Pink & Main – Season’s Greetings Snowmen

Happy Sunday everyone! Today I’m part of a super fun Pink & Main hop over on Instagram featuring the design team and special guests! So much inspiration to be had! We wanted to kick start the holiday crafting season and share some fun ideas.

I’ve got an adorable slimline card featuring the Stamp of the Month – Snow Sweet! I started by stamping all the images in the set and colored them with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Next, I die cut the Season’s Greetings sentiment dies from white cardstock 3 times and the shadow from vellum. Then I used my EZ Squeeze liquid glue to adhered the layers together.

Next, I blended distress oxide inks on speckled egg, peacock feathers and chipped sapphire at an angle down a slimline panel. I spritzed it with water and flicked pearl watercolor all over it. While it was drying I die cut the slimline plaid die from white cardstock and created a card base. Then I glued all the layers together.

I popped the snowmen up with foam squares and adhered my sentiment with liquid glue. I didn’t like how stark the white was so I cut the words from dark blue cardstock and adhered them to the top. I like this much better!

Finally, I came in for some finishing touches of glossy accents and unicorn Stickles on various parts of each snowman. They are just too cute and I love how sweet this card turned out!

Don’t forget to head to Instagram and hop along, commenting the whole way. There are 4 $25 gift certificates to the Pink & Main store up for grabs!

Products used today:
Stamp and Die of the Month – Snow Sweet
Plaid Slimline die
Christmas Greetings dies
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
Foam squares
Distress Oxide – speckled egg, peacock feathers, chipped sapphire

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Miss Ink Stamps – Peace and Joy

Welcome back friends! Today I’m sharing a sweet Christmas card featuring a couple of sets from Miss Ink Stamps. I love the variety of background scene setting images Miss Ink carries and her critters and characters are amazing to go with them!

Today I chose the Mountainside stamp for my background. I inked it up on a white panel and then used my blending buddy brushes and some Lawn Fawn dye inks to color in the scene. I stamped a sentiment from Little Angel in the top right corner and switched over to my images.

I chose a few images from Little Angel which I stamped and colored with my copic markers. Then I used the scan-n-cut to cut them out and added foam tape to the back. I thought the background was a little lacking so I splattered pearl watercolor over the scene before adhering it to a white card base. This panel is 5.5×4 inches so there was room for a white glitter cardstock strip at the bottom. Then I added a dark gray strip over the meeting of the two with foam strips.

Finally, I added my images and moved on to finishing touches. For that, I just added a little glossy accents to the deer and squirrel noses, carrot stems and the wreath on the angel’s head. Then I finished things off with some unicorn Stickles on her wings.

I just love how serene this scene feels and think it will be a wonderful addition to my Christmas card stash to mail out. Have you started making Christmas cards yet? It’s going to sneak up on us super quick, I just know it!

Products used today:
Little Angel stamps
Mountainside stamps
Blending Buddy brush
Lawn Fawn ink – cilantro, mermaid, kiddie pool, blue jay
Foam strips
UltraBond liquid adhesive

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Trinity Stamps – Warm Heart

Hey everyone! Thanks for stopping by. Today I have a Trinity Stamps card to share with you featuring the Warm Heart stamps and dies that are designed by Love Dani Studio. Her word art is always beautiful and so fun to color! Today I combined the stamp with the paper piecing portion of the dies and threw in a little Thermoweb amazingness for some pizazz!

I started by stamping the image on Bristol Smooth cardstock with versamark ink and heat embossed it in black. Then I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to watercolor the words. I cut the panel out with a stitched rectangle from the 4-Bar Card die set. Next, I chose some cardstock colors close to the words and cut the pieces for the heart. I used liquid glue to adhere them together and popped them up on the watercolored panel with foam squares.

I cut another panel of the teal cardstock I used for the scarf and hat and taped the first layer of the Catching Some Rays stencil to it. I inked it up with a teal dye ink, then switched to the second layer. For this I spread Thermoweb transfer gel blanco through it, removed the stencil and set the panel aside to dry while I cleaned up. Once it was dry, I heated up my laminator and ran it through with glass slipper deco foil. I trimmed the panel down to 4×5.25 and adhered it to a white card base. Then I popped the sentiment panel up with foam tape over the stenciling.

Here’s a look at the amazing foil in the light. It plays so perfectly with all the teal and looks amazing when you move the card around. I just love how this turned out! It’s just warm and fuzzy looking at it!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and found some inspiration to create something wonderful to share with someone!

Products used today:
Warm Heart stamps and dies
4-Bar Card dies
Catching Some Rays stencils
Blending Buddy brush
Thermoweb Transfer Gel Blanco
Deco Foil – glass slipper
Stencil Pal
3D Foam Tape
Foam squares

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Pink & Main – Let’s Get Stuffed!

Hey friends! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today with a fun Thanksgiving card to share with you featuring the October stamp of the month. Don’t worry, if you haven’t signed up yet, you can still purchase the stamps and die set in the shop!

I started my card today by stamping and coloring images from Turkey Time. Then I cut them out with the coordinating dies. For the background, I cut a piece of kraft cardstock to A2 size and ran it through my die cutter with the woodgrain embossing folder. Then I used an ergonomic blending brush and brown ink to enhance the grain texture.

I adhered it to a white card base and cut a piece of black cardstock with a stitched arch die. I taped the arch to the sunshine layers stencil and inked it up with some white pigment ink. I went over the rest of the panel with the ink left on my brush to soften the lines. I stamped and heat embossed two sentiments from the set at the top of the arch and popped it on the card front with foam tape.

Next, I adhered two of the turkeys with EZ Squeeze liquid adhesive and popped the last one up, plus the pumpkins, with foam squares. I finished things off with some glossy accents on parts like turkey beaks, pumpkin stems and the buckle on the hat.

Now that Halloween is over, I always get another burst of energy for fall crafting and this card was just the start of it! Wouldn’t these cuties be fabulous on place cards for all of your Thanksgiving guests?!? I have an idea up my sleeve!

Products used today:
Turkey Time stamps and dies
Stitched Arch dies
Woodgrain embossing folder
Sunshine Layers stencil
Ergonomic Blending Brushes
EZ Squeeze liquid adhesive
3D foam tape and squares

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Pink & Main – Homespun Christmas Card Kit

Happy Friday everyone! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today sharing a card using the Homespun Christmas Card Kit that’s available! This kit is packed full of amazing products that are super fun to create with! I’ll be sure to link it below but let’s take a look at the card I created first!

I was really in love with the idea of this jar full of poinsettias being my focal point. It’s such a pretty image and I have always had a thing for Mason jars for some weird reason. Anyway, I stamped and colored the image with my copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut it out and then pulled the paper pad out of the kit to choose my backgrounds. I cut the pink paper to A2 size and adhered it to a card base included in the kit. Then I die cut the green panel with a zig zag circle and popped it up with foam tape. I also popped the jar up for extra dimension.

I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on black cardstock and found that the second to smallest die in the slimline layers was perfect so I cut it out with that. Then I took a piece of the new adhesive sheets and adhered it to a white cardstock scrap. I die cut the scrap with the next largest slimline layer, removed the release paper and smothered it with sparkling fuzzy monster flock! This stuff is SO FUN!!! I used foam squares to pop the layers up and placed it on the card below the circle.

Because I love texture and dimension I also came in with glossy accents for the flower centers and berries on my image. Then for a little extra extra, I added some of the glitter enamel dots from the kit across the design too!

I am loving these non-traditional, bright colors for a Christmas card! They are happy and vibrant and sure to make the recipient smile!

Products used today:
Homespun Christmas Card Kit
Sparkling Fuzzy Monster Flock
Layered Slim Line dies
EZ Squeeze liquid adhesive
3D foam tape
Glossy accents

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Miss Ink Stamps – Snow One Like You

Hello friends! Today I have a festive, wintery card for you featuring stamps and stencils from Miss Ink Stamps. I paired an older stencil, Starry Night, with one of the new releases, Perfectly Plaid. Layering stencils is seriously addicting. I just love mixing and matching them in different cominations.

I actually started my card today by playing with the background first. I inked up the perfectly plaid stencil on kraft cardstock with a brown ink. Then I went over that with the starry night stencil and Thermoweb transfer gel blanco. I set it aside while I decided what images I was going to color up today.

Feeling that Christmas vibe, I stamped and colored the images from Snow One Like You with my copic markers. Then I cut them out with my scan-n-cut. I stamped the sentiment on white cardstock and cut it out with a stitched banner. I heated up my laminator and pulled out some gold decofoil to use on the stenciled panel. Once the laminator was all heated up I ran it through. Then I die cut the panel with a notched corner die from Pink & Main and added foam tape to everything.

I adhered some red cardstock to a white card base and then removed the release paper from the foam squares and tape and popped everything in place, one layer at a time.

Because we all know I can’t leave well enough alone, I added some fun finishing touches next. Glossy accents were in order for the snowman’s eyes and buttons, while the snow was just calling for some glittery Stickles.

I love the rustic feel this card has with the combination of plaid, the color palette and the feel of the images too. It’s perfect!

Products used today:
Snow One Like You stamps
Starry Night stencil
Perfectly Plaid stencil
Newton’s Nook Frames & Flags dies
Pink & Main Notched Corners dies
Thermoweb transfer gel blanco
Thermoweb stencil pal
Thermoweb decofoil – gold

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Trinity Stamps – Glory in the Highest Slimlines

Hello everyone! Today I’m over on the Trinity Stamps blog sharing this trio of slimline cards I created using the new Glory in the Highest dies. As soon as I saw this set I knew that I wanted to try this design in multiple colors. I love how they all turned out.

I started this process by die cutting the angels and sentiments from white cardstock 3 times for each card and once from gold, then I glued the layers all together. I tried to keep the small letters inset for one layer so they were easier to manipulate, like you see in the picture below.

Next, I cut 3 panels and chose my colors of distress oxide inks for blending. I blended a trio of colors for each card, spritzed the panels with water and flicked gold watercolor on them as well. Here’s a color map in case you’d like to replicate any of the blends.

Once the panels were dry, I die cut them with the dainty scallop edge panel die and adhered the angel and sentiments with liquid glue. I lined the back with foam tape and was getting ready to mount them on white card bases but I didn’t like how stark it looked.

So instead I cut 3 pieces of kraft cardstock, adhered those to the white card bases and inked up the edges with gathered twigs distress oxide ink. I spritzed them with water and flicked gold watercolor on there as well so everything ties together.

Then I removed the release paper and adhered each panel to a card base. Voila, 3 gorgeous Christmas cards to add to my stash.

I hope you found some inspiration from today’s project to create something wonderful and share it with someone!

Products used today:
Glory in the Highest dies
Dainty Scallop Edge dies
Distress Oxide inks
Liquid glue
Foam tape

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Newton’s Nook – You Can Count On Me

Hello friends! Today I have a super festive and adorable Newton’s Nook card to share with you in celebration of them sponsoring the Cat Lovers Hop!

For this card, I had an idea that I wanted to try so I didn’t waste any time adhering the Ghosts stencil to a dark gray panel and spreading Thermoweb transfer gel blanco through it. I set it aside while I stamped and colored images from Count Newton with my copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out.

I actually did this card in two stages. So the next morning I turned my laminator on to heat up while I decided on background colors and sentiment details. I landed on wilted violet distress oxide on a white panel, spritzed with water and adhered to a card base. Then I stamped my sentiment on a yellow circle from the Circle Frames die set. I inked up the edges with mustard seed distress oxide for a little depth. Finally, I cut a scrap of black cardstock with the scalloped rectangle in Frames & Flags and trimmed the top with the grass die in Land Borders.

With my laminator heated up I ran the stenciled panel through with opal decofoil and it LOOKS SO COOL!!! After foiling I die cut the panel with the same scalloped rectangle in Frames & Flags. For assembly, I added foam tape or squares to everything with the exception of the headstones which were adhered with liquid glue.

Then, for finishing touches I added glossy accents to parts of the gravestones, Newton’s nose and the clasp on his cloak. The black grass looked stark so I used a blending brush and white pigment ink to give it a little ghostly dimension. Just the perfect touch!

Products used today:
Count Newton stamps and dies
Frames & Flags dies
Circle Frames dies
Ghosts stencil
Land Borders dies
Thermoweb Pixie Spray
Thermoweb DecoFoil – opal
Thermoweb Transfer Gel Blanco
Thermoweb Stencil Pal

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Coffee Loving Cardmakers – Jane’s Doodles | Holiday Wishes Mini Slimline

Hello everyone! It’s that time again, Tuesday Tea with Twiddler’s Nook over on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today. I’m sharing a super fun and silly mini slimline card featuring a mash-up of Jane’s Doodles sets and Trinity Stamps slimline dies.

To start my card, I pulled out a few Jane’s Doodles sets and played around with different images. Once I figured out how I wanted to layer everything I started stamping and cutting masks and then stamping the layers. The car, tree, trailer and gift are all from Driving Home. The penguin and trees in the scene are from Hot Cocoa while the coffee cup came from Warm Hugs and the sentiment from Warm and Cozy. I wasn’t kidding when I said this was a mash-up. Lol! It’s so fun to get use from so many sets on one card though!

Anyway, once everything was stamped out I colored everything with copic markers and used the scan-n-cut to cut it out. Next, I switched gears to ink blending my background scene layers with distress oxide inks. The sky is stormy sky and victorian velvet with a little chipped sapphire on the edge and splattered on the panel. The dirt is gathered twigs and tea dye with some ground espresso splatters. Then I cut a black layer for the road and inked it up with the leftovers of white pigment ink on my blending brush just so it wasn’t flat in comparison to the rest of the card.

I cut the layers with the largest Trinity Stamps Stitched Mini Slimline die and then cut the ground layers with Slimline Scenic Borders die. I stamped the trees in the background with VersaFine ink and started assembling my layers. The background is mounted on a white card base measuring 3×6 inches and then the dirt layer is popped up with foam tape. The road is adhered with liquid adhesive and the image is mounted with a combination of liquid adhesive and foam squares. For my sentiment, I stamped and heat embossed it on black cardstock and used the banner die from the Trinity Stamps Mini Slimline Card and Envelope die set. Then I popped it up with foam strips.

I finished things off with black glaze pen on the critter eyes and the dog’s nose. Then glossy accents on the penguin beak, coffee cup lid, lights and wheel hubs on the card and trailer and also the rope around the tree. For a little shimmer fun I added unicorn Stickles to the penguin’s earmuffs, the bow on the gift and the dog’s pompom.

I created an envelope to coordinate using the Trinity Stamps die set. I love doing this from time-to-time. It gives the card a little extra something. Sometimes I even stamp an image from the card on the front to give a hint what’s inside.

Products used on today’s card:
Jane’s Doodles Driving Home
Jane’s Doodles Hot Cocoa
Jane’s Doodles Warm Hugs
Jane’s Doodles Warm and Cozy
Trinity Stamps Mini Slimline Card and Envelope dies
Trinity Stamps Mini Slimline Stitched Layers dies
Trinity Stamps Slimline Scenic Border dies
Thermoweb 3D Foam Tape
Thermoweb Ultra Bond Liquid Adhesive
Glossy accents
Copic markers
Distress Oxide ink – victorian velvet, stormy sky, tea dye, gathered twigs, chipped sapphire, ground espresso
Stickles – unicorn

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Pink & Main – Sending Cheer

Hi everyone! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today with a very special card to share with you. Given that it’s National Breast Cancer Awareness day and Pink & Main is a sponsor of the INK! Pink Hop, I used goodies from the brand new release to create another thinking of you card for the occasion.

To create my card, I die cut the smallest size in the notched corners die set from white cardstock and placed it in my MISTI, then I stamped each layer of the Sending Cheer rainbow with a different color of pink dye ink. Next, I stamped and heat embossed the sending cheer sentiment in black.

I chose light pink and melon colored cardstock and cut one from the next size up notched corner die and then trimmed the other to fit on my card base. I used the EZ Squeeze liquid adhesive to adhere the largest to the card base, then foam tape to adhere the other layers down.

To finish things off I glued down a scattering of pink pearls from the new Rainbow Pearls Set 2 collection.

My favorite thing about rainbows is their cheerfulness and versatility in crafting. You can make a rainbow any color scheme, in any order and it’s just happy. All the time.

Products used today:
Notched Corners dies
Sending Cheer stamps
Rainbow Pearls Set 2
EZ Squeeze liquid adhesive
Foam tape

Head over to Instagram and hop along with us for the INK! Pink Hop. There are tons of prizes and some wonderful and inspiring cards to see.

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