Trinity Stamps – No Place Like Home…

Happy Thursday everyone! I’ve got one more fun holiday card for you today before my blog turns into a week full of amazing caffeinated creations for the Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Hop!

The most recent holiday release from Trinity Stamps was packed full of so many amazing products, I haven’t even been able to play with them all yet. It’s crazy! There are a couple of slimline interactive dies and I made sure to try one out for today’s card.

It’s a slimline surprise slider card. So much fun! I stamped and colored my Gnome for the Holidays guy with copics and used the coordinating dies to cut him out. Then I took a white panel and cut the slimline surprises pieces out. I inked up the top panel with distress oxides in pumice stone, shaded lilac, mermaid lagoon and tumbled glass. I spritzed it with water and blotted it dry. Once the panel was dry, I stamped and heat embossed the snowflakes from Christmas Magic and the words from No Place Like Home with white embossing powder.

I adhered my pull tab piece to the back of the front panel and then glued the panel to a card base. I threaded some ribbon through the hole the tag topper die gives you so it’s easy to open this awesome slider up.

Then I popped my gnome up with foam squares and moved on to glossy accents for finishing touches. I am going to adhere a gift card under the slider portion and write my message on the inside of the card. I think that will be a super fun way to give a gift this Christmas.

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Newton’s Nook – 25 Days of Christmas Tags

Hello everyone! I’m fortunate enough to take part in the 25 Days of Christmas Tags celebration with 3 companies this year! Head to Tracey’s post HERE to see the details of the celebration and how you can enter to win incredible prizes!

First off we’re staring with Newton’s Nook! I had so much fun creating this sweet little tag with one of my very favorite Newton’s Nook images – Penguin Pile.

To create my tag, I started by stamping and coloring the Penguin Pile image with my copics. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I wanted a different shape for my tag so I pulled out the Circle Frames and cut the middle size out from green cardstock twice. I used the Snowfall stencil with some white glitter glitz gel on one green circle and let it dry. Once it was dry I glued the 2 green circles together. I pulled out one of the hole reinforcer dies from the Fancy Edges Tag set and cut it from white. I used it to punch a hole in the green circles and adhered the reinforcer with liquid glue.

I pulled out the Banner Trio dies and cut the rounded banner from white and stamped a sentiment from the Christmas Roundabout on it. Then I colored the open letters with the same colors as my penguins. The banner is adhered with liquid glue and the penguins were popped up with foam squares.

I threaded some red jute twine through the hole, glued a smaller white circle to the back so I had a place to write to and from and moved on to finishing touches.

With the background being wonderfully glittery, I just added glossy accents to the penguins and JOY on the sentiment banner.

I am having a blast making little tags again this year. Smaller area to work with and different shapes too! A change of pace is good for creative thinking.

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers – Miss Ink Stamps | Caffeine First

Happy Tuesday everyone! It’s time for tea with Twiddler’s Nook over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers today. I had some fun with powdered watercolor and stencils over the weekend. It’s quite addicting. I could easily sit and make bunches of backgrounds at once with this technique.

Obviously, I started today’s card with the background. I took watercolor paper and laid my Miss Ink Stamps Jitters stencil over the top. Then I sprinkled powdered watercolor over the stop and spritzed it with water. I carefully removed the stencil and smooshed another piece of watercolor paper on it for the negative so I have another background the play with later on. I set those aside to dry and stamped out my images which are also from Miss Ink Stamps. They are from Big Mugs and Brewtiful. I colored them with my copics and used the scan-n-cut to cut them out.

Using the Newton’s Nook Framework dies I cut a frame and adhered vellum to the back. I heat embossed my sentiment from Big Mugs on it and lined the back of the frame with foam strips. I popped it up on the watercolor background and moved on to my images. The strip of coffee beans are adhered with liquid glue and the other images are popped up with foam squares.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the coffee beans that are popped up and to the gnome’s mug.

I think this is such a fun card and the colors I used represent the college team we root for at home so I know exactly who this card will be going to.

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Trinity Stamps – Jingle All the Way

Welcome to a wonderful new week everyone! I hope you had a fabulous weekend. Today I’m sharing a super shiny, full of wonderful Christmas card featuring a new stamp from Trinity Stamps. I had fun working out of my comfort zone watercoloring with metallic watercolors. I hope you like it.

I took a panel and blended weathered wood and stormy sky distress oxides on it and spritzed it with water. I let it dry and then heat embossed the new Jingle All the Way stamp with silver embossing powder. Then I took out my Kuretake Starry Colors watercolor palette and painted it. I think I used all of the colors in that set. Once it was dry, I trimmed the panel down to 3×4.25 and popped it up on a white panel that measures 3.5×4.5.

Last, I ran a blue panel through my die cut machine with the starry skies coverplate. I didn’t like how flat it looked against the ink blending so I inked up the edges with a darker blue ink to just a bit of depth. I adhered the panel to a white card base and popped the white panel up with foam tape.

I absolutely love this new stamp. It’s so fun and has so many coloring possibilities. This card is so shiny and eye catching and it was a blast to sit and watercolor with these metallics. It’s a fabulous palette to have.

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Miss Ink Stamps – Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

Hello everyone. Can you believe it’s November already? This wild and crazy year is flying by. Today I’ve got some snowy fun to share with you featuring a few stamp sets from Miss Ink Stamps and a fun winter embellishment from my shop called Snow Queen.

I started today’s card with the background panel. I stamped the Holiday Home image and cut out a mask for it. Then I stamped Pine Forest over the top so I had a layer of trees way back in the background. I removed my mask and colored the image with copic markers. Then I used dye inks and my Trinity Stamps blending brushes to add some color to the sky and the ground.

Then I chose the critters I wanted to use from Snow Buddies, stamped and colored them with copics too. I used my scan-n-cut to cut them out and moved on to assembling my card.

I cut a hill from some white glitter cardstock and glued it to the bottom of my scene panel and slid the whole panel into an acetate sleeve. I wrapped the sides around and used double-sided tape to adhere them down. Then I sprinkled in the Snow Queen embellishment mix and sealed the top up tight. Next, I adhered another snowy mound to the front of the acetate and adhered my critters and snow critter to the top of that. Then I glued the whole thing to a card base and it’s all finished!

This is my first infinity shaker card and it was so much fun to create! I’m definitely hooked and will have to give it another go ’round soon!

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Newton’s Nook – Spook-tacular

Happy Halloween everyone!!!!! I just love this holiday! I look all the spooky and fall and kiddos running around dressed up. It just makes me happy! So I wanted to share a special card with you today to celebrate.

To create this awesome card, I started with the background. I used the ghosts stencil with deco foil transfer gel blanco on black cardstock. When it was dry, I sent it through my laminator with iridescent deco foil. Then I sat and played with it for a while because those ghosts are SO COOL!!!

I stamped and colored Witchy Newton with my copic markers and also made sure to stamp a couple of bats too. I cut it all out with the coordinating dies and decided on my final layout. Using the Framework dies, I cut the scalloped rectangle from the middle of my stenciled panel. I lined the outside frame with foam tape and adhered it to a white card base. Then I inserted the rectangle in the opening and glued it directly down. I cut a second rectangle from vellum and heat embossed my sentiment from the Spooky Roundabout on it. Then I used foam squares and popped Witchy Newton and the bats up. I hid some glue behind those areas and placed the vellum rectangle in its place.

The coolest thing happened when I added the vellum to the center…it mutes the light refraction from the deco foil and makes those ghosts look stark white. I had no idea this would happen but got really excited and thought it looked soooo extra cool! What do you think?

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to Newton’s nose and hat, and dots on the boot. I didn’t want to distract from the cool background but I just love adding those little touches.

I’m linking this up to the Cat Lover’s Hop. Today is the final day, so get your projects linked up if you haven’t already.

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Birch Press Design – Sending Warm Wishes

Happy Friday everyone!!! We’ve made it through another week and I’m so excited for this weekend! Before I switch back to Halloween festivities tomorrow, I have another wintery Christmas card for you today with a coordinating ornament. I’m also over on the Birch Press Design blog today with a full, photo step-by-step if you would like more detail how to create your own.

I had a lot of fun creating this card. I started with what ended up as my ornament just playing around, then switched out the middle layer for some silver cardstock and kept going. I blended spun sugar and shaded lilac distress oxides for my background and also added a splatter of water and pearl watercolor for some shimmer. I adhered my snowflakes, cut off the excess and adhered my panel to a card base.

I wanted to tie the silver in a little more so I used it on my sentiment too! The stamped, heat embossed banner comes from the Christmas Ornament and Labels set which I thought finished the card off perfectly.

I didn’t want my first snowflake to go to waste, so I cut another set and glued them back to back. I sandwiched some fishing line between one set of points and held it with tweezers while it dried. Then I added Trinity Stamps silver baubles to both sides so no matter which way it hangs on the tree, it’s beautiful! I feel like the silver baubles really tie it in to the card design and they’ll be a perfect gift! Time to make these in all the colors!!! A rainbow set of snowflakes just sounds wonderful to me!

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Miss Ink Stamps – Thanks for Being my Friend

Hello everyone! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today with a different, fun technique I’d been wanting to try for a long time. I created a clear front card and decorated it with the blooms from Fall Bouquet.

To make my card, I started by stamping and heat embossing the Fall Bouquet image 4 times on Bristol Smooth cardstock. Then I watercolored it with my Zig markers. I used my scan-n-cut to cut them all out and moved on to my card front.

For that piece, I took a transparency pocket and sprinkled gold embossing powder inside, then I ran it through my laminator to melt the powder and seal it up. Then I trimmed it down to 4.25 x 6.5 and scored it at 5.5. I glued the flap to a white panel and then glued another panel to the back of that sandwiching the clear flap between them. I laid out my images and adhered them down in place. I trimmed off the excess and used those pieces to fill in the sides so my card front was nice and full.

Using the images on the front to position my sentiment, I stamped it on the inside where it’s hidden from view. I also love how the gold embossing powder shows through on the inside and hides the adhesive holding the images in place on the front too.

I think this would be a really fun card to give or receive and can’t wait to try the technique with other embossing powders and images in my stash!

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Trinity Stamps – Merry Christmas Gnome

Hello again!!! I have some serious cuteness to share with you today featuring some new goodies from the most recent Trinity Stamps release that just went live last Friday! It’s full of so much holiday goodness, I can hardly stand it!

Today I’ve got this super cute shaker card to share featuring the Comfort and Joy stamps and dies for my main image and the Scripty Christmas dies for a bold sentiment to catch your eye! In the background, I heat embossed the All Spruced Up pine needles in gold over a distress oxide ink blended panel. Using the frame from the Slimline Frame and Fold I turned it all into a fun shaker card!

In typical fashion, my gnome was colored with copic markers and then I added white gel pen dots to his hat for a little added interest. I just love how that turned out.

I die cut the scripty words 3 times from red cardstock and glued them together, then added them to the shadow cut from vellum. I think vellum is my very favorite thing to use for the shadow of die cut words. It’s there but it doesn’t take away from the sentiment. It’s just perfect.

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Pink & Main – Christmas Cookies

Welcome back! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today sharing this fun Christmas Cookies slimline card. I decided to try stamping on kraft cardstock for my cookies and doing some coloring with colored pencils for a change of pace.

It was a fun process. One trick I use when coloring with colored pencils is to leave my stamps in my MISTI and when I’m finished coloring, I stamp the images a second time to cover up and pencil markings that cloud up the image lines. I feel like this makes a big difference in the final product.

A new toy I’ve got on my craft desk that I’m absolutely loving, but hadn’t shared yet, is this new mini die cutter called the Mini Maker from The Maker’s Movement. It’s fantastic and so convenient! I used scraps of cardstock for my images today so it was easy to pop them on the plates and run them through without even getting up. This cutter is super easy to use and cuts like butter!

Separately I die cut the scalloped panel from Sympathy Slim Line Dies and stenciled it with a diagonal stripe in red ink. I also cut the third largest Stitched Slim Line Die in a soft blue and inked the edges for a tone-on-tone effect. I arranged my cookies and glued them down. Then I popped the blue panel up with foam tape. Last, I stamped my sentiment and did partial die cutting with the smallest Stitched Slim Line Die to make a matching sentiment strip. Then I popped it up on top of my cookies with some foam strips.

I added my panels to a white card base and moved on to finishing touches. For those I added some Stickles in Sprinkled Sugar for a sugary effect on various parts of the cookies. Then I added a scattering of Nuvo Crystal Drops in calming aqua around the background.

I love this set and had so much fun dreaming of Christmas baking while I was putting it together. But let’s be real, that will be here before we know it!

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