Miss Ink Stamps – Coolest Friend

Happy Tuesday friends! I’m over on the Miss Ink Stamps blog today with a fun stencil layered card featuring those new adorable penguins in the Ice Day stamp set.

To create my card, I started with the images. I chose a penguin and some accessories from Ice Day, stamped them and colored them all with copic markers. I used my scan-n-cut to cut them out and set them aside.

Moving on to the background, I chose a light blue piece of cardstock and prepared my Perfectly Plaid stencil with pixie spray. I inked it up with a blending brush and green dye ink. I removed the plaid stencil and centered the Ins & Outs Quatrefoil stencil over the top. I inked up another layer of the same green ink creating a focal point for my images. I switched from the window to the frame layer of the stencil and spread grass green glitz glitter gel through that.

Once the panel was dry, I trimmed it down to 4×5.25 inches and popped it up on a white card base with foam tape. Then I added foam squares to my images and arranged them in the window area. I chose a sentiment from the Ice Day set, stamped it and trimmed it into a strip before popping it up with a foam strip too.

For finishing touches I added some white clay hearts with liquid glue and glossy accents to parts of the images like the penguin beak and feet and the bow on the present.

Wouldn’t this card make the cutest birthday card for a winter baby?!? I think so! It’s so fun and also great for guys or girls!

Products used today:
Ice Day stamps
Perfectly Plaid stencil
Ins & Outs Stencil – Quatrefoil
Pixie spray
Glitz glitter gel – grass green
Blending Brush
Lawn Fawn ink – jalapeno
Foam tape
Foam squares
Glossy accents
Twiddler’s Nook Sweethearts embellishment mix

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Pink & Main – Magic of the Season

Hi there! Today I’m over on the Pink & Main blog with a fun little slimline Christmas card to share with you! I know most people have sent their Christmas cards out already but I’m just not ready to be done holiday crafting.

I some fun paper piecing the stockings from Stocking Stuffers with plaid paper from the pad including in the Homespun Holiday card kit. Aren’t they too cute!?! Then I stamped the elf from Stocking Stuffers and colored him with my copic markers. Finally, I used the coordinating dies and cut everything out.

I had the idea that I wanted to use the slimline plaid die but also the smallest panel from the Beautiful Slim Line die set too. So I inked up a piece of white cardstock with distress oxide inks in worn lipstick and and spun sugar. I spritzed the panel with water and splattered some black acrylic paint on it too. While it was drying, I die cut the slim line plaid die from white cardstock, then used EZ squeeze liquid glue to adhere it down. Then, I ran that through my die cut machine with the smaller of the panel dies in the Beautiful die set.

I cut a white slimline card base, then cut a piece of red cardstock as close to matching the red stocking as possible and adhered them together. Then I popped the inked plaid panel up with foam tape and finally popped each of the stocking up with foam squares too.

I wanted a different sentiment, so I went digging and found this perfect one in the Winter Snow Globe Scenes stamp set. So I stamped it and cut it out with a Large Sentiment banner and adhered it to the middle stocking.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to the gnome’s nose, bell and candy cane. Then I came in with unicorn Stickles for his little cheeks! So fun!!!

I’m curious, are you still holiday crafting or have you switched gears already?

Products used today:
Stocking Stuffers stamps and dies
Winter Snow Globe Scene stamps
Slim Line Plaid die
Beautiful Slim Line dies
Large Sentiment Strip dies
Homespun Christmas card kit
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
Distress Oxide – spun sugar and worn lipstick
Foam tape
Foam squares
Glossy accents
Copic markers
Stickles – unicorn

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Miss Ink Stamps | InkOn3 Collab – Wanna Build a Snowman?

Happy Friday everyone! I’m popping in with a quick peek at the card I made for the Miss Ink Stamps | InkOn3 collaboration hop that’s happening on Instagram right now. Both companies have prizes up for grabs so be sure to hop and comment along on Instagram.

For my card, I used stamps and stencils from Miss Ink Stamps and ink and liquid pixie dust from InkOn3.

I inked up the Frosty Flakes stencil with Atelier Marilyn Red ink. I smooshed the ink pad on my glass mat and sprayed it with water, then splattered it on the stenciled panel. Next, I added a drop of liquid pixie dust to the watered down ink and flicked that all over for some shimmer. Isn’t it such a fun background?!?

Then I stamped the pine forest over the top and added a sentiment at the bottom using blackout detail ink. I stamped images from Snow Buddies with the blackout detail ink and colored them with my copic markers. I used the scan-n-cut to cut them out and popped them up with foam squares.

For finishing touches I added some glossy accents to bunny noses, the carrot stem and berries. Then I painted liquid pixie dust on the bunny’s scarves and my card is finished!

Products used today:
Frosty Flakes stencil
Snow Buddies stamps
Pine Forest stamp
Marilyn Red Atelier ink
Blackout Detail ink
Liquid Pixie Dust

Remember there is a hop happening on Instagram. Click HERE and head over for some fun and inspiration!

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Miss Ink Stamps – One-Layer Slimline Christmas Forest

Hey friends! Today I have a really fun Miss Ink Stamps card to share with you that is literally one layer! I actually don’t think I’ve ever successfully accomplished this before and I couldn’t be more happy with the result!

To create my card, I took a white panel and secured it to my glass mat. Then I taped down the new Treeline stencil toward the bottom. I used Lawn Fawn dye inks and just inked the edge around the trees one layer at a time, shifting the stencil up 1/4 inch each color.

The rainbow I chose for today was, from top to bottom, fresh lavender, mermaid, celery stick, sunflower, peachy keen and guava.

Once I got to the top, I shifted the stencil to use the negative on the bottom half to protect my inking and smeared Thermoweb iridescent glitz glitter gel on the white space. I left it to dry and then trimmed my panel down to 8.5×3.5 inches and adhered it to a slimline card base.

Last, but not least, I popped the whole thing in my MISTI and stamped a sentiment from Deck the Halls in the upper right and this card is finished!

I have been very into rainbow Christmas cards this year for some reason. They are just happy and make me smile! I hope you are enjoying them too!

Products used today:
Miss Ink Stamps Treeline stencil
Miss Ink Stamps Deck the Halls stamps
Thermoweb glitz glitter gel – iridescent
Thermoweb stencil pal
Thermoweb Ultra Bond liquid glue pen
Blending brushes
Lawn Fawn dye inks

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Trinity Stamps – Merry Ornaments Slimline

Happy Wednesday everyone! Thanks for stopping by. Today I’m over on the Trinity Stamps blog sharing a slimline card featuring a new cover plate and my favorite alphabet dies of all time!

To create my card, I just die cut the Slimline Hanging Ornament Panel die from white cardstock. I kept all the pieces so that I could color the ornaments with my copic markers. Then I cut the hanger piece of the ornaments from silver foil cardstock and started coloring.

Here’s a look at all the pieces and the copic colors I used on the ornaments. After they were colored I added foam squares to the back of each one and used liquid glue to adhere the silver toppers to them too. Then I adhered the main panel to a white slimline card base and popped each ornament in its place.

I threaded some silver cord from my stash through each one and glued the ends to the edge of the card. After the glue was dry I trimmed off any excess and added white gel pen highlights to each ornament.

For my sentiment I die cut MERRY from the marshmallow alphabet die set in white glitter and black cardstock. I glued the layers together and adhered them to the card front with a combination of foam strips and liquid glue. Then I went digging in my stash for a “Christmas” stamp and found this perfect one in the Tree Rex stamp set. I stamped and heat embossed it, cut it into a strip and popped it up with a foam strip.

Isn’t this card just so much fun!?! I’m so happy with how it turned out and had a blast creating it. I hope you enjoyed it too!

Products used today:
Slimline Hanging Ornaments Panel die
Tree Rex stamps
Marshmallow Alphabet dies
foam squares
liquid glue
copic markers

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers – Gerda Steiner | Smells Like Christmas

Happy Tuesday crafty friends! It’s time for another Tuesday Tea over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today. I’m sharing an adorable Christmas card featuring a new-to-me stamp set from Gerda Steiner Designs that a friend gifted to me.

I knew I wanted to use this cute mouse and the cup of hot cocoa from the set so I stamped them out but didn’t get any farther than that for a bit. Later on I was scrolling through reels on Instagram and one popped up with someone weaving strips of clay and it hit me! So I headed up to the craft room, chose a fun color palette and cut 1/4 inch strips of the colors and started weaving them together.

Then I colored my images in the same palette that I used for the paper weaving and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I die cut a banner from Newton’s Nook and stamped a sentiment on it before adding foam squares to the back of everything.

Next, I ink blended a white panel with tumbled glass and salty ocean distress oxide inks and spritzed it with water. I stamped the last word for my sentiment in the bottom right corner before adhering the panel to a white card base. Then I added the paper weaving and popped my images and banner in place last.

For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the mouse’s nose, mittens and boots and the marshmallows in the cup. Then I glued a scattering of snowy day clay embellishments from the Twiddler’s Nook shop around the whole card.

Isn’t this card so happy and fun!?! I just love how it turned out!

Products used:
Gerda Steiner Smell Like Christmas stamps and dies
Newton’s Nook Frames & Flags dies
Distress Oxide Ink – tumbled glass and salty ocean
Foam squares
Liquid adhesive
Twiddler’s Nook Snowy Day clay embellishments

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Pretty Pink Posh – Christmas Card Inspiration

Happy weekend everyone! I’m popping in with a couple of fun Christmas cards featuring some Pretty Pink Posh goodies I had ordered a while ago but had yet to ink up. Shame, shame! Haha! Anyway, they are having a sale on the Christmas section of the store so I’ll have affiliate links below if you’re feeling inspired at all.

Any of the stamp sets out there where a critter is holding a sign and I get to put a sentiment in it…I’m a huge fan of! Totally drawn to them and want them all. Soooo, I had to get this adorable Christmas set – Holiday Signs. Today I stamped a couple of them and colored them with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

I had a couple of cards sketched out already so I just set to work with more die cutting and ink blending. Let’s look at the Santa one first.

Pretty Pink Posh has a line of dies that cut out scenes like the winter scene on this card, and I just love them! Today I cut the pieces from colored and glitter cardstock and adhered them to a plain white circle for stability.

Next, I took a dark blue panel and cut to A2 size before using the lattice stencil with a blending brush and white pigment ink. I splattered the panel with pearl watercolor and started assembling everything. The stenciled panel went on a card base, then the winter scene was popped up with foam tape and the Santa was adhered with a combo of liquid glue and a foam square to keep him flat.

So sweet, right!?! I just love how this one turned out! Next up, the super fun snowman!

For this card, I die cut the Merry Christmas Script form red cardstock, lost the dot on the “i” and freaked out for a minute. I set it aside and proceeded with my card. Next, I used the coordinating dies for the Spring Circles set (I love this shape!) from plaid cardstock and light blue.

Moving on to the background before assembling every, I inked up a white panel with distress oxide ink in tumbled glass around the outside and salty ocean in the center so it gets a bit darker. I spritzed the panel with water and flicked pearl watercolor on it too.

For assembly, I added foam tape to the back of the blue panel and popped it up on a white card base, then I popped up the other elements with foam squares. I used liquid glue to adhere the Merry Christmas Script die cuts and then contemplated die cutting another dot when I remembered that I have the beautiful Pretty Pink Posh pearl collection! I pulled out the red pearls and glued one on instead!

For finishing touches on both of these cards, I used glossy accents, on parts like Santa’s boots and gloves, the snowman’s nose and hat. Then I added unicorn Stickles to Santa’s hat and finished things off with black glaze pen on both of their eyes.

Products used today:
Holiday Sign stamps and dies
Winter Scene die
Spring Circles dies
Merry Christmas Script dies
Lattice stencil
Cherry Red Pearls
3D foam tape
foam squares
glossy accents
unicorn Stickles

The links above are affiliate links. This helps fund my crafty adventures at no additional cost to you. Remember Pretty Pink Posh is having a sale on all things Christmas, so grab some new goodies and get holiday crafting!

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

Newton’s Nook – Deck the Halls with Inky Paws

Hello everyone! Thanks for stopping by! I’m excited to be apart of another Newton’s Nook Deck the Halls with Inky Paws Blog Hop! These are so fun and there is so much great holiday inspiration to be had!

I don’t know when it started but I have a thing for nutcrackers at Christmas. So naturally I’m totally drawn to this super fun Nutcrackers stamp set and chose it for today’s card share. I started by stamping one of the images and coloring it with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating die to cut it out.

I chose 2 patterns from the Meowy Christmas paper pad, cut one at 2×5.5 inches and the other at .25 inches. I adhered them together with scrappy tape and added foam tape to the back.

Next, I cut a white panel to A2 size and inked a light blue shadow behind where my nutcracker is going to go. For a little added interest I flicked some watered down ink on the whole panel as well. Then I adhered the patterned paper to the left side and also popped my nutcracker up with foam squares.

I die cut the smallest circle from the Circle Frames die set out of kraft cardstock and inked the edges with some brown dye ink. I stamped a sentiment from the Nutcracker stamp set on it. Die cut a pinecone and some tree sprigs from the Pine & Holly die set and adhered everything with liquid glue and foam squares.

For finishing touches I added glossy accents to all of the buttons on the nutcracker and the tips of his crown as well. Then I came in with black glaze pen on his eyes for a little shine there too.

Products used today:
Nutcrackers stamps and dies
Pines & Holly dies
Circle Frames dies
Meowy Christmas paper pad

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Pink & Main – Warmest Wishes Snow Globe Shaker Card

Hello everyone! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today sharing a sweet little snow globe shaker card featuring some of my favorite Christmas mice from last year’s holiday release. I simply couldn’t go without inking them up again.

To create my card, I started with the snow globe elements. I stamped the Empty Snow Globe image and one of the Christmouse images and colored them with my copic markers. Then I curved a sentiment from Christmouse onto the base of the snow globe. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out, making sure to cut 2 extra snow globe frames and a solid white cardstock snow glob plus an acetate one as well.

I used EZ squeeze liquid glue to adhere all the layers together and filled my shaker with a little sparkling in the clouds flock with glitter and a sprinkle of ice rink glitter too. I added foam tape to the back of the snow globe and set it aside for later.

I flipped through the paper pad included in the Homespun Christmas card kit and found 2 sheets that I liked together. I cut them both with an layered rectangle A2 die. I trimmed them down to 2 inches and 3.5 inches and adhered them to a white card base. Next, I cut a strip of white glitter cardstock .25 inches wide and adhered it with a strip of EZ tear tape.

I removed the release paper on my snow globe and popped it up in the center of the card and finished things off with a small scattering of red pearls from the rainbow pearls pack.

Products used today:
Christmouse stamps and dies
Empty Snow Globe stamps and dies
Layered Rectangle A2 dies
Homespun Christmas Card Kit
EZ squeeze liquid glue
EZ tear tape – 1/4 inch
Ice Rink glitter
Sparkling In the Clouds flock with glitter
Rainbow Pearls

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Miss Ink Stamps – Wishing You a Cool Yule

Hello again! I hope your week is going fantastic! I’m having a blast doing all things Christmas – decorating, crafting, baking – all of it! And today I have an adorable Miss Ink Stamps Christmas card featuring the newly release Have an Ice Day penguins! They are too cute and I just love coloring them!

I started by stamping images from Have an Ice Day and colored them all with my copic markers. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut them out and used liquid glue to adhere all the bits and pieces to my sweet penguins.

Next, I blended distress oxide ink in rustic wilderness and mowed lawn on an A2 panel and spritzed it with water. I blotted it dry and ran it through my die cutter with the Pretty Pink Posh Storybook 2 die. I love these dies and how they give you something to ground your images. They also make fun shaker cards if you feel like doing that.

I adhered the main part of the inked panel to my white card base with liquid glue and then popped the windows back in place with foam squares for a little dimension and interest.

Then I added all of my images and sentiment strip with foam squares as well. For finishing touches I added a scattering of PPP Shamrock pearls across the design. Last I couldn’t resist a little unicorn Stickles and glossy accents on the penguins and their accessories.

Isn’t this little penguin family just the sweetest!?! I can’t get over how cute the hat is with the reindeer antlers coming out of it. It makes me giggle every time.

Products used:
Miss Ink Stamps Have an Ice Day
PPP Storybook 2 die
PPP Shamrock pearls
Distress Oxide Ink – rustic wilderness and mowed lawn
Foam squares
Liquid adhesive
Glossy accents
Stickles – unicorn

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