I could not complete my Christmas Card making for this year with out using Chilly & Freezy! It is the Diecember FREE die set, designed by Tim Hotlz for Simon Says Stamp. I believe it has now sold out. Which means many of you reading this have this darling die set!
I used this set to mass produce some Christmas Cards.
Watch the video below for how I did it. If you can not see the video up on this screen you can watch it HERE.
Want to watch my other Mass Producing Christmas Card videos, here's the links:
I'd love to know if you have sent out your Christmas cards yet? I am hoping to get mine out this week.
One of the things that made this card quick to make is the fact that I started with Gel Press prints I had already made. I love pulling things out of my stash that I have already made, it is not only a time saver, but it jump starts my creativity.
Just a reminder that Chilly and Freezy have sold out, but you could use this card idea with other snowmen that you might have or other die cuts for the season.
I love the Element Stencils for Christmas. The addition of a stenciled sentiment in Winter White Glacier Paste really took this card up a notch!
Below are the supplies used to make this card. Thank you so much for stopping by. I'll be back again very soon with more stamping inspiration for you. If you want MORE card making fun before the, check out the SHORTS (quick videos) on my YouTube channel, where I have been posting a card making video each day in December, my channel is HERE.
Christmas is full of surprises, so why not make a card that surprises the recipient with a gift card. The Slimline Z-fold card is perfect for that.
See it come together in this video. If you can not see the video below on your screen, you can watch it HERE.
If you want to recreate this card I have the measurements for the Z-fold right here:
*Card Front Base: 8-1/4" x 3-1/4"
*Z-fold Card Front Panel: 8-1/2" x 3-1/4", scored at 4-1/8" and 8-1/4"
*Red Card Base: 8-1/2" x 7", scored at 3-1/2"
Here are some close up pictures of the card.
The gnome front and center is from the Deck the Farm stamp set, new for this holiday season at Trinity Stamps. If you like holiday gnomes they have a bunch and I used a few more of them in this card. And I have them pictured and linked for you below.
Now let's see this card unfolded.
Right behind the tractor driving gnome, tucked in the snow, is the hidden gift card. The little gnomie birds are from the Holiday Tweets set. I thought they were the perfect addition to this card. The gnome with the lantern is from the Let You Light Shine stamp set.
I hope you have yourself a Merry Little Christmas! Thanks for stopping by, see you again soon with more crafty inspiration!
SUPPLIES
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It's been a long time since I did a card that was ALL stamping! But I did and it is one of my favorite Christmas cards this year! This is the Stamping Edition of my Mass Produce Christmas Cards series! If you missed the Hot Foil Edition you can find it HERE.
I just HAD to use this Jolly Santa image. I bought the stamp set last year and had yet to use it. I love this image so much and am so glad I pulled it out for these cards this year! I LOVE a vintage or retro Santa and this one makes me smile so much!
See these cards come together in the video below.
If you can not see the video up on your screen, you can also watch it right here.
It may seem like a lot to do coloring for a card that you are mass producing. But this image is very simple to color for a couple of reasons.
It's an easy image to color because you only need a few colors and it has the shading built in to the image. That makes for fast coloring no matter what medium you choose to color with.
Another fun fact about this card, there is NO die cutting on it. JUST stamping. I love the stamped background on this card, made using the Solid Holly backgrounds stamp by Impression Obsession. The smaller stamped images really add to the card and give it more of the vintage Christmas feel. But all the white on this card keeps it modern too.
Thank you for letting me share my cards with you. I hope you are inspired to stamp some cards too.
Here are all the supplies I used to make these cards.
It's not TOO late! You can still get your Christmas cards handmade in time to get them sent out in time and I am here to help you with that. I have a little series for you on MASS producing your Christmas Cards. In the first edition I am focusing on Hot Foiling. Hot Foiling can seem to take a lot of time but when you have an image that becomes the central focus of your card, it makes the rest of the card fast and easy.
Here is the card I mass produced using the Ornamental Trio Cut and Foil plate set from Trinity Stamps and Polished Brass Hot Foil.
Another way I made these cards quickly is that I used an element I had already made, an ink smooshed background. You can see me make it in this video. I die cut this background to fill in the ornaments. You can do this too and even use gold paper, background paper, glitter paper, really whatever you have in your stash.
See these cards come together and gather some tips and tricks in this video. If you can not see the video on your screen, you can watch it RIGHT HERE.
Bringing out some DARLING dies from Trinity Stamps today to make some Christmas ornaments. If you have not die cut felt before it is amazing. I Love to make felt ornaments with dies. This year I got the idea to make those ornaments SCENTED!
I made two different hand stitched ornaments and they have two different scents.
See how they got their scent and came together in this video.
If you can not see the video up on your screen, you can also view it right HERE.
This mug of cheer has a coffee scent. And it is simple to do. Add drops of your choice of essential oils to a scrap of wool felt. Tuck this inside when you are stuffing the ornament!
Next let's look at the Happy Snowman ornament.
OH my WORD! I love this little guy. Actually he is not that little I made him using the Slimline Happy Snowman Die set. Top hat to snow bottom he is almost 7-1/2" long.
I love having another way to use my stand alone dies to make something fun for the Christmas tree! This one smells like Wintergreen. YUM!
All the supplies I used are linked for you below.
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It's all about creating a project where the sentiment is the main focus. For my sentiment I chose the Giant Let It Snow Die cut.
You can see the two projects I made in the video below. If you can not see the video on your screen, you can watch it here.
Now let's take a look at the card.
I had so much fun making the snowy background for this card, using Distress Oxide Ink, Water, Distress Mica Spray and Acrylic Paint!
To help my sentiment be the STAR of the show I die cut it from white glitter paper and topped it off with some glaze.
I also dressed it up with some ear muff and mittens. These are from the Woodland Critter Huggers Winter Add On die set. The mittens look like they are just waiting for snow to fall to the ground.
This year I went BIGGER! And added new elements too.
Usually this ornament is made with 6" strips of patterned paper. This year I used 8" strips and I LOVE the larger size so much.
The added elements are the mittens that I added to each point of this snowflake. These are very easy to make and I show you how in the video. You are going to be diving into your hoarded stash of patterned paper when you see how easy these are to make and creating a bunch of them! You can also watch the original tutorial on how to make these right HERE.
Here are the fun things I did to make this sentiment the star of my star ornament...
First I die cut the sentiment from a piece of card stock that I used to pick up excess Mica Spray from the card above. Then I added a bit of glitter paper "snow" to the bottom. The penguin as the O is my favorite part! He's so cute!
Just loving how these turned out and that a challenge like this gives me so much added mojo!
Below are all the supplies I used to make these projects.
Thanks for stopping by and letting me share my creations with you. I hope you leave feeling inspired to create and that I'll see you back here again soon for more creative inspiration.
A new release always makes for a good day! Today I get to celebrate and help kick off the Sparkle Season Holiday Release with Trinity Stamps. You may already know I am a huge fan of the Trinity Stamps line and am blessed to be a part of their design team. So to help kick off this new release I am sharing a fabulous new die, the Large Ornament Shaker Die.
As a HUGE fan of Shaker cards I knew I had to play with this die set right away. And I found that with just one pass of this die I could actually get enough pieces to make three cards, and so that is what I did!
You can see these three cards come together and the ink backgrounds I created for them in this video. If you can not see the video below you can also watch it HERE.
Here is your close up look at each of these cards.
This ornament is just over 3 inches and makes a great focal image for an A2 sized card (5-1/2" x 4-1/4").
This style of shaker card is called Inlaid. The shaker window is below the surface of the card front. The red ornament frame on this card the cut from the largest die in the Large Ornament Shaker die set. This set also has a topper for the ornament, a dainty little bow, as well as pine branches.
I filled this shaker with a clay embellishment mix, Deck the Halls. It has little trees, leaves of holly and red berries. To this mix I added a little bit of red beads that are super tiny. I have had these beads in my stash since before I can remember.
Did you notice my sentiment? It is from the new Simply Sentimental Holiday stamp and die set. If you are not familiar, Trinity Stamps has an entire line of Simply Sentimental sentiment stamp sets. Each set focuses on one word, like HOLIDAYS, in this case. There is a stamp and die of this word in several different fonts. And you can mix and match the different Simply Sentimental sets together. The Simply Sentimental Happy is a perfect match for the Holidays set!
The frame of this shaker was die cut from the background panel on the first card. It is a thin frame and Trinity Stamps now makes foam tape that is this exact width of this frame and they curve around the frame like a dream!
I filled up this shaker with some Glistening Snow Confetti pieces for a shiny contrast to the green.
The element of shine also shows up in the background of this card which I made using different green Distress Mica Sprays. I just sprayed and splattered my paper with 3 different greens, super easy and a so pretty!
For this last card I had a circle left from cutting out my ornament and used that along with the pine branches to create a wreath.
And here you can use the use of the Simply Sentimental Holiday and Simply Sentimental Happy together on this card, as well as the previous card. I love that the fonts are the same in each stamp.
And yes, this is another inky background, I love the red ink smooshed background with white splatter on top. You can see all these backgrounds being made in the video for these cards.
Below I have listed all the new products from the Sparkle Season Holiday Release.
Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a great week.
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Hello my crafty friends. I know you don't want me to say how many days there are until Christmas, so I wont. But my 14 year old daughter keeps telling me. Which is why I am feeling okay about starting my Christmas card when Pumpkin Spice season just started! Plus, Spellbinders asked me if I would like to create with the new Magical Deer die set. It is soooo pretty I decided, DEFINATELY!
This die set makes a beautiful deer with a Nordic feel. And, as with all Spellbinders die sets, there is so much attention to detail in this set.
Get a close up look at this die set, how to put this deer together, and see this card and tag be created in the video below. If you can not see the video on your screen, you can also view it right here.
Here's a closer look at each of these projects.
I really wanted to make a white deer. They are rare, but do exist. I have seen one once in captivity. But also, with paper and dies you get to choose how you make your deer. All the white accents on this deer; the horns, hooves, fur, etc. are die cut with white glitter paper for a bit of contrast and shimmer.
I adore all things woodgrain, so I used the 3D embossing folder, Knock on Wood for my background. For the look of snow I splattered on top of this with Picket Fence Distress paint.
To complete the card I added a hot foiled sentiment and some clay snowflakes.
I did not want to stop there because I wanted to make my deer in another color combination. So, staying with the color combo on the card I set to making a coordinating tag.
This deer is magical no matter what color you choose to create him in. I love the pops of red mirror paper with the browns. One of the things I love most about this deer are the closed eyes, it's just simple and gives him a majestic look.
You can see I used the Knock on Wood 3D embossing folder in the background again, but with Sparkle Silk as the snow this time.
I added the same hot foiled sentiment, but on Waterfall card stock. I love how the red foil looks on this colored card stock.
Even though I am making pumpkin muffins at my house, the Christmas card season is underway!
Below you will find all the supplies I used to make these cards.
Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing part of your day with me. See you soon with another paper crafting creation.
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Hello there my stamping friends. Today I am going to share with you 5 Quick and Easy gift card holders that you can whip up that do not require a die!
Each gift card holder is a little different and can be dressed up as much as you like with stamped images and embellishments. And you can make these gift card holders for any occasion, not just Christmas.
Watch the video below to see how they are made and then below I have two pictures of each of the gift card holders with all of the measurements for you to refer back to when you are ready to make them.
Now let's take a look at each of the gift card holders up close, and I'll share all the measurements you need to recreate these. Make sure to watch the video on how to assemble each of the gift card holders.
First up is the Tri-Fold Gift Card Holder with Belly Band.
MEASUREMENTS
Base: 4" x 8" Score at: 2" & 5-1/2"
Patterned Paper: 3-3/4" x 2-1/4", 3-3/4" x 1-1/4", 3-3/4" x 3-1/4"
Patterned Paper: 2" x 3-3/4" (2), 1" x 3-3/4", 3-3/4" x 2-1/4"
POCKET TAG
MEASUREMENTS
Base: 3-1/4" x 8-1/2" Score at: 3-1/2"
Tag: 4-3/4" x 2-3/4"
Patterned Paper: 3" x 3-1/4", 1-3/4" x 3", 3" x 4-3/4"
POP UP PRESENT
MEASUREMENTS
Base: 4" x 11" Score at: 2-1/4" x 7-1/2" on the long side and 1/2" on both sides of the shorter side
Insert: 2-3/4" x 5-1/8" Score at: 1/2"
Patterned Paper: 3" x 2-1/4", 2-3/4" x 3-1/4"
PULL APART PRESENT
MEASUREMENTS
Base: 5" x 4-3/4" Score at: 2-1/2" on the 5" side
Top: 5-1/4" x 3" Score at: 1-1/2" on the 3" side
Patterned Paper: 5" x 1-1/4", 4-1/2" x 2-1/4"
Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you have a very memorable Christmas and a New Year full of blessings.
Below I have linked and listed for you all the things I used today (besides they Say What Holiday Critters which was a free with purchase set that has not yet been released for purchase)
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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 crafty friends. I hope you are enjoying your holiday season. I have been decorating, shopping, wrapping. AND of course Making! I just finished a project that I have been wanting to do for a while. A banner for my fireplace. One of my favorite things to make each year is a Woven Star ornament, which I have now started calling a Woven Snowflake. I make a version of it each year and this year I decided to take my love of this ornament and pair it with another love, banners. I made eight woven snowflakes, strung them together and created a banner. I am quite in love with it too!
If you have never seen my Woven Star video, that started it all, you can watch that one HERE.
In today's video I will also show you how to make the Woven Snowflake (formerly known as Star) and also how to make this banner.
I use the Jingle All the Way paper pack by Echo Park for this banner. I chose 4 patterns of paper and made two of each Snowflake out of the four designs.
It only takes 1 piece of 6x6 paper to make one of these snowflakes.
They are not that hard to make. But they are so beautiful. These snowflakes make a great ornament and topper for a gift or gift bag. Making one and adding something special to the center is a stunning ornament. You can see the ornaments I made last year in THIS VIDEO.
I have even used one of these snowflakes on a wreath I made as a gift one year.
I have added a hanger to the top of these snowflakes making them easier to string on the twine and create this banner.
You can see how you can easily customize these snowflakes to fit any decor by the paper you use and what you decide to add to the center of the snowflake.
The doily shape I am using for today's snowflakes is a cut file I got from the Silhouette Design Store. It is designed by Lori Whitlock and is called Round Doily. I love using a digital cut file for this banner, it allowed me to make the doily as big as I wanted to accommodate the letter in the center. This doily is about 2-1/4" in diameter. Another great option for the center of these snowflakes is the Crochet Doily die set by Echo Park. The doilies in this die set are closer in size to the original doily that I used on my first snowflakes at approximately 1-3/4" around. I mention this because that is the most asked question that I get from my orginal video that first aired in 2015, "where I can I find the doilies that you used". The ones I used in 2015 has since retired. But the sky is the limit as to what you can add to the center of this snowflake.
The letters I used for my banner are from the Classic Type Alphabet die set by Scrapbook.com. And the circle die cut between my letter and doily is from Trinity Stamps, I have to mention it because when you die cut these circles they leave a beveled edge, love that!
Thank you so much for taking time to visit me today and let me share my banner with you. If you have any questions please feel free to ask by leaving it in the comments 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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