Happy Wednesday everyone! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today with some Christmas inspiration featuring these hilariously adorable gingerbread men from Gingerbread Kisses. I also pulled out the fabulous Peppermint Cover die from last year to set the scene.
First, I blended distress oxide ink in candied apple and aged mahogany on a piece of white cardstock. I kept the darker to the center, fading out to the edges. I splattered the panel with water and blotted it dry. Then I cut the Peppermint Cover die from white cardstock and glued them together with EZ Squeeze liquid glue. I added these to a white card base and started stamping next!
These two gingerbread men in a frosting fight just cracked me up so I had to color them immediately! I used my copics to color and the coordinating dies to cut everything out. Then I stamped and heat embossed my sentiment, also using the coordinating die to cut it out. Everything is popped up on foam squares for added interest and dimension.
For finishing touches I added glossy accents to all three peppermint candies and stardust Stickles to the frosting everywhere. Last, I snagged some fun red enamel dots from the Musical pack and scattered those about the design.
Alright friends, we’re over the hump and on to day 3 of release reveals for the October Newton’s Nook release! There are two more amazing stamp and dies sets to reveal and super fun projects to share!
Newton’s Gift stamps and dies
Christmas Nap stamps and dies
These sets are super sweet! Great for the holidays but also, Newton’s Gift is great for all occasions!
I couldn’t resist creating a fun winter themed birthday card with Newton’s Gift right away. It’s so sweet and great in any color combo you want to try it in.
I stamped and colored the image using that great snowflake paper from the new paper pad as a guide. To reduce the risk of smearing, I stamped on the gift tag after I was done coloring. Then I used the coordinating die to cut it out.
Next, I die cut a scalloped circle from Circle Frames and heat embossed Birthday Roundabout in white. I die cut a banner from Banner Trio and stamped a sentiment from the same birthday set on it. I used copics to give it some shading to coordinate with the gift tag.
Next, I ink blended scattered straw distress oxide on an A2 panel and splattered it with water, then I popped up the patterned paper with foam tape. I added foam squares to the banner and image and adhered them to the vellum circle. I used these places to hide adhesive to adhere the vellum to the card front.
For finishing touches, I added white clay snowflakes from Twiddler’s Nook Happy Feet embellishment mix around the design, glossy accents to Newton’s nose and stardust Stickles to the gift ribbon.
For my Christmas Nap card, I stamped and colored the image in some warm colors fit for winter. I used the coordinating die to cut it out and set it aside. This die set also has the word dies Peace & Joy in it so I cut them from white cardstock 4 times and adhered them together with liquid glue.
For my background, I inked up a panel with scattered straw and evergreen bough distress oxide, fading to nothing. Then I layered the Christmas Foliage stencil over top and inked through that with blending brushes and dye inks from my stash. I die cut the panel with the largest Framework die and popped it up on a black A2 size panel. I adhered that to a white card base and added the image and sentiment next.
For finishing touches I used a silver Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the sentiment, which I LOVE! Then glossy accents on the ornaments and critter noses. Last I added stardust Stickles to the gift bow and star on the tree.
Would you like to win the “Christmas Nap” or the “Newton’s Gift” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!
Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday October 13th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday October 14th.
Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Hello crafty friends! I’m over on the Miss Ink Stamps blog today sharing a magically wonderful card using the newest release of stamps and dies.
Sometimes I get overwhelmed at the thought of coloring in those big full-background stamps but today I wanted to show you that you don’t always need to. It brings the focus more on your images and sentiment if you don’t.
Today, I stamped the Ups and Downs image on a 4×5.25 inch piece of white cardstock and splattered it with black acrylic paint. I set it aside to dry and stamped a few images from Magical Graduation. I colored those with copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out before gluing the wand in the wizard’s hand.
Next, I stamped an image from Heart’s Desire and fussy cut it out. Then, for my sentiment I used the “magical” in those dies and cut them from white cardstock 4 times, using liquid glue to adhere them together. To complete my sentiment, I stamped a few words from a sentiment in Heart’s Desire and heat embossed them in white. I trimmed that out with my scissors and started adhering all the pieces together.
First, I added the wizard and the wand flourish with foam squares. Then I added the background panel to a white card base with foam tape. I played around a bit with the sentiment pieces and finally decided I like the whimsical feel of the letters not being lined up. Once I had my final placement decided, I used liquid glue to adhere them and popped the heat embossed portion up with foam too.
Up until now, “magical” was white because I couldn’t decide what color to make it. Finally, I landed on red so it would really show and coordinate with the tie on the image. For this, I just used copic markers and carefully colored the top layer of letters.
For finishing touches, I added black glaze pen the the wizard’s eyes, let it dry and added the white highlight back in. Then I used Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the magical flourish so it shimmers in the light.
Super fun card, that’s great for a bunch of occasions! I love how it turned out!
Hello again! We’re back for day 2 of release reveals for Newton’s Nook and today we’ve got two stamp and die sets to share with you!
Wreath Pups stamps and dies
Holiday Haul stamps and dies
Aren’t these new sets just so much fun!?! I had a blast creating with both of them. I hope you enjoy these cards.
The moment I saw Wreath Pups, I thought of a circle shaped card so that was a no-brainer! I used the Circle Frames dies to cut patterned paper from the new pads and layered them together. The red and white are glued together and popped up with foam tape on the green stripes.
I stamped and colored the image with my copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut it out. Then I also die cut a banner from the Banner Trio die set and heat embossed the sentiment on it. I adhered both with foam squares and moved on to finishing touches.
Keeping those simple, I just added glossy accents to the pup noses and wreath berries. Then I added black glaze pen to their eyes and a little bit of shimmer with Wink of Stella glitter brush pen on the wreath ribbon.
For my Holiday Haul card, I stamped and colored the image with my copics using the Christmas Time paper pad as a color choice guide. I used the coordinating die to cut it out and added foam tape to the back. Then I cut down two patterns of paper and adhered them to a white card base. I also glued down a strip of white cardstock over the seam before adhering the image down.
Next, I die cut a banner from Frames & Flags and heat embossed the sentiment on it. Then, for finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the truck lights and wreath bow, then stardust Stickles to the wreath berries and gift ribbons.
Would you like to win the “Holiday Haul” or the “Wreath Pups” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!
Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday October 13th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday October 14th.
Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Hey friends! It’s time for the Newton’s Nook October Release reveals! And that means…Holiday goodies!!!!! Yay!!! We’ve got a few things to share today so let’s jump in.
Christmas Time and Canine Christmas paper pads
Christmas Tree Line stencil
Holiday Heights stamps and dies
Isn’t that an amazing start to release week?!? I think so! Today I have a few cards to share with you. Let’s start with the new Holiday Heights set where I made a slimline card and a gift tag.
I stamped and colored both images with my copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I came in with the super fun new paper pads and die cut the Bookmark die set for backgrounds of both images.
For the card, I cut a snowbank using the sky borders dies and some trees from the Tree Scene Builder die set to create a little s cene. Then heat embossed my sentiment and added the image with foam tape.
I ink blended distress oxides in tumbled glass and stormy sky on a slimline panel and spritzed it with water. Then I flicked white paint on it and let it dry before die cutting it with the largest Slimline Frames & Portholes die. I popped the panel up on a white card base with foam tape and did the same with my bookmark scene.
For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the snowman’s buttons, nose and hat band, also the dog’s nose. Then I added black glaze pen to his eyes and white gel pen to the dog’s scarf. I also threaded some ribbon through the bookmark hole and tied a bow too.
For the tag, I die cut the banner in the bookmark set and heat embossed the sentiment on it. Then I lined it up in the main bookmark die again and cut the top to match. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and popped the kitties up with foam tape.
Next, I die cut another bookmark from white cardstock and used the snowflakes in the set to decorate it lightly so you can still write on it and see the writing. I tied the two together with ribbon and just added some glossy accents to the ornaments and kitty noses and toe beans to finish it off.
These super fun line stencils are getting me every time. They are so fun to play with and today I created a perfect mini slimline card with the new Christmas Tree Line stencil. I went with a non-traditional color palette of green, pink and teal, trimmed the panel down and adhered borders on the top and bottom of black and glitter cardstock.
I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment coming later in the week in the center before popping it up on a 3×6 piece of paper from the new Christmas Time paper pad. I adhered that to a white card base with liquid glue and finished the design off with some stardust Stickles on various parts of each tree.
Would you like to win the “Holiday Heights” Stamp Set?This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!
Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday October 13th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday October 14th.
Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Happy Friday my friends! I’m so glad you’re here. Thanks for stopping by. Today I’m sharing a fun card using stamps, dies and stencils from the Trinity Stamps Autumn Gathering release. They did just have a new release this week (those goodies are on their way to me now) so be sure to check it all out for fall and winter crafting goodness! Click HERE to get to their store.
For my card today, I really wanted to play with the Moon Layers stencil so that’s where I started. I just used dye inks from my stash in light gray and yellow, with a little purple for the bottom part of the panel. Then I took a 4×5.25 inch piece of black cardstock and used the Haunted House Cutout die on the upper middle of the panel.
I stamped and colored that cute dino from Spookysaurus with my copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut him and the sentiments out. Now it’s time to assemble all the layers together.
I glued the haunted house panel to the moon panel with liquid glue and colored in the openings with copic markers. I popped that panel up on a piece of purple dot texture cardstock from my stash with foam tape. Then I added the dino and sentiments with foam squares for that extra dimension.
For finishing touches, I stamped the emphasis marks on the black panel and heat embossed them white to make that RAWR stand out more. Then I added black glaze pen to the dino’s eyes and glossy accents to his sucker and pumpkin bucket.
I love this so much! I have a fun shaker card planned for the haunted house die next. And maybe a sweet tag for a treat bag with that dino. He was really fun to color. Are you still making Halloween projects?
Happy Friday everyone! As promised I’m back with our 2 winners from the National Coffee Day hop! They have both won a $20 gift code to the Twiddler’s Nook shop.
Congratulations Amy Cooley and fitkitty1! Please email me at twiddlersnook@gmail.com by Friday, October 14, to claim your prize or I’ll choose new winners.
Thank you so much to everyone who hopped and commented. I appreciate each and every one of you! Have a fabulous day!
Hey friends! Miss Ink Stamps is the sponsor this month for the Caffeinated Christmas Challenge and today I’m playing along!
For this challenge, every month you have to create cards with coffee, Christmas and one other element. This month is gnomes! So I had a little fun mixing and matching different sets to create a little scene and a super fun sentiment!
I love how the sizes match from the gnome in Big Mugs and the snowman in Snow One Like You. So I stamped and colored them up with my copic markers. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut everything out. I added the bird to the mug handle with liquid glue and then put foam squares on the back of everything.
I set those aside and cut down a piece of white cardstock to 4×5.25 inches and inked up the top portion with light and dark blue inks. Then I layered the Sweater Weather stencil over top and inked it with the lighter blue ink for a subtle texture in the background. Next, I placed that panel in my MISTI and carefully masked sentiments from Woodland Hearth and Brewtiful to create this really fun custom sentiment. (Seriously, I’m still smiling about how clever I think I am.)
I added the background panel to a kraft card base with foam tape and adhere the images next. Then I came in for the finishing touches. I started with glossy accents to the snowman buttons and eyes, then I switched to stardust Stickles for the snow on the tree, snowflakes and snowman. But the extras looked heavy on the right side of the card, so I switched back to glossy accents and added that to the gnome’s shoes and the stripe on the mug.
Click HERE to check out the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge and link up your creations for a chance to win!
Happy Wednesday everyone! It’s time for some Pink & Main inspiration using the recently released Poinsettia stencil. This single stencil has all of the layers to create a gorgeously inked poinsettia flower that covers your card front. It’s so beautiful! Today I turned my inked panel into a shaker card for added fun.
I started by inking the poinsettia layers with my blending brushes and dye inks, except for the center. Once I got to that point, I spread gold Glitz Glitter Gel through for some added bling. Then I set the panel aside to dry while I cleaned up.
To create a frame for my shaker, I took an A2 size piece of kraft cardstock and ran it through my die cut machine in the Woodgrain embossing folder. Then I cut a window out using a Stitched Arch die. I saved the inside piece for another card which is an extra bonus! Then I lined it with EZ Tear Tape and added a piece of acetate. I then, lined that with foam strips, sprinkled some Holly Super Fine Glitter to my panel and adhered them together.
Next, I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from Pine Boughs with the new Platinum Ring embossing powder and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I popped it up with foam squares and adhered my shaker to a top folding white card base. Then, to finish off the design, I tied some twine around the top in a cute little bow.
I love the glitz and shine from the different elements, paired with the rustic feel of the woodgrain and twine wrapping.
Happy Thursday everyone! I’m back with another bit of inspiration featuring the new Miss Ink Stamps Magical Release. It’s so amazing and so fun to play with! Today I have a graduation card to share that will be perfect for my stash until next summer.
For today’s card, I chose images from Magical Graduation to stamp and color with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and liquid glue to adhere them together. I also stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the set and cut it out with a banner die.
For my background panel I took a piece of white cardstock that measured 4×5.25 inches and blended distress oxide ink at an angle. Today I started with aged mahogany and went into fired brick, fading into nothing. I spritzed the panel with water and blotted it dry. Then I added the Lightning stencil over top and spread gold Glitz Glitter Gel through it, making a point not to cover the whole thing.
Once everything was dry, I added foam tape to the panel and popped it up on a white card base. Then I added foam squares to the sentiment banner and images and popped them in place next. For finishing touches, I added a little black glaze pen to his eyes and glossy accents to the scroll tie and tassel on the cap.
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