available in the US!!! Time for Tea Designs is so excited that their products are now available in the US over at Simon Says Stamp! To celebrate this, they have recruited some North American-based designers (including me!) to help spread the news with a blog hop. Be sure to hop along to see some adorable creations with a few of the NEW Time For Tea products that are now available over at Simon Says Stamp! I hope that you will be inspired and have fun along the way. AND, keep reading to find out more about this hop's giveaway!
Time for Tea has some seriously cute images and I am thrilled that they are now more accessible than ever to get in the States.
Now let's take a look at these products in action and see these cards come together.
If you can not see the video up on this screen, you can also view it over on my YouTube channel.
I love making slimline cards, and this Slimline Hillside die set made it very easy to create these scenes. With this slimline size I was able to create a scene that fit in two paper airplanes from the Paper Plane Pals stamp set.
To create these scenes I used Distress Oxide Inks and a couple other distress products. Be sure to watch the video to see the different panels come to life.
What I love about this Paper Plane die set is that the die for the airplane cuts a slit in the plane for the critter to fit in to. No pulling out the craft knife for that. YAY! Look how cute that panda is in the plane. I used a black gel pen to add little dots to his eyes.
I added a little bystander to the scene, this little donut eating dog is from the All Occasions Critters. He's loving the airshow, hehehe.
Now let's look at the second card made with the Snappy Before Coffee stamp set.
These critters really are so cute! I also love the smiling coffee pot!!! I had a lot of fun on this card painting in the subtle clouds in the background, a very easy distress technique with water. I show you how to do it in the video.
Have you ever seen a cuter hippo in a bow tie before???
The coffee card is a fun image for building outdoor scenes too.
These two snappy friends, meeting up for coffee, reminds me of meeting up with my friend Georgie. She always smiles and giggles with me and wants to know all the things about me since we last talked. But don't worry, I also have to hear all her news too!
I just loved making these little scene with these adorable images. Now it is time to hop along and see what the other designers have made for this hop.
Time for Tea Designs is giving away $30 worth of T4TD products that are now available at Simon Says Stamp! Be sure to leave a comment on EACH blog as you hop along with us to enter this giveaway. A random drawing will determine our winner and will be announced on the T4TD Blog on October 30th, 2021.
Next stop on the hop is, Mahala Kiss, you are going to love her creation!!
If you miss a stop along the hop here is the entire line up.
Below you will find the supplies I used to make these cards.
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
Now let's take a close up look at each of the cards.
NOTE: Before creating my cards I stamped out all the image in the Penguin Party stamp set, colored them and die cut them out to be ready for card making. And while I had the stamps on my MISTI, I stamped them out several times so I could add as many images as I wanted and I would have some ready to go for future use if I had left overs.
Here are all the Copic Markers I used to color my images:
Penguins: N8, N6, N4
Beak and Flippers: Y15, Y17
Red Things: R46, R29, R17
Teal: BG32, BG11
Shading for White areas: N2, N0
White Gelly Roll Pen size 08 for accents
CARD ONE
Card Base: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4"
Card Front: 5-1/4" x 4"
For Snowflake: 4" x 4"
Window Sheet (2): 3" x 3"
1. Stencil the Snowflake background stencils and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.
2. Trace the opening of the die cut Magic Iris Snowflake onto the card front where you want the shaker panel to be.
3. Die cut around this traced circle with a circle die about the same size or slightly bigger. Approximate size of the circle is 1-3/4".
4. Adhere one of the window sheets to the back of the opening.
5. Adhere the snowflake to the front of the card, right around the circle.
6. Stamp your sentiment before assembling your shaker.
7. Add foam tape to the back of the card front all around your window, making sure the ends of the foam tape touch so that none of your shaker elements can escape. Add some extra foam tape to the top and bottom of this panel as well so the card front will be sturdy on the card base.
8. Add in your shaker elements, I used micro beads and seed beads. Remove the backing off the foam tape that is around the window. Adhere your second window sheet here.
9. Remove the rest of the backing from the foam tape and add glue to the foam tape that is covered by the window sheet, assuring a good hold when you now add this panel to the card base.
10. Add your stamped images to the center of the shaker.
11. Embellish with some rhinestones or bling of your choice.
CARD TWO
Card Base: 8-3/4" x 7-1/2", scored at 3-3/4"
Card Front: 8-1/2" x 3-1/2", die cut using the Large Slimline Die set from Lawn Fawn
Let it Snow Sentiment: 4" x 4" of glitter paper
Hill: 4" x 1-1/2" of glitter paper
Scrap of white card stock to stamp talk bubble
1. Die cut the Card Front panel from white card stock using the Large Slimline Die form the Large Slimline with Sliders die set from Lawn Fawn. This gives the paper a stitched edge. Or you can just cut a piece of white card stock to 8-1/2" x 3-1/2".
2. While this die is out die cut a pice of glitter card stock to create a hill, I used a scrap that was about 4" x 1-1/2", only cutting the bottom and sides. I the die cut the top with one of the Simple Stitched Borders, to create the hill to build my scene on. Set this aside.
3. Back to the card front panel, ink the the bottom 1/4 of the panel withe Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.
4. Ink the top 3/4 of the panel with Black Soot Distess Oxide ink, blending it lightly with the Salvaged Patina.
5. Spritz the panel with water from a spray bottle. Blot up the excess water after a minute with paper towel or cloth. Next splatter on some Liquid Stardust using a paint brush. Lastly, splatter on some white acrylic paint that has been thinned out with a bit of water. Set this aside to dry.
6. If you want your die cut "Let it Snow" to be more sturdy and stand out off the card a bit back it with one or two additional die cuts of this image from white card stock.
7. Stamp the talk bubble in black in on white card stock and the "warm wishes" in Lobster ink in the center and cut this out. Both images are from a free with purchase set from Lawn Fawn called "Say What? Holiday Critters". If you do not have this shop your stash and find something that will work for you.
8. When the background panel is dry adhere the sentiment, hill and images. I popped up my igloo, penguin and talk bubble with foam squares and glued the other pieces.
9. Adhere the card front to the card base.
10. Add some Winter White gems in and around the scene for accent to finish off this card.
CARD THREE
Card Base: 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 3-3/4"
Card Front: 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"
Hills: 5-1/2" x 3-1/2"
Sentiment Circle: 1-3/4" (or center from circle die left over from die cutting the snowflake for Card One
1. Die cut card front from white card stock using the Stitched Snowflake backdrop.
2. Die cut two hills using a scrap of white paper and the Simple Stitched Border die set. If you do not own this die set, hand cutting some hills is really easy to do.
3. Add some Salvaged Patina ink the the center of the card for a highlight. And add a bit of this ink to the tops of the hills.
4. Splatter the background and hills with Liquid Stardust.
5. Stamp the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Magic Holiday Message stamp set on a circle that is about 1-3/4" with VersaFine Onyx Black or VersaMark ink and emboss with black embossing powder.
6. Also from the Merry Holiday Message set, stamp the holly image twice, color and die cut.
7. Adhere the hills to the bottom of the card front, layering one behind the other.
8. Stamp "North Pole" from the Penguin Party stamp set on the sign with the stripes in black ink. Glue this to the back or top hill on the card.
9. Glue the string of lights to the igloo and glue this to the card, as well as the puff of smoke so it looks like it came out of the chimney.
10. Pop up the Penguins on the front hill. The penguin on the left is holding a present and the baby penguin on the right is holding a fish for a gift exchange.
11. Pop up the sentiment on the top of the card, in the center. Glue a holly image to each corner on the top of the card.
12. Adhere the card front to the card base.
13. Adhere some Winter White rhinestones to finish off the scene.
Thank you so much for stopping by. If you have any questions about these cards please don't hesitate to ask, I am here to help.
All the supplies I used to make these cards are listed and linked for you below.
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
Welcome back my stamping friend! Today is a fun day, it is finally the Fall Hop with the Lawn Fawn Fans! Lawn Fawn Fans is a group of crafty YouTubers who love Lawn Fawn products and have come together to celebrate that with a hop each season. This is the 2021 Fall Hop! It is a YouTube Hop and I have the entire hop line up for you below. Lawn Fawn is sponsoring our hop and has generously given a $25 shopping spree to be raffled off to one of you! To enter just hop along with us, leaving comments at each stop on the hop. The winner will be announced on the community page of my YouTube channel on 10/23.
Now let's get into the what I have created for this hop.
For my fall scene I just had to play with the new Pumpkin House die set. I have been wanting a pumpkin house since the mushroom and acorn houses came out. So, I am pretty sure Lawn Fawn heard my wish and made it come true, hehehe.
One year at the Farmstead, a fun filled pumpkin patch that my kids go to every year, I got a blue pumpkin. It was the cutest thing and it inspired the pumpkin house for my little nut collecting squirrels.
Watch this card come together and see how I added lights to it in this video:
To make the pumpkin house light up I used EZ Lights from Pear Blossom Press. If you have ever wanted to make a light up card but are too scared of doing all the electrical work, these are the light for you, be sure to check out the video to see how truly easy they are to add to a card.
I added the squirrels to my scene, collecting nuts for the winter because I just adore squirrels and they worked so hard making the perfect winter home in this adorable pumpkin.
This pumpkin even has a few warts to make it even more cute. The beautiful warts are Mirrored Mint Baubles from Trinity Stamps.
I love how this card turned out with a blue pumpkin! If you like the Pumpkin House die set too, two of the other makers in this hop used it as well, so you will have even more inspiration with it in this hop! Below is the entire hop list for your convenience and at each stop on the hop the next video will be linked for you.
I hope you will visit each maker on this hop as they are all very talented and such dear people.
A big THANK YOU to Lawn Fawn for their support of our hope and generosity!
Linked below you will find all the supplies I used to make todays card.
Thank you so much for stopping by, see you soon with another new creation just for you.
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
I am super excited that in the latest Trinity Stamps release there is a new stamp set designed by Love, Dani! I adore her art, it is very much my style. She incorporates her inspiring word art with images. The newest image is Warm Heart. It features a heart wearing a scarf and hat and the sentiment says, "You Warm My Heart". The word art is often open, so that you can coloring the letters. AND, too coordinate with this set Trinity Stamps has a great die set to go with. You can cut out the words in this sentiment and the images! The heart, the scarf and the hat. They are paper piecing dies, which gives you so many possibilities.
For my card today I paper pieced the scarf for more 3D detail. I used one of my favorite Christmas color combinations for this card and it makes me so happy, let's check it out.
Look at that adorable image! And how about that background... it is the Mini Slimline Geometric Cut Out Panel. I thought it looked like a nordic sweater pattern done tone on tone like this.
Here is a close up so you can see the dimension I got by paper piecing the scarf. I love the mix of coloring and paper piecing. Having a lot of different textures on my cards is so much fun to me.
Speaking of texture. I use scraps of corrugated card stock as an accent and it is just delightful.
For embellishment I used Diamond Stickles and Cinnamon Red Hots Jelly Drops Hearts. Both of which are the little something extra that put the love in this card.
I love that I can send this card anytime during the winter from the start of winter to Valentines day and anything in-between! Thank you so much for stopping by. You can find all the things I used to make this card listed and linked for you below.
Affiliate links have been used, at no cost to you. Affiliate links are a collaboration between online shops and makers. When you shop these links the retailer gives a small percentage of the sale to the maker, at no cost to you. It is a great way of supporting your favorite businesses and the makers who inspire you. Thank you for shopping my links. Sharing my creations is my favorite thing to do and you have helped make it possible.
