Birch Press Design – Merry Christmas Poinsettia

Hello there! I’m over on the Birch Press Design blog today and I’ve decided to try and turn the Dahlia Mini Frame layers into a poinsettia. I think it turned out really pretty and had fun creating this simple card.

After cutting the dahlia layers from white I cut the flower from red glitter and the center from gold glitter cardstocks. I pulled out some alcohol pearl inks and created a serene blue background for my flower and let it dry. I glued the bottom layer of the dahlia mini frame to the alcohol inked background and then treated the glitter pieces like a puzzle and glued them all in place with liquid glue. Then I adhered the other layers on top and added foam tape to the back.

I cut a white panel to 4×5.25 and used my score board to add some embossed details 1/4 inch in from each side. This panel is popped up with foam tape on a white card base. Then I tied twine around the dahlia panel and popped it in place too. Last, I heat embossed a sentiment banner from the Christmas Ornament and Labels set and used liquid glue to attach it.

I just love the texture combination between the layers, glitter cardstock and the alcohol pearl ink. They play off each other nicely and add so much interest to a simple card design.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Coffee Loving Cardmakers – A Forest Christmas

Hey friends! It’s Tuesday Tea over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers and I am thrilled to share a fun card featuring my prize from the Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Hop from Flora and Fauna! As soon as it came in the mail this weekend I pulled out all of my sets to see how I could mix and match.

I stamped images from Outline Deer Wonderland, which was my prize and added others from Mini Sloth (we’re pretending he’s a sasquatch this time though) and Woodland Snowglobe and colored it all with my copic markers. Then I used my scan-n-cut to cut them all out. I cut an oversized panel and stamped some of the tree trunks from Outline Deer Wonderland and used my copics to color them in. Then I used my Trinity Stamps blending buddy brush to ink up the sky just a bit with a light blue ink. I cut it out with a Trinity Stamps Slimline Scalloped Panel die, along with a couple of white panels too. Then I used the Slimline Scenic Borders and Slimline Great Outdoors Borders to cut some snowy hills.

I used liquid glue to adhere my layers together and used my images as a guide to stamp the sentiment I chose from the Woodland Snowglobe set. Then using a combo of liquid glue and foam squares I attached all of my critters.

I cut a cardbase from green cardstock that matched my penguin’s scarf for festive fun and attached my whole scene panel down. Moving on to finishing touches, I added Unicorn Stickles to the Santa hat and reindeer scarves. Then I added glossy accents to things like noses and eyes and beaks. My card is all finished and ready to go.

I had so much fun mixing and matching so many products together for this whimsical scene! I hope you enjoyed it too!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Miss Ink Stamps – Peace and Joy

Welcome back everyone! I’m stopping in to share a beautiful slimline scene card featuring some new and older Miss Ink Stamps products. This card was so relaxing to create and I just love how it turned out.

I started this card by laying out all my stamps to see if I wanted to create a more full A2 scene or stretch things out for a slimline. Really, this design would have been great either way but I really like the elongated canvas I chose to work with. After stamping and coloring my images from Oh, Deer!, I used the scan-n-cut to cut them out. Then I took the new Mountainside stamp and stamped it on an oversized panel. I colored it with my copics and brought in the Trinity Stamps Slimline Modern Embossed Panels die to cut it down.

I stamped some stars in the sky from the Mountainside set and heat embossed them in gold. Then I took chipped sapphire distress oxide ink and inked up the sky a little. I used a dry cloth to buff away ink from the stars and adhered my images. The cardinal is adhered directly to the card with liquid glue and the rest of the images are popped up with foam squares.

I put my panel in my MISTI and decided to stamp some of the plant sprouts at the same time I stamped my sentiment. This sentiment is from the new Little Angel set. I die cut one size bigger panel from red cardstock and popped my colored panel up with foam tape. Using liquid glue I adhered the whole thing to a white card base and moved on to finishing touches.

For those, I added glossy accents to the deer noses and bird beaks. I wanted a little shimmer for the snow but nothing super overpowering because the scene is so soft and quiet looking. Instead of my usual Stickles, I went with Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the mountain tops and snow lines all the way down the card front. It’s hard to photograph but in person, the glitter just shimmers wonderfully!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Black Friday Shopping, Nailed it!

Happy Christmas Season everyone! I’m over on the Newton’s Nook blog today and couldn’t resist making a Black Friday shopping themed card to start the holiday season off.

I started by stamping and heat embossing the Main Street image in white embossing powder, then I added some snowflakes to the sky the same way. This image is also part of the Main Street set. Then I used a blending brush and some white pigment ink to cloud up the edges of my panel a little. I trimmed this panel down just a smidge to 5 3/8 x 4 1/8. Then I die cut a white panel with the land borders die and colored the top edge with a light blue copic marker and popped it up with foam tape. At this point I took some white paint, watered it down and flicked it across the panel for a little extra snow.

Then I stamped and colored the main image from Christmas Haul with my copics. I used the coordinating dies to cut her out and adhered her with a combo of liquid glue and foam tape so she was the same level as the snow bank. I also die cut one of the Banner Trio dies and stamped my sentiment. *Note, because this is die is solid and I needed it smaller, I did partial die cutting before stamping my sentiment. I just die cut half, shifted the die down a little until the stitches matched up and die cut the other part. Then stamped my sentiment.*

I did take the same light blue marker and color the edge of the sentiment banner for a little accent and then popped it up with foam tape too. I added the panel to a red piece of cardstock measuring 4.25×5.5 and used liquid glue to adhere that to a white card base. Now for those fun finishing touches!

For those I added glossy accents to parts of the wreath and packages the lady is carrying and also Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to other packages and her belt and shoes. Last, I added some clear gems in various sizes throughout the whole design.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Trinity Stamps – Thankful For You

Happy Thanksgiving friends!!! I truly am so thankful for each and every one of you! I appreciate the comments and messages and our ability to lift each other up and share our awesome creations!

Today I’m over on the Trinity Stamps blog and was super excited to take that opportunity to create a special Thanksgiving card to share with you all.

I had an idea in my head so I started by die cutting the a variety of colors of the middle size in the Slimline Stitched Strips set. I used tape runner to adhere them to a kraft cardstock panel and then used largest Slimline Modern Embossed Panels die to cut that whole thing out. That way the embossed edge goes all the way around. I just love this finished look. Then I cut out the Scripty Thankful and it’s shadow and adhered them together. At this point I thought I would use a different image but it didn’t fill the card like I wanted. So I kept looking and found my SUPER FAVORITE mice from House Mouse and their buddies in Bunny Burrow!

So, after laying my images out to get an idea how many I could fit, I stamped everything and colored them all with my copic markers. I used the coordinating Mouse House and Bunny Burrow die sets to cut the images out and began adhering them. I used a combo of foam squares and liquid glue.

I also adhered the die cut sentiment and decided it would be fun to finish it off so I pulled out the Thankful For You stamp set and stamped the “for you” portion from there. I used the coordinating dies to cut it out and adhered it as well.

Finally, I moved on to finishing touches, which were pretty simple. I used black glaze pen on all the eyes and mouse noses, then glossy accents on the other critter noses. Last but not least, I added some clay cheese embellishments to the mouse standing on the mouse house.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Twiddler’s Nook Black Friday Sale

Hey crafty friends!!! Just wanted to pop in and let you know that we’re having a sale for the entire Thanksgiving weekend! We’re so thankful for the love and support we’ve gotten this first year expanding our business past my cardmaking and papercrafting creations. It’s very humbling and we’re excited to be able to extend some appreciation to our customers.

It’s pretty simple…30% off the whole store from now until Monday at midnight. The offer isn’t good on previous purchases and no coupon code needed.

Happy shopping everyone! Please help spread the word and share this with your friends and family. I’ve posted it on our Instagram and Facebook pages so you can share there or forward your email around too!

Tell those shopping for you what your Christmas wish list is or treat yourself!

Thank you again for all of your continued support! We truly appreciate each one of you! Have a fabulous day!

Birch Press Design – Give Thanks

Hello everyone. I’m over on the Birch Press Design blog today and wanted to share another Thanksgiving themed card while there’s still time. I had fun pulling my copics out and coloring for this one.

I stamped my images out from pumpkin lacework and colored them with my copic markers and then used the coordinating dies to cut them all out. Then I cut a piece of white cardstock and inked it up with distress oxides in evergreen bough, pine needles and peacock feathers. I spritzed it with water and let it dry. Then I ran it through my die cut machine with the pinpoint radial plate.

I decided it looked a little flat so I pulled out my gold watercolor and flicked some of that for added interest. I love how that shimmers in the light.

Next, I used liquid glue to adhered my leaves and pumpkin stem to the pumpkin. I backed the whole thing with foam tape, including the sentiment banner and popped it all in place. Then I used liquid glue to adhere the whole panel to a white card base.

For finishing touches, I adhered some peach colored hearts around the design. I just love how this finishes off the whole card and fills in some of the blank space perfectly.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Pink & Main – Circus Themed Birthday

Hey everyone!!! It’s release day for Pink & Main today and I’ve got a really fun card featuring 3 new products available in the shop right now! We’re playing with the new My Vote stamps and dies, Slimline Sayings 1 stamps and the awesome Sunburst Slimline die.

I started by stamping my images from My Vote on a 3 inch wide piece of cardstock. Then I colored them all with my copics and used the coordinating dies to cut them out with my amazing Mini Maker die cutting machine.

This little machine is so awesome and convenient to have on my desk, ready to go! I never knew how handy one of these little machines would be and I haven’t even traveled with it yet. That’s going to amazing in a whole new way too!

But, I digress. Next, I die cut the Sunburst Slimline die from white, red, blue, yellow and purple cardstock. I used liquid glue to adhere my white frame to a card base and then fit the different colored inserts where I wanted them. Bonus, now I have a bunch of these ready to go to make other fun cards later on too!

I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment from Slimline Sayings 1 on vellum with black embossing powder and got everything ready for assembly. I added foam squares to the back of the elephant and star banners. Using my images as guides, I used liquid glue to adhere the balloons down, then added the star banners and finally stuck my elephant to the sentiment banner. Last, I added liquid glue to the back of the sentiment banner, hiding it behind the embossing and the elephant. I put acrylic blocks on this portion for a while and came back later for finishing touches.

For those, I added glossy accents to the elephant cheek, tusk and toes and part of the banner on his rump. I also added glossy accents to the star banners. However, all the other stars have crushed pineapple Stickles on them. I also used the black glaze pen on the elephant’s eye.

I’m super happy with how this fun card turned out and that I was able to show you fun ways to use some of the amazing, new products available in the Pink & Main shop right now!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Miss Ink Stamps – Heavenly Day

Hello friends! I’m over on the Miss Ink Stamps blog today featuring another new set that was released on Saturday called Little Angel. I couldn’t choose which images to use so I created a slimline card and used them all! They’re just too sweet.

I started by stamping and coloring the images from Little Angel. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut them all out. Next, I stamped the snowy village image on a piece of white cardstock and used a slimline rectangle to cut it out. Then I went around the edges with stormy sky distress oxide ink.

I arranged all of my images using a combination of liquid glue and foam squares to attach each one. Then I decided on my layers. I die cut a scalloped rectangle from kraft cardstock and adhered it to a white card base. Then a gold rectangle one size bigger than my background panel in gold. The scene and gold are adhered together and then popped up with foam tape on the scalloped base.

I cut my sentiment into a banner shape and popped it up with foam squares as well. For finishing touches I added wink of stella glitter brush pen to the angel’s wings and crown, black glaze pen the the critter eyes and glossy accents to their noses. I also finished things off with some white gel pen accents and a scattering of dazzle stars in the sky.

These sweet images are so fun to color and arrange in little scenes. The sentiments also range nicely so this isn’t just a Christmas set by any means. Stretching your stamps is always a fabulous plus!

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Miss Ink Stamps – New Release

I’m so excited that the new Miss Ink Stamps release went live for purchase yesterday! I have a fun card to share celebrating and hopefully inspiring you to create!

I inked up my images from Snow One and colored them with my copics. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut the out and set them aside. Masking off the bottom portion of a white panel, I inked the rest up with chipped sapphire and stormy sky distress oxide inks and spritzed them with water. Then I flicked pearl watercolor on the panel and set it aside to dry.

I created a white card base and added a little striped washi tape to the edge. I trimmed the inked panel down to 4×5.5 and popped it up with foam tape. I added my images with foam squares and liquid glue. I cut my sentiment into a flag shape and popped it up as well.

For finishing touches I added some glossy accents to the snowman’s eyes, nose, hat band and buttons, black glaze pen to the bird’s eyes and Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to the snow on the tree and the snowflakes.

There are such a fun variety of prodcuts available with this release. You’re sure to find something fantastic to create with. I hope you’ll check it out.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!