Category Archives: Holiday Cards
- Stamps –
- Art Impressions “Nuts About You”
- Lawn Fawn “How You Bean? Conversation Heart Add-on”
- Dies –
- Lawn Fawn “Outside in Stitched Heart Stackables” and “How You Bean? Conversation Heart Add-on”
- Avery Elle “Pierced Mat Die”
- Mama Elephant “Heart Border”
- Patterned paper – Pink & Main “My Heart” 6 X 6″ paper pad
- Cardstock – Bazzill
This was a fun Valentine to make, combining supplies from a several different companies. The squirrel is surrounded by candy conversation hearts, although his acorn seems to be his favored treat! I colored the squirrel with Copic markers to start things off. Then I die-cut the hearts, coloring and stamping the conversation hearts. I die cut the base shapes and arranged all of the pieces to make this Valentine for my son. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Valentine’s Day!
Challenges:
Art Impressions Challenge #225 – Sweet Treats
Unicorn Challenge #29 – Love/Valentines
Die Cuttin’ Diva’s Challenge #356 – Valentine’s Day
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- Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas – “Just Let it Happen”
- Dies –
- The Cat’s Pajamas – “Scalloped Duo Dies”
- Spellbinders Nestabilities – “Blossom Three”
- Patterned paper – Pink & Main “My Heart” 6 X 6″ paper pad
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Not-a-Hide paper
- Ribbon
It is hard not to like this cat–especially as it ties into the chocolates. I colored the kitty with Copic markers and layered it up with some dies. I added some happy patterned paper on the card base for added cheer. Happy Valentine’s Day! Thanks for visiting today.
Challenges:
Papercraft Challenges Challenge #5 – Sweet for My Sweet
SUYP Cats Only Challenge #27 – Furrything Goes/Love
TCP Tuesday Challenge #343 – Feature Animals
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- Stamps –
- The Cat’s Pajamas “Just Let it Happen”
- Lawn Fawn “Conversation Hearts Add-on”
- Dies –
- Spellbinders Nestabilities “Fleur de Lis Rectangles
- Mama Elephant “Heart Border”
- Patterned papers – “Little one” KaiserCraft 6-1/2″ paper pad
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- White embossing powder
- Copic markers
This is a fun card I made with a Valentine set I’ve had in my stash for a while, but I’d never used this particular stamp before! I colored the image with Copics and layered it with some patterned papers I also pulled out. I heat-embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock and layered it all up. Thanks for visiting today.
Challenges:
Shopping Our Stash Challenge #339 – He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
The Cat’s Pajamas TCP Challenge #343 – Animals
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Supplies:
- Stamps – The Cat’s Pajamas “Feelin’ Cupidy”
- Dies –
- Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts “Outside in Stitched Scalloped Square Stackables”
- WPlus9 “Stackers Hearts”
- Copic markers
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Red Mirror cardstock – Paper Accents
The Valentine season is approaching and who better to provide helpful advice, but the TCP bunny! I colored him with Copics, fussy cut him, then placed him on the die-cut layers with dimensional adhesive. I drew a dash-dot-dash line around the square layers and popped the sentiment on top. Thanks for stopping by.
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- Stamp – Inky Antics “New Year Cheer”
- Die – My Favorite Things “Pierced Rectangles”
- Distress Oxide Inks – Ranger – Abandoned Coral, Fossilized Amber, and Spiced Marmalade
- Patterned paper – Authentique “Bountiful”
- Sequins
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Embossing powder – Lawn Fawn – gold
I created this card using a variety of items I’ve accumulated, both old and new. I’m challenging myself to use (and hopefully use-up!) things in my stash. I always make a few New Year’s cards to send to people who I didn’t quite get Christmas cards mailed to in time. I created the background for this one by combining three different Distress Oxide inks. I really like the calligraphic Inky Antics stamp and embossing it in gold seemed appropriate for New Year’s. I added a few sequins for a bit more sparkle. Thanks for visiting.
Challenges:
Paperminutes Challenge #519 Happy New Year
Papercraft Challenges #2 Happy New Year
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- Patterned papers – Pink & Main “My Heart” 6 X 6″ pad
- Stamp – Hero Arts – CM100 “Christmas Messages”
- Dies – My Favorite Things Die-namics Blueprints 13
- Cardstock – Paper Accents
I really enjoyed making this card because I got to combine all of the colorful strips of paper together. All of that pattern plays nicely together when it is separated by the black barriers! This is a great sketch. I added a few stars die-cut from gold metallic cardstock to make the sentiment a bit more festive.
Thanks for visiting and Happy New Year!
Challenges:
CAS(E) this Sketch #252
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Let’s Party!
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- Stamps –
- Lawn Fawn “Forest Feast” and “Cheery Christmas”
- Penny Black “Christmas Cheer” (sentiment)
- Background – Paper napkin – Michel Design Works “Candy Cane”
- Die – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Twenty”
- Gold bead trim
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Metallic gold pen
- Copic markers
- Mod Podge Sparkle
I created the background for this card with a napkin, which I adhered to a piece of cardstock with Mod Podge Sparkle. It gave it a nice touch of bling and when it was dry I trimmed to fit the card base. Following the line on the background design, I adhered the bead trim. I stamped the sentiment and layered it on another die-cut that contrasted and is a larger dimension. I then outlined the edges of both die-cuts with metallic gold ink. I colored the raccoon and star, and popped them on top of the sentiment with dimensional adhesive. Thanks for visiting.
Challenges:
Addicted to CAS – Code Word “Sparkle”
Happy Little Stampers – Anything Goes with Dies
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- Stamps –
- Stampers Anonymous The Art of Brett Weldele “Blizzy the Happy Snowman”
- Fancy Pants Designs “Merry & Bright”
- Stencil – Creative Expressions mini stencil “Snowflakes”
- Texture paste – Finnabair Art Extravagance Snowflake Paste
- Inks – Ranger Distress Oxides: Cracked Pistachio, Faded Jeans, Broken China
- Sprays – Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
- Sequins – Hero Arts Frost Sequin Mix
- Vellum – Paper Accents “Light Blue”
- Embossing powder – Stampendous “Aqua”
- Cardstock – Kaisercraft KaiserCard “Neptune”
This card started out with Distress Oxide inks with the addition of Snowflake Paste through the snowflake stencil. I stamped the snowman and added some color with Copic markers, cut it out and adhered it to the background with dimensional adhesive. I heat embossed the sentiment on vellum and sprayed another scrap of white cardstock with some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, cutting it in a strip and adhering it behind the background. I then wrapped the vellum around the snowman and background. To finish off the card, I added the festive sequins in threes above and below the main image. I used the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches for inspiration. Thanks for stopping by.
Challenges:
Freshly Made Sketches #317
A Vintage Journey “Winter Wonderland”
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- Dies –
- Sizzix Thinlets Tim Holtz Alterations “Paper Snowflakes”
- Penny Black “Love & Joy”
- Stencil – Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection “Starry”
- Texture paste – Finnabair Art Extravagance Snowflake Paste
- Inks – Ranger Distress Oxides: Cracked Pistachio, Faded Jeans, Broken China
- Sequins – Simon Says Stamp “Moonshine”
- Cardstock
I started this card by creating a background with Distress Oxide ins, layering colors and spritzing with water. Once I was satisfied, I applied the sparkly Snowflake Paste through a stencil so that the stars covered the background. The Snowflake Paste is really effective in creating an interesting background with a subtle sparkle. You can get an idea of the effect the close-up featured in the photo below.
I then added the die-cuts and sequins, layering the papers to create the card using inspiration from the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. Thanks for stopping by.
Challenges:
Freshly Made Sketches Sketch #316
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Icy Inspiration
Mod Squad Challenge – What a Flake!
5 Comments | tags: cardmaking, die cuts, distress techniques, Stamper's Anonymous, stencils, tim holtz | posted in Christmas, Freshly Made, mixed media
- Dies –
- Simon Says Stamp – Merry Christmas, Abby Snowflake, and Melody Snoflake
- Impression Obsession – Snowflakes Die Set
- Sequins – Simon Says Stamp – Moonshine
- Ink – Ranger Ink Distress ink – Tumbled Glass
- Cardstock – Neenah Solar White
- Zig Wink of Stella clear brush pen
I created this simple, almost completely white card for a wintery Christmas card. I die cut snowflakes and the sentiment from white cardstock, cutting two of each and layering each pair together so the dimension would make them stand up and out on the white background a little more clearly. I edged the card front with light blue ink and mounted it on a white card base. I applied clear sparkly ink to the snowflakes with the Wink of Stella pen and added some iridescent clear sequins to accentuate the wintery look. Thanks for stopping by.
Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – “Snow White”
Simon Says Stamp Flickr Group Challenge #84 – “Happy Holidays”
2 Comments | tags: cardmaking, die cuts, Impression Obsession, Ranger, Simon Says Stamp | posted in Challenges, Christmas, Simon Says Stamp, Winter
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